Episode
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tough Love
Overview
When Tara falls victim to Glory's incredible power, Willow embraces dark magic and launches a counterattack.
Details
- Series
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 2001-05-01
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Tough Love is Episode 19 in Season 5 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It aired on 2001-05-01. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 18: Intervention
A weary Buffy seeks to regain focus by embarking on a quest with the First Slayer; Spike cavorts with his very own "Buffybot" and Glory instructs her minions to spy on Buffy's friends in the hopes of ascertaining the Key's true identity.
Episode 20: Spiral
Realizing they may never be able to vanquish Glory, Buffy and the gang decide to flee Sunnydale in Spike's R.V. to protect Dawn.
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Episode 17: Forever
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Episode 21: The Weight of the World
When Buffy lapses into a catatonic state, Willow uses magic to find out why; a tug-of-war erupts between Glory and Ben over Dawn's ultimate fate.
Episode 16: The Body
Buffy, Dawn, and their friends deal with the loss of someone close to them.
Episode 22: The Gift
As Glory prepares Dawn for a bloodletting ritual that will open a portal to another dimension, Buffy and her friends head into battle.
Episode 15: I Was Made to Love You
Buffy and her friends encounter an incredibly strong female robot with only one thing on its mind - love.
Episode 14: Crush
Buffy learns that Spike has a crush on her - a situation made all the more dangerous by Drusilla's return to Sunnydale.
Episode 13: Blood Ties
When Dawn learns her true identity, she runs away - only to encounter Glory.
Episode 12: Checkpoint
The Watcher Council travels to Sunnydale to review Buffy's skills as a Slayer; meanwhile, Glory puts her search for the Key into high gear.
Episode 11: Triangle
While Giles is in England meeting with the Watcher Council, a bickering Anya and Willow mind the magic store and inadvertently conjure up a fearsome troll.
Episode 10: Into the Woods
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