I don't even remember what happens in this episode. So all I answered was #4 (assuming you mean physically? It's hard to argue that any of them beat Riley personality-wise). And damn, I just Googled and realized that I put Forrest when I meant to put Graham. See, that's how little I like and remember of the end of S4. I can't even keep track of Riley's Flotsam and Jetsam (or would they be Maggie's Flotsam and Jetsam?).

People think Walsh programmed Riley's preferences like that?? Ooh, I've never heard that, and it's very interesting. Do we have canon confirmation that she was able to program him mentally, though? I though she only "programmed" him physically, like with steroids. Heh, I don't like Walsh, I don't like Adam, and I don't like Riley, and so I don't remember anything!

Umm...all the season 4 episodes by this point are kinda mushed together for me. Don't remember the women that Riley pulled a gun on. And #3? Huh?

Not all episodes can be as good as Hush, Something Blue, A New Man...

1. A little heat, but nowhere near enough to convince me.
2. Old woman in that sort of a bar? Not very likely to be human. I went for general demon, but thinking about it now, I wonder if she's the nice old vampire lady who runs the tea-room in the dump?
3. I don't think Maggie was able to condition Riley mentally like that, but it's possible he had imprinted on strong women.
4. Forrest is pretty enough, but all the Initiative boys are pretty boring really.
5. I gave it three stars, which may have been a bit generous. It was an OK ep devoted to furthering the season arc - in a season in which all the best episodes were a lot more stand-alone.

1. Let me put it this way: the first time I tried watching TV on my laptop on an airplane, "The I in Team" was the next ep in my rewatch. I found myself deeply uncomfortable with watching the Buffy/Riley scene with total strangers looking over both shoulders. So.

Riley's definitely the nicest of the Initiative boys, but Forrest has the highest entertainment value, so I voted for him.

1. Not bad for Briley, but still well below most fully-clothed Spuffy scenes...

2. I thought the writers were trying to imply she was human, but I could see demon too. Wouldn't it be ironic if she was some kind of mass murderer?

3. I think Maggie was relying on the drugs and the chip.

4. Is it bad that I prefer Graham to Riley? He seemed like a pretty decent guy.

5. Three stars, but I think one of 'em is charity.

This episode escaped getting one star from me due to the fact that I only give one star ratings to the episodes that actively piss me off, but man, I think it's a serious contender for Most Boring Episode Ever.

Don't make me choose! They're all so dreamy!

It's so hard to convey sarcasm through a tickybox choice, but I feel like I've accomplished it here. :)

The old woman that Riley pulls a gun on in Willy's bar: Human?

I have absolutely no memory of this scene! But looking at the shooting script to refresh my memory, it says she's "a drunk, but no demon," ergo: human.

Some have suggested that Riley's early attraction to Buffy being strong and showing leadership ability was programmed into him by Maggie Walsh so that he'd obey her.

o_O

People say this? Weird. Also, eww.

Between the yummy sushi pajamas and the glasses she wears with the lab coat, Buffy has never been cuter than in this episode.

Three-and-a-half inch floppies like Adam's data port were already long obsolete by the time this episode aired.

This is the last time we ever see the charming Willy. The Alibi Room doesn't seem the same without him.

Mixing up the poll nights, I like it! Keeps things fresh. :D

1. I went with 3. Aesthetically they looked good together, and the slow motion was supposed to engender a sense of "whoa, hot" in me, but the bottom line was I never thought Riley was personally magnetic, so it was like a romance novel cover - pretty but nothing of substance underneath.

2. She was in Willy's, a demon bar. So if she wasn't a vampire, she was probably a demon.

3. That's...quite the stretch. Imma go with "no way."

4. Graham. He seemed...uncomplicated. Refreshingly uncomplicated. And I'm kinda surprised Buffy never got a ping at that time when she was near him - he has a low forehead, broad-almost-bulky through the shoulders...and his hair stuck straight up. I mean, Angel much?

5. Two stars. When they start gearing up the B/R, I sort of zone out on the episodes. *shrugs*

I remember doing double takes when first watching s4 because...how did those casting people NOT notice the resemblance of features to Buffy's dearly departed LOVAH?

I confess, I kind of like Gruffy. They could fight crime together! LOL

4. rofl! I'd never thought of that.

It's all I think about whenever I see a scene with Buffy and Graham. The guy playing him was worse at acting then DB during BtVS s1.

1. Offensively not-hot.

2. Demon-never occurred to me she might be human.

3.Never thought of it. Honestly, I can't remember a whole lot of this episode. Not on my frequent re-watch list. There must have been a good Spike part though. You'd think I'd at least remember that!

4. Riley, just because we knew him. And Forrest turned out to be a butthead.

5. One star. The helicopter chase just irritates the hell out of me.

I guess I really don't remember this well. Was thinking of Into the Woods.

1. I think it was supposed to be really sexy, but they hadn't done enough to sell me on Buffy/Riley to begin with and then add in the creepy voyeurism going on and, um, yeah... not as hot as it should have been.

3. I'd never heard that particular theory, but it would make some sense.

4. I really liked Graham. I wish we'd gotten to see more of him. I wanted to like Forrest (because, let's face it, Leonard Roberts is pretty hot), but wow he was annoying.

God, Forrest's hate-on for Buffy was so incredibly annoying. It was so petulant. Like Buffy stole his favorite toy or something. :\

This episode is worth 4 stars just because Xander asked if he could have sex with Riley too.

*G*

1-Not that hot, but that's mostly 'cause Riley was there. Though, I thought that it was strange that this wasn't seen or at least eluded to again. I half expected this after her little late-night slaying in the beginning of the first episode of the next season, but... I digress.

2-Not a vamp but really not sure whether she's a demon or not but Willy's never seemed like a place that a human would hang out... unless she's a demon/vampire groupie.

3-Not programmed into, but he would have needed to demonstrate the willingness to follow orders without question to join in Initiative, and Maggie would have certainly exploited that fact.

4-Graham returns eventually and takes Riley with him!!! I never thought any of them were anything close to dreamy.

5-This episode is slightly watchable, but the momentary scene with Tara and the quips of the Spike along with finally letting us in on what/who Adam is makes it a 3.

1. LIKE, MINUS A MILLION. But I'm in a generous mood, so I gave them a two.

Wow, not a lot of love for the Riley/Buffy sex scene.

Re: the old lady... she seemed genuinely scared of Riley and the gun to me. Which means demon or human, I think.

1. Not hot. But I will always give points for the sex/Slaying metaphor.

I actually like this episode! The cuteness and hilarity of the gang hiding in Xander's basement, and Spike being all "what? Hostile 17? Never heard of him" and Riley having his FREAK-OUT and 'maybe I'm the bad guy' moment. But then I like Riley, so seeing him hurt Willow (>:) and have his realignment angst is interesting to me.

Also, I love "I'm an anarchist". It's this fun hero one-liner, but SUCH A LIE. Oh Riley, you want it to be true but you are SUCH an inside-the-lines kind of guy. *pats him*

4) Physically, I don't like any of the three. (As a Buffy-sized girl, I find big, tall, strong guys a la Riley and his friends way too imposing and intimidating, and prefer Spike-sized ones. I like to refer to huge guys as lumberjacks.) Which is why I chose to interpret the question as 'Which character was the best-conceived one?' and went with Forrest, as Graham is too blah, and Riley is too chaotically done. At least Forrest is consistent in being annoying. (When I was watching Heroes , every time the character played by the Forrest actor appeared on screen, I yelled at the TV, 'Go away, Forrest!' or 'Shut up, Forrest!'. I'm mature like that.)

1. Fairly, I think that scene is underrated.

2. She's one of those giant phallic monsters from Doublemeat Palace, they all look like old women.

3. Maggie can be a bit regressive, but I don't think she'd assume that she's the only strong woman Riley would ever meet.

4. Riley, though Graham is underrated. I don't mean attractiveness. (I don't swing that way, but if I did, none of those three would be hits.)

5. Yeah, this is a great episode with the zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. And the zzzzzz. It has that great Road Runner exchange:

BUFFY: That would never happen.
WILLOW: That's why they're called cartoons, Buffy, and not documentaries.

Does this have the bit where Anya suggests Buffy should get a boring boyfriend, like Xander, and then says she can't have Xander? Haha, classic. Anyway, two stars.

1. I put 2 because Riley is the anti-hot, which in retrospect is weird because Blucas is actually pretty hot on Necessary Roughness. It must be all the white bread in Riley.

2. I only vaguely remember this scene, but I do remember thinking she must have been a vampire to be in Willy's in the first place.

3. I have never heard of this theory and do not ascribe to it.

4. Graham. Mostly because he's not a raving putz.

5. 2 stars. Mostly because I don't think I've ever given a 1 to a Buffy episode.

1. Not hot so much as awkward. It gives me second-hand embarrassment what with Buffy sucking Rileys finger, and MB making the most bizarre orgasm face. Trying way too hard. If anything I thought that they worked better earlier on when the writers were giving them walks in the sunshine, picnics etc, and pushing them as the cute and human relationship for Buffy. But trying to convince me of this great passion between them? Umm no

4. I didn't care for any of them much, but I guess that Forest was the most interesting of the three? He at least showed a spark of charisma at times, even if he WAS annoying, but then the other two reminded me of cavemen. The actors both had such flat and wooden line deliveries as well. Oops is that too mean :P

5. 2 stars, a very boring couple of episodes