What episode is it where...?

[Tyler Austin "tiewashere"]

What episode is it where Buffy breaks down in front of Tara when Tara tells Buffy that she came back right and says "why did I let him do those things to me?" It's sometime in season 6 and I don't remember exactly.


Thanks all.

[PJ]

Dead Things!

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That's a hard scene to watch because it shows Buffy at just about her lowest point in the entire series, but it's a great Tara moment, building on a quiet trust between the two that goes back to their hospital scene in "The Body."

[N.D.U.O]

I only like that scene becasue of the bit in 'Older and Far Away' when Tara catches Spike and Buffy. And Spike uses that crappy cramp excuse with no idea that Tara knows. I only love Tara when she leaves Willow.

BTW. 200th POST! WOO HOO!

[Inappropriate Starches]

I thought that was a great scene for both Buffy and Tara. I really liked seeing Buffy break down and show what was really going on and how conflicted she was about what she was doing.

It did create a great arc for Tara as well. Tara bashers who say she was always just 'willow's girlfriend' and never grew at all seem to always forget this. I love the relationship she develops with Buffy and her cheekyness with Spike in Older and Far Away because of it. I think she really came into her own in the 6th season and this scene was a great representation of that....It also makes me weep every time.

[Tea - Total]

^^ Same their friendship and bondage was higher then the previous season, i liked how Buffy trusted Tara. That scene was great.

[BlueJay]

Well if you think about it, Buffy only went to Tara because Buffy didn't want her FRIENDS to know. It's kind of a bittersweet moment for Tara because although Buffy is opening up to her, it's only because Buffy doesn't really care what Tara thinks about her relationship with Spike.

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Jun 10, 2010 7:23:37 GMT -5 Tea - Total said:

^^ Same their friendship and bondage was higher then the previous season ...

Now there's an entertaining image.

Jun 10, 2010 23:03:53 GMT -5 BlueJay said:

Well if you think about it, Buffy only went to Tara because Buffy didn't want her FRIENDS to know. It's kind of a bittersweet moment for Tara because although Buffy is opening up to her, it's only because Buffy doesn't really care what Tara thinks about her relationship with Spike.

I wouldn't necessarily interpret it that way.

For one thing, think back to Buffy's other big secret in Season 6 -- the fact that she'd come back from a place of peace and contentment, not an eternal hell dimension. She's very emphatic about not telling her friends ("I guess my friends can't face the cold/ But why I froze, not one among them knows, and never can be told"), and she includes Tara in that prohibition. And it's not just that she won't tell anyone who was involved in the spell, because she keeps it from Dawn and Giles too.

For another thing, Buffy's confession to Tara doesn't really seem premeditated. It comes about as a result of Tara telling her she came back more or less normal.

Finally, Buffy actually does start to tell Willow at one point. It's not that she didn't want to tell anyone whose opinion she cared about. She couldn't tell Willow because Willow was wrapped up in her own problems and she couldn't tell Xander because Xander would react badly. I don't think it's that Tara was the only person around whose opinion didn't really matter to her; I think it's that Tara was the only friend she had who was both stable enough to handle Buffy's problems and nonjudgmental enough to listen.