"Listening to Fear" is the ninth episode of season 5 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
An extraterrestrial demon called the "Queller" arrives via meteorite to cull Sunnydale's mentally ill population, most but not all of them driven mad by Glory's "brain sucking." Joyce Summers, whose brain tumor is causing symptoms of mental illness, is released home from the hospital into a nervous Buffy's care, and almost becomes the Queller's v...
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"Listening to Fear" is the ninth episode of season 5 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
An extraterrestrial demon called the "Queller" arrives via meteorite to cull Sunnydale's mentally ill population, most but not all of them driven mad by Glory's "brain sucking." Joyce Summers, whose brain tumor is causing symptoms of mental illness, is released home from the hospital into a nervous Buffy's care, and almost becomes the Queller's victim but for Buffy's intervention. Joyce returns to the hospital for her surgery.
The Summers women are at the hospital when the doctor informs Joyce she'll have surgery in two days. The rest of the gang does their best to patrol and rid Sunnydale of a few more un-dead residents, emphatic that they will not bother Buffy while she is dealing with her mom's health. Meanwhile, Riley allows another female vampire to feed from him; he does not stake this one. The next day, Willow brings gifts to Joyce, Buffy, and Dawn in hopes of cheering them up....
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