Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S6/E10 Wrecked

"I may be dirt...but you're the one who likes to roll in it, Slayer."

Buffy feels guilty over her night of passion with Spike. Amy gets Willow hooked on black magic with disastrous results.

"Buffy: Get a grip, Spike. Like you're God's gift. Spike: I don't think so. Wouldn't be nearly as interesting now, would it?"
 * A Darker Me: Control freak Buffy lets loose all her inhibitions in a wild tryst with Spike.
 * A Handful for An Eye: Dawn throws dirt in the demon's face.
 * Air Hugging / Cradle of Loneliness: Willow magically fills out one of Tara's dresses and cuddles up to it.
 * All Girls Want Bad Boys

"Xander: Not judgey, Buff. Just, observey."
 * Anvilicious: The unsubtle drugs = magic metaphor has caused fans to rank this with "Beer Bad" as one of the least-favoured episodes.
 * Armour Piercing Slap: Dawn slaps Willow after she nearly gets her killed.
 * Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: Anya claims that Martha Stewart is a witch. "Nobody could do that much decoupage without calling on the powers of darkness."
 * Black Eyes of Evil: High!Willow
 * Buffy-Speak

"Buffy: That might be how you get off, but it's not my style. Spike: (scoffs) No, it's your calling. Gave me a run for my money, Slayer."
 * Casual Kink: Buffy throws a candle onto Spike's chest (rather than wake him up by touching him). Spike quips, "Someone should teach you how to use candles in foreplay, luv."
 * Spike and Buffy's bruises, scratches and Getting Crap Past the Radar comments hint that things got quite depraved last night, and Buffy is implied to have enjoyed it -- at least while it was happening.

"Dawn: I'll leave a note for Buffy on the refrigerator. That's the first place she goes after patrolling. She's such a pig after she kills things."
 * Ceiling Cling: Willow high on Black Magic.
 * Chekhov's Gag: Willow says to Dawn earlier in the episode, "Yeah, I'm going to crash too."
 * Chekhov's Gunman: Rack will return in "Villains" and "Two to Go".
 * Continuity Nod: To Faith's famous comment about killing making her "hungry and horny".

"Dawn: Thank god! Remind me never to invent that again. Yecch."
 * Buffy accuses Spike of dragging out the search for Dawn so he can spend time with her, a reference to "Crush" where Spike invited Buffy on a date in the guise of a vampire hunt.
 * Cordon Bleugh Chef: Dawn makes peanut-butter-and-banana quesadillas, which she quickly dumps in the rubbish bin when Willow offers to buy dinner.

"Spike: I knew the only thing better than killing a Slayer would be f-- Buffy [pulling away from him] What? That's what this was about? "Doing" a slayer?"
 * Conveniently-Timed Attack From Behind: The demon is about to kill Dawn when Buffy turns up. It turns out to be much stronger than Buffy's used to however, but then Willow appears behind it, whereupon the demon suddenly shudders and burns up from the inside.
 * Curse Cut Short / Open Mouth, Insert Foot

"Buffy: Get dressed. Dawn's missing. Spike: Again? Ever think about a Lojack for the girl?"
 * Damsel in Distress

"Buffy: When did the house fall down?"
 * Did the Earth Move For You, Too?

"Buffy: I think it's right. To give it up. (pensive) No matter how good it feels."
 * Does This Remind You of Anything?: Rack's interaction with Willow resembles a drug dealer taking advantage of a girl sexually.
 * Double Aesop: Willow talking about the Black Magic ("It took me away from myself. I was free. I did things that I can't even--") strikes a chord with Buffy re her wild tryst with Spike.

"So, what now? You go back to treating me like dirt till the next time you get an itch you can't scratch? Well, forget it. Last night changed things. I'm done being your whipping boy."
 * Double Meaning: Buffy tells Spike to get the hell out of her life. He retorts, "Too late. You invited me in already." -- referring to the Vampire Invitation she gave him last year, but also to how he's a necessary part of the Scooby Gang, not to mention how last night's debauchery gave Spike an insight into just how much Buffy craves the release he gives her. The episode ends on Buffy in her bedroom, nervously clutching a cross, garlic hanging on all the windows. But Spike doesn't need his Vampire Invitation any more -- from now on Buffy will come to him.
 * The Dog Bites Back: Spike certainly takes this view, with all the abuse he's taken off Buffy.

"Spike: I'm just saying, vampires get you hot.
 * Evil Eye: Rack
 * I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin!: Magic = Drugs
 * It Doesn't Mean Anything: Buffy tries to convince herself of this, both now and for the rest of the Spuffy Destructive Romance.

Buffy: "A" vampire got me hot. One. But he's gone. You're just... You're just convenient."

"Willow: If you could be plain old Willow -- or Super Willow? Who would you want to be?"
 * I Just Want to Be Special

"Buffy: Last night was the most perverse, degrading experience of my life. Spike: (smiling happily) Yeah. Me, too."
 * Insult Backfire

"Amy: It's not what you think it is -- it's sage! Buffy: That is what I think it is."
 * Invisibility Cloak: Rack's place.
 * Fantastic Aesop: "Previously On..." Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Willow's abuse of magic was about either using powers when they weren't necessary, using them recklessly, or using them to tamper with her friends without their consent. Now magic use is akin to drug addiction.
 * Foreshadowing: For Dark!Willow -- Black Eyes of Evil, Villain Teleportation, and killing in nasty ways.
 * History Repeats: In "Revelations" Willow makes excuses for Buffy's actions because she's guilty about her Secret Relationship with Xander. Now Buffy makes excuses for Willow because she's guilty about her secret relationship with Spike.
 * Interplay of Sex and Violence: Given that Buffy didn't know she was going to end up in Spike's arms, does she normally go out slaying in skimpy panties?
 * Laughing Mad: Willow high as a kite while 'driving' the car with magic.
 * Meaningful Echo: Buffy describes what happened last night as a "freak show", much as Angel described his relationship with Buffy when breaking up with her in "The Prom".
 * My God, What Have I Done?: Both Buffy and Willow the morning after.
 * Nothing Is the Same Anymore: Spike points out that their Relationship Upgrade (and the fact that his chip doesn't work with Buffy) has altered the power dynamic between them. Buffy's refusal to accept this is a major cause of the Destructive Romance to follow.
 * Not What It Looks Like: Buffy finds Amy ransacking Willow's room and wrestles a baggie of weed off her.

"Spike: You didn't seem to take issue with that last night. (smirking) Or with any of the other little nasties we whispered."
 * Tara is shocked to see Willow come home from an all-nighter with a strange woman, until Willow hastily explains she's with Amy the Ex-Rat.
 * Oblivious Guilt Slinging: Dawn notes that Buffy is "all beat from monster-wrestling all night."
 * One Dialogue, Two Conversations: Xander and Anya get confused when Buffy goes off on a monologue defending Willow's actions, not realising she's trying to justify her recent behaviour with Spike.
 * Panty Thief: Buffy is trying to get dressed and get out as quickly as possible when a smirking Spike reveals he's still got her panties. Buffy gives him a sock on the jaw and storms off.
 * Power At a Price: Willow accidentally summons a demon during her foray into the black arts.
 * Rule of Symbolism: Willow floating in space while spaced out.
 * Sarcasm Mode: Buffy rousts Naked!Spike out of bed to go search for Dawn, turning her back as he's getting dressed despite having spent the previous night shagging him senseless. Spike retorts, "Oh, that's right -- hide your blushing eyes!"
 * Saying Too Much: Amy raves about what she and Willow got up to during their magic binge. Having been told by Dawn that Willow was cutting back on her magic use, Tara storms out.
 * Secret Relationship: Buffy threatens to kill Spike if he tells anyone they had sex, and it's clear she's not being metaphorical.
 * Scenery Censor / Right Through His Pants
 * Slap Slap Kiss: Buffy and Spike's morning-after behaviour.
 * Spontaneous Demon Combustion
 * Tastes Like Strawberries: Rack uses this exact line re Willow. It's not clear whether he accepts sex in payment or something on a mental / magical level, but Willow is shown taking a Shower of Angst the following morning.
 * Tempting Fate: Willow gleefully shouts back at the demon pursuing them; "Take that, scuz-- (car crashes into a concrete pillar)
 * Terms of Endangerment: Buffy snaps at Spike when he calls her "luv".

"Dawn: It's like a meat party in my mouth. (pause) Okay, I'm just a kid and even I know that sounded wrong."
 * The Last of These Is Not Like the Others: After deciding to go cold turkey, Willow tells Buffy that she won't miss the headaches and nosebleeds and keeping stinky yak cheeses in her bra.
 * That Came Out Wrong


 * Toxic Friend Influence: Amy for Willow.
 * Two Part Episode
 * Vomit Discretion Shot: A hungover Amy after Buffy keeps slamming her against the wall to find out what Willow's up to.