Published: June 27, 2017, 3:19 a.m.
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Join us as we discuss Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 6, episode 7, "Once More, With Feeling" and Angel season 3, episode 7, "Offspring."
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\\nSuperfans: Caitlin
\\nNewbies: Ariana, Mitch, and Kristen
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\\nFun Facts:
\\nMitch wants to warn everyone not to watch Fear the Walking Dead because it\'s completely unrealistic. Kristen shares that "Once More With Feeling" put her in a musical mood so she and Karen watched Chicago immediately afterward. Ariana recommends Andy Mack on Disney Channel for all kinds of reasons, including a storyline with a young boy discovering his sexuality. Caitlin binged Wynonna Earp this week. It\'s a supernatural western about the great, great granddaughter of Wyatt Earp.
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\\nBuffy the Vampire Slayer season 6, episode 7, "Once More, With Feeling":
\\n-Synopsis
\\n-Joss was inspired by a Shakespeare reading at this house when everyone gathered around the piano.
\\n-The cast thought Joss was going to end their careers with this musical episode. They. Were. Terrified.
\\n-Ariana gives us her "real" fun fact.
\\n-The opening credits are shorter than usual and absolutely delightful.
\\n-The villain\'s name is Sweet, which isn\'t actually said in the episode.
\\n-"Going Through the Motions" was inspired by "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid.
\\n-Sarah Michele Gellar didn\'t really want to sing, but when she learned how emotional the episode was, she relented.
\\n-Jewel was initially planned to do Sarah\'s singing.
\\n-"If We\'re Together" is the first group number, which lets everyone sing a little, and gets us used to the format.
\\n-"The Mustard" gave Kristen major "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit" vibes, and featured writer/producer David Fury.
\\n-"Under Your Spell" was the hardest song for Joss to get through the network. It seems romantic, but it\'s uncomfortable because of what Willow did the night before.
\\n-"I\'ll Never Tell" has Anya and Xander laying out all their worries about their impending marriage.
\\n-They immediately run to Giles to get this musical thing to stop.
\\n-The woman getting a parking ticket is Executive Producer Marti Noxon.
\\n-Spike\'s song, \\u201cRest In Peace,\\u201d is basically what we think Buffy needed to hear from Spike.
\\n-Mitch is not a fan, but Ariana is totally here for this.
\\n-Dawn makes Tara aware of the fight/Willow\'s spell.
\\n-Dawn gets kidnapped, so we only get two lines of \\u201cDawn\\u2019s Lament.\\u201d
\\n-We have a chat about Dawn\'s kleptomania.
\\n-Michelle Trachtenberg requested an extended dance number in place of extensive singing.
\\n-\\u201cWhat You Feel\\u201d introduces us to Sweet and starts us figuring out what is going on with this MotW.
\\n-Sweet reminds Mitch of Him from The Powerpuff Girls.
\\n-Sweet\'s minions were waaaay creepier than Sweet himself.
\\n-Giles\' singing was wonderful in \\u201cStanding\\u201d (even if we got distracted by the stunt double and the green screen).
\\n-\\u201cUnder Your Spell\\u201d/\\u201dStanding\\u201d Reprise gives us the answer to Tara\'s question about the sprig she found under her pillow. She\'s hurt and pissed.
\\n-\\u201cWalk Through the Fire\\u201d is Caitlin\'s favorite, especially when Buffy kicks in the door.
\\n-\\u201cSomething to Sing About\\u201d gives us the big reveal of the episode. We were all really affected by Buffy\'s admission that she was in heaven.
\\n-\\u201cWhat You Feel\\u201d Reprise features Xander admitting that he summoned Sweet.
\\n-Sweet peaces out when he realizes it\'s Xander that summoned him and he has no interest in taking him for a husband.
\\n-Spike leaves during \\u201cWhere Do We Go From Here\\u201d and Buffy follows, which leads to the coda, and...
\\n-Buffy and Spike kiss!!
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\\nAngel season 3, episode 7, "Offspring":
\\n-Synopsis
\\n-Pregnancy plot lines have a purpose!
\\n-Darla and Angel make a HUGE mistake in the flashback.
\\n-There\'s definitely some flirting going on here. Thanks, Fred, for pointing it out.
\\n-"Moira is the gut physical attraction between two larger than life souls." There\'s definitely some moira going on here.
\\n-We are finally getting a good look at the real Fred.
\\n-Caritas is coming back. Lorne is rebuilding.
\\n-Fred gets her calculations a little off and Holtz is coming back in 3..2..1..
\\n-Holtz is this season\'s big bad, right?
\\n-Darla is staying put until they can figure out what is going on.
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\\nListener Feedback:
\\n-A Hypable staffer and faithful listener has an interesting theory about why Willow didn\'t sing much in "Once More, With Feeling."
\\n-Even we can\'t imagine nine hours of ReWatchable! Thanks for listening!
\\n-Sokka got "lei-ed." Let the giggles commence.
\\n-We definitely liked the musical episode, and are happy to surprise fans that may have been worried.
\\n-"Billy" definitely missed the mark due to misogyny being learned, not born.
\\n-We get an alternate idea for how to plant Dawn in their lives that may have made everything easier.
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\\nMitch\'s Musings/Ariana\'s Assumptions/Kristen\'s Kontemplations:
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\\u2013Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 6, episode 8, "Tabula Rasa"
\\n\\u2013Angel season 3, episode 8, "Quickening"
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