Smashed (Buffy episode)
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| “Smashed” | |
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| Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 9 |
| Guest stars | Danny Strong (Jonathan) Adam Busch (Warren) Tom Lenk (Andrew) Amber Benson (Tara) Elizabeth Anne Allen (Amy) |
| Written by | Drew Z. Greenberg |
| Directed by | Turi Meyer |
| Production no. | 6ABB09 |
| Original airdate | November 20, 2001 |
| Episode chronology | |
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| "Tabula Rasa" | "Wrecked" |
"Smashed" is the 9th episode of season 6 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. See also List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
[edit] Summary
Willow, sad and lonely without Tara, figures out a way to turn the metamorphosed Amy from a rat back into human. Feeling newly liberated, they decide to go out and have some fun. In the meantime, Spike discovers that the chip in his head gives him no pain when he punches Buffy. After verifying that the chip appears undamaged and still causes him agony when he harms humans, Spike tells Buffy she is no longer quite human, that she "came back wrong."
Willow and Amy go over to The Bronze where a couple of guys try to intimidate them. They perform a spell on the boys to make fun of them, but soon they begin to perform more and more complex spells and the Bronze fills with weird things, strangely dressed people, mutations and so on. Willow is beginning to have a taste of her real power and she likes it.
Spike assaults Buffy and they battle until Buffy unleashes her desire and kisses him, initiating such violent sex that the abandoned house in which they were fighting collapses around them.
[edit] Expanded overview
Buffy saves a woman from being mugged and although Spike tries to help, the human muggers are untouchable to him. They talk about their occasional habit of making out and Buffy denies that there be another repeat of that and leaves. Spike accuses her of teasing him, but he is confident she'll return when she figures out he's the only one out there for her. Still depressed over the loss of Tara, Willow is inspired to try and return Amy the rat back to her human form and uses her magic to bring the girl back.
Jonathan, Andrew and Warren break into a museum and steal a large diamond. They use a Freeze Ray to encase the security guard (and by accident, Jonathan's arm) in ice and escape. Amy's sense of time and perspective was significantly altered while she was a rat, and she doesn't even know that her class has long graduated high school. Willow fills Amy in on everything that's been going on for the years that she has been a rat. Buffy arrives and discovers Amy's return and also hears about the security guard that was frozen at the museum. Spike is waiting for Buffy outside the museum when she gets there to investigate the scene and they banter and fight. Spike hits Buffy and he's shocked when the chip doesn't go off, but pretends it does anyway and she leaves with a final insult.
Excited about the opportunity to hunt and hurt humans again, Spike tries to attack a woman on the streets, but his chip stops him. Tara and Dawn spend some time together and Tara tries to explain the necessity for her leaving. Dawn doesn't blame her and subtly mentions that Willow has been not so obsessive with magic lately. The Scooby gang meets at the magic shop for updates on the frozen security guard and research. Just when it looks like Willow has returned to a bit of her computer roots, she uses magic to operate her computer and this disturbs her friends. They mention her breakup with Tara, but Willow brushes it off and returns to Amy at the house.
Spike goes to the threesome of geeky villains and demands that they examine his chip to see what's causing him so much trouble. When the chip appears to be in perfect working order, Spike concludes that Buffy is the problem. Amy wants to get out of the house and persuades Willow to join her for some actual fun. Tara brings Dawn home and although she wants to leave to avoid Willow's return, Dawn convinces her to stay.
Willow continues to tell Amy of all the latest news of Sunnydale while they play pool using magic. A couple of guys want to dance with the girls and Amy tries to encourage Willow by putting a spell on a nearby woman, but Willow doesn't like the idea. Later, when the two guys find Amy and Willow chatting, they make a rude comment to Willow that results in the guys locked in cages, dancing in their underwear. At the magic shop, the gang is fed up with trying to find the demon responsible for freezing the security guard and talk about Willow using too much magic, instead. Spike calls and cryptically tells Buffy to meet him at the cemetery.
She runs into Spike on the streets later that night and he taunts her into hitting him. Given the motivation, he hits her back and triumphantly informs her that he felt nothing and she came back from hell not completely human. The fight continues inside of an old abandoned building as Buffy continues to deny the possibility and Spike reassures her it's true. Meanwhile, Willow and Amy go crazy with magic at the Bronze until they get bored and decide to find somewhere else to have fun.
Buffy and Spike continue their fight, throwing punches and verbal attacks at each other all the while weakening the building by crashing into the walls and support beams. Just as the fight reaches an intense peak, Buffy switches the game and kisses Spike. Their fighting takes on another form as she wraps herself around him, and they kiss viciously and very obviously have sex, ignoring the fact that the building is collapsing around them. Even when they fall through the floor of one level and land on the one below, they don't stop.
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[edit] Production details
[edit] Music
- Halo Friendlies - "Run Away"
- Roxy Music - "Avalon"
- Virgil - "Here"
- Virgil - "Parachute"
- Virgil - "Vermillion Borders"
[edit] Quotes and trivia
- A longer, more intense lovemaking scene was originally filmed for the finale of the episode, but cut out. The clip still makes the rounds occasionally in Whedonverse fan circles.
- Spike: "You can play Holodeck another time..." is a reference to Star Trek.
- Xander is looking at a D&D manual.
- The geeks talk about Red Dwarf and Doctor Who.
- The boys calling Willow 'Ellen' was a reference to Ellen Degeneres who like Willow is a lesbian.
[edit] Translations
- Italian title: "Il diamante ghiacciato" ("The frozen diamond")
- German title: "Alte Feinde, neue Freunde?" ("Old enemies, new friends?")
- French title: "Écarts de conduite" ("Misdemeanours")
[edit] Continuity
[edit] Arc significance
This episode marks the beginning of Spike and Buffy's sexual relationship.
[edit] Timing
- Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
| Location, time (if known) |
Buffyverse chronology: Fall 2001 - December 2001 (non-canon = italic) |
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| L.A., 2001 | Buffy/Angel novel: Cursed |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.01 Heartthrob |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy UPN promos: Scooby Gang talk about Buffy |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.01 Bargaining, Part One |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.02 Bargaining, Part Two |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.02 That Vision Thing |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.03 After Life |
| L.A., 2001 | Angel book: Sanctuary |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.03 That Old Gang of Mine |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.04 Flooded |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.04 Carpe Noctem |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy comic: Reunion |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.05 Life Serial |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.05 Fredless |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy graphic novel Willow & Tara: Wilderness |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy book: Blood and Fog |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.06 All the Way |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy graphic novel: Note from the Underground |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.06 Billy |
| L.A., 2001 | Angel anthology book:The Longest Night |
| Sunnydale, L.A., Monster Island, 2001 | Buffy/Angel novel: Monster Island |
| L.A., 2001 | Angel book: Endangered Species |
| L.A., 2001 | Angel book: Impressions |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.07 Once More, with Feeling |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.07 Offspring |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.08 Tabula Rasa |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.08 Quickening |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.09 Smashed |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.09 Lullaby |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.10 Wrecked |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.10 Dad |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.11 Gone |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.11 Birthday |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy graphic novel: Creatures of Habit |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy graphic novel: Death of Buffy: Withdrawal |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.12 Doublemeat Palace |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.12 Provider |
[edit] External links
- Smashed at the Internet Movie Database
