hermionesviolin: an image of Buffy from the episode "Once More With Feeling," looking to the left away from the viewer, with flames in the background, with orange animated text "I want the FIRE back / so I will walk through the FIRE" (fire)
Elizabeth (the delinquent, ecumenical) ([personal profile] hermionesviolin) wrote2006-08-08 01:19 pm

"Say you're happy now, Once more with feeling."

Eric is watching BtVS from the beginning (and is not a fan of S1) but brought S6 in to watch at lunch today. We agree that S6 has a lot of good points but is not high up on the rewatch-meter, so of course we watched the musical. Ah, made of awesome. There are some flaws, but I'm mostly willing to handwave those. And yes, the episode remains phenomenally depressing with the knowledge of what comes after. (S7 both ameliorates and intensifies that.)

It's been a while since I last watched this episode (I think the last time was the Sing-a-long at the Coolidge with [livejournal.com profile] trijinx) and as it ended I remembered how I'd watched it first-run in the Lamont living room and we all ran screaming through the house afterward. Such a good memory. (I may bring in my CD tomorrow; not the official one that cuts all the dialogue but the one that A. burned for me like that night.)

[identity profile] squiddeh.livejournal.com 2006-08-08 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
i rewatched that ep a few days ago. love it. Another strong ep from that season was Tabula Rasa.

[identity profile] hermionesviolin.livejournal.com 2006-08-08 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed. Especially coming as it does right after OMWF. Hysterical up until the last five minutes when it just rips your heart out.