Watching “Once More With Feeling” again (and again), and I truly do think it’s one of the top five best moments on television. It’s actually one of the most important episodes on Buffy, and that they manage to turn what could have been a gimmick into a fitting and purposeful framework is an incredible testament to the writing and acting talent.
I mean, there are about a half dozen really important emotional moments in an hour of musical television, which are all delivered perfectly. This is probably the most impressed I ever am with SMG on this show, who brings a great amount of “average” to the Buffy role on the whole, but which you absolutely cannot say about her in this episode. She’s totally out of her element here and yet has the most moving moment of the whole thing, which is her refrain in “Something to Sing About”. (Followed closely by Tara’s reprise of “Under Your Spell,” which is intensely sad — and crucial to the Willow storyline.)
WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY IS THIS IS A GREAT EPISODE OF TELEVISION AND EVERYONE SHOULD SEE IT.
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