The great silence (Buffy)
| Episode of the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer | |||
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| title | The great silence | ||
| Original title | Hush | ||
| Country of production | United States | ||
| original language | English | ||
| length | 44 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 16 | ||
| classification | Season 4, episode 10 66th episode overall ( list ) |
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| First broadcast | December 14, 1999 on The WB | ||
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March 7, 2001 on ProSieben | ||
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| Director | Joss Whedon | ||
| script | Joss Whedon | ||
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Gareth Davies , David Fury |
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| music | Christophe Beck | ||
| camera | Michael Gershman | ||
| cut | Regis Kimble | ||
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The great silence (original title: Hush ) is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the American television series Buffy - The Vampire Slayer . The American first broadcast took place on December 14, 1999 on The WB , the first broadcast of the German-language dubbed version on March 7, 2001 on ProSieben .
As a result, fairy tale characters called "The Gentlemen" come to the fictional city of Sunnydale and steal the voice of the inhabitants, so that in about 27 of 44 minutes the use of the human voice is dispensed with. The episode was the only one in the series to be nominated for Emmy and Writers Guild of America Awards.
action
During a lecture, Buffy dreams of a little girl who rhymes warning her about the gentlemen that she can no longer speak and cry when they show up. Rupert Giles, to whom Buffy tells about it, can do something with this rhyme, but initially cannot assign it.
At night, a hand opens a box and a kind of fog comes out of the mouths of the sleeping population, which moves towards a church tower and disappears into the box. The next morning, Buffy finds that no sound comes out of her mouth when she tries to greet Willow. The rest of the dormitory is deadly too, although everyone tries to talk. When Buffy and Willow are later in town, they discover that the whole population is affected. They buy writing boards so that they can have a written conversation.
Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Anya meet at Rupert Giles' home to do research, but to no avail. It is reported on television that all of Sunnydale has been quarantined due to inexplicable mass laryngitis . At night the gentlemen, who hover, set off with their assistants. Olivia, who is visiting Giles at the moment, sees two of them floating past the window and is startled. Two other gentlemen look for a room in the student dormitory, press the student on the bed and take his heart out of him. Then the gentlemen return to the tower, there are seven glasses, three of which have a heart, four are empty.
Olivia draws the characters she saw and Giles recognizes them immediately. They are fairy tale characters. Shortly afterwards he explains to the group using transparencies and an overhead projector that the gentlemen are after seven human hearts. No weapon can kill her, only the voice of the princess. With no one having any idea how to get the votes back, Buffy goes on patrol. Riley, Buffy's friend who works for a secret US military organization ("The Initiative"), does so independently.
Meanwhile, Tara is followed in the dormitory by two gentlemen and their assistants. She tries to get to the other roommates, but nobody opens. Eventually she meets Willow and they both flee from the gentlemen. At the same time, Riley fights against the gentlemen's assistants in the church, suddenly he realizes that Buffy is there too and is initially irritated. Nevertheless, they continue fighting and Buffy manages to get into the tower and finds that two hearts are still missing. A gentleman tries to grab Buffy and remove her heart, but Riley uses a distraction to dissuade him. After Buffy breaks free, she discovers the box and can get Riley to open it. The voices return to their "owners" and Buffy starts screaming, causing the gentlemen's heads to burst.
Nominations
The episode The Great Silence was nominated as the only episode in the series in 2000 for an Emmy Award in the category Best Screenplay in a Drama Series. She was also nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award .
criticism
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in most weeks the funniest and cleverest program on TV, reached new heights with 'Hush'."
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the funniest and cleverest television program in most weeks, reached a new high with 'The Great Silence'."
"Clever, well-written and brightly directed ... Buffy at its best."
"Clever, well-written and brilliantly directed ... Buffy at her best."
"A true tour de force, and another inventive triumph for this vastly underrated series."
"A real brilliant achievement and another original triumph for the considerably underrated series."
Web links
- The great silence in the Internet Movie Database (English)