I do remember getting accidentally spoiled by imdb about Warren's death (the actor was listed with an end date), and David very nicely lying to me and saying it must just be a mistake!
Heh - I remember that misdirect. I was a spoiler ho. It was fun, 'cuz that's mostly where I got to hang out with Le Nub.
I have to say, I really didn't become a full spoiler ho (at least as far as I recall) until Buffy's third season ender was pulled due to Columbine.
I had to comb the 'nets for a description of the ender that showed in Canada but not stateside. Then once I had a taste, I was pretty much hooked.
I always thought that the April bot was the underlying hardware for the Buffy bot for Spike. Building a bot takes time, but hardwiring a new personality and reusing the basic skeleton and adding a new skin would mean that the build time would be vastly cut down for Spike's Buffy bot...
CaBil is me on this issue.
1. I never thought of that
2. Makes total sense
3. Ew
Plus, April and Buffy bot v.1 shared certain romantic obsessive tendencies, until Buffy v.2 was extensively reprogrammed by Willow. Considering Warren's work ethic (ie none) he may have simply done a search and replace of subjects names...
I was a huge spoiler whore for Buffy.
No spoilers for me,ever. Mostly because the show always surprised me. If it had become predictable I would have looked.