I LOVE this episode. It's actually one of my fav episodes of the whole series. I just feel for Tara. That scene at the end when they defended her from what clearly is an abusive household, when Buffy said "we're family" and Tara's just crying...it's that outsider feeling, always never belonging, never finding your people, feeling like you don't fit in even with people you want to fit in with so badly, then hearing them validate your place in their group...it's so touching. I always tear up a little.