<P> After tentatively courting each other in `` Entropy '' , Tara returns to Willow , and they reconcile through the next episode , `` Seeing Red '' . Throughout the season , Buffy is dogged by three techno - nerds calling themselves The Trio , who envision themselves to be supervillains , with Buffy their nemesis . She continues to foil their plans , and during `` Seeing Red '' , Warren Mears , one of the Trio , arrives at Buffy 's house with a gun . He shoots several rounds , hitting Buffy , and the last stray shot hits Tara through the heart , killing her as Willow looks on . Willow is taken over by a dark alter ego , going on a rampage , torturing Warren and skinning him alive . She then attempts to murder the other two members of the Trio , but is unsuccessful . To end her pain , she attempts to end the world . Xander stops her by forcing her to deal with her grief in a healthy , non-violent way . </P>
when do willow and tara get back together
Seeing Red