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Hush aired for BTVS season 4, episode 10. This was the first appearance of Tara Maclay, a classmate of Willow's at UC Sunnydale. Tara is played by Amber Benson and is a major character for the rest of this season and several more.

For the first time, Buffy and Riley kiss.

Olivia, a friend of Giles', has the last spoken words of the episode before the silence begins.

This episode was nominated for two Emmy Awards: Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Cinematography for a Single Camera Series. The episode did not win in either nominated category.

Fool for Love aired for BTVS season 5, episode 7. This was the last BTVS appearance of Darla, who would continue to appear in multiple episodes of ATS. Darla is an independently wealthy woman (extremely wealthy) and is played by Julie Benz. She appears in five BTVS episodes, in S1, S2, and this episode in S5.

This was also the first appearance of Cecily Addams - shown in Victorian England - played by Kali Rocha. (Previous post on her last appearance.)

And last but not least, this was the first appearance of Nikki Wood. She is a slayer that Spike fights in the NYC subway. This is the only appearance of Nikki played by April Weeden, Nikki was later recast.

Darla aired for ATS season 2, episode 7. This aired directly after the BTVS episode "Fool for Love." Like "Fool for Love" it included several flashback scenes, including another view of the Boxer Rebellion scene. The Fanged Four chosen family are shown above: Angelus, Darla, Drusilla, and Spike.