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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Season 4, Episode 9
Air date November 30, 1999
Written by Tracey Forbes
Directed by Nick Marck
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"Something Blue" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and is the sixty-fifth episode altogether. It was written by Tracey Forbes and directed by Nick Marck. It originally broadcast on November 30, 1999.

Willow casts a spell to assuage her pain but it goes awry, blinding Giles, turning Xander into a demon magnet, and causing Buffy and Spike to fall in love.

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Synopsis

Feeding Spike.
Buffy talks to Riley and he invites her out on a picnic. Willow and Buffy talk about a possible relationship with Riley, and the consequences that may result from any relationship. Buffy wonders if the passion of her relationships comes from the pain and fighting. Spike is chained up and kept in the bathtub at Giles's apartment. Buffy tries to get information from him, and feeds him pig's blood, but he doesn't give up much. Willow suggests a truth spell to make Spike talk.

Going to Oz's place, she finds his things missing and learns that he had his things shipped to him, crushing her last hopes of his return. Annoyed by Spike, Giles calls Willow and arranges for them to perform the truth spell. That night at The Bronze, Willow opts to drown her sorrows in alcohol. After she insults Xander, Buffy takes her back to their dorm. Later, in the bathroom, Willow performs a spell to let her will be granted in order to make her pain go away.

Amy is (briefly) de-ratted.

Willow tries to see if her spell worked, but her commands don't work. Giles drops by to find out why she didn't show to help him perform the spell. She feels like there's too much pressure on her that she can't live up to. Angry, she says that he can't see anything, and then Giles leaves. Giles tries to perform the spell on Spike alone, but is having difficulty reading. After Giles drops the key to the chains keeping Spike captive, Spike is able to break free and run away.

While Willow and Buffy talk, one of Willow's casual comments briefly returns Amy to human form, before Willow just as casually -- and unwittingly -- turns her back into a rat.
Buffy and Spike discuss wedding plans.
After Giles calls, Buffy goes to find Spike and once he's caught (once more due to a sarcastic comment from Willow), she brings him back to Giles's apartment. While talking to Xander, Willow sarcastically mentions Buffy and Spike getting married, and then at Giles's place, Spike proposes to Buffy and she accepts.

Xander continues to try to console Willow until she states the fact that he is a demon magnet. While Buffy and Spike cuddle and kiss and make plans for the wedding, Giles calls Willow for help and moments later reaches the conclusion that he is totally blind. Buffy visits the magic shop for supplies to undo the spell that caused Giles to become blind. She then runs into Riley outside of a bridal shop and tells him about the wedding, which confuses and upsets him.

D'Hoffryn: You will make a fine vengeance demon.

Xander and Anya's romantic time is interrupted by various demons that attack them. They rush to Giles's place where Xander realizes that everything Willow has said is coming true. D'Hoffryn, the demon responsible for making Anya a vengeance demon, comes forth and takes Willow through a portal into his demon world to make the same offer. When the gang goes to look for her, Anya recognizes the remains of portal left by D'Hoffryn.

Buffy and the rest of the group go to a crypt where they hope to stop D'Hoffryn from turning Willow into a demon. En route to the crypt, several demons attack, still drawn to Xander because of Willow's spell. In the meantime, Willow turns down D'Hoffryn's offer and he sends her back. Willow breaks the spell and Buffy and Spike find themselves in the middle of a kiss. Willow apologizes and tries to make up for her messed up spell with cookies. Buffy finds herself over the whole "bad boy" thing. The next day, Buffy confronts Riley and manages to convince him that she's not getting married.

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Quotes

Giles - "We can't let you go until we're sure that you're-you're impotent or..." 
Spike - "Hey!" 
Giles - "Sorry, poor choice of words. Until we know that you're-you're..." 
Buffy - "Flaccid?" 
Spike - "You are one step away, missy." 
Buffy - "Giles, help. He's gonna scold me." 

Spike - "This is the crack team that foils my every plan? I am deeply shamed." 

Buffy - "Spike and I are getting married." 
Xander - "How? What? How?" 
Giles - "Three excellent questions." 

Buffy - "Honey, we need to talk about the invitations.  Now, do you want to be 'William the Bloody' or just 'Spike'?
 Cause... either way, it's going to look majorly weird."
Spike - "(sarcastically) Whereas the name 'Buffy' gives it that touch of classic elegance."
Buffy - "What's wrong with Buffy?"
Giles - "Huh... such a good question."

Xander - "(seeing Buffy and Spike kiss): Can I be blind too?"

Buffy - "(after the spell is broken) Spike lips! Lips of Spike!"

Spike - "Don't I get a cookie?"
Buffy - "No!"
Spike - "Well, I gotta have something. I still have Buffy taste in my mouth."
Buffy - "You're a pig, Spike."
Spike - "Well, I'm not the one who wanted 'Wind Beneath my Wings' for the first dance."

Continuity

  • This episode marks the first time Buffy and Spike kiss (albeit under the influence of magic).
  • This episode foreshadows two major plotlines of season 6 - Willow's abuse of magic for her own ends, and Buffy and Spike in a relationship.
  • In this episode, D'Hoffryn gives Willow a talisman so that she can summon him if she changes her mind about becoming a vengeance demon. Willow will later use this talisman in the Season Seven episode "Selfless" in order to talk to D'Hoffryn about Anya.
  • The "Lesbian Alliance" banner that Buffy sees Riley hanging in the beginning of the episode is a foreshadowing of Willow's upcoming lesbian relationship, beginning in the next episode.

Music

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