JOYCE: Are your friends gonna help with the investigation, too?

BUFFY: Mom, I really think... Maybe this isn't the best place to talk about this.

JOYCE: Are you embarrassed to be hanging out with your mother? I didn't hug you.



BUFFY: No. It's just... This hall is about school, and you're about home. Mix them, my world dissolves.

JOYCE: It's just, I keep thinking about who could have done such a thing. I have to help.

BUFFY: Well, Giles can always use help in the library.

JOYCE: I called everybody I know in town. I told them about the dead children. They're all just as upset as I am.

BUFFY: (confused) You called everybody that you know?

JOYCE: And they called all their friends. And guess what? We're setting up a vigil, for tonight, for City Hall. The Mayor is even gonna be there. Now we are gonna get some action. (smiles)

BUFFY: Uh-huh. That's great. Uh... But you know what? A lot of times when we're working on stuff like this, we like to keep the number of people that know about it kind of... small.

JOYCE: Oh. Right. Well, I-I'm sure there won't be all that many people.

• Buffy & her mom

written by: Jane Espenson & Thania St. John; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
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