FOREVER

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CAST
Sarah Michelle Gellar............Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon.................Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan...............Willow Rosenberg
Emma Caulfield............................Anya
Michelle Trachtenberg.............Dawn Summers
James Marsters...........................Spike
Anthony Stewart Head.....................Giles

GUEST STARS
Amber Benson..............................Tara
Joel Grey..................................Doc
Clare Kramer.............................Glory

SPECIAL GUEST STAR
David Boreanaz...........................Angel

FOREVER


Buffy is looking for a casket for Joyce. Dawn and Giles are also there. Buffy picks one but Dawn starts to question if Joyce would like it.

DAWN: "She's the one who has gotta be in it forever."

OPENING CREDITS

The whole gang look at the arrangements for the funeral and the fact that Joyce did not want a wake. Buffy tells them that she still cant get in touch with Hank (Her Father.) As Willow and Xander leave they bump into Spike. Xander sees Spike has brought flowers and tells him to leave now as he wont allow him to score points with Buffy. Spike leaves and throws the flowers to the floor. Willow picks them up and notices Spike was going to leave them on the doorstep, there was no card.
The funeral takes place the very next day. After the service everyone but Buffy leaves. She stands over the grave until nightfall when a voice comes from behind her. "Sorry I couldnt come sooner." She holds his hand, it is of course Angel.
Dawn stays with Willow and Tara that night. She tells the two witches that she wants to do a spell to bring Joyce back. Meanwhile Xander and Anya finish up a rather intense sex session. Anya says it was better because of Joyce and now she realises that life and death are the same thing and although she doesnt want to right now she is looking forward to children with Xander. Tara and Willow tell Dawn that it is possible to bring back Joyce but that doesn't mean that it is right and Tara says she will have no part in it.
Buffy and Angel talk. She tells him that in real life it was Joyce that was the strong one. Buffy still thinks that if she had got home earlier Joyce might still be alive. Angel tells her that she could have done nothing, he tells her that she is a strong person. He also tells her that he will stay in town as long as Buffy needs him. she replies "How's Forever?" The two begin to kiss, Buffy then pulls away and just hugs him as he is about to leave.
Ben bumps into one of Glorys minnons and he accidently tells him that "The Key" is an innocent. To stop him from telling Glory, Ben stabs him. However Jinx does make it back to Glory and tells her about the information he has learned.
Dawn is at the Magic Box. When Giles and Anya are busy, Dawn gets a book about bringing back the dead. Later that night she tries the spell over Joyce's grave. Spike comes across her. He tells her that he is willing to help bring Joyce back. He takes Dawn to a man called Doc, he tells Dawn that she needs the egg of the Gorra Demon. He also tells Dawn that the only way to stop the spell is to destory a photo of Joyce that she needs to use. Spike and Dawn go to get the egg and at the second attempt they get it.
Dawn goes home and begins to perform the spell. Tara notices that a book has gone and that Dawn must have taken it. Tara phones Buffy to tell her what Dawn is about to do. Buffy gets there too late and Dawn has finished the spell. Dawn tells Buffy that she needs Joyce, she has no-one else in the world. She thinks that Buffy doesnt care that Joyce is dead. Buffy slaps her and then explains that she needs to keep herself busy because if she stops reality kicks in and she breaksdown. There is a knock on the door, Buffy gets a smile and runs for the door, Dawn realises that Buffy does care and that what she has done is both stupid and selfish, and so before Buffy opens the door, she rips up the photo.

out of 5!