Spike was smoking. His "breath" showed because of the smoke he'd inhaled. It just came back out when he talked to Dawn. Ever been around a smoker? That happens often. Spike's breath showed because he was blowing out the smoke, not because he was breathing. Also, Dawn was breathing the same air and her's didn't come out in a puff like Spike's. So that's my .02 cents on that.
Michelle T was great, I was really impressed with her acting. My take is that somehow her memory got altered and that's why she couldn't tell Buffy that Ben morphed into Glory. You could see her struggling, like she knew there was something she had seen and had intended to tell Buffy but she couldn't remember it.
Willow and Tara are of course cute, although I did agree with some in thinking that Tara's reaction to Willow's falling down was kind of lowkey. But then it's true that Tara shows Willow everything with her eyes.
I was wondering why Buffy walked out of the hospital without getting her gaping chest wound looked at? It was kind of shallow and she heals faster but she should have at least got stitches or something.
I think the ep was pretty good. Next week's looks good too! It's only getting better and better this season.
WLW
I think my mouth fell open upon seeing that scene. I had read in spoilers they were siblings but I didn't think it was anything like *that!* I was one impressed chick.