Buffy the Vampire Slayer : Ep by ep; Beneath You

Ep by ep; Beneath You

The Good; All the Spike/Buffy stuff and some nice scenes with Xander and a potential love interest (maybe she wasn't demony enough for him?). Also love Dawn threatening Spike

The Bad; More dead potentials, ugh! Stupid looking worm, I expected something more Tremors. Also it attacks Nancy in her house but then just goes away? The mad Spike and Buffy scene at the end goes on too long.

Best line; Spike; "When did your little sister become unbelievably scary?"

Women good/men bad; Anya still tempting the scorned

Jeez!; Spike punching Anya isn't nice

Kinky dinky; Xander lists unwanted pregnancy as one thing Buffy will have to help the high school pupils with. Spike refers to 'Getting it hard and servicing the girl'. Anya exclaims "Oh penis!"

Captain Subtext; The little look Spike and Xander give each other when Nancy wonders if any Scoobies haven't slept with one another. Once again virginal Dawn is threatened by a huge phallic symbol. Anya calls her latest dupe 'Honey'.

Guantanamo Bay; Buffy knows that a bastinado is a hardwood club used to torture prisoners in Turkey. Giles would be proud.

Apocalypses; 7,

Scoobies in bondage: Buffy: 8 Giles: 4 Cordy: 5 Will: 4 Jenny: 1 Angel: 4 Oz: 1 Faith: 3 Joyce: 1 Wes: 1 Xander; 2 Dawn; 4

Scoobies knocked out: Buffy: 19 Giles: 12 Cordy: 6 Xander: 14 Will: 8 Jenny: 2 Angel: 6 Oz: 3 Faith: 1 Joyce: 3 Wes: 1 Anya;5 Dawn; 4 Tara; 1

Kills: Buffy: 108 vamps, 58 demons, 6 monsters, 3 humans, 1 werewolf, 1 spirit warrior & a robot Giles: 8 vamps, 2 demon, 1 human, 1 god. Cordy: 3 vamps, a demon Will: 6 vamps + 3 demons +1 fawn+1 human. Angel: 3 vamps, 1 demon, 1 human Oz: 3 vamps, 1 zombie Faith: 16 vamps, 5 demons, 3 humans Xander: 6 vamps, 2 zombies, 1 a demon, Anya: 1 vamp and 1 a demon Riley; 18 vamps + 7 demons Spike; 8 vamps and 6 demons Buffybot; 2 vamps Tara; 1 demon Dawn; 1 vamp + 1 demon

Scoobies go evil: Giles: 1 Cordy: 1 Will: 3 Jenny: 1 Angel: 1 Oz: 1 Joyce: 1 Xander: 4 Anya; 1 Dawn; 1 Buffy; 1

Alternate scoobies: Buffy: 8 Giles: 4 Cordy: 1 Will: 5 Jenny: 2 Angel: 3 Oz: 2 Joyce: 2 Xander: 4 Tara; 1 Dawn;1 Spike; 1 Anya; 2

Recurring characters killed: 12 Jesse, Flutie, Jenny, Kendra, Larry, Snyder, Professor Walsh, Forrest, McNamara, Joyce, Katrina, Tara

Sunnydale deaths; 94

Total number of scoobies: the Dawnster is finally part of the Scoobies, about time too. Great line when Dawn says assemble the gang and Xander points out that the 3 of them ARE the gang. Xander, Buffy, Dawn

Xander demon magnet: 5(6?) Preying Mantis Lady, Inca Mummy Girl, Drusilla, VampWillow, Anya (arguably Buffy & Faith with their demon essences?), Dracula?

Scoobies shot: Giles: 2 Angel: 3 Oz: 4 Riley; 1 Buffy; 1 Tara; 1

Notches on Scooby bedpost: Giles: 2; Joyce & Olivia, possibly Jenny and 3xDraccy babes? Cordy: 1? Buffy: 4 confirmed; Angel, Parker, Riley, Spike. 1 possible, Dracula(?) Angel: 1;Buffy Joyce: 1;Giles, 2 possible, Ted and Dracula(?) Oz: 3; Groupie, Willow & Verucca Faith:2 ;Xander, Riley Xander: 2; Faith, Anya Willow: 2;Oz and Tara Riley; 3; Buffy, Sandy and unnamed vampwhore Spike; 2 Buffy and Anya Anya; 2 Spike and Xander

Dawn in peril; 11

Dawn the bashful virgin; 9

Questions and observations; Lovely moment with Xander and Buffy in the car when he tells her the SDH kids are lucky to have her. The worm rather reminds me of an old horror film call 'Blood Beach'. Spike has his old hair back, he gradually resembles himself more and more over the season. Love Buffy's Daisy Duke line "Where I go to get my scorn on!" Always thought Nancy was the same girl who was a White-hat in The Wish but she wasn't. Nice pun on 'Beneath You', remember 'Fool for Love'. Spike assumes the same Christ-like pose he showed us in Restless.

Mr Platt from season 3 referenced as Buffy now takes his role as the Sunnydale High counsellor, Wood even comments that she should not be the students friend, just as Platt did. Technically Anya and Buffy slept together when they were hiding out from the Initiative in Xander's basement. Is this the first time Xander ever gets to see Anya's demon face? Really though this one is all about Spike and his quest for redemption, he is caught between 2 worlds, can't be evil any more but struggles to be good, the fact that his pain is so great that he tries to cut his soul out.

Marks out of 10; 7/10

Re: Ep by ep; Beneath You

Much like with Lessons, it's the final scene that really makes this episode for me.

Though in retrospect, this episode really is the start of all that's wrong with the Buffy/Spike dynamic in season 7.

Seize the moment, 'cause tomorrow you might be dead.

Re: Ep by ep; Beneath You

This episode is good but the final scene is heartbreaking. Spike on the cross with Buffy looking at him with tears rolling down her face is simply beautiful.

"When life gives you lemons"
Jessica D: sleep with their fathers and have secret lemon children 

Re: Ep by ep; Beneath You

Beneath you was just an okay episode as a whole, but it had some really great moments. The final scene is one of Spike's strongest scenes in the entire series, imo. The scene where he burns himself on the cross has so much more meaning in this episode. It's the first time Buffy realizes he has his soul back. Spike wants to be a good man, but he's still a vampire who burns from the ultimate symbol of good.

I also liked that little moment when the girl who made the wish asked if everyone had slept with everyone else, and Spike and Xander look awkwardly at each other.

Re: Ep by ep; Beneath You

Well, Anya and Buffy have literally slept with one another whilst hiding out from the Initiative.
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