Seeing Red
Written by Steven S. DeKNight ~ Directed by Michael Gershman
STRONG DISCLAIMER: This episode contains scenes of extreme violence (of a sexual and may be found offensive or frightening to viewers of any age.
Willow and Tara snuggle after spending time in bed together and talk about Buffy and the possibility that something's going on between her and Spike. Tara confirms Willow's suspicions and talks about Buffy's relationship with Spike and her feelings of shame because of it. Willow's hurt that she was never told about it. Willow goes to check on Buffy, but instead encounters Dawn, and the two talk about the struggle Buffy must be going through with Spike. When Tara appears wearing just a sheet, Dawn gets very happy to see they are back together again. Buffy breaks into the Trio's lair, but finds the place deserted and dangerous traps waiting for her as the guys expected her arrival. She escapes and manages to take a few items with her as several large saw blades tear apart the house and her leather jacket.
Buffy, Dawn, Willow and Tara gather to go over the few items Buffy managed to steal from the Trio's lair and they all realize that the rest of the group won't be helping since they all have other priorities or lack an interest to help. Anya sits with a young scorned woman who wants to wish vengeance on her cheating boyfriend, but Anya is too busy talking about her own relationship problems to notice the young woman's wish. Meanwhile, in a cave, the Trio subdue a large Nezzla demon they need for their plan to become unstoppable. Dawn visits Spike at his crypt and lets him know that she knows about what he did with Anya and his relationship with Buffy. She lectures him about hurting Buffy when he supposedly loves her and leaves him pondering the thought of how he shows his love to her.
Back at the cave, Jonathan puts on the skins of the Nezzla demon they took out and crosses a barrier that can only be passed by one of the demons. While Jonathan's away, Warren and Andrew talk of their plans to conspire against their partner. Jonathan returns with a box that contains two red orbs--the key to their ultimate powers. Warren tests the power of the orbs on another demon and is quite pleased with the results when he kills the demon easily. Buffy visits a distraught and angry Xander at his apartment. He can't believe that she could have been involved with Spike and the two argue about it until Xander storms out. He walks the streets alone, pausing briefly to secretly look in on Anya as she works at the magic shop.
At the house and in bed, Willow reviews some files on her laptop, but is quickly distracted by Tara. Xander sits at the bar at the Bronze and the Trio show up to test out the powers of the orbs. Buffy patrols and fights with a couple of vampires and before turning to dust, one manages to kick her back into a tombstone, injuring her. At home, Buffy sets up a bath for herself to soothe her aching back. Spike shows up uninvited and starts to talk to her about how he knows she loves him and just needs to admit it. She protests as he forces himself on her, an attempt to make her feel love for him again. With her back injured, Buffy struggles against him and ultimately kicks him across the room, stopping him from going too far. Spike's stunned by his behavior and tries to apologize, but Buffy only knows he stopped because she made him.
At the Bronze, Warren tries to pick up a girl while Andrew and Jonathan debate the appropriateness of Warren's plans. The woman's boyfriend steps in and a fight breaks out, but Warren's too strong and takes on the boyfriend and several others with great ease. Xander tries to intervene but is tossed aside and nearly takes a bad beating, but Jonathan reminds Warren they have to be elsewhere. Xander goes to Buffy and gets worried when he notices Spike's coat on the stairs. Upstairs in the bathroom, Xander finds Buffy on the floor, a large bruise on her leg and realizes what happened. Buffy refuses to let him go after Spike and instead focuses on Willow's new discovery regarding the Trio.
Willow and Tara tell Buffy they found plans that indicate the Trio are planning to steal a large amount of money and have narrowed it down to one scene that they're likely to hit that night. After Xander tells her of Warren's new strength, Buffy rushes off to stop the nerds. At the crypt, Spike thinks back on his actions earlier at Buffy's house and becomes infuriated. Clem stops by, wanting to hang out, but Spike is more focused on what he did and questioning what Buffy and the chip are doing to him. He realizes that something needs to be done to make things change.
An armored car is loaded up with money from a big weekend at an amusement park but as it tries to drive away, Warren stops it with his strength and overturns the vehicle. Buffy shows up and starts to fight with him, but he's able to handle himself fairly well against the Slayer. She knocks Warren down and he's buried under a mountain of broken rocks, but he recovers quickly. The fight continues and Warren taunts Buffy with his supposed mastery of her. Jonathan jumps on Buffy's back and appears to be fighting her, but he quietly informs her that she needs to smash the orbs in order to defeat Warren. Buffy returns to the fight with Warren and when she finds the orbs on his belt, she smashes them.
No longer strong, Warren takes his jacket off and reveals a jet pack on his back, which allows him to escape freely into the sky. Andrew reveals he too has a jet pack, but when he tries to escape, he only knocks himself out on the overhanging roof above him. The cops arrive and take Jonathan and Andrew to jail. On his motorcycle, Spike pauses and looks out over Sunnydale, promising Buffy that she's going to see a change soon before he takes off. Willow and Tara get dressed and while hugging, Tara notices Xander and Buffy out in the backyard together.
In the backyard, Buffy talks with Xander about what happened with the Trio and they touch on the subject of Buffy's relationship with Spike. Warren interrupts the bonding moment, and declares his intentions of revenge on Buffy for ruining his plans as he pulls out a gun. He fires directly at Buffy then shoots randomly over his shoulder as he runs away. Buffy and Xander topple to the ground as the window to Willow's bedroom is broken and a bullet strikes Tara in the back as she's facing Willow. Xander tries to stop the bleeding of Buffy's chest wound while in the house, Willow cries out as she holds Tara's lifeless body and her eyes suddenly turn magically dark with pain and fury.
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