<P> Spike reappears in the Season Three episode `` Lovers Walk '' , in a drunken depression after Drusilla , offended by his alliance with Buffy , dumps him for a Chaos demon . He kidnaps Willow and Xander , and forces Willow to conduct a love spell for him to make Drusilla love him again , even coercing Buffy and Angel to help him in exchange for the safe return of their friends . The excitement of a brawl with the Mayor 's vampires helps him see that Drusilla left him because he had begun to go soft ; he resolves to win her back by torturing her until she likes him again , and tells Buffy where to find Willow and Xander . He also tells Buffy and Angel that they can never be friends because of their love for one another . This insight foreshadows Spike 's later role as the `` truth - seer '' of the group . </P>
<P> Spike reappears in the Season Three episode `` Lovers Walk '' , in a drunken depression after Drusilla , offended by his alliance with Buffy , dumps him for a Chaos demon . He kidnaps Willow and Xander , and forces Willow to conduct a love spell for him to make Drusilla love him again , even coercing Buffy and Angel to help him in exchange for the safe return of their friends . The excitement of a brawl with the Mayor 's vampires helps him see that Drusilla left him because he had begun to go soft ; he resolves to win her back by torturing her until she likes him again , and tells Buffy where to find Willow and Xander . He also tells Buffy and Angel that they can never be friends because of their love for one another . This insight foreshadows Spike 's later role as the `` truth - seer '' of the group . </P>
when does spike come back in season 3
when does spike come back in season 3
episode `` Lovers Walk ''
episode `` Lovers Walk ''