10 Darkest Buffy The Vampire Slayer Moments
4. Warren Shoots Tara (Season 6, Episode 19)
Seeing Red is the most controversial episode in the show’s history, and with good reason.
In the final scene, Warren storms into the Summers’ garden with a gun and fires at Buffy. Though the Slayer lives to fight another day, one of the bullets flies through the window, and strikes Tara through the heart. Blood spurts from her wound and covers Willow, who is then forced to cradle her lover as she dies in her arms. It’s a brutal, gory, and traumatic moment.
Given Tara is the kindest member of the Scooby Gang, her death is terribly tragic. And it’s no wonder fans are still divided about it. Regardless of whether you agree with the writers’ decision to kill this character, no one can deny the grim nature of her final moments.
It’s a tragic and unexpected scene as well as a harsh reminder of the realities of gun violence in America.