I always thought he was handsome ❤️

His singing does things to women (and men)

@@FacebookQueen as did I.

Oh my god I was shamefully liking this and realized we have the same name

I was just saying this the other day! I was around nine when Buffy first premiered but now that I’m in my thirties and am a watching the series for the hundredth time, yeah, I totally see it.

I never watched the show until Covid hit. I was streaming everything and this show was last on my list. It ended up being my favorite.

Absolutely agreed!! This and Hush (4x10) are by far the best episodes! (Motion seconded 2022)

2023 for the collection ❤️

@@markmcmahon4422 The next episode after Hush dealt with th aftermath. Railey was stunned by the amount of freedom she has compared to the initiative. this to the rescue squad the rest of the squad were less enthused. It took them 30 minutes to catch her, and it took her like 15-30 seconds to knock out the squad. I wonder how they explained the incident to the rescue squad that needed to extract his men from trees and rooftops. they landed on trying to stop Buffy from borrowing a Humvee.

@@slbw81118 : Did u watch Angel ??

artao5 the flash 3x17

Yes! But the demon would have better been a demon from India... somewhat like a dark Bollywood creture ^^

Rationales are also given in the musical episodes of Xena (predating this) and Scrubs.

Well, maybe not Nicholas Brendon but I guess everyone on the production knew it ;) The rest of them are really good indeed.

@@alexenater123 The songs are just there to fill time and for Grant and Melissa to sing.

Right?? It's confused me so much! Damn that man 😍 You've no idea how happy it made me to read this and know I'm not the only one 😂

SAME

Im hetero but Tara does something to me

im a gay man and same

I hear you. I know you’re telling the truth. I know this. Hello

100% I always hoped he would show up again

Those effortless high kicks he delivers, what a class act.

He was cool asf! Would've loved to see an episode with him and Lorne from Angel

sweet rocked played by multi time tony winner hinton battle

@@kefkarothsephka7708 he has quite the resume and some impressive awards.

Absolutely! If anything there was more pressure on her because she was the main star but wasn't as naturally talented a singer, and she ended up delivering an amazing performance. Just the dancing alone in STSA seems like it would've been incredibly difficult to train for, but she did brilliantly. Oh, and she has a really sweet singing voice as well.

She has a brown belt in Taekwondo and has done so much physical work during Buffy. I think that helped her a lot with the dancing. Also she has a dancers body.

if i remember it was James that was the reason that this was even made

+Larissa Siriani It made me grow some.

+Larissa Siriani me too.....and I'm male...O.o

HAHAHAHAHAHA Thanks, I guess =P

same same, sweet jeezus so hot

I was thinking the same thing.

Lol same, the fact they can't help it too. It's so fascinatingly weird.

Reba Wiles . THEY GOT THE MUSTARD OUT! 🕺

Absolutely!

I liked the traffic ticket scene too!!!😂💕

@@jenniferduvall5897 I've been having a bad bad day. Come on won't you put that pad away? I'm asking you please Noooo! It isn't right it isn't fair, there was no parking anywhere, I think that hydrant wasn't there.....why can't you let it GOOOO? I think I've paid more than my share, I'm just a poor girl don't you care, hey I'm not wearing underwear. To bad we never got to hear the cops response which was probably full of Glee at what she was pretty much offering him to not give her a ticket. Very funny scene though.

@@TorrentFiend10😂 Lmao!!! 💕Nice,...and I absolutely agree, (It would've been awesome to hear the traffic cops response, and watch how that whole scene played out!) Marti Noxon was awesome in that scene too, btw!🤣 Lol,...I used to have the Musical Episode on CD, and I'd always play it while I was driving in my car. As a result, my kids all heard the songs repeatedly,...and they can recite all of the lyrics verbatim! They all grew up to be huge Buffy fans, and have all since binge watched every season of Buffy with me! (Gotta raise'em right!!!!😂) The "ticket song" was always one of our favorites!!! Thanks,... you made my day Torrent Fiend💕🤗💕 Lots of love to you my friend!!!

Its a lot of work being an actor...

James Marsters does sing in a band called Ghost of the Robot

@@jessicaclaire3134 what she said

Amber Benson had a vocal guest spot on Anthony Stewart Head's album and James Marsters has his own band.

Same!

Tony Head has at least one album out (Music for Elevators), a CD, and I have a copy. Yea for me!

+99RedRedfake Damn I was looking for closure in the comments on this and found it! God It's just TO perfect!

ikr it's so smooth!

Alexandre ME TOO!

Alexandre i LOOOOOOOOVE GILES MY GOD HES SEXY MAN MEAT LOL

Such a beautiful voice!

So Giles is only 8 years younger than Spike?

@@johndododoe1411 Yes, but they're not consecutive.

I'm shocked

I can't believe James Marsters will be 60 in August...wtf

@Julia Conway I honestly wouldn’t have cared if he had pulled a guitar out his butt! Seeing James with that guitar was a freaking blessing! 😂😍

@Julia Conway It's very likely he would just own one. It really seem like Spike ought to play guitar (And James know how to play guitar which would have made it easier!). He's an artistic middle/upper-middle class Victorian. He would have likely been taught music, people used to sing and play pianos in their homes, and church had hymn books with songs written out with the staff. (Guitar is also a traditional European instrument used in informal and folk music). Even as a vampire he's been connected to the music, in particular rock/punk and counter-culture, he is INTRODUCED comparing the crucifiction to woodstock and mentions we was at woodstock (he also enjoyed getting high after drinking from a flower child) and apparently "Billy Idol stole his look from him." He listens to the Sex pistols and the Ramones (somewhere he HAS to have the original double LP to London Calling). Even if he didn't learn guitar when he was alive, it's seems likely I would pick it up some time in the early 20th century 1920s/30s when because an instrument used in popular music (Jazzy, blues used guitar, like Django Reinhardt or folk musicians like Woody Guthrie) and he's had most of a century to practice. For some strange reason in season 1/2 they made ANGLE all sophisticated, but mostly Angle killed a bunch of people and than lived like a hermit. Spike has the education, past as an poet, and over a century of following counter cultural movements, a seem more likely to be musical, literate, and artistic and Angle ... he like Barry Manole, which is why Spike isn't happy he liked his poems.

@@maggiemakgill But he didn't play the guitar so boo-hoo.

@@maggiemakgill Wow, insightful. Thanks, I've many similar thoughts about Spike.

@@cannabiscupjudge Wow thanks, most people tell not to think about these things too much : )

The first time through the show went over by about 5 minutes. They cut one song and cut the dead air where there was no dialogue I think.

drmayeda1, they cut 7 minutes, and a lot more than “dead air”.

wiki says the original broadcast was 8 minutes longer than others, as is on DVD, but rebroadcasts were cut back to normal run length, primarily with song verse removals. Personally, the Anya wedding dress song in one of the more awesome episodes "Selfless" extremely looks like is was culled from OMWF. It even references the mustard song.

I'm pretty certain that a ton of Michelle's (Dawn's) dance moves were chopped out.

Bill Woo, I’ll have to find that note/file. I was so upset I made a list. I think you’re right about Michelle’s dance sequence. They (Netflix, in this case) were missing over seven minutes. Iirc, that included cutting Standing/Under Your Spell (the reprise), and some other critical scenes.

Agreed. And hand him a guitar

Yeah, with the cross too.

@@zoinks8868did you forget: spike vampire = cross bad

Yes, though thanks to this episode I notice how when Alison's characters have to sing, they find funny ways to block her so she doesn't have to. Like in HIMYM's song about suits. :D :D

Except SMG who can do so many things...the studio adjustments really helped. Couldn’t believe Anya - she clearly did actual musicals ♡

Rock musicals about bunnies

Minus Qillow

​@@nothingyet120 Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's why her only line is "I think this line's mostly filler."

aaahhaaaHAHA Thank you I never noticed that one before!

Hah! That’s just made the line click for me! 😂😂

I read that Michelle Trachtenberg did NOT want to sing, (hence her only singing, like, two lines,) but definitely wanted to dance. You can tell that she has at least some dance experience, so she asked Joss Whedon for a dance number.

I know the feeling. :(

That song also gets to me.

And THEN just in case you’re not crying already the duet with tara finishes the job

it isn’t just a song from giles but it’s also expressed sadly wont stay around and standing giles be leaving surrogate daughter Buffy and the scoobies💔 to step back but a lousy mistake decision to take off when giles didn’t motivate her enough to handling the discipline dawn which made worse for her..😑 after this episode and willow did wrong to Tara found out from Dawn used forgetting spell to mind rape her was a no-no and back in the fight

+VoodooChild same

Exactly! I hate musicals, and remember exactly how awful I felt when I saw that this episode was musical. Probably about when Anya started singing bunnies is where I thought that this is actually great. Walk through the fire is when I broke to tears, laughed once to Willlows "I think this line is mostly a filler" line, and almost had heart attack when Buffy kicked the door, it was perfect ending to that song. Where do we go from here did it again, its great that Dawn started that song. And the kiss is so perfect ending to perfect episode. And boy does Amber Benson sing well. This is my all time favorite TV episode, however I think two part finale of Angel would be my favorite if it wasnt too real and thus gives bad feelings also.

Same here, my friend who introduced me to the show warned me but also said it's his favorite episode. I said NO and I watched it reluctantly, with my musical "blinders" on, hating. The next day I understood. And I still hate musicals. Just not this one. .I'm gonna go put it on again as soon as I'm done typing. PS My family invited me to a live musical show of Shrek at the 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle and I only made it to the intermission before they let me stand outside on the sidewalk, insisting that I still hate musicals. Would anyone stand out on the sidewalk for this Buffy musical? *no*

It’s the only musical episode I can stand

Walk through the Fire for me,... and THE BUNNIES!!!!!!!

me too, I've been binge watching the whole thing for the first time and I'm almost done with season seven and idk what I'm gonna do with my life after I'm done

Rubus Roo Angel, Firefly, Doctor Horrible, even Dollhouse is okay!

I watch the whole series once a year. Its helped me through so much of my life

@@jojojojo-lk8cs angel 😏

@@annafitzgerald5372 I watch it probably every other year. It's like revisiting old friends, which is nice considering I don't really have any old friends who I've known as long as I've known these characters lol

Who wouldn't? Tara's just perfect :3

I'd date Willow.

LACwriter Again, who wouldn't?

+NarutoFirestarLoLz Her enormous brain time travelled just to come back for Tara - it was worth it :-)

Тара такая милая,Но Спайк это что то

#1 man crush beats Nathan Fillion [as 'Mal' Reynolds] not gay but man if aether of them hit on me I would be tempted as hell p.s. Joshua Jackson after a lot drinks may come into contention aswell

diaboles I totally agree I love spike & mal. I'd give up men for Tara though!

check out his band, Ghost of the Robot..

He's in a band called Ghost of the Robot I think? All I know is he's IN A REAL BAND!!!!!!!!!! I'm still freakin' out!!! They have a Facebook page I wanna say? That was how I learned of them!

More like middle class/London

Isaac Bowen yeah his normal voice is sort of the voice he had in the episode where him and Joyce ate the chocolate and he turned back into "Ripper"

Mon Mothma nah his regular accent is total scum. Like proper working class.

@@kaywade115 I don't think that's true at all, this is just a non-posh middle-class accent and also - hey! what's "total scum" supposed to mean, there's nothing wrong with working class accents.

:)

right?!

5 years later, it seems different and a bit creepy, since we know what he is accused of by Charisma Carpenter.

So 19:08 ??

@@garyw3285 and Amber and Sarah too

@@bilzahubbers1419 gasp...

"Anorexia body" is a very insensitive term... anorexia is a very serious condition

@@mmmmmmmm1942 ^^^^^^^

I didn't like Kennedy

I see what you mean they was looking really thin i think tara looked quite healthy

@@danielleentwistle9130you know, now that you mention it, SMG is SO thin in seasons 5-7. Compare her in season 1 and then look at her here.

Right?!?!

+Diana Bell Yeah - I love this episode but I always wondered that too. You'd think that everyone would know being the graveyard in Sunny D after dark =bad idea.

+Diana Bell Someone new. Because the residents book all the daytime cemetery slots first!

Too many people dying in Sunnydale, not enough time in a day!

You know it's a brilliant show when you begin to question everything, looking for more of the magic.

John Michael Strubhart I've watched it about 50 times (I'm not exaggerating) and it's still my favorite episode

Ah, but do you get choked up over it? :-)

I have never calculated how many times let’s see... at least 16 times more likely 25-30.I watch it every year it’s helped me cope with so much of my life growing up.

Every show he has ever made has been gold. Buffy,Angel, Firefly & Dollhouse. All of them. I just wish Firefly & Dollhouse hadn't been canceled and had come to a natural conclusions instead of being rushed. Joss had 7 seasons planned out for both 😢 oh what could have been.

it creeps me out a bit though, there are too many legs and he looks a bit too cheerful ^^

@@raxacoon why does everything have to be "creepy" they have known each other for a long time and he's smiling because of the conversation

Put the subtitles, it's funny! (17:01 Xander asks "Am I marrying a Dean?" That would be one strange cross over.)

This comment didn't age well.

@@goby999 Holy shit yes. I mean, I stand by my words when I said he's a genius, super talented and dedicted, it's still great that he stood for Willow and Tara, but weeeeell turns out he deserves far less admiration.

@@claida339 it's sad, because I love his Buffyverse so much. :(

Anthony Alpert fans own Buffy, not Joss. He disappointed us but his creative side can’t be denied

Nah, amber seems really uncomfortable.

@@Uhohlisa Knowing what we know about Whedon now, I'd have to agree. 🥺

Seeing spike naked makes me undeniably happy!

@@chrisbreedy2314pardon?

Jarl Lillebø agree with everything but the second avengers

Jarl Lillebø don't forget about Angel!

Dollhouse, firefly, Angel, dr. Horrible’s, the avengers fucking sucked but we can overlook that

ew

Turned out to have feet of clay. 😝

I kind of wonder if they had something going. Post revelations about his abuse allegations

@@AbbyJasmine-xu1kg I dont think there was anything going on between them .Amber Benson was dating Adam Busch who played Warren for quite a few years

It's not just Joss, they have an amazing cast and crew all around.

No, he's a very fallible, very flawed and problematic man. That is all.

how so?

He didn't do it in two weeks though. He said before writing the musical he never took more the 2 weeks off. It took him a few months to write the musical.

Jennifer Lawless Buffy is a problematic show. The shrugging off of Spike attempting to rape her, the lack of poc characters of worth and depth, the fact that Buffy is constantly punished every time she has sex... it was seminal for it's time but it is problematic as hell these days, we've moved past it and can do better. Whedon himself? every powerful female character he writes seems to develop power only once she's suffered a massive trauma of some kind, the way slayers were created, River Tamm being experimentedon, Black Widow being sterilized etc. Not to mention he was sleeping with cast members and cheating on his wife for 15 years whilst cashing in in his woman loving, feminst persona...

Richard Hayne lol! I loved that part thanks for reminder

Wait what is that reallt what she says after 'I think I paid more than my share'? OMG I never understood that part and the subtitles of the DVD didn't cover it. I'll pay more attention next time now that I know what to hear. Thanks!

Richard Hayne the great producer/director Marti Nixon!

I'm actually pretty sure that's Nicholas's twin Kelly who they brought in to sing for this ep.

Jennifer Lawless, Kelly wasn’t credited with this episode. He was only credited with one, The Replacement.

Jennifer Lawless no it was Nicholas. He even talks about the episode.

Actin’ like Chandler before there was a Chandler lol

@@Emdooey Chandler had been around for a few years before Buffy even aired lol

Me as well!

Worst part of this was that Giles didn’t get more chances to sing

The duet is incredible though

Lol yeh, that's life tho for some folk. 😔

emma caulfield asked to have her character killed off. she would have lived otherwise.

Aaaarrrggghh SPOILER ALERT ⚠️

@@chrisbreedy2314 If people are watching this video and reading comments many years after the show ended, there should be no reason why they could get spoiled.