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Buffy 6x07 (Extended) - Once More, With Feeling (Patreon)

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2023-03-12 19:20:46
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reaction link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ignbsbzeltzhsml/Buffy%206x07%20-%20The%20PERFECT%20Episode%20%28AKA%20Once%20More%2C%20With%20Feeling%29%20.mp4?dl=0 

oh my gosh. what to even say about this episode?!?! THIS WAS FUCKING AMAZING!! HOLY SHIIIIT!!!!! i'm never going to get over this episode. EVER!!!! most definitely one of my favorite episodes of buffy! do i dare say my favorite episode....? mayhaps i do.

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Superplin

💃💃💃💃💃

Paul Thomas-Humphreys

Well, that’s never happened before… any idea why Dropbox will only show me 4 minutes or so and then cut off.. ?that’s new.

Steven Boyd

The Mustard man and the Parking Ticket lady are executive producers David Fury and Marti Noxon

Ron Fehr

Don't give up on Faith.

Apetass

That little victory dance in the end was very relatable. I really enjoyed sharing this experience with you!

Ron Fehr

Shan's favorite part of the episode, along with the ending, was Spike's solo. And now that you've seen it, I urge you to watch her video.

x_Rhi_x

Yes Alyson and Michelle both really didn't wanna sing much, so that's why they don't have solos and in the Tillow "duet" tara does the singing, and why Michelle does the ballet number

Ron Fehr

Now that I've seen the entire reaction, I gotta say your expression, Domi, ranks right up there with Shan's.

Claire Eyles

Obligatory Hinton Battle comment incoming. The demon (Sweet) was played by the legendary, 3 time Tony award winning, Hinton Battle. Dude studied classical ballet under George Balanchine when he was 15, after receiving a scholarship to the American School of Ballet, went onto play the role of the Scarecrow in the Broadway hit 'The Wiz' (a role that Michael Jackson would later play on film), and built an incredibly successful career as a dancer, singer and choreographer not just on Broadway but film and television as well. Getting a performer of Hinton's calibre in this episode is a huge deal.

Jeffrey

It started happening to me with the last reaction. This time I figured out that I have to download the episode before I am able to watch it.

Jeffrey

I love this episode, and I loved your reaction, but now I have to pay the price: the songs are in my head for the next couple days and will interfere with my sleep!

Girl4Music

Don’t want to spoil your fun and in particular your excitement over Willow and Tara… but the underlying bombshell of this episode is that Willow raped Tara. I have lots of meta on this explaining how and why but I’m sure you can understand it for yourself. Don’t know if you’re familiar with the term but Willow straight up roofies Tara and they engage in nonconsensual sex. It’s actually horrific.

Girl4Music

BUFFY REWATCH - S06E07 - Once More, With Feeling SWEET: “Big smiles everyone. You beat the bad guy.” I have been so excited to post my recap for the beloved Buffy musical episode for the longest time. Some may say that ‘Once More, With Feeling’ is the only reason why Season 6 is successful given the show was done and dusted when The WB ended it with Season 5 and it was picked up again by UPN not 5 months later. But what is it about this one-off musical episode that captures people so much? Well, in my personal opinion, it’s the exact same reason why ‘Restless’, ‘Hush’ and ‘The Body’ capture me so much. I mean what do all of these Buffy episodes have in common besides the fact they’re all Joss Whedon directed and written? They’re CHARACTER STUDIES. What do I mean by that? Well, a character study is a piece of written art/entertainment that focuses on the characterization, representation and development of the characters. The main characters in particular. A character study addresses narratives and arcs that the main characters are going through within the season, or sometimes even throughout the whole show. The intention with a character study is to look into who these characters are, what they care about, who they love, why they behave the way they do etc… Sometimes going deeply internal and analyzing their characteristics and personality traits such as what they fear or what they’re insecure about like ‘Restless’. With ‘Once More, With Feeling’ there is an external plot going on that’s made obvious to us as we watch it. A dancing demon named Sweet has been summoned by a magical talisman and all of Sunnydale is effected by way of being forced to spontaneously and randomly burst into song and dance to express their repressed thoughts and feelings. However, what makes it a character study is essentially that the “bad” in this episode isn’t the dancing demon at all. It’s all the secrets that the main characters have been hiding from one another that have finally been involuntarily confessed or unintentionally exposed. So when they defeat Sweet, it doesn’t feel like a ‘win’ because so much damage has been done that cannot be taken back. Most notably the information Buffy has kept from everyone except Spike that she was in Heaven and not in any kind of Hell dimension like the rest of the Scoobies assumed. That was a big reveal which creates devastating implications for everyone going forward in the season. Especially for Buffy. ‘Once More, With Feeling’ is a one-of-a-kind piece of written art/entertainment because it doesn’t just merely acknowledge the seasonal arc but actually drives it along dramatically and meaningfully through internal character struggles. And that’s something you would not expect a one-off musical in a TV show to do as it takes a remarkable amount of artistic skill and talent to pull off and to translate to the audience through the screen so that it feels as serious as it is and not just a cliché with cringey show-tunes. I mean, yeah, the songs are still somewhat cringey but they’re extremely clever at the same time. They work because the writing and acting makes them work and the external plot is delivered in such a way that you’re just like “Okay, yeah. It makes sense”. It could have just been done for laughs, for the fun of it, to show off the main cast’s talent… it could have just been there to be there. It’s not. And I really really fucking appreciate it. As I’ve mentioned before… there’s only one other musical episode in a TV show I can compare it to for its artistic cleverness. That is ‘The Bitter Suite’ in ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’. Which not coincidentally is my most favourite episode of Xena and the very first episode of the show I ever watched from way back when I was 5 years old. I haven’t been with Buffy anywhere near as long but I can still say that ‘Once More, With Feeling’ matches up to the majesty of ‘The Bitter Suite’. Coming from me, that’s saying a hell of a lot of my love for it. I think it’s absolute genius.

Teresa Schultz

Great reaction! It was so fun to watch! I think the deal with Buffy not hearing Giles was that she is really struggling. I’ve dealt with depression and know, personally, when you are hurting that much, you tend to be oblivious of everything around you. Giles even sings that she doesn’t hear the cries around her. Another fun fact that I love to share because I think it’s awesome is that SMG did not want to sing. She wanted a voice double. But when she found out she would be revealing where she was, she changed her mind!

Martin Waits

I'm so glad you made it here. tons of people have this as their top Buffy episode of all time, so you are not alone.

Girl4Music

Under Your Spell A song all about how love has made you free to be yourself when you singing the song is something you wouldn’t do if you were actually being yourself. The expression Tara makes before she sings the bridge of the chorus… If this is not a request for Willow to go down on her, I don’t know what is. I just wish Willow said no so she wouldn’t be taking advantage of Tara’s memory erasure that would absolutely negate her giving her consent. Whether she realized she was doing this or not doesn’t matter: she still performs a nonconsensual sexual act.

ghostofdurruti

Domi: "I hope this is a happy episode!" Buffy writers: "Best we can do is a fantastic episode that's happy and upbeat on the surface but darker, more messed up, and more depressing the more you think about it. Hope that's good enough!"

Scott Kenney

I've never heard a reactor comment on the full lyrics of Marti Noxon's part.

Ron Fehr

One thing that was stated in the dvd commentary was that part of the scene had Buffy doing her calisthenics in slow motion while Giles was moving at regular speed, although that's barely discernable. That would make anything he said seem garbled to her.

Ron Fehr

Personally I think the episode following this one is just as good. But that's just my opinion.

Michael

Actually Michelle didn’t sing someone was the singing voice but she did the Nutcracker like scene because of her experience in dance and ballet. Anthony,Amber and James all have experience singing, as someone said Allyson didn’t want to sing so her lines were just group songs , I remember reading an interview back then Nicholas said he had never sung before but it was something he was excited to try. There’s a behind the scenes on the season six dvd set but it may be available on YouTube, it doesn’t spoil anything for future episodes

Thom Purdy

Buffy is Capricorn on the cusp of Aquarius.

Raven Dark

I have been waiting for you to get here almost from episode one of the series I'm so happy you were so into it. You did not disappoint. This isn't my favorite episode, but it's up there, probably within my top ten.

Raven Dark

One more thing--what was the show you watched where the musical episode made you stop? I have to know! LOL

Bud Haven

Was the dance where she starts to catch fire, Buffy's second suicide attempt of the season?. Although the demon's power was to dance people to death, both Spike and Dawn seemed worried that Buffy was welcoming the dance. Luckily Spike would rather kiss our suicidal superhero than kill her these days. I don't know if a therapist could talk Buffy into opening up about what happened to her. Being a hero is so much a part of her personality that telling truths that would hurt others seems outside of her self-identity. A great day for TV for me OMWF from you, and Lexi drops another excellent episode And the TLOU finale. Whew.

Marshall Robertson

That definitely was Buffy attempting to "dance until she burns". Lots of reactors seem to miss that part. It's such a poignant moment.

Ron Fehr

Your new favorite episode? Don't forget about Family.

Melody P

The Mustard Man is David Fury...and the Fire Hydrant Lady is Marti Noxin, They are both major writers and producers for the show.

Melody P

Anthony Stewart Head's family--including minor daughters--lived in the UK during Buffy, so he was away from his wife & kids for large portions of the year.

Girl4Music

Probably Riverdale. They absolutely ruined that show with the musicals.

Girl4Music

Depression: The Musical. Domi: “I’ll take it!”

Hosman

Definitely my favorite episode. The next episode is great too. Awesome back to back episodes. I always wonder what if Sweet showed up in previous seasons. Like I would love to see The Master singing, or Drusilla, Adam, The Judge, The Mayor, etc. What about Glory? I know that lower level demons were singing, but I wonder if some of the more powerful demons and gods can withstand Sweet's power.

Girl4Music

What I say: I’m fine. What I mean: In ‘Once More, With Feeling’ the whole point of the Demon Sweet’s songs was to reveal ‘all those secrets you’ve been concealing’ and ‘Under Your Spell’ was Tara not only telling Willow how much she loved her but how she felt so ordinary before meeting Willow, before being a Scooby and how she was now ‘bathed in light’ and ‘something just isn’t right’. She didn’t feel like she deserved to be so happy so she must be ‘under your spell’ and that was her big secret - feeling not worthy but Willow ‘makes me believe’ and she can finally admit it and accept it and she’s so happy and it’s such a pure joyous song. And then she learns the truth. Learning something like that would destroy a person from the inside out when they feel this way. After that point she’s probably wondering just how many times has Willow done this to her. Erased her memory. Taken away her autonomy. Made her compliant and submissive without her knowledge, let alone her consent. It would absolutely destroy you to learn that the love of your life is abusing you. And for what reason? So she isn’t inconvenienced? Complete trust after that would be impossible. You’d be always on your guard. You’d always be worrying “is this person, the person I love, manipulating me or do I actually feel this way? Is this real? Is this the real me?” aka ‘am I being gaslighted or is this the reality of the situation?’ That’s why the song is so clever but so painful at the same time. It’s a beautiful declaration of love but it’s also a harrowing depiction of abuse and assault because what’s the difference between penetrating the mind and penetrating the body? And I’ve explained many times that both happen anyway. And only somebody as personally diabolical and creatively genius as Whedon would come up with it. It’s one of the most frighteningly horrific representations of rape/sexual assault I’ve ever seen because it’s played off as anything but that. And the whole time I’m just thinking - “is that because the writer agrees with it?” Now I know the answer. There are unfortunately many instances in both shows where it’s not clear that the writers understand that it is what it is. That it is rape/sexual assault. And it’s extremely scary. People that watch it really don’t realize how horrific what Willow does to Tara is. How it’s not just messing with her mind but controlling and violating her entire personhood. Few people want to view their beloved main Scooby protagonist as an abuser and rapist. But she is one.

Leijette Riopel

My interpretation of Buffy not hearing Giles’s song is that the power of the demon was to make people sing their true feelings to the people they needed to communicate to, and I actually believe the same thing happens several times in the episode. At the beginning of Anya and Xander’s number they don’t seem to be hearing each other at first, they are just sort of talking to themselves, then as the music picks up speed they both start kind spouting off random complaints and worries about the other, and it seems that they ARE actually hearing each other, but in the parts when the music slows down, it seems to go back to them talking more to themselves and not really hearing the other as much. Also, in Tara’s reprise of Under Your Spell, she is in the shop, where Buffy and Willow are standing, and neither of them can hear her, nor her and Giles singing together when the duet starts. Both of them are saying what they need to express, to the person whom they need to hear it - themselves. This explanation also makes it much more heartbreaking to consider that Buffy’s confession doesn’t come until everyone is together at the end. If she was just needing to tell the truth of what she was feeling she could have told the demon before they arrived, or having already previously told Spike would have been enough for her. She was compelled to confess to the whole gang the truth of what had happened to her, and how she felt about it. I think it’s a very well-executed scene, that breaks my heart every time I watch it. I also agree, if something like this plot line hadn’t come along to force this confession, I don’t see how Buffy ever would have made it, and it needed to happen in order to move the larger season plot forward. Also, I personally always enjoyed the lyrics at the end of “Where do we go from here” that come right when Spike and then Buffy are about to walk outside - “when does the end appear? When do the trumpets cheer? If the curtains close on a kiss, God knows we could tell the end was near…” so when the audience is feeling the tension of that last scene with Spike and Buffy, wanting them to kiss, the writers had already spoiled it for the audience that it was going to happen, if they were listening closely enough to catch those lyrics. They kiss, the trumpets cheer, and the curtain closes. The end. Love it.

Girl4Music

So going back to the flower (Lethe’s Bramble). Does Tara have to have it on her or near her for the spell to take effect or is it just enhancing the effect? I’m assuming the spell itself is something different altogether which could be Willow’s own creation as someone already suggested. But the flower might just be an ingredient to enhance its power or reach as far as the memory altering/erasing goes. Perhaps the spell is just to make Tara forget but the flower is for literally mind-controlling. As in thought and emotion reform. Changing the mental/emotional state. I.e. while the spell is the intention, the flower is the roofie drug. It’s what’s keeping Tara in a state of mental inebriation so long as it’s on her or near her. As if she was just constantly drinking a substance that is keeping her forgetting things. In the book Tara is reading it says that Lethe's Bramble is a type of magical flower used for augmenting spells of forgetting and mind control. So the flower is just augmenting the spell that Willow cast whatever that spell was. The spell could be ‘Tabula Rasa’. Latin translation: clean slate. But Lethe’s Bramble has Greek origin. Lethe is one of the rivers of Hades whereby if you wade through it or drink from it, you instantly and completely forget. This flower is very interesting for me. And it’s the evidence Tara needs to know for certain that Willow is using magic on her. An actual spell leaves no trace of evidence. But something to augment it can. Also… just in case people don’t know what I mean when I use the term “roofie” as it’s not a very common term. And thus why I say “magical roofie” “Roofie gets its name from one of the most common types of date rape drugs, Rohypnol. This is a benzodiazepine prescription pill that will leave you confused, forgetful and unable to move your body. The effects of this drug can be felt in 30 minutes.” But you know; just using a spell to simulate 2 out of the 3 effects mentioned is just as good. Thus… Lethe’s Bramble is a magical roofie. It’s a date-rape drug. It’s intended for the purpose of mind-controlling or gaslighting the victim.

Claire Eyles

Ah yes, the happy musical episode where Buffy attempts suicide, and Willow sexually assaults Tara. One of the reasons this episode is so good, is because the lyrics of the song are actually pretty damn bleak, yet you're lured into a false sense of security by the cheery singing (what's that all about), before being emotionally slammed when Sarah sings about being in heaven. The style of this episode reminds me a bit of Cabaret, where many of the songs have a darker meaning than people first think.

Claire Eyles

Yep, if you basically alter someone's mental state to the point where you remove their ability to give informed consent, and then have sex with them, here are no two ways about it that is sexual assault/r*pe.

Claire Eyles

And on a happier note, if anyone would like to see some of the amazing dance work of Sweet himself (Hinton Battle), I would recommend searching for 'Tap Dance Kid 1984 Tony Awards' on YouTube. You can see his amazing combination of tap and classical ballet.

Sean Ellingham

TBF, the full lyrics are barely audible in the episode itself - you need to listen to the soundtrack to get the last couple of lines

Ron Fehr

Not that I approve, but I don't see it as sexual assault, at least not in the physical sense. All she did was come into frame for a second or two while Tara was lying on the bed. She never physically touched her.

Ron Fehr

One mistake Willow made was not thinking it through. Yes, she got Tara to forget, but she forgot about Dawn, and that was her downfall. For it to be completely effective, the Lethe's Bramble should have also been given to Dawn.

Ron Fehr

It would also be interesting to hear what they would have been singing about.

Claire Eyles

Except it's heavily, and rather obviously implied that she's performing a sex act on her out of frame.

Girl4Music

That would require meticulous planning and given Willow is so emotionally dense, I doubt she would go that far. And seriously, thank god for Dawn because honestly… I don’t know how Tara would have figured it out otherwise. Especially if she was still under the spell. I mean she saw the flower and thought nothing of it. Just thought it a romantic gesture. Someone would have to tell her otherwise she could have remained until the effects of it for forever. And if it was supposed to wear off at a certain point, there’s nothing stopping Willow from repeatedly using it on her. Which for all we know - she may have.

Girl4Music

Yes. The lyrics suggest very blatantly that she’s performing cunnilingus on Tara. And then it cuts to Xander at the “climax”moment literally starting the obvious. You are meant to interpret it as sex despite it being off-screen. The only reason it is off-screen is because it had to be. It’s a sign of the times, for sure. But by todays standards, it is most definitely rape/sexual assault. Tara did not give full consent. She cannot give full consent no matter what she says at the time because she hasn’t got full information. That of what happened and her mental and emotional state on it. Willow erased her memories, and in so doing, disregarded her autonomy. Her ability to make informed decisions and govern her personhood. Were Tara able to remember what happened with them the night before - she would not ask for sex.

Girl4Music

Read this: https://www.tumblr.com/girl4music/705138820278026240 This is my most comprehensive analysis of this whole Willow/Tara situation. I explain it from two perspectives. Firstly what Willow does to Tara and what we, the audience, are supposed to perceive from it, and what Tara’s perspective would be on it. What I’m not so sure of is whether Whedon intended it to be this way or he just simply didn’t understand the implications behind it. But to me, it’s probably the most egregious display of rape/sexual assault other than THAT ONE. In some cases I even think it’s worse. Anyway, read it for yourself.

Hosman

The Master would be singing about getting out of the sunken church, Glory would sing about the key and getting back to rule her home dimension. The Mayor would sing about Faith and proper dental hygiene or something. What if Sweet showed up when The Gentleman stole everyone’s voices? Interesting to think about.

Ron Fehr

Girl4Music I hadn't thought of that, regarding what Willow may have been doing to Tara offscreen (cunnilingus). I may have been wrong in that regard.

Dee Aitch

That's pretty spoilery. You might wanna delete and repost at the end of the season.

Khanach

That was fantastic, Domi. I consider this to be my favorite piece of television ever, and I enjoyed your reaction a lot. Glad you liked it :D

FernWithy

The Giles thing... It's forced and a little iffy, it's okay. Tony Head wanted to be in England with his real family, so they wanted to give him a little more room to be away, and this probably seemed like the best of a lot of bad options.

Ron Fehr

I love how you mentioned Momma Mia when you were talking about musicals. I was a huge ABBA fan back in my high school days, and it was great to see a movie (and Broadway musical) made based on the songs.

Ron Fehr

I believe Alyson said something to the effect that had she realized what could be done in the studio to enhance(?) the singing voice, she would have maybe tried to do a short solo.

Bud Haven

When Xander and Anya were talking to Giles they were complaining about not being able to control what they were doing. Each of them were forced to sing and dance their truths. Buffy, Giles, Dawn, Tara and even Willow were all made to participate in musicals beyond their control. I remember the first episode Lie to Me that you mentioned how you were kept spiraling by the writing.

Markus E.

By the way, Xander‘s line „Respect the cruller… and tame the donut“ is a reference to this scene in the (excellent) movie „Magnolia“: https://youtu.be/bbanWHx5AFQ

Ron Fehr

Perhaps part of the reason that Giles was thinking of leaving was because he felt that she had a good support system amongst her friends, and that they were capable of filling the role that he had played. I'm not saying that he's right, but that is what I think he based his thoughts on.

Raven Dark

After watching reactions to a few of the episodes before this one, I wanted to come back and clarify something. When Giles was talking about not being able to stay around because Buffy's relying on him too much ("The cries around you, you don't hear at all, cause you know I'll be there take that call.") he's referring to things like this: At the end of episode 4 of this season, after the demon trashed the house and Anya had just figured out all of Buffy's debts, Angel called needing to see her. Buffy immediately ran off to see him, but before she left, she looked at him and said, "Thanks for taking care of this for me." She just kind of assumed he would take care of it, handing the responsibility off to him instead of taking care of it herself. We know why, and we get it. She's overwhelmed and depressed and can't cope with everything being thrown at her at once after being ripped out of Heaven by her friends, but she's still relying on him too much. Then at the end of the Halloween episode this season, after Dawn lies about where she's going and lands herself in trouble with the teenage vampire, at the end, when it comes time for Buffy to deal with it, she just leaves Giles to handle it. Which he did. In this episode, he asked Buffy if she spoke to Dawn about that incident, and Buffy said, "I thought you took care of that." She just assumed he did without even asking, and did nothing to handle it herself. These are the two incidences we saw and that I remember. I imagine, based on Giles' reaction here, that there were a lot of others that we didn't see, and there may be ones I'm forgetting. The feeling they're going for here is that as long as Giles is there, Buffy won't be able to stand on her own two feet and will keep relying on him. When that happens with someone, it can feel like the only real option is to step away so that you aren't that person's crutch. Thus, you get the Giles side of "Wish I Could Stay."

Ron Fehr

Xander summoning the demon reminded me of a season four episode, in which Xander suggests the same thing to Giles just so that they can be in on the action.

Ron Fehr

Well explained.

Girl4Music

You reckon that was his motive ? I don’t know. Surely he is smarter than that. If this is true, it kinda makes what he says to Riley in Season 4 hypocritical.

Girl4Music

I’m sure he at least believed this about Willow until episode 4 when he realized it was Willow who made the judgement call.

Ron Fehr

His motive in season four was because he felt out of the group, which couldn't have been the motivation this time. And he may have just been joking at the time, since they didn't exactly go through with it.

Raven Dark

Thanks. I was hoping it wasn't gobbledigook. LOL

Girl4Music

Both ‘The Bitter Suite’ and ‘Once More, With Feeling’ are really unprecedented for their time in TV. Even though Xena’s musical episode came first in 1998, both Buffy and Xena take the credit for musical episodes becoming pop culture in TV. But they also did the unthinkable by cleverly, not only coincide with the plot, but further it along in that they both have the characters spill secrets and make confessions which aid to evolve respective character arcs and tell a story that has them begin again in new and interesting ways.  In ‘Once More, With Feeling’ Buffy confesses she was pulled out of heaven by her friends. Forcing the Scooby Gang, Willow in particular, to process this information and grapple with the seriousness of it. In ‘The Bitter Suite’ Xena confesses that she killed Ming Tien. Forcing Xena to beg for forgiveness from Gabrielle so she can pass through the waterfall. Thereby reconciling and reuniting them, making their relationship stronger so they can battle the real enemy.  All of this is done in song. Cheesy? Sure. But clever at the same time. The creators knew that talking about these subjects and themes would be heavy on the audience watching and listening, so addressing them in music was a way of making what was heavy subject material much lighter. And at the same time, they also knew that music is meant for honest expression. So really, how else would or could it work? They ultimately made the right decision. As cheesy or silly as it may look on the surface, they achieved what few have… Going deeper without drowning. This is why these two musical episodes remain staples in TV history. It is not just because they’re musicals. It’s because they’re musicals with depth. They could have just been some silly entertainment for the cast to have fun with and show off their talent and nothing more. Instead they were much, much, much more than that. They were artistic genius. They were performance art. And you will find it difficult to truly understand either of these shows without them.  As my soul brother Sweet put it: “Now, we’re partying. That’s what it’s all about.”

Girl4Music

Surprised you didn’t read the lyrics to the ‘Standing/Under Your Spell’ (Reprise) duet. Some of them are pretty damn shocking. “I’m under your spell. God, how can this be? Playing with my memory? You know I’ve been through Hell. Willow, don’t you see? There’ll be nothing left of me. I wish I could believe that it was just this once. But I must do what I must. I can’t adjust to this disgust. We’re done.” I know how I interpret these lyrics but I’ll leave it up to you to work it out.

Ron Fehr

I love your choice to do some commentary while reading the lyrics. There were things I hadn't even thought of, or possibly just forgot. And the way you said some of the lines seemed to make the lyrics make more sense. By the way, I don't recall you saying the name of the next episode. It probably wouldn't have helped to know it in order to make a prediction. It was in Latin, but the translation wouldn't be helpful anyway.

Ron Fehr

Scoobies, rubies, tight embrace? Not a good rhyme for the last line. Lol

Ron Fehr

I assume that she had read the lyrics quietly, but just didn't know how to put her feelings into words.

George Baxter

Watching this again I also realised that in the Giles and Tara songs Buffy and Willow are never listening to what they are saying! Which is really Giles point: Buffy is on autopilot, she's being who she thinks everyone wants her to be, but she's not listening or engaging. Which is why Giles thinks he's in the way; she won't connect until she's forced to. Meanwhile Willow is in complete denial and Tara keeps trying to tell her what's wrong. But with that much power Willow just does whatever she wants

Just Jayy1

I’ve never seen anyone fall in love before now but this is when it happened, it is pure magic, I think this episode will be rewatched hundreds of times drunk/ sober with friends/ family but it’ll never be the first time. Thank you Domi

Alex Wright

Love this episode so much! Missed it initially when watching Buffy on Sky (British satellite TV). Star Trek: Strange New Worlds had a musical episode recently (Subspace Rhapsody) too, first heard about it on a Buffy forum and thought it was a joke.

Alex Wright

I never thought Xander summoning the demon really made that much sense, or that his actions in the episode reflected it.

StephanieB

I know this conversation is long past, but are you sure that wasn't Michelle singing? It was my understanding she did sing her few lines but she had laryngitis when they were recording the vocals so that's all she could manage. I kind of always thought the laryngitis was psychosomatic beacuse she was really freaked out by having to sing, she was much more comfortable with the dancing.

StephanieB

The thing about Buffy's "positive" lyrics in "Give me Something" is that they are sung in a robotic, monotone voice. The message in her performance of those lines is that they are generic platitudes that people just say to sound positive but don't truly mean anything deeper. On a more subtle note, the "rousing" solo Buffy has in the Magic Box near the beginning of the episode ("What can't we face whan we're together") is in fact more platitudes for her. I didn't catch that on my first watch but when rewatching I got that she is just saying what is expected of her, another one of her "inspiring speeches", but there is no heart behind it. She's on autopilot.

HinduHillbilly

The actor who played the Demon Sweet is the late great Hinton Battle, who was a Broadway legend. he originated the role of Scarecrow in The Wiz when he was only 18 years old. He won three Tony awards for his roles in Sophisticated Ladies, The Tap Dance Kid, and Miss Saigon. I believe he also choreographed his dances in Once More with Feeling. Sadly, he passed away in January of 2024 at the age of 67. After his death all 41 Broadway theaters dimmed their marquee lights in his honor on March 12, 2024. That's how they express the loss of people who were important to Broadway and the theater.

StealthMomo

I know I'm commenting 4 years late but maybe someone will see it: Season six is when the show moved to UPN Network and began airing on Tuesdays. That line from Buffy, "So Dawn's in trouble. It must be Tuesday." was a clever, humorous nod to that.