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Out of My Mind is the fourth episode of the fifth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the eighty-second episode overall, and brings Riley's superhuman abilities to an end. After discovering that his pulse is much more than it should be, the Initiative is brought back in to try to fix the problem. Meanwhile, Spike plans to use the doctor they've brought in to take the chip out of his head.

Guest Stars: Amber Benson (Tara), Kristine Sutherland (Joyce), Mercedes McNab (Harmony), Charlie Weber (Ben), Deirdre Holder (Hospital Doctor), Time Winters (Initiative Doctor)

Contents 1 Plot Overview 2 Notes 2.1 Monster of the Week 2.2 Body Count 3 Arc Advancement 3.1 Happenings 3.2 Characters 3.3 Referbacks 4 Trivia 4.1 The Show 4.2 Behind the Scenes 4.3 Allusions and References 4.4 Memorable Moments 5 Quotes 6 Reviews

[edit] Plot Overview

[edit] Notes

[edit] Monster of the Week

• Because this episode mainly deals with Riley and Joyce being ill, no monster of the week was introduced.

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1	Vampire	Riley	Staked	Graveyard
2	Vampire	Buffy	Staked	Graveyard

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

[edit] Characters

• Spike: Spike has a steamy dream about Buffy and wakes up in a shock. This marks the beginning of his love for her.
• Riley: Riley is significantly weakened from this episode on now that his heart has been fixed to work like a normal person's.

[edit] Referbacks

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

• First Appearance: Ben the Intern makes his first appearance in this episode. He will go on to play a major role towards the end of the season.
• Cast & Crew Magic: The jars behind the counter in the magic shop are named after members of the cast and crew, this includes: Tony's Heads, Charisma Charms and Boreanaz Beads.

[edit] Behind the Scenes

[edit] Allusions and References

• Dawson's Creek: Dawson's Creek was a fairly popular series which was one of the programs which The WB used to get on its feet with. The teen drama starred rising stars like Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson in a suburban setting. Spike's reference is to the character Pacey chasing after Katie Holmes's character, Joey, despite her disinterest in him.

Spike: Oh, Pacey! You blind idiot. Can't you see she doesn't love you?

• 1984: The dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell was written in 1949 about a future where the government is watching everything that its people does in hopes of creating a peaceful society through fear. Big Brother is the leader of Oceania and is at the forefront of the system's propaganda.

Buffy: It's so unfair. It's like Big Brother can spy on you all the time, and the second I have something to say, no one will listen.

[edit] Memorable Moments

• Joyce growing ill and being forced to go to the hospital.
• The doctor opperating on Spike's brain, only pretending to take the chip out of his brain.

[edit] Quotes

• Buffy: Spike, I just saw you taste your own nose blood. You know what? I'm too grossed out to hear anything you have to say. Go home.
  Spike: It's blood. It's what I do!

• Spike: Is it bigger than a breadbox?
  Harmony: No. Four left.
  Spike: So it's smaller than a breadbox.
  Harmony: Heh heh! No, only three.
  Spike: Harmony... is it a sodding breadbox?
  Harmony: Yes! Oh, my God. Someone's blondy bear is a Twenty Questions genius!

[edit] Reviews

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