I rewatched it yesterday and noticed something I had never noticed before: to the Magic Shop, before Giles makes his annoncement, we see Tara and Anya tumbs-fighting!:giggle: That was cute, I love those little Tara-Anya moments, I think there is between them a sort of mutual comprehension: they are basically both in the gang because dating someone in it, and were not immediately accepted, considered a part of it.
It's also cute when Anya wonders about how it was where Buffy was, and Xander and Willow look at her like she was a freak, and Tara says it's not ridiculous she wonders about where Buffy was because of the zillions differents heavenly dimensions.
I always felt that there was a kind of silent friendship, an unsaid bond between Anya and Tara!
The scenes between Giles and...Randy are hilarious!
"You called me RANDY? No wonder I hate you!"
And their hug makes me laugh every time!
I liked how most of them had like the intuition of who they were (Buffy superpower, Buffy+Dawn=Sister, Anya+Money= Like, Anya+bunny=AAAAAH!, Willow gay, Willow+Tara=Something special is going on, Dawn being scared but feeling like it's familiar...)
Very funny episode, even if you watch it knowing that they all lost their memory because their friend turned them all (including herself) into memoryless puppets.
I always wondered if Willow knew she would also lose her own memory. I also wondered if Willow didn't fake being memoryless, as she is the one who casted the spell, she was maybe immuned? If not, I don't see what's the point of erasing everyone's memories. Does that mean she was ready to forget everything, all those years of strong friendship, love, fights, just so her friends would forget a dark time, which is shorter than all the bright times they had togheter? It really makes me see Willow's character in a different way. In the end, I wonder "Who are you, Willow?"
And if I was Tara, I don't know if I would ever forget Willow to erase my memory twice, even after I told her it was a mind's violation, like Glory's.
So, this episode made me laugh a lot, but there was that tiny ackwardiness watching it knowing the reasons why it's funny are really dark.
Oh and, I HATED how Dawn just ran away when Tara wanted to say goodbye!
Tara is the victim in the story and she has not much support...
