It's what I am.
You know what, can, can we not do this now? I'm tired.
All the Way (Steven S. DeKnight)
I know that I view BtVS through my own lens so that this and “Older and Far Away” don’t elicit the response from me that many others have towards them. First, I don’t mind too much bratty teenagers doing bratty things (as long as it makes sense) and second, both episodes are significant in the stories of Tara and Willow.
Tara: I'm not really much for the timber.
I love the way that Amber looks almost apologetic for this joke which sadly enough does make me snigger unlike the wearisome “I'm a breast girl myself” from “Life Serial”.
![All the Way - The dance of capitalist superiority](https://www.moley75.co.uk/images/uploads/2008/03/all_the_way_dance.jpg)
Is that why you're always cleaning your glasses? So you don't have to see what we're doing?
It’s hard to see that Willow creating some “extra biodegradable-y” decorations is actually wrong but you can sense her arrogance and irritation at simply being challenged.
The dancing in the lounge is one of the most pitiful sights I have ever seen, except, maybe for Tara's sad face as she watches. She must be upset or she would be in fits of laughter.
![All the Way - that’s dancing](https://www.moley75.co.uk/images/uploads/2008/03/all_the_way_more-dancing.jpg)
The Dawn and Justin story is strangely non-compelling mainly because he and Zack behave like children and the kissing is, erm, amateur. And my interest is elsewhere:
Tara: Do you think Dawn might have come here?
Willow: It's where I'd be if I were fifteen and on the lam.
Tara: Really?
Willow: Well, not me at fifteen, cause, hello, spaz.
Tara: You?
Willow: Yeah. Hard to believe such a hot mama-yama came from humble, geek-infested roots.
Tara: Infested roots, trying to turn me on?
Willow: I have to try now?
Help me, what is that about? How would anything infested turn anyone on?
![All the Way - Tara and Willow at the Bronze](https://www.moley75.co.uk/images/uploads/2008/03/all_the_way_tara_willow.jpg)
Tara: Willow, you are using too much magic. What do you want me to do, just, just sit back and keep my mouth shut?
Willow: Well, that'd be a good start.
Poor "Grandpa".
![All the Way - Giles](https://www.moley75.co.uk/images/uploads/2008/03/all_the_way_giles.jpg)
I like this exchange and maybe I'll try it out in real-life one day:
Dawn: This the part where you tell me you're not angry...just disappointed?
Giles: Pretty much...except for the bit about not being angry.
The ending makes my heart sink and at the same time I find myself confused about how easy or hard spells are to cast depending on the mood of the scriptwriter.
![All the Way - Willow - forget](https://www.moley75.co.uk/images/uploads/2008/03/all_the_way_willow.jpg)
Adam asides: Willow bitching at Tara in the Bronze prompted an ooo from Adam while he astutely described Dawn and Justin’s kissing as gorilla kissing (though he did mean chimps).
![All the Way - Tara - can we not](https://www.moley75.co.uk/images/uploads/2008/03/all_the_way_tara.jpg)
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