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beautiful take on grief by Andrew Garfield
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | 5.17
Well, who’s gonna be [mom] if I’m not? Huh, Dawn? Have you even thought about that? Who’s gonna make things better? Who’s gonna take care of us?
Am I really so bad? Am I really so frightening? You've talked to me. You've confided in me. Have I tried to hurt you? It isn't me you're afraid of. What you're afraid of is the unknown.
ROBERT REDFORD as MR. DEATH The Twilight Zone — 3.16 "Nothing in the Dark"
Director: Lamont Johnson
Writer: George Clayton Johnson
Air date: January 5, 1962
Edvin Ryding as Erik 28 YEARS LATER [2025]
She is the ghost of a ghost, the twice-removed identity of a dead woman, an umbra. She is everything Allison is remembered for, and nothing like her.
Allison wasn't an angry woman, but Caboose remembered Beta's firey temper, remembered her snappy insults, remembered her using him as target practice, and that's what he told Epsilon. He told the fragment what an angry woman she was, and now Tex's fists are constantly clenched, poised to strike.
Allison wasn't perfect, but Tex fights better than any soldier. She's graceful, precise, even out of combat, and when she stands, she's so still you'd mistake her for a statue.
Allison wasn't a failure. She had a loving husband, a daughter, and a fulfilling job, but the Director was selfish. He couldn't imagine her happy to make the sacrifice for her planet and her family, and now, Tex is wired for self-sabotage.
When you tell a story over and over again, the details get muddled. For once, Tex would like to write her own story.