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Originally Posted by somerfrost
I think Doyle was in the first 8 or 9 but your point is 100% correct. Jenny was revisited, first by Dru and much later by the First. Illyria's ability to change into Fred and fool even her parents, Tara's memory (would have seen her again if Amber had been available), Joyce reappearing to Dawn. Then again, how masterful was Joss in introducing Dawn in the first place! How do you suddenly introduce a kid sister in the fifth season of a show and have her being a part of everything from the beginning??
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I so agree; he took some very big risks and made them pay off. It was smart, too-- Buffy had been the daughter in the mother-daughter relationship and that was just about played out, dramatically speaking. So he introduces this character, and then, with the death of Joyce, Buffy moves into the mother role, as it were. Smart, smart writing.
I thought I also read somewhere Amber didn't want to reprise Tara in that episode because it wasn't really Tara; it was the First, and she didn't want fans' last memories of Tara to be of an evil imposter. For which I give her big props, if that's true. (Though she has nothing negative to say about Joss, et al, by the way- -I think she just disagreed with this particular idea)