WILLOW: Here. Something.

BUFFY: She's locked her door. That spell has her good and loopy.

WILLOW: Info on one R.J. Brooks.

BUFFY: Oh, lemme see. Is there a picture?

XANDER: Family stuff. Hey, I knew his brother. He was a big jock at Sunnydale High too. Couple years ahead of us. He used to stick chewing gum in my hair. Huh.

WILLOW: What're you thinking?

XANDER: Well, I think my relationship with R.J.'s brother was complex at best, but...maybe he's a way in.

BUFFY: (to Willow) Now, look for a picture.

(cut to later)

XANDER: (to Spike as they head towards the door) I'm just saying, we're?we're tangling with a powerful spell here. We don't know what the deal is so?so keep an eye out if this guy looks twitchy. And don't let this guy charm you, either. He had everyone around him practically kissing his ring back in high school.

(door opens. RJ's brother Lance is decidely past his prime)

LANCE: Yeah?

(cut to later, inside)

LANCE: Construction, huh? That's awesome.

XANDER: Yeah.

LANCE: So, what's up with R.J.? How's he doing at the old alpha mater?

XANDER: Good. It's just? I know a girl that might be going out with him and I was wondering?

LANCE: Gotit, and you want to know if he's a good guy. Truth is, he's the best. Following in my footsteps. You might not know it now, looking at me with a couple of extra pounds, but back then, I was quite the guy.

XANDER: Yeah, I gather that R.J. is pretty popular, too.

LANCE: I gotta tell ya. There was a time I was worried about R.J. He was into comic books, Model U.N., geek stuff?no offense, Harris.

(Spike, over by a curio cabinet, turns one of the many angels around so that it's no longer facing him)

LANCE: One time, I found all this poetry under his bed. Turns out, he wrote it. Then he, uh?what do you call it? Blossomed. That's what it was like.

XANDER: And do you have any idea why he, you know, burst into a flower all of a sudd??

SPIKE: You're wearing your brother's jacket. Here, in this picture.

LANCE: Oh, no, dude. He's wearing mine. That jacket was with me all the way through high school. Gave it to him when I graduated, right before I started over at the Pizza Barn. I'm in the management program.

XANDER: So, Lance, where did you get the jacket?

LANCE: Oh, dad gave it to me. Made a big deal about it, too. How he met mom wearing that jacket. She was a former Miss Arkansas. Very hot in her day.

XANDER: Wow, that's wonderful. Boy, it's getting late.

LANCE: Hey, you guys don't have to take off if you don't want too. I got sort of a rumpus room set up in the basement. There's air hockey and a mini fridge. We could party.

MRS. BROOKS (O.S.): Lance? Do you have guests down there? There's little boxes or raisins if you want snacks.

XANDER: We really gotta go.

written by: Drew Z. Greenberg; Transcribed by: CariCranberry. Edited by me. . Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/season7/transcripts/128_tran.php