Huh. I just watched these episodes (and just woke up from falling asleep during the commentary of Grave) an hour or two ago and was actually watching Spike's scenes with the bait-and-switch in mind. How synchronous.
And while I've always accepted that he did indeed go looking for his soul as the misdirect is a staple of television, I do think you're onto something and really like jgracio's explanation above.
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Date: 2006-06-10 11:41 pm (UTC)And while I've always accepted that he did indeed go looking for his soul as the misdirect is a staple of television, I do think you're onto something and really like