Buffy Episode

"Crush" is the 14th episode of season 5 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


Plot synopsis


Summary

Dawn has a crush on Spike, who reveals his crush on Buffy when he takes her on a stakeout date. When his advances are turned down, Spike kidnaps Buffy and Drusilla, who has returned to Sunnydale. He tries to force an admission of love from Buffy. Harmony appears as well and breaks up with Spike.


Expanded overview

The Bronze re-opens under new management, and Buffy watches as her friends dance. Spike shows up and tries to carry on a conversation with an un-interested Buffy. Willow reveals that she is suffering from headaches and nosebleeds as a result of her teleportation spell. Buffy spots Ben and offers her thanks to him for looking after Dawn. A train pulls into Sunnydale, but the porter goes on board to find all the passengers dead before he too is attacked.

Buffy returns home, and Giles suggests that Dawn be treated normally. Harmony tries to get Spike in the mood and suggests a game where she pretends to be Buffy. Buffy reads about the train murders, but concludes that it's vampire and not Glory. Buffy searches for Dawn and finds her with Spike, listening to one of his scary stories. Dawn reveals her crush on Spike, but really shocks her sister when she tells of Spike's crush on Buffy.

Buffy and Xander investigate the train and Buffy confesses the possibility of Spike loving her. Buffy finds her mother and sister talking in the kitchen with Spike. He takes her to a warehouse where he believes the vamps from the train are. Buffy confronts Spike about his feelings, but when he confesses his love, she rejects him brutally. Returning to the crypt, Spike is shocked to find his sire and long-time love, Drusilla.

Drusilla tells him of the events in Los Angeles and tries to convince him to return with her. She's already aware of the chip in his head and tries to convince him he can be evil, even with the chip. Harmony arrives and yells at Drusilla for hurting Spike. Spike throws Harmony out of the way, announcing that not only is Drusilla back - he's back. Joyce and Willow talk to Buffy about the problem with Spike and tell her she has to make it clear to Spike that there is nothing.

Spike and Drusilla dance at the Bronze before Dru spots a couple on the catwalk for them to feed on. She snaps the neck of the girl, offering her to Spike before taking the guy for herself. Spike hesitates, but soon vamps and bites. Buffy discovers the extension of Spike's lair underground and a shrine dedicated to herself. As she returns to the surface, Buffy finds Spike and Drusilla waiting for her. Spike watches Drusilla shock Buffy with a cattle prod. After the Slayer collapses, Drusilla turns to Spike, only to be shocked herself as he seizes the cattle prod and uses it on her.

Buffy awakens to find herself chained up in the underground space below Spike's crypt, Drusilla tied to a pole across from her. Spike professes his love and offers to kill Drusilla to convince Buffy of his love. He threatens that if Buffy does not return his love, he'll untie Drusilla and let her kill Buffy. Spike asks for only a small sign that Buffy could love him. Buffy rejects Spike again, and he goes into a rage about women being so difficult. Harmony arrives and shoots Spike with a crossbow bolt. While Harmony and Spike fight, Drusilla breaks free and goes after Buffy while the Slayer is still chained up. Spike saves Buffy and Drusilla leaves, disappointed that Spike can't be helped by anyone.

Harmony leaves Spike, telling him it's completely over between the two of them. Buffy walks home with Spike following her, but Buffy tells him to stay away from her. He tries to follow her into her house, but finds that Willow has cast a spell to prevent his entry and Buffy shuts the door in his face.


Acting


Starring
Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg
Emma Caulfield as Anya Jenkins
Michelle Trachtenberg as Dawn Summers
James Marsters as Spike
and Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles


Guest Starring
Mercedes McNab as Harmony Kendall
Charlie Weber as Ben
Amber Benson as Tara
Juliet Landau as Drusilla
and Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers


Co-Starring
Frederick Dawson as Porter
Greg Wayne as Student
Joseph DiGiandomenico as Matt
Walt Borchert as Jeff ( as Walter Borchert )
Asher Glaser as Boy In Bronze
Jennifer Bergman as Girl In Bronze
Nell Shanahan as Waitress


Production details


Writing

David Fury, asked to do an episode that took the Buffy/Spike relationship to the next level, decided that it was time for the audience to discover that Spike was in love with Buffy. He says, "...and it then progressed into Buffy finding out, which was something we were saving for later. It turned out to be a good play because we were able to take them to interesting places throughout the rest of the season." According to Fury, the resurrection of Spike and Drusilla's relationship "was really significant in terms of what love means to Spike."[1]


Music
Johannes Brahms - "Hungarian Dance No 5"
Devics - "Key"
Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated"
Summercamp - "Happy"
Summercamp - "Play It By Ear"


Quotes and trivia

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The pink dress that Anya wears in the scene at the Bronze is later worn by Harmony in the Angel episode "Life of the Party".
Xander refers to Spike as "Evil Dead", a possible reference to the the film of the same name.
Willow and Tara discuss The Hunchback of Notre Dame
This episode marks the final 'real' appearance of Drusilla in the Buffyverse as all her future appearances are either in the forms of illusions or flashbacks.
This episode marks the final appearance of Harmony on the series; however, she will later appear as a recurring character and finally a regular cast member in the Angel series, eventually becoming Angel's secretary at Wolfram & Hart.
This is the first and only time Buffy has ever had to actually fight Drusilla.
Willow wears a blue ribbon shortly before the scene in the Bronze.

Buffy: (calmly) Spike... the only chance you had with me was when I was unconscious. Spike: (flies into a rage) Aargh! Gargh! (He throws the stake at the wall) What the bleeding hell is wrong with you bloody women?! What the hell does it take? Why do you bitches torture me?!

Spike: (at Drusilla) It’s your fault! You’re the one to blame for all this, you know. Drusilla: Am I? Spike: Bloody right you are! If you hadn’t left me for that chaos demon, I never would’ve come back here. Never would’ve had this sodding chip in my skull.