(Unhappy about being abandonned by Willow, Buffy walks glumly up to her house, only to be accosted by a chipper middle aged lady on her doorstep.)

Pat: Oh, my word! Oh, you must be Buffy! Look at you. Aren't you a picture?

BUFFY: (unsure) Thank you.

Pat: Oh, I'm Pat, from your mom's book club. I'm sure she mentioned me.

BUFFY: Actually...

Pat: I, um, I sort of took it upon myself to look after her while you were, you know, off and away or what have you, and... Well, between, uh, your situation and reading 'Deep End of the Ocean', she was, uh, she was just a wreck. You can imagine. Anyway, I'm off. We're making empanadas in my Spanish class tonight. You go be with your mom. You two need to rebond.

(She smiles and heads on her way)

• Buffy & her mom

written by: Marti Noxon; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
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