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Season 6, Episode 10
Written by Marti Noxon
Directed by David Solomon
Original Airdate: 26 November 2001
In Loving Memory Of J.D. Peralta
"When did the building fall down?"
Buffy
REGULAR CAST
GUEST CAST
CO-STARRING
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Fleming Brooks as
Mandraz
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Mageina Tovah as
Jonesing Girl
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Michael Giordani as
Jonesing Guy
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Colin Malone as
Creepy Guy
SYNOPSIS
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Tara and Dawn wake on the couch and find that
neither Buffy nor Willow returned home the night before. Buffy wakes up
naked with Spike to find the building around them fell down as she
remembers what they did. Spike tempts Buffy as she tries to leave and
reminds her of everything they did the night before. He angers and
disgusts her and she leaves.
Amy returns home with Willow and rambles about Willow's amazing magical
use in front of Tara and Dawn. Tara leaves as Buffy returns as well and
after a chat, Amy leaves and Buffy and Willow go to rest after their
long nights. Willow tries to shut the drapes of her room with magic, but
her powers do nothing. Anya reads bridal magazines instead of
researching the freezing demon. At the magic shop, Xander, Anya and
Buffy discuss Willow and her behaviour and Buffy comes to Willow's
defence.
Amy suggests Willow and her visit a warlock, Rack, who can give them
great spells that last without any recovery time. The house is cloaked
and filled with the magically addicted, seeking a fix. Rack takes a
"tour" of Willow's body before giving her what she came for. Amy spins
about the room wildly as Willow hangs out on the ceiling, seeing spots
and weird images. The next morning, Willow wakes in her own room and
cries in the shower. She manipulates some of Tara's clothes to form an
invisible body and curls up against it.
Dawn makes some interesting food and makes plans to see a movie with
Willow. Buffy returns home to find Amy stealing some of Willow's magical
supplies. Buffy scolds her as Amy behaves obsessively about the supplies
and tells Buffy about Willow's whereabouts. Willow and Dawn talk about
food and Tara then take a detour to Rack's place so Willow can get a
fix. Dawn waits impatiently in the waiting room with a freaky man.
Meanwhile, Willow floats in Rack's room and sees herself flying in space
before a demon holding a limp body makes her scream.
Buffy wakes a very naked Spike and demands his help in finding Willow
and Dawn. Dawn is mad Willow left her so long and Willow's carefree
attitude makes Dawn nervous and eager to return home. Buffy refuses to
admit she likes Spike and he again reminds her how much she really wants
and needs him. A demon confronts Willow, claiming that she summoned him
with her use of magic. The demon cuts Dawn and the girls run. Willow
uses magic to take over and drive a car, but it's crashed and both are
wounded.
Dawn finds that she has a broken arm as Willow is knocked out against
the steering wheel. The demon catches up with their wrecked car and Dawn
tries desperately to fight it off. Spike and Buffy, who heard Dawn
scream, come to the rescue. Buffy fights the demon while Spike takes
care of the wounded younger sister. Suddenly the demon explodes into
flames as a result of Willow's magic.
Despite Willow's sincere apology and tearful regret, Buffy tells her to
stay back and Dawn slaps her away in anger. Spike takes Dawn to the
hospital and Buffy gets furious with a sobbing Willow who's frightened
and begs for help. At the house, Buffy talks with Willow about her abuse
of magic and the consequences. Willow says she's giving up magic for
good and Buffy agrees with that. She also senses the connection between
Willow's magic use and her own situation with Spike. Later, Willow
fights the symptoms of withdrawal in her bed, while Buffy hugs a cross
and surrounds her bedroom with garlic.
TRIVIA
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Rack is played by Jeff Kober, who
previously played Zachary Kralik in
Helpless. Rack is some kind of warlock who deals is heavy black
magicks. His house is disguised so only the supernatural can sense it.
He allows Willow to get high on magic, but he gets off on her power.
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This episode was dedicated "In Loving
Memory Of J.D. Peralta". She was Marti Noxon's assistant, who died of
cancer in November 2001. She was only 30. In an interview, Amber Benson
revealed her feelings about shooting the scenes of Tara's death at the
end of this season: "It was actually really tough, because a good friend
of mine passed away from cancer at the end of last year - Marti Noxon's
assistant, J.D. Peralta, a wonderful, incredible human being. We were
all really close to her at work and having to play dead in the same
place where I spent a lot of time with this person was really
unsettling. It just brought back a lot of memories."
CONTINUITY
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Dawn says to Tara "What if they’re all in
a ditch somewhere? Ditches are bad. Mom always used to talk about the
ditches.” Joyce referenced ditches when she wasn't sure where Buffy was
in Dead Man's Party.
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Dawn leaves a note on the refrigerator,
telling Tara that Buffy goes straight for food when she comes home from
Slaying. This echoes what Faith said in
Faith, Hope and Trick about eating after Slaying.
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Tara offers to make Dawn pancakes, saying
"Funny shapes or rounds?" She said the same in
Bargaining
(Part 1).
GOOFS
Bargaining
(Part 1) |
Bargaining (Part 2) |
Afterlife |
Flooded |
Life
Serial
All the
Way | Once More, With Feeling |
Tabula Rasa |
Smashed |
Wrecked |
Gone
Doublemeat
Palace |
Dead Things |
Older and Far Away |
As You Were |
Hell's Bells |
Normal Again
Entropy |
Seeing Red |
Villains |
Two to Go |
Grave
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