In the present day, Harmony opens a package for Spike from an unknown source, producing a flash of light. Spike finds he is corporeal again and celebrates with Harmony.
Much later, he purposely regained his soul to prove his worth to Buffy, and while it tested his sanity at first, he was able to recover and become a Champion in his own right.
Spike returns to Sunnydale alone in season 4, in the episode "The Harsh Light of Day", briefly living with Harmony Kendall, a shallow former classmate of Buffy, now a vampire. He is in Sunnydale to look for the Gem of Amarra, a ring which makes a vampire effectively invulnerable.
Yes. "Spike's quest was, and ALWAYS WAS, to get his soul restored for Buffy, despite any misleading leaks we may have put out that you fell for." "Spike looked into his soul at that moment [the attempted rape], and saw the demon in him, and that's what made him want to go get a soul ....
Buffy finally told Spike that she loved him — the first time she used the words "I love you" romantically to anyone since Angel —, but Spike replied: "No you don't, but thanks for saying it," and told her to leave him behind.
He loses his right eye in an unknown accident, which occurred in a mission on behalf of the Red Dragon, after which he was implanted an artificial eye. Spike asks Julia to sing for him.
Spike (born William Pratt) was a famous and widely-feared vampire turned in 1880. He was well-known among both humans and demons for having faced and killed two Slayers during his unlife, as well as his history of torturing his victims with railroad spikes.
Riley returns in the season six episode "As You Were", in which he shows up unexpectedly with his new wife, fellow demon hunter Sam (Ivana Miličević), tracking a demon about to hatch eggs that could wipe out Sunnydale.
At the end of the season, after attacking and attempting to rape Buffy, a remorseful and traumatized Spike leaves Sunnydale and travels to Africa to see a demon and asks him to "make him to what he used to be" so that he can "give Buffy what she deserves".
In "Something Blue", a spell by Willow goes awry, blinding Giles, making Xander a literal demon magnet, and causing Buffy and Spike to fall in love and get engaged.
Angel told Buffy this at the last minute. He confessed he loved her completely, but they couldn't be together when it cost her life and the people they still needed to help against the evil forces.
Spike without a soul? He still had some humanity in him. The Judge could have burned him if he wanted to (but not Angel). Spike showed kindness without his soul and he fell in love with Buffy without his soul.
"A Y-shaped scar on Marsters's left eyebrow, received during a mugging,[54] was worked into the show; make-up artist Todd McIntosh decided to shave out his eyebrow in order to make it more prominent.
While many of his actions without a soul were driven ultimately by selfishness, his choice to find and fight for a soul was monumental in his character arc. In Season 7 audiences are introduced to a Spike who is able to act out of true selflessness and care for the ones he loves.
In the series finale, though, it's Spike who ultimately earns a soul and saves Buffy and her friends by sacrificing himself. "His redemption at the end was realizing how much he loved her but also that he was not yet good enough for her," says the actor.
After sleeping together on the eve of the battle with Glory, Xander suddenly proposed to Anya. She responded badly at first, believing he was only doing so because they were going to die, but happily accepted in the end.
She and the survivors are saved by Buffy, and the two finally make peace with one another. After a one-night stand with school principal Robin Wood (D.B. Woodside), the two begin a romantic relationship when they both survive the battle in the series finale.
Despite her still-strong feelings for Oz, Willow ultimately realized that Tara was the one she truly loved and wanted to be with at that point in her life.
How old is Angel/Spike/Drusilla/Darla? Their sirings are all shown in flashbacks: Angel was turned in 1753, Spike in 1880, Drusilla in 1860, and Darla in 1609. Angel is 26, Drusilla is 19.
Some time after this, Spike walks into and collapses in the entrance hall. He is never shown moving again. A star is shown going out. Spike's ultimate fate has never been confirmed, with Watanabe eventually claiming he was unable to say whether he lived or died.
She finds out about him being alive "off-screen" and their first meeting afterwards (late season 8, don't know the exact issue) is an extremely weird mix between Buffy being pissed that Spike didn't return to her sooner and Buffy fantasizing about jumping his bones, which many people disliked, but I personally loved.
Do Spike and Faye Like Each Other Romantically? Faye absolutely might have had romantic feelings, but Spike was too caught up in his past to see anything but a hindrance in his longing for Julia. In fact, a major reason why he was so harsh to Faye was because she reminded him so much of her.
His love for Julia motivated Spike to try to escape the Red Dragon to live a life with her. Spike planned to fake his death, but Vicious discovered the plot. Vicious told Julia that if she met with Spike, they would both be killed. As a result, Julia ran away and went into hiding in an attempt to save Spike.
Vicious and Spike were partners in the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate and had the same mentor in Mao Yenrai. The two were like brothers, so when Spike faked his own death, left the syndicate, and tried to take Julia with him, it was a betrayal that Vicious sought to avenge with both Spike and Julia's death.