Bronze. Xander dances in the background as Buffy translates a sentence into French. It's hard to say which effort is the more tragic. And considering that Buffy's translation ended up meaning, "The cow should touch me from Thursday," I think you get the idea that Xander isn't exactly in line to succeed Baryshnikov. Buffy: "Je stink." Heh. Actually, I guess that's "Je stinke." Xander comes up and convinces them to take a break and dance. As they go, we see Spike slowly step out of the shadows. He watches Buffy for a little while, then tells Yakula to "go get something to eat." Advice Yakula often followed as a human, I'm guessing. Spike walks to within earshot of the Scoobs, and loudly says that some big guy is trying to bite someone outside. Buffy runs out to the alley, where Yakula is about to take a break from talking and bite some girl. Buffy pulls him off. He smiles, "Slayer." She smiles, "Slayee." Hee. Gauntlets thrown, they fight. Yakula's a decent fighter, but not nearly good enough to justify his trash-talking. Willow and Xander appear. Buffy yells to them to get the girl to safety, and also that a stake would be nice. Spike watches from a discreet distance. Inside, Xander goes through Buffy's purse. He finds a yo-yo, which is a nice bit of continuity from "Some Assembly Required," then a tampon, which he hilariously throws up in the air like a hot potato when he realizes what it is, and finally a stake. He runs back out. Yakula manages to throw Buffy to the ground, but takes the time to gab some more. Buffy thankfully kicks him in the face and gets to her feet. Yakula tells Spike to give him a hand, addressing him by name, and goes at Buffy again. But Xander chucks the stake to Buffy, and she quickly stakes Yakula. Huzzah! Yakula belatedly gets the hand he asked for as Spike starts clapping. The show used to be so good -- I just know they did that purposely. The Scoobs regard him warily as he compliments Buffy's work. She asks who he is, and he tells her she'll find out on Saturday. What happens on Saturday? "I kill you." He withdraws. Hey, come back here and say that! Buffy looks wigged.













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