Listening To Fear

In which Riley discovers that some people still appreciate him - that it's the Initiative and vampire whores he pays to suck him matters not, we discover that Ben and Glory are somehow connected, and Buffy and Spike join forces to battle a killer snot-demon from outer space who is menacing Joyce and killing the Glory-crazed.

Official back-of-box synopsis:

Buffy and Dawn help their mother to prepare for brain surgery. When Ick, an extraterrestrial demon lands on Earth, he terrorises Sunnydale and the Summers' home.

From the old WB Buffy website:

SOMETHING FROM ANOTHER PLANET TARGETS BUFFY'S MOM - As Buffy and Dawn help their mother prepare for brain surgery, a creepy extra-terrestrial demon becomes fixated on an increasingly disoriented Joyce and infiltrates the Summers' home.

Links:

This episode's page at http://www.restlessbtvs.com/, the Restless BTVS Trivia Guide

This episode's page at http://www.vrya.net/bdb/, the Buffyverse Dialog Database

Cast:

• Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy
• Alyson Hannigan as Willow
• Nicholas Brendon as Xander
  

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• Anthony Stewart Head as Giles
• Kristine Sutherland as Joyce
• James Marsters as Spike
• Emma Caulfield as Anya
• Marc Blucas as Riley
• Bailey Chase as Graham
• Amber Benson as Tara
• Michelle Trachtenberg as Dawn
• Charlie Weber as Ben
• Paul Hayes as Older Night Watchman
• Kevin Weisman as Dreg
• Nick Chinlund as Major Ellis
• Randy Thompson as Dr Kriegel
• Keith Allan as Skinny Mental Patient
• Erin Leigh Price as Vampire Chick
• April Adams as Nurse Lampkin
• Barbara C Adside as Creature #1
• Debbie Lee Carrington as Creature #2