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Buffy 6x03 (Extended) - After Life (Patreon)

Published:
2023-01-15 22:33:50
Edited:
2024-07-14 14:40:52
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2026-06
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Content

Pure heartbreak.

Files

Buffy 6x03 - Yes, Buffy, this IS hell (AKA After Life) .mp4

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Comments

Alex Prado

37:09 min in….you see Buffy as an Angel foreshadowing the shocking revelation

Bud Haven

It's never a good sign when the first thing the person you resurrected does is try to kill themself. I liked what you said about not wanting you're main characters to die at the end. Because I guess you want them to have a happily ever after. And in Buffy's case the best ending she might have is to die.. The whole Fool for Love "every Slayer has a death wish" resurfaces. Buffy could have the same conclusion as you thought about.

Claire Eyles

I think this episode tends to get a little overlooked in lieu of other episodes, but to me this episode is really solid, well written and a perfect follow up to the opening episodes. It's genuinely creepy, it lays the groundwork for potential character arcs and/or themes, and it has an interesting layer of character exploration.

Land Howard Johnston

Afterlife is very underrated. There are several absolutely stunning scenes throughout the episode and Buffy's confession to Spike at the end is one of top 10 best scenes in the entire show. It's some of SMG's best acting on the show. You can just feel her anguish, pain and despair over being in Heaven etched on every word. And how Spike was the only one of her friends that even sensed that she was in pain to begin with. Buffy even tried to fool him by saying she was "good" but Spike saw through her facade to to truth. It's an interesting parallel to the end of Lover's Walk when Buffy says that she can fool her friends and Giles, but can't fool Spike. And as you mention, it's a continuation to Fool for Love where she felt trusting enough of Spike to open up to him about the deepest secrets in her life, despite him being soulless. The episode is all about contrasts. The Scoobies crowding her, asking her a million questions and Willow telling her to "Be Happy" when she's barely feeling alive to begin with. Contrasting with Buffy going to seek Spike out and find a place to sit in silence. It was building all throughout Season 5 but now you see how Buffy forms an immediate bond with Spike over their shared experiences. Also note the contrast from the Gift, where Buffy is standing above him on the stairs and ascends (to Heaven). Whereas here she comes down the stairs to his level for the first time and she lets him hold her hands. It's fascinating to rewatch that scene and you'll see how the camera frames Buffy and Spike looking at each other in the eyes on the same level as equals and then immediately the shot of the Scoobies looking down on Buffy when they expect her to answer them. I also love the foreshadowing scene where Buffy despondently walks through the cemetery in front of an angel wing statue. Buffy is literally a fallen angel from Heaven. Lastly, this gets missed by a lot of people/reactors and it's really only obvious once you see the end of the episode, but the scene where Buffy comes out to give Dawn her lunch is so heartbreaking. Buffy knows that the Scoobies want her to "be happy" so she adopts a Buffybot style persona and fakes her happiness to appease them while she feels like dying inside. It just shows what an extraordinary person Buffy is - that even when she's feeling more depressed than ever in her life - she's still trying to protect the feelings of her friends even if it means her own feelings have no outlet. 

Raven Dark

I know everyone won't agree with this, and that's fine, but in my opinion, it does make sense that she could have been in hell. To me, if every porthole to every dimension is open and Buffy jumps into the gateway, she could have ended up anywhere. The purpose of opening the porthole was to send Glory home to one of many hell dimensions, so she could have theoretically ended up in the same dimension Glory was from. What porthole she ended up in didn't necessarily have to have anything to do with where Buffy deserves to go. I guess it was about that, and that's how she ended up in Heaven. She went there because she earned it, but that's not a guarantee that that's how it would work. When Willow said in the opening that Buffy could have ended up anywhere, she could have been right. She just happened to be wrong. And I'm not trying to get Willow off the hook here. She made a mistake. The Scoobies fucked up. But they could have easily been right, and to me, that's part of what makes this so painful. Such a gut-wrenching ending, and your reaction was perfect, Domi. Can't wait for more.

Martin Waits

One of my favorite episodes of the season. All 3 of the scenes with Buffy and Spike are top notch.

Loves Bitca

I do agree with that and they were going off of their only other previous knowledge of hell portals and a person dying to close it, Angel and Acathla. Not the exact same situation, but close enough being their only experience.

Ron Fehr

When watching the episode for the first time, I never got the impression that she had been in a hell dimension. She died doing a very noble thing. It just wouldn't make sense that she would end up there.

Ron Fehr

One of my favorite parts of the episode was when Spike stopped in mid-sentence because he realized that the person coming down the stairs was actually Buffy. Just the look on his face said plentiful.

Vicky N

I absolutely agree with you

Vicky N

One of the things that tends to be overlooked is what the demon trough the Buffy persona told Willow about killing the fawn. It’s demonstrate not only to what length Willow was willing to hide from her friends, and most importantly Tara, important informations regarding the spell. It makes you wonder what else she’s been hiding from the group. And Spike being his usual perspective self sees right trough her.

Elle Blank

I really, really appreciate how Dawn and Spike were with Buffy this whole episode. While James Marsters knocked it out of the park, I thought the stuff they wrote for Dawn was fantastic. She had a lot to process, but still focused on Buffy and stood up for her with the other scoobies (i.e. telling them to back off, calling Willow out on messing with others lives).

Bri

Definitely. Willow had good reason to think there was a possibility Buffy's should could have ended up in a hell dimension. Her failing here was one of due diligence - it's very possible that Giles could have suggested some avenues for clarity about where Buffy was. But she keeps it from Giles because she knows she might not get what she feels she needs. But I definitely think she and the Scoobs had good reason to think what they did- this wasn't a natural death, if it were I don't think they would have reached the same conclusion (or taken the same action).

zerofk

I adore the way Dawn takes care of Buffy at the beginning of the episode. It's a bit awkward because normally Buffy is the one who takes care of everything, but there's so much love in that scene. Like a child taking care of their parent.

Ron Fehr

Had any if the other Scoobies been up where Dawn was, they would have probably better understood why Buffy jumped. And knowing that, some might have reconsidered where she ended up. Such a noble act should not be cause for eternal torment, but should be seen as deserving of a reward.

Ron Fehr

When you mentioned your cold coffee, it reminded me that I hadn't finished drinking mine either.

Raven Dark

Absolutely. I get it. I think she ended up in heaven because she deserved to, but I just mean that where she could have ended up, from the standpoint of the Scoobies, could have been completely random. Or not, if she had ended up in the dimension Glory is from.

Claire Eyles

Definitely. Saying "I understood the words" is totally lying by omission.

Ron Fehr

Yep. Willow totally understood what demon Buffy meant about the fawn.

Dee Aitch

I mean she's jumping into a portal to a hell dimension, so thinking that she went there and closed it by doing so is a possibility.

Dee Aitch

You keep saying Buffy sacrificed herself for her family. But according to Giles' "we bloody well are" speech, she did it for "every living creature in this and every other dimension" too.

Ron Fehr

Dee Aitch I guess my view comes from someone who went to church all his life, so this didn't even occur to me as a possibility. But had this not been the case, I totally see your point.

Girl4Music

You're one of the only reactors to predict that Buffy was actually in Heaven and not Hell. Well done! For me, even though she never died a natural death, she still died so why wouldn't she be sent to The Good Place over The Bad Place. Honestly, though... the justifications Willow goes through in trying to convince herself and everyone else that Buffy "needs saving" is really quite telling of the way she thinks about all of this. She's the 'Hero' that should be congratulated and not the 'Villain'. Pay attention to the scene where Buffy talks directly to Willow in thanking her. The way SMG delivers the lines: "So YOU did that." and "I can't tell you what it means to me". The expression on her face is definitely not thankful. She knows it's Willow that's orchestrated the whole thing, knows it's her that successfully performed the resurrection spell, knows it's her that's pulled her out of Heaven and put her through Hell. It's quite the scene to watch back again when you know the true context of the situation. That Buffy had her bliss and now...

Girl4Music

There’s a few episodes that pay tribute to the Evil Dead trilogy in this show and one of them is ‘After Life’. The scene where Anya is possessed and is cutting up her face is supposed to visually symbolise Deadite Linda tormenting Ash Williams. As a fan of the trilogy, I picked up the homage immediately.

Ron Fehr

Of the reactors I've watched, I can only recall one, maybe two, that were also convinced that she went to Heaven. Domi's friend Lexi hinted at it after watching the season 5 finale, but I think that she was still a little surprised when she found out that she was right.

Hosman

Yeah Anya was exactly like a Deadite, especially Linda. Evil Dead is a great series and I'm glad they paid homage to it.

Girl4Music

There’s also Sofie. She’s really insightful with her reactions and usually picks up on things that haven’t even been mentioned in the show but make total sense for the characters and their arcs.

Ron Fehr

Actually, Sofie was one of the people to whom I was referring. And I agree with you about her insightfulness. I've noticed that.