History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E13DeadThings

* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: The Scoobies keep saying things that remind Buffy of what she's up to with Spike, e.g. "[[ObligatoryJoke We all know you've been tied up]]" and "You've been going at it too hard, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar slinging the doublemeat]] and pounding the big evil."

The camera pans across Spike's crypt to the sounds of passion, pain and breaking objects, eventually focusing on Spike and Buffy catching their breath underneath the carpet. Buffy is more comfortable in the vampire's presence now, and they note with some amusement that they're having an ordinary conversation post-coitus, instead of Buffy thumping Spike and fleeing as per usual. Buffy isn't in a hurry to do so until Spike starts raving about how she's an animal in the sack. When Buffy starts looking for her clothes, he asks Buffy what their relationship means to her. Buffy continues to deny there's anything between them except sex, so Spike pushes the envelope by offering her a [[KinkyCuffs set of handcuffs]]. "Do you trust me?" Buffy's response is an unconvincing, "Never".

Meanwhile the Trio have built the Cerebral Dampener, a MindControl device they can use to turn any woman into their SexSlave. Warren checks out a restaurant for suitable candidates while Andrew and Jonathan watch from the surveillance van and make suggestions. Annoyed over their bickering, Warren [[RemovingTheEarpiece dumps his earpiece in a martini glass]] and approaches someone familiar -- his former girlfriend Katrina, last seen in "I Was Made To Love You". Warren attempts to reconnect with his ex, but when Katrina makes her contempt for him clear he resorts to the Cerebral Dampener, which immediately converts Katrina into an obedient automaton who addresses Warren as "Master".

* AccidentalMurder: Warren probably intended that bottle to hit ''just'' a bit less hard.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: "Do you love him?"

** On a meta level: Longtime viewers of the show are probably so accustomed to the use of Bait and Switch that it can be genuinely surprising when the opening scene, which sounds like Buffy and Spike having a DestructoNookie, turns out to actually ''be'' exactly that.

* TheConfidant: Tara for Buffy re Spuffy.
* ContinuityNod: Willow has checked that Dawn is [[SlumberPartyPloy actually staying over at Janice's place]] after the events of "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E5AllTheWay All the Way]]". Buffy's alarm over finding Dawn dancing with Xander ("Are we singing again?") refers to "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling Once More With Feeling]]" when everyone expressed their emotions through song and dance.
* CreepyMonotone: {{Mind Control}}led Katrina.

-->'''Spike:''' You see...you try to be with them, but you always end up in the dark, with me. What would they think of you, if they found out all the things you've done? If they knew...who you really were? ''(Spike starts to lift Buffy's skirt)''
-->'''Buffy:''' ''(faintly)'' Don't...
-->'''Spike:''' Stop me. ''(Spike takes Buffy from behind; Buffy closes her eyes and moans)'' No, don't close your eyes. Look at them. That's not your world. You belong in the shadows, with me. Look at your friends and tell me you don't love getting away with this, right under their noses.

-->'''Buffy:''' We missed the bed again.
-->'''Spike:''' Lucky for the bed.

-->'''Andrew:''' We can really have anyone we want.
-->'''Jonathan:''' It's like candy.
-->'''Andrew:''' Juicy, pulsating candy.

-->'''Spike:''' [[AmIJustAToyToYou Do you even like me?]]
-->'''Buffy:''' Sometimes…
-->'''Spike:''' [[VampiresAreSexGods But you like what I do to you.]]
-->''(Buffy can't look him in the eye)''
-->'''Spike:''' ''(holding up handcuffs)'' Do you trust me?
-->'''Buffy:''' [[BlatantLies Never]].

-->'''Spike:''' Why are you doing this to yourself?
-->'''Buffy:''' ''(tearful)'' A girl is dead because of me.
-->'''Spike:''' And how many people are alive because of you? How many have you saved? One dead girl doesn't tip the scale.
-->'''Buffy:''' That's all it is to you, isn't it? Just another body! You can't understand why this is killing me, can you?

** Spike… er… giving Buffy some back door service on the Bronze balcony. Some fans even insisted it was so gross that it had to be an ImagineSpot; unfortunately, a later episode has Spike talking about it.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Spike dumping Katrina's body in the river.
* InTheHood: Rwasundi demons.

-->'''Buffy:''' We need to find Warren and the others. Whatever they've done, they're not gonna get away with it.
-->Cut to '''Warren:''' We're gonna get away with it.

-->'''Voices:''' What did you do? What did you do?
-->''[SmashCut to Spike laying in front of her with a bloody nose]''
-->'''Spike:''' Bloody hell, what'd you do that for?

-->'''Spike:''' What is it to you? This thing we have.
-->'''Buffy:''' We don't have a 'thing'. We have this.

'''Buffy:''' (upset) No, you don't!\\

'''Buffy:''' (punches Spike clear across the alley) Try harder!

-->'''Jonathan:''' She's your ex?
-->'''Andrew:''' Dude, that is messed up.
-->'''Katrina:''' Oh, you think? You bunch of little boys, playing at being men. (yelling) Well, this is not some fantasy, it's not a game, you freaks! It's rape!

* TomeOfEldritchLore: Brekezikrieg Grimore.

* YourMakeupIsRunning: Jonathan when he's impersonating Katrina.

* EroticDream / BadDreams: Buffy's dream of having sex with a handcuffed Spike are mixed with her killing Katrina.

* AnatomicallyImpossibleSex: See RightThroughHisPants.

* UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}}: The sexual control games between Buffy and Spike. However there are no {{Safe Word}}s or discussions on what is SafeSaneAndConsensual, largely due to Buffy's reluctance to discuss ''anything'' about their not-a-relationship. This will backfire on both of them in "Seeing Red".
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted; Spike hasn't had his handsome face bashed up this badly since "Intervention".

* ContinuityNod: Willow has checked that Dawn is [[SlumberPartyPloy actually staying over at Janice's place]] after the events of "All The Way". Buffy's alarm over finding Dawn dancing with Xander ("Are we singing again?") refers to the MusicalEpisode "Once More With Feeling" when everyone expressed their emotions through song and dance.

* {{Deconstructed Trope}}s: Erotic MindControl and FoeRomanceSubtext.
* DeletedScenes: The sex scenes were edited down heavily.

* DoubleStandardRapeSciFi: {{Deconstructed}} .The Trio honestly don't see the ethical implications of their plan to brainwash women into sex slaves, until Katrina spells it out for them and Warren murders her as she tries to escape, providing the MoralEventHorizon for what had been played as {{harmless villain}}s.

* RightThroughHisPants: Done to especially weird effect in their exhibitionist scene on the top level of the Bronze, where both Buffy and Spike are not only nearly fully clothed, but standing on their own two feet, in a way that (given the height difference between them) would make sex pretty difficult. As TV Without Pity put it, "And then they got it on in some kind of [[AnatomicallyImpossibleSex anatomically impossible way]]. Is Spike walking around the Bronze with his pants around his ankles, or what?" Many viewers assumed he was pleasuring Buffy with his hand, though this is apparently not the intention. Unless Buffy [[Film/CruelIntentions lets Spike put it anywhere?]]

* DoubleStandardRapeSciFi: Averted.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood:

* MindControlDevice[=/=]HypnoRay: The Cerebral Dampener.

* MoralEventHorizon: Warren caving in Katrina's skull signifies his becoming as big of a BigBad as the rest of them.

* MoodWhiplash: The moment when Katrina is freed from the mind control device.

* YourMakeupIsRunning: Jonathan when he's impersonating Katrina.

* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: "Out of this World" by Bush, which plays during the [[SeparatedByTheWall crypt door scene]].
-->''Are you drowning or waving? Just want you to save me.''\\
''Should we try to get along, just try to get along,''\\
''So we move, we change our speed of choices that we make''\\
''And the barriers are all self-made.''

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[[caption-width-right:210:A not-so CasualKink.]]

** Buffy likes the way Spike has done up his crypt. A couple of episodes later [[spoiler:she fire-bombs it with hand grenades.]]

** Spike disposes of Katrina's body.
-->'''Spike:''' No one will ever find her. (Cut to two officers in front of the police station)
-->'''Cop 1:''' Where'd they find her?
-->'''Cop 2:''' The river. She washed up half a mile from the cemetery.
-->'''Spike:''' Oh '''[[OhCrap balls.]]'''

* HearingVoices: Buffy, no thanks to the Trio and the demons they cajoled

* BondageIsBad: Played straight and subverted -- Buffy is shocked by the things she got up to with Spike, yet her cheerful attitude the morning after [[IntimatePsychotherapy implies she found it]] [[CatharsisFactor therapeutic as well]].

Tara has good news for Buffy; she didn't come back wrong. The resurrection has given Buffy the equivalent of a molecular 'sunburn', a slight alteration on the celluar leven which is enough to fool Spike's chip but not alter her in any significant way. Buffy is aghast at this; if there's nothing wrong with her, how can she excuse her actions with Spike? Tara is surprised but not judgmental about their relationship, saying it's alright if Buffy loves Spike, as she's convinced Spike truly loves Buffy, and if she doesn't that's OK as well. This only makes Buffy feel worse; she breaks down [[LapPillow crying in Tara's lap]], begging her friend not to forgive her.

Tara has good news for Buffy; she didn't come back wrong. The resurrection has given Buffy the equivalent of a molecular 'sunburn', which is enough to fool Spike's chip but not alter her in any significant way. Buffy is aghast at this; if there's nothing wrong with her, how can she excuse her actions with Spike? Tara is surprised but not judgmental about their relationship, saying it's alright if Buffy loves Spike, as she's convinced Spike truly loves Buffy, and if she doesn't that's OK as well. This only makes Buffy feel worse; she breaks down [[LapPillow crying in Tara's lap]], begging her friend not to forgive her.

-->'''Spike:''' Stop me. ''(Spike enters Buffy from behind; Buffy closes her eyes and moans)'' No, don't close your eyes. Look at them. That's not your world. You belong in the shadows, with me. Look at your friends and tell me you don't love getting away with this, right under their noses.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: The Nerd Trio stop being a joke [[MoralEventHorizon when they kill their first victim]].

* RightThroughHisPants: Done to especially weird effect in their exhibitionist scene on the top level of the Bronze, where both Buffy and Spike are not only nearly fully clothed, but standing on their own two feet, in a way that (given the height difference between them) would make sex pretty difficult. As TV Without Pity put it, "And then they got it on in some kind of [[AnatomicallyImpossibleSex anatomically impossible way]]. Is Spike walking around the Bronze with his pants around his ankles, or what?" Many viewers assumed he was masturbating Buffy with his hands, though this is apparently not the intention. Unless Buffy [[Film/CruelIntentions lets Spike put it anywhere?]]

* CallBack:
** To "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E14BadGirls Bad Girls]]" and "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E15Consequences Consequences]]" -- see HistoryRepeats.
** To Season 2's "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E19IOnlyHaveEyesForYou I Only Have Eyes For You]]". Buffy, depressed and unwilling to join her friends on the dance floor, retreats to the catwalk of the Bronze and rejects a boy who makes advances to her there. The events of that episode enable Buffy to start forgiving herself for her ill-considered actions motivated by her illicit passion for a vampire. In this episode she is unable to do either.
** Similarly, the last time Spike put Buffy in bondage down in his crypt was in "Crush", when she refused to acknowledge any attraction between the two of them.

* HistoryRepeats: Buffy likely has the events of "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E14BadGirls Bad Girls]]" and "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E15Consequences Consequences]]" very much in mind. Faith accidentally killed a civilian during a melee, tried in vain to dispose of the body by dumping it in water, and argued afterwards that the death of one person didn't matter compared to all the lives she had saved.

* RightThroughHisPants: Done to especially weird effect in their exhibitionist scene on the top level of the Bronze, where both Buffy and Spike are not only nearly fully clothed, but standing on their own two feet, in a way that (given the height difference between them) would make sex pretty difficult. As TV Without Pity put it, "And then they got it on in some kind of [[AnatomicallyImpossibleSex anatomically impossible way]]. Is Spike walking around the Bronze with his pants around his ankles, or what?" Many viewers assumed he was masturbating Buffy with his hands, though this is apparently not the intention. Maybe Buffy [[Film/CruelIntentions lets Spike put it anywhere?]]

* HistoryRepeats: Buffy likely has the events of "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E14BadGirls Bad Girls]]" and "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E15Consequences Consequences]]" very much in mind. Faith accidentally killed a civilian during a melee, tried in vain to dispose of the body by dumping it in water, and argued afterwards that the death of one person didn't matter compared to all the lives she had saved. [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale If what she did to Xander]] ever came out then that would be a whole lot more fuel for Buffy to hate herself.

** Her TalkToTheFist reaction to Spike's "That's my girl" can also be explained as an Angel reference (see "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E17Enemies Enemies]]" -- Angel: "You still my girl?" / Buffy: "[[OneTrueLove Always]]") as well as echoing Faith's "There's my girl" response to being punched by Buffy (after she taunted B over her dark attraction to vampires).

* {{Subtext}}: Plenty in regards to Faith. The accidental murder and cover up in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E14BadGirls Bad Girls]]", her...[[PrecisionFStrike fucked up]] sex games in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E15Consequences Consequences]]" and "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E16WhoAreYou Who Are You]]", and the RageAgainstTheReflection in "Who Are You." Although Faith is never brought up the similarities and implications are clear.

* RightThroughHisPants: Done to especially weird effect in their exhibitionist scene on the top level of the Bronze, where both Buffy and Spike are not only nearly fully clothed, but standing on their own two feet, in a way that (given the height difference between them) would make sex pretty difficult. As TV Without Pity put it, "And then they got it on in some kind of anatomically impossible way. Is Spike walking around the Bronze with his pants around his ankles, or what?" Many viewers assumed he was masturbating Buffy with his hands, though this is apparently not the intention. Maybe Buffy [[Film/CruelIntentions lets Spike put it anywhere?]]

* RightThroughHisPants: Done to especially weird effect in their exhibitionist scene on the top level of the Bronze, where both Buffy and Spike are not only nearly fully clothed, but standing on their own two feet, in a way that (given the height difference between them) would make sex pretty difficult. As TV Without Pity put it, "And then they got it on in some kind of anatomically impossible way. Is Spike walking around the Bronze with his pants around his ankles, or what?" Many viewers assumed he was masturbating Buffy with his hands, though this is apparently not the intention.
** Maybe Buffy [[Film/CruelIntentions lets Spike put it anywhere?]]

* HearingVoices

* AccidentalMurder

Meanwhile the Trio have built the Cerebral Dampener, a MindControl device they can use to turn any woman into their SexSlave. Warren checks out a restaurant for suitable candidates while Andrew and Jonathan watch from the surveillance van and make suggestions. Annoyed over their bickering, Warren [[RemovingTheEarpiece dumps his earpiece in a martini glass]] and approaches someone familiar -- his former girlfriend Katrina, last seen in "I Was Made To Love You". Warren attempts to reconnect with his ex, but when Katrina makes her contempt for him clear he resorts to the Cerebral Dampener, which immediately converts Katrina into an obedient automaton who addresses Warren as "Master."

Back at the Trio's lair, [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty the nerds drool over Katrina]] who's dressed in a French maid outfit and pouring them champagne. Warren declares first dibs on the girl, promising to hand her over when he's finished. As they start making out however, Katrina calls Warren by his name instead of "Master". Oops! Turns out the effects of the Cerebral Dampener have faded. She starts yelling that what they're doing is rape, shocking Jonathan and Andrew who clearly haven't put much thought into the ethics of what they're doing. Realising his ex is about to go to the police, Warren knocks her down with a champagne bottle and tells the others to charge up the Dampener again. The problem is, the blow has killed Katrina.

As Buffy is walking up to the police station, Spike pulls her into an alley. He tells Buffy that he's disposed of Katrina's body, but then overhears two policemen talking of a body found in the river. Regardless Spike is determined to stop Buffy from turning herself in. He vamps out and tries to stop her physically; when Buffy hits back he encourages her to work off her angst on him. "That's it, put it all on me. That's my girl."

* BaitAndSwitch

* CallBack

* CasualKink
** Spike (a vampire don't forget) is amazed at the bite marks on him. Really Buffy?

* ClothingReflectsPersonality: Recovery!Willow wears dark, somber clothes. Especially obvious during her scene with Tara who is wearing bright red -- a [[CharacterDevelopment noticeable change]] from Season 4 (when [[RedOniBlueOni Tara wore blue and Willow wore red]]) and {{foreshadowing}} for Dark!Willow.

* DoYouTrustMe

-->'''Buffy:''' Sometimes...

* EvilCannotComprehendGood

* FanDisservice: Warren making out with a brainwashed Katrina.
** Spike...er...giving Buffy some back door service on the Bronze balcony. Some fans even insisted it was so gross that it had to be an ImagineSpot; unfortunately, a later episode has Spike talking about it.

* HeelRealization: For Buffy and the Trio.

* InTheHood: Rwasundi demons
* IronicEcho: Warren calls the robotic Katrina "perfect". In "I Was Made To Love You" Warren had built the [[SexBot April-bot]], but ended up leaving his "perfect girlfriend" for Katrina, who was more interesting and unpredictable.

* IronicEchoCut

* MeaningfulEcho: In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E13Surprise Surprise]]" just before Buffy and Angel first make love (turning him into the evil Angelus) he says, "I love you. I try not to, but I can't stop." Here Spike pays the price of Buffy's unresolved angst from that affair.

* MoodWhiplash: The moment Katrina is freed from the mind control device.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: InUniverse; when Buffy finds out she's not a demon, she responds, "This ''can't'' be me!" and pleads with Tara to say that she CameBackWrong after all.

* PlotHole: Spike not realising that Katrina has been dead for some time. [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch The coroner not noticing]] there was no water in Katrina's lungs, even though she'd been found in the river.

* ThisIsThePartWhere: When Buffy and Spike realise they're having a FriendshipMoment, Spike notes this is usually the part "where you kick me in the head and run off, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone virtue fluttering]]". Later when Buffy [[NotStayingForBreakfast comes up with the Dawn excuse to leave]], he mutters with bitter resignation, "And she's off..."
* TomeOfEldritchLore: Brekezikrieg Grimore
* ValuesDissonance (InUniverse): Spike believes he's helping Buffy by pushing the limits of her sexuality and disposing of Katrina's body. He's unable to see that these acts are only making her feel more wretched.