"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Hush (1999)

Director:

Joss Whedon

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator)
Joss Whedon (written by)

TV Series:

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)

Original Air Date:

14 December 1999 (Season 4, Episode 10)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

The creepy demons "The Gentlemen" capture the voice of the population of Sunnydale, to steal human hearts without scream...

Plot Keywords:

Scream | Heart | Demon | Voice | Murder

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg
James Marsters	...	Spike
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Marc Blucas	...	Riley Finn
Emma Caulfield	...	Anya
Leonard Roberts	...	Forrest Gates
Phina Oruche	...	Olivia
Amber Benson	...	Tara Maclay
Brooke Bloom	...	Nicole
Jessica Townsend	...	Cheryl
Lindsay Crouse	...	Professor Maggie Walsh
Doug Jones	...	Gentlemen
Camden Toy	...	Gentleman

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Australia:M

Company:

Mutant Enemy

Trivia:

Andy Hallett (Lorne on "Angel" (1999)) can be seen in the top left corner of Professor Walsh's classroom.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: At 22:46, in the wide side-view of the Gentlemen floating down the street, if you look closely you can see traces of the wires used to suspend them showing against the upper floors of the buildings in the background, and in the following shot the wires suspending the two Gentlemen floating in the distance are similarly visible against the roof at the right of the clock tower.

Quotes:

Giles: I need you to take Spike for a few days.
Xander: What?
Spike: What?
Anya: What?
Spike: I'm not stayin' with him.
Giles: I have a friend who's coming to town, and I'd like us to be alone.
Anya: Oh, you mean an orgasm friend?
Giles: Yes, that's exactly the most appalling thing you could have said.

Soundtrack:

Danse Macabre

This is one of the Best episodes!!!!!

This episode of Buffy was one of my personal favorites. Also number three of Joss' personal favorites as well. The episode featured very little dialogue and despite that the good folks at the Emmy's decided it merited a nomination. Unfortunately it didn't win. When Hush first premiered it received about 6 million viewers, which was the highest rated episode of season four. That should tell you something. Even though there was very little talking it managed to intrigue people enough to tune in. Those gentlemen characters (who were played my mimes) were some of the scariest creatures the show has produced (or any network TV show I've seen). Nothing is creepier then a bunch of silver teethed men coming at you with a scalpel while smiling away. I think that despite the lack of dialogue the actors did a fantastic job on the episode.