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Waiting For This

You guys know how I hate sitting on spoilage, so while I hate not being the first on the block with new spoilage, I'm glad that Edward Haynes at Filmjerk.com got the news out.

In the upcoming 17th episode, called "Mothers and Sons," Principal Robin Wood goes vampire hunting, in search of Spike, the vampire who killed his mother (revealed two episodes before this). You might remember her. Nicki, the Foxy Brown-looking Slayer from the East Village that Spike took out in episode 5.7, "Fool For Love." As Wood hunts for Spike, he flashes back to 1977. He remembers a time when he was four years old, hiding behind a park bench in Central Park, watching with wide eyes as his mother fights to a truce against Spike. As the episode progresses, Wood will continue to go back to his childhood and remember his mother.

Wood is not the only one doing some reminiscing. The hunted, Spike, also flashes back to an earlier time with his mother, Constance. Seen in 1880, Constance is a frail, sickly woman in her 50s with a kind and gentle spirit, who dotes on her son’s lame poetry and showers him with her loving pride. It is during this time that Drusilla turned Spike into a vampire, although it's not yet clear if we will see a repeat of this part of his history in this flashback. One of the first actions Spike takes after his transformation is to give his mother eternal life as well, but he only succeeds in transforming her into a monster. Unwilling to lead a vampire’s life, Constance denounces Spike, forcing him to combat. Spike kills his mother, but just before she dies, Constance reverts back to the kind and gentle woman she was – then explodes into dust.

I can confirm that these spoilers are accurate, as I had some advance notice on the events in Episode 17. It all fits with what I've been hearing.

Though as an Anne Rice fan, I find at least part of the story strangely familiar.