There are many references to mental institutions in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Here’s a favourite quip from Buffy in 7.07 Conversations With Dead People:
Holden: “No, but, other stuff, too. Majoring in psych, really loving that. And I was taking a year off to do an internship at the Sunnydale Mental Hospital.”
Buffy: “Wow, that’s gotta be a popular joint.”
This reference in episode 2.11 Ted hints at a future story 6.17 Normal Again where Buffy believes that she is in a mental institution.
Ted: “Or what? You’ll slay me? I’m real. I’m not some goblin you made up in your little diary. Psychiatrists have a word for something like this: delusional. So, from now on, you’ll do what I say, when I say, or I show this (holds up her diary) to your mother, and you’ll spend your best dating years behind the wall of a mental institution.”
And then from 6.17 Normal Again:
Doctor: “The Slayer, right, but that’s only one level. She’s also created an intricate latticework to support her primary delusion. In her mind, she’s the central figure in a fantastic world beyond imagination. She’s surrounded herself with friends, most with their own superpowers … who are as real to her as you or me. More so, unfortunately. Together they face … grand overblown conflicts against an assortment of monsters both imaginary and rooted in actual myth. Every time we think we’re getting through to her, more fanciful enemies magically appear.”
Finally, season 5 was full to the brim with mental patients and characters. In this quote from 5.21 The Weight Of The World, Xander is referring to a room in the hospital where all of Glory’s victims had been locked up:
Xander: “Oh, the mental ward? I already been. The vegetable section’s closed. Nobody there. It’s like they all just got up and walked away.”
Related episodes: 2.11 Ted, 5.21 The Weight Of The World, 6.17 Normal Again, 7.07 Conversations With Dead People
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