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Grey's Anatomy (season 14)
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Starring
Ellen Pompeo
Justin Chambers
Chandra Wilson
James Pickens, Jr.
Kevin McKidd
Jessica Capshaw
Sarah Drew
Jesse Williams
Caterina Scorsone
Camilla Luddington
Kelly McCreary
Jason George
Martin Henderson
Giacomo Gianniotti
Country of origin
United States
No. of episodes
21
Release
Original network
ABC
Original release
September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28) – present
Season chronology
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List of Grey's Anatomy episodes
The fourteenth season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy was ordered on February 10, 2017, by American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and premiered on September 28, 2017 with a special two-hour premiere.[1] The season will consist of 24 episodes,[2][3] with the season's seventh episode marking the 300th episode for the series overall. The season is produced by ABC Studios, in association with Shondaland Production Company and The Mark Gordon Company; the showrunners being Krista Vernoff and William Harper.
This season is the first not to feature Jerrika Hinton as Dr. Stephanie Edwards since her introduction in the ninth season, following her departure at the conclusion of the previous season.[4] The season also marked the last appearance for Martin Henderson, Jason George, Jessica Capshaw, and Sarah Drew as series regulars.[5][6]
On April 20, 2018, ABC officially renewed Grey's Anatomy for a primetime drama record-setting fifteenth season.[7]
Contents
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1 Plots
2 Cast
2.1 Main cast
2.2 Recurring cast
2.3 Guest cast
2.4 Casting
3 Production
3.1 Development
4 Episodes
5 Ratings
5.1 Live + SD ratings
5.2 Live + 7 Day (DVR) ratings
6 References
Plots[edit]
The season follows the story of surgical residents, fellows, and attendings as they experience the difficulties of the competitive careers they have chosen. It is set in the surgical wing of the fictional Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, located in Seattle, Washington.
The season picks up right where it left off after the fire in the previous season finale. Grey-Sloan takes on a new, improved appearance after it is repaired of the damages from the fire. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) finds herself in another love triangle with Nathan Riggs (Martin Henderson) and his long-lost fiancée, Megan Hunt (Abigail Spencer), though she encourages Riggs to resume his relationship with Megan over her. Meredith performs a ground-breaking surgery on Megan, landing her a Harper Avery Award. Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams) and Maggie Pierce (Kelly McCreary) fiddle with the idea of a relationship after Jackson and April Kepner (Sarah Drew) decide to live apart.
Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) returns to Seattle to assist with Megan's reappearance and notices the tension in Owen and Amelia's relationship. With the help of DeLuca's sister, visiting doctor Carina DeLuca (Stefania Spampinato), Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone) discovers she has a brain tumor that has been impairing her judgment for the last 10 years. After it is removed by her former professor Tom Koracick (Greg Germann), Amelia and Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) decide to end their marriage. Meanwhile, after Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) reveals to Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington) that he tracked down her husband, Alex and Jo reconcile their relationship, with Jo declaring that she will divorce Paul (Matthew Morrison).
A new class of interns is introduced, one of which has a history with Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti). Ben Warren (Jason George) joins the Fire Academy but has trouble telling his wife, Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson). Harper Avery (Chelcie Ross) threatens to pull funding from Grey-Sloan and fires Bailey as Chief, but he soon after passes away, reinstating Bailey in the position. After Eliza Minnick (Marika Domińczyk) is fired from Grey-Sloan, she ghosts Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw), who subsequently begins dating Carina. Their relationship is short-lived, however, as Arizona inadvertently ends it while preparing for Sofia to return home from New York. Carina begins a short-lived sexual relationship with the newly single Owen before going back to Arizona.
Cast[edit]
Main articles: List of Grey's Anatomy cast members and List of Grey's Anatomy characters
Main cast[edit]
Ellen Pompeo as Dr. Meredith Grey
Justin Chambers as Dr. Alex Karev
Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey
James Pickens Jr. as Dr. Richard Webber
Kevin McKidd as Dr. Owen Hunt
Jessica Capshaw as Dr. Arizona Robbins
Sarah Drew as Dr. April Kepner
Jesse Williams as Dr. Jackson Avery
Caterina Scorsone as Dr. Amelia Shepherd
Camilla Luddington as Dr. Jo Wilson
Kelly McCreary as Dr. Maggie Pierce
Jason George as Dr. Ben Warren
Martin Henderson as Dr. Nathan Riggs
Giacomo Gianniotti as Dr. Andrew DeLuca
Recurring cast[edit]
Debbie Allen as Dr. Catherine Fox
Kim Raver as Dr. Teddy Altman[8]
Abigail Spencer as Dr. Megan Hunt[9]
Greg Germann as Dr. Tom Koracick[10]
Matthew Morrison as Dr. Paul Stadler[11]
Stefania Spampinato as Dr. Carina DeLuca[12]
Jake Borelli as Dr. Levi Schmitt[13]
Jeanine Mason as Dr. Sam Bello[13]
Alex Blue Davis as Dr. Casey Parker[13]
Rushi Kota as Dr. Vikram Roy[13]
Jaicy Elliot as Dr. Taryn Helm[13]
Sophia Ali as Dr. Dahlia Qadri[13]
Blake Hood as Clive Johnson
Bethany Joy Lenz as Jenny
Justin Bruening as Paramedic Matthew Taylor
Nayah Damasen as Kimmie Park
Candis Cayne as Dr. Michelle Velez[14]
Rachel Ticotin as Dr. Marie Cerone
Guest cast[edit]
Debra Mooney as Evelyn Hunt
Bill Smitrovich as Dr. Walter Carr
Chelcie Ross as Dr. Harper Avery
Kate Burton as Dr. Ellis Grey
Mark Moses as Dr. Larry Maxwell
Jaina Lee Ortiz as Andrea 'Andy' Herrera
Scott Speedman as Dr. Nick Marsh[15]
Mary Kay Place as Olive Warner
Sarah Utterback as Nurse Olivia Harper[16]
Lindsay Wagner as Helen Karev[17]
Geena Davis as Dr. Nicole Herman[18]
Casting[edit]
Series regular Jerrika Hinton does not appear for the first time since her introduction at the start of the 9th season, after it was announced she landed a starring role in Alan Ball's new HBO drama series Here and Now.[19][4] Hinton had previously been in talks of leaving the show at the end of the 12th season when she was cast in the Shondaland comedy pilot Toast, but ABC passed on the project.[20] Renewing her contract for another three seasons as Dr. Arizona Robbins after the eleventh season, Jessica Capshaw will return for the 14th season.[21] On June 20, 2017, it was announced that Kim Raver is set to reprise her role as Dr. Teddy Altman for a guest arc.[8] In August 2017, it was announced that Abigail Spencer would replace Bridget Regan as Megan Hunt for a multi-episode arc this season.[9] After recurring in the previous season as the controversial character, Eliza Minnick, it was announced in August 2017 that Marika Dominczyk would not return to the show.[22] On September 13, 2017, another guest star was announced in Greg Germann (Ally McBeal), and later it was revealed that his character would be Tom Koracick, Amelia's neurosurgery mentor.[10]
On October 9, 2017, the new group of interns to join the cast in the fourth episode "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" was announced to include Jeanine Mason (So You Think You Can Dance) as Sam, Alex Blue Davis as Casey, Rushi Kota as Vik, Jaicy Elliot as Taryn, Sophia Ali as Dahlia, and Jake Borelli as Levi.[13] On October 26, 2017, it was announced that Martin Henderson's appearance in the fifth episode titled "Danger Zone" would be his last.[23]
On January 31, 2018, it was announced that Candis Cayne would be joining the show as Dr. Michelle Velez for a multi-episode arc revolving around a transgender character receiving a ground breaking surgery.[24] On March 8, 2018, it was announced that both Jessica Capshaw and Sarah Drew would leave the series following the conclusion of the season.[6]
It was released on April 4, 2018 that a familiar character would be returning to the set later on in the season as Sarah Utterback's Nurse Olivia Harper would be revisiting Grey Sloan, not as a nurse but as mom of a patient. Details of her storyline or duration of arc have yet to be released.[16]
On April 20, 2018, it was released that Geena Davis would return for the episode "Cold as Ice", minor details about the storyline have been released including Dr. Hermann finding a new opportunity and presenting it to Arizona. Other details have not yet been released. [18]
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Grey's Anatomy was renewed for a 14th season on February 10, 2017.[3] It premiered on September 28, 2017, with a two-hour premiere.[1] Ellen Pompeo announced that she would be directing several episodes in the 14th season.[25] On April 28, 2017, veteran writer Krista Vernoff announced that she would return to the show as a writer after leaving the show after the seventh season.[26] On January 11, 2018, ABC released a six-episode web series following the new surgical interns at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. The web series was written by Barbara Kaye Friend and directed by series regular Sarah Drew.[27]
Episodes[edit]
Main article: List of Grey's Anatomy episodes
The number in the "No. overall" column refers to the episode's number within the overall series, whereas the number in the "No. in season" column refers to the episode's number within this particular season. "U.S. viewers in millions" refers to the number of Americans in millions who watched the episodes live.
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
U.S. viewers
(millions)
294
1 "Break Down the House" Debbie Allen Krista Vernoff September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28) 8.07[28]
In a whirlwind of reunions and a Grey Sloan "major uplift", Meredith finds herself in a complicated love triangle between Nathan and Megan, Owen's sister who was recently revealed to still be alive after a ten year absence in a hostage camp overseas. With Megan's reappearance, Teddy Altman comes back to Seattle to support Owen and his mom, which leads to awkward interactions with Amelia. With Stephanie now in Texas at a burn unit, Jo eagerly tries to make Ben her new person. After being "ghosted" by Eliza, Arizona hits it off with an Italian girl in a bar whom she takes home with her. When DeLuca comes home, he finds his sister half-naked on his couch with Arizona.
295
2 "Get Off on the Pain" Kevin McKidd Krista Vernoff September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28) 8.07[28]
Carina, DeLuca's sister, asks to be introduced to Bailey in order to get approval to study the controversial topic of female masturbation and orgasms at her hospital; Bailey obliges due to society's double standard. Meredith works to get everyone to agree that an abdominal wall transplant is the best tactic to treat Megan's wounds; she even gets Teddy to scrub in to erase any doubts of Meredith's intentions of being Megan's surgeon. Jo tries to mend her relationship with Alex. Later, it is revealed that Jo slept with one of the new sub-interns. Owen gets called out on his marital status with Amelia, who seems to be avoiding him and his family. Even without the support of Jackson, Amelia fights to remove a patient's mastoid tumor. She later takes part in Carina's study which leads to her finding a huge tumor in her own brain.
296
3 "Go Big or Go Home" Chandra Wilson Meg Marinis October 5, 2017 (2017-10-05) 8.06[29]
Amelia brings in one of her former professors and current head of Neurology at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Tom Koracik to help her come up with a treatment plan for her tumor. Much to her chagrin, Dr Koracik brings to light how impaired her judgment has been over the last ten years; Richard makes sure to let Amelia know that her judgment has not been all that bad and encourages her to come clean to those with whom she is closest. Bailey is confronted by Harper Avery about all the changes that have been made to the hospital and threatens to withdraw all funding from the foundation; when Bailey stands up to him, Avery fires her. In the end of the episode Avery passes away with a sudden cardiac arrest and then Jackson and Catherine Avery reinstate Bailey back as the chief. Ben and Arizona resort to advice delivered by Carina when one of their patients gets stuck in labor. Meredith turns to her former psychiatrist, who winds up as a patient, to sort out her mood towards everyone instigated by the love triangle involving Nathan and Megan. Jo asks Alex to move back home.
297
4 "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" Geary McLeod Marlana Hope October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12) 8.08[30]
Amelia has her brain tumor removed, but in the days following, she experiences some complications, such as speaking only French, and memory loss. Richard unexpectedly brings Maggie to attend a family dinner hosted by Catherine, which turns awkward when Catherine discloses to Avery his inheritance from Harper's passing, a quarter billion dollars. Bailey and Richard host interviews with prospective new interns but fail to find a decent candidate. Using her research to justify his entry into the country, Meredith and Nathan team up to bring Megan's adopted son to America. Amelia and Owen face their fear that their marriage is based on a version of Amelia created by her illness. Arizona learns that Sofia wants to move home. Jo confesses that she hates how much control her ex-husband has over her.
298
5 "Danger Zone" Cecilie Mosli Jalysa Conway October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26) 7.67[31]
As Owen helps Megan make the trip to California where she will start her new life with Nathan and her son, Farouk, they reminisce on their time spent in Fallujah, Iraq. During their time overseas, Nathan proposed to Megan by recycling a necklace that was not initially intended for her. Teddy quickly recognized the necklace and the fact that Nathan cheated and pushed him to come clean. Despite the good news of the engagement, Megan dealt with heartbreak of not making strat, which is later revealed to her as Owen's own doing. Distraught over her brother's betrayal, she gets on a helicopter with one of the shooters who attacked their troops, leading to her disappearance. While Nathan awaits the arrival of Megan and Owen, he bonds with Farouk, who is having trouble acclimating to the free world. He also officially ends his relationship with Meredith, as does Owen with Amelia when he comes to terms with the notion that neither of them are truly happy.
299
6 "Come on Down to My Boat, Baby" Lisa Leone Kiley Donovan November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02) 7.38[32]
As the new surgeon on the cover page of the medical journal, JSA, Meredith performs a rare surgical procedure to try and save a judge from his progressive cancer diagnosis. The men of Grey Sloan take a "sick day" and hang out on a Jackson's newly purchased boat, whereas the women swipe for dates on Tinder. Arizona has broken up with Carina in preparation of Sofia moving back home. Amelia heads back to surgery but struggles with her confidence, recruiting the help of Dr. Koracik and seeking the encouragement of Richard. While Arizona and April repair a woman's injuries caused by an accidental firing of a gun that was hidden inside her vagina, Bailey and Maggie take care of a hypochondriac who was a victim of the accidental shooting. At the surgeon-intern mixer, Meredith learns that she has been nominated for the annual Harper Avery award; however, the news is overshadowed by the loss of her patient. Jackson gives half of his inheritance to Bailey to fund a research competition. Jo learns she is in the running for chief resident and decides to file for divorce from Paul after confiding her situation to the judge. DeLuca recognizes one of the new interns from his past, while Owen and Carina are caught kissing.
300
7 "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" Debbie Allen Krista Vernoff November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09) 8.13[33]
When a roller coaster car derails off its tracks, Meredith's plans to attend the Harper Avery award ceremony are put on hold. Three patients visiting the ER look like former doctors of the hospital: Drs. Cristina Yang, George O'Malley, and Izzie Stevens. Amelia and Owen learn to co-exist in the OR, after Amelia orders a surprise CT which shows a large hematoma that she is able to repair. As Arizona performs surgery on Liza, Izzie's look-a-like, she reflects on her relationship with Callie and Mark in preparation for Sofia's return to Seattle. Jo probes Alex to call Izzie and see how she is, to which Alex says he knows how she is: a happily married surgeon with three children. As they wait on Meredith to leave for Boston, Maggie bonds with Zola as they rehearse medical knowledge and talk about Derek. Bailey and Ben fight over his announcement to join the fire department, due to Bailey's fear that he has commitment issues. Unable to fly out to Boston, in an OR—in front of her friends and colleagues—Meredith is announced the winner of the 2017 Harper Avery award.
301
8 "Out of Nowhere" Kevin McKidd William Harper November 16, 2017 (2017-11-16) 7.52[34]
As the interns struggle to find their stride as surgeons, Jo begins her reign as chief resident. Things take a turn for the worse when the computer system gets hacked at Grey Sloan Memorial, as all of the patients' records get held hostage for $20 million. Unable to understand why the ransom is so large and unprecedented, Bailey realizes it is due to the recently announced competition funded by Jackson's inheritance. Without the use of the technological advancements to which the doctors have become accustomed, they must rely on their instincts to treat their patients; Richard teaches his younger colleagues about how they worked in the "Stone Age". One patient is transported to another hospital by a helicopter which encounters bad turbulence, causing a line to loosen and squirt blood everywhere. Jo gets the scariest surprise of her life when she runs into her abusive husband, Paul, on her way to stop Alex from inadvertently killing their patient.
302
9 "1-800-799-7233" Bill D'Elia Andy Reaser January 18, 2018 (2018-01-18) 8.27[35]
While the staff of the hospital fawns over Dr. Paul Stadler and his legendary work as a surgeon, Jo tries to steer clear of him. Alex and Meredith team up to do their best to protect Jo during the process of filing for divorce. Drenched in blood, Jackson and Maggie save their patient's life and then bond in the locker room after showers; April and Owen use their trauma skills to work on patients in less than ideal and extremely hot conditions, very similar to when they were overseas. Bailey works with an exceptionally computer-savvy intern to take back the power against those who hacked the hospital; this intern later outs himself as "a proud trans man". After Paul's fiancée, Jenny, tells him about her secret exchange with Jo, Meredith pretends to call in security to remove Paul from the hospital. However, he soon winds back up in the ER as a victim of a hit-and-run.
This episode was followed by a PSA of Camilla Luddington reminding viewers that psychological abuse is a form of domestic violence and providing the number of the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233, the episode's title.
303
10 "Personal Jesus" Kevin Sullivan Zoanne Clack January 25, 2018 (2018-01-25) 8.62[36]
With Paul recovering from surgery, Meredith questions Alex and Jo's alibi. Believing that it is his fiancée, Jenny, who ran him over, Jo feels the need to consult her. April's patient turns out to be the pregnant wife of her ex-fiancé, Matthew, proving to be more than an awkward situation, as she helps deliver their baby, and then watches him deal with his wife's unexpected death. Jackson, Bailey, and April are confronted with racial profiling when police show up with a handcuffed 12-year-old boy whom they shot when he was seen trying to enter his own home through a window. Police officers continue to treat him like a criminal in the ER, prompting Bailey and Ben to give Tucker "the talk". When Jo and Jenny go to Paul's room to announce they are taking him to court, he gets in a bout of rage, falls out of his bed, and knocks himself out becoming brain dead. Still legally his wife, Jo decides to take him off life support and have his organs donated. April ends up in the shower with Vikram, an intern, after she finds herself questioning her faith.
304
11 "(Don't Fear) the Reaper" Nicole Rubio Elisabeth R. Finch February 1, 2018 (2018-02-01) 8.93[37]
With her intuition and the more subtle signs of a heart attack, Bailey winds up in the ER at Seattle Presbyterian; however, after her doctors treat her condescendingly, assuming she is imagining the heart attack and really just suffering from her OCD, she calls on Maggie to come save her. When Maggie arrives, she runs into Richard who found his way there based on Bailey's record of attendance. With her life flashing before her eyes, Bailey reflects on her upbringing and her past as a surgeon with all the stressful fights and struggles she has gone through to get to this point in her life. Right before she goes under for emergency surgery to save her life, Bailey asks Maggie to call Ben who is able to get there before she wakes up. Ben announces that he has quit being a firefighter, but Bailey demands that he go back and never do anything other than what he truly loves.
305
12 "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" Jeannot Szwarc Kiley Donovan February 8, 2018 (2018-02-08) 7.32[38]
As the contest draws near, a competitive edge and tension arise between the doctors and their selected interns vying for millions of dollars. In preparation to surprise Catherine on her birthday, Richard takes salsa dancing lessons with Maggie, who is struggling with the one year anniversary of her mother's death. Amelia and Alex tag team a pediatric case, in order to save their patient's ability to sing, as well as retain all mental capabilities. Meredith gets a visit from an old splenectomy patient, who is back with multiple miniature spleens, which guides Meredith to her idea for the competition, and Jackson gets pulled into his mother's gender confirmation proposal, despite his wishes.
306
13 "You Really Got a Hold on Me" Nzingha Stewart Stacy McKee March 1, 2018 (2018-03-01) 7.52[39]
A house fire brings two young boys, who were rescued by the Seattle Grace fire department—Station 19, to the ER. Meredith meets Andy Herrera, a firefighter, who has her hand inside the patient, clamping his abdominal aorta. While Andy gets a front row seat to view the action inside the OR, Ben struggles with idea of not being a surgeon anymore. Dr. Tom Koracik, Amelia's former professor, shows up to help her with her research project, but quickly shoots down her ideas. However, when they confront each other about their difference in opinion, they come up with an idea to save her patient. Richard watches Bailey very closely, as it is her first day back after recovering from her heart attack. Jackson begins to worry about April and the fact that the interns have nicknamed her "the Party".
307
14 "Games People Play" Chandra Wilson Jason Ganzel & Julie Wong March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08) 7.07[40]
As Maggie's budding romance with Clive gets more serious, Amelia suggests hosting a game night so they can secretly judge him. Meredith prepares to meet the owner of the patent she is pursuing; however, she is surprised to find out that it is an old "friend" of Ellis'. When Marie turns down the opportunity to hand over the patent, Meredith resorts to showing her the device has already been implemented and works. The legal team is brought in after April forgets to file a report when she accidentally severs a patient's ear, which falls to the floor and causes Deluca to slip and fall, resulting in a concussion. Alex requests permission to use medicinal marijuana on his underage patient, but when her grandma learns of his treatment plan, she temporarily fires him. The game night takes a turn when April has an inebriated breakdown and an unexpected guest shows up—Clive's wife. Calling off the relationship, Jackson sees his opportunity and makes his move on Maggie. Richard reveals to Meredith that Marie and Ellis had a falling out, which leads Meredith to the conclusion that she has been played.
308
15 "Old Scars, Future Hearts" Ellen Pompeo Tameson Duffy March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15) 7.18[41]
Alex, Jo, and Maggie reflect on their first loves as they prepare their teenaged patient for heart surgery; however, when a heart transplant becomes available, he denies it until his boyfriend breaks up with him. Marie tells Meredith that her friendship with Ellis ended when Ellis left her name off her Harper Avery award winning research. Marie gives Meredith the ultimatum that for her to get the patent, she must make a statement that the Grey Method is now the Grey-Cerone Method. After a night spent together, April confesses to Tom that her deviant behavior is a result of her failing faith and hatred of God. Maggie and Jackson learn to move past their quirks and baggage. Alex fears that Jo's fellowship applications indicate that she’s willing to leave him behind in Seattle; however, in a twist of events, Jo asks Alex to marry her and he quickly accepts.
309
16 "Caught Somewhere in Time" Nicole Rubio Jalysa Conway March 22, 2018 (2018-03-22) 7.61[42]
Bailey's patient turns out to be one of her childhood heroes, a female astronaut who is in the process of building a time machine. Meredith throws in the towel on her research, since she is no longer receiving the patent. Richard and Catherine learn of Jackson and Maggie's relationship, which causes some awkward tension as Jackson, Catherine, and Richard work together on the vaginoplasty case. April hijacks the trauma certification drill, and leaves the interns in tears and doubt. After Bailey loses her patient, she finds the inspiration needed to name her research project "The Trailblazer", and Jo reignites Meredith’s will to continue on with her project. Amelia and Owen continue to pursue their "friends with benefits" relationship until she finds out how close Owen and Teddy are, and Arizona helps Sofia get accustomed to her new life away from New York.
310
17 "One Day Like This" Kevin McKidd Elisabeth R. Finch March 29, 2018 (2018-03-29) 7.15[43]
April crosses Bailey when she disagrees on Bailey's treatment plan for a rabbi who came in three times for diverticulitis and only gave him antibiotics, and who is now suffering from toxic epidermal necrolysis as a side effect. As April treats the rabbi, he gives her a lesson on faith which allows her to reflect on her recent struggles. Meredith buddies up with a new transplant surgeon from the Mayo Clinic, Dr Nick Marsh, who is recovering from a recent kidney transplant of his own. After his lab results come back, Meredith rushes him to surgery to remove a blood clot and successfully saves his kidney. After calling it quits with Amelia, Owen reconnects with Teddy, who now lives in Germany. However, after the short, happy reunion, Teddy learns that just a short while ago he was still sleeping with Amelia and refuses to be his second choice.
311
18 "Hold Back the River" Geary McLeod Alex Manugian April 5, 2018 (2018-04-05) 6.84[44]
Richard is surprised to see his AA sponsor, Ollie, arrive at Grey Sloan in an ambulance. After she denies him the ability to save her life once more, he enlists the help of Maggie and Meredith. Now that Owen is back in the States, he has to face the disdain of Arizona and Amelia's failure to fix things with Teddy. In between the personal conversations, Arizona and Owen look further into a fraudulent oncologist. In their pursuit, they coincidentally learn that Arizona has breast cancer—at least until it was proven that the image produced was a fake. Alex, Amelia, and Tom resect Noah’s brain tumor, despite never performing the procedure before. Though successful, Amelia and Tom decide that it is too risky to do the same for Kimmy, which infuriates Alex. April strives to make amends with her colleagues, and Jackson, claiming that she has found Jesus again. Meredith and Jo learn that their research can be successful without the polymer, and that they can help patients grow livers and save lives.
312
19 "Beautiful Dreamer" Jeannot Szwarc Meg Marinis April 12, 2018 (2018-04-12) 6.97[45]
Bailey gets caught off guard when an agent from ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) shows up looking for one of her surgical interns, Sam Bello. Unaware of the situation, Sam explains that she is a "dreamer" protected by DACA. While Meredith and Andrew scheme up ideas to keep Sam from being deported back to El Salvador, Bailey distracts Agent Fields with concerns about his own health. As Arizona and Carina move forward in their research by learning from their previous patient's death, April is surprised to see Matthew back at Grey Sloan with his baby who is failing to thrive. When Alex refuses to give up on Kimmy, Jo realizes Kimmy's dream and signs off on discharge papers. Catherine comes back to support Richard who has stayed with Ollie right through her final breath. Meredith sends Sam to Zurich to study under Cristina; Owen signs up to become a foster parent, and Jackson confronts Maggie about her tendency to resist their relationship. Jackson directs the Harper Avery Foundation to release a researcher from an agreement so she can collaborate with Amelia; Catherine tells Richard that the hospital is now doomed.
313
20 "Judgment Day" Sydney Freeland Julie Wong April 19, 2018 (2018-04-19) 6.93[46]
As the next stage of the research contest begins, the Top 25 proposals are presented by their respective owners who have gathered to present in front of a panel and audience. Arizona shares cookies, provided by a grateful patient, with her colleagues; however, she later learns they were laced with cannabis. Due to the mishap, the presentations are postponed, and the interns are summoned to replace the stoned attendings. Meredith walks Jo through surgery after Bailey is forced to scrub out and accidentally injures Meredith's hand. Jo makes effective use of Richard's project. Catherine tells Jackson of the 13 cases of sexual harassment that were filed against his grandfather and the major settlements used to cover them up. April overhears and then shares the secret with Bailey, who has a secret of her own—she is partnering with a sex toy company to make her "Trailblazer" device. Owen gets a call about his first foster child, which makes him nervous until Amelia saves him. Meredith learns about the dark past of Harper Avery and, in addition, that Marie Cerone was one of the 13 women. Richard fires intern, Dr Vikram Roy, who was found practicing under the influence.
314
21 "Bad Reputation" Kevin McKidd Mark Driscoll April 26, 2018 (2018-04-26) TBD
With word spreading about Harper Avery, Meredith decides to return her and Ellis' awards to the foundation. Catherine hires a crisis management specialist, who brings in a patient for Jackson and Meredith to heal as PR stunt. Bailey shuts down the innovation contest for fear of word getting out that an Avery funded it, so April volunteers her time to plan Alex and Jo’s wedding. Alex and Jo get awkward when, Olivia, the former “Syph nurse,” returns to the hospital with her son—who swallowed a whistle—and begins planting seeds of doubt. Owen takes Leo in for his check up with his birth mom in tow, who ends up talking to Amelia. Thinking she can sponsor her with her drug addiction, Amelia takes her in as a foster child of her own. Meredith and Jackson think up a way to save the foundation by changing its name to the Catherine Fox Foundation dedicated to all the women victimized by the previous regime. Alex learns that his bank account balance is awfully high due to his mom not cashing the checks he’s been sending her, and Vikram plans to sue the hospital for wrongful termination.
315
22 "Fight for Your Mind"[47] Jesse Williams Andy Reaser May 3, 2018 (2018-05-03) TBD
316
23 "Cold as Ice"[48] Bill D'Elia William Harper May 10, 2018 (2018-05-10) TBD
317
24 "All of Me"[49] Debbie Allen[50] Krista Vernoff[50] May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17) TBD
Ratings[edit]
Live + SD ratings[edit]
No. in
series
No. in
season
Episode
Air date
Time slot (EST)
Rating/Share (18–49)
Viewers (m)
18–49 Rank
Viewership rank
Drama rank
294 1 "Break Down the House" September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28) Thursday
8:00 p.m.
2.3/8[28]
8.07[28]
12[51]
24[51]
3[51]
295 2 "Get Off on the Pain" September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28) Thursday
9:00 p.m.
2.3/8[28]
8.07[28]
12[51]
24[51]
3[51]
296 3 "Go Big or Go Home" October 5, 2017 (2017-10-05) Thursdays
8:00 p.m.
2.1/8[29]
8.06[29]
11[52]
21[52]
3[52]
297 4 "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12)
2.1/8[30]
8.08[30]
10[53]
17[53]
2[53]
298 5 "Danger Zone" October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)
1.8/7[31]
7.67[31]
14[54]
22[54]
3[54]
299 6 "Come On Down to My Boat, Baby" November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02)
1.8/7[32]
7.38[32]
13[55]
21[55]
3[55]
300 7 "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09)
1.9/7[33]
8.13[33]
11[56]
19[55]
2[55]
301 8 "Out of Nowhere" November 16, 2017 (2017-11-16)
1.8/7[34]
7.52[34]
13[57]
21[57]
4[57]
302 9 "1-800-799-7233" January 18, 2018 (2018-01-18)
2.3/9[35]
8.27[35]
7[58]
14[58]
3[58]
303 10 "Personal Jesus" January 25, 2018 (2018-01-25)
2.3/9[36]
8.62[36]
3[59]
7[59]
2[59]
304 11 "(Don't Fear) the Reaper" February 1, 2018 (2018-02-01)
2.3/9[37]
8.93[37]
5[60]
8[60]
2[60]
305 12 "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" February 8, 2018 (2018-02-08)
2.0/8[38]
7.32[38]
6[61]
13[61]
2[61]
306 13 "You Really Got a Hold on Me" March 1, 2018 (2018-03-01)
2.0/8[39]
7.52[39]
9[62]
17[62]
2[62]
307 14 "Games People Play" March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)
1.7/7[40]
7.07[40]
9[63]
19[63]
2[63]
308 15 "Old Scars, Future Hearts" March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15)
1.8/7[41]
7.18[41]
5[64]
15[64]
3[64]
309 16 "Caught Somewhere in Time" March 22, 2018 (2018-03-22)
1.9/8[42]
7.61[42]
7[65]
12[65]
1[65]
310 17 "One Day Like This" March 29, 2018 (2018-03-29)
1.8/7[43]
7.15[43]
8[66]
19[66]
2[66]
311 18 "Hold Back the River" April 5, 2018 (2018-04-05)
1.7/7[44]
6.84[44]
8[67]
20[67]
2[67]
312 19 "Beautiful Dreamer" April 12, 2018 (2018-04-12)
1.7/7[45]
6.97[45]
8[68]
16[68]
2[68]
313 20 "Judgment Day" April 19, 2018 (2018-04-19)
1.7/7[46]
6.93[46]
6[69]
18[69]
2[69]
314 21 "Bad Reputation" April 26, 2018 (2018-04-26)
315 22 "Fight for Your Mind" May 3, 2018 (2018-05-03)
316 23 "Cold as Ice" May 10, 2018 (2018-05-10)
317 24 "All of Me" May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17)
Live + 7 Day (DVR) ratings[edit]
No. in
series
No. in
season
Episode
Air date
Time slot (EST)
18–49 increase
Viewers
(millions) increase
Total 18-49
Total viewers
(millions)
Ref
294 1 "Break Down the House" September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28) Thursday
8:00 p.m.
1.6
3.91
3.9
11.99
[70]
295 2 "Get Off on the Pain" September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28) Thursday
9:00 p.m.
1.6
3.91
3.9
11.99
[70]
296 3 "Go Big or Go Home" October 5, 2017 (2017-10-05) Thursdays
8:00 p.m.
1.6
3.83
3.7
11.89
[71]
297 4 "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12)
1.4
3.51
3.5
11.59
[72]
298 5 "Danger Zone" October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)
1.5
3.54
3.3
11.22
[73]
299 6 "Come On Down to My Boat, Baby" November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02)
1.5
3.45
3.2
10.84
[74]
300 7 "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09)
1.5
3.53
3.4
11.67
[75]
301 8 "Out of Nowhere" November 16, 2017 (2017-11-16)
1.5
3.54
3.3
11.07
[76]
302 9 "1-800-799-7233" January 18, 2018 (2018-01-18)
1.3
3.30
3.6
11.58
[77]
303 10 "Personal Jesus" January 25, 2018 (2018-01-25)
1.3
3.35
3.6
11.98
[78]
304 11 "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" February 1, 2018 (2018-02-01)
1.4
3.41
3.7
12.35
[79]
305 12 "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" February 8, 2018 (2018-02-08)
1.5
3.72
3.5
11.05
[80]
306 13 "You Really Got a Hold on Me" March 1, 2018 (2018-03-01)
1.6
3.90
3.6
11.43
[81]
307 14 "Games People Play" March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)
1.5
3.57
3.2
10.65
[82]
308 15 "Old Scars, Future Hearts" March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15)
1.5
3.64
3.3
10.82
[83]
309 16 "Caught Somewhere in Time" March 22, 2018 (2018-03-22)
1.4
3.25
3.3
10.87
[84]
310 17 "One Day Like This" March 29, 2018 (2018-03-29)
1.4
3.50
3.2
10.66
[85]
311 18 "Hold Back the River" April 5, 2018 (2018-04-05)
1.4
3.58
3.1
10.43
[86]
312 19 "Beautiful Dreamer" April 12, 2018 (2018-04-12)
1.4
3.44
3.1
10.42
[87]
313 20 "Judgment Day" April 19, 2018 (2018-04-19)
314 21 "Bad Reputation" April 26, 2018 (2018-04-26)
315 22 "Fight for Your Mind" May 3, 2018 (2018-05-03)
316 23 "Cold as Ice" May 10, 2018 (2018-05-10)
317 24 "All of Me" May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17)
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Season 1
"A Hard Day's Night"
"If Tomorrow Never Comes"
Season 2
"Into You Like a Train"
"It's the End of the World"
"As We Know It"
"Losing My Religion"
Season 3
"Time Has Come Today"
"I Am a Tree"
"Great Expectations"
"Wishin' and Hopin'"
"Didn't We Almost Have It All?"
Season 4
"A Change Is Gonna Come"
Season 5
"What a Difference a Day Makes"
"Stand By Me"
"Elevator Love Letter"
"Now or Never"
Season 6
"Good Mourning"
"Goodbye"
"I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watchin' Me"
"Tainted Obligation"
"Invasion"
"I Saw What I Saw"
"Give Peace a Chance"
"Invest in Love"
"I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked"
"Death and All His Friends"
Season 7
"Song Beneath the Song"
Season 8
"Flight"
Season 9
"Going, Going, Gone"
"Beautiful Doom"
"Perfect Storm"
Season 10
"Fear (of the Unknown)"
Season 11
"I Must Have Lost it on the Wind"
"Puzzle With a Piece Missing"
"Got to Be Real"
"Only Mama Knows"
"Bend & Break"
"Don't Let's Start"
"One Flight Down"
"How to Save a Life"
"She's Leaving Home"
"Time Stops"
"You're My Home"
Season 12
"Sledgehammer"
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
"Something Against You"
"Things We Lost in the Fire"
"The Sound of Silence"
"Family Affair"
Season 13
"True Colors"
Season 14
"Danger Zone"
"Personal Jesus"
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Tara Maclay
Buffy the Vampire Slayer character
Amber Benson as Tara Maclay in 2001
First appearance
"Hush" (1999)
Created by
Joss Whedon
Portrayed by
Amber Benson
Information
Affiliation
Scooby Gang
Classification
Witch
Notable powers
Magic
Tara Maclay is a fictional character created for the action-horror/fantasy television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003). She was developed by Joss Whedon and portrayed by Amber Benson. Tara is a shy young woman with magical talents who falls in love with Willow Rosenberg, one of the core characters. Together, they help Buffy Summers, who has been given superhuman powers to defeat evil forces in the fictional town of Sunnydale.
Willow was a popular character when Tara was introduced, and the onset of their relationship was met with some resistance from fans. Tara grows from a reserved girl who is unsure of herself to being the moral center of Buffy's circle of friends, named the Scooby Gang. Her relationship with Willow is consistently positive, and the first recurring depiction of a lesbian couple on prime time network series television in the United States. Tara is killed by a stray gunshot toward the end of the sixth season, causing Willow to go on a rampage. Series writers and producers received angry protests from some fans when Tara was killed, including accusations of homophobia. Whedon upheld that it was the necessary course to take to propel Willow's story arc further; both the show's producers and Amber Benson deny that there was any malicious intent behind the decision. Tara was included in AfterEllen.com's Top 50 Lesbian and Bisexual Characters, ranking at No. 15.[1]
Contents
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1 Creation and casting
2 Seasons
2.1 4 and 5
2.2 6 and comics
3 Death and response
4 Cultural impact
5 References
6 Bibliography
7 External links
Creation and casting[edit]
Tara is introduced in the fourth season episode "Hush" as a college student who attends a Wicca meeting where Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan) goes to find some like-minded people. Tara is hesitant to speak out during the meeting and has a pronounced stammer that returns throughout the series when she is upset. She reacts positively during the meeting to Willow's suggestion that the Wiccan group discuss spellcasting, but the rest of the group scoff at the suggestion and silence Tara and Willow. Tara was created to appear in only a few episodes as a friend with whom Willow could learn magic and develop her skills. Amber Benson had known Hannigan previously, but did not tell her she was up for the part. Benson almost missed a callback audition because she left town, but the casting department postponed the session so she could return and read. When she did, Hannigan found her on set and upon learning she was up for the role, told Whedon to hire Benson at the same moment Benson got the call from her agent that she had won the part.[2] Benson and Hannigan had such chemistry that the relationship was written to be more intimate. In "Hush", Tara and Willow each individually attempt to use magic to move a heavy object, without success. They then join hands and easily fling the object across the room. Whedon and the producers found the scene to be very sensual. Network executives also noticed the chemistry between the actresses. After some discussion, Whedon informed Benson and Hannigan that the characters would become lovers.[3]
Willow was featured from the beginning of the series and already had a strong fanbase. Earlier in the fourth season, she had a boyfriend named Oz (Seth Green), who abruptly left town. Oz returns in the episode "New Moon Rising", determined to win Willow back. That episode marked the first time Tara is introduced to the Scooby Gang as a whole, and Willow is faced with choosing between Tara and Oz. She favors Tara in the end, causing some of the show's fans to react angrily on the fansite message boards, with some leaving homophobic remarks and characterizing Benson as overweight and unattractive. Benson, who was referred to as "astoundingly non-Hollywood" by a Scottish journalist,[4] frequented the boards and read the comments, finding them hurtful and taking some of them personally. She responded, protesting that she was, at 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m) and 118 pounds (54 kg), quite slender, although she appears larger than her more petite costars. She went on to write:
You can judge me and Tara for being "fat", "gay", and "shy". I suppose that my being on TV gives you that right. But I DO NOT have to read what you say. I have enjoyed being a lurker. But my feelings just can't take the criticism. Those of you (you know who you are) with sensitivity will understand. Thank you for sticking up for us. Tara and I both appreciate it. I think that being a beautiful, heavy, lesbian witch rocks! No matters what happens, I'm glad I get the chance to walk in Tara's shoes.[5]
Network executives encouraged the lesbian element in the relationship, but put strict guidelines on what could be shown. For several episodes in the fourth season, Tara and Willow's friendship grows as they practice magic. To work within the censorship imposed on their relationship, writers used allusions to spells and witchcraft to symbolize their affection and growing sexuality.[6][7] Willow does not tell her friends about Tara for several episodes, instead just expressing the wish to spend time with Tara, where she can have something just for herself.[8] Tara is unwaveringly supportive and committed to Willow.
Seasons[edit]
4 and 5[edit]
When Tara and Willow meet, their proficiency at magic is about the same, but Tara's knowledge of the craft far exceeds Willow's. Tara reveals that she has been practicing magic for most of her life, as her deceased mother had also been a powerful witch. Throughout season 4, Tara acts as a partner and guide in Willow's witchcraft, teaching Willow spells and performing magic together. Willow, however, is inherently talented, despite being new to the craft, and begins to progress much faster than Tara in the fifth season, including experimentations in dark magic. Tara struggles with understanding her place among the Scoobies with Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), the leader, with which has a very friendly relationship; Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendon), Willow's friend since childhood; and Rupert Giles (Anthony Stewart Head), their mentor. Tara's primary role throughout the series is that of Willow's partner. She feels somewhat useless until the fifth season episode "Family" when the entire Scooby Gang (Spike included) makes it clear that she is unquestionably a part of them. The episode introduces some of Tara's blood family: a cold, authoritarian father who has lied to her all her life (telling her that her magical powers are a result of her being part-demon on her mother's side); an overbearing brother; and a judgmental, repressed and repressive cousin; all of whom Tara dismisses at the end of the episode.[9] Tara later reveals in "The Body" that her mother had died when she was 17. In the following episode, when Dawn is acting out, Tara confides to Buffy that she had to deal with her brother after her mother's death. No more of her backstory is revealed in the series.
As Willow's character grows more self-assured and powerful through the seasons, Tara takes over some of the role of being placed in peril and needing to be rescued. The fifth season's primary villain, or Big Bad, is Glory, a goddess too powerful for Buffy to fight alone. Glory tortures Tara in order to gain information on the Key, but Tara asserts willpower and resists Glory, resulting in Glory stealing her sanity, and prompting Willow to go searching for retribution. Glory states she feels "buzzed" after feeding on Tara's mind, indicating Tara's powerful intellect (and possibly suggesting her power as a witch).
Buffy scholar Ian Shuttleworth writes that Benson was able to "admirably" portray the same range of emotions inherent in Tara although the character loses her identity.[10] Willow's powers are significant enough that she is able to battle Glory more effectively than Buffy, if not completely successfully.[11] In the final episode of season 5, Willow uses her magic to restore Tara's sanity, significantly weakening Glory in the process.
Tara also becomes a guide of sorts, and a maternal figure. She appears to Buffy in a dream in the fourth season finale "Restless" to tell her about the arrival of Buffy's sister Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg) and act as a translator for the voiceless First Slayer. Following the death of Joyce Summers and Buffy's sacrifice to save the world at the end of the fifth season, Tara and Willow move into the Summers house, taking Joyce's bedroom and becoming Dawn's surrogate parents.[12]
6 and comics[edit]
Tara becomes more outspoken during the sixth season about the ethics of Willow's use of magic, cautioning Willow that she depends too much on it. The dynamics of their relationship suddenly turn during "Once More, with Feeling". Willow had cast a spell on Tara to alter her memory in the preceding episode and Tara finds out about it during "Once More, with Feeling", the musical episode of the series. Tara was given a prominent role in the musical due to the skill of Benson's voice: she sings a love ballad to Willow, a duet with Giles, and backup in two other songs. The musical nature of the episode compelled the characters to express what they had been feeling secretly, or had refused to admit to themselves. Tara's song is a fervent and explicit expression of love for Willow which she had not made clear to the audience until this point.[13] Tara later sings with Giles that she will leave Willow if she does not change. Self-conscious about her singing abilities, Hannigan requested not to be given a song and sings only a few lines in the episode. Critics saw this as Tara's personality becoming more forceful as Willow begins to show signs of weakness as she is overtaken by her addiction.[14][15] Tara challenges Willow to go for a week without using any magic. Willow almost immediately breaks her promise, however, and Tara leaves her at the end of "Tabula Rasa". Tara remains a part of the group, spending time with Dawn, and non-judgmentally acting as Buffy's confessor when Buffy divulges she has a painful and compulsive sexual relationship with Spike, a vampire whom she loathes.[16]
Despite their separation, Tara remains devoted to Willow's recovery and supports her in her decision to abstain from using magic. She is, according to author Lorna Jowett, one of the few characters who is never seduced by evil.[16] Shuttleworth notes that most Buffy characters go through a rite of transformation except for Tara.[17] Among female characters she is the most virtuous. Like the other Buffy characters in the series whose names have symbolic interpretations, Tara's name resembles the Latin terra, meaning "earth." She is solidly grounded, with Willow attached to her, and Benson's body more naturally representative of women.[18] Tara is wholly feminine both in dress and demeanor, as opposed to Buffy and (less) Willow mostly dressed with trousers and jackets, but never seeks male approval. She is clad in earthy, natural colors, long flowing skirts and clinging blouses, with an intent to comfort instead of arouse as other women on the show are dressed.[19] Her admonishments to other characters are always made with love, with their best interests at heart.[16] Even Tara's last words, commenting that Willow's shirt is stained (with Tara's own blood), indicate her preoccupation with the welfare of others.[20]
Tara has also appeared in The Long Way Home, Always Darkest, Retreat, and the one-off Willow.
Death and response[edit]
After tentatively courting each other in "Entropy", Tara returns to Willow, and they reconcile through the next episode, "Seeing Red". Throughout the season, Buffy is dogged by three techno-nerds calling themselves The Trio, who envision themselves to be supervillains, with Buffy their nemesis. She continues to foil their plans, and during "Seeing Red", Warren Mears, one of the Trio, arrives at Buffy's house with a gun. He shoots several rounds, hitting Buffy, and the last stray shot hits Tara through the heart, killing her as Willow looks on. Willow is taken over by a dark alter ego, going on a rampage, torturing Warren and skinning him alive. She then attempts to murder the other two members of the Trio, but is unsuccessful. To end her pain, she attempts to end the world. Xander stops her by forcing her to deal with her grief in a healthy, non-violent way.[21]
During the fifth season, Whedon informed Benson that Tara would be killed off. He saw it as necessary to further Willow's character; she had to deal with her dark powers, but nothing short of Tara's death would allow them to come out so forcefully. Tara had become popular among fans, and Whedon and series writer David Fury decided that her death would elicit a strong response, something that Whedon felt sure was the correct course to take.[22] He was unprepared, however, for how forcefully viewers reacted to Tara's death. Fans were so upset that some stopped watching.[23] Because the death came at the end of an episode where Willow and Tara were portrayed in bed between sexual encounters, critics accused Whedon of implying that lesbian sex should be punishable by death, a familiar trope in film. Producers were inundated with mail from people—women especially—who expressed their anger, sadness, and frustration with the writing team. Series writer and producer Marti Noxon was unable to read some of the mail because it was so distressing, but she counted the response as a natural indication that television simply had few strong female role models, and no lesbian representation.[24]
Benson defended Whedon in 2007, saying he "is 100 percent behind the LGBT community. I know this for a fact."[25] Author Rhonda Wilcox writes that Tara's death is made more poignant by her earthy naturalness representing the "fragility of the physical".[18] Roz Kaveney comments that Tara's murder is "one of the most upsetting moments of the show's seven seasons",[23] and Nikki Stafford states that the episode in which Tara dies is possibly the most controversial of the series, causing divisions about whether it was necessary, or assertions that Tara was created only to be killed. In response to fans and critics who accused the writers of being motivated by homophobia, Stafford comments, "they seem to forget that it was those same writers who created such an amazing, gentle, and realistic portrait in the first place; that Tara is certainly not the first character to be killed off on the show; and Tara was a lot more than just 'the lesbian', and her character deserves better than that."[26] Kaveney concurs with the opinion that the series avoided playing a cliché, "proving that it is possible for a queer character to die in popular culture without that death being the surrogate vengeance of the straight world".[23]
While other deaths of main characters in the Buffy universe have been reversed in some form (as has been the case with Buffy herself, Cordelia, Giles, Angel, Spike, Anya, Connor, Gunn, Fred, Illyria and Wesley), Tara remains dead as of the season 10 comic series. She remains one of only three main characters not to have been resurrected in any way, the others being Doyle and Lorne (whose actors have died).
Cultural impact[edit]
Although lesbianism had been addressed on U.S. television before Tara was introduced to Buffy, her relationship with Willow was heralded as a milestone.[27][28] Previously depicted lesbian relationships had not shown characters as sexual beings, or even touching each other.[29][30] Despite this, Tara and Willow's relationship was not heralded with any specific fanfare on the show; they are treated as other couples. Their relationship was frequently the subject of storylines, but no specific focus was on their identity as lesbians or the coming out process. Limited to what could be shown by the network, Tara and Willow are shown as consistently affectionate but not overly sexual.[4] Manda Scott in The Herald wrote in 2002 that the lack of realistic displays of touching or kissing between Willow and Tara made their relationship implausible, but because no other portrayals of lesbian relationships were on television, its importance is undeniable.[4] Tara and Willow did not kiss until the fifth season episode "The Body", which focused on the death of Joyce Summers. Not until Buffy moved from the WB to UPN in 2001 were Tara and Willow shown in sexual situations. Benson later recalled the issues of working with censors:
There was a big kerfuffle—they didn’t want us kissing on the show, and Alyson and I were both like, “Hey, this is bull[shit]. We should be able to kiss." And it was only after one of the crew members, who was gay, took us aside and said, ‘Hey, just the fact that the characters are having this positive relationship and they’re being portrayed as normal human beings—who just happen to be two women in love—that what’s important, not the physical stuff.” So, it was really just about saying hey we are two people and we are in this relationship and we are functioning like normal people. Just having a normal relationship, I think, that’s the biggest thing that we did.[3]
Like Whedon, Benson was surprised at the strength of the reaction to Tara's death. It indicated to her what kind of impact the characters had:
I thought I was on some science fiction show. I had no clue I was going to have some sort of impact on a whole group of people... Alyson and I would get letters, and you don't realize the impact you're making until you really start thinking about it. When kids come up and say, 'I didn't kill myself because of Buffy and your relationship,' it blows your mind. It wasn't about two women making out. It was about two women who fell in love with each other and happened, just happened, to have the same genitalia.[25]
The Big Bad of the seventh season is the First Evil, who taunts Buffy and her friends by appearing as loved ones who previously died. Whedon asked Benson to appear as Tara to Willow in "Conversations with Dead People", but Benson turned down the role, concerned about what fans of the show would think about an evil Tara. Instead, the producers used Cassie, a character who dies early in the seventh season and speaks for Tara, telling Willow to kill herself.[31] Whedon also considered bringing Tara back in a storyline where Buffy would be given one wish to be granted, but the possibility did not come to fruition.[32]
Writer Peg Aloi calls the backlash at Whedon "staggering", and summarizes Tara's effect with Willow, stating that they were a single unit the moment they met: "Willow's need for approval and Tara's need for unconditional love allowed their supernova trajectory its singular, incendiary thrust toward its triumphant but tragic end; like all witches who burn, martyred by flames, they move on to a place where their gods are the right ones."[33]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "AfterEllen.com's Top 50 Lesbian and Bisexual Characters". AfterEllen.com. March 15, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
Jump up ^ Holder, et al pp. 281–283.
^ Jump up to: a b Byrnes, Lyndsey (June 8, 2010). An interview with Amber Benson Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine., Afterellen.com. Retrieved on August 14, 2010.
^ Jump up to: a b c Scott, Manda (August 17, 2002)."If the Buffy generation turns out an excess of teenage dykes, I'll be happy but surprised", The Herald, p. 5.
Jump up ^ Stafford, p. 108.
Jump up ^ "Interview: Writer and producer Joss Whedon discusses his career and his latest show, 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'", Fresh Air, National Public Radio (May 9, 2000).
Jump up ^ McDaniel, Mike (May 16, 2000). "Coming Out on 'Buffy': Willow discovers she's attracted to another woman, Tara", Houston Chronicle, p. 6.
Jump up ^ Stafford, p. 232.
Jump up ^ Locklin, Reid (2002). "Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Domestic Church: Revisioning Family and the Common Good" Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine., Slayage: The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies. Retrieved on August 16, 2010.
Jump up ^ Kaveney, p. 252.
Jump up ^ Stafford, pp. 272–273.
Jump up ^ Jarvis, Christine; Burr, Viv (2005). "‘Friends are the family we choose for ourselves: Young people and families in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer", Nordic Journal of Youth Research, 13 (3), pp. 269–283.
Jump up ^ Kaveney, p. 272.
Jump up ^ Wilcox, p. 202.
Jump up ^ Kaveney, p. 253.
^ Jump up to: a b c Jowett, pp. 49–54.
Jump up ^ Kaveney, p. 251.
^ Jump up to: a b Wilcox, p. 50.
Jump up ^ Yeffeth, p. 43.
Jump up ^ Stafford, p. 304.
Jump up ^ Ruditis, pp. 145–153.
Jump up ^ Stafford, p. 342.
^ Jump up to: a b c Kaveney, p. 35.
Jump up ^ Mangels, Andy (August 20, 2002). "Lesbian sex = death?", The Advocate, 869/870, pp. 70–71.
^ Jump up to: a b Von Metzge, Ross (March 30, 2007). Ten Minutes with Amber Benson Archived 2007-08-23 at the Wayback Machine., Whedonsworld.uk; originally hosted at LesbiaNation.com. Retrieved on August 14, 2010.
Jump up ^ Stafford, p. 340.
Jump up ^ Eden, Carl (June 4, 2013). "Homosexuality In Buffy: Willow and Tara's Relationship". Vada Magazine. Retrieved November 17, 2013. The relationship between Willow and Tara, one of the first homosexual relationships on mainstream television, still stands as a mature and fascinating portrayal of sexuality, and is worth looking at in more depth... Unlike other television shows exploring similar issues, there’s nothing broad or in-your-face about Willow's sexuality; it feels natural and understated. Willow initially falls for Tara as a person and the move fits in with her character. It's also interesting how she becomes a much stronger, more confident woman as she accepts her own sexuality. The coming out scene to best friend Buffy is surprisingly realistic, and Buffy's acceptance charming, the tone very in line with the show's accepting atmosphere.
Jump up ^ Akers, Laura (4 Nov 2013). "Amber Benson on Buffy, Tara and Willow, Husbands & more". Den of Geek. Retrieved November 17, 2013. Well, it really wasn't us; it was the network. They really were anti-showing anything. Just to get the kiss in The Body was like pulling teeth. Literally, I remember Alyson and I being like, 'Spike and Buffy are shtupping on a gravestone, seeing everything... How come we can't? We were all up in arms about it. ... one of the guys on the crew was gay and he said, 'Look, I know you guys have a kind of anger that you can't embrace that aspect of the relationship, but what is important here is that you guys are making it okay. You are saying that this is okay. This is normal. You're putting it out into the mainstream. The relationship is so special, and the way you treat each other. That is what is important. You are making inroads into the normal populace and they see it's okay that these two women are in love and the more that that's out there, the more that it's going to be accepted.' He said what we were doing was going to have an impact ten years down the road. '...you have to understand that what you are doing is making social commentary.'
Jump up ^ Mitchell and Reid-Walsh, p. 392.
Jump up ^ Tropiano, p. 44.
Jump up ^ Stafford, p. 111.
Jump up ^ Furey, Emmett (July 30, 2007). CCI XTRA: Joss Whedon on "Buffy" and Beyond, Comic Book Resources. Retrieved on October 24, 2010.
Jump up ^ Yeffeth, pp. 45–46.
Bibliography[edit]
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Holder, Nancy; Mariotte, Jeff; Hart, Maryelizabeth (2000). Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher's Guide, Volume 2, Pocket Books. ISBN 0-671-04260-2
Jowett, Lorna (2005). Sex and the Slayer: A Gender Studies Primer for the Buffy Fan, Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 978-0-8195-6758-1
Kaveney, Roz (ed.) (2004). Reading the Vampire Slayer: The New, Updated, Unofficial Guide to Buffy and Angel, Tauris Parke Paperbacks. ISBN 1-4175-2192-9
Mitchell, Claudia; Reid-Walsh, Jacqueline (2008). Girl Culture: Studying Girl Culture — A Readers' Guide, ABC-CLIO. ISBN 0-313-33909-0
Ruditis, Paul (2004). Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher's Guide, Volume 3, Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-689-86984-3
Stafford, Nikki (2007). Bite Me! The Unofficial Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-807-6
Tropiano, Stephen (2002). Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV, Applause Theater and Cinema Books. ISBN 1-55783-557-8
Wilcox, Rhonda (2005). Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I. B. Tauris. ISBN 1-84511-029-3
Yeffeth, Glenn (ed.) (2003). Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Discuss Their Favorite Television Show, Benbella Books. ISBN 1-932100-08-3
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