'SCHOOL HARD' (aka Spike and
Dru #1)
Spike and Drusilla, just escaped from a nasty run-in with a mob in
Prague, move to Sunnydale and immediately make their presence known with
The Anointed One and Buffy. While more traditionalist vampires meditate
and prepare themselves for a Vampiric Holiday Feast, Spike scouts Buffy's
moves - planning to add her to his 'Slayer's I Have Offed' list.
Spike jumps the gun on the Feast and mayhem ensues in the corridors
of Sunnydale High.
First Aired: September 29, 1997
'HALLOWEEN'
Spike and Dru really don't have much to do with this episode. It focus'
mostly on Buffy and the Gang and sets up the tension between Giles and
his old friend (though how close a friend we're not sure) Ethan
Raine. Spike has some cute lines but it seems that their entire involvement
is just a reason for Buffy to kick Spike's ass at the last minute.
First Aired: October 27, 1997 (October 31, 1997 in Canada)
'LIE TO ME' (aka Ford)
Spike and Dru play very pivotal roles in this episode as the quest
for Dru's cure continues. The main story line follows Buffy's seemingly
chance reunion with her fifth grade crush and supposed dear friend, Billy
Fordham. Ford seems all right at first, but cracks begin to appear in his
friendly veneer. Ford almost literally makes a deal with the devil, leaving
Buffy in a very tight spot..
First Aired: November 3, 1997
WHAT'S MY LINE - PART I (aka Dru's
Cure Part I)
The search for Dru's cure seems to have hit a snag and Spike is loosing
his patience. Dru becomes weaker by the hour and if he can't discover how
to revive his beloved soon, her days are surely numbered. In an act of
desperation Spike calls on a squad of preternatural hit-men to take care
of Buffy and Angel. While Buffy is dealing with her would-be assassins,
Giles and Willow race against the clock as they try to beat Spike to the
chase. Kendra and Willie are both introduced.
First Aired: November 17, 1997
WHAT'S MY LINE - PART II (aka Dru's
Cure Part II)
With Dru's cure completed all Spike needs now is the secret ingredient
and a full moon. While Buffy and Kendra try to figure out what exactly
is going on, Spike buys a weakened Angel from Bar-Keep to the Undead, Willie,
and takes his sire back to the homestead to await sacrifice. Drusilla tortures
Angel (most deservingly), finally getting a chance to pay him back for
some of the horrors he committed against her. The moon rises and the spell
is cast . . . . uh-oh.
First Aired: November 24, 1997
SURPRISE (aka Spike and Dru Return)
As Buffy's friends plan for her birthday party, Spike plans a special
party of his own. Drusilla has been fully restored (though Spike is badly
injured and very weak) and the two love-birds are planning for this to
be a coming out party no one will forget, or survive. Dru un-dismembers
the Judge, planning to (what else?) destroy the world. Angel and Buffy
narrowly escape a botched recon mission and with one rash decision completely
change both their lives.
First Aired: January 9, 1998
INNOCENCE (aka Angelus)
They definitely should have waited! With one moment of 'pure
happiness' the gypsy curse that restored Angel's soul a century ago has
been canceled out and the deadly vampire Spike and Dru revered is back.
Their 'family' whole again, Spike, Drusilla and Angelus plan to use the
Judge to (you guessed it) destroy the world. As Buffy is left reeling with
the knowledge that she essentially just killed her lover - and the Gang
races to find a way to destroy the undestroyable - Spike realizes that
having 'Daddy' home may not be all it seemed. Giles tries to deal with
Jenny's 'betrayal' and the countdown towards the end of the world begins
(again).
First Aired: January 20, 1998
BEWITCHED, BOTHERED, AND BEWILDERED
(aka Valentine's Day)
Spike and Drusilla have very little to do with this episode. The story
revolves mostly around Angel's growing obsession with Buffy's downfall
and a botched love spell that leaves every female in Sunnydale lusting
after Xander (except, of course, the one woman he actually wants). Dru
has a deliciously hilarious bit near the end with Xander. Angelus spends
almost all his screen time with Spike tearing at his eldest-offspring's
self-confidence and making you ache for a pointy wooden thing with his
name on it.
First Aired: February 10, 1998
PASSION (aka Angelus Kills Jenny)
Yet another episode pivoting around the new dynamic between Buffy and
Angelus. Jenny tries to translate the ancient spell that would give Angel
his soul back. Angelus is not happy with this and kills her, leaving her
broken body in Giles' bed for him to find. But Jenny has cracked the code
and saved the spell on disk. The only question now: Will Buffy find it
in time? After putting up with weeks of humiliation and every wheelchair
jab in the book, Spike shares with us his little secret. He can stand again,
thus setting the foundation all sorts of 'Angelus Whipping' senarios.
First Aired: February 24, 1998
I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU (aka Love
and a .45)
Spike and Dru have very little to do with this story about a couple
of restless spirits and the jealous (and unfortunately murderous) rages
that seem to be plaguing couples of Sunnydale High. Spike has a wonderfully
spiteful, sarcastic line that he throws at Angel at the end.
First Aired: April 28, 1998
BECOMING - PART I (aka The Kathla)
The beginning of the end for many things. Angel rescues a Portal To
Hell called The Kathla from the hands of Sunnydale's Local Archeology Society.
He plans to (come on say it with me) destroy the world with it and suck
us all into Demon Disneyland. Meanwhile Kendra returns to warn Buffy of
impending doom and the two Slayers try to decide on a plan of action. Drusilla
- completely under the spell of her 'adoring' sire - stampedes the Library
with a handful of minions with murder in her heart . . . but not for everyone.
Dru leaves moments later, taking Giles with her, leaving two of the friends
broken and unconcious, and one dead.
First Aired: May 12, 1998
BECOMING - PART II (aka Spike and
Dru Exit, aka Ohh I Need A Hug)
As Angelus tries to torture the answers he needs out of a defiant Giles,
Buffy wanders the streets - now alone and a fugitive. In a turn of events
that I saw coming back with SCHOOL HARD, Spike and Buffy reluctantly team
up to defeat Angelus and the Kathla. Buffy finally tells her mother her
secret and Spike negotiates Drusilla's life for Giles'. Giles is tricked
into telling Dru the secret that will unlock The Kathla as Willow plans
to use Jenny's spell to restore Angel's soul. Buffy is too late to stop
the Kathla from opening, so she and Angelus just try to kill each other.
Spike spirits Dru away before Buffy can go back on her word and Buffy is
forced to sacrifice a love for the safety of the world.
First Aired: May 19, 1998
LOVER'S WALK (aka Spike is Back)
A heartbroken, and very sorry-for-himself Spike returns to Sunnydale
to pay back those he believes are responsible for Drusilla leaving him
after their last exit. James Marsters makes Spike both funny and pathetic,
but also very sympathetic in (what I think is) his best episode yet. Spike
kidnaps Willow and Xander (as incentive) and forces her to agree to concoct
a love spell for him. If Willow cannot make Dru love him again, Spike will
kill Xander. But as if anything is that simple in Sunnydale. Buffy and
Angel are forced to help Spike, and the three are mobbed by a group of
vamps looking for Spike's head. Spike has the most beautiful monologue
about love and Buffy and Angel's feeble attempt to 'just be friends'. In
the end Spike come to his senses and heads after Dru. Barreling down the
hi-way and singing at the top of his lungs to Sid Vicious' My Way
(apparently, Sid killed a cat).
First Aired: November 24, 1998
That's all for now, but not forever. James Marsters and Juliet Landau
will be reprieving their roles as everyone's favourite undead duo at least
a few more times on BUFFY. As soon as those episode's air, I will add them
on.
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