<Episode 130: Sleeper>

EPISODE COLLAGE: Sleeper
Season: Episode 8 of Season 7
Original Air Date: 11/19/2002
Written by: David Fury and Jane Espenson
Directed by: Alan J. Levi

Notes:
Spike may be killing again.

Plot Highlights:

Buffy goes to Xander's, finds Spike's out. Willow finds Dawn in the livingroom wreckage. Spike comes home to find Xander & Buffy. Anya protests being asked to Spike-sit. Willow fills Buffy in. Anya, caught snooping, attempts to seduce/distract Spike. Spike goes on the prowl, but Buffy loses him in the crowd. Buffy confronts Spike. Scoobies research. Xander tries to stop Spike from leaving. Spike investigates his own doings at the Bronze, has a run in with a vamp who claims he's her sire. Buffy chats with a bouncer. Spike asks Buffy to meet him. MorphySpike triggers Spike and he and an army of newborn vamps attack Buffy. Buffy spares Spike. Scoobies debrief. Giles is attacked.

Memorable Moments:

  • Anya protesting being assigned to watch Spike, her interactions with Xander, especially her "if I get vamped, I'm gonna bite your ass" and Xander's half-heard retort.
  • Anya deciding to seduce Spike to distract him from the fact that he's just caught her snooping through his things. Her quickness to take offense when he turns her down.
  • Spike protesting his innocence when Buffy accuses him of being "back on the juice".
  • Buffy chatting to the Bouncer about a certain "sallow but in a hot way" not-her-boyfriend-guy; Spike's phone-call to her as he starts to realize what he's done.
  • The entire basement scene, starting with yet another scene of Buffy up at the top of some stairs with Spike at the bottom, through the vampire melée to the final touching Spike/Buffy interaction over in the corner.
  • Giles being attacked, with the episode cutting to credits without letting us see how (if?) he escapes.

Transcript Source:
Download from http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/season7/transcripts/130_tran.php
Transcribed by: CariCranberry. Edited by me.
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There are 16 clips for this episode

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The following characters appeared in this episode:
|Anya |Buffy |Dawn |Giles |Spike |Watchers |Willow |Xander |

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