"Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Once More, with Feeling (2001)

Director:

Joss Whedon

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator)
Joss Whedon (written by)

TV Series:

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)

Original Air Date:

6 November 2001 (Season 6, Episode 7)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

Sunnydale is alive with the sound of music as a mysterious force causes everyone in town to burst into full musical numbers...

Plot Keywords:

Slow Motion | Lesbian | Singing | Musical Episode | Heroine

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris
Emma Caulfield	...	Anya
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Dawn Summers
James Marsters	...	Spike
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Hinton Battle	...	Sweet
Amber Benson	...	Tara Maclay
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Timothy Anderson	...	Henchman
Hunter Cochran	...	College Guy #2
Alex Estornel	...	Henchman (as Alex Estronel)
David Fury	...	Mustard Man
Marti Noxon	...	Parking Ticket Woman
Randi Pareira	...	Dancer
Matt Sims	...	College Guy #1
Daniel Weaver	...	Handsome Young Man
Zachary Woodlee	...	Demon / Henchman
Scot Zeller	...	Tap Dancing Victim

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Trivia:

Willow sings, "Some kid is dreaming and we're all stuck inside his wacky Broadway nightmare." This is a reference to a Season One episode, "Nightmares", in which Sunnydale residents started to live their nightmares in the real world because a kid in a coma dreamed they did.

Goofs:

Continuity: The demons that Buffy kills in the Bronze disappear and reappear, and change positions, between shots as she dances.

Quotes:

Willow: [singing] I think this line's mostly filler.

Movie Connections:

References Anchors Aweigh (1945)

Soundtrack:

Under Your Spell

I DO agree that this is an excellent episode...but...

I feel so bad for not ever watching this show when it was originally airing. I really hate having to play CATCH-UP with this show, and missing such great episodes as this. even though I think it is great... it still has some problems...

This is a great episode... although to the trained ear it is a bit torturous... The musical interludes hurt my ear because it is obvious that the cast has as much vocal training as your average mute person... But, not to say I totally hated it, I loved the fact that I had a chance to see each of the characters in a different light. All in all I have to say that this episode might be one of my favorites despite it's flaws.