25 Years Later, Buffy's Riskiest Episode Is Still a Brilliant Masterpiece That Changed the Show Forever

By Jake Kleinman · Polygon · Friday, 6 November 2026 at 12:00 (just now) · Original article ↗

“Once More, With Feeling” isn't just a great musical (although it is) or a great episode of Buffy (it's also that). The brilliance of this 50-minute spectacle is how it combines the two, using a demon's curse that forces everyone in the town of Sunnydale to sing and dance as if they were in a Broadway play to push the show's overarching plot forward in numerous ways.

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