I'm not voting, because I can't decide. These were both excellent examples. I think there was some total silence (no music even) when the Scoobies were trying to get together for Joyce's funeral. It kind of carried that numb feeling very well.

The Body - superb

oh and realistic too lol

Very difficult pick. They are both seriously good episodes. 'Hush' still scares me and I actually can't watch 'The Body' because it makes me cry too much and I can't see the screen.

very good

You just don't hear real silence like that on TV, that was what made it feel so authentic.

it was a perfect silence.... i cried a lot

Even though i do think Hush was amazing with out any... It made The Body just perfect with just the backing music.

They are both like pieces of art

i couldn't decide so i went for both :)

hard choice. both are great.

Incredible!

HUSh is CLASSIC when giles draws buffy with the Big hips and ass and buffy glares and giles shrugs.... One of my Fav Episodes of all time.. when i first watched it i was 6 and it was at night with a storm. Ahhhh Good times

I LOVE them both but I just love how he took all his good reviews and thought 'these are all about the dialog, will they like it as well if I have none?'
And since hearing that story I have challenge myself to that many times in my own writing since everyone says the 'witty banter' is my strong sute too.

I think Hush was a little bit better because of the added challenge of getting the characters to communicate without speaking. All the silence builds up to Buffy's scream, and then you have the scene of Buffy and Riley being speechless at the end, even though their voices have returned, after having just learned each other's secret.