DVD review - Buffy season 3, episode 8

Episode 8: Lovers Walk

Synopsis: Spike returns to Sunnydale and kidnaps Willow so she can create a magic spell that will make Drusilla love him once more. (written by Dan Vebber, airdate 11/24/98)

I loved everyone's reactions to the SATs. Spike returns to Sunnydale exactly in the same manner as his debut in season 2 - running through the town sign with his car. But this time he is drunk, depressed and thus dangerous. Nice touch with Oz and the PEZ dispenser gift - perfect. Even cuter was Willow wanting to find a little Werewolf one so the Witch and he can date. No surprise: the Mayor knows Spike is back in town and wants something done about it. The line that he'd sell his soul if he hadn't already speaks volumes. This is a fun character this season. Back to Spike and his plan: kidnap Willow and make her create a spell to get Dru's love back. Not even heroic Xander can stand against this vampire scorned. Great scene with Spike and Joyce - funny he'd go talk to her of all people, but I guess he sees her motherly ways and needs that. Loved how Angel was stopped short at the door - that is until Buffy invites him back in, thus reversing the "keep out" spell from season 2. I loved that Oz could smell where Willow was - now that is love! The teaming of Spike, Buffy and Angel was an interesting one - as the trio kick vampire butt and Spike schools them about the ways of love. He knows he is "love's bitch" and that Buffy and Angel can never be "just friends" at this point. In the end, the fight makes Spike realize what he's been doing wrong - he doesn't need a spell. He just needs to man-up and force Dru to see why she should love him. Ah, vampire love. Willow and Xander are found out, with Oz getting hurt emotionally and Cordelia getting hurt both physically and emotionally. Damn - I almost fell for the classic "funeral fake-out" - for a couple seconds. In the end, all of the lovers walk as the three couples all fall apart and everyone is left alone. Sad indeed.

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