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

[hermionesviolin]

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 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.)

Comments

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I love that episode. I've never seen more than, oh, three or four episodes of Buffy, but I adore the musical.

Damn. If I weren't at the front desk, I'd totally want to bring my copy of it in to work tomorrow.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

I've watched BtVS regularly since the very beginning. (I missed all of I think 3 episodes in the course of its 7 season run, and I caught those in reruns/DVD.) I don't tend to rewatch much, but I've seen the musical maybe 10 times by now (the bulk of which immediately followed its airing -- literally probably 6 times in two weeks). I inflict it on everybody and while the resonances are huge if you know all that came before (and comes after) I really think it works as a stand-alone.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

I also have really great memories of that episode. I didn't watch it until the interim between the sixth and seventh seasons. A friend mailed me a copy to watch and I remember being so filled with happiness. And then singing and dancing around like a loon for days.

[squiddeh.livejournal.com]

i rewatched that ep a few days ago. love it. Another strong ep from that season was Tabula Rasa.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Especially coming as it does right after OMWF. Hysterical up until the last five minutes when it just rips your heart out.

[sangerin.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Your mention of bringing in a CD reminded me that I wanted to bring Rent and The Music Man in to work today.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear I could help :)

In going through all my CDs last night I was so undecided as to what I wanted to bring in today. Having so much music right on the hard drive definitely spoils me.