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Season 5, Episode 7
Written by Tim Minear
Directed by Nick Marck
Original Airdate: 13 November 2000
"I can't believe I passed out. Do you think
I'm a total wuss now?"
Buffy
REGULAR CAST
GUEST CAST
CO-STARRING
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Kali Rocha as
Cecily Addams
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Edward Fletcher as
Male Partygoer
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Katharine Leonard as
Female Partygoer
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Matthew Lang as
2nd Male Partygoer
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Chris Daniels as
Stabbing Vampire
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Kenneth Feinberg as
Chaos Demon
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Steve Heinze as
Vampire #1
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Ming Liu as
Xin Rong
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April Wheedon-Washington as
Nikki Wood
SYNOPSIS
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In a routine patrol at the cemetery, a vampire
turns Buffy's stake around on her, and she is stabbed through the
stomach. Thanks to Riley's appearance at the cemetery and his medical
treatment skills, Buffy is saved. While Dawn helps cover for Buffy at
home, Riley goes out the following night with the rest of the gang to
sweep the cemetery. Giles and Buffy research to find out how previous
Slayers died. Unable to find any useful information, they realize that
Spike killed two, and Buffy wants to know how.
At the Bronze, Buffy buys Spike food and beer so he will tell her the
stories of how he killed the Slayers. In London, 1880, William Pratt
works on his poetry, but when it is read aloud, it is revealed that he
was named "William the Bloody" because of his lack of poetic talent. He
talks with a girl, Cecily, whom he loves from afar. She does not care
for him, telling him he's beneath her, which leads William to run away.
Drusilla tracks him down, and after some persuasion, she makes him a
vampire.
Back in the present, Riley locates the vampire that staked Buffy in a
crypt with quite a few of his vampire friends. Spike plays pool while
continuing his stories of the past. In Yorkshire, 1880, the newly named
Spike battles with Angelus after causing trouble for his vampire family.
Spike is hardly disturbed by Angelus' threats, as he entirely enjoys the
chaos he's caused, not caring about the effect it had on Angelus and his
clan.
During the Boxer Rebellion in China, 1900, Spike fought with a Chinese
Slayer and after a long battle, he kills her. While Spike and Drusilla
revel in the kill of the Slayer and the taste of her blood, Angelus is
less than excited. Spike talks proudly about his kill, explaining to
Buffy that while a Slayer must reach for her weapon, a vampire is
already armed. Riley goes to the crypt alone and after staking the
vampire that hurt Buffy, he blows up the rest with a grenade.
Spike continues his lessons with Buffy and tells the story of how he
killed the second Slayer in New York, 1977. On a subway train, Spike and
the Slayer battle until finally, he snaps her neck. Spike reveals to
Buffy that every Slayer wants to experience death, after causing so much
of it. Spike tries to kiss her, but she pushes him away, telling him
he's beneath her. Furious that Buffy was able to get under his skin and
turned him down so brutally, Spike returns to his crypt and arms himself
with a riffle. He explains to Harmony that his temporary pain will be
well worth the Slayer's death.
In South America, 1998, Spike's obsession and alliance with the Slayer,
keeps Drusilla at a distance. Buffy finds her mother packing and finds
out that her mother is going into the hospital. Upset about her mother,
Buffy sits on her back porch, where Spike finds her. The sight of her
crying alters his plans to kill her. Instead, he just sits beside her
and tries to comfort her.
TRIVIA
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April Wheedon-Washington, who plays the Slayer
Spike kills in New York, is a stuntwoman with a long list of credits to
her name. The Slayer is later named Nikki Wood in season seven, and is
then played by K.D. Aubert.
CROSSOVER
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The Angel episode
Darla,
which was shown immediately after this episode, continued the story of
the four vampires, shown through the eyes of Angel. The Buffy and
Angel writers collaborated to create continuity and the Boxer
Rebellion scenes were directed by Angel producer Tim Minear. In
that episode we discover that Angel actually has his soul during the
Boxer Rebellion years and was trying to remain normal with his gang of
vampire friends. Julie Benz makes her last Buffy appearance in
this episode.
CONTINUITY
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Kali Rocha, who plays Cecily, returns as
vengeance demon Halfrek in Doublemeat
Palace. She meets Spike in Older and
Far Away and, though nothing explicit is said, the two clearly
recognise each other. She says, "William?" and the two exchange a brief
look. This implies that Cecily Adams later became Halfrek. Indeed, in
2004, Kali Rocha confirmed that the two women are the same, and
Halfrek's timeline suggests that she's already a demon in this episode's
flashbacks.
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The Chaos Demon seen with Drusilla looks
exactly like Spike described him in
Lover's Walk: "all slime and antlers."
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The poem that William Pratt is trying to
write will be read in full to a bar crowd in
Not
Fade Away.
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Spike gets his coat from Nikki during
this episode's flashbacks.
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A brief scene set in between seasons two
and three reveals that Drusilla always knew Spike was attracted to the
Slayer.
GOOFS
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Spike's reflection can be seen in the
windows of the subway train.
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In The
Initiative, Spike says he is 126 years old. However in this episode,
we discover he was sired in 1880 which would make him about 6 yrs old
when he was sired.
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Considering they know the real risk of
vampires, why do Willow, Xander and Anya show no common sense when they
are patrolling with Riley? And why does Buffy let them go? I know they
have had 'field experience', but vampires still have incredible strength
and there is a real risk for normal humans to be out hunting them.
Allowing the gang to go patrolling surely degrades Buffy's status as the
vampire Slayer?
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Spike says to Buffy in
School Hard, "The last Slayer I
killed begged for her life." But in when they show him killing the
Slayer, she doesn't say a word.
Buffy Vs.
Dracula | Real Me |
The Replacement |
Out of My Mind |
No Place Like
Home
Family | Fool for Love |
Shadow | Listening to Fear |
Into the Woods | Triangle
Checkpoint
| Blood Ties |
Crush | I Was Made to Love You |
The Body |
Forever
Intervention
| Tough Love |
Spiral | The Weight of the World |
The Gift
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