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Buffy the Vampire Slayer :: Tough Love (05x19)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: Tough Love
Episode #: 05x19
Production Number: 5ABB19
Original Airdate: Tuesday May 01st, 2001
Airs On: The WB
8.7/10 (3 Votes cast)
Episode Crew
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Rebecca Sinclair
 
Episode Summary
 
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Somone close to Buffy pays the ultimate price after Glory mistakes them for the key.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Clare KramerplayedGloryRecurring (9th appearance)
Charlie WeberplayedBenRecurring (11th appearance)
Troy BlendellplayedJinx (credited as Troy T. Blendell)Recurring (6th appearance)
Amber Benson (1)playedTaraRecurring (27th appearance)
Anne BetancourtplayedPrincipal Stevens 
Leland CrookeplayedProfessor Lillian 
Co-Guest Stars
Todd DuffeyplayedMurkRecurring (third appearance)
Alan HeitzplayedSlook 
Uncredited
Pat SkipperplayedDoctor 
 
Main Cast
 
Sarah Michelle GellarplayedBuffy Anne Summers
Nicholas BrendonplayedAlexander "Xander" Harris
Alyson HanniganplayedWillow Rosenberg
Anthony Stewart HeadplayedRupert Giles
James MarstersplayedSpike
Emma CaulfieldplayedAnya Jenkins
Michelle TrachtenbergplayedDawn Summers
 
Episode Notes
 
This episode scored a 4.6/7 in the ratings.
 
This episode ranked 3rd out of 17 WB shows for the week.
 
This episode scored a 3.0 in the national ratings.
 
Ranked 87 out of 131 prime time shows.
 
 
Episode Quotes
 
Buffy: You lied to me?
Dawn: Didn't lie e-exactly.
Buffy: Really? What about all the times I asked you how school was and you said "fine"?
Dawn: Well, it was. You didn't ask if I was in it when it was fine.
 
Xander: Honey, old saying: "A watched customer never buys."
Anya: They would if they were patriotic.
Xander: Okay, I'm going in. Patriotic?
Anya: Yes. I've recently come to realize there's more to me than just being human. I'm also an American.
Giles: Yes, I suppose you are, in a matter of speaking. You were born here - your mortal self.
Anya: Well, that's right, foreigner.
 
Xander: Ahn, how 'bout we try being a bit less prejudiced and a bit more inclusive? Not us, just you.
 
Willow: I know it is. And I'm a big fan of school. You know me. I'm like, "Go school, it's your birthday!" Or something to that effect.
 
Willow: I'd totally be blowing off classes if I were in Dawnie's shoes.
Tara: Sweetie, you wouldn't blow off class if your head was on fire.
 
Willow: Well, I took Psych 101. I mean, I took it from an evil government scientist who was skewered by her Frankenstein-like creation right before the final, but I know what a Freudian slip is.
 
Xander: It's just for one night.
Willow: Yeah, I know, but it's a whole night. I don't think I can sleep without her.
Anya: You can sleep with me. Well, now, that came out a lot more lesbian than it sounded in my head.
 
Glory: Did anybody order an apocalypse?
 
Buffy: She was looking to go all paybacky on Glory for a minute, but I cooled her down a little. Actually, a lot.
Spike: So, she's not gonna do anything rash then?
Buffy: No. I explained there was no point.
Spike: Mm-hmm.
Buffy: What?
Spike: You - So you're saying that a powerful and mightily pissed off witch was planning on going and spilling herself a few pints of god blood until you, what, "explained"?
Buffy: You think she...? No. I told Willow it would be like suicide.
Spike: I'd do it. Right person. Person I loved. I'd do it.
 
 
Other Episode Crew
 
CreatorJoss Whedon
Executive ProducerJoss Whedon
 
 
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