Buffy Challenge Post 59: Season 6: Episode 19 – 20

Seeing Red

Previously on Buffy ……. Buffy doesn’t love Spike …. Willow and Tara get back together … Anya and Spike get together …… Xander sees the action …… Xander is upset with Anya oh yeah he tries to kill Spike in the process and now he finds out about Buffy’s secret after Spike spills the beans!

Alright what a start to the show! Tara and Willow, ahem reconnect! Willow the world’s greatest detective! and Tara lets Willow know that there was a relationship between the Slayer and Spike. Buffy is still not home and everyone is panicking. Poor Xander? not sure I agree with that, Dawn is SO happy that Willow and Tara are back together as Buffy finds the lair of the nerds. TOO LATE, as a giant Saw cuts through her favorite jacket! The Nerds are in for a WORLD of hurt!

All is good with Willow and Tara, Buffy lets them know that the house is destroyed. So Xander and Spike are out! Anya is back to her old job and she is a little rusty. The nerds are attacking a monster of some sort. Dawn goes to see Spike who is drowning his sorrows. Spike finds out that his little fling with Anya was seen by EVERYONE, and Dawn asks Spike the tough question and it seems that Spike still loves Buffy. There are real issues when Dawn is making sense. Jonathon has to play dress up again. What is Warren’s obsession with orbs? This can’t be good!

Just what we need, Warren with more power. Buffy meets up with Xander and he is not happy! He can kind of get why Anya was with Spike, but he can’t understand Buffy’s motivation. Pot calling the kettle black here! Xander needs to stop being a whining hypocrite. He brought this on himself.

Willow is getting her tech on, to Tara’s approval. Xander hits the bar and he does wonders in repelling a beautiful woman. Buffy kills a Vampire who gets one last kick in. Spike confronts Buffy and apologizes for sleeping with Anya. Buffy admits she has feelings but there is no trust for love.

Spike can’t force love, that is Rape. That is the reason Buffy doesn’t love Spike. Back at the Bronze and the nerds are pushing their agenda. Warren is testing out his new strength. There is nothing worse than a nerd with power. Xander feels the full force of Warren’s scorn. Xander finds a venerable Buffy after Spike attacked her.

The gang is kind of back together figuring out what is going on with the nerds. Spike is starting to figure out that he has now destroyed any chance he would have with her. Spike has nowhere to go, he is not a man and he can’t be a monster.

You have Super powers so what are you going to do with it? Rob a bank of course. Super Warren vs the Slayer, Warren can’t win this one! Can he? John jumps on Buffy and gives her the information he needs. Now Buffy has the upper hand until Warren flys off! Andrew also has a rocket pack but forgets to look up. WELCOME TO THE BIG HOUSE BOYS!!!

Spike is not a happy vampire as he rides off into the sunset. Xander comes to speak to Buffy as she looks for more cameras. Time for this seasons heart to heart. Buffy and Xander make their peace as Warren comes shooting like mad and both Tara and Buffy get shot ….. What THE HELL……

I AM IN SHOCK!!!

After Spike rode off into the night I was set on giving this episode a solid 7 or 8 but due to the last 15 seconds it is a 9/10

Villains

Previously…… Buffy doesn’t love Spike …… Willow Loves Tara …. Buffy kicks Warren’s Ass …. Spike tries to rape Buffy …. Spike rides off into the darkness …….  Warren shoots like a mad man and hits Buffy and in the biggest Shock Tara as well! …. This brings out the RAGE IN WILLOW!

Mad rush by the paramedics to arrive on the scene, they arrive to Buffy but they have no idea about the disaster that is brewing upstairs. Willow begs for the life of Tara, unfortunately she is NOT coming back!

Buffy is getting rushed to the hospital as Willow finds out that Warren is responsible. Andrew and John are starting to realize the severity of the situation, sort of. Warren is in a happy mood the bastard! He thinks he killed the slayer, so he brags about it with the local demons and vampires. They let them know that a bullet didn’t do the job and we have one ANGRY WITCH! Willow absorbs the dark arts, as Dawn is the first to discover the body of Tara.

Warren is starting to discover that not everyone has heard of what he has done as the magic pusher tells him who he really needs to be worried about. Buffy is being treated for the bullet wound when Dark Willow shows up. Willow extracts the bullet in what can only be described as an awesome effect. Warren tries to run like the weasel that he is. Willow is out for revenge.

Willow is in full control of the situation as she stops the bus and orders Warren to leave the bus, she squeeze out the eye of a Warren Bot. Willow lets Buffy and Xander know that Tara is dead, Willow wants revenge and Buffy is trying to let Willow know that they don’t kill.

Buffy and Xander find Dawn cowering in the room with the deceased Tara. This is the lowest I’ve seen them be. Dawn wants revenge and Xander agrees, unfortunately Buffy reminds them that She can’t kill another human. I think it is too late for Willow though. It’s time also to let Dawn step up to the plate. Why would Buffy trust Spike? Willow makes a map appear from the splattered blood on her shirt.

Buffy and Dawn arrive at Spikes pad to see that he has skipped town. Dawn has to face the torment of watching the wedding planner as Spike ends up on some cave in the middle of nowhere and he seeks a way to return to what he once was. Spike has to face some sort of trials to return to his evil self.

Anya finally lets Xander know that she has returned to her vengeance ways, as the vengeance is strong in Willow. She is hunting Warren and out for revenge, Warren hits an ax to the back and we go to commercial. Unfortunatly for Warren an Ax is not going to stop Dark Willow. Nor a Ball of some sort. Warren is in serious trouble as he buys himself sometime to get a little heads up, yet Willow catches him. Willow brings back the dead that he killed. Warren does need to SHUT UP!!!

The bullet from Buffy? Willow pushes the bullet into him and finally shuts him up by sticking up his lips. The weasel tries to talk himself out of it to no avail as she skins him alive then makes him burn up into flames as she disappears.

an interesting episode to wrap up this arch with Willow descending into the darkness that she was threatening to fall into.

So that was Villains Plural Huh? Spike a Villain, check. Warren a Villain, Check. Willow the Villain, ??????

7.5/10

Well there we go only 2 more episodes in what has been a solid season. So just remember not to accidently kill the girlfriend of a really powerful witch or she WILL skin you alive!!!

Until the Season Finally………