Back before Spike was with Buffy, the writers didn't feel the need to insert some little "Look! Spike objectifies women! Spike's a bad boy! Spike's a creep!" thing into every single episode. Now? His relationship with Buffy is *over*, but it's like Fury's still trying to hammer it into every single Spike fan's head that they were *wrong*, that Spuffy was *wrong*, that Spike is *wrong*.

I definitely agree with you about Spike. I was cringing and saying "Shut up, Spike." (which seems to happen a lot lately) in my head during that alley scene with the woman. It feels like they're doing everything over the top about his character.

I think My Spike died after he stopped being crazy. That's the last time I really liked or loved him even though there were *moments* (like the end scene in "Chosen") where I cared about him again.