Once More, with Feeling (Buffy the Vampire Slayer). It was written and directed by the show's creator, Joss Whedon, and originally aired on UPN in the United States on November 6, 2.

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The title of the episode comes from a line sung by Sweet; once the characters have revealed their truths and face the consequences of hearing each other's secrets, he challenges them to . It was Joss Whedon's first attempt at writing music, and different styles—from 1. The episode was well received critically upon airing, specifically for containing the humor and wit to which fans had become accustomed.

The musical format allowed characters to stay true to their natures while they struggled to overcome deceit and miscommunication, fitting with the sixth season's themes of growing up and facing adult responsibilities. These include Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendon), a young man without particular strengths or talents, but devoted to Buffy and her calling, and Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan), a young woman who has grown from a shy but gifted student into a strong woman and powerful user of magic. They are mentored by Buffy's . Xander is engaged to Anya Jenkins (Emma Caulfield), a former vengeance demon who has become human.

In the Season Five finale, "The Gift", Buffy realizes the true meaning of the First Slayer's prophesy, "death is your gift," and in order to defeat Glory, Buffy. Fan fiction site for female slash stories including Star Trek: Voyager, Bad Girls, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Stargate: SG-1, Babylon 5, Law & Order: SVU, CSI, Birds.

They have struggled with disclosing their engagement to the rest of the group and individually doubt their impending marriage. In the first episode of the sixth season, Willow, believing Buffy to be in Hell, used magic to bring her back from the grave. Buffy was in fact at peace, in what she thinks was heaven, but she has kept this a secret from her friends.

Since her resurrection, Buffy has been lost and without inspiration to perform her duties as a Slayer. Willow is romantically involved with Tara Maclay (Amber Benson), a powerful but ethical witch. Tara has previously expressed concern at Willow's use of her emergent magical powers for trivial or personal matters. In the preceding episode (. In the same episode, Dawn, who has been stealing from stores, including Anya's magic shop, lies to Buffy and goes on a clandestine and almost deadly date. Left to take care of Dawn after the death of their mother Joyce Summers (Kristine Sutherland) in the fifth season (.

Following Dawn's date, Buffy asks Giles to shoulder responsibility for disciplining her, much to his discomfort. In the fourth season The Initiative, a secret military organization whose mission is to evaluate and eliminate demonic beings, rendered Spike harmless by implanting a microchip in his head that causes him intense pain when he attacks humans. However, the chip does not affect him when he harms demons and he now often fights on Buffy's side, after at first fighting just for the pleasure of brawling. His motivations changed when, in the fifth season, Spike realized he had fallen in love with Buffy. She initially rejected him, but after and just before her death they had begun to form a friendship of sorts.

She has been confiding in him; prior to this episode, he is the only one to whom Buffy has revealed that she was in heaven. Watch Ghost Ship Mediafire more. The mood is set by music, characters discuss it, and writers use it to emphasize differences between generations.

In an essay on the use of music in the series, Jacqueline Bach writes that in conjunction with the sixth season themes of growing up, . The next morning at the Magic Box, The gang reveal that they also sang that evening.

Led by Giles, the gang theorizes about the cause of the singing, they sense no immediate danger but agreeing that by working together they can overcome anything (. Buffy learns that the whole town is affected when she looks outside the shop to see a large group (led by series writer and producer David Fury) singing and dancing about how a dry- cleaning service got their stains out (. The next morning, Xander and Anya perform a duet about their secret annoyances with each other and their respective doubts about their impending marriage (.

They realize that the songs are bringing out hidden secrets, and later insist to Giles that something evil is to blame. As they argue, they walk past a woman (series writer and producer Marti Noxon) protesting a parking ticket (. That evening, Buffy visits Spike, who angrily tells Buffy to leave him alone if she will not love him (. Since Tara has no recollection of an argument, she suspects that Willow has used magic to alter her memory. She goes to the Magic Box to consult a book, leaving Dawn alone. Dawn starts to bemoan that no one seems to notice her (. They take Dawn to The Bronze, where her attempt to escape transforms into an interpretive dance with the minions (.

He tells Dawn that he has come to Sunnydale in response to her . Giles and Tara separately resolve to leave the people they love, respectively Buffy and Willow. In the case of Buffy, for her own good, and in the case of Willow because Tara has become disgusted by Willow's magical manipulation of their relationship (. Captured by Spike outside the store, one of Sweet's minions conveys a challenge from Sweet for Buffy to rescue Dawn from The Bronze. Giles forbids the gang to assist Buffy so she goes alone, despite having no will to do so; eventually Giles and the Scoobies change their minds and leave to catch up. Watch Good Chemistry Online Fandango. Spike begrudgingly decides to help Buffy, despite thinking things would be better for him if she were dead, and Sweet opines that Buffy is drawn to danger (. When asked by Sweet what she thinks about life, Buffy gives her pessimistic take on its meaning (.

When the others arrive, she divulges that Willow took her from heaven and Willow reacts with horror at finding out what she's done. Upon divulging this truth, Buffy gives up on singing and dances so frenetically that she begins to smoke, on the verge of combusting as other victims of Sweet have been shown to have done, until Spike stops her, telling her that the only way to go forward is to just keep living her life.

Xander then reveals that he, not Dawn, called Sweet, hoping he would be shown a happy ending for his marriage plans. Sweet, after releasing Xander from the obligation to be Sweet's . Watch Exit Strategy Online Forbes. The Scoobies realize that their relationships have been changed irreversibly by the secrets revealed in their songs (. Spike leaves The Bronze, but Buffy follows him out and they kiss (. This was heightened during the fifth season when he hosted a Shakespeare reading at his house, to which the cast was invited.

They began drinking and singing, demonstrating to Whedon that certain cast members had musical talents. During the first three seasons of Buffy, he was unable to take more than two weeks off at a time, and the constraints of writing and directing the show precluded him from putting forth the effort of preparing a musical. Whedon spoke to the show's producer, Gareth Davies, about his idea; they agreed that a musical episode would be written. And they don't play piano very well. The songs sounded really cheesy and horrible..

We were saying, 'Joss, you're ruining our careers.'. They spent three months in voice training. Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn), who is trained in ballet, requested a dance sequence in lieu of a significant singing part. And I never want to do it again.

Battle, a three- time Tony- winner, wore prosthetic make- up for the first time to give him a demonic red face. Sweet was portrayed as .

Whedon, who has stated this is one of his favorite Buffy episodes, used a widescreen letterbox format for filming (the only episode in the series to get this treatment). These were designed to give viewers all the clues they needed to establish all the nuances of the relationships between characters. Network president Dean Valentine remarked he thought it was . Throughout the show—as in the rest of the series—the characters self- consciously address their own dialogue and actions. Anya describes her own duet . With a characteristic dry demeanor, Giles explains that he overheard the information about Sunnydale residents spontaneously combusting as he was eavesdropping upon the police taking .

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