But I guess Crush is something to look forward to, cause guys, I love this episode.
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1. Spike adopts a more casual look in this episode: khaki pants and button-downs with a brown leather jacket. Do you dig it over his usual look?
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| Yes. Definitely an improvement. |
   10 (8.3%) |
| No way. Classic!Spike is the best. |
| 79 (65.3%) |
| I like/dislike them both equally. |
| 24 (19.8%) |
| I have another answer. |
| 5 (4.1%) |
| Not sure. |
| 3 (2.5%) |
2. Spike proclaims to Buffy that he can be good, like Angel. What say you?
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| Yeah. Angel had a soul. Spike has a chip. Same diff. |
| 2 (1.7%) |
| No. He's like a serial killer in prison. |
| 13 (10.8%) |
| He can be good - like Angel - but not just because of the chip. |
| 83 (69.2%) |
| I have another answer. |
| 17 (14.2%) |
| Not sure. |
| 5 (4.2%) |
3. By the end of the episode, which woman do you think has the largest grievance with Spike?
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| Drusilla - Betrayed and offered up to be dusted for Buffy |
| 30 (24.6%) |
| Harmony - The actual girlfriend who got completely dumped and ignored (but not before having to role-play as Buffy) |
| 51 (41.8%) |
| Buffy - Being chained up and threatened |
| 19 (15.6%) |
| I have another answer |
| 9 (7.4%) |
| Not sure |
| 13 (10.7%) |
4. Buffy claims that you can't love without a soul. What say you?
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| She's right. |
| 5 (4.2%) |
| No way. |
| 90 (76.3%) |
| I have another answer |
| 12 (10.2%) |
| Not sure |
| 11 (9.3%) |
5. Spike threatened to kill Drusilla for Buffy. Would he have gone through with it if Buffy had responded with more interest?
6. He also threatens to untie Drusilla and let her kill Buffy if Buffy doesn't give him "a crumb". Would he have done this if Harmony hadn't interrupted?
7. Pretend you're a movie reviewer and give this episode a star rating:
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| ***** (Five stars) |
| 46 (40.4%) |
| **** (Four stars) |
| 50 (43.9%) |
| *** (Three stars) |
| 17 (14.9%) |
| ** (Two stars) |
| 0 (0.0%) |
| * (One star) |
| 1 (0.9%) |
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4. Yep.
7. Oh yeah. Not one of Joyce's best moments. I have to think that her line was just there as a set-up for Buffy's "Spike gets off on violence" joke.
I like this interpretation so much that I'm going to pretend I believe it's true from now on. It's Joyce projecting her own anxieties!
Also, she is the one who invited Dracula in. Maybe all Summers women have a thing for vampires...
Indeed! And the scene as a whole seems to exist mostly so it can end with Buffy going to Spike's lair.
In episodic TV like BtVS there is going to be weaknesses like that -- perfunctory scenes and out-of-character lines -- and a lot of times I'm pretty forgiving. But the particular nature of this weak scene has always really grated my cheese.
Oh, and regarding #4, I realized that Buffy does know that Angel is incapable of love without a soul. So she originally had a good reason for thinking that soulless vampires were incapable of love, because that was her direct experience.
*nods*