Buffy the Vampire Slayer

VILLAINS

The Good;
DarkWillow saving Buffy then her relentless pursuit of Warren. The Geeks in jail, the heartbreaking scenes with Buffy, Dawn and Xander.

The Bad;
Surely the Sunnydale police must need to get lengthy witness statements from Buffy and Xander? Wouldn't they hang around the house after the paramedics report the shooting? Buffy appears to have heart surgery yet keep her top on. Also the bullet seems awfully high in her chest to have damaged her heart.

Best line;
Xander; "I've had blood on my hands all day, blood of people I love"

Women good/men bad;
Everything that comes out of Warrens mouth. DarkWillow states that he has a big thing about the Slayer because he wants to dominate powerful women (which would explain a lot of the nastier fanfic out there)

Jeez!;
Willow skins Warren, god damn!

Captain Subtext;
Jonathon is very nervous of his prospects in prison, especially as he's heard that prisoners like lovers with small hands like their girlfriends? Andrew by contrast is suprisingly blase(?) Clem says he's been dying to see The Wedding Planner?

Guantanamo Bay;
DarkWillow tortures Warren

Scoobies to the ER;
Buffy to the operating table. You wonder if DarkWillow saved Buffy or if the surgeons or Slayer healing would have done it anyway?

Apocalypses; 6

Scoobies in bondage:
Buffy: 8
Giles: 4
Cordy: 5
Will: 4
Jenny: 1
Angel: 4
Oz: 1
Faith: 3
Joyce: 1
Wes: 1
Xander; 2
Dawn; 4

Scoobies knocked out: Buffy on the operating table
Buffy: 18
Giles: 12
Cordy: 6
Xander: 12
Will: 8
Jenny: 2
Angel: 6
Oz: 3
Faith: 1
Joyce: 3
Wes: 1
Anya;3
Dawn; 2
Tara; 1

Kills: DarkWillow kills Warren (or does she if you read the comics?)
Buffy: 107 vamps, 56 demons, 6 monsters, 3 humans, 1 werewolf, 1 spirit warrior & a robot
Giles: 8 vamps, 2 demon, 1 human, 1 god.
Cordy: 3 vamps, a demon
Will: 6 vamps + 3 demons +1 fawn.
Angel: 3 vamps, 1 demon, 1 human
Oz: 3 vamps, 1 zombie
Faith: 16 vamps, 5 demons, 3 humans
Xander: 6 vamps, 2 zombies, 1 a demon,
Anya: 1 vamp and 1 a demon
Riley; 18 vamps + 7 demons
Spike; 8 vamps and 4 demons
Buffybot; 2 vamps
Tara; 1 demon
Dawn; 1 vamp

Scoobies go evil: Willow and how! I almost think that what's more disturbing is the way DarkWillow just leaves Tara's corpse lying there on the floor soaked in her blood, compare that with Dawn who stays with the body of the girl she loves because she doesn't want her to be alone.
Giles: 1
Cordy: 1
Will: 2
Jenny: 1
Angel: 1
Oz: 1
Joyce: 1
Xander: 4
Anya; 1
Dawn; 1
Buffy; 1

Alternate scoobies: DarkWillow
Buffy: 8
Giles: 4
Cordy: 1
Will: 4
Jenny: 2
Angel: 3
Oz: 2
Joyce: 2
Xander: 4
Tara; 1
Dawn;1
Spike; 1
Anya; 2

Recurring characters killed: 12
Jesse, Flutie, Jenny, Kendra, Larry, Snyder, Professor Walsh, Forrest, McNamara, Joyce, Katrina, Tara

Sunnydale deaths;
94

Total number of scoobies: 2- by the end of this ep Willow's well and truly gone, Dawn still not fully part of the team, sent to hide with Clem, only Xander and Buffy remain. The scoobies at their fewest since 'Welcome to the Hellmouth'.
Xander, Buffy,

Xander demon magnet: 5(6?)
Preying Mantis Lady, Inca Mummy Girl, Drusilla, VampWillow, Anya (arguably Buffy & Faith with their demon essences?), Dracula?

Scoobies shot:
Giles: 2
Angel: 3
Oz: 4
Riley; 1
Buffy; 1
Tara; 1

Notches on Scooby bedpost:
Giles: 2; Joyce & Olivia, possibly Jenny and 3xDraccy babes?
Cordy: 1?
Buffy: 4 confirmed; Angel, Parker, Riley, Spike. 1 possible, Dracula(?)
Angel: 1;Buffy
Joyce: 1;Giles, 2 possible, Ted and Dracula(?)
Oz: 3; Groupie, Willow & Verucca
Faith:2 ;Xander, Riley
Xander: 2; Faith, Anya
Willow: 2;Oz and Tara
Riley; 3; Buffy, Sandy and unnamed vampwhore
Spike; 2 Buffy and Anya
Anya; 2 Spike and Xander

Spike; good or bad?
Spike in Africa where the demon says that he's been 'castrated', a vamps ability to kill once again compared to sexuality.

Dawn in peril; 10 from Willow!

Dawn the bashful virgin; 9

What the fanficcers thought;
One called 'Deserving' that always sticks in my mind is where Season 7 Willow is nightly visited by Warren's ghost who tortures her by cutting the flesh from her body. She eventually realises that it's not Warren at all but her guilt manifesting itself magically. She forgives Warren and forgives herself, dreaming only of the happiness she knew with Tara from then on. Another good one is that Glory has brainsucked Faith so Willow brainsucks Warren before she kills him and uses his mental energy to cure Faith, restoring our favourite dark haired Slayer's sanity once more.
And a lovely one where Tara's ghost visits Dawn., As Dawn Lay Snuggled in her Bed

Questions and observations;
Interesting philosophical debate between Xander and Buffy, Xander wonders if Willow is justified in going all Punisher, Buffy says she can't be (prehaps because of what happened to Faith in Bad Girls or her in Dead Things?). Andrew is a fan of Mathew Broderick who of course starred with Michelle Tractenberg in Inspector Gadget. The cave paintings on the wall in Africa depict a man tied up and flayed alive and with his mouth sewn up just like Warren. Despite it all your heart still stops when you think Warren has killed Willow with the axe.
Here's a question, presuming this is in real time how did Spike get to Africa so fast? In Angel he remarks he's never been on a plane before?
Marks out of 10; 8/10

Villains-While the paramedics try to save Buffy, Willow desperately calls on Osiris to bring Tara back to life. She is told that magick will not reverse a natural human death and she becomes consumed with rage. With her emotional anchor gone, Willow gives in to the dark magick that she had turned away from for Tara's sake. As the magick begins to control her, it becomes clear that no one is safe. Especially Warren.

Here begins the dark and epic conclusion to Season 6 where we see Willow in a light we've never seen from her before: utter despair and pure hatred. We've seen a taste of Willow's darker side at the beginning of this season but then she turned around and things seemed like they were getting better when her and Tara got back together. It makes sense that once Tara was out of the picture, nothing would stop Willow from turning to thee dark side completely,. I have to say, it was hard watching Tara go, Amber Benson is a great actress and has really impressed this season showing a more confident, independent Tara. It's a shame to see the character killed off so brutally and she will deeply be missed after her exit, but it was a move from the writers worth making as Willow's descent into a powerful, evil witch (aka Dark Willow), was definitely one of the most profound stories the writers ever told. Alyson Hannigan was surprisingly up to the task, as her performance throughout these episodes are quit remarkable. The opening scene with Willow begging Osiris to bring Tara back was both saddening and scary at the same time. Here, Willow's on a rampage to get even with Warren for killing Tara by killing him. Meanwhile, Warren get help but gloat about killing Buffy but actually only wounds her. I gotta say Adam Busch is a pretty good actor and even after all the things Warren has done all season, you feel really bad for him this episode, especially when Rack tells him that Willow is coming after him. Willow going after Warren was an intense sequence, like when you think he's killed her with an axe and then when Willow use a bullet to torture him. Willow's whole speech about how a tiny piece of metal destroys everything is some great piece of writing. I was creeped out by the moment where Katrina's ghost comes back and Warren completely snaps at her. But nothing can top the moment when Willow rips the skin from Warren's body. Not only a gruesome visual (seriously, how did the producers get away with that! O_0) but one of the darkest moments from the series as Willow will never be the same again.

The rest of cast once again shows how great they are as well when dealing with Willow's new agenda and Tara's death. Dawn, Buffy and Xander's reactions to seeing the body gave me chills, especially seeing Dawn stay next to the body cause she didn't want to leave her alone. I also loved the talk the three of them have after Tara's body has been taken away. When Xander and Dawn are all for Warren dying, Bufy steps in and reminds them that being the Slayer doesn't mean she has the right to kill people which is an argument that has been given throughout the series and I'm glad the writers never forget that. Then there's the scene where Xander and Buffy find out Anya's a vengeance demon again. You can just tell that Xander feels even worse, now knowing the consequences of his decision. Meanwhile, Spike arrives somewhere in Africa and is about to go through a series of trials to get his chip removed. That creepy green eyed demon=YIKES!

I got to mention, how impressive the effects are these last few episodes. I loved the shots of Willow using her powers like when she heals Buffy at the hospital, freezes Warren's flying bomb, sucks the dark magic books at the Magic Box etc. You can really tell the writers are going for a real epic tale about revenge and falling into the abyss. A great start to the 3 part finale.

In this episode, what stroke me the most was the fact that, knowing she made \" a mistake \" when she brought Buffy back from Heaven, she tryed to bring back Tara anyway when she died.

That's egoistich.

I know she was in pain but it would have been so unfair if she had reached her goal.

Nasty Willow ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Villains



This is a fantastic and dark episode. the first Dark Willow one. Willow can't turn Tara back to life because it was a natural one and instead she is going to kill Warren and she ends up filling him at the end which was so awesome and that's one down and two to go. Dark Willow was the best this amazing season had.



cut to some police men coming and they go to save Buffy. cut to Willow crying with Tara and Tara doesn’t react. cut to the others with Buffy and they need to take her to the hospital and Xander is still shocked. cut to Willow calling up Osirus and she tries to bring Tara back to life but he says it's natural because she was killed by a human and it's not the same like Buffy died. she says not but he says again that it's done and she screams vanquishing Osirus.



the credits start(Amber Benson has been taken off)

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Nicholas Brendon

Emma Caulfield

Michelle Trachtenberg

James Marsters

and Alyson Hannigan



cut to Willow coming out and Xander sees her and tells her it was Warren and he calls for her but she doesn't listen and he goes to the hospital. cut to Jonathan and Andrew in jail and they are fighting cause they were gonna leave Jonathan behind and Andrew thinks Warren is coming for them but Jonathan knows he isn’t. cut to Warren going to a bar and tells everyone she killed the slayer but they all laugh cause it was on the television that the shot girl survived and is in the hospital. they tell him that slayers heal fast and that she’s gonna kill him. cut to Willow going to the shop and Anya tries to stop her but Willow blocks Anya and then grabs all the black magic books and sucks them out and her hear turns black 'that's better'



cut to Dawn coming home and she can't find anyone in the house and goes into Willow's room and she finds Tara dead on the floor. cut to Warren going over to Rack and Rack takes him in and Warren wants some magic and Rack can give it and says that Warren should be worried about Willow because she’s coming after him and and is the new thing in town and he's gonna be the first because he killed someone and Warren asks him to give him a lot of black magic for money. cut to the hospital and Buffy is dying but Willow comes and tells everyone to leave and then she gets the bullet out and saves Buffy and Buffy doesn't remember but Willow tells them that they need to go to find Warren.



cut to Willow, Buffy and Xander riding but Willow starts to drive the car with magic and they all say it's not good for her. Willow stops and stops a bus and makes Warren come out but it's a robot and she destroys it. the oher two want to stop her but she tells them that Tara is dead and now he's too and they say they don't kill humans but she doesn't care and makes them fall and when they look up she's gone. cut to Buffy and Xander coming home and Buffy goes to the room and finds Tara on the floor and Dawn is close to the body and she doesn't understand and Buffy either and they hugg. cut to the police guys taking away her body and they sit down and Dawn wants Willow to kill Warren but Buffy says it doesn't work that way. this world has his own rules for humans and it's the same of bringing back people from the dead. they don't want to bring Dawn with them so they sent her over to Spike while Xander and Buffy go to find Willow.



cut to Buffy and Dawn going to Spike's crypt and they find Clem and ask if Dawn can stay there and he says yes and says that Spike went away for a while and Dawn stays with him. cut to Spike going to a place and he goes into a cave and asks to return him to his former self and that there will be trials and Spike want them 'that bitch is gonna see a change'. cut to Xander in the magic shop and Anya can feel Willow and tells him that she's a vengeance demon again and Buffy arrives and they tell her too and Anya would have to do vengeance but Willow wants to do it herself and she's helping for Willow and she says she's in the woods close to Warren.



cut to Warren and Willow in the woods and they use all kinds of magic on each other and Warren says it wasn't personal and Willow says that instead of killing her best friend he killed her girlfriend. Warren tries to escape but Willow captures him and she starts to talk to him. he says she's gonna pay and she reveals Katrina and Warren says she deserved it and Willow knows he liked it because it made him feel powerful and Buffy was his big O. cut to Willow and Warren and she grabs a bullet and says that a tine piece of medal made her light go out and puts it into him and shuts his mouth and lets him suffer. then he says he's sorry and he deserves jail but she's not a bad person but then she rips off his skin. Anya, Buffy and Xander arrive and see it and see Warren without skin and then she makes the body burn 'One Down'



Black Out

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Best episode quotes:



Willow: Hear me! Keeper of darkness!

Osirus: Witch! How dare you invoke Osiris in this task!

Willow: Please. Please, bring her back.

Osirus: You may not violate the laws of natural passing.

Willow: How? How is this natural?

Osirus: It is a human death, by human means.

WILLOW: But I-

Willow: You raised one killed by mystical forces. This is not the same. She is taken by natural order. It is done. No. There has to be a way.

Osirus: It is done.

Willow: NOOOO!



Jonathan: That's what you're worried about? In-flight entertainment? We're in jail!

Andrew: We're in custody. We haven't been charged yet.

Jonathan: Thank you, Dragnet. It doesn't matter what they call it, they got us, okay? We're going down. That guy's been looking at me. I think he wants to make me his butt monkey.

Andrew: Don't flatter yourself. I heard him talking to the guard. He's in here for parking tickets.

Jonathan: That doesn't mean anything! The joint changes you. I hear they like the small ones, with little hands like their girlfriends.

Andrew: You have got to chill out. This isn't Oz, it's like, Mayberry. Besides, Warren is going to find a way to get us out of here.

Jonathan: Yeah. I'm sure he'll be busting us out any minute.

Andrew: He will. He's coming up with a plan. Like, "War Games." Remember that decoder that Matthew Broderick used?

Jonathan: Oh, yeah. That was rad. The one he made from the scissors and the tape recorder?

Andrew: I miss "Ferris" Matthew. Broadway Matthew? I find him cold.

Jonathan: Really? No, I- Shut up! This is real life. And nobody's coming to get us. Not even your aunt who won't return your one phone call.

Andrew: She must be out of town.

Jonathan: She. Doesn't. Care. And neither does your partner in crime, Warren.

Andrew: Don't say that. And what do you mean, my partner in crime? We're in this together.

Jonathan: What do you mean, what do I mean? You two were totally going to fly off and leave me holding the bag.

Andrew: No we weren't! I was going to - carry you.

Jonathan: No, you two were setting me up, and then Warren was going to screw you over too.

Andrew: That is so not true!

Jonathan: Sure. He's a nice murderer who keeps his word.

Andrew: You're wrong. He's coming for us. He's out there right now, devising a brilliant way to get us out of here.



Rack: All right, who's next?

Warren:: I am.

Junkie: Hey.

Rack: You're new.

Warren: Yeah. And I come bearing dead presidents, so you think we can just skip the small talk?

Rack: How'd you find me?

Warren: I talked to a guy. He's one of your regulars. Offered to show me the way for twenty bucks.

Rack: Should have haggled. Most of my customers'll bring you here for five.

Warren: Great, great I'll file that away. Look, I'm in a bit of a situation here. I tried to do us all a favor, and eliminate the Slayer, but it ... I.... I guess it didn't take.

Rack: Killing a Slayer, that's big business for a kid.

Warren: I'm not a kid.

Rack: Okay.

Warren: I had my own guys. The Trio, yeah, you've heard of us.

Rack: Right. What were you, a band or something?

Warren: I thought word traveled in the underworld. You know, we were evil. Robots were my thing. didn't hear about the freeze ray?

Rack: Sorry. So why aren't your guys helping you?

Warren: Look, I thought this was a cash for service gig, not an interview process, all right? I need protection. I've got the Slayer after me.

Rack: Slayer is the least of your problems.

Warren: You're right. Let's talk about my skin troubles. You know, I'd say on the scale of problems, that she ranks!

Rack: If I were you, I'd be worried about the witch.

Warren: Witch? W-which witch?

Rack: Willow. Slayer's pal? She's the new power, man, anybody with intuition can feel it. She's going to blow this town apart . Starting ... with you.

Warren: Me? What did I, what did I do to her? O-okay, okay, I, I shot her friend...

Rack: I feel death.

Warren: But the Slayer's alive. And - and she heals.

Rack: She might, but somebody's stone cold, and that ... is why the witch wants your head. She can sense your essence right now, man. It's just a matter of time before she finds you.

Warren: All right. Take it. All right, there's that, and I can get more. Just give me something.

Rack: Hide or fight?

Warren: Both. All of it. I, I still have a few tricks up my sleeve, but it's not enough. I need, I need a cover, and I need lots of fire power.

Rack: I can't guarantee anything. Not this time. The girl is running on pure fury. I've never felt anything like it.

Warren: Thank you for the tip, Nostradamus. Just load me up, okay?



Willow: It's a robot. I, I could feel his essence. He tricked me. We'll find him another way.

Buffy: And then what?

Willow: And then we'll kill him.

Buffy: Okay, you need to calm down.

Willow: Calm down?

Buffy: Look, you're angry. I, I am too. There's no excuse for what Warren did, but that-

Willow: He shot Tara.When he shot you, he hit her too. Upstairs in my room.

Buffy: Oh my god.

Willow: Guess the last shot was the charm.

Xander: She's dead?

Willow: She's dead. Now he's dead too.

Buffy: Oh my god ... Tara...

Xander: Christ, Will, how come you didn't say anything?

Willow: I'm busy.

Buffy: W-Willow, please, just stop. We love you. And Tara. But we don't kill humans. It's not the way.

Willow: How can you say that? Tara is dead.

Buffy: I know ... I know. And I ... can't understand ... anything. Not what happened ... a-and not what you must be going through. Willow, if you do this, you let Warren destroy you too.

Xander: You said it yourself, Will ... the magic's too strong, there's no coming back from it.

Willow: I'm not coming back.

Buffy: Will, please. Please, we'll get through this together.

Willow: We won't! Not your way.

Buffy: Please, just-

Willow: No! No more talking. It's done!



Buffy: Oh god.

Dawn: I didn't ... want to leave her alone.

Buffy: Dawn. Sweetheart. Come on. Honey, we need to get out of here, okay? Dawn, sweetheart. Be strong for me, okay? Dawn, we need to go downstairs.

Dawn: I don't understand.

Buffy: I don't understand either.



Xander: So that's it.

Buffy: Are the police gone too?

Xander: Coming back tomorrow with more of their pretty yellow tape.

Buffy: We need to find Willow.

Xander: Yeah, she's off the wagon big-time. Warren's a dead man if she finds him.

Dawn: Good.

Buffy: Dawn, don't say that.

Dawn: Why not? I'd do it myself if I could.

Buffy: Because you don't really feel that way.

Dawn: Yes I do. And you should too. He killed Tara, and he nearly killed you. He needs to pay.

Xander: Out of the mouths of babes.

Buffy: Xander.

Xander: I'm just saying he's ... he's just as bad as any vampire you've sent to dustville.

Buffy: Being a Slayer doesn't give me a license to kill. Warren's human.

Dawn: So?

Buffy: So the human world has its own rules for dealing with people like him.

Xander: Yeah, we all know how well those rules work.

Buffy: Sometimes they do. Sometimes they don't. We can't control the universe. If we were supposed to ... then the magic wouldn't change Willow the way it does. And ... we'd be able to bring Tara back.

Dawn: And Mom.

Buffy: There are limits to what we can do. There should be. Willow doesn't want to believe that. And now she's messing with forces that want to hurt her. All of us.

Xander: I just ... I've had blood on my hands all day. Blood from people I love.

Buffy: I know. And now it has to stop. Warren's going to get what he deserves. I promise . But I will not let Willow destroy herself.



Xander: You feeling any change? Can you talk?

Anya: It's wearing off. Willow was here earlier. She put the whammy on me and went straight to the dark arts books. Sucked them dry.

Xander: Look, Anya, something terrible happened.

Anya: I know. Tara.

Xander: Willow's out for blood, big time. We need to find her before she finds Warren. Is there something you can do, a, a locator spell?

Anya: I don't need a spell. I can feel her.

Xander: You can...?

Anya: Feel her. Her thirst for vengeance, it's overwhelming. No. Not left over.

Xander: Oh.

Anya: Yeah.

Xander: When?

Anya: When do you think?

Buffy: Is everyone okay? Did Willow -

Anya: Got her power boost and took off.

Xander: Anya's ... Anya was saying she knows where Willow is.

Buffy: A spell?

Xander: Not exactly. Seems Anya got her vengeance on again.

Buffy: Oh.

Anya: Normally, I'd have to ... but she doesn't want me.

Buffy: She wants to do it herself.

Anya: Yeah.

Buffy: Look, Anya, we don't have much time. Which side of this are you on?

Xander: If you know where she is, you can help us.

Anya: I'll help. But I'm helping Willow. She's close to him. He's in the woods.



Willow: Cute tricks.

Warren: You're really asking for it, you know that?

Willow: I'm asking for it?

Warren: I'm gonna walk away from this. And when I do, you're gonna beg to go join your little girlfriend.

Willow: She wasn't your first.

Warren: Uh, first who?

Willow: Tara. She wasn't the first girl you killed.

Warren: I don't know what you're talk-

Willow: Reveal!

Katrins: I should have strangled you in your sleep. Back when we shared a bed. I should have done the world a favor.

Warren: It's a trick.

Katrina: Why, Warren? You could have just let me go.

Warren: Make it shut up. Make it go away.

Katrina: It didn't have be like that.

Warren: I'm not kidding!

Warren: Because you deserved it, bitch!

Willow: Because you liked it.

Warren: Oh, shut up!

Willow: You never felt you had the power with her. Not until you killed her.

Warren: Women. You know, you're just like the rest of them. Mind games.

Willow: You get off on it. That's why you had a mad-on for the Slayer. She was your big O, wasn't she, Warren?

Warren: Are you done yet? Or can we talk some more about our feelings?

Buffy: What's happening? What do you feel?

Anya: She's stronger now. Close.

Xander: What about Warren? Has she-

Anya: He's still alive. She's not done.

Warren: Help! Let me go. Somebody! Help!!

Willow: What's the matter? Thought you wanted to talk.

Warren: No.

Willow: Okay. I'll talk.

Warren: What, what are you doing?

Willow: Shhh.

Warren: Hey, hey, I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry.

Willow: Wanna know what a bullet feels like, Warren? A real one? It's not like in the comics.

Warren: No. No.

Willow: I think you need to. Feel it.

Warren: Oh god! Stop it!

Willow: It's not going to make a neat little hole. First, it'll obliterate your internal organs. Your lung will collapse. Feels like drowning.

Warren: Please! No.

Willow: When it finally hits your spine, it'll blow your central nervous system.

Warren: Oh please, stop, god! Please-

Willow: I'm talking! The pain will be unbearable, but you won't be able to move. Bullet usually travels faster than this, of course. But the dying? It'll seem like it takes forever. Something, isn't it? One tiny piece of metal destroys everything. It ripped her insides out ... took her light away. From me. From the world. Now the one person who should be here is gone ... and a waste like you gets to live. Tiny piece of metal. Can you feel it now?

Anya: Over there.

Willow: I said, can you feel it?

Warren: Please! God! I did wrong, I see that now. I need, I need jail! I need ... But you, you don't want this. You're, you're not a bad person. Not like me.

Buffy: Willow!

Warren: Oh, and when you get caught, you'll lose them too. Your friends. You don't want that. I know you're in pain, but-

Willow: Bored now.

Xander: Oh my god.

Buffy: What did you do? Willow, what did you do?

Willow: One down.



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Story: 10

Acting: 10

Writing: 10

Picture: 10

Gripping: 10

My Rank: 10

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Total: 10

Xander: "You said it yourself, Will--the magic's too strong. There's no coming back from it."

Evil-Willow: "I'm not coming back."



Alyson Hannigan shines as the Black Magic Willow in this emotional, and horrific episode. Horrific because of the conclusion, involving Warren being killed by Willow sticking a bullet in him. The story's quite slow however, and not much actually happens, perhaps saving it up for the season finale...

The beginning was terrifying. Xander was so freaked out over Buffy and the way Buffy's eyes were open but so empty was freaky. Then there was Willow over Tara's dead body trying to summon Osiris.



The evilness that took over Willow after Tara's death made you feel glad on some level that Tara was not alive to see that. Seeing Willow like that would have broken Tara's heart. The rage and sorrow that filled Willow destroyed her character's image.



Willow walking into the magic box was scary. Her sucking all of the magic out of those books was terrifying. When Willow's eyes turned black they were so empty and her hair going black was powerful as well.



Warren was insane in this episode. Rack telling him to worry about Willow was probably the only thing the guy actually took seriously. He was being an a$$ at the bar bragging to all of those demons that he had killed the slayer, it was just super annoying.



Willow removing the bullet from Buffy's chest was creepy. It was interesting that she used that same bullet later to aid in killing Warren though.



Killing Warren at the end was brilliant though! I loved how she flayed him the special effects for that were so amazing. The entirety of Willow chasing Warren through the woods was brilliant with the magic. I liked how Willow disappeared after saying one down because we all knew that she was thinking two to go.



All this episode really had was incredible creepiness and great special effects, other than those two things the story was kind of lacking.

Out of vengeance and grief for Tara's death Willow seeks out Warren, looking to seriously get even. After saving Buffy, who Warren shot in vengeance of his own, she goes on tear looking for him. But Warren has a few tricks up his sleeve, tricking her with a robot he made himself and some darks magics he got from her old friend Rack. She tracks Warren to the woods and manages to thwart every trick he has left in them while Buffy, Xander and Anya race to try and stop her from making a huge mistake. She tortures Warren and taunts him with magics amoung other things but just as the gang arrives to stop her she kills Warren, skinning him alive and burns his remains. One down, two to go.

Buffy almost dies, Tara dies, Willow turns to the dark side and gets into black magick. Willow completley loses it after the death of Tara her soulmate and best friend. After an attempt to kill Buffy, Warren accidently shoots Tara and thats one thing Willow is not able to forgive him for. In the emergency room she saves Buffy after being shot by Warren also, only she survived unlike Tara. Now Willow is on the trail of Warren then eventually Andrew and Jonathan, Warrens partners in crime. Buffy is to late to save Warren but luckily Willow doesn't succeed killing Andrew and Johnathan because of Buffy and also Giles who shows up to save the day. In the end Xander's a real hero for helping stop Willow from saving the world. In my opinion this is a pivitol episode and one that will not soon be forgotten.

Villains was a perfect episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This episode revealed the aftermath of the prior episode's ending. Buffy was taken to the hospital, and Tara was dead. Willow tried to bring her back to no avail, however she chose the path of revenge. This was a great episode full of emotion and character. Willow played a darker side of herself in this episode. Buffy learned that Spike left Sunnydale for awhile. Anya helps Buffy and Zander find Willow, but they are too late. This was a very entertaining episode, I really enjoy watching Willow use magic, though it is also cautionary about being careful what you wish for or call upon. I can't wait to see what Dark Willow does in the next episode!!!!!!!

In the aftermath of Warren’s assassination attempt, Buffy tries to recover from a gunshot wound and Tara dies. Willow, consumed by wrath and rage, physically transforms herself into Dark Willow and seeks revenge, setting off to kill Warren.



‘Villains’ is a good episode, but fails to be anything else than that. I love Alyson Hannigan and Willow as I have stated many times before, and in my opinion her acting is always superb. My favorite part of this episode is seeing Willow begging for Tara’s resurrection. Dark Willow scenes are also great, but I feel like this could have been much better.



Buffy’s rant about killing or not killing Warren goes on for too long and so does Spike’s scenes in Africa, and I think that those are out of place in the context of the episode. I did like Warren’s death and the scenes that preceded it.



Good episode.

a shocking turn of events has rocked Buffy & Xanders life and has forever changed Willow's.

Tara is now gone forever(sob) and Willow now seeks bloody (and i mean it when i say that) vengeance on Warren and the troika(Andrew & Jonathan).

Buffy and Xander must race against time with Anya's aide to stop Willow from becoming a murderer.

the pace has quickened and Villains is a seriously notorious episode that only gets more and more drastic until the spectacular finish in Grave.

Villains is and episode that is powerful upon every viewing and i feel that it really makes season 6 to have these dramatic things happen to our characters.

to top it all off Spike is now seeking for a soul after his attempted rape on Buffy (see Seeing Red).

this is perfect storytelling in a perfectly dark and explosive quadrilogy.

Once again, an ambulance speeds to 1630 Revello Drive.



We thought the Willow addiction storyline was (excuse the tasteless pun) dead and dusted, but it's only just beginning as we kick off this three part finale with the introduction of Dark Willow. We also know that Willow doesn't deal with loss very well, if at all. Without thought, she immediately turns to the dark power, and a CGI Egyptian God explains why Tara, unlike Buffy, can't be brought back - "She is taken by natural order. It is done". The scene also shows how utterly powerful Willow is as she blasts Osiris into one of the stages of hell. This isn't enough for Willow though, she needs more power, and she stalks off to the magic shop to find it. She is so set on vengeance that she leaves her dead lover's body on the floor (for Dawn to discover) and goes off to find, not Warren, not Buffy, but power. That is her main objective. Pre the book-suck, she could still kill Warren with her little finger; but at this point she seems more interested in the means of destroying him than the destruction itself. She is acting in cold blood although Tara's is still warm. This is all about Willow, not her dead girlfriend.



At least her second thought is for Buffy who is back in the hospital. As Xander says: "This thing's funny once, maybe twice...". Willow resurrects her friend once more – something she may come to regret by the next episode. It is when Willow starts to use magic against her friends that we know that her keel has become seriously crooked. It's up to the duo to provide some comic relief with fantasies of Matthew Broderick ("Broadway Matthew is cold") and that Warren will be busting them out soon. Warren is more interested in demon bars and boasting about how science (a gun) killed the mystical Slayer. Science didn't work well for the Initiative and it's not going to go any better now. We see Warren's desire to be part of the bad boy scene as he tries to ingratiate himself with the netherworld: "I tried to do us all a favour", he claims, as he faux-nonchalantly states " I had my own guys, the trio, you've heard of us". He is desperate to be accepted, looked up to, admired, the ultimate boy wanting the approval of men. These "men" however, laugh at him, threaten to eat him, and point out that he has failed to kill the Slayer. Even Rack tells him he's "a kid" and that Willow is "going to blow this town apart, starting with you". Rack however gives Warren some budget-busting SFX to play with and also the basic power to do – what? The ability to make robots in half an hour and imbue them with misdirection anxiety? The robot scene is as annoying as the Spike sub-plot mislead. Why, if Spike has ridden all the way to Africa to find a demon to restore his soul, is he talking about "the bloody chip" and referring to Buffy as a b!tch. It's a good job the seemingly psychic cave-demon knows that "restoration" means Spike's soul and not his pre-chip days otherwise it would have all gotten a bit messy. It seems (for now) that Spike, like Warren, like Willow, is all consumed by vengeance but we come to learn that he's all-consumed by love; strange for a soulless dead thing. Marti, via Xander, explains the theme of the season: "[Warren] is just as bad as any vamp". Dawn says that Warren "needs to pay". Only Buffy is the voice of anti-vengeance, explaining that: "We don't kill people". People with souls are, in theory, capable of change and salvation. Buffy's not all about the old Testament eye for any eye revenge, but redemption – this is the message from atheist Joss. But we are shown the grey areas: Spike fighting for a soul and Clem, the cuddly demon, baby-sitting Dawn, whereas Warren and Willow are acting very badly. We also see that Anya, capable of good, has become a demon once more. She tells them: "Her thirst for vengeance, it's over-whelming". If the gang allow Willow to kill Warren, does that mean that they then have a right to kill Willow? It seems that Buffy is going to stop Willow as they follow her into the Nothing-Good-Ever-Happened-There Woods and thus the skinning of Warren becomes more shocking. Warren doesn't believe Willow can actually hurt him and even when caught in binds, he still spouts his misogyny. When the ghost of Katrina appears, he is not repentant, he does not feel guilty. It's only when he realises Willow is serious that he pretends contrition: "I did wrong. I see that now". But we see that he has not and cannot change his ways.



We are shown the horrible power of vengeance as Willow kills Warren without pleasure and then states: "Bored now". Not only has her revenge not brought back her lover, but it has filled her with desire for more, which will be as equally unsatisfying. The gang repeat that "there's no coming back from this", but Willow doesn't want to come back this time. Forgetting that her reliance on the dark arts is what drove Tara away the first time, she thinks that there is no point turning back to the good side if Tara isn't going to be there. Although Willow has achieved her aim we know she is not going to stop as she tells us: "One down". Willow has taken Warren's mantle as avenger and the Season 6 Big Bad is finally revealed.

After the shocking ending of "Seeing Red" Willow desperately tries to bring Tara back from the dead and calls upon Osiris - to no avail, since this was not a mystical death it is done and Tara gone forever.

This is the moment where the sweet Willow we've known the last six years vanishes and Dark Willow emerges.

Not taking notice of anything that happens around her, like Buffy being at the brink of death, too, she gets into gear to exact vengeance on those who took the one person she loved most from her. In a chlling scene she absorbs all the black magicks from the books and is literally turned dark. Really cool scene.

A short stop, to save Buffys life and then she hunts down Warren. She toys with him and finally eviscerates and burnes Warren in a scene, that surprisingly made it on screen. A shocked Buffy, Xander and Anya are unable to stop her. "One down" - and Will is gone......

Kudos to Alyson Hannigan, for really making us feel her anguish, pain and bloodlust.

This is on the list ofg the best episodes of all Buffy's.

To see Willow go dark and as the grief lets her go after her foe's lets us wander why we go soft on the enemies we have. For the most this season was not that great. Most humor fell on my deaf ears annd after last seasons's glory, watching these three goofs play evil jokes is a little below my acceptance. Jonathan especially seems like a whining excuse for a human being. Seeing Willow turn dark and play havoc was nothing less then excellent. Willow's term 'Bored now' is worthy of it's own plaque of statements.



the dark view of dealing with evil is captivating and very entertaining.

The biggest problem with Season 6 was there was no major villian for Buffy to cross swords with which ment no real plot to drive the story. Sure there was that trio but they were less then worth opponents. Which was why Season 6 along with Season 7 were the weakest links in the Buffyverse. But just seeing Willow being made into a villan more than made up for this major weakness. It made perfect sense Willow was made into a villian, her dark decent began way before Tara was killed. When she honest thought she was resurecting Buffy from Hell but it turned out Buffy was in Heaven just shows Willow has no faith in the forces of all that is good, and her powers were corrupting her soul giving her deluionally ideas of having complete control of fate, when all she did was not just disrupt the natural order of things but wrecked her own life in the process. Plus every major villian of Buffy's always stepped over enimy lines and invaded her teritory.



We can't help but be on Willow's side thoughout the episode, we know how much the pain she is feeling hurts and the person responsible must pay. We completely hate Warren because the guy is litterally cold blooded, he feels no guilt for what he's done to both Tara and Katrena. Warren was always a man that felt small on the inside and so killing was the only way he could feel a sense of superiority. But commiting those sinful acts as we see proves fruitless and makes him more smaller and more pathetic. We then see Willow's transformation of her body and skin looking less human, almost similar looking to one of the Centebites from Hellraiser. So she finds Warren and delivers brutal poetic justice, we then feel mixed feelings about the result.



This whole episode is basically a metitaion of what can make good people transform to evil. And what justice really is and who it's proper keeper should be.

After the shocking and accidental death of Tara Willow has turned evil, she is determined for revenge.



After Warren asks Rack for help he manages to fool Willow with a robot. This just makes her more angry and hungry for vengeance, which she has in the most painful way by killing Warren slowly with the bullet he shot at Buffy with and then stripping off his skin.



Xander finds out that Anya has returned to her demon ways and Dawn walks in on Tara's dead body.

great episode of getting even in the wildest way. stripping off warrens skin kicked butt. he turned out to be a worth while opponent after all . he started out wimpy but didnt stay that way. his partners were still wimps but you can ony do so much in life okay

An otherwise weak season wraps up with this 3-parter, in which Willow's grief over losing someone she loves sends her spiraling into dark magic, and gives Buffy her most threatening opponent since Angelus in Season 2.



Buffy's toughest villains are always those that are closest to her heart. So to send Willow of all characters over the edge (remember how sweet she was in Season 2?), and to do that so believably, was a masterstroke on the writers' part.



There's not a whole lot of humor or metaphor in this installment, but there is a lot of nail-biting suspense. And when Willow utters "Bored now"--the same thing Evil Willow said in the alternate-universe episodes of Season 3--you just know it's ON from that point.