Well well isn't Xander a perseptive little guy? Poor Spike, he's taking more than his fair share of hard licks. I wonder if Angel will find him first? Good chapter.

Spike's "...to be condemned was to be condemned, didn't much matter who took care of the sentence..." was heart wrenching. He believes he deserves to die for all of his actions, past and present. Good job outlining his feelings of guilt and resignation.

Xander's "...he may struggle with the technicalities, but he tries to do the right thing - if he can work out what that actually is..." concisely summed Spike up.

Jesse's transformation fills me with anticipation Will Spike's siring have any positive effect on Jesse's demon? It didn't work for his mother, and he sired her out of love...I'm looking forward to finding out!

Eeeep! She doesn't even know Spike's been vamp-napped, yet. This is very bad. They can keep Spike techinally alive indefinitely, just to keep meting out the pain. The Master would want that for dusting his favorite childe.