“Lovers Walk”
Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode
Episode no. Fictional narratives (and works of art exist beyond their completion e	Season 3 Episode 8
Written by	Dan Vebber
Directed by	David Semel
Production no. Dan Vebber is a writer best known for his television work on animated shows such as Futurama, Daria and American Dad!. David Semel is an American director and Television producer. Film Director Lone Star State of Mind Revelations	3ABB08
Original airdate	November 24, 1998
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"Lovers Walk" is episode 8 of season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The following is a list of episodes for the American cult Television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Fictional narratives (and works of art exist beyond their completion e It was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing in a Series. ^[1]

Contents 1 Plot synopsis 1.1 Summary 1.2 Expanded overview 2 Christmas Buffy promo 2.1 Promo synopsis 2.2 Promo offer 2.3 Promo continuity 3 Acting 3.1 Starring 3.2 Guest starring 3.3 Co-starring 4 Production details 4.1 Music 5 Angel's book 6 Continuity 6.1 Arc significance 7 Translations 7.1 Timing 8 References 9 External links 9.1 Reviews 9.2 Christmas Buffy/Angel promo

Plot synopsis

Summary

A lovelorn Spike returns and kidnaps Willow and Xander. Oz and Cordelia discover them kissing while attempting a rescue.

Expanded overview

Willow complains about receiving a 740 on Verbal for her SAT's, while Xander notes that her Verbal score closely resembles his combined score. Willow Rosenberg is a Fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the Television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The SAT Reasoning Test (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test) is a standardized test for College admissions in the Buffy shows up looking shaken; her unexpected SAT score of 1430 has opened up the possibility of a normal life, and she is unsure how to proceed.

That night, Spike drives through the "Welcome to Sunnydale" sign again, but this time he is extremely drunk; he falls out of the car and reprises his first line in the series: "Home sweet home", before passing out. " School Hard " is episode 3 of season 2 of the Television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He returns to the old burned down factory (despondently singing Sid Vicious's "My Way") and surveys the damage. John Simon Ritchie (born May 10, 1957, died February 2, 1979) better known as Sid Vicious, was an English Punk " My Way " is a song with lyrics written by Paul Anka and popularized by Frank Sinatra. He begins to shout and cry, destroying Drusilla's charred dolls and drunkenly wondering why she left him.

At school the next day, Xander persuades Cordelia to go on a double bowling date with Willow and Oz. Oz presents Willow with a Witch-themed PEZ dispenser, and she is both delighted by the thoughtful gift and guilty because of the attraction she feels towards Xander. PEZ is the brand name of an Austrian candy the pocket mechanical dispensers for such candy and an abbreviation of PEZ Candy Inc

Giles, packing for a Watchers' retreat, is delighted when he is presented with Buffy's SAT scores. Giles suggests that she has an opportunity to have a first-rate educational experience, and she could leave Sunnydale and her Slayer duties to Faith. Faith He warns her about seeing Angel and she promises that nothing will happen between them because they are "just friends". Meanwhile, Xander and Willow are second-guessing the bowling date with Oz and Cordelia. Willow is concerned that Oz and Cordelia will notice the attraction between her and Xander, and resists Xander's attempt to kiss her earlobe. She and Xander restate their commitment to avoid physical intimacy with each other. Xander tells her that he wishes that they could just get rid of their feelings of lust.

That night, Spike stands outside Angel's mansion and drunkenly rails at Angel for turning Dru against him, until passing out in the garden. The next morning, he wakes to find his hand aflame after being exposed to sunlight. He runs around frantically trying to douse his hand and avoid the rising sun, eventually diving into his car to tend to his wound, first pouring alcohol on his hand, then pouring some more down his throat to ease the pain. Surveying his current state, he notes: "This is just too much. "

Back at home, Buffy's mom continues to push the idea of college. When Buffy is resistant, Joyce asks her what could possibly be keeping her in Sunnydale, but Buffy does not admit her reluctance to leave Angel. She visits him and asks his opinion on her future options, in the process trying to determine where the two of them stand with each other. Angel, visibly torn, suggests as a friend that she go, reasoning that it is a good opportunity for her to live a life outside of her calling. Unhappy with his answer, Buffy leaves.

Spike sneaks into the back of a local magic shop during the day in search for a curse for Angel. He wants something really nasty, like boils or leprosy, something that would "make his parts fall off". The shopkeeper is distracted by Willow, who is looking for ingredients for a "de-lusting" spell. As she and the shop keeper discuss ingredients, Spike, out of sight, pays close attention and abandons his search for a curse; when Willow leaves, Spike kills the shopkeeper, having decided that a love spell for Drusilla would be "an even better idea. "

Later that day, the Mayor is playing golf in his office when his deputy alerts him to their "Spike problem". For the Australian television/entertainment personality see Richard Wilkins (TV presenter. When the deputy suggests that Mr. Trick organize and send a 'committee' to deal with the problem, the Mayor, after a few asides ranging from offering the deputy's soul for "one good short game" to whether "allowing a loose cannon to rock the boat" is a mixed metaphor, good-humoredly agrees.

At school, the night of the double date, Willow is in the chemistry lab, working on the ingredients for her anti-love spell. Xander shows up, and they begin arguing when he figures out what Willow is doing. Spike comes in, still very drunk, and attacks Xander, announcing that he needs to borrow Willow for a while. Spike takes Xander, unconscious from a head wound, and Willow back to the factory, where he locks them up. Spike explains his situation to Willow, first threatening her life if she fails to cast an effective spell, then sitting next to her and He tells Willow that Dru had thought he had gone soft after his alliance with Buffy, and was not "demon enough" for her anymore. The final blow had come when Dru told him that they could still be friends. An uncomfortable Willow tries to half-heartedly comfort the distraught Spike. When Willow tells Spike that she does not have enough ingredients, he takes her list and goes to collect what she needs.

At the library, Buffy is working out when Cordelia and Oz show up, worried because the lab is torn up and Willow and Xander are gone. Buffy's mom calls her, and then over the line Buffy hears Spike say "Hello Joyce. " Joyce offers him hot chocolate while he relates the painful details of his breakup with Dru, and she offers him advice and he asks if she has any of "those little marshmallows". Angel spots them talking in the kitchen, but cannot enter the house because he is not invited. Joyce, thinking he is still evil, backs away, and Spike taunts him behind Joyce's back. Buffy arrives, pins Spike to the table and invites Angel in. Spike tells them he's got her friends and the three of them leave to get the supplies so that he can do the love spell and set Buffy's friends free. On the way to the shop, Spike is afflicted with pain from finally starting to sober up, and reminisces on memories of Drusilla. Buffy offers to stake Spike to put him out of his misery, but Angel tells her that they still need him to find her friends; Buffy counters that he probably just locked them in the factory, despite Spike's protests that he is not that "thick".

As Oz and Cordelia are driving, Oz catches Willow's scent and can tell that she is afraid ("a residual werewolf thing"). Cordelia declares it to be creepy, and Oz admits that he agrees.

Spike, Buffy and Angel are getting the supplies when, prompted by Angel's comment that he's going to a lot of trouble for the sake of the fickle Drusilla, Spike takes a swing at him before blaming the two of them for their break-up; he says that he is "nothing without her". Buffy agrees; he truly has become pathetic. Spike retorts by saying that they sicken him; the last time he had seen them, they were fighting to the death, and now they were acting like nothing had happened. They insist that they are just friends now, but Spike knows better. He tells them, "You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends. I may be love's bitch", he says, "but at least I'm man enough to admit it. "

Xander wakes up to find that he and Willow are locked in the basement of the factory. They discuss what will happen to them: Willow explains that either she casts the spell and Spike kills them, or she refuses to cast the spell, and Spike kills them. Xander demands a third option, so Willow suggests that Spike might have gotten so drunk that he will pass out and forget about them, leaving them to starve to death; she notes that this last possibility is their best option. Deciding that the high probability of death is a mitigating factor, Willow and Xander kiss just in time for Oz and Cordelia to find them. Cordelia is horrified and runs up the stairs, but they collapse and she falls through, impaling herself on a piece of metal rebar sticking out of the rubble-covered floor below.

As they leave with the supplies, Buffy, Angel and Spike are surrounded by a group of Trick's vampires, led by one of Spike's former lackeys, Lenny. Spike points out that if Buffy and Angel leave him to die, then Willow and Xander die too. Buffy reluctantly joins the brawl. After killing a few, they retreat back into the shop and barricade themselves in, fighting the vampires who get inside. Lenny makes the mistake of insulting Spike, who, incensed, brutally beats and stakes him. Eventually, Angel and Buffy use bottled holy water to scare off all the remaining vampires. Spike, inspired and refreshed by the thrill of the fight, realizes that the only way he is going to get Dru back is if he becomes the man he once was, the man she loved. He tells Angel and Buffy that their friends are at the factory, and that he is going to "find Dru, tie her up, and torture her until she likes me again. " As he leaves the shop, he sticks his head back in to note to the bemused pair that "Love's a funny thing. "

Cordelia survives the fall; none of her vital organs are hurt. When Xander brings flowers to Cordelia in the hospital, she tells him to stay away from her. Willow tells Buffy that Oz refuses to talk to her, and Buffy suggests time, patience, and groveling. Buffy visits Angel, and tells him that they are not friends; she explains that she is not coming back, because he does not need her help anymore, and she cannot maintain the lie about their friendship to herself ("or Spike, for some reason"). Angel protests, and Buffy tells him that the only way they can see each other is if he tells her that he does not love her, something he cannot do. While each character broods in their own way, mourning for their broken relationships, Spike is back on the road, on his way to find Drusilla, smoking and singing along with the lyrics of the Sex Pistols' punk version of "My Way" as his car travels along the desert highway. The Sex Pistols are an English Punk rock band that formed in London in 1975

Christmas Buffy promo

The promo can be downloaded from an external link below

Immediately after the first airing of "Lovers Walk" an advert aired featuring Gellar and Boreanaz as their characters, Buffy and Angel. " Lovers Walk " is episode 8 of season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Promo synopsis

Buffy is standing outside at a phone booth. Strangely Sunnydale appears to be snowing. Buffy says, "This season with 1800 Collect, you don't have to be alone for the holidays". She begins dialing the phone. Buffy hears footsteps behind her. She turns grabs a stake-shaped icicle, and makes a staking motion before Angel grabs her hand. Buffy: "You should have called. " Angel replies, "Sorry I'm late. " The two smile, look into the snowing sky then walk off together.

Promo offer

The promo offered fans the chance to enter a sweepstakes every time they made a call using the 1-800-COLLECT communications system. The prize was a walk-on part on Buffy. Jessica Johnson of Maryland won a three day trip for two to participate in the episode "The Prom".

Promo continuity

The advert would have to take place on the next evening after "Amends". " Amends " is episode 10 of season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The advert is clearly not part of Buffyverse canon; both the narrator and Buffy actively break the Fourth wall. The Buffyverse canon consists of materials that are thought to be genuine (or "official" and those events characters settings etc The fourth wall is the imaginary wall at the front of the stage in a Proscenium Theater, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play

Acting

Starring

• Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers
• Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris
• Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg
• Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase
• David Boreanaz as Angel
• Seth Green as Oz
• and Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles

Guest starring

• Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers
• Harry Groener as Mayor Richard Wilkins
• James Marsters as Spike

Co-starring

• Jack Plotnick as Deputy Mayor Allan Finch
• Marc Burnham as Lenny
• Suzanne Krull as Clerk

Production details

Music

• Sex Pistols/Gary Oldman/Sid Vicious - "My Way" Sung by Spike as he leaves Sunnydale. Sarah Michelle Prinze, (born April 14 1977 better known by her birth name of Sarah Michelle Gellar, is an American actress. Nicholas Brendon (born April 12, 1971, as Nicholas Brendon Schultz in Los Angeles California) is an Actor best known for his Alyson Lee Hannigan (born March 24 1974 is an American Actress. Charisma Lee Carpenter (born July 23, 1970) is an American actress David Paul Boreanaz (born May 16, 1969) is an American film and television actor Seth Benjamin Green (born February 8, 1974) is an American Actor, Comedian, Voice actor, and Television producer Anthony Stewart Head (born 20 February, 1954) is an English Actor and Musician who has appeared in Theatre, Television Kristine Sutherland (born Kristine Young on April 17, 1955 in Boise Idaho) is an actress best known for her role as Buffy Summers' Harry Groener (born September 10, 1951) is an American Actor and Dancer, perhaps best known for playing Mayor Wilkins in James Wesley Marsters (born August 20, 1962) is an American actor and musician best known for playing the popular platinum-blond character Spike Jack Plotnick (born October 30 1968) is an American film and television actor Suzanne Krull (born July 8, 1966) is an American actress Filmography General Hospital (2 episodes 1994-2008 The Sex Pistols are an English Punk rock band that formed in London in 1975 Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958 is an English actor writer director, producer, Voice-over artist and occasional Musician who John Simon Ritchie (born May 10, 1957, died February 2, 1979) better known as Sid Vicious, was an English Punk " My Way " is a song with lyrics written by Paul Anka and popularized by Frank Sinatra. Spike's embrace of punk music, as opposed to quieter, more emotive music (Angel later shows an affinity for Barry Manilow as well as the "Rat Pack" itself, led by Frank Sinatra, who performed the most famous version of "My Way") is indicative of his personality as the rough-and-tumble foil to brooding intellectuals like Angel, as well as his former human self. Barry Manilow (born June 17, 1943) is an American Singer-songwriter, Musician, arranger, producer and conductor The Rat Pack was a group of popular entertainers most active between the mid-1950s and mid-1960s In what is probably a coincidence, the title of the episode is very similar to track #15 ("Lover's Rock") on the punk rock album London Calling by the Clash; however, if intentional, this could reinforce the attention paid to Spike in this episode. London Calling is the third album by English Punk rock band The Clash, released 14 December 1979 on CBS Records in the UK and in January 1980 For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were The scene of him driving off playing it would be used in the opening theme for every season from 4 on.

• Spike gloomily sings My Way, originally performed by Frank Sinatra as he wanders around his old haunts. " My Way " is a song with lyrics written by Paul Anka and popularized by Frank Sinatra. Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor When he is "back to his old self," he sings the wild Sid Vicious version. In Season Five of Angel, eye witnesses of an ensouled Spike's bravery will report that he asked them if they want to listen to Sex Pistols records after saving them.

Angel's book

• The book Angel is seen reading is La Nausée by Jean-Paul Sartre; its main theme is the nature of existential angst, a quality often associated with Angel. Nausea (orig French La Nausée) is a novel by the existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, published in 1938 and written Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (21 June 1905 &ndash 15 April 1980 commonly known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre (ʒɑ̃ pol saʁtʁə was a French Existentialism is a philosophical doctrine which posits that individuals create the meaning and essence of their lives and that this essence follows from their existence The fact that the cover features the original French title suggests Angel is proficient enough with French to read the book in its original language. La Nausée has a great deal of personal significance for Joss Whedon. In his commentary for the Firefly episode "Objects in Space," Whedon says that when he first began to think about the meaning of life a friend gave him La Nausée, which defined his interpretation of existence. Firefly is an American Science fiction Television series created by writer/director Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer " Objects in Space " is the fourteenth and final episode of the science fiction television series Firefly created by Joss Whedon

Continuity

• Buffy's last words to Angel ("Tell me you don't love me") are identical to the script she and Angel were forced to re-enact when possessed by the ghosts of a murder-suicide couple in the episode "I Only Have Eyes for You".

Arc significance

• Spike makes his sole appearance this season before returning as a permanent regular in Season 4. He is still trying to recapture Drusilla's heart and resists the temptation to kill Willow in order to achieve it; he later reveals to Willow the extent of the bloodlust that he felt for her at this point. " The Initiative " is the seventh episode of season 4 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

• Joyce amiably hosts Spike in her house for the first time. This pattern will repeat several times later in the series.

• Buffy recognizes for the first time that her relationship with Angel is doomed.

• Xander and Willow's indiscretion has a major impact on their respective relationships.

• This episode marks an early example of Willow automatically turning to magic to solve human problems and make her own life easier; as her powers grow stronger, so does her impulse to use magic as a catch-all problem solver and to manipulate human emotions. Eventually (season 6), it becomes an addiction and has drastic implications for her life.

• This episode marks the first time that Willow uncomfortably tries to comfort a highly distraught Spike. This dynamic will return in the season 4 episode "The Initiative," when Spike tries to attack Willow in her dorm room but is painfully hindered by his newly-implanted chip. " The Initiative " is the seventh episode of season 4 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

• Oz recognises Willow's scent. This is also significant in "New Moon Rising" when he smells her scent on Tara. " New Moon Rising " is the 19th episode of season 4 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Tara Maclay is a Fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult Television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, portrayed

Translations

• Italian title: "Il sentiero degli amanti" ("Lovers' path")
• German title: "Liebe und andere Schwierigkeiten" ("Love and other difficulties")
• French title: "Amours contrariées" ("Thwarted Loves")
• Japanese title: "恋人達の散歩道" ("Koibito-Tachi no Sanbomichi" - "Lovers' Walk")
• Spanish title: "Los senderos del amor" ("The paths of love")
• Czech title: "Cesty Lásky" ("The Ways of Love")

Timing

• Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:

Location, time (if known)	Buffyverse chronology: Fall 1998 - Christmas 1998 (non-canon = italic)
L. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities Czech (ˈʧɛk čeština ˈʧɛʃcɪna in Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers it is the majority language in the A. /Sunnydale, 1998	B3. 01 Anne
Sunnydale, 1998	B3. 02 Dead Man's Party
Sunnydale, 1998	B3. 03 Faith, Hope & Trick
Sunnydale, 1998	B3. " Faith Hope & Trick " is the third episode of season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 04 Beauty and the Beasts
Sunnydale, 1998	B3. " Beauty and the Beasts " is the fourth episode of Season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 05 Homecoming
Sunnydale, 1998	B3. 06 Band Candy
Sunnydale, 1998	Buffy book: Sins of the Father
Sunnydale, 1998	Buffy graphic novel: Play With Fire
Sunnydale, 1998	B3. " Band Candy " is the sixth episode of season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sins of the Father is an original novel based on the US television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Play With Fire is a trade paperback collecting comic stories based on the Buffy television series 07 Revelations
Sunnydale, 1998	Buffy book: Child of the Hunt
Sunnydale, 1999	Buffy video game: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Xbox)
Sunnydale, 1998	B3. Child of the Hunt is an original novel based on the US television series Buffy. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a 2002 Xbox video game based upon the Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise 08 Lovers Walk
Sunnydale, 1998	Buffy graphic novel: Spike & Dru: Who Made Who
Sunnydale, 1998	Buffy graphic novel: Remaining Sunlight
Sunnydale, 1998	Buffy book: Ghoul Trouble
Sunnydale, 1998	Buffy book: Paleo
Sunnydale, 1998	B3. Spike & Dru is a trade paperback collecting comic stories based on the Buffy television series Remaining Sunlight is a trade paperback collecting comic stories based on the Buffy television series Ghoul Trouble is a novel by John Passarella set in the fictional universe of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Paleo is a Novel based on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 09 The Wish
Sunnydale, 1998	Buffy book: The Evil That Men Do
Sunnydale, Christmas, 1998	B3. The Evil That Men Do is an original novel based on the US television series Buffy. 10 Amends
Sunnydale, Christmas, 1998	Tales of the Vampires: Numb, (During Amends)
Sunnydale, Christmas, 1998	Christmas Buffy promo, (After Amends)

References

External links

• "Lovers Walk" at the Internet Movie Database
• "Lover's Walk" at TV.com

Reviews

• Soulful Spike Society analysis of Lovers Walk
• Peripheral Visions Review
• Section 31 Review
• Swing the Sickle Review

Christmas Buffy/Angel promo

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