Great start! I was always a little disappointed that Joss gave Warren the schematics to Spike's chip and didn't go anywhere with it. Interesting choice to interrupt Spike's "soul searching" - irifkos ended up giving him a soul in the end anyway. I was alway ambivelent about Spike getting his soul. I kind of thought that the whole point was that he didn't need one. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen Spike further out of character than in "Seeing Red".

Have a feeling that the radiator won't stay off for too long. *gulps*

Very interesting start. I'm curious to see where it's going. Especially the Xander stuff. Can't wait for more.