>> I'd like to see a moment dealing with Spike's dad's death too, but I don't know that if we don't get that it means continuity error. I never assume there's only a week or so between episodes, personally.

Oh, I don't either, and I'm not saying there's a continuity error. I'm just saying I missed a bit of continuity. The thing with Spike's dad was quite an emotional character arc and I just would've liked to see the team ask him how Spike's (been) doing. But even if we don't get anything like that in the next ep, my fic pretty much picks up where Shockwave left off, so a scene with Spike returning to work after his father's passing has been taken care of ;o)