The Bronze has been redecorated and for
the grand re-opening they've got a live band and people
are kicking it up on the dance floor. Buffy is at a table
alone when she's joined by Spike. Buffy can't figure out
why he's talking to her. Hurt, he walks away and the rest
of her group joins her. Willow's still getting headaches
from the relocation spell she did on Glory. Buffy spots
Ben and walks over to his table and sits down. She thanks
him for looking after Dawn at the hospital while Spike
watches on. Meanwhile a train arrives in Sunnydale but no
one gets off. The security guards goes on board to find
everyone dead and in the next instant, he too is killed.
Buffy returns home where Giles has been watching over
Joyce and Dawn while Buffy was out. Giles thinks that
Dawn is dealing remarkably well with the kwnoledge that
she is the Key. Spike is in his lair smelling one of
Buffy' shirts. To get him in the mood, Harmony dresses up
as Buffy and acts like a Slayer while Spike tackles her.
At Sunnydale U the next day, Willow and
Tara are discussing a class topic while Buffy grabs a
newspaper where the front page informs them that a
trainful of people are dead. After school Dawn goes to
Spike's crypt, she likes to be around him because he
talks to her like she isn't a kid. Buffy returns home to
find Joyce worried about Dawn who didn't come home after
school. Buffy goes out to find her. Spike is telling Dawn
a gruesome story when in walks Buffy, about to ask
Spike's help but surprised to find Dawn there. Buffy and
Dawn head home and Buffy figures that Dawn has a crush on
Spike but Dawn tells her that Spike's in love with Buffy,
stunning her. The next day Buffy and Xander go to the
train crime scene looking for clues. Buffy tells Xander
about Dawn's conclusion involving Spike's love for Buffy
and Xander starts laughing insanely. They leave, having
not found any clues. Buffy returns home to find Spike,
Dawn and Joyce laughing hysterically which disturbs
Buffy. Spike then tells Buffy that he's got an idea where
a group of vampires are hiding out. They wait in his car
until they see the vampire enter their lair. Buffy and
Spike confront them but they run off immediately. Buffy
says it couldn't have been them who attacked the train
because the attack was done by someone who just arrived
in town. Buffy then demands to know if Spike thinks this
is a date. Finding out that Spike likes her disgusts
Buffy beyond belief. She says that he can't know what
real feelings are and that he's confused. Spike is about
to tell her that he loves her but she stops him and walks
out of there telling him there is no "we" in
this situation. Left alone, Spike is then surprised by
Drusilla who has returned. She wants him to come back
with her. She knows about his chip but she convinces him
that he's a natural killer and the pain from the chip is
all in his head. Suddenly Harmony walks in all insulted
to find Drusilla with Spike . Spike tells Harmony that
he's moving on.
Later on Buffy tells Willow and Joyce
what happened with Spike and they're also weirded out by
it. Willow urges Buffy to go back and find Spike to
confirm that there's no chance for them
at all so that he doesn't have false hopes. Meanwhile
Spike and Drusilla got to the Bronze. While they dance
they spot a couple making out. They go over and snap
their necks and Spike, overcoming his chip, drinks from
the girl's neck. Buffy goes to Spike's crypt and snoops
arond while he's not there. She finds a small shrine
devoted to her with her pictures, her clothes and
drawings of her everywhere. Spike returns with Drusilla
who attacks Buffy with a shock rod which knocks her out.
Seeing the pain done to Buffy, Spike does the same to
Drusilla. The two girls wake up to find themselves
chained to the ceiling. Spike tells Buffy he loves her
and to prove his point he'll stake Drusilla but Buffy
doesn't care. Spike says that if Buffy doesn't admit
there's at least something between them then he'll let
Drusilla loose to kill her. Buffy tells him there never
was a chance and he becomes infuriated, screaming that
these two women have ruined his life. Harmony then
appears and shoots him with a crossbow. She's angry that
he's always forgetting about her. Spike and Harmony start
fighting while Drusilla breaks free and attacks Buffy
who's still chained up. Spike lunges at Drusilla to stop
her from hurting Buffy and then releases Buffy from her
chains. Drusilla is shocked by Spike's actions and
figures that there is no saving him now. Angered, Buffy
knocks Spike out but he chases her home. She tells him
she wants him to leave town and to leave her and her
friends alone. They reach her house and Spike is
surprised to find that he can't walk in because Willow
has revoked his invitation.
Way too blah of an episode for me. I
don't like the road that Spike's character is taking and
he looks like a big ole pansy to me. And then to have
Drusilla return and have Spike all mopey was just too
weird. They didn't seem like they meshed anymore. So what
happened at the Bronze anyway? Did Spike actually bite
that girl or was he faking it? And if he wasn't faking it
then how come the little chip in his head didn't do
anything? I don't think the chip is actually
psychologically effective or he would have noticed it
before now. And speaking of the Bronze (how's that for
transition Jody?) what the hell did they do it? I miss
the old Bronze! This place looked so bloody weird! And
sure, now we've got more live music but the whole place
just looked totally out of place. A thought: How did Ben
disappear last time? Are Glory and Ben one and the same
person? Split personality god? Anyway, let's hop next
week is better.
