Buffyverse Dialogue Database - EPISODE: 'Dead Things'

NOTES ON EPISODE ART: CREATED 02/2002 ~With so many Buffy-close-up scenes in this ep, I decided to try to make a very dense collage and use as many of them as I possibly could. I stayed fairly close to the original colors (yellowy bronze scenes, candle-lit crypt scenes, blue night scenes, neutral end scene), and used a difference blend on a filtered and partially masked copy to darken the shadows. I used a couple of Nocturna's grunge brushes to darken the edges, and my very first, very own brushes to lightly distress the central image. Those got a bit lost in the shrink down to 450 wide, but add interest to the desktop version.


Season: Episode 13 of Season 6
Original Air Date: 02/05/2002
Written by: Steven S. DeKnight
Directed by: James A. Contner

Notes:

Buffy thinks she accidently killed a girl.
Plot Highlights:

Comparatively pleasant morning after with Spike. Trio gets their cerebral dampner running. Buffy asks Tara to see if she came back wrong. Warren zaps Katrina. Dawn passes on Buffy's offer to hang out. Katrina snaps out of the spell, Warren accidently kills her. Buffy tries to hang with the gang at the Bronze, ends up in the shadows with Spike. Willow runs into Tara. The "door" scene. Buffy thinks she's killed Katrina. Buffy tells Dawn she's turning herself in. Spike tries to stop her, she beats him to a pulp. She realizes she was framed, Scoobies investigate. Tara tells Buffy that she didn't come back wrong, & she breaks down crying, reveals her secret. btw: There's an old song called You Always Hurt the One You Love. Anyone know which came first, the song or the saying? 2/2003: someone's done some research for me and found that the song was written in 1944, words by Allan Roberts, music by Doris Fisher.

You can get the Bush "door scene" song ("Out of This World") at LA's Web.
Memorable Moments:

Buffy & Spike actually having a pleasant post "monster wrestling" conversation, without her kicking him in the head and running out, virtue fluttering.
Katrina's venemous rejection of Warren when he first sleezes up to her at the bar, and her later even more venemous and well deserved diatribe against the Trio's sick agenda.
The Geek Trio's various reactions to Katrina's death: Warren's panicked, then calculating skin-saving; Andrew's tearful initial reaction and then dawning evilness as he realizes how easy it was to get away with it; Jonathan's crisis of conscious as he realizes just what he's gotten himself into.
Dawn's desperate unhappiness as Buffy reveals that she's turning herself in, echoing her words in Forever. Her refusal to forgive and forget when the truth about the frame-job comes out.
Spike's efforts to help Buffy and prevent her from turning herself in; his final decision to let Buffy thrash him without fighting back. (Reminds me a bit of Riley asking Buffy to let it all out at the hospital)
Buffy's teary break-down when Tara reveals that she didn't come back wrong (and thus is responsible for everything she's done since, negating the oft-used "that was the spell" excuse)

Transcript Source:

Download from http://www.studiesinwords.de/113deadthings.html
transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).
(If the link above doesn't work, try looking here, under multimedia.)

There are 22 clips for this episode

AKAs

Warren referred to Jonathan as Sparky

Buffy referred to Spike as the evil bloodsucking fiend

Spike referred to Buffy as my girl

characters

Story Arcs

Notes: Buffy thinks she accidently killed a girl. Plot Highlights: Comparatively pleasant morning after with Spike. Trio gets their cerebral dampner running. Buffy asks Tara to see if she came back wrong. Warren zaps Katrina. Dawn passes on Buffy's offer to hang out. Katrina snaps out of the spell, Warren accidently kills her. Buffy tries to hang with the gang at the Bronze, ends up in the shadows with Spike. Willow runs into Tara. The "door" scene. Buffy thinks she's killed Katrina. Buffy tells Dawn she's turning herself in. Spike tries to stop her, she beats him to a pulp. She realizes she was framed, Scoobies investigate. Tara tells Buffy that she didn't come back wrong, & she breaks down crying, reveals her secret. btw: There's an old song called You Always Hurt the One You Love. Anyone know which came first, the song or the saying? 2/2003: someone's done some research for me and found that the song was written in 1944, words by Allan Roberts, music by Doris Fisher. You can get the Bush "door scene" song ("Out of This World") at LA's Web. Memorable Moments: Buffy & Spike actually having a pleasant post "monster wrestling" conversation, without her kicking him in the head and running out, virtue fluttering. Katrina's venemous rejection of Warren when he first sleezes up to her at the bar, and her later even more venemous and well deserved diatribe against the Trio's sick agenda. The Geek Trio's various reactions to Katrina's death: Warren's panicked, then calculating skin-saving; Andrew's tearful initial reaction and then dawning evilness as he realizes how easy it was to get away with it; Jonathan's crisis of conscious as he realizes just what he's gotten himself into. Dawn's desperate unhappiness as Buffy reveals that she's turning herself in, echoing her words in Forever. Her refusal to forgive and forget when the truth about the frame-job comes out. Spike's efforts to help Buffy and prevent her from turning herself in; his final decision to let Buffy thrash him without fighting back. (Reminds me a bit of Riley asking Buffy to let it all out at the hospital) Buffy's teary break-down when Tara reveals that she didn't come back wrong (and thus is responsible for everything she's done since, negating the oft-used "that was the spell" excuse)
Transcript Source: Download from http://www.studiesinwords.de/113deadthings.html transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com). (If the link above doesn't work, try looking here, under multimedia.)
There are 22 clips for this episode

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