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Tough Love ()

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  • Season 5
  • Episode 19
When Tara falls victim to Glory's incredible power, Willow embraces dark magic and launches a counterattack.
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Buffy Summers
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Xander Harris
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Willow Rosenberg
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Anya (as Emma Caulfield)
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Dawn Summers
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Spike
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Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
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Glory
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Ben
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Jinx (as Troy T. Blendell)
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Principal Stevens
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Professor Lillian
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Tara Maclay
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Murk
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Slook
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Pamela Buck ...
College Student (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited)

Directed by

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David Grossman

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Joss Whedon ... (created by) (creator)
 
Rebecca Kirshner ... (written by) (as Rebecca Rand Kirshner)
 
Rebecca Kirshner ... (staff writer)
 
Steven S. DeKnight ... (staff writer) (as Steven DeKnight)

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Marc David Alpert ... co-producer
Gail Berman ... executive producer
Gareth Davies ... producer
Jane Espenson ... producer
David Fury ... supervising producer
Sandy Gallin ... executive producer
David Greenwalt ... consulting producer
Fran Rubel Kuzui ... executive producer
Kaz Kuzui ... executive producer
Marti Noxon ... co-executive producer
Dolly Parton ... executive producer (uncredited)
John F. Perry ... co-producer
Douglas Petrie ... co-producer
David Solomon ... producer
Joss Whedon ... executive producer / showrunner

Music by

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Thomas Wander ... (score by)

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Raymond Stella ... director of photography

Editing by

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Peter Basinski

Editorial Department

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Joshua Charson ... assistant editor
Ian Sullivan ... finishing accountant
Brian Wankum ... post production supervisor
Tamara Becher ... post-production assistant (uncredited)
Aaron Miller ... post-production coordinator (uncredited)

Casting By

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Anya Colloff
Jennifer Fishman
Amy McIntyre Britt

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Carey Meyer

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David A. Koneff ... (as David Koneff)

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Cynthia Bergstrom

Makeup Department

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Lisa Marie Alpert ... hair stylist (as Lisa Marie Rosenberg)
Todd McIntosh ... makeup supervisor
Michael Moore ... key hair stylist
Brigette A. Myre ... makeup artist (as Brigette Myre-Ellis)
John Vulich ... special makeup effects creator
Jay Wejebe ... makeup artist
Kim Addrisi ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Steve Fink ... special makeup effects coordinator (uncredited)
Ketty Gonzalez ... hair stylist (uncredited)
Matthew Jorgensen ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Sean Kenney ... lens technician (uncredited)
Gloria Pasqua Casny ... hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management

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John F. Perry ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Athena Alexander ... second assistant director
Michael Cedar ... first assistant director
Mark Rabinowitz ... dga trainee (uncredited)
Paula K. Smith ... second second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Will Batts ... set designer
Keith A. Cuba ... leadman (as Keith Cuba)
Randy Eriksen ... property master
Steven Fidler ... construction coordinator (as Steve Fidler)
Lisa Gamel ... paint foreman
Sandy Adams ... on-set dresser (uncredited)
Adolfo Castanon ... greensman (uncredited)
Dylan J. Hay-Chapman ... set dresser (uncredited)
Damon Hight ... general foreman (uncredited)
David Ronan ... assistant propmaster (uncredited)
Kelly Schultz ... set dresser (uncredited)
Stella Starlight ... graphic designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Zane D. Bruce ... foley artist
Kurt Kassulke ... re-recording mixer
Tom Perry ... re-recording mixer
Cindy Rabideau ... supervising sound editor
Adam Sawelson ... re-recording mixer
David Yaffe ... production sound mixer (as David Barr Yaffe)
Mark Cleary ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
Robert Guastini ... dialogue editor (uncredited)
Mike Marchain ... sound editor (uncredited)
Kevin McCullough ... sound editor (uncredited)
Tami Treadwell ... adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Bruce Minkus ... special effects coordinator
Steve Fink ... special effects makeup (uncredited)

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Zachary Goodson ... visual effects artist: main titles
Loni Peristere ... visual effects supervisor
Rick Baumgartner ... visual effects producer (uncredited)
Deb Santosa ... visual effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts

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John Medlen ... stunt coordinator
Michele Waitman ... stunt double: Sarah Michelle Gellar
Chris Daniels ... utility stunts (uncredited)
Max Daniels ... stunt performer (uncredited)
Scott Rhodes ... stunts (uncredited)
Steve Tartalia ... stunt double: James Marsters (uncredited)
Scott Workman ... stunts (uncredited)

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Ivan Allen ... lighting technician
Ron Cooney ... key grip (as Ronn Cooney)
Allen D. Easton ... camera operator
Loren Johnson ... lighting technician
William Olofsson ... assistant camera (as Bill Olofsson)
George Santo Pietro ... dolly grip: second unit
Mark Schwebel ... dolly grip: b camera
Paul Stockwell ... lighting technician
Chris Strong ... chief lighting technician
Eric Parker ... assistant chief lighting technician (uncredited)
Tim Speed ... rigging gaffer (uncredited)
Daniel Taylor ... second assistant camera (uncredited)
Joseph D. Urbanczyk ... additional camera operator (uncredited)
Marshall Valentine ... grip (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Lonnie Hamerman ... casting associate
Marcia Shulman ... original casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Nickolaus Brown ... costumer (uncredited)
Cindy Rosenthal ... costume supervisor (uncredited)

Location Management

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Peter M. Robarts ... location manager

Music Department

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Fernand Bos ... music editor
Nerf Herder ... theme
Tim Isle ... music editor (uncredited)
Tommy Morgan ... musician: harmonica (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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David H. Goodman ... script coordinator (as David Goodman)
Rhonda Hyde ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Bob Ellis ... transportation coordinator (as Robert Ellis)
George Williams Jr. ... driver (as George Williams)
Charles 'Aloha Boy' Reed ... driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Cathy Carr ... production coordinator
Diego Gutierrez ... assistant: Joss Whedon
Ken Lee ... production auditor
J.D. Peralta ... assistant: Marti Noxon (as JD Peralta)
Kelly Wheeler ... assistant: Gareth Davies
Jessica Aichs ... production assistant (uncredited)
Jim Hill ... set medic (uncredited)
Shai Kushner ... production assistant (uncredited)
Stacey Levin ... head publicist (uncredited)
Jaimie Linn ... stand-in: Alyson Hannigan (uncredited)
George Montgomery ... title designer (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Buffy drops the semester in the university to rebuild her family, and receives an ultimatum from the principal of Dawn's school, who threatens to send Dawn to a foster house if Buffy is not capable to control her. Willow and Tara have a quarrel, and Willow leaves Tara alone in a festival. Glory sucks Tara's mind, and Willow uses a powerful black magic trying to defeat Glory. Meanwhile, Dawn blames herself for the mess with her friends. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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  • Tough Love (United States)
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  • 60 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Willow defends her use of magic in a line that was cut due to length: "But it's good-witch power, not bad-witch power. You know, Glinda-in-a-bubble power, not Margaret Hamilton-on-a-bicycle power." See more »
Goofs In a close-up of their hands, Glory crushes Tara's hand to the point of blood pouring from many of Tara's fingers and onto the bench. A few shots later - cut to a two-shot of Glory & Tara and there is no sign of blood on their hands or the bench. Then Glory raises their hands and there is only a little dried blood. This probably was done to get past the censors. Shows often have to remove the amount of blood and guts in order to get an approval to air. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Gift (2001). See more »
Soundtracks Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme See more »
Quotes Buffy Summers: She was looking to go all paybacky on Glory for a minute, but I cooled her down a little. Actually, a lot.
Spike: So she's not gonna do anything rash then.
Buffy Summers: No. I explained there was no point.
Spike: Mm-hmm.
Buffy Summers: What?
Spike: You- So you're saying that a *powerful* and mightily pissed-off witch was planning on goin' and spillin' herself a few pints of god blood until you, what..."explained"?
Buffy Summers: You think she- No. I told Willow it would be like suicide.
Spike: I'd do it... Right person. Person I loved. I'd do it.
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