Buffy chases after Spike and finds him in a church. He is confused and speaks metaphors of what he really is to Buffy. He concludes that she is there to use him like she did before, but Buffy is quick to correct him. He tries to explain what he did, to get the missing piece that would allow him to become what she wanted, and that Angel should have warned him of the consequences. Buffy then understands that he got his soul back and is shocked by the revelation. Spike continues to speak of all the voices that are in his head, those of the people he tortured and killed as a vampire, and also that of coming evil beneath. Buffy asks him why he got his soul back, and Spike replies that it was for her forgiveness. Spike turns to a large cross at the front of the church and drapes himself onto it, letting it burn him. Tears flow down Buffy's cheeks as she looks on. In England, Willow struggles with the need to return to Sunnydale where she will be forced to face her friends and the trouble she caused. A taxi awaits her as Giles listens to her verbalize her fears and he convinces her that even if her friends do not want her back, her presence on the Hellmouth will be important. Production About the ending and his performance, James Marsters says: "There was a scene between Buffy and me in a church, and I think I ended up draping myself over a cross. I was very, very sad. [It was] a very dramatic scene. [Joss Whedon] didn’t direct it. He saw the footage and came up to me and he said, 'Okay, James, I’ve got good news and bad news. What do you want?' I said, 'Well, give me the bad news first.' He said, 'Okay. That scene that was so important, your whole career-making scene? That sucks. It’s horrible. You kind of overacted. It’s not your fault. It was the direction. But it’s just so on the nose, and it’s just cringe-worthy. Do you want the good news?' I said, 'Yeah.' He said, 'Okay, I’m going to rewrite it. I’m going to direct it. I’m going to save this. It’s going to be right. Don’t worry.' We filmed 12 to 20 hours to begin with, which is so much longer than other shows.