Buffy The Vampire Slayer: 10 Best Spike Episodes
6. School Hard (Season 2, Episode 3)
Season two of Buffy had a bit of slow start, as Buffy tried to get over the trauma of facing The Master from the previous season's finale and the gang began to realise school would be just as strange as it was last time.
Things didn't really kick off until School Hard, when Spike came barrelling into Sunnydale in his black-out DeSoto Fireflite, knocking down the welcome sign en route and stepping out, cigeratte hanging from his mouth, ready to cause chaos.
School Hard quickly sped up after his now iconic entrance, as the Scooby Gang began to realise just how dangerous a vampire he was. Hell, even Angel seemed worried about his presence in town.
In School Hard, Spike is at his most charismatic, teeth-gnashing, sadistic and gleefully evil, and just goes to show on re-watches how great a character he can be, regardless of whether he's a hero or a menacing Big Bad.