“Hush” the episode that changed the people’s perception of why Buffy the Vampire Slayer was such a deep show. “Everyone loves Buffy because of the characters dialogue. “ so what does creator Joss Whedon do? He makes 2/3 of an episode into a creep silent film with villains right out of a nightmare. The episode was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in 2000 how ever did not when but it was still visually stunning and horrific because no one could speak. Humans depend so much on communication and most individual’s nightmares are of the inability to speak when being tormented by a demonic figure.
We think that this episode was very unique because of its partially silent nature. There were several humorous parts of this episode that could not have been incorporated if not for the characters losing their voices. We also noticed that there was a perfect amount of action to story building ratio. The final fight at the end was very satisfying because the Gentlemen’s heads exploded. The most impressive part of this episode was the way that Joss Whedon told a complete story, and created an incredible plot without the use of dialogue throughout most of the epidsode.
At the start of the “Hush” everyone can talk but no one is able to get their points across so in an ironic twist everyone in Sunnydale loses the ability to talk and more is said through their actions. More specifically, Buffy and Riley finally communicate their feelings towards one another during the mute epidemic. This episode is complete able to stand with most movies and be of higher quality than most. The rating that this episode shall receive from the both of us is a 4/5. It had been so long since watching the series so it was refreshing to watch an old episode again.
1. Opening Image: Buffy is in class spacing out while the teacher is instructing.
2. Theme Stated: After the classroom goes dark Buffy and Riley leave the room to investigate a creep girl singing in the hallway. Then Riley turns into a Gentleman and there is a scream so she wakes up.
3. Set-Up: Buffy is just going through the motions trying not to reveal her secret to Riley that she is a Slayer.
4. Catalyst: Everyone in Sunnydale including Buffy loses his or her voice to the Gentleman.
5. Debate: As a result Buffy has to find a way to get everyone’s voices back.
6. Break Into Two: She goes into the town and people are looting because no one can say anything to stop them.
7. B- Story: Riley as a character is given more back-story so that he can be developed as a person and show that he is not the different from Buffy.
8. Fun And Games: The Gentlemen begin to go around town and take peoples hearts.
9. Midpoint: The newspapers begin to publish stories about the mysterious killings in Sunnydale and the epidemic of laryngitis.
10. Bad Guys Close: The Gentlemen begin to chase Buffy in town while chasing Willow at the College dorms.
11. All Is Lost: Willow and a girl from her Wicca group are trapped in a room with no way out.
12. Dark Night Of The Soul: Buffy is held down by the Gentleman’s assistants.
13. Break Into Three: She sees the box that holds the voices of the town’s people and signals for Riley to break it.
14. Finale: They break the box and Buffy screams killing to Gentleman’s because they cannot stand the voice of Humans without their heads exploding.
15. Final Image: Buffy and Riley finally can talk but they have nothing to say which is ironic.
-Nick & Ryan
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