Riley strikes me as the kind of dude who's life was military. Probably he went to an academy.
I'm way overthinking this, aren't I?
Oh, probably. :P I think with Riley, it's the same as Angel, only Riley never got to the point where they had to get into his backstory too much. They wanted the normal guy thrust into Buffy's world. I've seen the criticism of S4 that it's too much about Riley in some ways, which I'd agree with. There's more "How's Riley deal with this" rather than how Buffy deals with it.
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Riley strikes me as the kind of dude who's life was military. Probably he went to an academy.
I'm way overthinking this, aren't I?
Oh, probably. :P I think with Riley, it's the same as Angel, only Riley never got to the point where they had to get into his backstory too much. They wanted the normal guy thrust into Buffy's world. I've seen the criticism of S4 that it's too much about Riley in some ways, which I'd agree with. There's more "How's Riley deal with this" rather than how Buffy deals with it.