(Buffy's house. Joyce is modeling an evening dress, spinning around)

BUFFY: I might like it more than the others. Can you spin around again?

DAWN: Ooh, I'm not sure. Once more.

BUFFY: Now could you go the other way?

JOYCE: You're messing with me!

(Dawn laughs.)

BUFFY: We just wanted to see how many times we could get you to do it.

DAWN: Was that five, or four and a half?

JOYCE: So is anyone gonna talk about my dress?

DAWN: I like it.

JOYCE: You sure? I mean, it's not too mom-ish?

DAWN: Oh. That was why I liked it.

BUFFY: You're both crazy. It's not mom-ish at all. It's sexy. It screams, "Randy sex kitten, buy me one drink and I'll..." (pauses) Oh, wait, that's not really good either.

JOYCE: Oh god. What time is it?

BUFFY: (checks her watch) 4:23. You have lots of time until seven. Vast acres of time in which you could plant crops. Now tell me about this Brian and what his intentions are.

DAWN: Maybe he's a gigolo. Was his shirt all shiny?

JOYCE: No! He works for a publishing house. He's a nice normal guy, okay?

BUFFY: I think I've heard of those.

JOYCE: He came to the gallery ... my first day back, when I was, you know, kinda shaky, starting over. And he asked a question about these antique cameos (sighs) and I was so lost, because ... Carol had been doing the ordering while I was sick. Well, it turned out that he didn't know anything about them either, so we had a lot to talk about.

• Buffy & her mom

written by: Jane Espenson; transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
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