Buffy the Vampire Slayer Talk || s6e09 "Smashed" 

Tara is literally the only person who takes time away from what they're doing to just be with Dawn.

I LOVE every reactors "They ALLLOWED this on television", moment in this episode. Hilarious.

If the quote of the day next week isn't “zipper unzipping” I will riot

"until one day they leave you for no good reason." Possibly one of the most infuriating things Willow has ever said. Like, girl, pay attention!

Alley before the episode starts: “I hope we get a Buffy and Spike scene in this episode!” Me: Oh you’re getting a scene alright 😏😂😂

The scene in the end is really metaphoric to how the relationship is between Buffy & Spike, the darkness, the chaos, the passion. How the whole building falls apart on them is how they fall apart on each other. Its epic. Great reaction by the way! PRICELESS!

Alley in shock at the fuck a house down scene. I loved that reaction. Shoutout to Alley's patreon Maria for the cameo.

Beginning of the episode: Amy deserves an episode about her after being a rat for so long. End of episode: Amy, go back to being a rat!

Traditionally the episode playing when fans introduce the show to their mum.

Dawn and Tara are adorable. Tara is like another mother figure for her, and legit the only scooby who genuinely wants to spend time with Dawn not just because she's a chore or a responsibility.

Willow is an addict, a magic addict, and Amy is an enabler.

The three episodes in season 6 'Smashed' 'Wrecked' and 'Gone' are all British slang for being really drunk and not being in control of yourself. I don't think 'smashed' was a euphemism for sleeping together when this came out. It fits even better now, though 🤣

Magic has consequences, especially the really dark magic used in resurrecting someone. This is not your average teen soap obviosly. If there's a boundary to be pushed, they pretty much did. That James Marsters message was amazing. He's always so nice to his fans.

Leave it to Anya to say what needs to be said that nobody is brave enough to say. She may be lacking in social graces but she also possesses big balls. And I love how she’s proud of it instead of insecure about it. If there’s anyone that needed a fucking wake up call in this season it was definitely Willow. Well done, Anya! Really kinda love how she’s the one so far removed from reality that she’s able to give doses of it out. She’s like “Look honey, I may not understand human behaviour but I know for fact yours ain’t good.” 👍 She really went from “You wish it, I dish it.” To “You repress it, I express it.” Love that for her character!

I will never be more entertained by a reveal than the 'hey, turns out I can hurt Buffy'/'Oh shit, Spike can hurt me' to 'We can have dangerously kinky sex now!' pipeline 😂

Considering who they’re up against, I think a D&D manual is a good place to be looking.

Regarding the question whether Buffy came back "less human": I would argue that it's probably only specifically in the respect the chip used to detect humans, and not in a other meaningful way. The chip probably detects any magically resurrected human as similar to a vampire or some other kind of undead, even though she's actually still a complete himan being with a soul and all.

Omg that James cameo is amazing!! 😂😂 Well done Maria. ❤️❤️

In my opinion the best thing about Amy not remembering her time as a rat is that they don't haves to deal with her remembering all the times Willow had sex with Oz or Tara with her in the room.

Alley being scandalized by a 25 year old TV show😂. Love the James Masters warning❤

Alley having Dean Winchester trauma with the whole "is he gonna get accidentally thrown on something and die"

This episode really gave the definition too ‘Ends with a bang!’

I think Spike trying to go out and kill people literally any time he’s offered the remotest opportunity is very telling.

Love season six! Alley, you'll have a hard time forgetting this season. And thank you. It's so much fun to see someone feel about the show the same way I've felt about it for 26 years.

OMG. JAMES!!!! That was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe somewhere (on RU-vid) you can find the original uncensored ending, which goes on longer without the dust in the air to obscure the "thrusting". They did have to tone it down a bit to still get a TV-14.

"The fuck" actually summerizes quite well what happened there at the end

And I also have a question, when he says 'You're afraid I am gonna..' What? What is he talking about? I always wondered. And I like how he picked her up and she is wrapping her legs around him. This is really good. But that zipper sound you can hear from miles away 😄😄 they wanted to make that obvious so much.

I can actually understand just a bit of what Willow is going through. I had a problem with procrastination, and it got bad enough to interfere with my marriage. The problem got worse after we separated. (And still hasn't gotten better, years later. Watching _Buffy_ reactions on RU-vid hasn't helped...) It's almost as if Willow is trying to prove to herself that using magic isn't really bad, which means that Tara left her "for no reason", rather than for good cause, which would mean that Willow would have to admit to herself that she's in the wrong. And she won't do that until she's hit rock bottom. (And in real life, some on a similar path won't stop even past rock bottom, until they're six feet under.)

OMG dying with the James video for you, Alley. Well-deserved. Honestly, loved your reaction to this historical BDSM-coded piece of TV.

Drew Goddard was going to be the showrunner for Daredevil but pulled out and was replaced by Steven DeKnight (also a Buffy writer). S2 was co-showrun by Doug Petrie - also a Buffy writer

And she rode him like a Pony....lol The last scene was originally longer and a tad more graphic but they cut it.

Spike and Buffy tore a hole house down now that’s passion.

You have an idea of the pain either side of the turn of the century, when we had to wait a week (and sometimes several, or months between seasons) to get our fix of Buffy and Angel. Bee tee dub, the Marsters Cameo is amazing. Big thanks to James and the fan who set it up.

Maria is a legend for this

"Ever since the Halloween episode Dawn looks so much older." Michelle Trachtenberg was 15 when they filmed these episodes. They grow like weeds at that age. My great niece is 15 right now. She's 5'8."

Your side-eyes this reaction, I swear... they make my day. I feel bad for poor Amy. Even with the magick enabling going on, all those years as a rat must take their toll. Awesome cameo by James Marsters!

"...the woman was too stunned to speak."

Wow! Spike just warned you about the season! He's right too. Buckle up.

I thought that the Willow and Buffy were both pushing boundaries, going over lines. I think that's the parallels they are making between them.

A wild James appears!!! Oh my god!!!!

Omg! You got a message from SPIKE!!! Wth!?!?! LOL!! How cool of him to do that!!!! LOVE James Marsters!

As my brother said about this episode: “Way hotter than anything they were showing on the Playboy Channel.”

If anybody is wondering, the movie Down and Tara saw in the "good god that's a lot of shake" scene was Hardball with Keanu Reeves.

Omfg this the best reaction video ever! James f'n Marsters? I cannot...

i have a good feeling about this season. everyone's gonna be ok.

While the sex scene was shocking, they had their clothes on and only facial expressions to express what they were doing.

I was 13/14 when this aired and there were rumours it was going to get um spicy lol and my sister, who was 8/9, and myself had to beg our mother to continue letting us watch it. So that night we sat down and watched this episode like usual annum yeah, it was something 😂 She then proceeded to do what she did for the first season and a half of Angel; she’d watch them and record them (vhs) then go back and film the news over the more adult scenes lol and we’d watch it in the morning having breakfast lol

Like a lamb to the slaughter, Alley is going to explode when she sees where this season is going.

What a saucy ending! Smashed indeed! Great reaction as always Alley!

I feel like this episode when Amy comes back really starts Willow down a dark train and the drama with Spike and Buffy when he realizes the clip might be malfunctioning to the point where he can’t be hurt by the chip from Buffy anymore. Also they literally brought the house down with that make out scene🤯😁 Can’t wait for the next episode❤️🩵

7.9 rating on IMDB, and the Richter scale

okg then the thing at the end, WOW one of the actors is a fan of you Alley. As appropriate for the era of the show's first season, You go girl.

Oh BOY! Here early for a change. This should be something big! Shipping hopes are about to go through the roof (or possibly the floor)!

I was waiting for you to see this one Alley. The make out scene with Buffy and Spike is still hot all of these years later. ❤

They were able to show that scene because Buffy and Angel had switched networks after WB shut down and was replaced by CW. But UPN (Paramount) outbid other networks and won the show. So they went darker and mature.

Thr scream I scrumpt when this aired watching at home then calling my best friend RIGHT after to scream some more

11:08 I love that you choose that moment to edit in, really

yep that was a pretty graphic sex scene. This season deals with much more adult themes than any of the others, which makes sense because the characters are all at this point young adults.

There is actually more to that sequence after they crash through the floor, in extra footage, if you search youtube for it. No nudity or anything but explicitly clear what was happening(if anyone had doubts).

Great reaction. Like you said, there was so much happening in this episode. I loved that Amy was finally turned back into a human and I really loved the fact that they brought back the some actor to play the part. As for the scene near the end with Buffy and Spike, I saw this show when it first aired and back then I was not sure that I saw what I thought I saw. Years later when I started watching some reactions I realized that I did see what I thought I saw. I am glad you had the message from James Masters because they did not allow things like that on free network TV and I could not understand how that got by.

One of the best episodes ever

Funny thing here, when Andrew says he's seen every episode of Doctor Who, that's literally impossible, because there are a bunch of old episodes which have no known surviving copies... unless they went back in time or made a deal with a demon or something for missing Doctor Who episodes, which is exactly the sort of thing I can see them doing.

Looking forward to the next quote of the day being "zipper unzipping".

Bringing down the House! Now that's foreplay.

That's so cool! James Marsters!

That video at the end...OMG!!!

Great reaction! was waiting for your reaction to this ep ... Wow you wonderin about "how last scene was allowed on TV" and you got answered by James Masters, pretty cool!!! Well lookin forward for more of your reactions

dont forget who spike really his, he was put on a leash for the past 2 seasons. but of tht leash he would kill people without a second thought. he is s demon first.

I can't remember if this one and the next one aired as a part one and a part two or not. The certainly have that feel, even in their titles.

Not only is the sex scene insane but the episode is fucking called Smashed haha unbelievable

The very end was like when spike tried to stake himself. .except instead of breaking Xander's furniture he almost snapped his other "chip" to quote Jonathan in two

You have such an amazing communtiy! I am so happy for your cameo for you!

TMI, Alley. Go to your room!

Spike can't hurt people because of the chip, but he has feelings for Buffy and when he fights with her he doesn't intend harm so maybe that's why it works that way..

there was actually an fcc investigation. i'll post the link in a separate comment, in case youtube eats it. if you don't see it, don't blame me.

14:44 - That's the kind of reaction I'm here for.

I really hated when the witches in this show stopped doing spells and incantations and just started shooting colourful sparks from their fingers like Sabrina the teenage witch. It was too cheesy.

I like supernatural but the escalation spoiled it for me before the end. Buffyverse though as crazy as it is it all feels earned and about offering different challenges not just pure escalation. We need a return to these standards of shows.

Purely speculation on my part, but the Slayer has always been a little more than human. Or a little less depending on your POV. She has supernatural strength, an enhanced healing factor, and occasionally prophetic dreams. My speculation is that her body was severely decomposed, but the magic restored it using her slayer powers to help, and that made the parts it restored a little less human. So, overall, she's less human than she was before. It makes sense to me.

This episode back to back with the next one are some of my favourite ones. Willow was always my favourite from I was 13 (in my later 30s now) and even though she’s devolving this season I always loved the character arch so much ❤

3:40-44 It might have. If someone hadn't found out a typical rat lifespan.

Between Where the Wild Things Are and Smashed, it seems like no limits to how far they could go. Which makes it seem even wilder that Joyce has to die for an on screen Tillow kiss. At least UPN allowed a better representation of Willow and Tara’s relationship…while it lasted.

Buffy got possessed by Dolemite and turned into the Human Tornado. If you don’t know what that is, look it up, it’s hilarious

In the next episode, you will get all the drama you can handle. Tara is alone with Dawn. Meanwhile, Willow is partying it out with Amy and Buffy is boning Spike. If Tara hadn't stayed, Dawn would have been alone all that time.

The look on your face 😂😂😂😂

That was a fight scene, clearly...

Not that I’m condoning Spike’s behaviour towards Buffy in this episode. I’m definitely not. What he is doing and saying to her is abuse. But I can see it from his perspective also. Buffy one moment is calling him an evil disgusting thing, and then the next she asks for his help and trusts him to protect her family. Spike’s receiving mixed signals from Buffy all the time that he doesn’t know which way to go with her, how to behave towards her. He doesn’t know whether to be supportive and constructive or abusive and destructive. Being a soulless vampire and all - he can’t truly differentiate between what’s right and what’s wrong. However, his actions and choices are entirely his responsibility and he shouldn’t be absolved from punishment just because of it. He should take accountability for the relationship between them just as much as she should. Of course - then there’s Buffy - who doesn’t even know what kind of relationship they have other than the one they’re supposed to have. That is most natural to have. And in that sense, the abuse between them in this episode is actually entirely appropriate. The sex - not so much. But it has to be acknowledged that Buffy initiated it. She’s the one that chose to kiss him, unzip his fly and go to town. Her feelings for him are so confused.

The spike and buffy "relationship" is one of the things that makes season 6 great, but it hurts me to watch it. Also hurts me to see reactors get excited for it because they like the characters so much. I know its her first watch through and she doesnt know whats to come, so no judgement. It just shocks me sometimes when reactors watch this and don't see what is completely happening because they are blind to their excitement and shock of these two characters doing this.

Anyone else think the girl who Amy picks for Willow is the spitting image of Cordelia?

Well not actually "television." It was UPN. [edit to add] I typed that before the James Marsters cameo.

The dream becomes reality

You can get a lot by the standards and practices department, especially if it doesn't exist yet

LOL You saying you need Bike to be a thing, right before this episode.

-Lotta Bike, Marsters sends regards, - Ally; “So Amy is back”……

Love your reactions and love your love for spike. He’s one of my favorite characters. However, one thing you need to remember is that spike is still soulless. The only thing that keeps him contained is the chip. As seen in this episode as soon as he thought the chip stopped working he went straight back for the kill with no hesitation. In my opinion his “love” for Buffy is twisted more into obsession from his demon. He lacks a moral compass because he doesn’t have a soul.

Buffy and Spike smashed each other as they did the building around them. Metaphorical while being a not so veiled metaphor. "They allowed this on television." UPN had a much different standards and practices department than The WB (as stated by crewmembers). Had BtVS still been on The WB this would've been different in how they were allowed to film it.

I don't love Bike/Spuffy/whatever you want to call them, but I do admit it's the hottest relationship she's been in.

Couldn’t wait until you saw that one!

I saw this first-run, and I immediately wondered how many people spent the next week rewinding and rewatching that scene (when Buffy and Spike destroyed the house).🤣