BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 4x10 REACTION l Hush 

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One of the best episodes of Buffy ever. Lots of people have that “Buffy will patrol tonight” drawing tattooed. I love how all the people who can’t communicate their feelings can only do it once they can’t speak - Buffy & Riley, Xander & Anya, plus Willow and Tara’s magic moment, ugh it’s so good!

I met Amber Benson (Tara) at Wizard Con ages ago. I was so nervous and while shaking I asked if I could shake her hand, since security said no personal pictures or hugs. She looked at me and flagged her guy outta the way and let me hug her and took a selfie with me!!! ❤️❤️❤️ I will forever love her!

Willow: "A bunch of 'Blessed-wannabes'", "Every girl with a henna tattoo and a spice rack thinks she's a sister to the Dark Ones". Great lines, there.

This is what happens when you tell Joss that all he can do is snappy dialogue.

Yeah, Joss wanted the whole theme of this episode to be "stop talking and start communicating" because the show was pretty well known for snappy dialogue and it was often accused of relying on that to keep the show going. So they took that away and managed to retain a plot and character development, even intro NEW characters. And this new level of communication helped all the main characters to make stronger connections. And yes Tara! Very witchy and adorable. As for Spike, he has a lengthy and bumpy road to redemption, but he's got the spirit. He's just repressing it right now 😂 He's kind of the kooky soulless neighbor right now

The thing that always gets me is the juxtaposition of Willow/Tara Vs Buffy/Riley. Where Willow and Tara are in perfect sync from minute one (as shown by the joint spell they instinctively performed so flawlessly), Buffy and Riley fight alone, even struggling through an awkward pantomime when forced to work together...

This episode was nominated for an Emmy for "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series"..... an episode that has no dialog for well over half of the episode.

Love love love your enthusiasm for Tara! She is probably my favourite character on this show

One of my favorite episodes. And of course there is Tara, probably the best character on the show.

One of my favorite episodes! And the script if very clever - The very first lines of the episode are Professor Walsh (in Buffy's dream): "So this is what it is.. Talking about communication Talking about language... not the same thing...it's about the thoughts and experiences that we don't have a word for..." I looked at the script and did a search for the word "talk" and found several lines of dialogue from the episode tie into the theme of communication and the idea that we do our best communicating after we STOP talking: -Spike (imitating Anya) to Xander: "We never talk." -Xander to Anya: "We'll talk about it later." and then Anya to Xander: "Well, I think we should talk about it now." -Olivia to Giles: "Yeah, that's enough small talk, don't you think?" -Wicca at the Wicca meeting: "Okay, let's talk about the theme for the bacchanal." -Willow talking to Buffy about the Wicca meeting: "Talk. All Talk." -Buffy to Willow when she asks about Riley: "See above re: talk. all talk." -Buffy to Willow about Riley: "I get nervous and I start babbling...plus every time we talk I have to lie." -Riley to Forrest: "See? You're naturally inclined to talk too much." -Riley to Buffy at the end: "Well, I guess we have to talk."

_can't even shout, can't even cry_ _the gentlemen are coming by_ _looking in windows, knocking on doors_ _they need to take seven and they might take yours_ _can't call to mom, can't say a word_ _you're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard_ the song in buffy's dream (above) is the most explanation we ever get within the episode. this episode was joss whedon's answer to people who claimed that all he had going for him were the quips.

Gileses love interest is not introduced in this episode. Her first appearance is in 4/01, when Buffy isn't able to kill the blond vampire girl and goes to Giles for help but he already has company. ;) Spike is hanging out with the Scoobies because he needs their protection.

They're fairy tale monsters. Fairy tale things often come in sevens. Seven dwarfs, seven ravens, lots of people have seven sons...

Man, I have been waiting for this episode to see your reaction to Tara!

Watching you freak out about Tara was everything I've been waiting for since you started season 4, I'm so excited for you to get to know her!!

I was expecting a Domi Explosion - and was not disappointed!

"Is this Young Buffy?" You know, I'd never even thought of that in all the times I've seen this episode. Since this is one of Buffy's prophetic Slayer dreams, it's more than possible. And Tara is the actual bestest character ever.

…In which Tara literally sweeps Willow off her feet.

"i don't know how brave these writers are" brave is not the issue. network executives are the issue.

I think I remember Whedon somewhere saying that the Willow/Tara hand holding magic was meant to show how they can come together to become "greater than the sum of their parts", which I always thought was a cool way to put it. Like, how they become MORE of themselves when they're together--which, isn't that just such a great description of what a good relationship can feel like?

I was starting to think you were never going to get to this one. Willow hurt her ankle when Tara crashed into her. You can see her grabbing it. That's why Tara had her arm around Willow helping her to run. But that bit at the end where they continued to keep their hands together, now that was, to me, the first real inkling of what was starting to happen. The look on Willow's face was stunned and alive and the adrenaline was racing and of course that all could have been just using that much powerful magic together, but I was like, what a minute, are they...? Is this...? Did they just pair bond through magic? My actual thought process at the time. I still feel that Willow was actually bisexual, because she deeply loved Oz and enjoyed sleeping with Oz, but that really, really, really wasn't done. That would have been the way it would have gone today, I think, and would have made more sense with the character's history. Either way, Willow and Tara's relationship was groundbreaking for the time. And it was a romance you couldn't help but fall in love with and root for and cry for and laugh for. And that's a real credit to the writers and the actresses, because in the hands of other people it would not have been what it became.

I always enjoy your reactions, and this is one of the very big episodes of the series, but seeing your enthusiasm for this episode and Tara - along with your comments made me smile from start to finish and laugh out loud on numerous occasions 😂 Thank you 🤟😁🖖

And I thought fellow reactor Alley loved Tara a lot! Maybe it's because you already knew about her and was waiting but your reaction was through the roof! And I loved it. I was waiting for your head to explode in the soda machine scene! I just may have to join your Patreon to see you flip out some more. I also love when reactor get jump scared. It cracks me up. Hush was the first time I ever jumped in a BtVS ep. It was when Olivia is looking out the window and all of a sudden the one Gentleman floats by and it makes it worse with the creepy music since it was so quiet

"An episode so full of action with this little dialogue." Could also describe an old Schwarzenegger movie.

Joss always made by himself (because he was in every episode: a line, a pitch, a rewrite, a scene, whatever) the special episodes and the ones he wanted to do (except first and latest episodes because thats what a showrunner usually does). But since S4, with 2 shows on air, he did only the very special one episodes and that was the very first one (although Amends was something different too). On the other hand Marti Noxon convinced Joss to hire Amber Benson. By the time of Hush, Noxon was 2nd in command and in charge of the show when Joss was busy or over at Angel. Noxon and Joss was a different kind of team than Greenwalt and Joss.

1. Tara is EVERYTHING 2. people who blame any issue to recent vaccination doesn't ring a bell? I think the flu comment aged extremely well. 3. Tara 4. Tara 5. Tara 6. Tara 7. Tara ... infinity. Tara

This is one of the top 10 episodes of the entire series. But when my now 28 year old daughter comes over, I can always offer this one up to watch, she will watch it with me. It's often been rumored that Whedon did this because the dialog was what was being criticized (too cute, too much, too campy, too whatever.) So he wrote a script where essentially 2/3 of the episode had no dialog, simply great acting and directing.

Best reaction to the introduction of Tara ever. I knew you were going to lose it at the hands touching scene.

“The Tara! 🏳️‍🌈” My feelings exactly!! XD

This episode is just something else 💜 Loved the new place and the Tara paraaade

Finally, someone with the appropriate reaction to Tara!

TV review in a magazine describing Buffy as an average tv show carried by Joss Whedon's witty dialogue. Whedon's response fuck you I don't need dialogue.

A lot of Tara and Willow's relationship is sensual intimacy vs physical intimacy, but it's done in a way that it's so much more intimate than all the straight relationships on the show.

The Gentlemen are some of the creepiest monsters in the series, along with a monster of the week in the final season.

WB Good to have your reactions back, Yay! good to have you reactin to Hush, and think you got even more excited about finally "meetin" Tara. i'd never seen a reactor so much excited about her first appearance :) , looking forward to see more of your reactions

Scrolled through but couldn't see it mentioned in the comments, but the lead Gentleman is played by the legendary Doug Jones, one of the best prosthetics actors ever. He also has major roles in Pan's Labyrinth, Hell Boy, and Shape Of Water.

At this point, Spike is sticking around because he wants the chip in his head removed and he knows he can use the scooby gang as cover while he dangles info about the initiative to them. He's still thinking he's playing them for his own purposes. At the same time, the scoobies are trying to get as much info from him as possible with no intention of fixing him.

THE CALENDILES FANART I CANT

Fantastic reaction Domi! Yes, this episode is brilliant. Whenever I try to lure someone into the Buffyverse I show them this (or 5x05), and they always get intrigued.

Someone as excited about Tara as I am. :) My favorite character on the show.

I think Xander was in part confused about his feelings for Anya because she is so different from other girls, so he can't articulate them well verbally. But as with others in this episode, being unable to speak enabled them to express themselves more honestly in other ways.

The guy who played the main Gentleman is Doug Jones, is an actor whose done a whole bunch of roles with vfx makeup. He was Fawno and Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth, he was the fish dude in The Shape of Water, Abe Sapien in the original Hellboy movies, he was the Silver Surfer, and he was Billy Butcherson in Hocus Pocus

Of all demons of the show, the gentlemen are the only one who scare me.

Such a great reaction to watch ! Like you, I was spoiled about Willow getting involed with a girl. The difference is that I knew it was for season 4, as S3 was airing in France, and as a good fan, by founding an english book about BtVS in a book store, I can't help myself but read it, and it mentioned Willow getting a girlfriend named Tara. Though I was also really excited when this pseudo-wicca called that cute shy girl Tara, I wonder if you don't read too much over the prism of knowing they will be romantically involved. The holding hands and the look Tara gave to Willow, was, in my opinion, much more about making her understand that Tara could help her if they worked together. As for the way she was holding her during them running from the Gentlemen. Well.. it may not be very obvious at first watching, but when Tara bumped into Willow in the corridor and they fell, Willow sprained her ankle, so it was mostly Tara helping her to run. I know that I didn't see many romantic/sexual metaphors between those two for years of watching and rewatching this season. But here, I daresay, even for Tara, and even if she already knew her sexual orientation, it's still kinda early to be in love with Willow. Intrigued, and pleased to meet another witch, ok. Maybe finding her attractive. But contrarily to Oz, it wasn't love at first sight. During the session of the wicca group, Tara only started to get interest in Willow when she started to talk about spells. That said, I'm eager to follow you discovering how their relation will grow.

For me, this is one of the most terrifying villains of the series. The idea that they take your voice and then you can't scream for help... and they cut out your heart? That's true horror. And they're so warped (in a weirdly funny but scary way) in how they're so "gentlemanly" (hence their name) with the way they communicate with one another. It's so twisted. Lol. I love the concept. How we often can't communicate until we absolutely have to, and even then sometimes it's still so hard to do. And other times, we don't need to say a word to show what we're thinking or how we truly feel. (And the end, in which Buffy and Riley finally, literally can have that talk but still can't find the words, is brilliant.) Plus, on top of everything else, you have this amazing first meet-up between Willow and Tara and they bond in such a fantastic way, under such duress, creating magic together (so to speak). So awesome. Definitely in my top 10 Buffy episodes of all time.

“They’re the reason I started the show” Same. I thought I would only like their part in it. I’ve been surprised by how much I’ve enjoyed the entire show. I love seeing your excitement for them.

Great reaction. I love this episode! I'm excited to see your reaction to the coming episodes, especially Tillow/Tarrow.

If you really love Tara, you should do a zigzag part in your hair.

I love Tillow. I really like Tara's character arc too. It's so well done and very relatable.

Such a great episode!!!

the journey of you figuring out how to pronounce tara's name over the course of this episode was thrilling lol

21:34 the "7 hearts" thing. Why?,, I don't know, but in fairy tales, it is important to have "magic numbers", and the two common ones are 3 and 7 ;)

Content warning! This reaction is full of *exited lesbian noises*

Just a perfect episode, right from that opening scene beginning with Prof. Walsh’s “So this is what it is. Talking about communication. Talking about language - not the same thing.” JW wrote this after hearing too many people’s assessment that his writing was all about the banter, which is a pretty silly complaint because if you’re a screenwriter who can’t write decent dialogue and banter that helps your characters come to life then what are you even doing?

I so love your reactions you are heroic ,thank you !

This episode is based on a movie called Dark City. Anyone that likes this sort of tone and style should check it out.

Your Tara reaction has me on board for patreon to see every scene with you. I wait to subscribe on Buffy reactors to see they're love of Tara. It is a deal breaker if the love isn't 1000 percent there.

Also this episode was nominated for an Emmy Award. It makes it to every best episode list, personally I think it's a bit overrated but I still liked it. Buffy was groundbreaking for a lesbian storyline in 1999. Opened up doors in mainstream TV

And now you know why everyone ranks this episode as a top 5 all time favorite.

The poster got me thinking. Now that we're back on your channel, and away from Thor's (if you are Thor STOP READING), I have to ask. How did it feel watching Prophecy Girl and hearing Thor hope that Giles and Jenny get together? I can only imagine the heartbreak when he said that. Also, witchcraft was the shows way of getting around the whole lesbian thing. They used it as a metaphor.

Tara is literally my favorite character. I loooove her so much!

This made me so excited aaaaaaa!

The thing with Xander, I think to understand why he's being kind of weird around Anya and expressing his feelings, you have to remember his past. He has a very bad past with demons/girlfriends and I think he's still a little gun shy. But that moment he thought Anya was hurt, that kind of knocked him out of it. Does that make sense?

yea.. Similar to Coredelia, I think Xander's character is at the mercy of the writers. Where cordy is sometimes written dumb/dense because she (at least in buffy) is pretty self-centered, though those qualities aren't synonymous. Xander too, takes a hit so the writers can pull off a witty (and sometimes not so witty) joke or perspective being unvoiced. Which means sometimes he's brilliant, but other times, he has the worst communication skills out of any of the characters. So yeah, I think he loves Anya, just just fails to communicate it effectively.

I didn't know you live in LA! That's exciting. Not sure when you moved here but if you need some recs let me know! Or if you're ever on the westside and want to meet up with another huge Buffy fan, lmk!

Everybody is gonna tell you so much about this episode and why and how it came to be BUT I just wanna point out how happy it made me to see you so squeaky happy about Tara 💙💜❤️

Browsing back through key episodes in your reactions. Knowing what I know of their relationship, there is nothing at all odd about starting reactions to the show because of it. Tara is like the embodiment of everything that's right with the world. Now I have to edit. Your observations about the questions were very astute. Entirely on point I think. But regarding Arrival... The more times I see it, the more I become convinced it's one of the best films ever made. I think a lot of the implications are lost on a sizable chunk of the audience due to the whole non-linear time situation, but watching one person transcend the limitations of human self-interest is what I find truly stunning.

Only other show I can think of doing anything doing anything like this is Switched at Birth doing a whole episode in sign language.

It's less a question of how brave the writers were, and more a question of how much the network let them get away with. There was one point, and I won't say when or what, when Joss had to threaten to leave in order to get the network to okay a certain moment of... gay. So whatever you're getting at any point in time is probably about as much as they could get away with at that point, whatever that may be.

I think there are seven Gentlemen, and that's why they need seven hearts. Maybe to use for a ritual or something, to strengthen themselves, make their minions, or prolong their lives.

I thought it was interesting your connecting screenwriting dialog with communicating IRL when you might not know the language. I was a screenwriter for fifteen-ish years back in the way-back. While people liked the dialog I wrote...well, after I figured out how do it for screen...I never really connected it with my love of languages and trying to communicate despite my lack of fluency outside of English. In retrospect, it was there, hiding in the bushes. Not being good at foreign tongues, despite having dabbled or actually studied several, let me learn how little it took to communicate but also how much effort it took to be understood. Thanks for the insight.

"There is so much build up, that you guys cant possibly understand"... At that point I was like "well actually"... But yeah if you started watching because of rumors of Tara I underestimated this episode for you. Damn.

Oh I didn't know you live in LA. Have you gone to some of the sites from the show? When I was in LA I went to the cemetery where they've filmed countless scenes (Angelus-Rosedale on Washington Blvd). The high school is in Torrance as is Buffy's house. You should go and blog about it! 🙂

This series has a few episodes that seem like a gimmick but actually put the plot on a track and hit it with a train

Spike is still evil and hates the Scoobies, but he can't do anything because he's been 'chipped'. His redemption is not yet. This is a terrifying episode, but probably not a good first one for new viewers because to need to know a bit about the characters to understand much of the story. The network were worried about showing a gay relationship on such a popular show (this was one of the first, if not the first) so they started it slow, which I think is very fitting for Willow's character, she loves deeply, but needs time for a relationship to grow. The same thing happened with her and Oz. Buffy and Riley need to talk, but they have no idea what to say to each other.

By the way imagine having to wait a few months between the end of season 3 and the first episode of season 4.

Love your Giles/Jenny picture (it is Jenny not Willow, right?).

Tonight Only! Tara's triumphant return!

Your favorite movie is Arrival? Good to know!

Tara! Tara! Tara!

This one scares easy, she can stay

I love your reaction to the episode and TARA!! Yes!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 I can't wait to see your next episode reaction

everyone who i see react to this episode seems surprised when a gentleman opens the door tara was knocking on instead of willow but why? she was knocking on 219 but buffy and willow live in 214

anyone else wondering why, in a town like sunnydale giles doesn't lock his front door?

All I’m going to say is you are going to be impressed with the lesbian relationship.

02:49 - 03:10 I've always been and always will be #TeamAngel. I'm not a big fan of Riley,but pretty much ANYTHING is better than Spike!X-[ 04:11 - 04:19 And this is *precisely* why I don't like him. He has no soul. I don't care if he currently can't bite...HE HAS NO SOUL. If he *can* have a redemption arc,it means he's not different from a human. It means having a soul is completely pointless. And it means the Slayers are just a bunch of killers.X-((( 08:07 I love you freaking out shamessly about Tara!!😂That's an appropriate reaction!!Tara deserves THE WORLD!!🤍 09:42 - 09:44 Yeah!!LET'S!!😍😍💞 09:44 - 09:49 Oh,so _that's_ why you knew about Tara already!^^; Well...GOOD FOR YOU,she's amazing!!^W^ 🤍(And Willow is my favorite character of the whole show ❤ so you can imagine how I feel about them together...!💞) 10:01 - 10:05 Are you kidding me?I do this all the time!!The only reason I didn't do it with _them_ specifically is because I started to watch the show when it was airing on TV and I started from S3 and Tara wasn't there yet.😄 10:24 - 10:35 Trust me...you *will* combust.Watching some of their spells will *for sure* make you combust in the BEST sense of the term!🔥 11:22 - 11:24 "And you're rude!X-((" 14:16 - 14:20 "(Sings)You will die screaming,but you won't be heared....🎶"Gosh,I *LOVE* this episode!!!🤩💀 14:36 - 14:53 I love them so much!!🤣🤣💀💀 15:37 - 15:45 Literally the whole fandom!🤍 18:24 - 18:25 *_Even better..._* 😘😘 19:46 Aaww,noo,I can't believe you skipped the scene in which Willow&Tara started to talk to each other!!🥺🥺 21:10 - 21:13 Olivia.Anyway,don't worry,I constantly forget about her too.^^; SIGH,I miss Jenny Calendar...!😭 21:34 - 21:42 I have no idea. I know that 7 is a"magical number"that it's recurring in fairytales,but I'm still wondering what the Gentlemen were collecting the hearts *for.* 🤷‍♂ A cool symbolism that was associated with the Gentlemen was rape. They are a bunch of men who appear all elegant and polite,but are actually hideous,they penetrate people's body,steal their hearts and they steal their voices so that they can't ask for help...;-S 26:22 - 26:26 (Gets excited,thinking you're about to talk W&T 🤩😍) 26:27 - 26:28 Oh.X-( 29:19 - 29:24 Oh,OK,then!^W^ 31:01 - 31:05 *YES! I'm **_literally_** here for THIS!* 😍😍😍😍 31:54 - 32:00 Let's take a moment to realize how *sad* this actually is,though!The fact we *expect* a single look and a couple of hands holding to be the _peak_ of a romantic relationship!;-((

Shame on you for not including the two funniest moments in this episode.

Like I said before. You get a breadcrumb of something you wanted and then completely lose your mind and run miles about it. Relax girl, before you have a heart attack. 😂🤣 You saw Tara, finally, and went from zero to infinity and beyond. Jesus! Lmao. Btw, unlike a lot of people who were still diehard for Bangel who decided to instantly hate on Riley....I loved him. Buffy said she wanted a good relationship with a normal boyfriend. He wasn't exactly in a normal 9 to 5 job, but he wasn't some demon either. He puts Buffy first and treats her like she's the most beautiful precious gift. He puts her on a pedestal, basically, and people hated him because he wasn't Angel. They had chemistry. My heart really felt bad for Marc Blucas because he was savagely attacked for his character, and he didn't deserve the hate. He played Riley to perfection. So, yes. I defend him because he loved the girl. He was flawed, but he was always there for her. That deserves respect. He had insecurities and felt under appreciated, but he held that inside instead of burdening Buffy with it, so that she could focus on her major issues at hand. Angel was Buffy's first love from her teenage sexual awakening years. Everything is supposed to feel dramatic and forever. But that doesn't mean she shouldn't want a mature relationship with someone else once she became older and more life experienced in the world. Bangel was ok, but it wasn't my favorite ship for her. I enjoyed watching the actors lean into it. Biley isn't even my favorite. But, I enjoyed watching them be a couple too. I love Wara or Tillow....whichever is the more popular name given to them, but I had a strong pang for what Willow and Oz had. That was Willow's first true love. Yet, I was definitely able to give Tara a chance, especially because of how she cared for Willow. She deserved that respect too. You learn after rewatching years later of where your mindset is based on your age and level of maturity, to see those other points of views about things you may have looked at from a youth's narrow point of view. It took a many years to see some value in Xander. It's few and far between, but as the characters got older, some maturity would pop out from him that I respected, from time to time. BARELY. He's still the bottom of my list of liked characters though...well...except 2 more. But we won't go there....yet.

21:45 It's not "The Gentleman" it's "the Gentlemen". And they need 7 hearts because there's 7 of them.

In your intro you mentioned about the Spike/Buffy chemistry going on the last episode and how you kind of feel meh about Riley now... Thinking back I honestly belief the "Something Blue " episode kind of ruined the idea of Riley and Buffy for many people. Post show note, Xander... you have to think about what you know about his family life so far. Every hint is about how rotten his home life has been, how rotten his parents are to each other and how he thinks about couples.

Wouldn't it have been funny if voices ended up returning to the wrong people? For instance, Buffy speaking in Giles's voice.

"Nobody deserves mime, Buffy." - Oz / Amber Benson was terrified of the Gentlemen, she basically had to keep away from them on set between takes. Your face during the Riley/ Buffy dream sequence xD. Right there with you. Idk if Xander knows what his feelings for Anya even are at this point, beyond "you're important to me". They haven't been together for all that long. On the cusp of falling for her, maybe? "Which I didn't think they were gonna like tell her, or anything." / Honestly, at least up until now it seems like Buffy is the only one having relationship issues because of keeping her identity a secret from potential boyfriends. Jenny was a techno-pagan, and Giles spilled all the beans in "Prophecy Girl". Cordie and Oz saw a whole lot of weird early on. Olivia now joined the club. Tara, even if she doesn't know about Buffy in particular, is a witch - so she might even know about slayers in general. But Buffy? With Owen, Scott, Parker, Riley - nah, she can suffer.

Xander is immature and struggles with what masculinity is "supposed to be". His male role models are polar opposites (Giles as surrogate father vs his actual father) and the strongest people he knows are seemingly opposites (Buffy and Spike - slayer vs vampire). Xander was written to have the whole range of qualities / problems of the typical American teenage boy

watching buffy in the 90s i started with hust and then started with season 5 so i knew she was gay and i didnt know when she was revealed as gay so seeing her liking xander and being with oz was confusing

Oh hey, it's Miss Tara of the Lesbians!! (Not that we "know" that about her yet... the hand-holding *did* have a practical purpose, after all, no symbolism there whatsoever, nope, nothing to see here, folks, move along.) Slightly confused about the whole, "We just got you, please don't die!" thing, given the spoilers you know. Can you imagine, though, if all those "spoilers" about Tillow were just head-canon inside jokes about a one-episode character, trolling you?? You might have thrown your computer out the window. o_O As for "writers being brave", it's less about the writers, more about the network deciding what was and wasn't "allowed". Keep in mind that this was mainstream national TV, and gay sex was literally *illegal* in 14 states at the time. Heck, *Ellen* was in the closet a few years before this aired. So glad you finally got the Tara content you deserve!

Communication is the problem to the answer. (10cc)

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Have you seen the movie "Carol"? I think you'd like it, it stars Kate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. According to Wikipedia "ranked by the British Film Institute as the best LGBT film of all time," with lots of award nominations. I remember liking it but it's been a while since I watched it.

Season 4 is bringing back some serious fa-she-ON memories of my own college days; I remember wearing those tops that looked like a perfectly normal shirt in the front and the back was just...nakedness and strings holding it on. They looked good but were hugely impractical, sitting on any chair or couch was a strange, uncomfortable feeling. A vinyl diner booth would make you cringe. It was probably an amazing time to be a clothing manufacturer, though, selling women half the shirt (meaning half the cost of making it) for the full price. And Maxi skirts you could hardly walk in. I had a corduroy one that was so stiff it could stand up on it's own. Also...we didn't know Tara was coming at the time, but one look at Amber Benson and you just knew somehow that she was going to be significant to Willow.