In 7.02 Beneath You, Buffy finds out that Spike has earned himself a soul in an attempt to be worthy of her. The title could hark back to the episode …

Cecily was an English woman who Spike (then known as William) loved and wrote poetry for in the late 1800s. She rebuffed William, seen in a flashback in Fool For …

The 1905 scene set in St. Petersburg in 7.05 Selfless was originally supposed to be set during the Renaissance but it was changed as the time frame clashed with the fact …

In the Angel finale 5.22 Not Fade Away, Spike finally has a chance to read his poetry to an appreciative audience. Here is the full poem that he was writing in …

William/Spike reads his poem to his mother in 7.17 Lies My Parents Told Me. It goes:

“Yet his smell, it doth linger,
Painting pictures in my mind.
Her eyes; bowls of …

Kali Rocha played Spike’s crush Cecily when he was a human, and later went on to play vengeance demon Halfrek. Kali has appeared in Gods and Generals, White Oleander, Meet …

Spike and Halfrek recognise each other in 6.14 Older And Far Away - she even calls him William. This is a reference to the fact that Kali Rocha, who plays Halfrek, …