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||> Summary
Giles comes back to Sunnydale with this little wooden thingy that should do okay at getting into Spike's brain and triggering his, uh, trigger and thus defeat the First's control over Spike. But Spike freaks out and rejects it, although it seems to happen whether he likes it or not. Anyway, Wood presents his plan to kill Spike to Giles as a viable option to dealing with a still leashed Spike. Giles accepts for the good of Buffy, but Spike comes to terms with his mother, which was the real reason for the trigger just in time. Anyway, he defeats Wood and a newly enlightened Buffy gets there just in time to escort him out. Then she tells Giles to get lost.
||> Review
This was cool. Like "Fool For Love" but not. I liked to see more about Spike's past, as I always do, especially when it coincided with the present. Robin's flashback's were cool too, although his mom looks prettier than I remember her being. But it's the same actress, so I suppose it's accurate. Anyway, in robin's flashback, she seemed a little cold. It's not like she didn't have something to live for, and I have a hard time with the idea of a pregnant Slayer, then one that considers the mission more important. Not to mention that she's putting her little boy into the path of viscious killers. But whatever.
How obvious was that phone call from Fred too? I mean, why do they need to announce their crossovers like this? I watch both shows, but I don't know too many other people that do, and so it has to confuse some fans that don't know who Fred is. But whatever. Getting back to this show, the room with the crosses was pretty cool. It reminded me of that first cross this season, the one Spike put himself on. But at the end, it all seemed so superfluous. I mean, Spike got rid of his demons, but Robin didn't, and in return Buffy rejected both him and Giles! I mean, get a clue! Even if she was pissed, she should never have burned, or attempted to burn, two very important bridges when she's fighting the original force of evil with a bunch of whiny teenaged girls, a gutted witch and a recently souled, non-stable vampire. What about that mission then? But I still liked the ep. :)
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