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5.14 Crush Joyce: "Honey, did you somehow, uh, unintentionally lead him on in any way? Send him signals?" Buffy: "I do beat him up a lot. For Spike, that's like third base." Who ever thought we'd end up empathizing with Spike? Half of me was squirming for the poor guy throughout, while the other half was laughing out loud. And I kept wanting to say, "For pity's sake, Buffy, give him something!" Spike was always the most sympathetic of the vamps (except soul-having Angel, obviously), and it wasn't just his weakness for Drusilla; he's romantic, witty, and perceptive about what hurts people emotionally. He was always nice to Joyce, even pre-chip. And he's spending time with Dawn because he likes her. (Could anything force him to be nice to a teenager if he didn't want to?) With a year of Clockwork Orange aversion therapy on top of it, Spike has genuinely changed, and he really does love Buffy. If vamps can change, if they can love, it blurs the boundaries of that whole vamp/soul/Angel thing. Doesn't it? I really liked Spike trying to handle Buffy, Drusilla, and Harmony, all at the same time, with the help of chains and ropes. (And can you think of three more dissimilar women?) I actually believed for a moment that Spike would stake Drusilla. He had to commit, to make a choice, and he chose Buffy, and wow. If Drusilla couldn't turn Spike back, no one could. Now what? Spike has given up both Drusilla and Harmony for Buffy, and Buffy won't have anything to do with him. He hasn't a shred of pride left, and nothing to lose; will he withdraw and mope, or launch a full-scale Buffy assault? (Knowing Spike, it'll be an assault.) She may be adamant about never-never-in-a-million-years, but knowing someone is in love with you can change the way you feel about them. And post-Riley Buffy is protesting too much; she has to feel something for Spike or she wouldn't be fighting it so hard. Bits and pieces: -- Loved Harmony pretending to be Buffy in order to turn Spike on. -- Did you all catch Tara's speech about Quasimodo? It's Spike to a T. -- Dawn and Spike are so much fun together. I also think it's funny that Xander is peeved about Dawn transferring her crush from him to Spike. -- I like what they're doing with James Marsters' makeup and wardrobe. Quotes: Anya: "Xander, I think you may have hurt his feelings." Xander: "And you should never hurt the feelings of a brutal killer. (pause) You know, that's actually some pretty good advice." Willow: "I just don't see why he couldn't end up with Esmerelda. They could have the wedding right there, beneath the very bell-tower where he labored thanklessly for all those years." Tara: "No, see, it can't end like that, 'cause all of Quasimodo's actions were selfishly motivated. He had no moral compass, no understanding of right and wrong. Everything he did, he did out of love for a woman who would never be able to love him back. Also, you can tell it's not going to have a happy ending when the main guy's all bumpy." Dawn: "I feel safe with you." Spike: "Take that back!" Spike: "I've changed, Buffy." Buffy: "What, that chip in your head? That's not change. That's just holding you back. You're like a serial killer in prison!" Spike: "Women marry them all the time!" Harmony: "Wait. I get it. Our little sex game was just the beginning. Now you've gone and picked up some cheap queen of the damned to dress up like your precious Drood-zilla." Spike: "Harm..." Harmony: "You'd better not be thinking what I think you're thinking. 'Cause my answer is the same as always. No threesomes unless it's boy boy girl, or Charlize Theron." Buffy: "Whatever you think you're feeling, it's not love. You can't love without a soul." Drusilla: "Oh, we can, you know. We can love quite well, if not wisely." Spike: "Just give me something ... a crumb ... a barest smidgen. Tell me maybe, someday, there's a chance." Buffy: "Spike, the only chance you had with me was when I was unconscious." Harmony: "You forget about me again? The actual girlfriend? I gave you the best ... bunch of months of my life." I have to give this episode a four, Billie |
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