The Initiative

In which the United States government has a gigantic facility and a squad of covert operatives studying the creatures of Sunnydale and no one has ever noticed. It makes sense when you remember that a town that doesn't think anything of massive neck rupture as a cause of death can ignore anything.

Official back-of-box synopsis:

The truth is down there - unbeknownst to Buffy and the gang, Spike is captured by a commando squad for the Initiative, a mysterious underground laboratory beneath the streets of U. C. Sunnydale.

From the old WB Buffy website:

THE TRUTH IS DOWN THERE - Unbeknownst to Buffy and the gang, Spike is captured by a commando squad for The Initiative, a mysterious underground laboratory beneath the streets of U.C. Sunnydale. Meanwhile, Buffy's Psych T.A., Riley, has a major slayer crush and turns to Willow for advice on ways to woo.

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
• Mercedes McNab as Harmony
• James Marsters as Spike
• Marc Blucas as Riley
• Mace Lombard as Tom
• Lindsay Crouse as Professor Walsh
• Adam Kaufman as Parker
• Bailey Chase as Graham
• Leonard Roberts as Forrest
• Scott Becker as Lost Freshman