Buffy the Vampire Slayer REACTION | Season 6, Episode 7: Once More, with Feeling 

For me this is the best with Restless and The Body. One of the best episode of any tv show

Best episodes: Hush, The Gift, The Wish, Once More With Feeling, The Body, Restless. My actual favourite changes back and forth and back again.

@@alooncnej4696 ops, forgot The Body on my list. Its kinda of an unfair episode to rank with others. OMWF is also a bit unfair

Aww man he was awesome

Yes Amber got this Diseny Princess vibes

It's not a good musical in it's own right. I wish they had more time because it could have been a lot better, musically. But given the cirumstances, it was brilliant.

@@keshaponso2034 Yeah I am one of the few who thinks this episode/musical is overrated. Another show's musical was better, IMO - the song and composition was theatrical and very "Hans Zimmer-ish".

Joss Whedon actually wrote the music to all the songs himself! Cristophe Beck wrote the instrumental pieces and background music.

On a trip I was listening to this soundtrack and a friend of mine wanted to listened and made me explain the whole episode. She ended up watching the whole show and loving it. I was so afraid to ruin the show for her but it only made her more excited for it

Yep, still is. From the Wiki article on James: "In 2010 James' music career continued when the band Ghost of the Robot reformed: they have since released the album B-Sider which is available on iTunes. Afterwards, in 2011, the album Murphy's Law was released, which is also available for download in iTunes. There are also multiple other EPs available on the iTunes Store. In 2023, Ghost of the Robot released the album Tin Man, which is available on Bandcamp. It includes the song "Don't Worry Son," which Marsters wrote while he was working on Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

When I was 10 I though this was the series finale..

Oh no. Idk Hinton passed away. He was a Broadway actor. He was absolutely amazing in this.

@@blackkatt777yah he can sing and dance very well…

Yes Xander and Anya gave those 50s vibes Or like Hairyspray

Well the music was composed by a Canadian producer. But yah Joss wrote the,..

Oh fuck. What?! He passed away? He was my John in Miss Saigon. Damn. That's sad.

? He mentions at 3:25 that he was told there is a Musical after reacting to the first episode...

It was spoiled, he specifically mentions that

Yes some tough episodes follow BUT (minor spoiler) it gets better in S7. Won’t give away any details

Yah. Any shows tried to copy Buffy Only other musical episodes I liked besides Xena is “The Road to Audition “ from That’s So Raven..

The couple dancing on the street before the three street sweepers were the choreographers.

Hahahahah Hiliarious. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of episodes that are replicated. You're talking about a few fans putting on an un-official show of this episode. Want to know other TV shows that have their epsiodes performed worldwide waaaaay more: Faulty Towers. 'Allo 'Allo. The Adams Family, Giligan's Island, Mother & Son, Kath & Kim, Happy Days, The Golden Girls. Sorry to burst your bubble. Doesn't take away at all from the fact that it's a brilliant pioneering episode of TV.

A popular fan theory is that Xander didn't summon the demon and just threw himself under the bus for Dawn's sake. That would still leave the question of who summoned the demon - we see Dawn steal the talisman after the spell has started, so it couldn't have been her - but if you'd prefer not knowing to the idea that Xander did it, it's there.

@@Talisguy not really, as the group seem to believe Dawn didn't do it. I just think it was tacted on as they couldn't come up with a better idea or it comes across as they forgot that part of the episode, and just picked one of them at random. Xander should know better as well, when it comes to magic and spells, he lectures others on it in earlier seasons after his own mess up in season 2. He lectures people after this. He is never held accountable for the fact he cost potentially 5+ people to die. it's never really mentioned again. For me, just a black mark on what is essentially a fantastic and well done episode.

Exactly - and there is a very real reason, the demon's magic, for why people are singing and dancing. Having there be a reason makes it much more palatable!

Umm Tara’s actor has a Diseny Princess voice but whatever. Her , Giles and Spikes actors are all have Music backgrounds..

@@lessismore8533 I said “personally” for a reason. She sounds like she’s straining her vocal cords and singing in her head, not her chest, which makes me involuntarily cringe. Everyone else is welcome to their opinion. That’s just mine.

I think Xanders BEST vocal moments was when he harmonized well with Anya..

@@lessismore8533 100% agree

Very LONG comment I dont typically read this much lol About Willow Yes she made Tara forget but they were STILL a couple so I don’t consider it rape. However it’s still inappropriate behavior As far as Giles scolding Willow, Willow THOUGHT Buffy was in Hell to be fair. Not heaven. Sure she couldnt prove it but I’ll say she should’ve atleast did a spell to check where Buffy was. Yes I know it’s still magic but it be the ONE time Willow would use magic properly. Giles also didn’t need to name call her. He was a bit mean. Yes resurrect is against natural order but notice Tara didnt say anything about it. Cus Buffy’s death was NOT natural like Joyce was. That’s why Dawn trying to resurrect Joyce didn’t work. Her death was natural. Tara didn’t support it with Joyce but she was fine with Buffy. At the end of the day, it’s still resurrection..

@@lessismore8533 MAJOR SEASON SIX AND SEVEN SPOILERS I trypically write and respond with long comments, so sorry. Being in a relationship does not give a partner in a relationship permission whenever they wish, as you imply. Everyone has a right to say no, and Willow took that ability away from Tara. The United States (specifically California where the Scoobies are) isn't a country where relationships consider significant others property. Willow did the equivelant to the situation of a date rape drug except she used magic instead of drugs. So sorry, I cannot agree. Willow assuming Buffy is in heaven is hardlythe point or a good excuse. Willow has been addicted to magic since giving Angel his soul back. From ignoring people's warnings of being careful, to Willow thinking Buffy is in heaven, and convincing everyone else that means resurection is a necessity is just a part of the problem behind Willow's addiction. " Yes I know it’s still magic but it be the ONE time Willow would use magic properly." That quote proves my point if you meant properly, but if you meant impropery, it is hardly the only time Willow has misused it. I've already mentioned ignoring warnings, but also episodes like: _Faith, Hope and Trick_ (show one of many moments she gnores Giles warnings and showing that even then she was willing to do magic for little things she shouldn't be, as Tara states), _Dopplegangland_ (ignoring warnings led to Willow doing the spell with Anya and doing spell like the pencil that aren't needed to be done, as Tara states in S6) _Fear Itself_ (showing Willow fears all this and ignores her own fear in favor of a growing addiction), _Wild at Heart_ (it doesn't matter that she stopped herself from taking Oz's love away she still moves a step closer to S6's Dark Willow) _Something Blue,_ (using magic due to an inability to listen to her friends and deal in a healthy way) _Primeval_ (not a spell that is unwarrented, but shows Willow power), _Triangle,_ (Willow abusing magic and the fact that Anya was left in charge on top of that) _Tough Love_ (once again not listening to more urgent warnings), _Bargaining Part 1_ & _2_ (the resurecting Buffy storyline), _After Life_ (the first fallout of resurrecting Buffy), _All the Way_ (Willow rapes Tara by erasing her memories before sleeping with her). So whichever way you meant the quote, it doesn't work, for me. Willow has been on a slow decline with magic and personality ever since the power of restoring Angel's soul, which will culminate two episodes from this one. That episode doesn't just happen overnight. Resurrecting Buffy and taking on Glory were point of no return moment in her magic addiction that have always been there. Willow ignoring the fact that Buffy was in heaven is just a sliver of that addiction issue. At the end of the day it's resurection and that is the problem. That is why they have a hitchicker, Buffy being depressed, and its the key reason behind The First doing what it does in S7 (as Biloxi's Eye says to Anya) as resulting issues. It's never meant to be done and will always have consequences. Magic always does, but magic on that scale definitly will, even if Osiris had approved.

Yes “I’ll never tell” gives me s broadway vibes And what parts did you find cringey?..

A see~dee I'm not sure what that's about,🤷🏻‍♂️😮 Spotify or even RU-vid maybe offer those👀💤💤stuff

​@@codypendragonswith that terrible quality lol

@@codypendragons i understand

​@@codypendragons I found the CD in a bin at a shop in Seattle in the mid-2000s. It was an awesome find! I can still "sing" all the songs (I'm terrible). But, yeah. He cut out a lot of the "good stuff" that highlights some of the big scenes. The one I like to "judge" a reactor on is if he/she keeps the fire engine drive by in the edit. It is a cool shot and must have been tricky to time. Another bit is the "I died twice" line. Most of the time, reactors who included these also kept the other pieces that I also want to see.

@@samsonau8205 I can to, they're good song's, and the cd thing. I was kidding mostly, it just made me think about how pretty soon(if not already) people won't know what those are.

Pfff 🙄

Why? What makes you dislike this episode and have it on the level of Inca Mummy Girl?

That's a hot take.

inca mummy girl is a fine episode, bad eggs et s4e18 exist

@dutchkel with all those episodes, there is bound to be something someone doesn't particularly like. It's rare for me to like musicals and I just thought Inca mummy girl wasn't anything special. All other episodes were beyond great