Hush
- Episode aired Dec 14, 1999
- 13+
- 43m
When everyone in Sunnydale loses their voice, the Scooby Gang must silently solve the mystery of the monsters who stole their ability to speak.When everyone in Sunnydale loses their voice, the Scooby Gang must silently solve the mystery of the monsters who stole their ability to speak.When everyone in Sunnydale loses their voice, the Scooby Gang must silently solve the mystery of the monsters who stole their ability to speak.
- Rupert Giles
- (as Anthony Stewart Head)
- Anya
- (as Emma Caulfield)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe scene where Buffy objects to Giles' drawing of her with its wide hips was apparently improvised by Sarah Michelle Gellar.
- GoofsCharacters do not have voices, yet are able to gasp audibly and make some noises.
EXPLANATION: Voiceless sounds are those in which the vocal folds do not vibrate. Vowels are always voiced; some consonants are voiced, but many are not. Voiceless consonants ("t", "p", "k", etc) do not use the voice. They are percussive and use hard sounds. These sounds can be made by a person even if their vocal folds were removed or damaged; thus, a gasp or sigh (sharp in- or exhalation of air) can also be made without using voice.
- Quotes
[no one can speak; all written or mimed]
Rupert Giles: Who are the Gentlemen? They are fairy tale monsters. What do they want?
[Willow points at her chest]
Xander Harris: [cups hands at his chest and mouths] Boobies?
Rupert Giles: Hearts. They come to a town. They steal all the voices so no one can scream. Then...
[Giles shows drawings of Gentlemen ripping out the heart from a person in bed]
Rupert Giles: They need seven. They have at least two.
Xander Harris: How do we kill them?
[Buffy mimes stabbing, but looks more like masturbating; Giles, Willow and Xander look at Buffy with disturbed faces; Buffy mimes again with a stake; they all look relieved]
Rupert Giles: In the tales, no sword can kill them.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2000)
- SoundtracksDanse Macabre
by Camille Saint-Saëns
'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' features many great episodes and to my mind this might be the best. It starts well; normally I'm not a fan of dream sequences but this works and as it is short and changes fairly randomly in the middle feels like a real dream. We then get some enjoyably lighter moments with Willow and the Wiccans, relationship discussion between Xander and Anya and general sarcastic wit from Spike. When The Gentlemen turn up they are genuinely creepy with their fixed toothy grins and the way they float rather than walk... not to mention how they cut the hearts out of their silently screaming victims (don't worry nothing to horrible is shown). The fact that nobody can talk both raises the tension and leads to some nicely comic moments. The cast does a really great job as they must communicate physically rather than in words... it is almost as if they are in a silent film for much of the episode. Overall this episode is just brilliant!
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- May 23, 2019
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- Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(Sunnydale Clock Tower)
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