Grief, Magic & That Ending | Buffy the Vampire Slayer S05E17 Spoiler Review

Joyce is barely in the ground, and the Summers sisters are already falling apart in completely different ways — and we are not okay. This week on the Re-Watcher's Council, we're diving deep into "Forever," the gut-punch follow-up to "The Body" that somehow hits just as hard.Dawn, desperate and grieving, sets out to bring Joyce back from the dead using a resurrection spell — and honestly? We get it. Willow's role in this is complicated (and we have thoughts). Spike stepping up to help Dawn is the kind of morally grey moment that makes this show endlessly rewatchable. And then there's Angel showing up from L.A., and Buffy finally, finally letting herself break down.We're talking grief, guilt, the ethics of resurrection magic, Spike's surprising tenderness, the Buffy/Angel reunion, and that ending — you know the one — that absolutely wrecked us on first watch and somehow still does.Whether you're watching along for the first time or this is your fifth re-watch of Season 5, pull up a chair and cry with us.