History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E4OutOfMyMind

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[[caption-width-right:284:"Oh God, no. Please, no."]]

-->'''Buffy:''' I'm starting to think this working hard is hard work.\\\
'''Willow:''' ''[looking around the Magic Box]'' I feel like a witch in a magic shop!

** Graham tells Riley there's nothing to hold him in Sunnydale; that he's meant to be more than Buffy's LoveInterest. [[spoiler:Riley will leave Buffy after Graham offers him a job in a military demon-hunting unit.]]

* SomethingThatBeginsWithBoring: Spike and [[TheDitz Harmony]] play [[ParlorGames Twenty Questions]]. First question: is it bigger than a breadbox? Second question: is it smaller than a breadbox? [[spoiler:It was a sodding breadbox.]]

* WhoAreYou: The last thing Joyce says to Dawn before collapsing [[spoiler:from her brain tumor. It's later revealed that Joyce's condition enables her to see past the change in reality that created Dawn.]]

Buffy arrives at the Magic Box to train and is pleasantly surprised to see that the backroom has been transformed into an amazing training room. Harmony seeks Spike and his help because she is frightened that Buffy is out to kill her. The two conspire to kill the Slayer. While Joyce makes breakfast for Dawn, she briefly wonders who Dawn is before collapsing onto the floor.

After listening to Riley's heart, a doctor recommends that he stay in the hospital at the high risk of a heart attack, though Riley dismisses her concerns. Buffy tries to think of a way to help Riley and discusses the situation with Willow and Dawn. After noting her frustration that the Government are likely spying on Riley however when she needs to get a message to them she doesn't know to do it, Dawn suggests that if the Government are listening then she needs to ask for help where she knows they'll hear it. Buffy has an idea and goes to Riley's place, picks up the telephone receiver and simply states that Riley needs help before replacing it.

Still part of the government, Graham tries to force Riley to see a doctor, but Riley is stronger than Graham and the other agents and gets away. After speaking with Graham later that day, Buffy takes it upon herself to get Riley to a doctor before he dies. Buffy gives Spike information about the doctor that can help Riley, hoping that the vampire could help find Riley and bring him there. Instead, Spike and Harmony go to the doctor and try to force him to remove the chip.

The doctor is able to operate successfully on Riley. Later, Graham talks with Riley and tells him he no longer has a purpose in Sunnydale - without the Initiative, he's nothing. Riley assures Graham he has Buffy, but Graham insists that'll never be enough.

Buffy shows up at Spike's crypt, ready to stake him. He's willing to let it happen, daring her to put him out of the misery of living in a world with her in it, being everywhere he turns, ruining everything he plans. She pauses, confused, stake raised, and then hesitates. They stare at each other for a moment, and then he pulls her into a passionate kiss. She pulls back, shocked, but then returns to the embrace. She tells Spike "I want you", and he tells her "I love you Buffy. I love you so much." Spike then awakens from his dream, horror-struck beside a still-sleeping Harmony, desperate to deny that his feelings for Buffy are anything but hate: "Oh god no. Please, no."

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-->'''Buffy:''' Hanging out in that crypt all day, you just know he's doing something nasty.
-->''(Cut to Spike and Harmony [[VillainsOutShopping playing 20 Questions]])''

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Buffy expresses doubts that Charlotte Corday really killed French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat -- his death looked more [[BuffySpeak fangy than knifey]] to her.
* BroughtDownToNormal
* TheCastShowoff: Marc Blucas, a gifted college player, has a basketball scene.
* ChekhovsGunman: Ben
* ClosetGeek: Buffy's reaction to her new gym is to say the Scoobies are like Q. Most would think ''Film/JamesBond'' but she amends it that she was not referring to the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' character, a reference so obscure it would go over most viewers' heads.
* ContinuityNod: Buffy "hunting" vampires in the teaser (as opposed to her [[TheBait usual tactics]]) as she was doing in "Buffy vs. Dracula".

* DaydreamSurprise: After yet another double-cross Buffy turns up at Spike's crypt determined to stake him once and for all. A pissed-off Spike rips off his shirt to expose his manly body and tells her to GetItOverWith, whereupon they start making out passionately as Spike tells Buffy he loves her...only to wake up in bed with an expression of horror on his face.

-->'''Willow:''' Should I be watching my occipital lobe?
-->'''Buffy:''' Your what?
-->'''Willow:''' Occipital, the lobe in the back of your brain? You know, like, should I be watching my back? But, you know, the back of your brain.
-->'''Buffy:''' Apparently not.

* DressedToHeal: Ben gives Dawn his stethoscope to play with. She uses it to listen to her sister's heart (strong, steady Slayer heartbeat) then Riley's -- which is pounding away much faster than it should.
* EroticDream / CatapultNightmare

* FailedAttemptAtDrama: Spike is making blood-curdling threats against Buffy...then falls into an empty grave.

* {{Foreshadowing}}

-->'''Spike:''' Taking up smoking, are you? \\
'''Harmony:''' I ''am'' a villain, Spike. Helloooo? (then coughs, [[OfCourseISmoke ruining the whole thing]])
* HardWorkMontage: Lampshaded by Buffy re college.
-->"I thought it was gonna be like in the movies -- you know, inspirational music, a montage; me sharpening my pencil, me reading, writing, falling asleep on a big pile of books with my glasses all crooked, 'cause in my montage, [[NerdGlasses I have glasses]]. But real life is slow, and it's starting to hurt my occipital lobe."
* HoldingHands: Willow suggests Tara do palm reading at the Magic Shop
-->'''Willow:''' (as Tara studies her palm) What do you see?
-->'''Tara:''' (sly smile) Willow hands.
* HollywoodHeartAttack

* {{I Just Want to Be Special}}

-->'''Harmony:''' You know what it means that he can't hurt any living thing? It means he can't even pick flowers.
-->'''Spike:''' What? [[RealMenWearPink Yes I can!]]

* PunchAWall

-->'''Spike:''' Buffy, Buffy, Buffy! Everywhere I turn, she's there! That nasty little face, that ... [[HairFlip bouncing shampoo-commercial hair]], that whole sodding holier-than-thou attitude!
-->'''Harmony:''' Well, aren't we kinda unholy, by the--
-->'''Spike:''' She follows me, you know, tracks me down. I'm her pet project. Drive Spike round the bend. Makes every day a fresh bout of torture. ([[TantrumThrowing picks up a headstone and smashes it]])
-->'''Harmony:''' Spike!
-->'''Spike:''' You don't understand. I can't get rid of her. She's everywhere. She's haunting me, Harmony! (quietly) This ... has got to end.
* [[RecklessGunUsage Reckless Crossbow Usage]]: Harmony again.
* SexForServices: Harmony asks her ex-boyfriend Spike to shelter her when she assumes that Buffy is out to get her. It takes Spike a bit of hinting before she realizes what he wants in return. Her response is basically "Oh, sure, whatever."

-->'''Buffy:''' I'm starting to think this working hard is hard work.
-->'''Willow:''' (looking around the Magic Box) I feel like a witch in a magic shop!

** Well if there'd been a fresh BodyInABreadBox...
* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: Thinking that the government is tapping their phones, Buffy contacts them just by picking up the receiver and saying that Riley needs help (might be a subversion as Graham says he's already been talking to Riley for weeks).

-->'''Buffy:''' When I get my hands on Spike, [[IWillTearYourArmsOff I'm gonna rip his head off]]; I'm gonna--
-->'''Spike:''' --bathe in the Slayer's blood. Gonna dive in it. Swim in it.

* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: Willow uses magic to create light, and asks what doofus would use a flashlight. GilliganCut to Buffy moving through the tunnels waving a flashlight.

** Spike says that Joey will never love Pacey while watching ''DawsonsCreek''.

** Spike's rant over how Buffy seems to be everywhere, haunting him because Spike has fallen for Buffy and is therefore thinking about her constantly.

* SomethingThatBeginsWithBoring: Spike and [[TheDitz Harmony]] play twenty questions. First question: is it bigger than a breadbox? Second question: is it smaller than a breadbox? [[spoiler:It was a sodding breadbox.]]

Riley is deteriorating because of The Initiative's meds. Spike, again teamed up with Harmony, tries to get the chip in his head removed. Joyce becomes seriously ill.

* OpenSaysMe: Spike gripes over how Buffy breaks open the door to his crypt instead of waiting for an invitation [[VampireInvitation like he has to]].

* RealMenWearPink
-->'''Harmony:''' You know what it means that he can't hurt any living thing? It means he can't even pick flowers.
-->'''Spike:''' What? Yes I can!

* AntiClimaxCut / VillainsOutShopping

-->''(Cut to Spike and Harmony playing 20 Questions)''

* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:Spike hasn't had his chip removed. Spike/Buffy appear to be making out but it's AllJustADream. For now.]]

* DaydreamSurprise: [[spoiler:After yet another double-cross Buffy turns up at Spike's crypt determined to stake him once and for all. A pissed-off Spike rips off his shirt to expose his manly body and tells her to get on with it, whereupon they start making out passionately as Spike tells Buffy he loves her...only to wake up in bed with an expression of horror on his face.]]

* LoveEpiphany
-->"Oh God, no. Please, no."

* OpenHeartDentistry: Averted. [[spoiler:The Initiative doctor doesn't have the skills or surgical tools to remove Spike's chip, so he just pretends to do so.]]

-->'''Buffy:''' "Do you think that I spent the last year with you because you had super powers? If that's what I wanted, then I'd be dating Spike."

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Spike is in love with Buffy.]]

** Spike's rant over how Buffy seems to be everywhere, haunting him [[spoiler:because Spike has fallen for Buffy and is therefore thinking about her constantly.]]

** [[spoiler:Buffy's comment that if she wanted someone with superpowers she'd be dating Spike.]]

* GilliganCut: Willow uses a spell to light her and Tara's way while they search for Riley in the high school ruins because she doesn't wanna wander in the dark with only a flashlight, like a dufus. Cuts to Buffy wandering around the Initiative caves with a flashlight.

* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: Willow uses magic to create light, and asks what doofus would use a flashlight. Cut to Buffy moving through the tunnels waving a flashlight.

* RealMenPreferPink

-->'''Buffy:''' When I get my hands on Spike, I'm gonna rip his head off; I'm gonna--

'''Harmony:''' I ''am'' a villain, Spike. Helloooo? (then coughs, [[FailedAttemptAtDrama ruining the whole thing]])

* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon

* HardWorkMontage: Lampshaded by Buffy re collage.

-->'''Buffy:''' When I get my hands on Spike, I'm gonna rip his head off; I'm gonna__
-->'''Spike:''' __bathe in the Slayer's blood. Gonna dive in it. Swim in it.

** Well if there's been a fresh BodyInABreadBox...