(Frat house. Riley enters and goes towards his room)

FORREST: Hey! Where you been all night? (smiles) Well. Congratulations. I see you and Buffy have finally gotten past the shy phase.

RILEY: I wasn't with Buffy. I needed to be alone. Think some things through.

FORREST: What things? This is mighty ominous. What's up, man?

RILEY: Professor Walsh tried to have Buffy killed.

FORREST: What? Did Buffy tell you that? I mean, do you have any proof?

RILEY: I saw enough to know it's true.

FORREST: I don't get it. Why?

RILEY: I don't know. Buffy thinks that she's getting too close to something. That Professor Walsh has some secret.

FORREST: I wouldn't put it past Buffy to get on Professor Walsh's bad side. She tends to put her nose where it doesn't belong.

RILEY: What?

FORREST: (angry) She's a pain. Always wanting to know "why this?" and "why that?"

RILEY: (exasperated) And you're saying she should die because of that?

FORREST: I don't know. Maybe Professor Walsh found out that Buffy was up to something bad. That ever cross your mind?

RILEY: Why does it bug you so much that I'm hanging with her? Is it because she's a better soldier than you?

FORREST: It bugs me that she's using you to infiltrate our operations.

RILEY: (raising voice) So you're saying she's a spy? You're crazy!

FORREST: Riley, think about it. The professor is not stupid. If she tried to kill Buffy, maybe Buffy needed killing.

GRAHAM: Guys.

RILEY: Not now, Graham.

FORREST: What is it?

GRAHAM: (deep breath) Professor Walsh is dead.

• Buffy & Riley
• Riley & the initiative

written by: Marti Noxon; Transcribed by Joseph B. Full transcript at:
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