"Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Tough Love (2001)

Director:

David Grossman

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator)
Rebecca Rand Kirshner (written by)

TV Series:

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)

Original Air Date:

1 May 2001 (Season 5, Episode 19)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

While Buffy tries to control a motherless Dawn and bring their lives back to some sort of normalcy, Tara and Willow get into their first major argument. Meanwhile, Glory thinks she has figured out who the Key is.

Plot Keywords:

Female Protagonist | Sister Sister Relationship | Heroine | Lesbian | Boots

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg
Emma Caulfield	...	Anya
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Dawn Summers
James Marsters	...	Spike
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Clare Kramer	...	Glory
Charlie Weber	...	Ben
Troy Blendell	...	Jinx (as Troy T. Blendell)
Anne Betancourt	...	Principal Stevens
Leland Crooke	...	Professor Lillian
Amber Benson	...	Tara Maclay
Todd Duffey	...	Murk
Alan Heitz	...	Slook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Goofs:

Continuity: 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.

Quotes:

Willow Rosenberg: Kali, Hera, Kronos, Thonic. Air like nectar, thick as onyx. Cassiel by your second star...
Glory: Uhh. It's the lover. That's so cute.
Willow Rosenberg: Hold mine victim as in tar.
[Glory is held in place and looks at Willow in surprise]
Willow Rosenberg: I owe you pain!

Movie Connections:

References A Little Princess (1995)

Finding The Key

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.

The climax of this episode is the conclusion, with Glory disclosing the identity of The Key. Willow realizes that she is not as powerful as she believes, and Spike gives good advices to Buffy. Glory asking if anybody has order an apocalypse is hilarious. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil: "Amor Violento" ("Violent Love")