Although she released him from just one of her arms, it was mostly to free her hand up. She pinched the bridge of her nose. And then she threw Spike under the conversational bus -- almost counting on the vampire getting Jack's blood pressure up and shifting attention off of herself.

"Did you know Spike apparently dated Amelia Earhart?" A beat. "O-of course, you probably don't even know who she is...still -- talk about obnoxious name-dropping."

If it wasn't so damned sad, it would have been funny. Buffy was trying to distract Jack with an anecdote Spike had earlier used to distract her.