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Seeing Red is the nineteenth episode of the sixth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the one-hundred and nineteenth episode overall.

Guest Stars: Danny Strong (Jonathan Levinson), Adam Busch (Warren Meers), Tom Lenk (Andrew Wells), Garrett Brawith (Frank), Tim Hager (Administrator), Stefan Marks (Guard #1), Christopher James (Guard #2), Kate Orsini (Girl at Bronze), Troy R. Brenna (Nezzla Demon), Nichole Hiltz (Diana)

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 was no monster of the week as this episode dealt entirely with the Trio.

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1	Nezzla Demon	The Trio	Skinned	Offscreen (Cave)
2	Nezzla Demon	Warren	Snapped Neck	Cave
3	Tara	Warren	Shot	Willow's Bedroom

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

• Making With The Love: Willow is the last one to find out about Buffy and Spike's love affair. Whatever shred of a relationship was there is ended after Spike's attempted rape.
• The Trio's Plans: Warren has empowered himself with nearly infinite strength and invulnerability and they begin their plans to rob various banks and vaults. The trio, however, is reduced to a singularity when Jonathan and Andrew are taken in by the police.

[edit] Characters

• Spike: Spike leaves town after his attempted rape of Buffy.
• Tara: Tara is fatally shot when Warren comes back intending on killing Buffy, but accidentally shoots one bullet wildly at the direct of the house.

[edit] Referbacks

• Lover's Walk: Clem echos a phrase Spike said to Angel and Buffy in the third season. That line was "Love's a funny thing."

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

• Chronology: According to information revealed in later episodes, the end of this episode and the events of the season finale episodes occur between May 7th and May 8th, 2002.
• Music: The music playing when Xander is walking down the street is "Displaced" by Azure Ray.

[edit] Behind the Scenes

• Credits Change-Up: After being a guest star for 45 episodes, Amber Benson is finally added to the opening credits. Incidentally, she dies in the episode.
• Changing Teams: This is the last episode of Buffy written by Steven S. DeKnight before he switched over to writing for Angel.
• Filming Location: Part of this episode was filmed at Six Flags theme park in California.
• Deleted Scenes: Several scenes of this episode were cut from the airing in the United Kingdom for its early evening showingincluding: Buffy falling and hitting her back on the shower during the attempted rape, blood being splattered on Willow's shirt and Warren snapping the demon's neck. These scenes were altered so that only the sound effect was heard. The uncut version was shown the following night after midnight.

[edit] Allusions and References

• H.R. Pufnstuf: H.R. Pufnstuf was a television show meant for children created by Sid and Marty Krofft. The series revolved around a community led by a dragon named H.R. Pufnstuf and a child who stumbled into the world. The series originally aired between 1969 and 1970, but was shown for a full three seasons due to its popularity.

Andrew: Not so tough, are you now, Pufnstuf?

• Blade Runner: Blade Runner is a film directed by Ridley Scott starring Harrison Ford in a distopic future. In the film, Ford hunts down a group of replicants (androids) loose on Earth who, as a result of a mutiny on an off-world colony, are banned from the Los Angeles area. Skinjob is a derogatory term use for replicants used in the movie.

Andrew: Make me, skin job!

• Star Trek: Andrew refers to two characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Captain Jean Luc Picard was the captain of the Enterprise. He led the crew in their exploits and was the man in charge. Deanna Troi, however, was the counselor for the ship. Andrew calls Jonathan a Betazoid because that was Troi's race.

Andrew: Warren's the boss. He's Picard, you're Deanna Troi. Get used to the feeling, Betazoid.

• Knight Rider: Knight Rider was a television show airing between 1982 and 1986 about a man who fights crime with a high-tech car named K.I.T.T. David Hasselhoff starred as Michael Knight, a man who was betrayed and pronounced dead to the world before being saved by the Knight Foundation to solve the crimes that the normal police can't.

Clem: I was just in the neighborhood so I thought, you know... there's a Knight Rider marathon on the TV...

• Uno: Uno is a card game designed for multiple players. The object of the game is to lose off of the cards and shout "Uno!". The players then have one more turn to attempt to force the player into drawing more cards before the player can lose their last card. The game has been sold in various forms like Uno Attack and Harry Potter Uno.

Xander: The sinister, yet addictive card game?

[edit] Memorable Moments

• Warren coming back with a gun and shooting Buffy and Tara.

[edit] Quotes

• Warren: Say good night, bitch.
  Buffy: [smashes his power orbs] Good night, bitch.

[edit] Reviews

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