(Town streets. evening. A car crashed into a fire hydrant which is spraying water. Silent people wander. Buffy walks.)

(Riley breaks up an impending fight between a black man in a business suit and a white man. He has to push the white man back authoritatively. He turns to straighten the black man's coat almost like a tailor. The white man picks up a pipe to attack Riley from behind but Buffy has been approaching from behind and casually turns his wrist hard and the pipe drops. The bones crackled. The guy collapses in pain. Riley doesn't see this, he just sees Buffy. They hug.)

RILEY: (mouths) Are you okay?

(Buffy nods.)

BUFFY: (mouths) You?

(Riley rolls his head back and forth. Crashing is heard. Both Riley & Buffy feel the call of duty and secret identity. They start make excuses with gestures, start to separate, but then Riley holds on to her. They kiss. They each go on. A siren sounds.)

• Buffy & Riley

written by: Joss Whedon; corrections made & some descriptions added based on the shooting script at http://www.mustreadtv.com/buffyscripts/hush1.html.. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/66hush.html;