Tuesday November 13, 2001
6ABB08
Willow is devastated to learn that she pulled Buffy out of heaven, not hell, and she resolves to make things better by casting a spell to make Buffy forget her afterlife experience. The spell, however, backfires and causes the whole gang to wake up with no memories. The amnesiac Scoobies must piece together their lives and find a way to reverse the spell while dealing with the usual incursion of demons and vampires.
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The Scoobies all lose their memories after a guilty Willow casts a spell to make Buffy forget that she was in Heaven.
This episode was definitely different. Haha. It was entertaining though. I hate the spell-addicted Willow, though. I liked them waking up in the magic shop as amnesiacs. Anya & Giles are together, Willow & Xander are together, Dawn & Buffy are still sisters. It was interesting, to say the least, and entertaining, but it kinda got dull at times. And, first off, ew, Joan? Buffy likes the name Joan?! Bleh. Otherwise, not a bad episode. I'm liking how season six is shaping up so far. :)
'Tabula Rasa' is another great episode of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer and one of the best of the sixth season. In it, Giles decides to go back to England while Willow, in order to erase Tara's memories, makes everyone forget who they are. The episode is the third to be written by story editor Rebecca Rand Kirschner and turns out to be really good, with lots of memorable moments, including some Spuffy romance and Giles/Anya interaction. Another important part was the continuation of Willow's magic addiction plot which eventually led to Tara's break up with her.
Amber Benson and Alyson Hannigan were great in the more emotional scenes and everyone keeps getting better in the comedic ones. Other nice moments were Anya and the rabbits she summoned and Spike as Randy, but I'm not a big fan of Shark Boy.
Awesome episode with an even more awesome ending set to Michelle Branch's Goodbye to You.
Tabula Rasa is one of the best episodes of season 6!
The storyline is great although it has a sad ending.
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Okay so what I was saying about the sad ending is at the end they play this song and they show all the different characters who are all sad. The song is "Goodbye to You" by Michelle Branch and it shows (not in this order), Giles on the plane to England, Willow in the bathroom crying probably beacuase the next scene is Tara in the next room, packing her things and also crying. Dawn is outside on the porch and when Tara comes out with her things and tries to hug Dawn, she goes inside crying. Buffy is at the Bronze sitting by herself until Spike comes to her. She turns away and before he says anything he walks away.
All in all a really good episode!
Willow wants Buffy to forget her Afterlife experience and casts a spell. But the spell goes awry when everyone forgets who they are. hide show
One of my favourite stand alone episodes of Season 6, Tabula Rasa definetly shows the hard times that everyone is having. Buffy is still getting over being torn out of heaven, Willow and Tara are arguing about how much magick Willow is using. Giles is planning on moving to England, Spike is having trouble with a Loan Shark and Dawn is...just coping being a teenager.
The Willow using too much magic storyline is one of my favourite storylines and this episode shows how much Willow is in danger of being consumed with power. Willow's spell involves crystals and fire and other magical stuff which is a very, odd yet tasteful way to do a spell. It is a very funny episode, but not my favourite comedy episode. Everyone forgetting who they are is like scrapping everything and starting a new. The writers made Anya and Giles a couple, changed Buffy's name to Joan, Spike and Giles are son and father and Willow and Xander think they're going out. I loved the Loan Shark, a demon we don't see in any other episode. The end of this episode is so sad it's quite hard to watch. Willow is crying in the bathroom, Dawn is furious that Tara is moving out, Buffy and Spike kiss at the Bronze. I do think that the song and the scene went on for a long time and then after a couple of minutes got very boring. Even still, a very good episode with a sad ending, love it!
The gang lose their minds. hide show
Tara is annoyed at Willow for making her forget their argument, so Willow decides to give up magic for 1 week. Instead, Willow tries to make Tara forget this, but makes everyone forget who they are. Giles and Anya think their a couple, with Spike as their son, Randy. Willow and Xander think their together. Buffy thinks shes called Joan. Teeth and some vampires come to the gang, who are terrified. Joan and Randy fight them off, Xander, Willow, Tara and Dawn escape through the sewers, being chased by a vamp. Giles and Anya look through magic books to try and regain their memories. Anya just keeps making Bunnies. I loved the chemistry between Emma Caulfield and Annthony Head Stewart. It was awesome. This is definatley one of my fave Buffy episodes.
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