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Guys, guuuys, GUYS!!! That house came dooooown guys!! I just. I just, yeah, that happened...MY EYES! Also, how on earth do they move on from this one??? Yikes! Trying not to fixate too much on that HEATED scene...Erm...Tara! Tara being there for Dawn warmed my heart. PLUS, Amy is BACK?!!! What a plot twist...worried about Willow & Amy dabbling too much in magic though. Great episode!

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Christopher simeon

Yes this episode is full of questionable actions but I just want to highlight the best character Tara. She has no reason to still be apart of Dawn's life. No family obligations or anything but she still wanted to make sure dawn knew that she was still there for her. This is great especially since dawn is feeling abandoned by everyone. Willow and buffy are definitely parallel as they are both using something outside of themselves to deal or not deal in this case with the pain they are feeling. Willow after oz was a mess but here she seems to not be as effected by the break up and even suggested things aren't as bad as they seem because she is using magic to sort of distract herself from reality. Now people are constantly surprised when spike goes back to his violent ways when he thinks the chip doesn't work but constantly the writers have to make the viewers realize that chip doesn't equal having a soul. Spike can't be his vampire self because something physically holding him back. He does good not because he wants to do good but because he can't do bad. his other desires from being William have a chance to come out and being loved is important to that side of himself. What set spike off was when buffy called him a thing. Remember that she used to treat him like a man and that gave him the desire to act more like a man but now since she treats him like a vampire again he has decided to act like a vampire again. Being toxic and making her feel like she is just as bad as him in return showing that they are both being very toxic. The house smashing down sort of symbolizes the destruction those kind of relationships cause. Yes they are passionate but its not good. Both buffy and willow are spiralling.

Raven Dark

Someone probably already pointed this out on your reaction to episode 8 of this season, but I don't have time to check, so just in case... In addition to Spike's suit in episode 8, remember this exchange in Restless?: Xander: Always gotta be moving forward. Buffy: Like a shark. Xander: Like a shark. With feet. And much less fins. Spike: And on land. In episode 8, one of the villains was a shark. With feet, And much less fins. And on land. Also, he was collecting on a debt of Spike's. He was a loan shark. Get it?

Raven Dark

I hit send before I meant to, so I'll just add, you have nothing to be nervous about. Your reactions are wonderful, Dak, and this one is no exception. Your reaction to the ending scene. Comedy gold.

x_Rhi_x

Haha love the reaction to the end scene! Indeed it is very 🔥 but in reality that relationship is bbbaadd news. It can still be hot though hehe

Kate

Welcome to UPN lmao

Jon Freezin-Rain

I saw an interview with James Marsters was asked about that scene , something along the lines of 'how did you get that past the standards and practices department.' His answer was more or less "New show, new network, no one was paying attention" AND that scene was shortened to trim the show length to fit the time slot, I'll leave to you to go or not go to Youtube and watch the full length version 'cause it is there 😉

James MacDonald

Anyone else hate how the subtitles spoil lines? Dakara sees them before the characters actually deliver them.

Brian Dworak

YES. I have real world experience with this these last 5 months. My mother, who is in her 70s, lost her husband (my stepfather) in October 2022. At night they would watch mainly British detective/police shows. Since then I have been going there and watching with her in the evening. The problem is she needs subtitles because she sometimes doesn't understand a word or two. I keep glancing down automatically and I really dislike it. I started to do the same while watching Dak's reactions this past month. Then I noticed Dak doing the same. Sometimes I'll watch her for 20 seconds or so and her eyes go down, glance back and forth and then look back up. It's pretty entertaining because now I know what I look like. I'm sure there's a reason for the subtitles, but I'm at a loss. Maybe a new poll?

Brian Dworak

What a coincidence that Buffy had French braids and so did Dak! Anyone else keep going back and forth looking at both their braids in certain scenes? Dak won, but Buffy was a close second. I have been wondering about all the dated references in the series and am curious as to how many people watching the reactions today get them. The Jessica Fletcher one was probably not one many younger people would get, but the Ellen one they would, seeing as Ellen was, until fairly recently, still in the limelight. Honestly I forgot about Amy, and when she came back nude, I though for a second that Willow was smiling for a different reason. It's good to have her back. The reuniting scene with Buffy felt awkward and it was strange how Amy just got back to normal, eating cookies and watching TV. It's too bad Willow didn't at least let rat Amy watch TV and maybe let her eat something other than cheese. When I saw that the Geek Squad was back, I sighed a little, but I enjoyed that storyline based solely on their banter. My favorite being the "Size is everything. Sorry..." bit. Also, that was not a mint 1979 Boba Fett. I had the figures and vehicles back then. Did you know that an incredibly rare prototype sold for over $200k last year? Crazy. It's frustrating when there are scenes that are emotional and touching, but they're so short. The scene between Tara and Dawn is one of those. I just wanted to hug Tara for what she said to Dawn. We love Dawn too, Tara. 💕 One of the funniest scenes has to be the one at The Bronze (I think it was there). My question is how did nobody notice magic pool with no cues? The magical lesbian hookup was uncomfortable because we all knew that Willow wouldn't want something so shallow and meaningless and in general is not someone that would be comfortable with hookups (imo). Creeps dancing in cages was the best part for me. Once again, Buffy initiates the kiss! *zipper unzips* Um. 😳 I hope you were watching the US version Dak, because the UK version cut out a bit from this scene. It was pretty graphic even without any nudity. It made me think back to your comment, "Grunt work. I can't with this show". I laughed at your first comment in your review: "I feel tainted. I feel dirty. I felt as though I shouldn't be watching that but my eyes could not look away. One, I felt hot, two..." etc. 😆 Some random thoughts: I love Anya too, Dak. I was also hoping that frozen Rusty would fall and smash because I knew you'd make a comment about it being a "smashing episode". Dang it. Remember thick laptops? I was first introduced to computers in 8th grade (1982-83) and have been online since early 1995. I remember one of the first computer games I bought and thinking that the 43 megabyte installation would fill the hard drive 😄.I'm sitting here now with my new 10 terabyte external hard drive feeling like I'm in Star Trek. References to both original Doctor Who and Red Dwarf was the cherry on top. For those of you who don't know (🙄), I love original Doctor Who and have done for over 40 years, "You notice how it's been getting dark so much earlier these days?" More than you know Willow, er, Dawnie. Thanks Dak, another great one. See you soon.

Shaun Houghton

I have it on good authority, that was a stunt house. You can relax knowing that no houses were harmed in the making of this episode.

Ed Green

Making my way through original Who at the moment, as a lover of New Who (which was heavily inspired by Buffy, might be a good future show for Dak). I'm up to 1977 so far. Funny that in an episode called 'Smashed' with an intentional double entendre of addiction and violence, didn't also make it a triple entendre with death by smashing the frozen guy.

Ed Green

The main reason for subtitles, in general, is so the viewer can read the dialogue they just misheard. I think if subtitles are spoiling the dialogue, it would be better to resolve not to look at them unless/until you mishear dialogue, rather than take them away and be left wondering what was said. In an ideal world subtitles would perhaps only appear once a line has been delivered - I think the reason they're so early is because people are afraid viewers will lose the flow of the episode if they can't check the dialogue instantly.

Bart Aansorgh

Yep, that's certainly an ending to an episode. I think you're right about the spike and buffy part, he's her great escape. It's a weird dynamic and probably not healthy. Also, Amy is back!. Hooray?. WIlow finaly succeeded in turning her back, but it happens as willow is getting more and more addicted to magic. Now amy is a companion that will likely boost that drive to do magic more, so what will that turn into. The "trio" is kinda funny in their exploits, but still quite a background thing. Overall this relationship build on the issues in the relationships, but nothing much happened outside of that. We'll see were this goes, and enjoy the ride. Looks like buffy did :D.

Steven

Having never watched with subtitles and missing the 'zip' sound all of these years, that (zipper unzipping) subtitle is jarring.

Brian Dworak

I liked New Who up to a point. Loved Eccleston, really liked Tennant, Matt Smith was my favorite, liked Capaldi up until one episode where I turned it off after about ten minutes and never watched again. As for Classic Who, my favorite Doctors are Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton. I also really like Davison (it didn't hurt that I had a major crush on Janet Fielding), and the Sylvester McCoy years are underrated in my opinion. The Colin Baker years are not that great except for maybe one or two storylines. I was fortunate enough to meet many of the stars at various conventions in the early-to-mid '80s. Better times back then as once you bought your ticket, everything was free: autographs, photos with them, Q & A sessions. A friend and I even did a private interview with Sgt. Benton and Captain Yates. Richard Franklin came up to me in the hotel lobby and asked if he could continue the interview because he thought John Levene had somewhat taken control lol. He even gave me his home address and telephone number. I believe he was living in Sweden at the time. Oh, and at that same convention, my friend and I got off the elevator on some random floor because we were tired of walking all day so we sat on a round couch just outside the elevator doors. There were two long hallways with hotel rooms. As we were talking about the day and planning what to do that evening, the elevator doors opened and out walked Elisabeth Sladen! She smiled at us and came right over and sat down with us. Sarah-Jane Smith was sitting next to me and we were having a lovely chat! I was in heaven, as she is my favorite female companion. Still have everything and I keep the autograph book in a watertight case as it means a lot to me and is one of my most prized possessions. Too bad we don't live near each other because I can talk Who for hours.

Koz

This is a minor point, probably, but I don't love the way magic is utilized in this episode. Drastic manipulations of reality, people being transported and switched with other people, mesmerization of someone with a glance, and more, and it's done with nothing more involved than a snap of the fingers. It's something like Bewitched. And that would be fine, if this were Bewitched, but it ain't. But a lot of folks might not be talking about that when they're all wrapped up in Buffy and Spike having demolition sex.

boleynns

This was the first episode of Buffy that I ever watched 😅 and it was an extremely memorable experience with that ending!

Brian Dworak

The problem with that is that the captions are generally inaccurate and even change whole sentences making them shorter. The viewer is not seeing what was actually said the vast majority of the time.

Julian Welton

Your face was absolutely priceless lol! Enough said on that. My only other comment is that I think the "This changes everything" line from Spike is based on the fact that he doesn't feel like he's on equal footing with Buffy. He feels like he's been neutered, powerless, and he thinks that's why Buffy doesn't respect him. So in Spikes twisted view this makes them equals again. Not to mention Spike, and vampires in general, have always mixed violence with pleasure. We've seen it with Spike and Drusilla as well as Angelus and Darla in the past.

Todd Bolton

I don’t think Giles is teaching Buffy a lesson. I think he’s trying to help her get strong. (I’m not saying the two ideas aren’t related.) I think his decision to leave was wrong (in terms of the character, not the writing), and it seems to relate to various things: the decision to leave that was averted at the beginning of season five, that only Willow knew about, because he felt useless in season four; the bewildering aspect of Buffy being alive; his desire to establish his own life back home, etc. The only mistake I think in OMWF is when Giles decides, at first, to make Buffy rescue Dawn on her own. It was never about that, that Buffy should physically fight alone. The crucial line in his “I wish I could stay” song, is “The cries around you, you don’t hear at all” and we see Tara walking through the shop looking to find out what Willow did to her. The whole gang is in need of Buffy’s person and she is withdrawn. I understand Giles’s decision but I’m not sure it was for the best – but we wouldn’t have gotten the amazing last two-thirds of this season if he hadn’t left. There is no way to imagine the ensuing darkness with Giles present. Plus we wouldn’t have gotten Giles’s season seven distance, often working against Buffy, if he hadn’t established that his home was not there. It was good for the drama, it was true to life, but it may not have been good for the characters. But they worked it through, with a lot of dark detours. On Spike and Buffy, notice how much more excited Spike is when he thinks Buffy came back wrong, than when he thought he could kill again. He has to talk himself into trying to kill the random woman but when he thinks Buffy is also a creature of the darkness, he gets, as you called it, a much more intent glint in his eye. It goes back to Dru, who Spike actually left for Buffy, long before he got the chip in his head. Spike wants a lover, a companion. Spike wants Buffy. Good insight as to how dangerous he is, which we find out toward the end of this season. Also, I really liked your comment on Dawn toward Willow and Tara and her attempt to manipulate things, and the idea of being a child of divorce. I wasn’t a child of divorce but I was constantly called on (or, at least, I thought so) to mediate between my fighting parents. This is something I haven’t fully seen reflected in the Dawn relationship to Tara in this episode until you brought it up.