(Buffy enters the exam room) BUFFY: Hi. May I come in?

JOYCE: Oh, of course, baby, come on in. Uh, where's Dawn?

BUFFY: Uh, she's with Riley. They're watching TV in the waiting room.

DR. ISAACS: Excuse me, I'm just gonna check on the status of the OR. (Exits)

BUFFY: The OR?

JOYCE: Dr Isaacs says I'm ... lucky there's one available on such short notice. Some people wait for days, sometimes, weeks.

BUFFY: (softly) Mom, what did they find?

JOYCE: A shadow. I've got a shadow. Somewhere ... over there (on scan) ... he showed it to me, but, um ... they have to do a biopsy to find out exactly what it is.

(Buffy looks upset. They hug.)

JOYCE: (voice breaking) Doctor says it's too early to be concerned.

BUFFY: Right. No concern.

JOYCE: Just a shadow.

• Joyce's Illness

written by: David Fury; Transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/86shadow.html