1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More With Feeling (6th - 12th August)
So I’m into season six of my first-time watch of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the stakes (haha, terrible pun kind of intended) are pretty high at this point post-resurrection etc. ‘Once More With Feeling’ is an episode I’ve known about from reputation for sometime, and despite having not seen it previously, am well well aware of its legacy in things like Scrubs’ great musical episode and Joss Whedon’s own Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.
I’m not a big fan of musicals in general (save the examples above), but as one of the episode of Buffy that is often held up as one of its greatest I went into it with some level of expectation. It didn’t disappoint.
The cast were genuinely phenomenal in their contributions (as of course were the songs, musicians etc), and the way this was so unique without crossing over into novelty territory was a heck of an achievement. It is of testament too all this combined that a week after watching the episode now, I can’t get these songs out of my head and have been coming back for multiple listens.
It is hard to pick a favourite, but perhaps just for the way the cast all come together (though as is the case always in this show, Sarah Michelle Gellar is especially memorable), ‘Walk Through The Fire’ might just be the one that has stuck with me most. Here it is above now, I’m off to buy the soundtrack.
