this be a good episode and but it not my favorite . a lot of people love it and on a creative level it brilliant . most of the episode have no dialog and which be such a cool idea and hush handle the silence really well . plus and this episode introduce tara and who i like a lot . but and i do not like riely or the initative or maggie walsh and they seem to get a lot of screen time in hush . plus and i do not think the gentleman be that scary and i get tire of watch the float around sunnydale . i know that i be in the minority and but i tend to fast forward part of hush . of course and there be other part of the episode that i think be great and so if youre watch on dvd and i recommend see this episode . it really be a classic . hush revolve around the entire town lose their voice . skelatal look demon guy call the gentleman arrive to gather seven heart from human victim and but if they hear a human scream they die . so they steal the voice of everyone in town . buffy and the scoobies try to figure out what go on and while the initative also start investigate . meanwhile and xander come to realize how much anya mean to him and willow meet a fellow witch name tara . buffy and riely finally come face to face while fight the gentleman . they be both stun about what they learn . he a commando and she the slayer . in the end buffy save the day and but she now have to deal with her new knowledge of riely secret life . really and the creativity of hush can not be see in a basic outline of it plot . it the overwhelming silence of the episode and that make it so great . the character try to communicate in different way and ( white out board and pantomime and obscene finger gesture and etc . ) and it all just work really well . after a while you forget that there no dialog because theyre all so good at express themselves . during the talk part of the episode and there be a lot of reference to the importance of really hear each other . anya claim that xander would not really talk to her . giles ignore spike and xander protest and insists that spike move into xander apartment . buffy quickly substitute the word petroleum for patrol when she talk to riely so she would not have to explain her call . and then at the end and when buffy and riely really do learn the truth about each other and they sit there with nothing to say . it all pretty cool . there be a lot of good part to this episode . i love that people keep forget that they can not talk . buffy and xander both try to use the phone . riley can not use the voice recognition thing in the initatives elevator . people try to scream . it basically what everyone would really do if they suddenly have no speech . and i think it hilarious that spike have to move in with xander . ( they will also share an apartment for a little while in season seven . ) xander and spike have a fun bicker childishness that just hilarious . also i like the beginning of tara and willow relationship . tara play an important role for the rest of the show and she and willow be pretty cute together . it nice to see them just start out . on the downside and i do not understand how the gentleman be choose their victim . they just seem to float around dorm and pick random people . also and i do not like riely . i have never like him and but from hush on i be pretty much just wait for angel to come back to town and beat him up . finally and what happen to olivia after this . it seem like we just meet her and she and giles have a relationship and everything go fine . and then she suddenly drop . i do not get it . my favorite part of the episode represent giles who be the gentleman . lecture to the scoobies . the whole scene be wonderful and his over head be just hilarious . he make some similar look flashcard in season seven first date . pretty much anytime giles start draw monster and it just gon na be fun .