History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E15AsYouWere

* PoorCommunicationKills the Suvolte Demon: Riley fails to tell Buffy they need the demon alive. He also fails to mention he's married, but as Buffy (who on [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E10IntoTheWoods their last encounter]] had been furious with him) was acting like the flirty, quirky girl he'd fallen in love with, his reluctance to drop that particular bombshell was understandable if not excusable.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Poor Communication Kills the Suvolte Demon. Riley fails to tell Buffy they need the demon alive. He also fails to mention he's married, but as Buffy (who on [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E10IntoTheWoods their last encounter]] had been furious with him) was acting like the flirty, quirky girl he'd fallen in love with, his reluctance to drop that particular bombshell was understandable if not excusable.

->'''Riley''': ''"I've been up 48 hours straight tracking down something bad. Now it's come to Sunnydale."''
->'''Buffy''': ''"[[BadJobWorseUniform My hat has a cow]]..."''

%%* DoggedNiceGuy: Both Riley and Sam in their interactions with Buffy.

* MiseryPoker: Buffy and Riley promise to swap stories if they get a chance and see whose were more exiting/dangerous/crazy etc. She asks if he died, and when he says he didn't, she says, "I'm going to win."[[note:Buffy is speaking of the ''second'' time she died, after which her friends used magic to pull her back from Heaven.]]

* MiseryPoker: Buffy and Riley promise to swap stories if they get a chance and see whose were more exiting/dangerous/crazy etc. She asks if he died, and when he says he didn't, she says, "I'm going to win."

* DidYouDie: Buffy and Riley promise to swap stories if they get a chance and see whose were more exiting/dangerous/crazy etc. She asks if he died, and when he says he didn't, she says, "I'm going to win."

->'''Riley''': I've been up 48 hours straight tracking down something bad. Now it's come to Sunnydale.
->'''Buffy''': [[BadJobWorseUniform My hat has a cow]]...

* TheNicknamer: Xander refers to Sam/Riley as [[Film/TheThinMan Nick and Nora]] [[NickFury Fury]]. Sam calls her husband Captain Can-Do.

* TheBusCameBack

* DoggedNiceGuy: Both Riley and Sam in their interactions with Buffy.
* DoubleEntendre: Spike suggests that as Buffy won't let him come inside her house it's time she came...outside. Cue Spuffy sex on the lawn.

* ExplosiveBreeder: The Suvolte demon.

* HomoeroticSubtext / WhyDontYouMarryIt
-->'''Anya:''' You know, if you love Riley Finn so much, maybe you should just marry him.\\

* MasterOfTheMixedMessage / AllTakeAndNoGive: Spike lets lose his frustrations about Buffy.

* [[PoorCommunicationKills Poor Communication Kills the Suvolte Demon]]: Riley fails to tell Buffy they need the demon alive. He also fails to mention he's married, but as Buffy (who on [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E10IntoTheWoods their last encounter]] had been furious with him) was acting like the flirty, quirky girl he'd fallen in love with, his reluctance to drop that particular bombshell was understandable if not excusable.

* TestosteronePoisoning

* VampiresAreSexGods / [[SexGod Sex Goddess]]: Five hours of sex? Really?

** Spike insists that there's nothing wrong with them being together even if Buffy's being weak and selfish until she says that it's killing her.

** Spike traffics in demon eggs but doesn't store them properly, so they start to hatch.

* IdiotBall: Riley recruits Buffy to join him on a demon hunt, but forgets to tell her he needs it alive. But somehow we're still supposed to see this as Buffy's fault.

-->'''Buffy:''' ''([[TalkToTheFist punches Spike in the face]])'' It can't be, he's too incompetent. It's just Spike, Riley--

** Spike insists that there's nothing wrong with them being together even if she's being weak and selfish until she says that it's killing her.

-->'''Buffy:''' Shut up. ''(pulls him down onto the bed)''

* [[TheFarmerAndTheViper The Slayer and the Vampire]]
-->'''Riley:''' ''([[PistolWhipping butt-strokes Spike in the face]])'' Where are the eggs?
-->'''Buffy:''' The Doctor...it can't be Spike....
-->'''Spike:''' No need to defend me, luv.
-->'''Buffy:''' ''([[TalkToTheFist punches Spike in the face]])'' It can't be, he's too incompetent. It's just Spike, Riley--
-->'''Riley:''' Right -- deadly, amoral, opportunistic...or had you forgotten?

* ThisIsThePartWhere: Spike quickly realises Buffy is going to break up with him, but doesn't take it seriously. "I've memorized this tune, love.
I think I have the sheet music."

* ButtMonkey: Spike gets knocked around by both Riley and Buffy, his black market deal falls through, then his girlfriend blows up his lair and dumps him.