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sleeper

Season 7 Episode 8

Episode aired november 19, 2002

Plot

buffy and her friends fear spike may be to blame when a number of people around town mysteriously disappear.

Behind the Scenes

in one scene, the bouncer refers to spike as 'a billy idol wannabe,' and buffy starts to say that billy idol actually stole the look from him (implying spike had told her this in conversation at some point). in season five's fool for love (2000), spike's resemblance to billy idol was depicted (though not acknowledged in dialogue) during his flashback fight with the slayer nikki wood in 1977, at which time spike's attire and hair mimicked idol almost perfectly, several years before idol's fame.