The info on Buffy was probably in his operations officer's files. If not, he just called the local FBI office who told her where she was working. Remember, the Iniative's overseers directed that Buffy be kept under serveillance.
What did the writers like so much about Riley ?
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The info on Buffy was probably in his operations officer's files. If not, he just called the local FBI office who told her where she was working. Remember, the Iniative's overseers directed that Buffy be kept under serveillance.
thetopher
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Sounds like that conspiracy about Riley framing Spike as The Doctor lol.
Conversely it makes sense that the remnants of the Initiative- the monster hunting part- would keep a general track of that one independent superpowered demon hunter that helped them out one time and mark her as (maybe) a resource to be utilized?
So he made a mistake? He was so focused on tracking the demon and by the time he and Buffy found it Sam had caught up, distracting Riley whilst Buffy went ahead and killed the demon. That was her assumption as well as Riley not giving her ALL the information because maybe he was a lil' bit caught up seeing his ex?
Man, there is no hate like Riley... hate except Xander hate. No grace given at all. We've gone from 'he was wantonly cruel' via conspiracy theory to 'he wasn't mission focused as all because he made 1 mistake' lol.
But I'm not a Riley hater. Season 4 is one of my favorite seasons and I think he was done dirty by his writing out. The issues he has, Buffy's closing off, are frequently cited by fans as a problem when he's not the one doing the complaining and framing his actions as cheating is weird to me.
But in the writers efforts to make him seem cool they make him seem manipulative.
He doesn't know what's going on in Buffy's life but he knows to find her at the embarrassing job she didn't have or need the last time he saw her. He doesn't make it clear the super important mission he needs hercfor is a tracking mission. I believe they skip over most of Buffy informing him what's going on so we never see him lacking information but we also never see him being surprised. All the sympathy he gives her is in a confident, peptalk I'm sure of myself way, never in a sad grieving with you sort of way
But in the writers efforts to make him seem cool they make him seem manipulative.
He doesn't know what's going on in Buffy's life but he knows to find her at the embarrassing job she didn't have or need the last time he saw her. He doesn't make it clear the super important mission he needs hercfor is a tracking mission. I believe they skip over most of Buffy informing him what's going on so we never see him lacking information but we also never see him being surprised. All the sympathy he gives her is in a confident, peptalk I'm sure of myself way, never in a sad grieving with you sort of way
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thetopher
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I'm sure parts of the government would keep track on Buffy's location at various times. Riley doesn't ask her why she's working there because 1) He is mission focused and 2) It's kind of none of his friggin' business.
I'm sure he remembers how things ended between them and doesn't want to seem nosy regarding her non-slayer life or impose himself. He's there for slayer-Buffy, not to chat with his ex.
Riley specifically tells Buffy that he's there tracking a scary demon. He's on a tracking mission.
He should've clarified that they shouldn't kill the demon until it leads them to its nest/eggs or whatever; that mistake is on him but he's juggling the awkwardness of working with Buffy and such.
I think he probably didn't see Buffy sleeping with Spike coming, despite what the conspirators might claim. So I'm sure Riley knows very little about Buffy's current circumstances, the fact she died for a while, things like that. Nor does he know about Willow being 'off the magicks' or Xander's engagement.
There's plenty of stuff he doesn't know about current Sunnydale, clearly.
NotASlayer
Not even Buffy's friends knew she was sleeping with Spike, the idea disgusted her so much, so how would Riley find out?
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Verified that Riley doesn't know what's been going on with Buffy (or any of the Scoobies), with this exchange:
BUFFY: How's your arm?
RILEY: It'll heal. How you doin'?
BUFFY: Complicated question.
RILEY: I just meant-
BUFFY: I know.
RILEY: I hear ya. Got some, uh, big stories to tell you to. If we ever get half a second.
BUFFY: Did you die?
RILEY: No.
BUFFY: I'm gonna win.