This episode asks - if nothing here is real and nothing here is right- then why is everything so right? Because this 2001 musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer entitled "Once More With Feeling" is one of the most iconic and well produced episodes of television that has ever been and may never be eclipsed for its poignancy, heartbreak, musical score, character interaction, and one off villain.
After John and Magnus acknowledge that you can't talk about Buffy without talking about the long shadow of Joss, the episode dives into where Once More in centered within the Buffyverse and why such a cult classic with such a cult and genre focused ideology worked - both in its time and still in current times. And event when not everything ages well, Buffy episodes like Once More are high pinnacles of tv with a ton of rewatchability.
Listen in as John breaks down why even though Walk Through Fire and Bunnies are iconic, why Standing/Under Your Spell (repriese) is potentially the most important moment in Buffy canon and why the reveals in Once More are so integral not just to where Buffy has been but where Buffy would go all the way up until the finale. This episode is true Buffy bonanza! (Well, at least until John and Magnus talk about the whole show)
