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Never Leave Me is the ninth episode of the seventh season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the one-hundred and thirty-first episode overall.

Guest Stars: Danny Strong (Jonathan Levinson), Adam Busch (Warren Meers), Tom Lenk (Andrew Wells), Cynthia LaMontagne (Lydia), Oliver Muirhead (Philip), Kris Iyer (Nigel)

As: Harris Yulin as Quentin Travers

And: DB Woodside as Principal Robin Wood

Co-Stars: Donald Bishop (Butcher), Camden Toy (Ubervamp), Bobby Brewster (Hoffman), Roberto Santos (Grimes)

Contents 1 Plot Overview 2 Notes 2.1 Monster of the Week 2.2 Body Count 3 Arc Advancement 3.1 Happenings 3.2 Characters 3.3 Referbacks 4 Trivia 4.1 The Show 4.2 Behind the Scenes 4.3 Allusions and References 4.4 Memorable Moments 5 Quotes 6 Reviews

[edit] Plot Overview

[edit] Notes

[edit] Monster of the Week

• There is no monster of the week in this episode, as this episode deals mainly with The First.

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1/2	Robed Figures	Buffy	Stabbed	Buffy's room
3-?	Watchers	The Bringers	Blown up	Watchers Headquarters

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

• From Beneath You: The ritual that Andrew was manipulated into performing didn't work because Jonathan is aenemic, so his blood wouldn't cause the correct reaction. Buffy finally realizes that they're fighting the First Evil. Spike's blood is used to activate the seal.
• The Watchers Council: Has decided to mobilize for war against the First Evil. But then they're apparently all blown up.
• Big Bad: The First Evil summons an "Ubervamp" using Spike's blood.

[edit] Characters

• Spike: Spike is captured and tortured by The First.
• Principal Wood: Wood discovers Jonathan's body in the basement and buries it.

[edit] Referbacks

• 4x10 - Amends: The gang first dealt with The First when it came to Angel in the form of Jenny Calendar. In the incident, she attempted to turn Angel evil or have him commit suicide.

Buffy: I know these guys. I fought them before. We aren't being haunted.

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

• Proverbs 24:6: The quote from Proverbs 24:6 that Travers says before the Watchers HQ is blown up is a partial quote. Although the quote doesn't seem to be from any known translated version of the Bible, the King James Version of the entire quote is as follows:

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

• Ubervamp: The Ubervamp at the end of the episode bears a striking resemblance to the monster that appears in the Mutant Enemy production company card. Whether or not this is intentional is unknown.

[edit] Behind the Scenes

• Recasting: This is Camden Toy's third appearance as a monster on Buffy. He first appeared in Hush as the lead Gentleman and in Same Time, Same Place as Gnarl.

[edit] Allusions and References

• Iron Fist: Iron Fist is a Marvel Comics character created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane named Danny Rand-K'ai. Rand is a martial artist who has perfected the technique of channeling chi into his fist. When Warren says that Andrew is his Iron Fist, he apparently is referring to himself as Luke Cage, Iron Fist's partner in Heroes for Hire with unbreakable skin.

Warren: You can do this. You're my Iron Fist.

• Babe: Babe is a 1995 movie about a pig who was raised by sheepdogs. The movie stars James Cromwell as the farmer who tends to the animals. The sequel, Babe 2: Pig in the City, and a line spoken by Cromwell are both referenced by Andrew.

Andrew: Babe 2: Pig in the City was really underrated.

• Ghost: Andrew makes a reference to Patrick Swayze's character in Ghost, a movie about a dead man who attempts to get a warning to his widowed wife, but cannot take corporeal form or speak to her, so he must use Whoopi Goldberg as a medium.

Andrew: Or Patrick Swayze.

• Matrix: The main character in the 1999 cyberpunk film The Matrix goes by the internet handle of "Neo." The butcher calls Andrew "Neo" because of the trenchcoat and all the black he's wearing.

Butcher: This is a butcher shop, Neo. We don't sell toothpaste.

• Trigger: Trigger is a horse owned by Roy Rogers who appeared in several of Rogers' movies and The Roy Rogers Show. He was widely considered to be both the smartest and most famous horse in film and even had his own comic book.

Xander: Trigger.

Anya: The horse?

• Winston Churchill: Travers quotes a line from a speech delivered by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons on September 9, 1941. Churchill's speech followed a meeting he had with the president of the United States, during which they solidified their international policies towards Russia and Japan, as well as creating a joint declaration. The quoted line closes the speech.

Travers: It's all right, Lydia. We are still masters of our fate, still captains of our souls.

[edit] Memorable Moments

• Travers quoting Winston Churchill before attempting to amass an army and, subsequently, being blown up.

[edit] Quotes

[edit] Reviews

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