- = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = BUFFY - SEASON 7 FAQ - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = This is a basic FAQ for Season 7 of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, please realize this can contain spoilers for those who have not seen Season 7 and is actually preferred to be read after you have seen the season. -[1. WHY EXACTLY WAS SPIKE STRUGGLING WITH SANITY?]- During the beginning half of the season we see Spike struggling with his sanity. Some may think it is the soul that he is struggling with, it actually the first that is driving him insane. Spike cut himself because he THOUGHT it was the soul, but it is later discovered that it is infact the first. -[2. IN 'CONVERSATIONS WITH DEAD PEOPLE' WAS JOYCE THE FIRST?]- It is the first conversating with Dawn as proven by Joss in the commentary on the DVD. -[3. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE FIRST'S MESSAGE TO DAWN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH DEAD PEOPLE?]- This message was supposedly meant for the "orignal" ending script, however even the orignal script doesn't quite fit it. Buffy really never chooses someone/something over Dawn nor does she go against her. To me, it was simply there to convince her to not be at her sister's side. Dawn didn't fall for it however. This could also be reference to Buffy trying to send Dawn away from the fight by asking Xander to do it. -[4. SO WHAT IS DIFFERENT IN THIS "ORIGNAL" ENDING SCRIPT FOR CHOSEN?]- There are a few differences: - spike and dawn argue over the amulet - spike takes the amulet away from Dawn - the first becomes real and fights Buffy - Anya survives, Xander doesn't - spike ends up with the amulet, the ending sequence is identical to the final - buffy speaks with the first in multiple forms when she wakes up in the middle of the night from being in bed with spike, but the message is essentially the same - a hand from the rubble of the carnage pops out of the ground, which we presume to be spike The orignal script is also unconfirmed, it might not even be official. -[5. HOW IS THE HELL MOUTH OPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE?]- Andrew and Johnathan end up digging the entrance up in "conversations with dead people". Spike is later captured by robed figures from the summer's house and is drained of his blood to open the portal which reveals one of the old style vampires. -[6. WHY WAS THE FIRST ABLE TO TAKE FORM AS BUFFY?]- Since Buffy has technically died two times in the series: - Drowning after the master took a bite out of her in Season 1 - Jumping through the portal in Season 5 This means the first can take her form. -[7. WHY WAS IT SO DIFFICULT FOR BUFFY TO DEFEAT THE TUROK-HAN (UBERVAMP) IN EPISODE BRING ON THE NIGHT AND SHOWTIME, YET EASILY DEFEATED IN CHOSEN?]- This really doesn't make sense to me either. I believe perhaps the first turok-han was somehow given more power by the first when compared to the rest of them. Otherwise, there really isn't any explaination. -[8. WHY DID THE CHIP NOT ACTIVATE WHEN SPIKE WAS KILLING IN SEASON 7?]- There are a few possible explanations, first off the chip started to malfunction towards the end of the season, much so that it needed to be removed. It is possible that the chip simply stopped functioning at this point. Alternatively, Spike's craze was activated subconsicously so the chip couldn't "detect" when he was going to harm another human, therefore the chip didn't work. -[9. WHY WAS SEASON 7 THE LAST SEASON OF BUFFY?]- SMG didn't want to do another season because she wanted to move onto making movies, but also Joss wanted to stop making new seasons of Buffy because of his other projects, and he wanted it ahead and on top instead of burrying the show to the ground with oversaturation. -[10. WHY COULDN'T WILLOW SEE XANDER/BUFFY IN EPISODE 'SAME TIME SAME PLACE'?]- Before Willow left England she felt as though she wasn't ready to see the scoobies just yet, thus she somehow casted a spell unknownly that made it so she didn't see them. -[11. BUFFY'S VOICE SOUNDS DIFFERENT IN EP. 11 'SHOWTIME' ON THE FLASHBACK OF BUFFY/WILLOW/XANDER ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT TO IT?]- This is because you downloaded it, in the real broadcast/DVD version it is buffy's voice that you hear. -[12. WHERE DID BUFFY PREVIOUSLY FACE THE FIRST EVIL IN?]- Season 3, Episode 'Amends'. Angel is haunted by his past victims and they try to convince him to kill Buffy, but instead Angel ends up wanting to kill himself. Somehow the first simply disappears in this episode as Buffy convinces Angel not to kill himself. -[13. WHAT DID "FROM BENEATH YOU IT DEVOURS" MEAN?]- This essentially refers to the hellmouth underneath Sunnydale High. It could also mean the inner evil brought out in a individual compliments of the 1st evil. -[14. WHY DID THE ENTRANCE TO THE HELLMOUTH CHANGE SEASON TO SEASON?]- It is possible that all these entrances were different from season to season, Season 7 had a gate, Season 4 it was a giant hole without any seal, and Season 1 it was simply underground. -[15. WHY DID SPIKE TRY TO GET THE SOUL OUT OF HIS BODY?]- Because he believed the influence of the first evil was actually caused by the soul is obtained at the end of season 6.