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So i have just finished watching this episode and man did i love it. It's probably one of my favourite episodes ever.

Personally i loved the buffy/spike scenes and the scene where spike and andrew return and then faith and spike get into a fight and andrew and spike playing i spy.

So what were your views on this episode?
 
Tranquillity
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I really enjoyed this episode. One of my favorites for the season.

Spike and Buffy's scenes, and well... every scene Spike was in was great.

I loved watching his scenes, they were very moving and powerful.

I completely agreed with him so I liked everything he did 🙂
 
This is without a doubt Spike's finest hour on "Buffy." This is payment, if not in full, at least in a large portion, for the faith that Buffy has shown him through this entire season. This episode is a perfect explanation of her rather cryptic statement earlier that she was "not ready for him to not be here," and also an answer to her accusation that Giles was once more sending away the one person who was watching her back and Giles' hurried assurance that they were all doing that. As it turned out, Spike was the one watching her back to protect and defend her, while the others were just deciding where to put the knife in.
 
One of my favorites of all time. Spike and Buffy together, the way they were. It was very beautiful. It was the most loving scene I had ever seen between them.

And of course, Spike and Faith fighting was awesome!
 
TabulaRasa said:
Spike and Buffy together, the way they were. It was very beautiful. It was the most loving scene I had ever seen between them.
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I completely agree. During season 6 it was more about feeling for Buffy and even though I was a fan of Spuffy, I never felt her heart was in it during there scenes. Whereas in this episode I felt her heart was completely in it and it didn't matter if they were getting it on, it was more about them in a very calm atmosphere and they felt safe. And no matter what she had said to him in earlier episodes like get it done, he still stood by her which is someting that the gang didn't do. I feel that she didn't need an arguement she needed a pep talk and thats something that Spike did. So i say Yay Spike :cheering:

In the scene with Andrew and Spike when they were playing i spy did anyone else notice when Andrew said "What's the worst that could happen to her?" (Buffy) Spike growl?
 
white avenger said:
This is without a doubt Spike's finest hour on "Buffy." This is payment, if not in full, at least in a large portion, for the faith that Buffy has shown him through this entire season. This episode is a perfect explanation of her rather cryptic statement earlier that she was "not ready for him to not be here," and also an answer to her accusation that Giles was once more sending away the one person who was watching her back and Giles' hurried assurance that they were all doing that. As it turned out, Spike was the one watching her back to protect and defend her, while the others were just deciding where to put the knife in.
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I was going to just karma-agree, but apparently I did that already. I like that last sentence; I feel it's very accurate.
 
I was wondering about the part when he says "buffy youre the one" and she says "i dont want to be the one" --what do you think that's all about?? I mean, does she mean she doesnt want to be the slayer anymore, the "one" with all the power and having to make all the decisions...or is it more in response to Spike saying she's the one for him, explainign his love and admiration for her. Thoughts??
 
Love the episode.. Defiantely has one of the greatest Spuffy moments... It's sweet and romantic. The bed scene... So wonderful
 
Yeah I love this episode too. It makes my spuffy heart proud. And there is other good stuff in it too. But the Spike and Buffy scenes make the whole thing dang near perfect.

EveryNiteISaveU said:
I was wondering about the part when he says "buffy youre the one" and she says "i dont want to be the one" --what do you think that's all about?? I mean, does she mean she doesnt want to be the slayer anymore, the "one" with all the power and having to make all the decisions...or is it more in response to Spike saying she's the one for him, explainign his love and admiration for her. Thoughts??
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I always think this is related to not wanting to be the one responsible for sending girls out to die, the one making the final decisions, the one with all the responsability on her shoulders. I think it leads to her formulating her empowering plan - because then she won't be 'the one' anymore and by sharing the power she gives the potentials a fighting chance at survival.
 
EveryNiteISaveU said:
I was wondering about the part when he says "buffy youre the one" and she says "i dont want to be the one" --what do you think that's all about?? I mean, does she mean she doesnt want to be the slayer anymore, the "one" with all the power and having to make all the decisions...or is it more in response to Spike saying she's the one for him, explainign his love and admiration for her. Thoughts??
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I think that what he said could mean a lot of things that he's saying to her. I never thought about it this way, I'd always thought that he meant it Slayer-wise, but I think that it could also mean Spike's love for her and her love for him.
 
Touched was definitely in my top three favorite episodes. I loved the spuffy moments, and just the overall romance was incredibly heart warming. All the couples: Buffy/Spike, Faith/Robin, Kennedy/Willow; They all were portrayed pitch-perfectly in this episode. The spuffy romance was the truest love I have ever seen, real life included. :heart::heart:
 
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I too loved this episode.
Breaking down the characters, showed both their vulnerabilities and their strengths.
This made for a truly heartwarming episode
 
This is definitely one of my favorite episodes too!!

The entire time I was sitting going "Hurry Spike!". We got to see Spike stand up for her with the Scoobies, though I would have loved to see him really give it to them and made them feel horrible for what they did. Then I loved the whole "I Spy" with Andrew at the beginning.

Then the speech that I cry every time with! It was so...touching. I loved every minutes of it and just watching them hold and stare at each other. It left me speechless. I think this episode was pretty under appreciated.
 
This and the Killer in me /Chosen/Same Time same place/Selfless are my favourites of the season!! I love the whole how would you spend your last night on earth...it's the close-ness of all the couples i like. Especially with Spike and Buffy, and also Willow and Kennedy, with the Kite analogy,,so cute 🙂

This is just a really good episode!!
 
Blaze
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karma for thinking that the kite analogy was cute, so aggree with you
This episode was really beautiful and touching. I loved Spike and Andrew, but I loved it even more when he defended Buffy, and than his little speech to Buffy.. cold shivers. Definitely.
 
I love love love this episode and I throw in the face of all Spuffy bashers. His speech is beautiful and the fact that she asks him to hold her and just does. It's all beautiful and it made me cry. This is one that made me sad that there was no commentary, I felt jipped, lol. I love all the couples in this but it really made me happy as a Spuffy.
 
I must be the only one who really didn't love this episode.

I thought it was a pretty poor episode. I *hated* how in order to prop Buffy back up the writers had to tear Faith down. I don't believe 'Empty Places' is as one-sided as a lot of people think it is, a lot of what Buffy was doing *was* wrong and the Scoobies were justified in vocalising that sentiment. Having Buffy proven right and having Faith walk into a trap with a bomb was really unappealing to me. ::uh::

I also didn't enjoy the scene where Spike came in and blasted the Scoobies. There was a time that I did but the more I look at it the more it appears the Scoobies were being painted as the bad guys and Spike as this saintly hero. I don't like that, I've watched this show since it aired way back in 1997 with 'Welcome to the Hellmouth' and have always been a *huge* fan of the Buffy/Xander/Willow/Giles core group.

To suddenly have a season where Buffy's segregated from them and a guy she only stopped flinching around a few episodes ago in 'Him' is suddenly "the only one watching her back" is really unappealing and tragic to me. I personally didn’t watch this show for seven years to suddenly have *that* happen. It flew in the face of everything I’d come to love about the series and I hated how none of the Scoobies got their chance to speak.

I think a lot of the appeal for this episode judging by this thread is the Buffy/Spike scenes. I can understand for a Spuffy fan (though I actually know many who really dislike this episode) this episode would be great, but as someone who isn't fond of Buffy/Spike there really isn't much in this episode for me. Basically all the other characters were painted as villains to get to that Buffy/Spike scene which is a real turn off for me.

And just in general I didn't think this episode was all that exciting as it should be, considering it was the in the final three episodes of the series. I thought the sex montage was pretty hokey and felt very”un-Buffy” to me and didn’t really think the episode had much to say.

I did like Buffy’s epiphany that “being the slayer made her different, but it was her fault she stayed that way.” I was really proud of Buffy for finally being able to see that, and have enjoyed in season eight her quest to become closer to the people around her and open up about her problems to her friends, like she did in ‘A Beautiful Sunset.’

Sorry to be a downer guys! ::dead::
 
Kean
Kean
Sme really interesting thoughts...I think I'll have to re-wacth s7 and re-evaluate my stand point.
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sosa lola
Word to everything you said.
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