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Episode Guide
Never Leave Me
Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Series Progress: Episode 143 of 143100% Completed
Synopsis
Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and the Scoobies hole up in the Summers' house and imprison Spike (James Marsters) in hopes of learning more about the unseen adversary who's been manipulating him. On a trip to pick up animal blood for the captive to drink, Willow (Alyson Hannigan) encounters incognito super-nerd Andrew (Tom Lenk), who appears to be the pawn of the same shape-shifting fiend as Spike. Soon, ex-lovers Xander (Nicholas Brendon) and Anya (Emma Caulfield) are joyfully interrogating the geek. The terrified Andrew is more than forthcoming about his encounters with the spirit of Warren (Adam Busch) and his murder of equally dorky former ally Jonathan (Danny Strong). But Spike reveals very little -- until another visit from the big bad turns him into a mindless, vamped-out threat. Ultimately, Buffy shackles Spike down in the basement but refuses his pained entreaties for a merciful death. Touched by Spike's true confessions about the tribulations he endured to win back his soul (and, less successfully, her heart), Buffy tells Spike that she can see the better man deep inside him. Just then, robed warriors attack the house. Buffy assists her friends in staving them off upstairs, but it's all a diversion: they make off with Spike, whose own spilled blood soon fuels the spell that Jonathan's murder was incapable of completing. Elsewhere, a zonked-out Principal Wood (D.B. Woodside) buries Jonathan's body, and the headquarters of the Watcher's Council blows up spectacularly. Originally broadcast November 26, 2002, on the UPN network, "Never Leave Me" marked episode 131 of the cult-favorite series.
Cast
- Sarah Michelle Gellar
- Nicholas Brendon
- Alyson Hannigan
- James Marsters
- Michelle Trachtenberg
- Emma Caulfield
- DB Woodside
- Tom Lenk
- Adam Busch
- Harris Yulin
- Danny Strong
- Donald Bishop
- Oliver Muirhead
- Cynthia Lamontagne
- Kris Iyer
- Anthony Head
- Camden Toy
- Bobby Brewer
- Roberto Santos
- Fran Rubel Kuzui
- Denise Pleune
- Tom Perry
- Joss Whedon
- Gail Berman
- Sandy Gallin
- Kaz Kuzui
- Marti Noxon
- Drew Goddard
- Deb Adair
Director
📊 Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 143 hours 0 minutes (143 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Epic Binge - A massive saga. Set aside dedicated weekends for this run.
Binge Milestones
1 episode/day: 143 days
3 episodes/day: 48 days
5 episodes/day: 29 days
Episodes (143)
- S01E01 - Welcome to the Hellmouth
- S01E10 - Nightmares
- S01E11 - Out of Mind, Out of Sight
- S01E12 - Prophecy Girl
- S01E02 - The Harvest
- S01E03 - The Witch
- S01E04 - Teacher's Pet
- S01E05 - Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
- S01E06 - The Pack
- S01E07 - Angel
- S01E08 - I Robot...You Jane
- S01E09 - The Puppet Show
- S02E01 - When She Was Bad
- S02E11 - Ted
- S02E12 - Bad Eggs
- S02E13 - Surprise
- S02E14 - Innocence
- S02E15 - Phases
- S02E16 - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
- S02E17 - Passion
- S02E18 - Killed by Death
- S02E19 - I Only Have Eyes for You
- S02E02 - Some Assembly Required
- S02E20 - Go Fish
- S02E21 - Becoming, Part 1
- S02E22 - Becoming, Part 2
- S02E03 - School Hard
- S02E04 - Inca Mummy Girl
- S02E05 - Reptile Boy
- S02E06 - Halloween
- S02E07 - Lie to Me
- S02E08 - The Dark Age
- S02E09 - What's My Line?
- S03E01 - Anne
- S03E10 - Amends
- S03E11 - Gingerbread
- S03E12 - Helpless
- S03E13 - The Zeppo
- S03E14 - Bad Girls
- S03E15 - Consequences
- S03E16 - Doppelgangland
- S03E17 - Enemies
- S03E18 - Earshot
- S03E19 - Choices
- S03E02 - Dead Man's Party
- S03E20 - The Prom
- S03E21 - Graduation Day, Part 1
- S03E22 - Graduation Day, Part 2
- S03E03 - Faith, Hope & Trick
- S03E04 - Beauty and the Beasts
- S03E05 - Homecoming
- S03E06 - Band Candy
- S03E07 - Revelations
- S03E08 - Lovers Walk
- S03E09 - The Wish
- S04E01 - The Freshman
- S04E10 - Hush
- S04E11 - Doomed
- S04E12 - A New Man
- S04E13 - The 'I' in Team
- S04E14 - Goodbye Iowa
- S04E15 - This Year's Girl
- S04E16 - Who Are You?
- S04E17 - Superstar
- S04E18 - Where the Wild Things Are
- S04E19 - New Moon Rising
- S04E02 - Living Conditions
- S04E20 - The Yoko Factor
- S04E21 - Primeval
- S04E22 - Restless
- S04E03 - The Harsh Light of Day
- S04E04 - Fear, Itself
- S04E05 - Beer Bad
- S04E06 - Wild at Heart
- S04E07 - The Initiative
- S04E08 - Pangs
- S04E09 - Something Blue
- S05E01 - Buffy vs. Dracula
- S05E10 - Into the Woods
- S05E11 - Triangle
- S05E12 - Checkpoint
- S05E13 - Blood Ties
- S05E14 - Crush
- S05E15 - I Was Made to Love You
- S05E16 - The Body
- S05E17 - Forever
- S05E18 - Intervention
- S05E19 - Tough Love
- S05E02 - Real Me
- S05E20 - Spiral
- S05E21 - The Weight of the World
- S05E22 - The Gift
- S05E03 - The Replacement
- S05E04 - Out of My Mind
- S05E05 - No Place Like Home
- S05E06 - Family
- S05E07 - Fool for Love
- S05E08 - Shadow
- S05E09 - Listening to Fear
- S06E01 - Bargaining, Part 1
- S06E10 - Wrecked
- S06E11 - Gone
- S06E12 - Doublemeat Palace
- S06E13 - Dead Things
- S06E14 - Older and Far Away
- S06E15 - As You Were
- S06E16 - Hell's Bells
- S06E17 - Normal Again
- S06E18 - Entropy
- S06E19 - Seeing Red
- S06E02 - Bargaining, Part 2
- S06E20 - Villains
- S06E21 - Two to Go
- S06E22 - Grave
- S06E03 - After Life
- S06E04 - Flooded
- S06E05 - Life Serial
- S06E06 - All the Way
- S06E07 - Once More, with Feeling
- S06E08 - Tabula Rasa
- S06E09 - Smashed
- S07E01 - Lessons
- S07E10 - Bring On the Night
- S07E11 - Showtime
- S07E12 - Potential
- S07E13 - The Killer in Me
- S07E14 - First Date
- S07E15 - Get It Done
- S07E16 - Storyteller
- S07E17 - Lies My Parents Told Me
- S07E18 - Dirty Girls
- S07E19 - Empty Places
- S07E02 - Beneath You
- S07E20 - Touched
- S07E21 - End of Days
- S07E22 - Chosen
- S07E03 - Same Time, Same Place
- S07E04 - Help
- S07E05 - Selfless
- S07E06 - Him
- S07E07 - Conversations with Dead People
- S07E08 - Sleeper
- S07E09 - Never Leave Me Viewing