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LetвЂ™s remember that this was on broadcast TV, when full seasons generally ran 22 episodes or so, and they didnвЂ™t get extra time to film the episode. Sorry, but thereвЂ™s no other way to say it: Gellar absolutely slayed that song.Д«rown: Gellar slayed the whole episode.

The number rivals the best of bittersweet bickering onstage, including вЂњThe Little Things You Do TogetherвЂќ from вЂњCompany,вЂќ вЂњTherapyвЂќ from вЂњTick, TickвЂ¦ Boom!вЂќ and вЂњTake Me or Leave MeвЂќ from вЂњRent.вЂќДЄlso, вЂњSomething to Sing AboutвЂќ is a killer 11 oвЂ™clock number: the insightful lyrics about lifeвЂ™s meaning, the dance breaks with Caulfield and Trachtenberg, and the haunting way GellarвЂ™s sweet voice swells into those minor notes and gets teary during the big reveal. Lee: I adored вЂњIвЂ™ll Never Tell,вЂќ in which Xander (Nicholas Brendon) and Anya have simultaneous inner monologues about their relationship issues while dancing like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in pajamas. A turn on вЂњDancing With the StarsвЂќ is just the beginning. How an unusually approachable fitness guru became one of the pandemicвЂ™s biggest starsД¬OVID-19 made PelotonвЂ™s celebrity-obsessed Cody Rigsby famous in his own right. HeвЂ™s easily one of my top вЂњBuffyвЂќ villains. Phillips: Hinton BattleвЂ™s demon Sweet was so smooth and soulful on вЂњWhat You Feel,вЂќ both with Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg) and at the end. Her insistence that bunnies could be responsible for the mysterious musical mayhem, complete with pyrotechnics, has never failed to put a smile on my face.

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But the one for which I know ALL the lyrics and still sing them from my chest is SpikeвЂ™s heartbreaking вЂњRest in Peace.вЂќ That song had so much meaning and emotion, propelling the story and helping anyone understand how - spoiler alert - Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) could end the episode by doing much more than вЂњwhisper in a dead manвЂ™s ear.вЂќД«rown: If I had to pick a favorite, IвЂ™d go with вЂњWalk Through the FireвЂќ - the number Buffy leads as she heads to take on the big bad - for how it captures everyoneвЂ™s inner conflict building towards what you think you know is coming, plus the quippy quotable asides present even in song.Д«ut the musical moment that brings me the most joy in the episode comes much earlier, when Anya (Emma Caulfield) breaks out into a short rock anthem. One of my favorites was when вЂњStanding in the WayвЂќ and вЂњUnder Your SpellвЂќ became a mashup with Tara and Giles. The crowd went wild.Д«urkes: The sheer musicality of this episode really, ahem, sang. Phillips: I went to that вЂњin-theater experienceвЂќ twice and even brought dry cleaning with a sticky note that said вЂњno mustard.вЂќ At one screening in Westwood, вЂњBuffyвЂќ writer-producer Marti Noxon thanked everyone for coming and said, вЂњSomeone else wants to thank you.вЂќ Down the aisle bounded Joss. This was before вЂњGleeвЂќ or вЂњCrazy Ex-Girlfriend,вЂќ so the only real frame of reference for вЂњmusical episodeвЂќ I had at the time was, like, вЂњXena: Warrior Princess.вЂќ (вЂњBitter SuiteвЂќ remains a favorite.) And it went on to be shown in theaters for fan-driven, interactive sing-along events, at least for a while. Tracy Brown: ItвЂ™s not hyperbole to say that IвЂ™ve probably seen вЂњOnce More, With FeelingвЂќ more times than any single episode - a tally mostly racked up when DVD boxed sets were the only way to revisit your favorite TV. (And now IвЂ™m singing the entire soundtrack, of which I own a hard copy.) And it came during a time when people were still reeling from the show changing networks and well-loved characters changing too. But what about the rest of the cast? While at a previous job, I actually took an hour-long break (which I never did) to watch it in a conference room.Дawn Burkes: It really was a capital-E Event for вЂњBuffyвЂќ fans. We had heard glowing reviews of Amber BensonвЂ™s voice, so Tara was set too. We knew Anthony Stewart Head, who plays Giles, and James Marsters, who plays Spike, could sing. Jevon Phillips: Fans knew that Whedon had wanted to do a musical episode for a while.