Citations de scénaristes qui expliquent un peu quel était l'objet de la quête de Spike :
Moderator: At the end of the finale, I thought Spike wanted to get the chip out, not get his soul back?
Joss Whedon: Noooo.... but you were meant to think that. I personally devised something called a plot-twist.
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Joss Whedon: Also, we thought, "Well, this is an unhealthy relationship", and if it reached its conclusion, the only way to take it would be to make him a new man, or at least make him try to be, which is a classic thing -- trying to just become the person you think your girlfriend will like more.
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David Fury: Spike's quest was, and ALWAYS WAS, to get his soul restored for Buffy, despite any misleading leaks we may have put out that you fell for.
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Jane Espenson: Spike looked into his soul at that moment, and saw the demon in him, and that's what made him want to go get a soul. ... We did a big ole mislead on you all, where we wanted you to think he was gonna go get the chip out. We knew, the whole time, from the very beginning, he was gonna go get a soul. And when he says "I want Buffy to have what she deserves", he means a lover with a soul.