Re-Watcher's Council | Buffy the Vampire Slayer S5E19 "Tough Love" Spoiler Review | Snark & Brennen

Snark rewatched Buffy the Vampire Slayer S5E19 "Tough Love" and he's here to discuss it on The Re-Watcher's Council, joined by special guest Brennen Marr!This week on Re-Watcher's Council, we're covering "Tough Love" — the episode where Glory finally makes her move on the Scoobies and the fallout is absolutely devastating. Buffy is juggling full-time guardianship of a grieving, acting-out Dawn while trying to keep Glory from zeroing in on the Key. And then Willow and Tara have a fight — a real, honest, relationship fight — and the timing couldn't be worse.Because Glory misidentifies Tara as the Key. And what she does to her changes everything.We're talking about Willow's grief-fueled rage and what it signals for her arc going forward, the Buffy/Dawn dynamic as Buffy steps fully into the parent role, and what this episode does to set up the absolutely brutal final stretch of Season 5. Also — Tara deserved so much better and we will be saying that loudly.If you've been watching along, you know the stakes just got very, very real. Strap in.