Set one year post-Chosen and immediately following Not Fade Away. Spike, fighting for his unlife in the alley, suddenly finds himself engulfed in flames for the second time. He appears at Buffy’s place in Rome, where she and Angel are kissing, and assumes he must have died and been sent to hell. Just what are the Powers playing at?

Rated: R- For language, some violence and possible adult situations.

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