Buffy the Vampire Slayer Talk || s3e08 "Lovers Walk"

[@alleybox]

feel kinda weird posting on election day, but i hope those that need a little distraction from that mayhem can enjoy! :) ALSO!! thank you for 9k subs!!!

[@zoesmith12]

it’s perfect! i needed this distraction

[@danieledwards3376]

Well, I could tell you what the election results will be, but I don't want to spoil it for you.

[@ashplayssims]

I feel like my social media is just full of nothing but election posts, so this is a nice break from all of that!

[@RICHIEV333]

Big bads, Monsters, and brewing evil... but enough about politics, this show is a perfect distraction!

[@KiwiNinjaBlast]

Thank you for this present on what is probably the most stressful birthday of my life.

[@jaycievictory8461]

- Cordelia falls down and is impaled - *Alley gasps* - Cordelia loses consciousness - *Alley begins to hyperventilate* - Camera cuts to funeral - *Alley prepares to burn the world down* - Camera reveals it's a fake-out - *Alley: THIS F***ING SHOW!!!!* *Me: Thereeeeeeeeeeee it is* 😅😅😅

[@brendanoconnor1550]

I thought we were going to see her soul leave her body when it cut to the funeral

[@lightbearer313]

Joss Whedon: I bring the emotional pain.

[@emanymton713]

@@lightbearer313 joss Whedon : I only know emotional pain. He’s a one note writer if you watch enough of his stuff. You can quickly deduce where it is headed.

[@zemoxian]

@@emanymton713 I feel like it’s like an abusive relationship and this is my support group. Hello, my name is Jamal and I’m suffering from Whedon induced trauma.

[@blacktronlego]

The greatest fake-out ever!

[@ceridwenaeradwr8105]

Before the start of the episode: Alley: "So I'm hoping Willow and Xander will figure that out and stop," Me: Oof. Alley: "..Before someone gets hurt" Me: *OOF*

[@caramackenzie7734]

Spike with Joyce. Alley: "I kind of love this?!" Same girl, same. They have such an odd, but loveable friendship(?).

[@Logan_Baron]

Realize that Dru would consider torture romantic.

[@lurker1316]

Yeah, with vampires sex and death and love and pain are all kind of the same emotion. Dru's origin story is one of being tortured by Angelus and then made into a vampire. It's how their soulless world works.

[@mooble1325]

SPOILER imagine how different the show would be if that had worked

[@fallofcamelot]

That stunt with Spike’s hand almost got James Marsters into trouble. He wanted Spike to become a recurring character so he agreed to do the stunt with the fire by saying he’d done similar stunts before (he hadn’t). His idea was that he’d impress the show runners by his willingness to do the stunt. The flame effect is produced by having a fuel source put on top of a flame retardent gel. The gel protects the skin from the flame long enough to get the shot after which the flame is quickly put out. Unfortunately James Marsters let the flame go too long and it burnt down through the flame retardant gel. As a result his hand got quite badly burnt. Luckily though this stunt was the last shot to be completed on the episode so he faked like everything was fine and after the end of shooting he rushed himself to hospital to get it treated. It took him years to confess that this had happened to anyone.

[@teacherverina]

💜 dedication ❤️

[@redeem147]

That's so James.

[@AscendedXSaiyan]

Yeah they talked about this on Buffering the Vampire Slayer! I just listened to that episode awhile ago

[@faithlesshound5621]

It's also emblematic of the power balance between employers and workers in the USA: it's not just the Harvey Weinstein business, but health and safety in general.

[@4everbuffylover]

Whaaaat. Crazy James 😂

[@breadboi24601]

We stan Cordelia Chase in this house 🙌

[@emgardo]

hell yeahh

[@zachharris3040]

Booo she's a mean brat

[@talynstarburst2l2l2l]

@@zachharris3040 she says mean words, but dig deeper and you find that she does have a heart

[@jesseclark3697]

And that fake out is where people who initially disliked Cordi realized how much she has grown on them.

[@TheDantheman12121]

Yeah she had a great character arch in buffy which then carried on into Angel where by the end she was not even remotely like her original self. Similar arc to buffy actually but buffy's was done off camera before the tv show started.

[@Logan_Baron]

I've seen people that early on literally said they hope she dies (It's a fictional character on a tv show, so that's not terrible) actually cry when thought she died here.

[@lessismore8533]

@@Logan_Baronyes Cordelia did grow on me BIG TIME

[@lawrencewestby9229]

Aaahh, the funeral scene, it never gets old. It's gotten every reactor I've seen so far.

[@jaycievictory8461]

Cordelia just breaks my heart in this. She's so happy. She turned her world and social order upside-down to be with Xander and never showed any sign of regretting or second-guessing it. Then he does that. Can't help but hate him at least a bit for that. I don't care how young he is.

[@AscendedXSaiyan]

Just goes to show us how bad a *Forbidden Love* can be, for us & those around us

[@TheDantheman12121]

Just goes to show humans always want the forbidden. In fact xander literally says that at some point. All those years he could have had Willow and it took her being not available for him to want her.

[@TheDantheman12121]

@@AscendedXSaiyan God damnit. I wrote my whole thing and realized you already said it :(

[@AscendedXSaiyan]

@@TheDantheman12121 It's fine you just added to what I already said 🙂

[@TheBloobster]

How you feel about Willow?

[@AlxMar5]

I totally lost it at "If Cordelia dies, I sue" XD

[@antonbrakhage490]

I've never seen such an enthusiastic Cordy fan. Its great.

[@ribby9069]

Anton Brakhage are you kidding? We stan cordelia!

[@Nicamon]

SPOILER Just imagine what her reaction is gonna be about(even if I wrote"SPOILER"I'm gonna code it just in case)"your shirt". I'm just waiting.......................

[@laurenfrey873]

So when Charisma Carpenter was a child, she had a very similar injury. She was playing in her backyard when her family was building a pool, and since there was no fence around it, she fell in and impaled herself on a rebar pipe that was sticking out.

[@antonellaricco7164]

Can we all take a minute to appreciate how daring Spike is? Most vampires hide from the sun and would just wait until the night to drive out of town but not him, Spike blacked out the windows of his car so he can drive in daylight, even if it means he can only see the road through a tiny hole and getting to close to said hole could potentially burn or even kill him, other vampires are scared of the sun, Spike treats it like a small inconvenient. Also going into The Slayer's home and hanging out with her mom for long enough to share his relationship problems over hot chocolate? Makes you realize what makes him so dangerous as an enemy, he has no fear, it's no wonder he managed to kill two Slayers.

[@LeChaunce]

Spike is the best vampire ever.

[@QuayNemSorr]

It's William the Bloody! He's awesome.

[@qrsx66]

What if he gets into an accident, or the cops want to control him and his garbage car ?

[@mooble1325]

@@qrsx66 he'd survive the accident (unless wood or a sharp piece of metal heading straight for his neck were involved) or eat the cops

[@qrsx66]

@@mooble1325 I was thinking, what if it happens in plain daylight, wouldn't he be very vulnerable then ? What if he's ejected from the car and ends in the middle of the road ? Game over.

[@adrak91]

Charisma Carpenter's acting so good

[@NialasDubh]

13:28 Whatever Whedonverse product you are watching - BtVS, Angel, Dollhouse, Firefly, whatever - always remember the key fact: Joss Whedon hates you, and he wants you to suffer.

[@Pumpkin3.14pi]

The only one I haven't watched is Firefly. I liked Dollhouse, but it wasn't built to go on for very long. I wasn't a fan of how they ended each season.

[@jakerell5115]

Sometimes even by the quality of his own writing (I'll pretend the comics don't exist till the end of times)

[@QuayNemSorr]

@@Pumpkin3.14pi You should definitely watch Firefly. Can be done in a few days since they only made a single season (biggest crime i Tv-show history)

[@Pumpkin3.14pi]

@@QuayNemSorr I'm usually not into space based shows/movies. I will eventually do it. I have no life by the way, so I can probably do it in a day.

[@twistedlymemorable]

He's not afraid to kill off core characters and he let's you know that really quickly. In Buffy, with Jesse then later Jenny, and then Angel, it pulls the rug out from under you. You can't trust that anyone will make it.

[@krank23]

"Stop… before someone gets hurt" …Well no. That's not the show. This is the Joss Whedon & Friends making-everyone-miserable show. =) This is definitely one of my all-time favorite episodes. Absolutely love it. All the drama… And also Spike. He's really awesome in this episode, a really interesting kind of three-dimensional villain character. I mean, he's evil, but he's also like… Just been dumped. Very, very relatable =) And his friendly relationship with Joyce just kills me every time. Favorite quote: "Have you ever SEEN a chaos daemon? All slime and antlers!"

[@menachemsalomon]

Yes. Whedon's _modus operandi_ is "Stop just after everyone gets hurt, at the worst possible moment, in the worst possible way."

[@somedudeontwitterstalkedme3829]

"Dru and I killed a homeless man on this bench", the things that Spike makes me go awwww for is not a good list.

[@zemoxian]

😂😂😂 So true!

[@briellestone7161]

Lol spike remembers his good times (for he and Dru) in Sunnydale. He missed Dru and Sunnydale

[@danieledwards3376]

At the end of 1x08 the Scoobies all joke about being doomed in terms of relationships, and now in 3x08 all their relationships get wrecked. (While Spike ends up hopeful about his broken relationship with Dru.)

[@CloudslnMyCoffee]

Spike and Joyce's relationship is the best ever

[@Befuddled_Ostrich]

A little "under the radar" continuity, the shop where Spike killed the woman was the same "boogity boogity store" that Dru killed the previous owner of after selling Jenny Calender an Orb of Thessela.

[@4everbuffylover]

That place goes through owners like hot cakes

[@spookymia8135]

@@4everbuffylover If only someone who knew how to handle vampires and demons would buy it

[@4everbuffylover]

@@spookymia8135 that would be smarter

[@danwhitehousepc]

What happened to the stairs at the entrance? What's with it being so small? It's NOT the same shop, just one of many in Sunnydale.

[@1nelsondj]

One of the best of the season, Spike is such a good catalyst with his humor, his threat and his insights. You didn't mention his relationship with Joyce, I love them together, her talking to him like he's a regular person, so funny. Yes sorry about the fake death scene, that's Joss messing with your head but it also lets viewers realize how they feel about Cordelia, how their feelings towards her may have evolved since the beginning of the show.

[@spookymia8135]

The really great thing about Spike whenever he interacts with the Scoobies longer than a fight scene is that, he's on the outside looking in, but he's highly intelligent and perceptive, so he's in a perfect position to Read. Them. For. Filth. "At least I'm man enough to admit it" makes me slow-clap every time. The other really great thing about Spike is literally every time he hangs out with Joyce. Spike & Joyce is my Buffy BrOTP.

[@nadine6153]

Joss Whedon wrote the funeral scene because people kept saying to him they would never miss Cordelia. So he showed us...

[@zemoxian]

@@nadine6153 And he sacrificed a shopkeeper to make it happen. In my head canon it’s the shopkeeper’s funeral.

[@nadine6153]

@@zemoxian Yeah, makes sense!

[@TheDantheman12121]

"You got any of those little marshmellows?"

[@spikejr3113jr]

one of spikes best quotes “I may be loves bicth but at least am man enough to admit it” saying that to angel. The angel spike banter. Ya this episode was fun with drunk dru dumbed spike but also destroys people. Spike and Joyce get along weird old world isn’t it.

[@teacherverina]

I love Spike and Joyce's friendship. I feel like there could and should have been more of that.

[@AscendedXSaiyan]

Say what you want about Spike but at least he's the *ONLY ONE* who understands emotions

[@menachemsalomon]

Remember what the school counselor told Buffy, just a few episodes back in _Beauty and the Beasts?_ "Love becomes your master, and ... you're just its dog." Eerie to hear the sentiment echoed by Spike.

[@singingwolf3929]

spikes whole speech here was just amazing.

[@lessismore8533]

@@singingwolf3929yes his “you’ll never be friends” speech is iconic..

[@akaray9117]

I love the fact that Spike has utmost respect for Joyce. Probably from the very first hit she gave him as a protective mother

[@brand_holt]

I enjoy all of your Buffy reactions, but this was one of the best yet. Your face when Cordelia '"died" was priceless. That's why we all watch you. I love that all Spike had to do in order to hurt Buffy and Angel was to speak the truth, then let them do the rest.

[@lessismore8533]

Yup. Spike OWNED them with his speech!..

[@springlady8337]

Not so fun fact: Cordie’s fall was inspired by an accident the actress playing her, Charisma, suffered when she was little.

[@lauraw2526]

I love watching this one for the reactions to the fake-out Cordelia death. Everyone responds the same way, and it's so funny but also makes me feel that temporary heartbreak all over again. Joss Whedon is a bad man.

[@qrsx66]

And nobody has a thought for the magic shop lady that was buried.

[@lauraw2526]

@@qrsx66 Ha, I did actually wonder this time if that funeral was supposed to be for her.

[@laotasurfs1110]

Flashback. Your reaction to seeing Spike come back reminded me of how it felt watching these episodes when they premiered. By "Lovers Walk" I'd gotten passed wondering if we'd ever see him or Dru again. It was just so great and strange that he came back. For an hour, life was GOOD. Also, the trolling in this episode is so mean, XD

[@SylviusTheMad]

Buffy is a brilliant show -- relentlessly so -- but there are a handful of episodes which, for me, stand head and shoulders above even that already high standard. This is one of those episodes.

[@BenChanNYC]

Angel's cat bell... Funniest recurring joke, especially when I forget and it takes me by surprise! 😂😼🔔

[@talynstarburst2l2l2l]

The cat bell never gets old! 😂

[@thesarcasticsimmer1383]

Sorry the high school musical edit over the angel x buffy scene was amazing 😂 also the cordy death scare made me panic so much my first watch

[@AscendedXSaiyan]

The High School Musical edit had me laughing

[@donsample1002]

It was fun watching her "Oh no! They can't kill Cordy" freak out, knowing that the funeral fakeout was coming up.

[@talynstarburst2l2l2l]

Who needs an intervention with your watcher and friends when you have Spike that can just come in and point everything out in one episode 😂

[@lessismore8533]

He OWNED Buffy with that speech!..

[@dafne_ar3357]

Been waiting so long for this! Also, you are the very first reactor that as soon as sees the shot of the Sunnydale sign knows Spike's back. Girl you're amazing

[@TomH2681]

Such a good episode. This is possibly the moment when Spike became my favourite.

[@lessismore8533]

Yes. That woke “you’ll never be friends” speech won me over!..

[@veganvipers11]

Lmao I love your reaction and your love for Spike in contrast with your sudden remembrance that he’s still evil

[@bullboski]

Best reaction right here with the funeral misdirection. 😂😂😂

[@dashabrunclikova6975]

With the injury and then the funeral... Subversion aside, it really felt like seeing Willow and Xander kiss killed Cordelia. That's such a beautiful example of showing instead of telling us how she was feeling.

[@stuffwithsoph8264]

Omg never thought of that, great observation

[@Pumpkin3.14pi]

Every episode of season 3 is so good.

[@hadesshivabuddhachrist8573]

I think it has the most consistent quality out of all the seasons myself, which is not to say there aren't seasonal arcs I like more but overall episode quality, 3 is tops for me

[@Pumpkin3.14pi]

@@hadesshivabuddhachrist8573 Exactly how I feel. I don't want to get into detail, because even small hints can spoil things.

[@hadesshivabuddhachrist8573]

Agreed

[@QuayNemSorr]

While I agree I think that can be said for more than season 3

[@Pumpkin3.14pi]

@@QuayNemSorr I enjoy every season.

[@TopcatsLair]

"I may be love's bitch" speech is one of my favourites. Spikey boy is so messed up.

[@lessismore8533]

He ain’t messed up when it comes to love. He’ll EXECUTE it in a crazy way cus he’s still souless rich now. BUT he OWNED Buffy and Angel with that “not friends” thing. Spoilers Future flashbacks os spike show as a human he was a hopeless romantic, Even as a vampire ha hasn’t lost that knowledge..

[@kaylasovine3753]

I’ve never clicked faster in my life

[@spikejr3113jr]

Same

[@LeChaunce]

Ayup.

[@AscendedXSaiyan]

At the risk of sounding like a broken record...same

[@CalabiYauShape]

Sometimes I think I'm losing my reflexes. Then I see a new Alleybox video.

[@Hunterfalke]

It is one of the series greatest episodes, atleast to me.

[@trevorcooch3839]

The worst thing about watching your vids is knowing what happens in the future episode's & waiting to share it with you! There are countless good episode's that you are going to love. Keep the great reactions coming

[@robertmolton6761]

Yeah there are episodes that are going to blow her mind. 🤯

[@mandyhuey5810]

Alley: says something Me: oh my god...... about that............. It drives me crazy cause some things are like a year or two away at this rate😂

[@caitlin329]

It's apparently too much of an urge for some people. I feel like even little things are always more than ppl think. It's happened with so many reactors when people think they're being clever in the comments.

[@mandyhuey5810]

@@caitlin329 yeah it really sucks people are like that and don't even realize how obvious they are. I hope too much hasn't been spoiled for her. But then on top of that, when a ton of people react to the comment like "stop with spoilers!!" And it has a ton of downvotes, if she, or someone, sees it at that point then they're definitely gonna assume it was a pretty big spoiler and be more likely to guess it based off context. So I don't even like to react to them at all lol.

[@caitlin329]

@@mandyhuey5810 I've definitely found it a hard balance. Generally it's just a little 'maybe don't' or something and hopefully they notice and edit/delete. I just know so many who've had things spoiled by commenters thinking they were being clever or subtle.

[@DaveF.]

Oh thing that always blows me away is Willow's reference to a TV show that's currently still airing, but even then was 'old'.

[@flumpking]

Haha the amount of times you gasped in this episode haha x

[@mshevchenk]

Buffy mimics the line from I Was Made To Love You: Tell me you don't love me.

[@partycitydumpster]

*I Only Have Eyes For You

[@mshevchenk]

@@partycitydumpster whoops thats what I meant

[@1pieveofKH]

When I saw this show up in my recommended and saw the episode title is flat out yelled, "IT'S HERE!" I love this episode so much and Spike is just great. My thoughts on Spike this episode: "Spike is terrible! I still love Spike!"

[@Lpace3]

Once again Alley tries to imagine the future direction of a Joss show. That's just so precious. :-)

[@4everbuffylover]

I mean...she got pretty close at predicting this episode.

[@totallyrandomtee8771]

So happy to see the QOTD is back. The cat bell every time Angel is in screen is the best thing ever.

[@rayharley597]

Found out a lot later that the whole Spike/Dru break up only happened because Juliet Landau became unavailable. And thus TV History was made, kerk

[@DoinItforNewCommTech]

Fun fact about that "Spike wakes up on fire" gag, James Marsters got **serious** burns from that stunt because he ad-libbed that dreamy, groggy, "wait a second am I on fire" look because he thought it'd be funnier. Originally he was supposed to catch fire and RUN IMMEDIATELY, because the solution they covered his hand in would only last for so long. He didn't tell anyone on set and discreetly took himself to the ER before anyone noticed

[@danieledwards3376]

I can't believe you thought Cordy would be killed off like that - what sort of a show do you think this is? ;)

[@bullboski]

STOP!!!

[@Carabas72]

@@bullboski Hammer Time.

[@AscendedXSaiyan]

Um...a show that's been known to mess you up emotionally?

[@dplunk13]

This episode might be top 10 in the whole series. We didn't even see maybe the best line, "Oh...Dru and I ate a homeless guy on this bench."

[@lexterminate]

I just want to say that your Buffy reactions are my favorite.

[@Swenglish]

"Tell me you don't love me." "I don't." Sound familiar? "Then tell me you don't love me! Say it!" "Is that what you need to hear? Will that help? I don't. I don't. Now let me go." "No. A person doesn't just wake up and stop loving somebody!" "Love is forever. I'm not afraid to use it, I swear! If I can't be with you..." "Oh, my God!" "DON'T WALK AWAY FROM ME, B!TCH!" (I Only Have Eyes For You)

[@Turpitud3]

Note here, Willow was about to cast a spell on Xander without his consent, and magic is one of the first things she turns to as a solution.

[@DaveF.]

"I'll find her, tie her up, and torture her till she likes me again": Romantic love, as defined by Spike the souless vampire. Spike is not a good vampire. He's just hugely entertaining, charismatic and funny. And an evil souless monster.

[@teacherverina]

Spike and I have similar ideas on love.

[@Silver-rx1mh]

Gets a wee bit more complicated that that though...

[@caitlin329]

@@Silver-rx1mh Stop

[@Sisterspike1]

@@caitlin329 ????

[@Sisterspike1]

@@caitlin329 Imo If people didn't flag inocuious comments up it would come across a that, but whatever....

[@colorcodedcody]

Loved how she reacted to this episode. So much happens I remember reacting the same way. And so glad she loves spike. He is such a good character for the show

[@shawnwacek6791]

Greatest death fake out in a TV show I ever saw at the time of this filming of this TV show

[@giuliapicchiotti]

I love Oz, but when Cordelia saw Xander and Willow together it completely broke my heart 💔 💔 💔 .

[@colleenmarin8907]

Oz didn't have to give up his entire social circle and status in order to date Willow

[@hamnster2094]

literally nothing about this show makes me as happy as Spike and Joyce's friendship

[@vitorhgc]

I don't know if someone has already commented this here, or if you even remember, but since this episode brought back Spike and almost killed Cordelia, I think you, and everybody that haven't seen Supernatural, should check Season 7, Episode 5 (Shut Up, Dr. Phil) for a little surprise.

[@tabata68]

And the dude with the Mayor playing golf in his office is Sam's (Wesson) coworker in SPN 4x17 It's a Terrible Life (the one that stabs himself with a pencil)

[@katthor7311]

Your edits are always top notch....but that High School Musical 2 edit over the Buffy/Angel scene.....genius. :D

[@blacktronlego]

Love the Willow/Spike scene, he can't actually hurt her because he needs her to do the spell. I also love his teasing Angel while standing behind Joyce.

[@AscendedXSaiyan]

I'm a simple man. I see Alley Box notification, I click! Edit: That giddy reaction to Spike being back...is *ALL OF US!!*

[@briellestone7161]

This was a great episode and I like how it got us making us think Cordy died. Also, Spike is my favorite character so far.

[@fenixjpb]

"But I cant fool myself..or Spike, foe some reason" DONT FORGET It

[@jennabreland5261]

I cried immediately, no hesitation but much disbelief when they cut to the funeral. That look everyone does happened too, where you look into the distance like you're bargaining or calculating how to undo this, why would they do this, wait would they do this? I mean they did it to Jenny but nooo... and then Buffy "So Cordelia's gonna be okay?" Like you think Cordelia's death scene rips you out of the moment until you realize you are processing a sudden death in like a real way, but whew for Buff

[@kabauer24]

I just discovered you and with a single video I see myself totally reflected in your reactions! I'd love to find someone to watch Buffy with that intensity! LOL . OMG the HSM part ... burst out laughing! and I love that you love Spike .... because I love him so much !!!

[@fuionochingsung5091]

LMAO they got you good with the funeral misdirect at the end! SO good hahaha. This ep and the next one are among my favorite eps of the season! Have an excellent birthday weekend! Hope your birthday slays! 😊

[@nellknack5389]

Love your buffy reactions, you should do them more than once a week !

[@BFA_78]

This is one of my fave eps of the entire series. Love drunk Spike so much!

[@lynnevetter]

The whole "sarcastic voice" thing is one of my go to quotes.

[@SimianJack]

Alley: "THIS FUCKING SHOW!!" the rest of us: yep, that's the mantra. Break out the mini marshmallows.

[@Blazingstoke]

Dru left Spike; Buffy leaves Angel; Oz pushes Willow away; Cordelia pushes Xander away. The title of the episode is incredibly apt: this is the one where the lovers walk.

[@lessismore8533]

Clever title..

[@ryanprebys8675]

Until you started cutting to the scene of the Mayor golfing, I never realized the loud humming sound in your room! Lol

[@Figgy5119]

Some times I watch videos on 1.25 or 1.5 speed and every time I see Alley's welcoming in the video I always have to check to make sure I'm not on a higher speed accidentally

[@tmpreardon4200]

1st of all, good call, I need the election day distraction right now. 2ndly, that Cordelia death fake-out is SO unfair and mean...but I kinda love it.

[@DrawingPicture]

I cannot tell you how much I loved the HSM part 😂😂😂

[@davewolf6256]

OK Someone has to give Alley a Snoopy Pez dispenser in absence of an Oz Pop.

[@TheOriginalJammyOne]

Two things cannot change about your reactions... The quote of the day and, of course, the dab! :-D

[@SprightlyValentino]

I never get tired of seeing people react to "So Cordelia's gonna be okay?" 😂

[@lurker1316]

13:51 - A standout reaction moment (in a standout episode (in a standout season.)) My first viewings of the Buffyverse were out of order (I caught later events in syndication and then got into it) so I never had the experience of falling for this fake-out, but it's a lot of fun to watch people react to it.

[@math9172]

First time I watched the episode I litteraly screamed when the fake Cordelia death happened.

[@lessismore8533]

Spike hit the hammer on the nail with his “you’ll never be friends” speech! Without spoiling, his speech makes more sense after watching “Fool for Love” in S5

[@Mandinobear]

Omgggg i love your edits so much!! I cracked up a lot. The funeral and your reaction, it is indeed very mean of josh whedon. And the HSM edit 🤣🤣🤣 LOVED IT

[@mandyhuey5810]

It's almost midnight and I DO NEED THIS DISTRACTION. I don't even think buffy could help us now 😭 but this video will distract me enough to maybe help me go to sleep soon 😅 gonna go watch now!! Yay!

[@redeem147]

Just want to let you know how much I look forward to your reaction vids. I've been a Buffy fan since the first run, but it's like watching it fresh all over again. You're a delight.

[@dogstar75]

me nearly 22 years ago *Funeral scene * Me: OMG, they really killed her!! Buffy: So, Cordelias gonna be ok? Me: ooooo, you cheeky mother fuckers

[@Shadowman4710]

You...and everybody else in the fanbase.

[@lukesweeting1686]

This episode is so good its one of my favourites

[@Chuthulhu123]

Tying her up and torturing her IS probably the best way for Spike to get Dru to love him. I imagine she'd find it a turn on.

[@JohnDoe-hm9sg]

The editing. AMAZING. The cat bell jingles on angel! Literally should have been in the show.

[@alicequinn505]

Finally! Someone as traumatized by Drusilla leaving as Spike is.

[@fajenthygia5760]

That moment is glorious. It's my favorite moment to see reactions to.

[@scottrabie]

Saw the title and said, "Oh here we go with the graveyard scene, can't wait!" Great reaction!

[@danwiesdamageinc]

13:38 - 14:08 Pure gold! If you were ever on the fence on whether or not you like Cordelia, this moment decides it.

[@torfinnzempel6123]

The thing with Spikes plan to woo Dru back, she IS into bdsm, so that would actually work.

[@Elisabeth9419]

Thank you for the high school musical edit 😂 It made me laugh so hard and I needed that today!

[@torfinnzempel6123]

Has anyone else thought that Cordelia's injury was a physical manifestation of her emotional state?

[@lenr112]

I must have seen this episode 20 times at least but never realized how funny Willow's line " Don't move Cordy" was until I watched this edit

[@tonymarshall3978]

Spike is such a good character that on the UK youtube boxset image is Buffy and Spike and no one else. Its the same for the DVD boxset that I and my friends assumed he must be angel

[@ThaAngelus1]

Whedon is a genius. He makes us hate Cordelia for 2,5 years. Then he fake kills her to make us reliaze that we don't want her to die.

[@garbonzo9]

Come on, the Spike and Joyce scene with Angel outside made the episode!