Buffyverse Dialogue Database - EPISODE: 'Forever'


Season: Episode 17 of Season 5
Original Air Date: 04/17/2001
Written by: Marti Noxon
Directed by: Marti Noxon

Notes:

Dawn tries to bring Joyce back from the dead.
Plot Highlights:

Coffin shopping & funeral planning. Spike stops by with flowers. The funeral. Dawn wants Tara & Willow's help bringing her mom back. Anya philisophizes on life, death & sex. Angel comforts Buffy. Ben slips up. Dawn sneaks magic info out of the Magic Box under Giles' nose. Spike escorts Dawn to Doc's for resurrection spell info, and then helps her steal a Gora demon egg. Dawn does her spell, but Tara figures out what she's up to and alerts Buffy. Buffy breaks down crying & Dawn reverses the spell.
Quick Review:

An excellent follow up to the Body, Forever manages to return to the typical BtVS format while only partially throttling back on the frighteningly mundane waves of trauma left in the wake of Joyce's death. Angel's temporary return is nicely handled and as usual the Dawn/Spike interactions are great. The emotional heart of the episode though comes in its final moments as Buffy's got-it-together facade crumbles in the face of Dawn's angry accusations.
Memorable Moments:

Spike stopping by with flowers for Joyce, only to be driven off by Xander.
Joyce's funeral.
Angel's silently slipping his hand into Buffy's as she stands by Joyce's grave as if he'd never been gone. Their sad, quiet graveyard tryst.
Giles listening to "Brave Ulysses" and remembering Joyce.
Spike protecting stubborn "Bitty Buffy" Dawn in the Gora's lair.
Buffy breaking down under Dawn's accusations of coldness.

Transcript Source:

Download from http://www.studiesinwords.de/95forever.html
This is my own transcript; short on description, but hey at least it's here today (April 24)
(If the link above doesn't work, try looking here, under multimedia.)

There are 25 clips for this episode

AKAs

Spike referred to Xander as monkey boy

Buffy referred to Joyce as the strong one

Ben referred to Glory as the Most Unstable One

Anya referred to Dawn as illegal child labor

Spike referred to Dawn as Bitty Buffy

characters

Story Arcs

NOTES ON EPISODE ART: CREATED 01/2002 ~I really liked the lighting change on Buffy's face as she stood after the funeral with twilight descending fast. So I decided to recreate that atmosphere for the collage as a whole.

Notes: Dawn tries to bring Joyce back from the dead. Plot Highlights: Coffin shopping & funeral planning. Spike stops by with flowers. The funeral. Dawn wants Tara & Willow's help bringing her mom back. Anya philisophizes on life, death & sex. Angel comforts Buffy. Ben slips up. Dawn sneaks magic info out of the Magic Box under Giles' nose. Spike escorts Dawn to Doc's for resurrection spell info, and then helps her steal a Gora demon egg. Dawn does her spell, but Tara figures out what she's up to and alerts Buffy. Buffy breaks down crying & Dawn reverses the spell. Quick Review: An excellent follow up to the Body, Forever manages to return to the typical BtVS format while only partially throttling back on the frighteningly mundane waves of trauma left in the wake of Joyce's death. Angel's temporary return is nicely handled and as usual the Dawn/Spike interactions are great. The emotional heart of the episode though comes in its final moments as Buffy's got-it-together facade crumbles in the face of Dawn's angry accusations. Memorable Moments: Spike stopping by with flowers for Joyce, only to be driven off by Xander. Joyce's funeral. Angel's silently slipping his hand into Buffy's as she stands by Joyce's grave as if he'd never been gone. Their sad, quiet graveyard tryst. Giles listening to "Brave Ulysses" and remembering Joyce. Spike protecting stubborn "Bitty Buffy" Dawn in the Gora's lair. Buffy breaking down under Dawn's accusations of coldness.
Transcript Source: Download from http://www.studiesinwords.de/95forever.html This is my own transcript; short on description, but hey at least it's here today (April 24) (If the link above doesn't work, try looking here, under multimedia.)
There are 25 clips for this episode

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