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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
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)
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That could be, I think she also had other commitments during the filming of "Conversations With Dead People". It certainly would have added power to Willow's torment to have had her speaking with The First/Tara. That episode was great by the way! I especially enjoyed Buffy's conversation with her high school mate...hated to see her dust him! Folks simply don't know what they are missing if they never got into these shows, so many people laugh at them just cause of the name yet they were easily the best ever on TV, certainly the most thought-provoking and yet so damn funny at times! Even the darker Angel was downright hilarious still...