“All the Way” by Steven S. DeKnight
The Magic Box is ramping up for a big Halloween sale! All the Scoobies are there in costume, and Dawn is looking for opportunities to make off with the small portables. There’s goofing around in progress: Xander’s making pirate noises at kids, Willow’s giving a stereotypically ugly witch a hard time... and Buffy is nobly enduring.
When Spike turns up in the basement, he tries to lure Buffy out on patrol. But Giles points out that if anything’s going to go evilly awry on Halloween night, it’ll probably take ambulatory form and seek them out.
With that, we’re treated to a glimpse of another S6 decoy. This one is an old fellow named Kaltenbach, an Ed Asner type with creeping dementia, whom we’re meant to take as some kind of child-eating “Get off my lawn!” demon. Will it be attack of the scary grandpa tonight in Sunnydale?
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