4.14 Goodbye Iowa

Buffy: No! No, Maggie made sure that he was nowhere around when she sent me on this very special make Buffy dead assignment.
Willow: Plus Riley he seems like he wouldn't tell a little white lie let alone a whole bunch of big dirty ones.

Riley: Buffy! God Buffy are you ok? What happened?
Buffy: You know?
Riley: I know something went down. Tell me.
Buffy: Maggie tried to kill me.

Willow: It'll be ok Buffy, Riley's just confused, that's all.
Buffy: I don't know. It just seems like things could get heavier. His whole world's falling apart.

Buffy: That was the idea. Riley was supposed to be Mr.Joe Guy. We were going to do dumb things like hold hands through the daises going tra-la-la.
Willow: Poor Buffy. Your life resists all things average.
Anya: So dump him. But you can't have Xander!
Buffy: I'll try and remember that. It's too late anyway - I'm already at the I hurt when he hurts, I smile when he smiles stage.
Anya: I hate that part.
Buffy: I'll just have to make it work.

Riley: I dunno. 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: She's a pain. Always wanting to know why this and why that?
Riley: 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 operation.
Riley: So you saying that she's a spy? Hmpph You're crazy.
Forrest: Riley think about it. The professor's not stupid, she tried to kill Buffy, maybe Buffy needed killing.

Riley: You better not be saying what I think you're saying. When we don't know a person did this - the Polgara demon has skewers.
Forrest: No way man that's your girlfriend's m.o.
Riley: That's a serious accusation. You better be ready to deal with the consequences.
Forrest: Bring em on. That supernatural freak has blinded you and I'm sick of it.
Riley: That's enough.

Riley: Buffy. Hey.
Buffy: Hey.
Buffy: Look I'm sorry about earlier. I know that came on pretty strong. And the Spike thing isn't as tweaked as it looks. Ok maybe it is but there's an explanation that almost makes sense. Hello. I'm apologizing here. And I-I think that's pretty big of me considering I'm the one who was almost made a demon sandwich. This is the part where you throw me a bone.
Riley: Maggie's dead.
Riley: Happy now?
Buffy: How can you ask me that? Of course I'm not happy. What happened?
Riley: That's classified.
Buffy: Classifie... The Polgara. It got her and escaped. Didn't it?
Buffy: I'm gonna find it. I'm gonna find it and destroy it. And then you can stop asking me how happy all this death makes me.

Riley: Right. Except rules don't seem to apply much these days do they? Like if I shot you right now I don't know if I'd have a corpse on my hands or one pissed off vampire.
Buffy: Riley.
Riley: I mean who do you believe? First it sounds like lies, then it sounds like truth.
Buffy: Riley.
Riley: what's happening to me?

Buffy: Riley why don't you lie down? You'll be more comfortable.
Buffy: Stop it.
Riley: I can't. It's like something's growing inside of me.
Buffy: No. You're hurting yourself. Ok shhh.
Riley: I thought I knew, but I don't. I don't know anything.
Buffy: Sshhh. You're sick. Once you get some rest...
Riley: No. Buffy. I don't know... anything. I don't know what's going on. Who the bad guys are. Maybe I'm the bad guy. Maybe I'm the thing you should kill.
Buffy: No! Don't you even think that.
Buffy: Ok listen to me. You're sick. You just need to get some sleep. Please. Lie down for me. Come on.
Buffy: It'll be ok.

Xander: Holy moley.
Buffy: I know.
Xander: I totally get it now. Can I have sex with Riley too?

Riley: You're doing this to me, aren't you?
Riley: This all started because of you.
Buffy: If you will just listen to me, I am trying to help you get to the truth.
Riley: You want truth then tell me, what did you do to her Buffy?
Buffy: Stop it! I didn't do anything.
Buffy: Riley stop! This isn't about us, everything that we need to know is here, we just need to find out what was in 314.

Willow: No word from Riley?
Buffy: Nothing. The Initiative probably has him locked in some medical ward. There's no way I can get near him until I come up with a better plan than just storming in and getting us all shot.
Willow: Yeah, you might want to work the kinks out of that one.
Buffy: What am I going to do? He needs me and I can't get near him.
Willow: You'll find a way.

Buffy: I never should have let them take Riley. I need to be with him.
Willow: I'm sure he's ok.
Buffy: There's no way he can be. Everything's he's ever believed in has been taken away. He's alone. He has nothing to hold on to.
*Cut to Riley in a hospital bed clasping Buffy's bandana*