Buffy Challenge Post 58: Season 6: Episode 17 – 18

Normal Again

Previously …… Nothing new on the Nerds….. is this going to be a Dawn episode? …… Dawn wants Willow and Terra together …… Dawn wants Buffy around……. Buffy is using Spike …….  Anya and Xander are getting married…….. Xander leaves Anya at the Alter…..

 

Now I was a little upset that Xander and Anya didn’t tie the knot so what are they going do now….

A late night stroll for Buffy who is house shopping? Warren is the king of the Nerds! I can’t believe they are still hunting the slayer or is Buffy hunting them? A Digiri doo??? when did he learn to play that? Buffy goes on the attack after the demon attacks, then out of no where she is in a mental hospital??? WHAT IS GOING ON?

Back in the car park? At uni Willow is trying muster up the currage to speak to Tara, unforntunatly she see’s Tara kissing another girl. I’m confused, this switching between her nomal life and the psych ward is a little unnerving.

Xander is still missing, and Willow is a little bummed. Xander is back and he is getting a little love from the girls. Xander is looking for Anya and I think that he needs to leave her alone. This is a little too late for him to realise this.

Poor Spike, has to bend to the will of Buffy does he, Oh he didn’t hear the bad news…. Spike and Xander confront each other. Xander nails a punch and Buffy is back in the mad house for the last 6 years????? Buffy’s parents are here to see her, but now we are back to the cemetery. Buffy is expaining what she thinks is going on, Well when you put it that way Xander then she might be really insane.

Back in the mad house the doctor is explaining what is happening on the show for the last 6 years, is it all a figment of her imagination?  The Nerds are back and there is a little dissention in the ranks. Willow figures out who the demon is and Buffy is coming to the realization that her life is not in a good place. Buffy was institutionalized as a child, no wonder she is messed up.

Xander and Spike working together, this is going to be a disaster. The demon comes up and Spike is not happy with who they have to face, the boys take it down, back in the Summers house Buffy is finally confronting Dawn about the kleptomaniac that she is.

In the hospital, Buffy is forced by her parents to admit that Dawn is not real, back to reality? what is going on? EVERYTHING has to be about Dawn.

Spike, Xander and Willow finally get the antidote from the demon, Buffy lets Spike know that he is not welcome and he replies that she is addicted to misery and she needs to face reality. Why won’t she drink the potion, is she choosing the other life?  will she give up her current life for something that may or may not be real?

After 6 years of his annoying jokes Buffy takes out Xander and it seems that Willow was already a victim of her trying to get rid of the things keeping her in this reality.  Dawn is next, as Buffy has gone CRAZY!!!

Thankfully Dawn has been muzzled but to what cost, Evil Buffy is something I never thought I’d see in this show and it is great! Tara comes to save the day only to be tripped up by Buffy who is fighting what seems to be two realities. Joyce in the mad house Buffy asks her to believe in herself which wakes her up  from the nightmare and we get the Buffy we all know and love back, as she kills the demon!

She chooses her Slayer life as we switch back to the mad house where Buffy is non responding. Is the last 6 seasons of this show the figment of on girls imagination? we will never know……

9/10

Entropy

Previously on Buffy …….. Buffy is using Spike ……. The nerds are stalking  Buffy ….. Willow jumps to conclusions ……. Xander leaves Anya at the Alter ……. and tries to justify his actions……. Dawn is a little thief ….. Buffy goes Crazy and attacks her friends …… Buffy says sorry and everything is fine now!

Back to what we are use to, Vampire hunting for sport by the nerds! and as with every sport nerd try to play, they are BAD at it! In comes Buffy to kick some undead ass, as the nerds get what they need. Spike is wondering if he should help? Has Spike lost his leverage? He is still hung up on the slayer just as Xander is hung up on the biggest mistake he has made in this show to date! Hitting the bottle is not the long term answer, sure it will numb the pain but for how long as Anya creepy looks on.

At the campus Willow finally gets the strength to say a word to Tara, and she tries to explain the situation. Willow and Tara are both friendless? they need each other! Dawn stole a tooth brush? and a pocket full of Gold fish? At least Dawn returned everything.

The nerds are at work and Warren is pushing the boundaries of the other three’s patience. HOW DARE HE HIGHLIGHT HIS BABALON 5 NOVELS!!!! Anya has returned to Xander, this can’t be good for Xander as his actions are inexcusable! They should of eloped! Xander puts his foot in his mouth again. MARRY HER YOU MORON!!!

OH BOY THAT CAN’T BE GOOD! For some reason Anya’s wishes are not coming true, she still loves him! And the winner of the most annoying character for the season goes to…….. Anya’s friend. So a vengeance demon has to be a facilitator of the wish not the wisher.  Buffy is trying hard to fix the wrong she did in the last episode with pancakes. Dawn wants to patrol.

OH NO, They are talking about the old lady at the double meat….. Willow fills in Tara on their adventures but cuts her off. Enter Anya as she tries to get a vengeance wish from someone out on Xander. “Penis would explode! OUCH!” This is great scene!

How many guys Buffy? Why are they talking about girl on girl? Why am I complaining? I think Buffy might of figured out that Anya is back to being a demon, and through Xander’s clumsiness he finds a camera and straight away Xander thinks it’s Spike.

I really feel for Spike, it is a horrible feeling to love someone who doesn’t feel the same way. Who doesn’t love Xander I wonder? In walks Spike! Anya wants to turn Spike into a woman??? Now that is a potion that Spike can relate to! Willow the tech wiz is the Willow I love!

The nerds are still working on some kind of finding potion! Anya and Spike getting drunk together is AWESOME!! I could watch these two together for the whole episode. Spike has a sexy dance?

Willow is still going all Oracle …. which rules. Anya and Spike are getting along like a house on fire and with the booze I think there might be a spark happening. Willow finds cameras in all the Buffy haunts, as the last of the Whiskey is drunk.  Two broken hearts coming together to find support and understanding, also what better way for Anya to gain vengeance on Xander than by making out with the one guy he cant stand! If only Xander can see this! The nerds are watching, that is SO WRONG! That shattering sound is Xander’s heart breaking! (apparently also Buffy is not immune to the pain of watching Spike go at it with Anya)

Xander with the Ax and Buffy comes clean to Dawn about her and Spike. Two different reactions I guess. Xander takes out his frustrations on a helpless Spike, and just as he was about to stake him, Anya stops him. She got her vengeance, and tells it how it is, Xander is discussed with Anya and now Buffy. Friendships are fractured now, thanks to actions that have been taken. Tara once again is the voice of reason as her and Willow get back together.

one word for that episode……..

WOW!!!

9/10

I can’t believe that the last two episodes that I have seen were both SO different however both brilliantly done!!!! So I guess until next time if you have to choose a reality to live in, make sure it’s the one where your not in a straight jacket!!