Marti on Spike’s beating

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Marti Noxon said about the episode Dead Things:

“It got so dark and so intense, and even darker still when Buffy beats the hell out of Spike. Some people had a real hard time with that, and I understand where they’re coming from. We just went to a real dark place, and I think this where people started to feel, ‘Okay, like the episode, like the show, but what is going on?’ I wouldn’t say that we were floundering at all, but at that point in the relationship we didn’t know where it was going. All we had was her raw emotion and that’s what got expressed. It was just complete confusion and the fact that she started to take her pain out on him and he would take it.”

   
Source:SFX Year End Collector's Edition, by Edward Gross
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    Added: › 31st August 2004
    Updated: › 28th February, 2006
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    3 Comments about “Marti on Spike’s beating”

    1. Kevmaster2000 says:

      That’s why this is such a great episode. It’s so very dark and disturbing, moreso than probably any other episode. And it’s so raw and emotional, and it was exactly what needed to happen. This is evidence that Marti Noxon did NOT ruin season six.

    2. ant4buffy says:

      Yeah but it was by the far the worst season in the Buffy Verse.

    3. stephanieisit says:

      I loved season 6! Season 7 was one I didn’t even bother to write on my calendar as I didn’t care if I missed it :P

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