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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Hush

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The entire town of Sunnydale goes silent when a group of strange creatures called The Gentlemen appear and steal everyone's voices. Buffy and the gang must solve the mystery and overcome the bad guys without being able to discuss their battle plan. Add a recap »

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Writers:: Joss Whedon

Director:: Joss Whedon

Stars:: Anthony Stewart Head (Rupert Giles); James Marsters (Spike); Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Anne Summers); Nicholas Brendon (Alexander 'Xander' Harris); Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg)

Recurring Role:: Marc Blucas (Riley Finn); Emma Caulfield (Anya); Leonard Roberts (Forrest Gates); Amber Benson (Tara); Camden Toy (Gentleman); Lindsay Crouse (Maggie Walsh)

Guest Star:: Wayne Sable (Freshman); Phina Oruche (Olivia); Brooke Bloom (Nicole); Jessica Townsend (Cheryl); Andy Hallett (Student (Uncredited)); Elizabeth Truax (Little Girl); Carlos Amezcua (Newscaster); Don W. Lewis (Gentleman); Doug Jones (Gentleman); Charlie Brumbly (Gentleman)

At 23:27 if you look closely at the bottom of the screen, when the gentlemen come out from behind the bush, for a second or so you can see the white platform they were rolling along on. edit »
Immediately before Buffy and Riley "face off" in the Gentlemen's lair Buffy throws one of the footmen into a stand of metal shelves, which begins to fall over spilling its contents. The very next shot the shelves are upright and undisturbed even though the sound of them falling can still be heard. They remain this way throughout the rest of the episode. edit »
We learn that Spike likes to crumble up Weetabix in the blood he drinks. edit »
They walk past a guy with a sign that says "Revelations 15:1." That bible passage says: "And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God." This fits with the 7 hearts that are being stolen, yet the doom-sayer doesn't know anything about this. Wouldn't it have made more sense to choose a bible passage that talks about silence or inability of speech? edit »
Spike wipes the blood off his mouth after Xander gets off of him (after he realizes that Spike didn't kill Anya), but in a shot a few seconds later, the blood is still there. edit »

Camden Toy, who played one of the Gentlemen in this episode, returned in two other roles later in the series. He played Gnarl in the third episode of season seven. He also played the Turok-Han later in that same season. edit »
The scenes of the Gentlemen gliding smoothly through Sunnydale in Hush were achieved by swinging them by wires across distances of over 120 feet using cherrypickers. edit »
The promo used for this episode was the same in the USA and Brazil. It was the first time that both countries featured the same promo. edit »
This episode is number three in Joss Whedon's list of his top ten favorite episodes according to The Last Sundown featurette in the season seven DVD box set. edit »
This is one of Allyson Hannigan's favorite episodes of the Show, according to a recent interview with PopWatch (October 05). edit »

Olivia: Sorry I'm late, horror flight.
Giles: Oh I'm sorry, bad weather?
Olivia: Baseball movie... edit »
Willow: You were there looking for me?
Tara: I thought maybe we could do a spell - make people talk again. I...I'd seen you in the group, the Wicca group you were... you were different than them. I mean they didn't seem to know...
Willow: What they were talking about.
Tara: I think if they saw a Witch they would run the other way. edit »
Spike: Like I'd bite you, anyway.
Xander: Oh, you would.
Spike: Not bloody likely.
Xander: I happen to be very biteable, pal. I'm moist and delicious.
Spike: All right, yeah, fine. You're a nummy treat.
Xander: And don't you forget it. edit »
Forrest: (To Riley) This is the burden we bear, brother. We have a gig that would inevitably cause any girl living to think we are cool upon cool. Yet, we must Clark Kent our way through the dating scene, never to use our unfair advantage. Thank God we're pretty. edit »
Anya: This isn't a relationship. You don't need me. All you care about is lots of orgasms.
Xander: Okay, remember how we talked about private conversations? How they're less private when they're in front of my friends?
Spike: Oh, we're not your friends. Go on.
Giles: Please don't. edit »

The Gentlemen look very much like old-time doctors with their black suits and bags that contain tools like scalpels. Their minions are dressed in straitjackets. Perhaps this is a foreshadowing for "Normal Again," the Season 6 episode with Buffy in a lunatic asylum. edit »
Revelations 15:1:
When Buffy and Willow are first walking through town after the voices are stolen, one of the things they walk by is a group of bible-readers. According to the sign, the verse they read is "Revelations 15:1." Prelude to the Bowl Judgments 15:1 - "Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete." edit »
Little Girl: Can't even shout, can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by...
The nursery rhyme sang by the little girl can be compared to (and may even be an homage to) the jumprope song recited by the children in the Nightmare on Elm Street movies. edit »
Wicca group member: We need to work on a theme for the Bacchanal
A Bacchanal is a celebration usually involving much drinking. It is named for Bacchus, the Roman god of the vine, who is one of the most important gods to roman society. edit »
Willow: Bunch of wanna blessed bes. Nowadays every girl with a henna tattoo and a spice rack thinks she's a sister to the dark ones.
"Blessed be" is a common Wiccan term, basically a wish of goodwill toward someone or something. A henna tattoo is a temporary tattoo done with the natural dye from the leaves of the henna shrub. edit »

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Zazawie
member since: Oct 7, 2008
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The Bottom Line: "A very special episode"
Probably the best episode of 'Buffy' I have ever seen ...Continue »
11/16/08 09:54am | report abuse
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GotalSaiyajin
member since: Jan 27, 2007
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The Bottom Line: "Above average"
Great episode ...Continue »
10/18/08 11:23am | report abuse
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TwistedConverse
member since: Nov 20, 2007
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The Bottom Line: "Series classic"
An absolutely outstanding episode; unforgettable, scary and pivotal. Simply unbelievable. ...Continue »
10/16/08 02:53pm | report abuse
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Travis1072
member since: Oct 22, 2007
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The Bottom Line: "Exactly why I watch this series"
AWESOME! ...Continue »
09/06/08 04:59am | report abuse
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lg94
member since: Aug 16, 2008
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The Bottom Line: "Series classic"
este capitulo en verdad me gusto mucho y es un capitulo de miedo que me dio terror y escalofrios la escena que mas me gusto fue cuando Tara corre de los caballeros ...Continue »
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