Its been 20 years since 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' concluded and no character went on a more transformative journey than Spike (James Marsters). In season 5, Spike catches feelings for Buffy and goes from the grumpy complainer to a hopelessly smitten hanger-on. This article contains references to sexual assault. The point of the episode is to underline the absurdity of a romance between them - yet just one season later, such a thing was on the horizon. A young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends. The funniest episode of 'Buffy' season 4 is 'Something Blue,' where a magical mishap from Willow (Alyson Hannigan) turns Buffy and Spike into a lovey-dovey couple. Per Marsters, this meant the show needed someone else who was willing to say, ''Sod off Buffy, you're stupid Buffy, we're all gonna die, Buffy.'' He was all too happy to fill that role, even if he had something different in mind for Spike.

Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter), Sunnydale's resident mean girl, jumped ship to 'Angel' after season 3.

That, in turn, filled a hole in the show's character dynamics. However, this resulted in a Spike who was nominally on Buffy's side but still didn't like her.

Marsters wasn't a fan of this development he described it as a 'Deus Ex Chip' to Radio Times.

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