Touched (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

"Touched"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode
Spike confesses his true feelings for Buffy telling her how much he admires her and believes she's the one
Episode no.	Season 7 Episode 20
Directed by	David Solomon
Written by	Rebecca Rand Kirshner
Production code	7ABB20
Original air date	May 6, 2003
Guest actors
Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles Eliza Dushku as Faith Nathan Fillion as Caleb Tom Lenk as Andrew Wells Iyari Limon as Kennedy Sarah Hagan as Amanda Harry Groener as The First/Mayor Richard Wilkins D. B. Woodside as Principal Robin Wood Felicia Day as Vi Dania Ramirez as Caridad Lisa Ann Cabasa as Injured Girl Lance E. Nichols as Middle-Aged Man

"Touched" is the 20th episode of the seventh and final season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Plot

After being ejected from her home when the Scooby Gang loses faith in her leadership, a depressed Buffy is comforted by Spike. Faith accepts her role as the newly elected leader of the Potentials. The Scoobies capture a Bringer and magically interrogate him; eyeless and tongueless, he speaks through Andrew, who tells them that Bringers are busy forging weapons for the coming apocalypse and do not see Buffy's army as a threat. Faith is approached by The First (in the form of Richard Wilkins), as he leads her to believe that Buffy only sees her as a killer and will take the first chance she gets to kill her.

That evening, sexual tension is broken for four couples. Buffy and Spike take refuge in an abandoned house, and Buffy confesses her self-doubt and inability to let anyone become close to her. Spike tries to rally her spirits by describing that he's seen all of her, the good and the bad, but he still stands by her. He tells her, "you're a hell of a woman," which is the same thing Riley said to Buffy during "As You Were" in Season 6. Buffy asks Spike to spend the night. Initially misunderstanding her meaning, he moves toward a large chair; but Buffy has found a new kind of trust and intimacy with Spike, enough so that she requests he spend the night holding her. Faith and Wood engage in a one-night stand. In the first lesbian sex scene ever on network TV, Willow and Kennedy make love for the first time.^[1] Xander and Anya rekindle their sexual relationship for the first time since "Storyteller".

Faith and the Potentials launch a preemptive strike on the First's armory, which turns out to be a trap. Buffy regains her will to fight and brawls with Caleb, evading nearly all of his offensive moves; in the end, she dives into a floor panel in the winery and finds a powerful battle axe that appears to have been hidden there. The episode ends with Kennedy finding a box, which Faith opens and reveals that it's a bomb ready to detonate with only 8 seconds left. Faith yells for everyone to get down and the screen goes black.

Arc Significance

Buffy finds an ancient scythe, proving her prediction that Caleb was guarding something at the vineyard in "Empty Places". This scythe will be pivotal in playing an important role for the potential Slayers in "Chosen".

Continuity

Spike tells Buffy "you're a hell of a woman", which is what Riley says to her in "As You Were" (season 6, episode 15).

References

↑ “Buffy” to Show First Lesbian Sex Scene on Broadcast TV

External links

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"Touched" at the Internet Movie Database
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Canon Index Joss Whedon Awards

Series	Film Television Episodes Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Comics Season Eight Nine Ten

Main characters	Buffy Xander Willow Cordelia Giles Angel Oz Spike Riley Anya Dawn Tara

Recurring characters	Amy Andrew Darla Faith Harmony Jenny Jonathan Joyce Kennedy Snyder Wesley Wood

Antagonists	The Master Angelus Drusilla The Mayor Adam Prof. Walsh Glory The Trio Warren Caleb Turok-Han The First

Spin-offs	Angel Fray Tales of the Slayers Tales of the Vampires Buffy the Animated Series

Expanded universe	Novels Undeveloped productions Video games

Auxiliary	Academia Card game Home video Guidebooks In popular culture Magazines Music Role-playing games

Universe	Big Bads Demons Hellmouth Main characters Minor characters Monsters Old Ones Scooby Gang Slayers Sunnydale Vampire Watcher Werewolf Witch

Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes

Season 1	"Welcome to the Hellmouth" "The Harvest" "Witch" "Teacher's Pet" "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date" "The Pack" "Angel" "I, Robot... You, Jane" "The Puppet Show" "Nightmares" "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" "Prophecy Girl"

Season 2	"When She Was Bad" "Some Assembly Required" "School Hard" "Inca Mummy Girl" "Reptile Boy" "Halloween" "Lie to Me" "The Dark Age" "What's My Line, Parts One and Two" "Ted" "Bad Eggs" "Surprise" "Innocence" "Phases" "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" "Passion" "Killed by Death" "I Only Have Eyes for You" "Go Fish" "Becoming, Parts One and Two"

Season 3	"Anne" "Dead Man's Party" "Faith, Hope & Trick" "Beauty and the Beasts" "Homecoming" "Band Candy" "Revelations" "Lovers Walk" "The Wish" "Amends" "Gingerbread" "Helpless" "The Zeppo" "Bad Girls" "Consequences" "Doppelgangland" "Enemies" "Earshot" "Choices" "The Prom" "Graduation Day, Parts One and Two"

Season 4	"The Freshman" "Living Conditions" "The Harsh Light of Day" "Fear, Itself" "Beer Bad" "Wild at Heart" "The Initiative" "Pangs" "Something Blue" "Hush" "Doomed" "A New Man" "The I in Team" "Goodbye Iowa" "This Year's Girl" "Who Are You" "Superstar" "Where the Wild Things Are" "New Moon Rising" "The Yoko Factor" "Primeval" "Restless"

Season 5	"Buffy vs. Dracula" "Real Me" "The Replacement" "Out of My Mind" "No Place Like Home" "Family" "Fool for Love" "Shadow" "Listening to Fear" "Into the Woods" "Triangle" "Checkpoint" "Blood Ties" "Crush" "I Was Made to Love You" "The Body" "Forever" "Intervention" "Tough Love" "Spiral" "The Weight of the World" "The Gift"

Season 6	"Bargaining, Parts One and Two" "After Life" "Flooded" "Life Serial" "All the Way" "Once More, with Feeling" "Tabula Rasa" "Smashed" "Wrecked" "Gone" "Doublemeat Palace" "Dead Things" "Older and Far Away" "As You Were" "Hell's Bells" "Normal Again" "Entropy" "Seeing Red" "Villains" "Two to Go" "Grave"

Season 7	"Lessons" "Beneath You" "Same Time, Same Place" "Help" "Selfless" "Him" "Conversations with Dead People" "Sleeper" "Never Leave Me" "Bring on the Night" "Showtime" "Potential" "The Killer in Me" "First Date" "Get It Done" "Storyteller" "Lies My Parents Told Me" "Dirty Girls" "Empty Places" "Touched" "End of Days" "Chosen"

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