Sailing against the wind apparently, I have to sing the praises of this episode.
It's a classic Buffy storyline - a supernatural occurrence becomes a metaphor for what a character is going through, a way to act out what they're feeling. So in order to move on from Tara, Willow has to feel like she's finally accepting that Tara has died. She has to put her in the past tense (which she corrects herself over in the Bronze scene). And because of this, she feels like she's killing Tara. And so she becomes Tara's killer (thanks to a hex from Amy that lets the victim's subconscious punish them.)
So many fans are down on season 6, because it was dark and depressing. But that was the whole point of it. And the moment in this episode where Willow turns up in the back yard with the gun... it's spine-tingling. And the way Alyson Hannigan and Adam Busch blend their performances, which become increasingly emotionally charged as Willow wrestles with the fact that Tara is really gone and, is amazing, very well done. "Please baby, I'm so sorry... come back..." it's kind of a surprise when you realize that each actor says half of the line. I'm reminded of when Buffy and Faith swapped bodies and there were a lot of little subtle changes to the Gellar/Dushku performances in the way they mimicked each other.
Okay, to the fans it may seem like Kennedy is brash, arrogant, pushy. But really what she is is emotionally secure and not needy. She's got no idea about magic and stuff. She just knows she likes Willow. Her emotional security is exactly what Willow needs to lean on.
So full marks for Kennedy for being awesome, for Adam and Willow for merging together so well, and for the series for cranking out another 42 minutes of genius out its classic formula. It's not 10/10 simply because we have to have somewhere to go for Hush, don't we?
It's a classic Buffy storyline - a supernatural occurrence becomes a metaphor for what a character is going through, a way to act out what they're feeling. So in order to move on from Tara, Willow has to feel like she's finally accepting that Tara has died. She has to put her in the past tense (which she corrects herself over in the Bronze scene). And because of this, she feels like she's killing Tara. And so she becomes Tara's killer (thanks to a hex from Amy that lets the victim's subconscious punish them.)
So many fans are down on season 6, because it was dark and depressing. But that was the whole point of it. And the moment in this episode where Willow turns up in the back yard with the gun... it's spine-tingling. And the way Alyson Hannigan and Adam Busch blend their performances, which become increasingly emotionally charged as Willow wrestles with the fact that Tara is really gone and, is amazing, very well done. "Please baby, I'm so sorry... come back..." it's kind of a surprise when you realize that each actor says half of the line. I'm reminded of when Buffy and Faith swapped bodies and there were a lot of little subtle changes to the Gellar/Dushku performances in the way they mimicked each other.
Okay, to the fans it may seem like Kennedy is brash, arrogant, pushy. But really what she is is emotionally secure and not needy. She's got no idea about magic and stuff. She just knows she likes Willow. Her emotional security is exactly what Willow needs to lean on.
So full marks for Kennedy for being awesome, for Adam and Willow for merging together so well, and for the series for cranking out another 42 minutes of genius out its classic formula. It's not 10/10 simply because we have to have somewhere to go for Hush, don't we?