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School Hard The season's Big Bad and two latest vampires to invade Sunnydale crash through the Welcome sign and make their way to the abandoned factory, introducing themselves to the Anointed One and his followers. Punk-rock Spike, witty and brutally sarcastic immediately has everyone's attention when he mentions he's killed two Slayers. That is, until his classically tragic girlfriend, Drusilla intrudes on the boasting. Dressed in Victorian white lace and with a languid stride, she's portrayed as gothic and surreal in the very first scene. We immediately see these two as co-dependant, and for the first time we see the softer side of vampires when the originally aggressive Spike turns into a faithful puppy before our eyes, cooing and cuddling his girlfriend who is quite obviously insane, and, oh yeah - clairvoyant. Poor Drusilla was attacked by, what must have been a particularly vicious, mob in Prague, to the point that she's been declared dead in the Watchers Diaries. (( on that note: we'll later see Angel drenched in Holy Water, drained of strength and Spike with a broken spine. None of those tortures ever took such a toil on a vampire as Dru's angry mob. )). As a result she's been left terribly weakened. She convinces Spike to join in the preparation ritual for the Night of Saint Vigeous (( with minimum complaining on his part )) and promises to eat someone in his absence. She convinces Spike to join in the preparation ritual for the Night of Saint Vigeous (( with minimum complaining on his part )) and promises to eat someone in his absence. Whether or not she had any input on his crashing Buff's high school Parents Night is doubtful, (( as Drusilla is rather magically inclined and would probably have liked the Night of Saint Vigeous and the power it promised)) though she's nothing but supportive when Spike comes back with a possible Joyce-induced concussion and less than complete army. The Anointed One, who's too All Work and No Play for them, simply must be killed off. With his death Spike takes over as leader of the Hellmouth and we get once more get a shot of the sugary side of Vamps as Spike and Dru walk hand in hand around the unconscious vampire, who tried to save the Anointed One, and go watch some television. Back to Episodes Archive ~ Writing ~ Links ~ Extras ~  Site ~ Home