Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S5/E09 Listening to Fear

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Ben summons a demon who eats crazy people to erase any trace of his involvement to Glory.

Xander: I still don't get why we had to come here to get info about a killer snot monster.
Giles: Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space! ...I did not say that.

  • The Cavalry Arrives Late: Riley and his men come charging into the Summer's house to find that Buffy and Spike have already killed the demon.

Spike: You just missed a real nice time.

Giles: Perhaps we should explore a bit more, head into the woods a bit.

  • Visual Innuendo: Riley at the vamphouse -- the scene opens with him and a female vampire kneeling before him, shot at an angle (and with sound effects) that makes it unclear just what she is sucking, but that there is definitely sucking going on. Then the camera pans around to show that it's just blood from his arm.
  • Word Salad: Joyce's ravings; subverted when we find she's talking about the monster clinging to the ceiling above her.
  • You Are Fat: Not played for laughs. Joyce comes down from her bedroom in the middle of the night, her dementia causing her to think it's morning and she has to make breakfast, and calls Buffy fat.