Hush: Buffy the Vampire Slayer 4x10 Reaction 

The Gentlemen did actually knock on Parker’s door at first but they couldn’t find a heart

Till this day this is one of the the best episode in television, not just on this show. Its truly amazing what they did with this one

With my mum being a Buffy fan but also blind, this was the single most difficult episode for me to audio describe for her.

"What if they get the wrong voices back?' Amusingly, Buffy sort of did: that's not SMG screaming at the end. Apparently, she was having trouble pulling off the sustained, loud scream they wanted, so she was dubbed over by another actress.

Welcome to one of THE best BTVS episodes!! So so good! People criticized Whedon for relying too much on witty dialogue. So he was like, fine, I’ll make an episode with almost no dialogue! Brilliant episode of TV! And The Gentlemen were the creepiest, scariest villains on Buffy. I recommend reading the Wikipedia article on the episode and it really gets into the themes and historical context of the episode.

I spent a year putting together a Gentleman costume for a "Vampire Ball" we were attending in New Orleans on the week of Halloween. I even shaved my head for it. Juliet Landau who played Drusilla was there the second day speaking about her time on Buffy and Angel and even acted out a scene as Drusilla for us.

Lol - I knew you'd laugh at Anya's antics in this one. From eating popcorn during Giles' monster presentation (lol) to the gesture she makes after Xander finally kisses her and shows her how much he cares... she's a riot. 😆🤣😄

I spat my coffee out when she was like he looks like demonic uncle fester 😂

The Gentlemen represent some of the worst villains of real life, well-dressed and smiling as they float by untouchably with their minions doing their grunt work. There are shades of rape, with the victims being held down as their hearts are taken. The Gentlemen thrive when the whole society is silent, and the only way to defeat them is to find your voice. I also love how nearly every single scene has something to do with communication or miscommunication, from the lecture at the beginning to Xander punching Spike.

Definitely one of the best episodes of the entire show!! Do not apologize, we love your reactions!! I really enjoyed yours during the episode and your review afterwards. Again..thank you!!

Most episodes of Buffy are good. The majority are great. But there are a few, like this one, that are true masterpieces. It's always a blast watching reactors get to this one, and you didn't disappoint.

Joss Whedon wrote this episode as an answer to salty critics who claimed Buffy was only mildly successful because of it’s snappy dialogue. Ironically, this is the only episode that was ever nominated for an Emmy.

The slideshow is one of my favorite comedic TV scenes of all time

Hush is one of the most powerful of The Buffy franchise. May I also say that I love your reactions to the show called Grimm. My cousin Robert Blanche was an actor who will show up later in the series. Big hugs to you my dear. With respect always Brant Heavner 🙏💯

Ah, The Gentlemen.... It's worth to rewatch the episode a few times. When they don't scare as much anymore you can appreciate the acting (real mime-players)

The character design of The Gentlemen has stayed with me, haunting my nightmares since I first saw them nearly 20 years ago! It is absolutely brilliant, even if they make my skin crawl! Lol! Brilliant episode! Buffy miming "stabbing" them, and everyone completely misunderstanding the gesture never fails to crack me up. 😁

This is certainly an iconic episode. Very clever. 23:02 There were definitely sparks between Willow and Tara. Some viewers in the 90s didn't pick up on it, but to most modern viewers it's pretty clear. 21:39 No, dorms are usually only like that on tv and movies. Some are even more ridiculous, like Riri's dorm in _Wakanda Forever._

I love how buffy was allowed to commit ABH as long as the person didnt die 😂

The Gentlemen aren't even the creepiest looking things in Buffy and people can't stand them 😂

I think The best episode of S4 by far. Brilliant innovative writing, The Gentlemen were among the scariest of BTVS monsters. The cast recalled it was actually exhausting to film with the effort that had to be put in talk but stay silent. The nightmare of being cut into and not being able to scream shown when the student is being held down while The Gentlemen extract his heart, really frightening. The comedy between Xander and Spike brings a little light relief, and also our introduction to Tara. A great stand alone episode. This is a brilliant episode but, I feel there are more in S5 and and in S6 that even eclipse this. This was a fantastic stand alone episode and fan favourite.

Excellent reaction, particularly in recognizing the meaning of Giles' expression at the end. Excellent acting and directing at that moment, too.

I want to point out that one of the Gentlemen was Doug Jones, who is quite famous for his work in roles like this. This was such a brilliant episode and the start of some interesting storylines I think.

With buffys history with certain vampires I'm not suprised they questioned the hand gesture 😂

I think this is definitely one of the worst villains on the show (in that they're the best / scariest, I mean). The Gentlemen don't make a sound, they're weirdly polite with each other, they look scary as hell, and they do the most horrific thing (cutting out a heart) while you're completely conscious, feel everything and can't scream. Talk about a nightmare. 😳🥺😧 When I first saw this episode, I was (appropriately) horrified and it scared the crap out of me. But it's such an amazing episode, because the majority of it has absolutely no dialogue, and they convey so much with expressions and joke looks and gestures to one another, and the kiss between Riley and Buffy (as you note, they can finally kiss instead of babbling nervously at one another), and the whole episode has this incredible tension. It's a well-executed episode. Plus, you have Riley and Buffy finding out about each other, and you meet Tara for the first time which is very cool. And Spike taunting Xander about Anya, which is hilarious. "Xannnnnnder..." "SHUT UP!" 😆🤣

It's funny - back at the time this episode aired, not being able to speak would have been a serious impediment to daily life. You WOULD have seen guys selling tiny little boards to write on. Nowadays, everybody would just text everything. It would be nowhere near as big a problem (barring some exceptions, of course).

Excellent episode about communication, one of the masterpieces of the season and of the show.

Man first appearance of Tara 👏 Definitely a fan favorite episode Hush, Also Spike 🤣 Moment's are gold 🤘

This episode is Art 😊❤

And there we have it, one of the more creative and well executed episodes in television history and certainly in the series. I always love how the absence of dialogue revealed a lot that their normal means of communication couldn't. Some scenes that will always be classic: Giles' silent briefing on the Gentlemen (and Buffy's first guess on how to kill them... LOL), anytime Anya is trying to find out from Xander if she's more than just an "orgasm friend"..... just a great episode, and reaction to it as well D! a "hushed" CTU for you today! Keep em coming!

eliza dushku, the actor who played faith, definitely intended the lesbian subtext, but it was never part of the planned story, just something she brought into it.

Top 5 Episode of Buffy, hands down!

I love that you always spot the chemistry between actors/characters. That’s really all I can say without potentially spoiling anything - not sure how far ahead you are on Patreon. But in this show and on others, you’re sharp when it comes to seeing chemistry, whether on the page or not. Keeps me coming back to your videos!

Television dorm rooms and apartments are nothing like real life. They've got to fit in all the camera equipment so the rooms are over twice as large as they are in reality.

I love the last line of this episode "I guess we have to talk". A great double meaning. Remember, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach...or his ribcage.

My fav Buffy episode, glad u liked it. Apparently joss said he based the idea of it based on a nightmare he being paralysed on his bed with the gentleman hovering over him holding the scalpel.

Was waiting for this one ...one of my favorites

This episode is pretty universally recognized as among the best of Buffy. And it’s pretty certainly one of the creepiest/scariest as well (even though it still has a lot of humor). Great reaction as always! Looking forward to the rest of the season (and show). 👍

Actually Amy's the one who turns people into rats, not Willow.

7:56 The Gentleman scared the shit out of Shan as well Dakara.😆

Creepy and funny from start to finish; one of the masterpieces of the entire run, with the monsters being killed by a logical weakness. They can hear the low tones of heartbeats at distance, so obviously they cannot withstand screaming! The music is also wonderful; all instrumental, obviously. Pretty much a flawless episode.

Watching this one again as a little Xmas treat to myself.

The main "gentleman" (the one that gets most screen time) is played the amazing Doug Jones, one of THE best creature actors there is. He's played Billy Butcherson in both Hocus Pocus movies, Abe Sapien in both Hellboy movies, the reptile man in The shape of Water, about 5 different creatures in Pans Labrythe plus many many more.

American dorm rooms “ can” be like this but, just like the typical NY apartment, they tend to be exaggerated for effect of TV.

Their dormroom is 8x times the size of most American university dormrooms

Fun Fact : The actress that voiced over the character of Olivia (Giles' girlfriend) in french was the same that also voiced Jenny Calendar. It made me kinda fantasize that Giles may have get involved with Olivia because she reminded him of Jenny.

I agree, The Gentlemen are probably the scariest Buffy monsters ever!

The Gentleman are the only monster of the week to get it's own pop in the Buffy Funko Pop series.

Yeah this Episode was somewhat terrifying, when it 1st came out. That scene with the Projector is absolutely hilarious 😂 You might remember Tara from Supernatural, she was the Vampire Lenore that went off Human blood and Sam tried to help.

"they keep showing this chick...", just you wait, she'll be your new favorite in no time :D

This episode totally freaked me out when it first aired

This and a number of other episodes across the seasons stand out as in some way very different from the norm making them incredible and extremely memorable. Email was not so common a thing back then and nor was texting. Dorm rooms tend to be a small single room like 8 feet by 10 feet maybe for 2 people and a shared bathroom/shower room for the floor.

Why would they need to explain it? Even the residence of Sunnydale who don't understand usually know thy live in a town they can't explain, but try to ignore or explain away oddball things, and anyone outside Sunnydale who doesn't know would assume hoax, as the newscaster said. It says a lot that Buffy and Riley still aren't communicating at the end when everyone else worked through their issues nonverbally. They have more work than all the other romances, and not just because it's newer. I never understood the creep factor people had with this one. To me, it was too much fun to be so, if that makes sense. Joyce is at home, not out of town. Buffy being at college her first year, just doesn't visit much. E-mail and cell phones weren't like they are nowadays. This was December of 1999. It was not common to have either. The internet was barley a thing and was still articles. Video was weak on it. The only thing they could do to in terms of the group from the other show was to drive down and that would take time. How it happened was the easiest and quickest way.

Heart-stealing demons always happens when I get sick

Yay! This is my favourite episode of Buffy! I love everything about it!

Brookside. Anna Friel. 😊

This is well known as one of the best episodes of Buffy. As much as many people tend to dismiss this show, it's really one of the most innovative with some of the most original episodes that so many shows since have ripped off.

I love watching people's reaction to the start.

I love the way you say Bwuah-fay, especially when you slow it down more.

Spike couldn't fight back when Xander started hitting him. He can't hit people without his chip going off.

Hush is one of the best Buffy episodes, i love it and i hope you liked it too. The episode was filmed with them taking and then the sound was removed, which is sneaky in a cool way.

It's a great episode. I love when they've got their voices back and "need to talk", how nothing comes out at all.

I knew you'd love this episode. "The Gentlemen" are, if not the most frightening, the creepiest monsters yet! Everything about them screamed danger. If Riley hadn't been there to help, Buffy would have been their next victim. Also I'd knew how you would react to Willow using the white board to say "Hi" to Giles. There were practically hearts floating around your head!

This episode is iconic!. It was written & directed by Joss Whedon, based on a nightmare he had as a child about a moster floating near his bed. It's beyond incredible for a great many reasons. The lack of dialogue, the choreography, and the way communication is stressed throughout. Buffy's dream in the beginning had the class being about communication. Xander couldn't verbally express his feelings, so kept deflecting. Buffy & Riley kept babbling without saying anything important. And Willow was in a Wicca group that was all talk. Verbal communication being stripped away actually helped them all communicate better. The addition of the fairytale aspect; the quarantined SunnyDale standing in for a far off village, the monsters, the subversion of the damsel in distress while also acknowleding it by having both Tara & Olivia seeing the monsters first. Willow & Tara saving themselves by joining together while Buffy is the Knight is fantastic subversion, but balancing it by acknowledging the past was brilliant. Even in the ending, Riley & Buffy teaming up to fight, Buffy leads, & Riley ends up misunderstanding her direction & smashes the wrong jar. Then, with a touch of that genius, creatively speaking, that Whedon became famous for, the monsters are defeated not by the fighting skills of the warriors but by a "damsel in distress" scream, giving it the power instead of a response to being powerless. Thanks for all the hard work creating these for us Dakara, have a great week!

A classic and Jayne and Sharon deliver the goods. Just brilliant as always ladies, thank you.

For an American show.....they really have nailed the British piss taking with Spike and Xander

One of the best episodes across the series.

Love your reactions and this episode! But I have to stick up for Willow a bit - she didn’t turn Amy into a rat. Amy turned herself into a rat, Willow just hasn’t been able to turn her back (except for a second or two!).

I love that ending, because it's like, yeah, now that we CAN speak again, neither of us know what to say to one another now. Poetic.

Brookside would be the soap you're on about.

15:42 - the town is quarantined. No one in or out. So Cordy couldn't visit and hiking in would have taken longer than the episode.

In all seven seasons, there are only two episodes I've been looking forward to more than this one - one because it is absolutely joyful, and one...not so much. And your reaction was everything I thought it would be. What an absolute masterpiece this episode is.

The dorms are definitely more posh than the reality. They don't have stylish beds and curtains. Lol

When Xander beats on Spike, and Spike realizes why, and then Xander kind of shrugs "sorry" at him - Spike basically gives him a pass. If anyone knows how love can make you crazy, it's Spike. "I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it." Such a romantic...

One of the best episodes of the series even with minimal dialogue we get so much. Riley and Buffy kissing and at the end finding out about each other's nightly activities. Xander finding out that he really loves Anya. The introduction of Tara. Even comedy without words when Buffy gesturing how to kill them. And one of the scariest looking monsters in the gentlemen. This episode was a 10 for me.

Yay. Finally got to one of the best episodes and my favourite. You've now hit 2/3 of the big ones. Band Candy and Hush are both fan faves. I actually went to do the weekly shop so I would have snacks before I watched. lol

Hello Dakara! I enjoy watching you react to the shows that you watch. If you happen to see this comment some day, then may I suggest a few other good shows for you to react to in the future. They're not the supernatural shows that you are use to, but they're still very good shows for you to react to. That is, of course, if you haven't seen them already. 1. Criminal Minds (2005-2020) 2. Elementary (2012-2019) 3. Leverage (2008-2012) 4. Person of Interest (2011-2016) 5. Bones (2005-2017) All crime fighting shows.

Remember Xander comes from a very unhappy and unhealthy home. Also, from a writing point-of-view, "you did turn into a real girl" is a way the writer can help tell the audience that Anya is a character that has transformed from a demon into a real human being-as well as reinforcing that this show is about growing up and beiong authentic.

Gay/Lesbian relationships were very uncommon on US television at that time in the year 2000. However, I am pretty sure Queer As Folk had already aired on the BBC. The US version of QAF starting airing late 2001.

They didn’t have emailing back in the old days.

tara ♥♥♥

remember last season when Vamp Willow and normal Willow met. what did Normal Willow say when they captured Vamp Willow?

Faith wasn't attracted to Buffy, she wanted to be Buffy.

A lively ep to be sure, but it also has some big narrative developments.

One of the best episodes of Buffy - definitely in my top ten. And The Gentlemen? Extremely shuddersome. I knew you would love that visual comedy moment of Buffy demonstrating how to kill the monsters. 🤣🤣(I do too.) Another moment that I love is Giles look of absolute 'Ew' when Anya and Xander run off to have sex. 😂

I love the change in attitude from being completely all for Willow & Oz to wholeheartedly shipping Willow & Tara after only one appearance! 😂 Yeah, their chemistry was just that strong. I think back in the ‘90s most straight people didn’t spot their sparks in this episode, but every LGBTQ person did LOL! Even little baby me, who had no idea yet that I was queer, noticed it, paid attention, and LOVED it.

This is such a good episode. One of the best if not the best of the entire show.

The army guys are under cover as TA’s. The TA’s was short for members of the Territorial Army in the uk now known as the Army Reserves. 😳🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤠

How could you not know it was BROOKSIDE?!?!

I still don't understand why he destroyed that ring, that lets him walk in the sun. All the monsters in the area would be drawn to him.

Amy turned herself into a rat

Top 5 episode

This episode legit gave me nightmares.

The episode that proves SMG isn't great at literally everything she tries. Girl can do emotion, she can do comedy, she can play characters across the moral spectrum. But she sure can't scream for shit :P When a show can make an episode with nearly no dialogue and yet filled with communication, it demonstrates just how special the ensemble were. As for your last comments, I'm hardly a paragon of British reserve (I'm an extremely, openly, emotional person and always have been) but I have no idea how anyone could mistake your reactions for boredom...

This episode was nominated for two Emmy Awards, but sadly didn't win.

Nothing gets past you.

Thank you for noticing that last interaction with Giles and Olivia. Reactors seem to miss that look on his face.

HUSH the best episode of BUFFY

the soap was "brookside" anna friel played the lesbian

Great reaction to a classic episode! By they way, has anyone ever told you that your name "Dakara" means "Because" in Japanese?

Dakara, one good advice: Trust and love Tara right from the start, you will regret it and blame yourself if you don't (really, no irony or sarkasmn, i meant it in the way as i wrote it). Now you know the first of the three greatest episodes of Buffy, with an impact far beyond the show itsself. The other comments here will cover the remaing facts about this famous ¾ hour. Oh, and yes: Buffy and Faith really loves each other, they have an unique deep bond and who could blame Faith for that, everyone loves Buffy, strongest female hero ever, not only cause of physical strengh but for being selfless and carring