Aaaaaand they can’t look each other in the eye! Was it the handcuffs or the larceny they’re most embarrassed about?
Buffy: It was just too much to deal with. It was like nothing made sense anymore. The things that I thought I understood were gone. I just felt… so alone.
Giles: Was that the math or the verbal?
Buffy: Mostly the math.
Giles: Well, if you scored low, then you can take them again.
Buffy: More SATs? Is there really a point? I could die before I even apply to college.
Giles: And then, you very possibly might not.
Buffy: Well, let’s just keep hope alive.
Another moment of Ripper/Joyce clinging. They’re probably doing it just to annoy Buffy at this point.