Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are, "what might have been..."
"About three or four episodes from the end of the last season, Buffy was going to be granted one…reality altering wish. The episode would revolve around her struggling with what she could do for herself with that wish. She could bring Angel back to her..."
Whedon then briefly described the episode ending scene. "Buffy would walk into a room and show Willow these shoes that she wanted. Willow would then express disappointment and say 'You had one reality-altering wish and you wished for shoes?' Buffy would then deny that she had done that and leave. Willow would turn around and there would be Tara."