React Wheel: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 4x10 Hush - Group Reaction 

I'm a little triggered by the guy who apparently 'knows' Buffy lol he keeps on telling them stuff that isn't true! Joss Whedon wrote the movie, the hellmouth is not a portal to another world, slayers don't get their powers on their 16th birthday.

Joss Whedon actually wrote the original movie script. He wasn't really happy with how it was directed. So he was able to get it picked up as a tv series on WB (the first season was short due to it being a replacement show).

The guy in the red shirt keeps answering everyone's questions about the show... but he doesn't actually know anything about Buffy since almost every answer he gave was wrong. Lol.

Buffy is worth watching from the beginning. Overall one of the best shows of all time.

"Hush", "The Body", and "Once More, With Feeling". Some of the best episodes, but you do sorta need to watch more of the show to make them matter as much.

This is NOT a good starting place.

Who here came back now that they have reacted to it officially?

not loving your reaction to this. It's like you were all very bored and more interested in making jokes than being involved in this episode.

You guys always get shit wrong. Joss Whedon wrote the movie. It's his premise. It only takes ten seconds to look it up on Wikipedia ffs.

While "The Body" is my favorite episode, I do NOT recommend watching it out of order. True, a lot of the themes and concepts in the episode are universal, but I feel most of the impact is lost if you don't understand the relationships and history all the characters have with each other. Though it's a daunting task, I truly recommend watching this whole series...it's awesome!

Angel and Spike are not the same character. They're pretty much rivals with each other the entire series (on Buff and on Angel's spinoff Angel). Even when they're fighting on the same side they don't like each other.

Just a side note as a little bit of information. Sarah Michelle Gellar has a blackbelt in taekwondo, so that's why she was a real bad ass playing Buffy.

wait so did they just watch a random episode of the series.... wtf

How little you guys know about Buffy Angel is hurtful. The show was set for 5 seasons, it went 7 as fans demanded a new season. If you do watch them all, you need to watch them in order of airdates for Buffy/Angel. Angel was on Buffy for the first few seasons. When he left todo his own show, they did a lot of little cross overs you will only catch by watching them back to back. Ex: Buffy might pick up the phone and say hello and not hear anyone so she hangs up. In the following episode of angel, you see him call her and hear her say hello but says nothing.

Buffy is one of the best show ever made you should watch it from episode 1 all the way to the season 7 finale you won't regret it. Great reaction! :)

If you chose to react to Buffy in it's entirety, I would be so pumped

You guys should do the entire show. I know 7 seasons...but it's worth it.

It should be known that this episode was made partly because BtVS was notoriously snubbed at the Emmys for its entire run, and was often wrote off as just a show with witty dialogue.👍🏻

Joss Whedon ran the show for the first five seasons, and continued to write and direct episodes until the show ended. I think his influence and vision is pretty indelible throughout, and even when he wasn't the showrunner the characters were already pretty fleshed out by him.

The main character of Angel is Angel. XD Season one isn't as good as the following seasons, but still has some good episodes. Anya, the orgasm party girl, is an ex vengeance demon. No one likes Reily because compared to Buffy's other love interests, he's boring. Joss did have some involvement in later seasons. He directed three in season 5, 1 in season 6 (once more with feeling, another of the best in the series) and two in episode 7 which includes the series finale. I know he was busy with Firefly in 2002.

They should watch the musical episode of Buffy, "Once More, with Feeling" if they're going to do a random singular episode in the future.

Yeah, I completely avoided this show for years back when it was on because I saw the movie and thought it was total garbage. Then I got tired of hearing people cream themselves over the show, so I just decided to watch and god damn is the show so much better than the movie. It has it's problems, like all shows, but it's so good. One of the best things Joss ever did.

The special effects and the action is campy, but it was meant to be. It was sort of Joss Whedon's throwback to the old 60's action/fantasy shows that he grew up on (Star Trek, Twilight Zone, Batman, etc....you'll even notice that, in addition to cheapish special effects and monster make-up, they also don't hide the stunt doubles during fight scenes very well lol). You have to watch it with that frame of mind to really get past that camp of it lol. The key to this show, what made it SOOO special and what put Joss on that map, was that character development and the writing. This is one of those shows that, if it didn't feature vampires and monsters and such, it would've been an Emmy contender for the writing every time. If you invest the time, you will fall in love with these characters and their journey. Angel and Buffy's chemistry is so captivating. I never saw the 'Twilight' movies because they were a cheesy rip off of A & B, and even the author of that book series has acknowledged the influence Buffy had on her story. All you guys would have to do is watch Season 2 of BTVS to see that. I've noticed there are a couple of RU-vid sites doing Buffy reactions in honor of JW; people who have never seen the show, like you. If you ARE planning on watching the series for your channel (and I HOPE you are), you should have an actual fan (like your friend who suggested 'Hush' to you, or even a subscriber like myself) recommend particular select episodes from each season, instead of trying to just go through all of them yourselves. In the meantime, I'd like to recommend a RU-vid channel called Passion of the Nerd. This gentleman dissects every BTVS and Angel with so much care and precision, it almost feel like a "Dummies Guide To..." on Buffy. It's really fantastic. Anyway, love the channel. Keep 'em coming. Cheers.

Angel is not Spike......Angel is played by David Boreanaz,who also plays Seeley Booth on Bones.Spike is played by James Marsters.

And yeah, Sarah Michelle Gellar is actually beyond a black belt in Tae Kwon Do in real life, so she does most of her fighting and stunt scenes herself!

Theme song is by a band called Nerf Herder.......which is a Star War reference.......btw,you should see the difference between Willow in the pilot episode and Willow by the end of the series.Very big difference!!!

I don't think u can appreciate how amazing this show and the characters and storylines are unless u watch it from the beginning....watching a random episode is like starting a movie an hour in n stopping it before the end.

NuWho took Buffy as a template for tone and structure

Chris is wrong about subtitles. It lets the group talk without missing dialogue and it lets we the audience know what's happening in the clip while listening to the group.

We're they're any other die hard buffy fans like screaming about how WRONG the guy in the red shirt is... like with everything!

Joss Whedon wrote for Buffy right until the final episode, his time was split because Season 4 of Buffy was Season 1 of Angel so he needed more writers with 2 shows on the go. Keep watching and you WILL see Nathan Fillion in Buffy as one of the best villains in the show! Thanks for the great show! 😊

Russel T. Davies, when he brought back Doctor Who in 2005, said that his biggest influence (other than the old Doctor Who) was Buffy. So that's probably why it's reminding you of Doctor Who.

Forgot to add Joss Whedon was still a showrunner until the end of season 5. It is with season 6 and on where he is more hands off as during this time he was doing Firefly.

"I assume she knows how to fight" LOL Buffy has been killing vampires and etc for years by then

Joss Whedon was "involved" through all 7 seasons but gave over showrunning duties to Marti Noxon starting in season 6 because he was busy working on Angel and Firefly.

The statement at 21:19 where the dude in the green said "Joss Whedon was only involved till season 4" is massively untrue. BTVS is Joss's baby, his magnum opus. From its inception to its conclusion- Joss was there. And so was I :)

Also Suraj, Nathan Fillion plays Caleb in Season 7 of Buffy. The more you know XD

Nathan Fillion is actually in this series

you start at season 1 episode 1 duh :/ :/ :/

Wtf you need to watch from the start to fully indulge the greatness of this show.

Two things: 1)this episode was written as a response to a critic who said Whedon only had "witty dialogue" 2) in order to get the villains to move like that they hired actual mimes

So, I came here after watching your reaction to the Buffy season 3 finale when you mentioned you had already watched HUSH. I was excited to to see you watch it then at :26 I had to pause the video 'cause 'Red Shirt' guy had already in this short amount of time gotten so much wrong I couldn't continue. At this point, I doubt he would even be able to remember his name.

I really hope they forgot most of these spoilers because they're currently halfway through season 2 as I type this...

If you do end up watching it keep in mind that season 1 isn't the best. It is one of the best tv shows I have watched tho and would certainly recommend it. Would love to see more reactions of this show!

Now that you've watched this amazing episode, watch the rest from the beginning, because there is a lot of things that happen which lose their impact if you just watch them randomly. There is a lot revealed in this episode alone that if you watched from the beginning you would have understood more, and enjoyed more, and just getting an oral explanation from someone never does anything any justice. You need to get invested more, if you were invested in this world, these characters, which can only happen if you watched the show from the beginning, then this episode would've made more of an impact on you. I'm not asking you guys to react to the whole series if you can't make up time for it, but watch both Buffy and Angel from the beginning. Experience it yourself, and if you find time, let the viewers enjoy your experience.

"Now kiss!" Oh you have no idea XD

He didn't buy the rights - he wrote the movie originally, Buffy is his creation. He wasn't happy with the way the movie was made and he disassociated himself from it. But Buffy is definitely Joss's creation.

3:57. The "16th Birthday" notion is from, "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"! 😉

I have been watching a lot of you vids and been meaning to subscribe, but you did Buffy, and HUSH! I love you guys.

please watch the whole show.... there are 7 seasons.....

Spike isn't Angel. They're mostly rivals

Really enjoyed your reaction Hush!! Just a few bits of confusion I'd like to clear up about the show :) * Joss wrote the Buffy movie, but other the people involved in the project completely ruined his vision by turning it into a silly campy rom com, so he kind of disowned it. *The reason this episode reminds you so much of the Silence is because it was actually inspired by Hush. *The show Angel is about the character Angel lol. Sorry I just thought it was cute that nobody knew that :) *Anya, Xander's blunt girlfriend. was a demon for 1,100 years and is now human. The reason she has no filter is because she's still learning how to be human, and yes she is wildly entertaining. *This is something even a lot of dedicated Buffy fans get wrong. Buffy wasn't cancelled. It was supposed to end in season 5, but went on for 2 more seasons due to outcry from the fans. It ended in season 7 because Sarah Michelle Gellar quit the show. *Joss was involved for all 7 seasons of Buffy. After season 5 he stopped being the showrunner because he was working on Firefly and Angel. He left Marti Noxon in charge, but was still working as a script doctor and even wrote and directed a few more episodes.

I just wanna cringe at millennials laughing at Buffy but then I remember... I'm a millennial. 😔 Plus this is Joss Whedon's masterpiece through ALL 7 TV SEASONS AND THE COMICS. If you're a Joss fan, this is the pinnacle.

For an episode called "Hush", I wish the people in this video did more of that...

To answer some of your stuff, Whedon was still involved in all 7 seasons but his influence was diminished after 6 and 7. He was still involved but not as much, and yeah it does show especially in season 6 which is the show's weakest. Joss started working on other things at that time. Secondly, Angel isn't Spike. Angel is a different character entirely. He was on the Buffy for the first 3 seasons then he was spunoff to his own during the 4th season of Buffy. Finally, the show is like Doctor Who in that the show jumps between Horror, Drama, and Comedy. There are alot of very dark heart-breaking moments, and a lot of funny hilarious ones. It actually handles them very seamlessly. Its a fantastic show, hope you guys do continue watching it.

Fun fact: Doug Jones, the lead Gentleman monster, also played Abe Sapien in Hellboy and the Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth, among numerous other tall skinny creatures. He was also Silver Surfer in the second Fantastic Four movie.

Love, love, love Buffy!!!

"Is Spike Angel?"! lol the irony guys, too funny

That intro is... not at all true. Joss Whedon DID write the film Buffy the Vampire Slayer and was very disappointed that the tone and attitude he had in his head did not come across at all in the filmmakers' execution. That's why he basically took a mulligan and did it as a show on a small time basic cable network. So he could have actual control over the final product and be like, "THIS is what I was trying to do."

Bad idea to just jump to the middle of the show without context. You really can't appreciate how great this episode is if you have no history with the characters....

Joss Whendon didn't just buy the rights from the 90's movie, he actually wrote the script but was, rightly so, unhappy with the changes made in the movie. A few years later WB had to fill out a time slot due to a cancelation and they approached Whendon with an idea for a TV series version of Buffy. He made a few changes and was given a ridiculous budget, but the show became an instant hit because of its writing and the balance between horror and comedy. It's been my favorite TV series since I was 16.

What are you guys talking about with the movie? Joss Whedon wrote it. He may have purchased rights from the studio but it was his story.

To clarify, a slayer activates when a previous slayer dies. There is one in every generation.

Glad to see you guys enjoyed it. I think you guys are ready to see the pilot and not judge it as harshly now knowing where it leads. If you guys do eventually to do all seven season you can do what Torchwood Boy is doing and watch all the seasons but ONLY reacting to specific important/funny episodes thus cutting the need to gather together every week for say weaker episodes.

How is it even possible to be a Joss Whedon fan and not know that he did Buffy?! I mean HOW?!

Angel follows David Boreanez character Angel who was in the first 3 seasons of Buffy. He got his spinoff show during this season of Buffy so season 1 of Angel correlates to Season 4 of Buffy. Buffy had 7 seasons (5 seasons on the WB network 2 seasons on UPN. You may remember UPN and WB eventually combined to form the now CW network) Angel had 5. Also one other correction Joss Whedon never "left" the show per se. Season 1 through 3 he was just more heavily involved day to day. Hush is season 4 for example and Joss wrote and directed it so he was still around. He also did the musical episode. However he does leave the show to Marti Noxon to run day to day. Marti Noxon has on her twitter profile "i ruined Buffy and I'll ruin you too" because her seasons were more split as to how good they are. BTW if you want to find an episode brown Pat would watch Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered. He would fuck with that episode for sure. And if Surej likes SMG too I can't say i recommend taking it off the react wheel yet as I said some of the later seasons are kinda meh but i do hope it lands on Buffy a couple more times in the future

Actually, the pilot is great.

So awesome you doing some buffy :D !

Joss Whedon wrote the Buffy movie in 1992! He didn't re"vamp" the premise either. The movie is canon. In the first episode of Buffy, she's at Sunnydale High because she transferred after burning down the gym at her last school, which is what happened in the movie.

Joss whedon made the Buffy movie as well but he didn't like how it turned out

I lived in the dorm that Whedon lived in when he came up with Buffy. We got a little cemetery right outside the window which gave him ideas. Plenty of drunk blonds walking through that cemetery at night, no wonder he came up with Buffy.

I played this episode on Christmas for my family because it was the only thing we could watch while we all talk over. Soon nobody was talking and we were all just watching it.

Buffy is DEFINITELY worth the watch!!! Joss was involved throughout the run of the season writing and directing. One of my hands down favorite show!!

I love how chilled out Hannah is, that'd be me haha.

Over a year late to this watching party, which kinda shows the power of Buffy. I highly recommend you do all 7 Seasons of Buffy in order, there are quiet a few Buffy reaction channels these days and I've seen channel viewership shoot up by the thousands just by doing Buffy reactions. The first season is short, not the best but it helps to get you familiar with the characters. Every season after gets better and better (for the most part) but you're missing out on one of the best shows in the history of TV. Hope you consider doing the entire show. Cheers!

The constant close-ups make it impossible to follow WHAT anyone is reacting to. And with your incessant talking, you guys can't actually listen to the dialogue.

OMOMG YOU GUYS GET READY. I CANT BELIEVE YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING THIS !!

Correction to what one of those guys said about Joss not being involved after season 4, that's not true. He was involved throughout the entire series. He never left it. During season 6 though he shared his showrunner duties with another writer/producer on the show when he started developing Firefly.

Ben, he wrote the movie too, so it's not like he had no relation to the name or premise. The movie was more campy than he wanted. Thankfully he didn't try to stick to everything from the movie.

TO answer their question. Angel is not Spike but Buffy's first love interest. Spike joined the Angel spin-off later in the run.

The comparisons with Who are apt, both in tone and the deep deep backstory. Also, RTD was a big Buffy fan, so it was a heavy influence on Who when it came back in 2005 (two years after Buffy ended). As you asked, Angel is not Spike, although they are both vampires, and are both in Angel the series, which is also very good. Oh, and Buffy lasts 7 seasons. Please don't add more cartoons to the react wheel while you are watching so many anime things every episode. Pretty please.

I'm glad this sparked an interest (Buffy is my all time favorite show). Just one small pet peeve, Joss actually CREATED Buffy, wrote the original film, he actually titled the first iteration of the character 'Rhonda the Immortal Waitress' (I'm sure it was the late 80s when this was written). He wrote this as an alternative to the typical blonde girl character in horror movies that is always one of the first to die, and he thought it would be more interesting to see her take the slasher head on. The title is co-owned by the Kazui's, which is why they are always credited in the series and it's spin-offs even though they are not really involved; they just helped finance the original movie which is where the property confusion may come in. Also Joss was involved for the whole series, but your comment of not being involved after s4 is SORT OF right, being that he had less of an involvement because at the time he was also producing/writing/directing Angel as well and by s6 and s7 he was doing Firefly, so he was just juggling too many projects, but he was always there for the BIG episodes. If you do choose to watch season one as part of this series, I just want you to go into this knowing that season one is the MOST dated, being that most of the characters hadn't really found their footing and style yet so they were just dressing them in whatever was trendy at the time so it just looks kind of old. Also it was a rushed midseason replacement so while the writing is good, the effects and camerawork are often laughable. What most Buffy fans will tell you is just to tough it out through season one, and if its too campy for you, just hit the BIG episodes (Welcome to the Hellmouth/The Harvest, Angel, Prophecy Girl), and make it to season 2, because that's where it will hook you. But after all that, good luck! I hope you guys love it if you continue to watch. :)

11:43 - Same backlot used for Stars Hollow on "Gilmore Girls". The clock tower on Buffy is the church across the street from the gazebo on GG. Both were filmed on the Warner Bros. backlot.

Joss Whedon, wrote the movie too! 😎 For the series, he did not feel like retelling her origin, since the movie existed. But in the movie, she did not set the gymnasium on fire, as the series would have us believe. So the series retconned her origin anyway, as a part of Angel's origin story. 😎 Listen to the DVD episode commentaries. 😉

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To answer your Question, Angel is a Different Character. He was on Buffy from Season 1-3, got his own show in (Buffy) Season 4, and Spike showed up once During Angel Season 1, and the for the Whole of Angel Season 5.

You guys talk too much. Your friends don't know Buffy that well.

Correction, Joss was involved from Beginning to End!

Joss didn't buy the rights to the movie. it was HIS movie. He wrote the script and because nobody understood his vision the director fucked it up....And then he adapted it into a tv show. Also its a hellmouth that theyre drawn to and it is the centre of supernatural energy. its not a portal. people in town are also semi aware of the supernatural going ons...they just subconsciously choose to ignore it. the show didn't get cancelled. they chose to bring it to an end because the actors were getting tired as well as joss who was also present throughout the whole run of this show. this was the project that catapulted his career and he was always involved and directed quite a lot of episodes after this personally. This show is amazing and well worth a watch

What's the man spreader's name? Nice spread.

Love Buffy The Vampire Slayer, have just watched all 7 seasons again and now I'm watching Angel. Funny that you mention Nathan Fillion as he appears in S7 as Caleb.

8:22. A.S.H., was the romantic male lead in a series of commercials for, "Taster's Choice Coffee", that were made in a serialized style. It worked very well with the intended female demographic. 😉

'So Buffy's a princess?' Well since Disney now own Buffy the vampire slayer...

Joss Whedon wrote the Movie "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". It's the HELL MOUTH ....GAWD. So many NO facts! Was looking forward to watching this but damn.

ALSO, Joss Whedon wasnt really involved in season 4 bc he was shooting a movie or something, but he came back for season 5-7

The great thing about the next episode is it starts right where this one left off. I remember being annoyed when it aired because I thought they would just skip over the conversation after the buildup.

I think I'm one of your oldest if not the oldest subscriber...and this one really made it obvious. :-) I think anyone watching the series now would enjoy it, but probably not appreciate it as fully as when it first aired. It was unique because it was the first to have a female lead, particularly a petite, cute female lead, kicking butt and saving the world. The big 3 networks passed on the series because Whedon stood his ground on his original vision of the story (not that of the disastrous movie). It was the new WB/CW network took a chance on the series; because what did they have to lose going up against the big 3. They went for a younger audience and it paid off big time. A few of your references that Buffy reminds you of other shows is because this series opened the door and laid the groundwork for another type of storytelling. It was fresh, youthful, fun anti-establishment storytelling. The adults were often the inept ones. Again, it was the outcast girls who became the strongest characters and role models at that time. I think Willow and Tara were the first accepted, same-sex relationship on TV. For some of us, it only broke our hearts because it meant Seth Green's character, Oz, was not coming back to the show. Every generation it seems one series conveys best what is happening with social change. Buffy was that show. Also, TV did not invest in special effects at the time (unless it was Star Trek) like Buffy did. In today's standards they might not look that great, but 20+ years ago you only saw better in the theaters. I don't think you need to know all that to enjoy the series, but hopefully knowing it makes you appreciate it and Joss Whedon's work more. And yes, Nathan Fillian played an evil, black priest in the last season...maybe last couple? Also, Angel, was played by David Boreanaz, who now plays the FBI agent on Bones. So even before Twilight there was Team Angel shippers vs Team Spike shippers. Even if you don't "react" to it, I hope you all watch and enjoy the whole series. BTW - love this channel!

Joss Whedon has been involved all the way up to the current season 11. In season six he delegated responsibility to do Firefly and in season 4 the spinoff of Angel plays concurrently with Buffy, and does so until the end of BtVS with season 5 of Angel playing alone after that.

Joss wrote the script for 92 movie; he just didn’t direct it; he wrote and directed the 97 show because there was more he wanted to do with it.

When Cold said "Ouch, been there" I remembered that he lost his hand on Legends of Tomorrow. Funny.