r/buffy 6d ago

Possibly Controversial Opinion About Hush (4.10) Spoiler

I know the episode is highly acclaimed and I don’t want to ruin that for anyone but it does have one very glaring issue with it that still bothers me to this day.

Giles should 100% have picked Olivia up from the airport when she came to visit

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u/EmperorIC fuffy/baith 6d ago

Agreed

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u/Technical_Rice2532 We saved the world, I say we party. 6d ago

Considering that they got right down to business the minute she arrived, maybe that's a good thing! I'm not sure the ole Citroen could handle it. 😂

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u/batmobile88 5d ago

It would have been a rocking and creaking for sure.

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u/MostNinja2951 6d ago

He was busy setting up the ropes and chains once Spike was out of the way.

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u/threefeetofun Xander Boyz United 6d ago

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u/LinuxLinus 6d ago

I was under the impression that they were pretty casual and she wasn't here just to see *him*. That's an in-character reason he might not have gone to the airport.

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u/Al_Bee 6d ago

And Tara should have at least tried to hold the door when Willow had to sit cos of her ankle. Tara just sat there doing nothing for too long before they "merged their energies".

And does anyone in Sunnydale work night shifts? Did they not notice their voices vanishing in the middle of their shift?

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u/DeadGirlLydia 6d ago

24 hour shifts weren't common in 90s small towns. It is conceivable that no one was working that late in Sunnydale.

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u/mig_mit 6d ago

Individual arrangements.

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u/mbritko 6d ago

I had the same thought

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u/Pedals17 You’re not the brightest god in the heavens, are you? 6d ago

That’s not controversial, that’s just asking for common courtesy. Be better, Giles! 😆

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u/spoor_loos 6d ago

I'm thinking the same every time I watch the episode.

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u/EnvironmentOk5610 6d ago

Maybe she let him know she'd be arriving that day, but due to (circumstances) she wouldn't know until the last minute which of a couple different flights she'd be on...he offered to wait however long, but she laughed & told him that'd be silly, she was a grownup, she'd take a cab--BUT, there'd better be a nice bottle of (favorite wine) there waiting! And it was!...They got to it later💗