Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Give Me Something To Sing About

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  • @starkly9121
    @starkly9121 9 років тому +3156

    "Tara, Anya, she needs backup." Kills me every time xD

    • @racheld.3540
      @racheld.3540 8 років тому +9

      +CrimsonGecko Me too! X)

    • @christophershibles383
      @christophershibles383 8 років тому +58

      Came here JUST TO SEE THAT HAPPEN! I've been listening to this song and the previous two (walk through the fire and Under Your Spell/Standing reprise) for over a week on repeat. I just love the songs! I also love hearing Tara's voice, I miss her after season six:(

    • @starkly9121
      @starkly9121 8 років тому +36

      Ikr! And then after Tara died and Willow tried to destroy the world, she jumped right onto the first woman she could find (aka kennedy) ._. But you have no idea how many times I watch this ep on a daily basis XD

    • @lancesawyer2302
      @lancesawyer2302 8 років тому +20

      Right! Like come through with the new Destiny's Child. 😂😂😂

    • @HonorWillow
      @HonorWillow 7 років тому +33

      EmeraldGecko to be honest though I think they felt people didn't respect Willow's sexuality so they felt she needed another girlfriend to prove she's queer which is kind of ridiculous :P

  • @moonbug5640
    @moonbug5640 4 роки тому +1070

    Buffy, the only show where the main characters emotional trauma manifests itself in a solo dance routine suicide attempt.

    • @andyventures6574
      @andyventures6574 4 роки тому +23

      Yeah. Not even farscape went there.

    • @TheBurningBuddhist
      @TheBurningBuddhist 3 роки тому +28

      When the song ends people brake into dance. Hence why she is asking people to give her something to sing about.
      I guess it's a grey area but I really don't see the suicide attempt.
      Other people in this episode died too, but did they know they had to keep on singing?
      It seems to be that the spell thrives off true expression of the soul so the more you can sing about the better. I don't think Buffy wanted to sing about heaven but the spell compelled her too. Everyone shared their darkest secrets but Buffy was officially out. There was nothing more powerful for her to say...until Spike stepped in. I have no doubt she was feeling hopeless hence the end of her song but I don't believe it necessarily means she was going through with it. Wanting to die and actually attempting suicide are very different things.

    • @deadpooldan9862
      @deadpooldan9862 3 роки тому +20

      @@TheBurningBuddhist true, but she did try to die, she tried to dance herself to death, knowing she would die

    • @TheBurningBuddhist
      @TheBurningBuddhist 3 роки тому +4

      @@deadpooldan9862 So you say. Still waiting for the evidence.
      We don't know why people start dancing but it's clear that it brings out secrets. That much is said. Buffy's biggest secret is out. We don't know if she could have kept singing or not.

    • @Cinephileofmany
      @Cinephileofmany 3 роки тому +9

      I can’t deal with Alyson crying or looking sad even. It’s too much 😢

  • @MatthewBlossoms
    @MatthewBlossoms 7 років тому +2230

    "Life's not a song; life isn't bliss, life is just this, it's living." Damn that quote meant a lot to me for some reason.

    • @leonkennedy1259
      @leonkennedy1259 7 років тому +104

      Amber Lee Rose Also "The hardest thing in this world is to live in it." That speaks a lot to me as well.

    • @kitcat9245
      @kitcat9245 7 років тому +37

      Amber Lee Rose SPIKE IS THE BEST AHHH

    • @notcreative1856
      @notcreative1856 6 років тому +4

      I don't know if I were buffy I would stick to my friends and say go fuckyourself I'm out.

    • @darkb4light06
      @darkb4light06 6 років тому +20

      It's beautiful and deep. Just like when Dawn says, "The hardest thing in this world is to live in it."

    • @wendita7
      @wendita7 6 років тому +15

      spike has the best quotes of the show

  • @AcediaRex
    @AcediaRex 6 років тому +2984

    Joss Whedon took the premise of a demon who warps reality into a musical and causes people to dance until they spontaneously combust and turned it into the most emotionally charged discussion about depression and existentialism I’ve ever seen.

    • @DigiDestined13
      @DigiDestined13 5 років тому +158

      Notice how all the best Buffy episodes were written by him? Hush, The Body...

    • @Steef_Lee
      @Steef_Lee 4 роки тому +51

      Exactly! It’s one of the best, if not the best, episodes of television and it hurts to watch but in a good way.

    • @lindagramajo9528
      @lindagramajo9528 4 роки тому +32

      Joss is a real genius, I would like to see something from him in tv again, I mean besides Buffy and Angel

    • @a.westenholz4032
      @a.westenholz4032 4 роки тому +30

      @@lindagramajo9528 Well he made Firefly which was brilliant, but not much appreciated by company CEO's so got canceled all too soon.

    • @yestocilantro8660
      @yestocilantro8660 4 роки тому +42

      Who cried watching this episode again In 2020?

  • @DoggosintheHouse
    @DoggosintheHouse 6 років тому +3268

    "I live in hell 'cause I've been expelled from heaven".... the look of absolute horror on Willow's face is heartbreaking.... to know that you did something so incredibly cruel to your closest friend. This is a fantastic episode, but Buffy's reveal to her friends hits like a battering ram. I think it's one of the most powerful moments in the series and it happened in a gimmick episode. Whedon is just a genius.

    • @wfow1448
      @wfow1448 5 років тому +205

      Everyone she's told about Heaven had this look of absolute horror on their faces. The most horrifying though was Spike, and Anya, who would probably know, just by process of elimination, how excruciating Buffy's situation is. After all, if Earth seems like Hell to Buffy, how close to Heaven must Earth be for them?

    • @valerienixon7275
      @valerienixon7275 5 років тому +16

      Akitas in the House Xander is guilty Too!

    • @danielbutler8103
      @danielbutler8103 5 років тому +83

      It's kinda like the episode "Hush" using the no talking gimmick to have Buffy and Riley learn about each others secrets, Willow finding out Tara is a witch, Xander showing Ayna that he loves her because they couldn't talk there way out of it.

    • @Finngrinder
      @Finngrinder 5 років тому +38

      All that I see, absolute horror. I cannot live, I cannot die...

    • @JonSmith-hk1bq
      @JonSmith-hk1bq 4 роки тому +102

      @@wfow1448 Spike already knew (and wasn't in the scene yet). Buffy told him, and only him, just after she came back. Just a bit of a reminder of how awesome the show was that Spike could exist as such an outlet for Buffy when she could never tell the people closest to her. In so many ways, this show is still miles ahead of its time.

  • @dongilleo9743
    @dongilleo9743 6 років тому +2291

    Ironically, it is Spike, the one with the most to fear from fire, who steps up to stop her at the last second before she burst into flames. It is also Spike, who is dead and a resurrected vampire, who tells and convinces her that life is worth living. Of all the gang, he is the only one who has died and been brought back to life, and thus has the most in common with Buffy in this regard.

    • @Velo-vl3qj
      @Velo-vl3qj 6 років тому +183

      The bit about having the most to fear from fire is interesting and I hadn't thought of it before. It's also interesting that Spike is the only one to step in directly to stop Buffy from self-destructing in existential angst (her 'fast' dance at the end) which indicates that he's probably suffered the same angst before and recognizes it immediately. Her friends can only watch her helplessly, paralyzed by guilt. It's just one more part of what separates her gradually from her friends (a rift that she later partially mends, but she will always be apart from them by nature) and closer to Spike.

    • @martinwithani
      @martinwithani 6 років тому +8

      Because humans can't be killed by fire?

    • @Strangely_Sexy
      @Strangely_Sexy 6 років тому +21

      @@martinwithani spike is a vampire

    • @martinwithani
      @martinwithani 6 років тому +9

      @@Strangely_Sexy Yep. Noticed that in the 20 years I've been watching this series...

    • @mariasmith2198
      @mariasmith2198 6 років тому +29

      @@martinwithani Not as easily as vampires.

  • @filippaharboe1906
    @filippaharboe1906 4 роки тому +2212

    I think her singing “give me something to sing about”, she really means “give me something to live for” and this breaks my heart every time

    • @isphus
      @isphus 4 роки тому +206

      Yup.
      "Give me something to live for"
      Silence
      "Pleeeeeeease, give me something"
      Silence
      Demon shakes his head, there's no reason to live
      *guess i'll commit death by dance then*
      Spike: Awww shut up and just live already. Wanker.

    • @lukeevans5427
      @lukeevans5427 4 роки тому +126

      Exactly
      “Don’t give me songs. Give me something to sing about.”
      “Don’t tell me to live. Give me something to live for.”

    • @MrSoulgina
      @MrSoulgina 4 роки тому +20

      Every. Single. Time.

    • @paulkenfield4909
      @paulkenfield4909 4 роки тому +106

      That's the arc. She can't find meaning in friends, saving Dawn, or even being the Slayer (especially shown in season 7). I think her smile in the series finale is her accepting that she can just live.

    • @damageplan3470
      @damageplan3470 4 роки тому +7

      You're on to it 🖒🙂

  • @ArcanusEst
    @ArcanusEst 5 років тому +339

    "She needs back-up. Anya, Tara."
    *Anya and Tara give backup vocals and choreography.*
    Fucking brilliant.

  • @TheZephyrStorm
    @TheZephyrStorm 6 років тому +341

    Her pretty much asking the demon for a reason to live and he shakes his head so she tries to kill herself through dancing embodies the entire song

    • @YTEdy
      @YTEdy 4 роки тому +15

      Or she was under the spell and couldn't prevent her death without help. People have different interpretations of that scene. The demon clearly says no to her. No help there.

  • @darkb4light06
    @darkb4light06 6 років тому +796

    Really can't blame Buffy for being mad that they brought her back.

    • @bluebubble229
      @bluebubble229 5 років тому +161

      I don’t think she was ever mad at them. She was just miserable being alive at first because of what she lost

    • @kevinb7649
      @kevinb7649 4 роки тому +64

      She isn't really, but you also can't blame the gang for doing what they did. Even if they had considered this option, if we assume they had no way of finding out the truth, then they are looking at 3 possibilities: Buffy is just dead, no afterlife; Buffy is in a hell dimension; Buffy is in heaven. Even if all 3 are equally likely, one of them is a hell dimension: if they pull her out of a hell dimension, it's a huge win. If they pull her out of heaven, the worst thing that'll happen is that she'll go back to heaven again when she dies later in life again.

    • @stoplisteningtothestatic7078
      @stoplisteningtothestatic7078 4 роки тому +32

      @@kevinb7649 A lot of fans call willow selfish and don't forgive her for bringing Buffy back but I think it's totally understandable to believe Buffy went to hell. After all she did jump into a portal from glory's homeland that was unleashing hell on earth and beasts were flying out of so it makes sense to think it's possible that Buffy didn't even die and was sent to glory's hell world when she jumped in. That was my first thought too because that's what happened to angel but I guess it was a different portal and Buffy was just killed instantly.

    • @mohamedaminehadji6415
      @mohamedaminehadji6415 4 роки тому +58

      @@stoplisteningtothestatic7078 I don't call Willow selfish for bringing Buffy back, I call Willow selfish because her first reactions afterwards was "let's erase her memory". She made a mistake, it happens, but she never wanted to deal with the consequence (Buffy's resentment and stuff)

    • @cass9523
      @cass9523 4 роки тому +5

      Mohamed Amine Hadji maybe i’m biased because i love willow, but i think it makes her realistic,

  • @Cool70sfreak
    @Cool70sfreak 6 років тому +927

    It's moments like these that really make me appreciate Spike so much, because he's always the most insightful character in the series, more than anyone else. Moments like this, that moment in Season 3 when he wants to get Drusilla back and tells Angel and Buffy that they'll never be friends and explains what love is, when he talks about the Native Americans and conquering nations, when he says there's consequences to magic and resurrecting her which is vindicated in this scene, and so many more great moments...Spike understands the truth of so many things and says it outright when people either don't know it or don't want to say it. I think that's part of what makes his presence in the show so important, especially from Season 4 onward.

    • @tejalkhare8917
      @tejalkhare8917 5 років тому +51

      You said everything I wanted to say....Spike is my favourite character
      Spike stands out alone and shines like a true star.

    • @SynthApprentice
      @SynthApprentice 5 років тому +38

      Hell, he spends half his time in season 4 reminding everyone that he's a bad guy.

    • @erikachavez4645
      @erikachavez4645 4 роки тому +33

      kind of ironic how he was ridiculed for writing poetry in his past life and now becomes strangely poetic in this life.

    • @jasonchurilla5176
      @jasonchurilla5176 4 роки тому +2

      Where did he talk about the Native Americans?

    • @Cool70sfreak
      @Cool70sfreak 4 роки тому +8

      @@jasonchurilla5176 "Pangs" Season 4 Episode 8

  • @isabelr3467
    @isabelr3467 5 років тому +734

    Willow's face after she founds out Buffy was in heaven is the worst thing that has ever happened to me, personally

    • @mattlane4761
      @mattlane4761 4 роки тому +41

      What about when Tara said, "Your shirt.."

    • @The_Totes_Adorbs
      @The_Totes_Adorbs 3 роки тому +23

      Naw, Spike burning on a cross, in a church, while trying to explain to Buffy he got his soul back... is the worst thing to happen to any of us.
      31 years old, still make me cry like a little girl.

    • @jacobmorris3664
      @jacobmorris3664 2 роки тому

      Are you still in utero?

    • @aldendomino3523
      @aldendomino3523 2 роки тому +1

      @Paul Orr Osiris in the show doesn't have the power to throw a bullet at her six months later

    • @NeloBladeOfRanni
      @NeloBladeOfRanni Рік тому +1

      It honestly makes me want to start crying

  • @georgie1214
    @georgie1214 4 роки тому +781

    I will never forgive Giles for hearing Buffy sing this song and then leaving in the very next episode 😭

    • @martineshamzin7535
      @martineshamzin7535 3 роки тому +108

      There are so many things I could never forgive Giles for.

    • @graffitiwomen
      @graffitiwomen 3 роки тому +61

      I know all of you aren't reading ALL of this long tl;dr comment so just stop already. I believe in supporting young people. I work with young people. So please, either read everything before commenting or just skip this, ok?
      But can we all agree that there's a time in every young adult's life where the supporting elder(be they parents, mentors, etc) have to step back so that young person can try and stand on their own two feet?(I'm not saying any of this was right, but a) it's a tv show and b) it's a tv show). When I was younger, I thought Giles was being mean by abandoning her as well. But as an adult, I can see he was enabling her, he didn't have the full picture of how bad off she was emotionally and I think he was TRYING to do the right thing by her. Young people, adults are fallible individuals who are really winging it themselves. One experiences life experience by living, but it's still confusing to be a human, no matter if you're 20 or 40 or 80.
      My parents backed away from me about 5 years after this episode. I hated them at the time, but they were giving me a lesson in owning my actions that I sorely needed in my later 20's. I'm not mad at them now, I learned valuable lessons from those experiences.
      And no, I don't think you should NOT support young people, but ffs, Giles is(for the sake of this argument) his own person and how do we know what other stuff he has going on in his life? We don't. Her friends that lived in her house should've been helping with bills, someone mentioned the Watchers should've paid her(but her struggle as a human young adult is what makes her relatable, in part, who wants to watch millionaire Buffy, it would be like...idk, Batman or something), and I mean, I guess they could've but it's not like you pick that job(being the chosen one) and it's supposed to be secret, so where is a 16-? old going to explain getting paychecks from a weird company? And what's the going rate going to be?
      I would never intentionally let any young person in my life down like this. All I'm saying is I think Giles didn't have the FULL picture on her mental state at the time and he's a human, and humans make mistakes.
      Like my original comments, *sigh*.

    • @martineshamzin7535
      @martineshamzin7535 3 роки тому +47

      @@graffitiwomen But then Giles decides to show back up, and still thinks he knows better then Buffy.

    • @Tsweeney12584
      @Tsweeney12584 3 роки тому +46

      @@graffitiwomen were you in heaven and pulled out against your will? Were you then asked without so much as a concern to hop right back into a hell scape… oh and essentially be a single mom to a bratty teenager?

    • @kg4wwn
      @kg4wwn 3 роки тому +49

      @@graffitiwomen I am now close enough to 40 to spit at it. I absolutely do not support the "sink or swim" method of mentoring or parenting that states someone should simply withdraw and force their offspring to "stand on their own two feet." I now thing Giles was being worse than I ever did as a child. Once you step like this into someone's life. Once you are a parental figure, that is forever. You don't get to back off, you only get to take a break when you are not needed. People are stronger with support (heck, that's canonically what makes Buffy the strongest Slayer ever.) Leaving someone so that they will "grow up" or "get stronger" etc. does not lead to stronger people, it leads to people who loose their ability to trust. People who are in survival mode. People who do what it takes to survive. People like Faith.
      I have been the person who has chosen to pick up the pieces of more than one person who should have had support of their parents, and in more than one case the parents have thought that they were doing the (adult) child a favor by kicking them out, or withdrawing support. Or at least that is what they said. But in no case was it a positive for the person involved. You can support someone's independence far better by letting them stretch their wings knowing that there is safety if they fail, than you can by forcing them out of the nest.

  • @WilliamAfton-ok9dh
    @WilliamAfton-ok9dh 5 років тому +664

    Giles "Tara...Anya, she needs backup!"
    *they dance as back-up dancers*
    Giles: I..... why do i even bother?

    • @anton4396
      @anton4396 4 роки тому +60

      Tara walks into pole
      Giles: more disappointment

    • @jenni7626
      @jenni7626 4 роки тому +10

      Kills me every time hahahahahahaha

    • @whitedragoness23
      @whitedragoness23 4 роки тому +10

      They are probably the best singers for the job

  • @mistabook
    @mistabook 8 років тому +770

    Christ, Gellar and Hannigan both KILL it in this bit. How do you even act something like this? And yet they both sell it 100%. This show was next level brilliant.

    • @xXHanna84Xx
      @xXHanna84Xx 8 років тому +3

      YES! so amazing!

    • @xXHanna84Xx
      @xXHanna84Xx 8 років тому +6

      well.... i can act like that just watching this... XD

    • @jimnguyen8982
      @jimnguyen8982 8 років тому

      MrBook 🔪👒🎩🎓🎓👖👗💵🐃⏳⏳以💮🗿💈🎳💀💇🔱时

    • @kitcat9245
      @kitcat9245 7 років тому +29

      As willow backs up, she hates herself. Such good actors.
      Such an incredible show!
      I'm only 14, but a I've watched the show since I was 3.
      Also spike at the end of this is the best

    • @spikemarsters1161
      @spikemarsters1161 6 років тому +26

      James Marsters topped off the awesome factor
      I never gave a shit about the Angel Spin off until I realised that Spike was resurrected from the dead after season 7 and made a character and subsequently STOLE the show again from Angel in Angel season 5
      his character went through even more changes and even became MORE awesome!

  • @mrspidey80
    @mrspidey80 8 років тому +241

    1:25 Amber fucks up the choreography and immediately hides behind a support column because she can't help but laugh about it.

    • @ellehirst136
      @ellehirst136 7 років тому +9

      mrspidey80 Ik😂😂😂 That's my favourite bit

    • @saar144
      @saar144 7 років тому +15

      I thought she fucked the choreography up bcz she hit the column.

    • @enozmah6081
      @enozmah6081 7 років тому +14

      mrspidey80 omg, how did I never notice it, thanks man.

    • @eatmybutthairslittletinyman
      @eatmybutthairslittletinyman 7 років тому +12

      mrspidey80 now I can't unsee it 😂

  • @aidacailar1126
    @aidacailar1126 4 роки тому +194

    Buffy is so underrated. It's probably the greatest masterpiece TV has ever produced. It's so sad that people underestimate it because it's a show aimed for teenagers and young adults. The depth, insight and character development of this TV show has yet to be topped. It probably was the first TV series to explore the medium in an artistic way. Truly deserves so much more recognition than it already gets.

    • @Cinephileofmany
      @Cinephileofmany 3 роки тому +4

      It’s true. In a post GOT’s, Breaking Bad world I would stand this toe to toe with any of the greatest. My favorite show of all time

    • @calumsanderson6741
      @calumsanderson6741 2 роки тому +8

      Calling Buffy "underrated" is quite possibly the most idiotic and misinformed thing I've read online and I've read some goddamned doozys. You must be a zoomer. I grew up when the show was airing. It was the hottest shit ever. It was an event. It is still loved. The revelations about Whedon have forced us as fans to distance ourselves from the show, like we've been betrayed, to reevaluate our relationship with the show. But it remains loved and enjoyed. And please don't you dare say Firefly is underrated next.

    • @juliettecarr2498
      @juliettecarr2498 Рік тому +7

      @@calumsanderson6741 that was a pretty mean way to articulate your response.

    • @MoonlarkSpirits
      @MoonlarkSpirits Рік тому +3

      Idk, maybe in your time, it was the hottest piece of shit to exist? But times change, shows change, the latest show trends changes all the time
      Me, I’m only 18, but I like to watch Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I mean, I’ve only lost like 5 laptops due to getting severe viruses…

    • @Unsupervisedgoat
      @Unsupervisedgoat 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@MoonlarkSpirits It's nice to know others my age watch Buffy lol. Literally no one i know has ever even heard of it.

  • @TravioliRavioli
    @TravioliRavioli 4 роки тому +369

    It took me way too long to realize Dawns last sentence "The hardest thing in this world, is to live in it" is what Buffy told her, before she jumped into her death in the ending scene of "The Gift" for her in order to be strong for what lies ahead of her - God i love this Episode, this Show and Whedon!

    • @scarletfokx1449
      @scarletfokx1449 3 роки тому +17

      I was actually MAD about that. Dawn irritated me most of the time anyway, but Buffy DID live, she lived a terribly difficult and short life, and she was already resurrected once...after all her suffering she deserved peace. Not another chance to suffer, which is basically what Dawn just faced her with, otherwise calling Buffy a hypocrite for saying that in the past. Of all people to give Buffy advice...

    • @mione12gft71
      @mione12gft71 2 роки тому +8

      You still love whedon? Ahsuahah

    • @cmm5542
      @cmm5542 2 роки тому +6

      @@scarletfokx1449 But Buffy had also left Dawn to suffer alone in a hard world without any family or a Slayer any more. So in a way it was fair for Dawn to quote that back at her: she had had to suffer alone in a 'difficult and short life' too, just given another chance to suffer when Buffy saved her; she understood better than anyone what Buffy was going through and that sometimes you just have to deal with it. No one ever pitied Dawn for her existential sufferings; she wasn't going to pity Buffy for the same.

    • @vaw796
      @vaw796 Рік тому +1

      ​​@@scarletfokx1449 Looking back Dawn was written to be the extremely annoying sibling, getting in Buffy's way from her Slayer duties to interrupting her with Riley, because they wanted her to make this impact of an irritating teenager. It made the reveal even more poignant that Dawn was the key made into a child, the last thing you'd expect to be the key, but here she was. It had to be that dynamic I think for viewers to think,why is she here, who is she and why does she have to be so obnoxious. Buffy was only 16 when she was first revived, wanted to live and wasn't buried to claw her way out of a coffin. 16yo Buffy knew the prophecy and didn't want to die.

  • @scottreading6544
    @scottreading6544 4 роки тому +536

    It’s 2020 and I am still here...and I always will be. So powerful.

  • @gadfageyar
    @gadfageyar 3 роки тому +82

    The look on Willow's face when she realises what she's done!

  • @sarahunchained6680
    @sarahunchained6680 8 років тому +611

    Willows face at 2:43 kills me every time. I feel so bad for her since she was the one to do the magic to pull Buffy out of heaven.

    • @sarahunchained6680
      @sarahunchained6680 8 років тому +27

      +Cryer24597 Don't get me wrong I hate that she did it in the first place. Especially since she killed an innocent animal.

    • @sarahunchained6680
      @sarahunchained6680 8 років тому +1

      +Cryer24597 PS I know it was all fake

    • @sarahunchained6680
      @sarahunchained6680 8 років тому +24

      +Cryer24597 ok thank goodness because I was thinking "damn they brought animal rights into this!" Haha and yeah it wasn't her best season with the whole nearly killing dawn, memory spells all over the place, evil willow. But I am glad they did write it in because then we wouldn't have gotten one of the best speeches, in my opinion, the yellow crayon speech.

    • @caraevans7733
      @caraevans7733 8 років тому +13

      I know but like she said, for all she knew Buffy was going through torment so she thought she might be helping Buffy :(

    • @Briansgate
      @Briansgate 7 років тому +30

      And then right after that, sara starts singing again, forceful, yet with empty looking eyes. Really powerful moment.

  • @myjessiesgirl
    @myjessiesgirl 6 років тому +539

    Who else cried when she said “I live in hell because I’ve been expelled from heaven”

    • @kevinscott1547
      @kevinscott1547 5 років тому +13

      Each time I watch this episode.

    • @Finngrinder
      @Finngrinder 5 років тому +4

      I know exactly how she feels. I meet people I'm in heaven with and I lose them by arguments, misunderstandings or just because I don't have the great looks or voice very, very abruptly

    • @flipclone
      @flipclone 5 років тому +9

      i watch OMWF a few times a year, and i dont think i could ever NOT cry when i see the pain and sorrow in Willow's face.

    • @sk70091
      @sk70091 5 років тому +3

      Every damn single time. I always start singing along to the song and then at this point my voice just breaks.

    • @PatrickRob82
      @PatrickRob82 4 роки тому +1

      EEEEVVVEERRRYYYOOOOONE

  • @GLockPizzleMan
    @GLockPizzleMan 16 років тому +150

    "She needs backup..."
    Classic!
    I risk coming off like a drooling fanboy but Joss Whedon is an genius at insane levels.... fact!

    • @camilla8029
      @camilla8029 6 років тому +5

      GLockPizzleMan holy shit this was 9 years ago......I think he’s great for making Buffy but the way he treated Black Widow and her relationships in Age of Ultron makes me....very mad.

    • @marandacoutu3480
      @marandacoutu3480 6 років тому

      GLockPizzleManl

  • @Beary_Fruity989
    @Beary_Fruity989 2 роки тому +45

    The part at the end where Spike pulls her out of her self destructive dance broke me the most because its like pulling a loved one out of an unhealthy pattern and still knowing that they aren't going to recover without the support from you. The fact that everyone else just stood there it was like watching a car crash, you wouldn't know how to help in that instance either. This scene is the true embodiment of self destruction, where it starts off light and very quickly turns into dark in a millisecond. Even the demon couldn't give her a reason to keep on living. She has to find it on her own with the help and support from everyone else. I fucking loved this episode so much.
    Props to the demon too bro like he's probably my favorite out of all the villains she's gone up against. Even if he was there for one episode I still got hooked on how he went on with life and how he saw the world.

  • @rushofblood994
    @rushofblood994 4 роки тому +43

    "she needs backup" is such an underrated double entendre

  • @FaultlineSurfer
    @FaultlineSurfer 2 роки тому +28

    Even Sweet had nothing to say to that. No taunts, no laugh, even the demon was fucking speechless at what the Scoobies did to Buffy.

  • @RobinBeirne
    @RobinBeirne 7 років тому +306

    It's taken me like 100 times to realise that this is the Bronze.

    • @WildWaver
      @WildWaver 4 роки тому +31

      Wait FUCK

    • @whitedragoness23
      @whitedragoness23 4 роки тому +15

      Did the demon kick everyone out of the bronze?

    • @WildWaver
      @WildWaver 4 роки тому +9

      @@whitedragoness23 They're off dancing :)

    • @echo8630
      @echo8630 4 роки тому +11

      Sammmme. I totally didn't realize it until about the 50th time I watched this episode lol

    • @profchaos91
      @profchaos91 4 роки тому +10

      @@echo8630 man did you even watch the episode? The puppet announces that his master was at the bronze. how can you watch it for 50 times and miss it

  • @danielhaire6677
    @danielhaire6677 6 років тому +255

    I'd had my suspicions about the heaven angle before this episode, but nothing prepared me for how heartrendingly Gellar delivered the lines starting with "There was no pain." By the end of that portion I was literally in tears.

    • @Beagslie76
      @Beagslie76 6 років тому +63

      Were your "suspicions" from 2 or 3 episodes before when she TOLD Spike she thought she was in heaven? Or was it something else?

  • @dreamgirlfriendevil
    @dreamgirlfriendevil 5 років тому +95

    2:54 the way she delivers ‘so GIVE me something to sing about!’ is just goosebump-inducing. This episode is incredible... people should watch the entirety of Buffy just to see this masterpiece (and also because it’s frickin’ BUFFY but hey)

  • @Biwabik223
    @Biwabik223 2 роки тому +20

    I'm 71 and just started watching Buffy last May. I bought the complete series DVD's and I'm watching them now for the second time. Hannigan is probably my favorite character, I have liked her since she was the Band Camp Girl on the American Pie movies.

  • @loubo2
    @loubo2 5 років тому +85

    James Marsers has a very beautiful voice

    • @AndrewSmoot
      @AndrewSmoot 4 роки тому

      I believe that he, and Tony Head, were the only two cast members who had professional experience/education with singing at this point in their careers.

    • @yumchickens5676
      @yumchickens5676 3 роки тому +1

      @@AndrewSmoot amber didn’t?

    • @lesliee6870
      @lesliee6870 Рік тому

      James Marsters has a band, Ghost of the Robot.

  • @cariowen7140
    @cariowen7140 3 роки тому +29

    spike just saved her bloody life

  • @Tricker-the-licker
    @Tricker-the-licker 7 років тому +116

    Life's not a song, life isn't bliss life is just this it's living. Your get along, the pain that you feel it only can heal by living. You have to go on living, most inspiring word's ever.

  • @lilithhedwig5408
    @lilithhedwig5408 3 роки тому +25

    The horror on Willow's face really sells it, shivers

  • @mason62100
    @mason62100 4 місяці тому +6

    This was so well done. When she asks for something to sing about and he denies her, it really leans into the fact that these tough conversations are hard to have and you have to sit with the awkwardness to deal with the emotions.

  • @dawsonedwards5859
    @dawsonedwards5859 6 років тому +179

    The sad fact is if you really listen to lyrics it’s a sad song about her being dead and coming back with nothing left. But it’s covered by a somewhat happy beat. Which could be how she puts on a front.

    • @bluebubble229
      @bluebubble229 5 років тому +20

      The song wasn’t about having nothing left. She had a sister and friends. She was just miserable because she found peace and it was taken away

    • @Rosibrosibuns
      @Rosibrosibuns 4 роки тому +4

      It was a little of both. It was what she should be happy about but couldn't be, because she was ripped from heaven

    • @hrishiv27
      @hrishiv27 4 роки тому +14

      It’s about depression, and how people suffering from it have trouble relating to the good things in life, because of a lack of happiness, or sometimes emotion in general. It is a dull pain that stops you from being able to appreciate that which is good in life.

    • @whitedragoness23
      @whitedragoness23 4 роки тому

      Life is a dance

    • @izabella7174
      @izabella7174 4 роки тому

      @@hrishiv27 and it takes time to heal from that. Spike is right, you have to go on living

  • @Fates1Embrace
    @Fates1Embrace 4 роки тому +23

    “She needs back up; Anya, Tara.” Giles, now is not the time to be a music critic! 😆

  • @Jackerys
    @Jackerys 4 роки тому +35

    The look of terror on willows face gives me chills to this day

  • @emilycrocker2592
    @emilycrocker2592 4 роки тому +65

    Can we all just acknowledge Buffy's face when she says "to be like other girls" at 0:37
    She looks so broken.

    • @catarinemarques231
      @catarinemarques231 4 роки тому +8

      Emily Crocker Since season 1 her desire was to be a normal girl.

    • @cmm5542
      @cmm5542 2 роки тому +1

      It's sad she wanted that so much, since 'normal girls' are not necessarily satisfied with life and free from loneliness and depression either. If Buffy HAD become a normal girl, she would have been so disappointed.

  • @alooncnej4696
    @alooncnej4696 5 років тому +39

    This episode, Restless, The Body, Hush, and a lot of others, god this show is the best I've seen

  • @Daniela-ji9ip
    @Daniela-ji9ip 4 роки тому +27

    4:21 can we appreciate for a moment how even after realizing that Willow used a spell on her, Tara is still there comforting Willow when she needs it

  • @leonkennedy1259
    @leonkennedy1259 7 років тому +273

    "The hardest thing in this world is to live in it."
    You can't get anymore real than that and it gets more and more relevant every year. Buffy is one awesome show. One of the reasons why is because it's so real. Joyce's death The Body everything. It knows how to be real and hit all the emotions. ❤ 😭 ❤

  • @zedsdeadbaby4386
    @zedsdeadbaby4386 3 роки тому +8

    Life's not a song, life isn't bliss, life is just this..... it's liviiiinggg. I love this change.. Watching the show for the 1st time in 2021

  • @MrBigbenny23
    @MrBigbenny23 5 років тому +36

    the look on buffy's face at 2:59 is heartbreaking,i should know i've seen that look of hopelessness on my face more than once,spectacular acting on SMG's part, the look just says "somebody please help me"

  • @ellielindsey7454
    @ellielindsey7454 6 років тому +45

    The musical arrangement of this song is genius. For me, this is how fighting to find meaning in life feels when you are depressed/suicidal.

  • @mediaman834
    @mediaman834 7 років тому +1520

    do you know how long it took me to realise Buffy literally attempted suicide by dancing too fast
    too long

    • @rennyvargas4065
      @rennyvargas4065 7 років тому +163

      MediaMan wow I didn't realize it til I saw your comment

    • @mediaman834
      @mediaman834 7 років тому +93

      Renny Vargas legit the first time I saw it I was like "uh what's she doing" and I watched the episode like 2 more times and it clicked and I was like HOLY CRAP MAN

    • @kurtbastelt
      @kurtbastelt 7 років тому +134

      in front of her friends. that is even more hardcore :( this season is a masterpiece

    • @drmayeda1930
      @drmayeda1930 6 років тому +123

      Not really suicid,e but it was caused by the spell. They start dancing faster and faster till they burst into flame.

    • @kurtbastelt
      @kurtbastelt 6 років тому +157

      sure but it seems like she WANTED to accept the dance / her death.

  • @morgaineraven
    @morgaineraven 16 років тому +74

    Amber Benson hitting the pole is the funniest thing ever ^_^ She's cute enough any way but then to see her all giggly from it makes your heart warm. Thanks for posting!

  • @kingofthorns203
    @kingofthorns203 3 роки тому +18

    "The hardest thing in this world, is to live in it."
    Gets me EVERY time

    • @DarkFoxV
      @DarkFoxV 10 місяців тому

      I believe, a call back to fighting Glory!

  • @tlewisisdope
    @tlewisisdope 6 років тому +25

    Alyson's reaction always totally guts me. She was so magnificent in that role

  • @bgcyclops
    @bgcyclops  16 років тому +111

    In the DVD comentaries Joss Whedon says that this song says everything about his show :)

  • @aaronjones6892
    @aaronjones6892 2 роки тому +23

    I do like that it is Spike who saves Buffy; I know there are aspects of the Spike/Buffy storyline that wouldn't pass muster nowadays, but, I do think that Spike's character showed the most development in, possibly, any television programme ever; and, in the end, there was genuine affection between the two characters

    • @thegrimmretails3777
      @thegrimmretails3777 2 роки тому

      Nowadays nothing. There are aspects of that arc that never passed muster, period.

    • @aaronjones6892
      @aaronjones6892 2 роки тому +1

      @@thegrimmretails3777 Of course, everyone is entitled to their opinion, however, I do respectfully disagree; if, for no other reason than, the Buffy/Spike storyline was broadcast and so it did indeed 'pass muster', whether or not you think it should have been

  • @kingmespeaks6839
    @kingmespeaks6839 7 років тому +527

    God, just every time she says heaven and it goes slightly off-key and my heart breaks a little.

    • @JanAside
      @JanAside 6 років тому +17

      Anna King yeah really ruins the whole song but i like to believe thats on purpose cause heaven technicaly ruined her "beautiful life"

    • @jiraiyaaddams7592
      @jiraiyaaddams7592 6 років тому +48

      ... and then Spike does the same with "living"'''... these are not accidents...

    • @cirrustate8674
      @cirrustate8674 6 років тому +28

      Joss wrote it that way intentionally, to go into a minor at those points, specifically for the contrast.

    • @cirrustate8674
      @cirrustate8674 6 років тому +14

      I was not quite correct. It wasn't a minor, it was a diminished.

    • @captaincassbag7813
      @captaincassbag7813 6 років тому +20

      It was intentional

  • @helencarames2774
    @helencarames2774 3 роки тому +9

    What gets me is the look in her eyes when she's fighting the puppet boys. It's so obvious there how much she is suffering "to be like other girls" that's where my heart broke.
    It still breaks all these years later because the more I live the more I feel the truth of that moment.

  • @lilyredmoon7267
    @lilyredmoon7267 4 роки тому +11

    Everyone's faces when she said she was expelled from heaven. Was heartbreaking. Then when dawn quoted her last words back to her. tears man tears.

  • @CG-ik9hh
    @CG-ik9hh 3 роки тому +9

    Anyone else who thought, that Spike’s and Buffy‘s outfits were matching. The black leather coat she sheds in the beginning and the red shirt.
    It’s like when you meet up with someone and realize both of you chose a similar outfit by chance. I always liked when that happened with good friends.

  • @senordan810
    @senordan810 8 років тому +102

    Still gives me chills every time I watch this

  • @fangsabre
    @fangsabre 4 роки тому +17

    God this song is so beautiful. And so true. Depression and trying to hide it, that's exactly what it is

  • @Final_b.2001
    @Final_b.2001 6 років тому +40

    Lifes a show
    And we all play our parts
    And when the music starts
    We open up our hearts
    Its alright
    If some things come out wrong
    We'll sing a happy song
    And you can sing along
    Where theres life, theres hope
    Everydays a gift
    Wishes can, come true
    Whistle while, you work
    So hard, all day
    To be like other girls
    To fit in, in this glittering world
    Don't give me songs
    Don't give me songs
    Give me something to sing about
    I need something to sing about
    Lifes a song
    You don't get to rehearse
    And every single verse
    Can make it that much worse
    Still my friends don't know why I ignore
    The million things or more
    I should be dancing for
    All the joy life sends
    Family and friends
    All the twists and bends
    Knowing that it ends
    Well that depends
    On if they let you go
    On if they know enough to know
    That when you bowed
    You leave the crowed
    There was no pain
    No fear no doubt
    Til they pulled me out
    Of heaven
    So that's my refrain
    I live in hell
    Cause ive been expelled from heaven
    I think I was in heaven
    So give me something to sing about
    Please give me something
    Lifes not a song
    Life isn't bliss
    Life is just this
    Its living
    You'll get along
    The pain that you feel
    You only can heal by living
    You have to go on living
    So one of us is living
    The hardest thing in this world is to live in it

  • @martinthomas1293
    @martinthomas1293 4 роки тому +8

    You could tell from her fighting in this part of the show she is literally fighting on auto pilot she did this so well

  • @Chuck74420
    @Chuck74420 4 роки тому +10

    Best episode of the best season of the entire show, the look of horror and realization on willow's face... so much despair in Buffy's voice... I can so relay to that....

  • @aphillyate1
    @aphillyate1 4 роки тому +7

    There are no words for how powerful this was and remains over two decades later. Life isn't bliss; life is just this; it's living; the pain that you feel; you only can heal; by livinnnnng; you have to go on livinnnng.

  • @thegreenmanofnorwich
    @thegreenmanofnorwich 5 років тому +4

    This song and this episode were bittersweet for me. I'd had undiagnosed depression for about 7 years when this came out, and thought "aha! Someone gets it", but then a little bitter, as recovery is much harder and more time consuming than it looks

  • @Beanworth
    @Beanworth 17 років тому +16

    I love it when Giles says that she needs backup :) BUFFY ROCKS!!!

  • @adrianabrinpodcast
    @adrianabrinpodcast 6 років тому +25

    It’s crazy how after all these years this show is still touching people. I was 7 when it came on air. It was amazing then, but watching it as an adult it’s even more amazing because I understand and can relate so much more to it.

  • @ricardosanchez1276
    @ricardosanchez1276 5 років тому +28

    2:29 always make me wanna cry. Sarah Michelle is an amazing drama actress

  • @jenniferboddie3768
    @jenniferboddie3768 7 років тому +186

    I remember the promos for this, and thinking how this was going to suck. I think many of us tuned to see just how much this episode was going to suck, and then, while watching this thinking, wow, this doesn't suck, it's actually pretty good, and then, as the episode continued, thinking, wow, this is awesome!

    • @drmayeda1930
      @drmayeda1930 6 років тому +11

      The people who saw the original broadcast were lucky. We got 7 minutes of extra content that didn't make it to subsequent airings. I'm not sure which version is in the DVD or Amazon. I should look. running time 1:07 is the uncut version.

    • @jiraiyaaddams7592
      @jiraiyaaddams7592 6 років тому +3

      I remember all that... but I was a believer about halfway through "Going Through The Motions"... :)

  • @AngelLestat2
    @AngelLestat2 6 років тому +18

    I always hate musicals, but this episode was my favorite episode from almost of all series that I saw, which says a lot of how good it was.

  • @KatiesArabVision
    @KatiesArabVision Рік тому +2

    This was incredibly ahead of it’s time. The way it looks, the songs…hard to believe it was probably filmed in 2001…wow I love this show so much.

  • @MikeFortino
    @MikeFortino Рік тому +3

    They never should have brought her back to life. This season is SO damn dark and it’s basically the Scoobies treating Buffy like she’s wrong for being depressed. Yea, you resurrected someone that didn’t want it. How is she supposed to act? This song is so powerful because she finally tells them.

  • @anyaaaa5455
    @anyaaaa5455 5 років тому +182

    My name is Anya because of this TV show😂❤😍🔥

  • @scottt6267
    @scottt6267 6 років тому +6

    I love the little head shake the demon does after Buffy so desperately sings “give me something” after singing about her death.

  • @ossenaar40
    @ossenaar40 11 місяців тому +2

    Just watched this scene for the first time and I got goosebumps everywhere. One of the best moments of this show so far. I don't want it to end but I'm getting there sadly

  • @RandallHallKaizenReiki
    @RandallHallKaizenReiki 2 роки тому +7

    This is one of the beautiful things about this show. Consequences. Events matter past the episode they happen in. In many other shows, this would be brought up and resolved in the same episode. But in Buffy, this lasted for the rest of the show. While it may not have haunted her the whole time, Buffy was most definitely changed by this and no longer the same person. So many shows are afraid to do this.

    • @LongandWeirdName
      @LongandWeirdName Рік тому

      After than comment. I just have to say something. You might enjoy Person of Interest.

  • @tranmys9609
    @tranmys9609 2 роки тому +2

    it's hurt with the line "it's alright if something comes out wrong, we'll sing a happy song". It's just so Buffy, whatever life throws at her, she tries to fix it and shows the positive side while hiding her depression.

  • @elliotmay
    @elliotmay 7 років тому +21

    Fave song in the musical by a mile. Sarah totally rocks it.

  • @evercurious9873
    @evercurious9873 2 роки тому +5

    I feel like this whole episode is so powerful it can never be overlooked..... Buffy literally helped me become who I am as an adult, and I am so proud of that... It made me a better person growing up and I'll never forget it and always be grateful!

  • @ButterFly-zh8ho
    @ButterFly-zh8ho 4 роки тому +22

    " The hardest thing in this world is to live in it " it's so true.

  • @noahwelburn8835
    @noahwelburn8835 2 роки тому +11

    I fucking adore this episode. Are they great singers? God no. But the lyrics. The lyrics are a part of the story. They are the motife. They are the inner working of the characters conflicts. It was webbed into the manifesto of the buffy universe. Not just a camp musical with nothing to say. Again. LOVE IT

    • @LongandWeirdName
      @LongandWeirdName Рік тому +1

      They may not be great singers, but they are great vocal actors. They make you feel it. Text to speech Brian(most popular/default StreamLabs tts voice you can hear all over Twitch streams, reading donation messages) would not have the impact, even with those lyrics.

  • @charlesbeck5511
    @charlesbeck5511 4 роки тому +6

    Ok, I feel a little silly because everyone is giving a great analysis of this scene and it is truly one of the best but when I first saw this scene and Giles said "She needs backup" despite the musical episode I didn't expect them to become backup singers. So that part just forever amuses me. Partly because of my own stupidity and of the play on words. I love the bits of dry humor that still get sprinkled in despite a serious situation.

  • @mmichelle4082
    @mmichelle4082 Рік тому +2

    I'm glad this came out especially to Willow who was getting smug with her magic, I wish it affected her more then it did.
    Cause it just proves that Giles was right when he told her off about it when she expected a pat on the back.

  • @joshfactor1
    @joshfactor1 Рік тому +5

    rumor has it she was vehemently against a musical episode because she didn't think she'd be any good but i think she did well

    • @701983
      @701983 10 місяців тому

      Interesting. I was really impressed by the singing of them all, you wouldn't expect that from such a group of actors, who didn't sing before in the show (except Giles).
      Of course, Buffy had not a voice like Tara, but I agree, she did very well in my view.
      Normally, I don't like musicals very much. But this episode is one of my favorites.
      So absurd (this kind of demon), so funny (bunny song, "she needs backup"), so emotional ("I live in hell...")!

  • @1-ZombieMad
    @1-ZombieMad 7 років тому +23

    This Serie is the best ever. and the beginer of manny more. the 90-s is just the best!

  • @lvis11tj7
    @lvis11tj7 8 років тому +13

    That was the first time that I ever heard Dawn speak during that.......that was so awesome, it tied in the speech and made the turn around in the next episode make a little more sense...thanks for posting that version......I must have missed that, because I was obsessed with this show...

  • @farnazdarjani8238
    @farnazdarjani8238 5 років тому +10

    The reaction of Giles on "That when you bowed" part was lije a hurt father remembering all the pains his daughter went through

  • @justmyopinion1795
    @justmyopinion1795 5 років тому +19

    This scene and song always get me. Buffy is truly looking for reasons to live. She has none. I love that look of absolute horror on willows face. The way they all realise what theyve done. Beautiful acting on behalf of the cast

  • @geoffreyforbes2227
    @geoffreyforbes2227 4 роки тому +14

    2:09 You can tell Giles is just got an idea that Buffy's about to annonce something heartbreaking. I love the little touches.

    • @caterinadc5567
      @caterinadc5567 2 роки тому +1

      I feel like that might also be his fatherhood character. I feel like he's jolting free of the demon magic enough to manifest his disgust that a demon is forcing Buffy to sing about her death. (Her death being something he'd already have awful feelings about, but then a demon making her bring it up in song.. yeah, that's the character choice I see the actor making. The fatherly watcher managing to turn his head (despite the magic) at that.)

    • @DarkFoxV
      @DarkFoxV 10 місяців тому

      I feel, Giles had his suspicions from the beginning, even when he scolded Willow.

  • @calvinramirez218
    @calvinramirez218 4 роки тому +8

    my gosh this song brings back so many memories.she's so beautiful and her voice calms me. Also this show changed my life.

  • @oliviamackenzie9725
    @oliviamackenzie9725 4 роки тому +86

    Me: enjoying the song
    Dawn: speaks
    Me: dawn, I swear to god.

    • @martineshamzin7535
      @martineshamzin7535 3 роки тому +2

      What? Im not sure I even understand that. Its n to like she interrupts the song. She speaks after the song is OVER. Also, not everything needs to be Me; blah blah blah format.

    • @oliviamackenzie9725
      @oliviamackenzie9725 3 роки тому +3

      @@martineshamzin7535 you know what? If you don't like the joke you can just scroll past. You don't have to be such a twat.

    • @StephiiWingz617
      @StephiiWingz617 3 роки тому +1

      Haha shut up Dawn

    • @spriteluver
      @spriteluver 2 роки тому +2

      dawn is a sweet little gal and you guys are too hard on her! if anything it's because joss doesnt know how to write little sisters lol

    • @okboomer3834
      @okboomer3834 2 роки тому +4

      this is so petty lol

  • @cutepiku
    @cutepiku 5 років тому +7

    This is easily my favourite season, always has been. This episode, plus the shit storm that follows right down to the season finale... just a masterful allegory on depression and existentialism. I loved this season before I even understood it, and growing up and realizing I was suffering with depression for so long probably explains why.

  • @kaylaxxoo
    @kaylaxxoo 4 місяці тому +1

    I think its very smart to have Spike be the one to stop Buffy from killing herself. After she died the second time he was killing himself everyday before she came back that he didnt save her from jumping.

  • @luvdove7136
    @luvdove7136 6 років тому +16

    Wow, that really was a show- stopping number 😭👏👌
    Buffy's singing drove me to tears and Spike's lines were so sweet 😖

  • @gb2310
    @gb2310 3 роки тому +2

    In all my life watching Tv-shows I could say Buffy the Vampire Slayer is my number 1 no only for the story line, but also because of the increable actors and actresses, and specially this episode how every one gave their 100 percent to made it, and the meaning behind of the songs. I love this song, showing how much she lost.
    I think even you can see vampires, werewolves and all that there was also realistic stories that you can related to, the lost of a love one, feeling lost, the brokenhearted. It just this show is a Gem among others.

    • @Cinephileofmany
      @Cinephileofmany 3 роки тому

      In a post Breaking Bad, GOT’s era I would still hold this show up as being one of the greatest. Huge following but still underrated

  • @alfredtrias3042
    @alfredtrias3042 2 роки тому +3

    One of the most heartbreaking parts here is when she is looking at everyone and singing, "so give me something to sing about(live for)... pls give me something". Then when no one can't/doesn't give her that, she does random dances (chaotic things) that will eventually lead to her self-destruction.

  • @animemanXLK
    @animemanXLK Рік тому +2

    You know what gets me is Buffy was like one second away from bursting into flames and all her friends just stood there and watched before Spike is eventually the one to stop her dancing herself to death.

  • @MegaAshWilliams
    @MegaAshWilliams 7 років тому +416

    Not only did this episode jump the shark, it rode the shark, made the shark it's bitch and closed out the day with shark soup. In a good way.

    • @fRo0tLo0p
      @fRo0tLo0p 6 років тому

      MegaAshWilliams All your taste is in your mouth.

    • @GeneralG1810
      @GeneralG1810 4 роки тому +6

      Wash your mouth out, this was the best episode of the entire series

    • @kimmy123763
      @kimmy123763 4 роки тому

      this episode was one of the best. but the body is still the best

    • @nursejoed
      @nursejoed 4 роки тому +4

      @@GeneralG1810 You realize this was a compliment...?

    • @GeneralG1810
      @GeneralG1810 4 роки тому +1

      @@nursejoed LOL kinda hard to see it that way, I took it as an EXTREME jump the shark metaphor
      But if they meant it was a great ep then I totally agree

  • @CATTYNESS1
    @CATTYNESS1 4 роки тому +6

    Classic series, still worth watching and this episode is Amazing!!

  • @joehaas6129
    @joehaas6129 5 років тому +20

    Yes, Willow, you were the big bad of season six.

  • @juliaconnell
    @juliaconnell Рік тому +1

    this lives in my head - the whole thing - and demonstrates how awesome as a whole 'Buffy' was

  • @chrispeplinski7306
    @chrispeplinski7306 4 роки тому +6

    Love how spike is the one to convince buffy to keep living

  • @charissegeorge9192
    @charissegeorge9192 3 роки тому +5

    It broke my heart to see Buffy's friends reaction in knowing that they ripped her out of heaven and the genuine pain on their faces, however saying this not one of her friends stood up and admit they did wrong and try to make it easier as Giles still left his Slayer as he selfishly believed since she didn't rely on him that she didn't need him. Like every parent and child like relationship a child wouldn't tell you they are hurting thinking they in their own way protecting you, but Giles still left leaving his Slayer limiting the comfort she needed that started the toxic relationship between Buffy and Spike as she didn't trust her own circle.
    Xander in his own way as many men like him try to be the comic relief or a shoulder to cry one by being the handy man and trying and failing to comfort Buffy as he doesn't know how to approach his best friend as she has changed so much after coming back from the dead and in Xander's mind she would eventually talk to either to him or the people in the tight knit group.
    The only one I don't feel sorry for is Willow, after finding out that her dark magic had brought her best friend back from the dead only be sent to what Buffy's finds is hell, instead of trying to help Buffy Willow decides to use more magic by trying to erase the memory of ever being in heaven. This wasn't for Buffy's benefit as this was her way of covering the cracks in the wall while the roof is falling over your head and by doing this putting more problems on Buffy's plate. The only people I feel sorry for is Buffy for having herself ripped away from heaven and no one to truly rely one but a vampire that she doesn't like or trust, Dawn Summers who not only lost her mother but also her sister in less than a year apart and almost losing her again to Sweet. And lastly Spike who finally got his girl only for him to have a one sided love affair becoming her punching bag both physically and mentally.