Buffy Challenge Post 54: Season 6: Episodes 9 – 10

Smashed

Well after the awesomeness that was the last two episodes I really hope I’m let down by the next two (also I think the title is really cool for this one!) Let’s get started shall we….

Previously on Buffy….. Willow shows off her power…… Amy the Rat is back?…… Willow erases Tera’s memory…… She then promises not to do any more, which lasted 3 minutes into the episode after the promise was made….. Willow thinks she is doing the right thing by wiping everyone’s memory…..Terra leaves……. Spike makes a Buffy Bot…… Revenge of the Nerds….. Giles leaves for good…… and Buffy and Spike make out! (Fhew! that is a lot of recapping to do and it seems this episode will be Willow centric!)

Buffy wants a Pony, Buffy is going all vigilante by stopping a mugging and Spike gets in the way, Spike’s head hurts because of the chip in the brain. The sexual tension is OFF THE CHARTS!!! Poor Willow, but she did bring this on to herself. Her only friend is the person who got her into witchcraft and turned into a rat. Finally Willow has returned Amy back into the person she is.

This week on Mission impossible, wait what? no it’s just our nerds stealing a diamond. Oh no they have run into Rusty the security guard, FREEZE RAY!!!! Amy is a little freaked out, which you cant blame her seeing she was turned into a rat and all, also she has missed out on a lot. Yep a Giant Snake! Buffy is surprised that Amy is back which totally lost Buffy’s train of thought. Amy is running down everything that has happen since she has been gone, including how people are getting frozen.

Spike runs into Buffy and still wants to talk about the whole kissing thing. “Thinking about Giles” Hey when Spike hit Buffy, his head didn’t hurt….. This can’t be good, and it isn’t as Spike is taking out his frustrations of the last few years on a poor girl, O.K here it goes….. nope the chip kicks in….. what is going on with Spike?

Dawn and Terra is hanging out with a HUGE milkshake, Dawn is hoping that Willow and Terra will get back together. Willow links into the Internet with magic. Anya is awesome when it comes to saying it how it is. Willow is in denial, Xander is wondering about how Amy is going?

What would the nerds need with the diamond? Enter Spike, he is asking Warren what is happening with his chip, NO SPIKE NOT BOBBA FETT!!!! There is an uneasy alliance formed between the nerds  and Spike.

Amy is still a little weirder out but she wants to go out and have fun with Willow. Spike would kill them if he didn’t have the chip in his mind. So there has been a change in Buffy that is why the chip is not working when Spike struck her. Tara and Dawn are hanging out, where Dawn tries her best to get them back together. Amy and Willow are at a club, firing up their magic and it is clear that Willow only has eyes for Tara (even though Amy is the worlds greatest Wingman.) The boys are getting a little pushy and they should realize that they should never upset two witches.

Xander finds the answer they are looking for in Dungeons and Dragons. Anya explains the seduction of power. Spike calls to bait Buffy in, which didn’t work. This way Spike gets to go to her, and lets Buffy know that the chip doesn’t effect him when he hits her.

Amy and Willow are going Magic happy while Spike and Buffy are going blow for blow. Buffy and Spike hit each other to the point where they……. Make out? and destroy a house in the process.

This was a really bizarre.

6/10

Wrecked

Previously ….. Buffy and Spike Fight …… Terra is upset with Willow doing too much magic ……. Willow uses Magic to revert Amy the Rat…….Amy catches up on what she missed …. the Nerds  steal a diamond …… Buffy and Spike make out and destroy the house they are in.

Dawn and Terra slept in and finds no one home, seeing Buffy was busy making woopy with Spike, talk about regretting it in the morning, (thankfully the rubble was perfectly position to hide everything!)

Buffy is doing the walk of shame and Spike lays down the law and goes for seconds…. not what a man wants to hears. Spike keeps a souvenir from the night. Willow and Amy come home and Tara is not impressed. Poor Dawn, stuck in the middle. Is Willow losing her magic? Xander and Anya is still researching, well Xander is, Anya is looking at bridal magazine. Buffy is trying to justify her actions.

Amy wants to go crazy with Willow, she leads her to a guy who will give her the ultimate magic fix. He is getting a little touchy feely with Willow and has done something to possess Amy and get Willow to experience an out of body sensation. This is weird, Willow is breaking under the pressure. So Terra is spelt TARA (thank you BOX!) Willow makes a Tara doll out of her clothes. Dawn is being ignored, not that she thinks she needs the companionship.

Buffy comes home to an empty house that has been ransacked by Amy? This is a typical act of a junkie. Will Willow take Dawn to the Magic nutter? She is trying to get some information about Tara from Dawn. NO, Willow this is WRONG!!!!! I can’t believe that Willow is getting a “Magic fix”

Buffy goes to Spike for help as Willow is stoned from the fix, Spike let’s Buffy know that she will come around eventually. Willow and Dawn are attacked which causes them to magically steal a car. Not the best Idea in the world when your “High!” Thankfully Buffy is there to save the day!  sort of, Willow with the Magical assist. Dawn does what we all want to do to Willow and slaps her! Willow begs Buffy for help but I don’t think there is a rehab centre for magic addiction.

I can’t see Willow staying at the Summers household for much longer. Willow is starting to wonder who she would be without Magic, but she doesn’t see that there is more to her than the Magic. Willow once again promises to go cold turkey again, why do I not believe her?

This has been a really great episode in the way it portrays the dangers of of addiction and how the actions while under the influence can cause major issues going forward for you and the people you love.

7/10

 

Well that raps it up for another installment and remember kids don’t do Drugs or Magic! also if your planning to get freaky with a super strong slayer or an undead vampire with an inhibitor chip in his head that causes him pain if he attacks a human, make sure the house your in is up to building code so it doesn’t collapse around you!