Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episode 410 Hush

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In Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode 410 “Hush” A group of demon like creatures known as the Gentlemen take over Sunnydale by stealing everyone in the towns voice, and then stealing seven random people’s heart. Leading up to that part Buffy and Willow have started college and Buffy has met a boy name Riley who is a teacher aid in their class. During class Buffy has a dream of a little girl holding a wooden box who is singing a cryptic rhyme about the Gentlemen that says things like “Can’t even shout” and “Can’t say a word.” After class Riley tries to get Buffy to tell him about her dream, but she tells him “I’m not saying a word.” After the episode goes to Xander and his girlfriend Anya who is upset with Xander for never asking about how she feels and tell him “we never talk.” All these scenes are foreshadowing that the group uses their voice for granted and how overwhelming each get when they are misinterpreted. When the Gentlemen steal the their voices it causes them to not be able to talk to each other, and they realize how important communication really is. In chapter nine “Tough Enough”: Female Friendship and Heroism written by Sharon Ross focuses on the importance of a new vision of heroism, by discussing epistemic negotiation. The chapter also discuss how important both a female friendship, and a group friendship can help while fighting crime. The main idea of epistemic negotiation is shown throughout the show of Buffy the Vampire Slayer because Buffy “almost always consults with her friends before taking action.” (240) In the episode “Hush” without the help of her friends, Buffy wouldn’t have been able to figure out who the Gentlemen were, what they came to Sunnydale for, or how to kill them.
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...off the Gentlemen after they stabbed her, and Riley didn’t know that the box needed to be smashed.
When the characters have their voice back, everyone sits down and has a serious conversation with the people who mean the most to them. Willow and Tara talk about their similar passion in witch craft; Xander and Anya make up and talk about their relationship and how they both truly feel about each other; Giles and his lover Olivia talk about Giles duties of a watcher and fighting monsters, vampires, and demons. When Riley goes to see Buffy in her dorm room they sit down on the bed and Riley says “I guess we have to talk” Buffy replies “I guess we do” but then neither of them say anything they just stare at each other. Overall, “Hush” shows the importance of communicating with the people you care the most about, and how it is something that is often taken for granted.

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