Throughout the episode, it is obvious that Buffy and Riley are interested in each other; however, they both have secrets that the other does not know about. Buffy has to lie to Riley saying she has homework to do while Riley lies to Buffy saying he has to grade late papers. Even though both characters have to keep their secrets unknown, Buffy tells Willow that she always has to lie to Riley and all she wants to do is “come clean” and tell him about her being a slayer not knowing that Riley also feels the same way. Riley tells Forrest (another member of the covert military group) that he wants to tell Buffy about what he does instead of lying to her because he feels that Buffy is special to him. In this episode they accidentally find out something about the other that they never knew about. Both Buffy and Riley are out to defeat the monsters, however, they find each other in the same situation and are both confused on why the other is there trying to defeat the monsters but since they don’t have the ability to question each other , they protect each other. At the end of the episode once Buffy and Riley know they have to explain to each other about the situation the other night they struggle on how to start and the episode ends with this. They both are aware now that a big secret is between them but cannot find the words to admit it. Words became the barrier between them since they cannot find the exact words to say in fear of letting the truth be
Throughout the episode, it is obvious that Buffy and Riley are interested in each other; however, they both have secrets that the other does not know about. Buffy has to lie to Riley saying she has homework to do while Riley lies to Buffy saying he has to grade late papers. Even though both characters have to keep their secrets unknown, Buffy tells Willow that she always has to lie to Riley and all she wants to do is “come clean” and tell him about her being a slayer not knowing that Riley also feels the same way. Riley tells Forrest (another member of the covert military group) that he wants to tell Buffy about what he does instead of lying to her because he feels that Buffy is special to him. In this episode they accidentally find out something about the other that they never knew about. Both Buffy and Riley are out to defeat the monsters, however, they find each other in the same situation and are both confused on why the other is there trying to defeat the monsters but since they don’t have the ability to question each other , they protect each other. At the end of the episode once Buffy and Riley know they have to explain to each other about the situation the other night they struggle on how to start and the episode ends with this. They both are aware now that a big secret is between them but cannot find the words to admit it. Words became the barrier between them since they cannot find the exact words to say in fear of letting the truth be