Forever
- Episode aired Apr 17, 2001
- TV-PG
- 1h
With some help from Spike, Dawn attempts to bring Joyce back from the dead.With some help from Spike, Dawn attempts to bring Joyce back from the dead.With some help from Spike, Dawn attempts to bring Joyce back from the dead.
- Anya
- (as Emma Caulfield)
- Rupert Giles
- (as Anthony Stewart Head)
- Jinx
- (as Troy T. Blendell)
Featured reviews
I have waited so much for The Body episode and I was astonished, but not as much as the rest of the IMDb viewers. The Body which got a higher grade than Forever, is a bit understandable, but not completely.
Still Forever is not a episode for every watcher, it's heartbreaking, mournful and gives you guilt. When I watched it I could not laugh to Americas Funnies Homevideos (AFV) and that is actually rare(!) It's different from the other episodes, because there is just a minute or two of violence. But in the end you forget about it, you just want to be with Buffy and hug her and lie and tell her that everything is going to be fine, when she falls down to the floor, broken-hearted.
An unforgettable episode in TV history...
"Forever" is a great episode of this Season. The relationship between the siblings Ben and Glory is finally disclosed; Buffy realizes that she must remain close to Dawn to keep their family together; and Glory now knows that the key is a human being. I do not understand why the insecure Willow helped the annoying Dawn in this episode. The presence of Spike at Joyce's grave indicates that he really liked her a lot. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Para Sempre" ("Forever")
What a total disrespect to Joyce and to the writing and direction and acting of 'The Body.' Marti Noxon comes up with some of the worst dialogue and plots.
Why would Spike help after his beautiful sign of respect for Joyce earlier in the episode?
Why would Willow lead Dawn to the book knowing her vulnerable state?
I suppose it does set things up for Season 6..
Dawn is the worst thing to have happened to Buffy and it's such a shame this episode comes directly after 'The Body.' If it was later in the season, maybe I'd think different.
Did you know
- TriviaWhile mourning Joyce's death, Giles goes to his home and has a drink while listening to "Tales of Brave Ulysses" (1967) by Cream. This is the same song that he and Joyce listened to in Band Candy (1998) from Season 3, before having sex together. This is significant to show Giles, no longer around Buffy and needing to be strong, remembering Joyce and illustrates the loving father-figure he is to Buffy, as opposed to the usual Watcher.
- GoofsAt 7:15, when the camera tracks down the hallway past the open door to Buffy's room, you can see over the top of the set. The studio wall is clearly visible, as is the lighting instrument that is supplying the "sunlight" streaming in through the set's window.
- Quotes
Buffy Summers: The funeral was... It was brutal. But it's tomorrow that I'm worried about.
Angel: What's tomorrow?
Buffy Summers: That's exactly what I don't know. Up until now, I've had a road map, things to do every minute, having to do with mom.
Angel: Tomorrow, the stuff of everyday living resumes.
Buffy Summers: And everybody expects me to know how to do it, because I'm "so strong."
Angel: You just need some time. I'm sure everybody understands that.
Buffy Summers: Time's not the issue. I can stick wood in vampires, but Mom was the strong one in real life. She always knew how to make things better, just what to say.
Angel: Yeah. You'll find your way. I mean, not all at once, but in...
Buffy Summers: I don't know. I keep thinking about it... when I found her. If I had just gotten there ten minutes earlier...
Angel: You said they told you it wouldn't have mad a difference.
Buffy Summers: They said "probably" it wouldn't have made a difference. The exact thing they say was "probably." I haven't told that to anyone.
Angel: Doesn't make it your fault. Couldn't have done anything different.
Buffy Summers: [sighs] I didn't even *start* CPR until they told me. I fell apart. That's how good I am at being a grown-up.
Angel: Buffy...
Buffy Summers: And it'd be okay if it was just me I had to worry about... but Dawn...
Angel: Look, it's okay. I know you don't feel like it now, but you are strong, Buffy. You're gonna figure this out... and you have people to help you. You don't have to do this alone.
Buffy Summers: It's gonna be light soon...
Angel: I can stay in town as long as you want me.
Buffy Summers: How's forever? Does forever work for you...? That's a bad idea. I'm seriously needy right now.
Angel: Let me worry about the neediness. I can handle it.
[they start to kiss then with more passion but finally stop]
Buffy Summers: I told you... You'd better go.
Angel: [sighs] I'm sorry.
Buffy Summers: No... I'm *so* grateful that you came, Angel. I didn't think I was gonna be able to make it through the night...
Angel: Well, we still have a few more minutes until I have to go.
Buffy Summers: Good...
[leans on his chest]
Buffy Summers: Good.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Gift (2001)
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