Top 10 Spike episodes from 'Buffy'

Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel were full of wonderful, hilarious, and well developed characters. Each character on the show went through a distinct arc, growing throughout the series into someone who the audience could relate to on a personal level. One character who changed drastically throughout the series was Spike, the vampire who came to Sunnydale looking to wreak havoc with his girlfriend, Drusilla. Spike would eventually grow into one of the most popular characters on the series. His character arc included him falling in love with Buffy, earning back his soul for her, dying to save Sunnydale, and then being resurrected on Angel to help Angel’s team save the world yet again. James Marsters played Spike to perfection—he captured Spike’s existential crisis perfectly, and moved his character along throughout the series. In honor of Marsters’ 51st birthday today, here are Spike’s top ten episodes from his run on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.