Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1996–2003): Season 6, Episode 7 - Once More, with Feeling - full transcript

Every single night, the same arrangement

I go out and fight the fight

Still I always feel the strange estrangement

Nothing here is real, nothing here is right

I've been making shows of trading blows

Just hoping no one knows

That I've been going through the motions

Walking through the part

Nothing seems to penetrate my heart

I was always brave, and kind of righteous

Now I find I'm wavering



Crawl out of your grave,
You'll find this fight just

- Doesn't mean a thing
- She ain't got that swing

Thanks for noticing

She does pretty well with fiends from Hell,
but lately we can tell

- That she's just going through the motions
- Going through the motions

Faking it somehow

She's not even half the girl she... Ow!

Will I stay this way for ever?

Sleepwalk through my life's endeavour?

- How can I repay...
- Whatever

I don't want to be

Going through the motions

Losing all my drive

I can't even see



If this is really me

And I just want to be

Alive

- Good morning, Buffy!
- Did Dawn get off to school all right?

What? Oh, yeah. I think so.

Respect the cruller. And tame the doughnut!

That's still funny, sweetie.

So, uh, no research?

Nothing goin' on? Monsters or whatnot?

Good. Good.

So, did anybody...

last night, you know, did anybody...

burst into song?

Merciful Zeus!

- We thought it was just us!
- I had my guitar at the hotel...

- We were talking, then it was like...
- You were in a musical.

That explains the huge backing orchestra
and the dancing room-service chaps.

- We argued, then it rhymed...
- An entire verse about couscous.

- It was very disturbing.
- What did you sing about?

I don't remember.
But it seemed perfectly normal.

But disturbing. Not natural.
Do you think it'll happen again?

We should look into it.

- With the books.
- Do we have any books on this?

We break it down. Look at the factors
before it happens again. I for one...

I've got a theory
That it's a demon

A dancing demon
No, something isn't right there

I've got a theory
Some kid is dreaming

And we're all stuck inside
his wacky Broadway nightmare

I've got a theory we should work this out

It's getting eerie
What's this cheery singing all about?

It could be witches!
Some evil witches

Which is ridiculous
cos witches they were persecuted

Wicca good and love the Earth
and women power and I'll be over here

I've got a theory
It could be bunnies

- I've got a...
- Bunnies aren't just cute

Like everybody supposes

They got them hoppy legs
and twitchy little noses

And what's with all the carrots?

What do they need
such good eyesight for anyway?

Bunnies!

Bunnies! It must be bunnies!

- Or maybe midgets
- I've got a theory we should work this fast

Because it clearly
could get serious before it's passed

I've got a theory
It doesn't matter

What can't we face if we're together?

What's in this place that we can't weather?

Apocalypse?

We've all been there

The same old trips

Why should we care?

What can't we do if we get in it?

We'll work it through within a minute

We have to try

We'll pay the price

It's do or die

Hey, I've died twice

- What can't we face if we're together?
- What can't we face?

- What's in this place that we can't weather?
- If we're together

There's nothing we can't face

Except for bunnies

- See, OK, that was disturbing.
- I thought it was neat.

So what is it? What's causing it?

I thought it didn't matter.

Well, I'm not quaking
in my stylish-yet-affordable boots,

but there's something unnatural going on.

And that doesn't usually lead
to hugs and puppies.

Well, is it just us?
I mean, is it only happening to us?

Cos that would probably mean a spell.

They got

the mustard

- out!
- They got the mustard out!

It's not just us.

Oh, my God. You will never believe
what happened at school today.

Everybody started singing and dancing?

I gave birth to a pterodactyl.

Oh, my God. Did it sing?

- So you guys too, huh?
- So what'd you sing about?

Math.

That's right! The volume. The text.

What text?

- The volumey... text.
- You know.

The mmummrfugh report.

The what now?

There's a few volumes at the house
about mystical chants, bacchanals.

- Might be relevant.
- Yeah, we could...

I'm a hair's breadth from investigating
bunnies, so I'm open to anything.

Great. We'll check it out
and we'll give you a call.

Yeah, this could blow
the whole thing wide open.

Do we have any books at all at home?

Who wants to be cooped up
on a day like this?

The sun is shining, there's songs going on,
those guys are checking you out...

What? What are they looking at?

- The hotness of you, doofus.
- Those boys really thought I was hot?

Entirely.

Oh, my God. I'm cured!

I want the boys!

Do I have to fight to keep you?
Cos I'm not large with the butch.

I'm just not used to that.

They were really looking at me?

And you can't imagine what they see in you?

I know exactly what they see in me.

You.

I lived my life in shadow

Never the sun on my face

It didn't seem so sad though

I figured that was my place

Now I'm bathed in light

Something just isn't right

I'm under your spell

How else could it be

Anyone would notice me?

It's magic, I can tell

How you've set me free

Brought me out so easily

I saw a world enchanted

Spirits and charms in the air

I always took for granted

I was the only one there

But your power shone

Brighter than any I've known

I'm under your spell

Nothing I can do

You just took my soul with you

You worked your charms so well

Finally, I knew

Everything I dreamed was true

You make me believe

The moon to the tide

I can feel you inside

I'm under your spell

Surging like the sea

Go to you so helplessly

I break with every swell

Lost in ecstasy

Spread beneath my willow tree

You make me

Complete

You make me complete

You make me complete

You make me...

- I bet they're not even working.
- Who now?

Willow and Tara. You see the way they were
with each other? The get-a-roominess?

I bet they're...

Singing. They're probably singing right now.

I'm sure they're making every effort.

- Oh, yeah.
- Xander.

Buffy, it's OK. I do know about this stuff.

- Besides, it's all kinda romantic.
- No, it's not.

Come on! Songs, dancing around.
What's gonna be wrong with that?

That's entertainment.

You want some breakfast, baby?

- You don't have to go to work?
- Nah, I shut the crew down for the day.

My guys start dancing around me,
I don't know if I can deal.

It's a flab thing. So, waffles?

Will you still make me waffles
when we're married?

No, I'll only make them for myself, but
by California law you will own half of them.

Hey, how about omelettes?
I could do an omelette...

This man that I plan to entangle

Isn't he fine?

My claim to fame
was to maim and to mangle

Vengeance was mine

But I'm out of the biz

The name I made, I'll trade for his

The only trouble is...

I'll never tell

She is the one
She's such wonderful fun

Such passion and grace

Warm in the night
when I'm right in her tight

Embrace, tight embrace

I'll never let her go

The love we've known can only grow

There's just one thing that...

No, I'll never tell

Cos there's nothing to tell

- He snores
- She wheezes

Say "housework" and he freezes

She eats these skeezy cheeses
that I can't describe

- I talk, he breezes
- She doesn't know what pleases

His penis got diseases
from a Chumash tribe

The vibe gets kind of scary

- Like she thinks I'm ordinary
- Like it's all just temporary

- Like her toes are kind of hairy
- But it's all very well

Cos God knows, I'll never tell

When things get rough, he
Just hides behind his Buffy

Now look, he's getting huffy
cos he knows that I know

She clings, she's needy
She's also really greedy

- She nev...
- His eyes are beady

This is my verse! Hello!
She...

Look at me! I'm dancing crazy!

You know...

- You're quite the charmer
- My knight in armour

You're the cutest of the Scoobies
With your lips as red as rubies

And your firm yet supple... tight embrace!

- He's swell
- She's sweller

He'll always be my fella

That's why I'll never tell her
that I'm petrified

I've read this tale
There's wedding, then betrayal

I know that come the day
I'll want to run and hide

I lied

I said it's easy

I've tried

But there's these fears I can't quell

Is she looking for a pot of gold?

Will I look good when I've gotten old?

Will our lives become too stressful
if I'm never that successful?

When I get so worn and wrinkly
that I look like David Brinkley

- Am I crazy?
- Am I dreaming?

Am I marrying a demon?

We could really raise the beam in
making marriage a hell

So, thank God, I'll never tell

I swear that I'll never tell

My lips are sealed

I take the Fifth

Nothin' to see, move it along

I'll never tell

- It's a nightmare. It's a plague.
- It's like we were being watched.

- I didn't wanna say things but they came out.
- Like a wall was missing from our apartment.

- My toes are not hairy!
- My eyes are not beady!

- You gotta stop it.
- I am looking into some leads...

Of course, our number is a retro pastiche...

that's never going to be
a breakaway pop hit.

- Gimme an axe. Show me where to point it.
- As ever, it's not quite that simple.

- But I have learned some disturbing things...
- ...put that pad away

I'm asking you, please no

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 go?

- I think I've paid more than my share...
- Somebody set people on fire? That's nuts!

I don't know. One more verse of our ditty
and I'd have been looking for a gas can.

Well, clearly emotions are running high.
But as far as I can tell

these people burnt up from the inside,
spontaneously combusted.

I've only seen the one. I examined the body
while the police were taking witness arias.

But we're sure the things are related, the
singing and dancing and burning and dying.

We're not sure of much. Buffy's looking
for leads at the local demon haunts.

At least, in theory she is,
but she doesn't seem to...

She's easing back into it. We pulled her
out of an untold Hell dimension.

Ergo the weirdness.
The important thing is to be there for her.

I'm helping her as much as I can, but...

The sun sets and she appears.

- Come to serenade me?
- So you know what's going on.

I've seen some damn funny things
the last two days.

A 600-pound Chirago demon making like
Yma Sumac, that one will stay with you.

I remain immune, happy to say.

Drink?

A world of no.

So any idea what's causing this?

Oh. So that's all. You've just come
to pump me for information.

What else would I wanna pump you for?

I really just said that, didn't I?

Yeah, well, don't wanna
bore you with the small talk.

Don't know a thing.

- What's up? You're all bad-moody.
- It's nothing. Glad you could stop by.

- It's nothing!
- What?

I died

So many years ago

But you can make me feel

Like it isn't so

And why you come to be with me

I think I finally know

You're scared
Ashamed of what you feel

And you can't tell the ones you love

You know they couldn't deal

Whisper in a dead man's ear

It doesn't make it real

That's great
But I don't wanna play

Cos bein' with you touches me

More than I can say

But since I'm only dead to you

I'm saying stay away

And let me rest in peace

Let me rest in peace

Let me get some sleep

Let me take my love and bury it

In a hole six foot deep

I can lay my body down
but I can't find my sweet release

So let me rest in peace

You know

You got a willing slave

And you just love to play the thought

That you might misbehave

But till you do I'm tellin' you

Stop visitin' my grave

And let me rest in peace

I know I should go

But I follow you like a man possessed

There's a traitor here beneath my breast

And it hurts me more
than you've ever guessed

If my heart could beat
it would break my chest

But I can see you're unimpressed

So leave me be

And let me rest in peace

Let me get some sleep

Let me take my love and bury it

In a hole six foot deep

I can lay my body down
but I can't find my sweet release

Let me rest in peace.

Why won't you

Let me rest in peace?

So you're not staying then?

- Lot of homework?
- Math.

It seemed cool
when we were singing about it.

Willow said they have a lead
on the whole musical-extravaganza evil.

This demon that can be summoned,
some sort of lord of the dance.

But not the scary one. Just a demon.

- Do they know who summoned it?
- They don't even know its name.

But Willow will find out.
She's a brainy type.

- I'm glad you guys made up.
- What?

That fight you guys had
about magic and stuff?

It gives me belly rumblings
when you guys fight.

Dawn, Willow and I never fought about...

It's OK. It's just...

You guys are so great together.
I just hate it when you...

But that was the only fight
I've seen you guys have anyway.

But I'm still glad it's over.

Dawn, I...

There's something I need at the shop.
Will you be OK for a little while?

Yes. The 15-year-old can spend
half an hour alone in her locked house.

I won't be gone long.

Does anybody even notice?

Does anybody even care?

Why'd you run away?

Don't you like my style?

Why don't you come and play?

I guarantee a

Great big smile

I come from the imagination

And I'm here strictly by your invocation

So whaddaya say?

Why don't we dance awhile?

I'm the heart of swing

I'm the twist and shout

When you gotta sing

When you gotta

Let it out

You call me and I come a-runnin'

I turn the music on

I bring the fun in

Now we're partyin'

That's what it's all about

Cos I know

What you feel, girl

I know

Just what you feel, girl

So you're, like, a good demon?
Bringin' the fun in?

All these melodies

They go on too long

Then that energy

Starts to come on

Way too strong

All those hearts laid open, that must sting

Plus some customers just start combusting

That's the penalty

When life is but a song

You brought me down
and doomed this town

So when we blow this scene

Back we will go to my kingdom below

And you will be my queen

Cos I know what you feel, girl

No, you see, you and me
wouldn't be very regal

I'll make it real, girl

What I mean, I'm fifteen
So this queen thing's illegal

I can bring whole cities to ruin

And still have time to get a soft-shoe in

Well, that's great, but I'm late
and I'd hate to delay her

Something's cookin', I'm at the griddle

I bought Nero his very first fiddle

She'll get pissed if I'm missed
See, my sister's the Slayer

The Slayer?

Find her. Tell her... tell her everything.

Just get her here.
I wanna see the Slayer burn.

Now we're partyin'

That's what it's all about

Good. Good.

I feel like I should bow, or...
have honour, or something.

It may seem hokey but we need precision
and concentration as much as power.

- We're not sure what we're facing.
- Oh, you'll figure it out.

I'm worried this session's gonna turn into
some training montage from an '80s movie.

Well, if we hear any
inspirational power chords,

we'll just lie down until they go away.

Anyway, I don't think we need
to work that much on your strength.

Yeah, I'm pretty spry for a corpse.

Have you spoken to Dawn
about that incident at Hallowe'en?

I thought you took care of that.

- Right.
- What would I do without you?

OK. I'm ready.

You're not ready for the world outside

You keep pretending, but you just can't hide

I know I said that I'd be
standing by your side

But I...

Your path's unbeaten and it's all uphill

And you can meet it, but you never will

And I'm the reason
that you're standing still

But I...

I wish I could say the right words

To lead you through this land

Wish I could play the father

And take you by the hand

Wish I could stay here

But now I understand

I'm standing

In the way

The cries around you, you don't hear at all

Cos you know I'm here to take that call

So you just lie there
when you should be standing tall

But I...

I wish I could lay your arms down

And let you rest at last

Wish I could slay your demons

But now that time has passed

Wish I could stay here

Your stalwart, standing fast

But I'm standing

In the way

I'm just standing

In the way

Did you just say something?

I'm under your spell

God, how can this be?

Playing with my memory

You know I've been through hell

Willow, don't you see?

There'll be nothing left of me

You made me

- Believe
- Believe me, I don't wanna go

And it'll grieve me cos I love you so

But we both know

- Wish I could say the right words
- Wish I could trust that it was

- To lead you through this land
- Just this once, but I must do

- Wish I could play the father
- What I must. I can't adjust to this

- And take you by the hand
- Disgust, we're done and I just

Wish I could stay

Wish I could stay

Wish I could stay

Wish I could

Stay

Lookie lookie what I found.

- Is this the demon guy?
- Tara!

Works for him. Has a nice little
story for the Slayer, don't you?

Come on, then. Sing.

My master has the Slayer's sister at the
Bronze because she summoned him.

At midnight he's going to take her
to the underworld to be his queen.

What does he want?

Her.

If that's all you've got to say, then I'm...

Strong.

Someday he'll be a real boy.

So, Dawn's in trouble.

- Must be Tuesday.
- I just left her for a few minutes.

It's not your fault. So what's the plan?

- Plan, schman. Let's mount up.
- No.

Dawn had the wrong idea
in summoning this creature, but...

I've seen some of these underworld
child-bride deals and they never end well.

- Well, maybe once.
- We're not just gonna stay here?

Yes, we are.

Buffy's going alone.

- Don't be a stupid git. There is no...
- If I want your opinion, Spike, I'll...

I'll never want your opinion.

- A little confusion spell could...
- No!

I mean, I don't think it'll help.

Forget them, Slayer. I got your back.

I thought you wanted me to stay away
from you. Isn't that what you sang?

Spike sing a wittle song?

- Was it a pop hit or more of a book number?
- Let it go, sweetie.

Fine. I hope you dance till you burn.

You and the little bit.

You're really not coming?

It's up to you, Buffy.

- What do you expect me to do?
- Your best.

I touch the fire

And it freezes me

I look into it and it's black

Why can't I feel?

My skin should crack and peel

I want the fire back

Now through the smoke, she calls to me

To make my way across the flame

To save the day

Or maybe melt away

I guess it's all the same

So I will walk through the fire

Cos where else can I turn?

I will walk through the fire

And let it...

The torch I bear is scorchin' me

And Buffy's laughin', I've no doubt

I hope she fries

I'm free if that bitch dies!

I'd better help her out

Cos she is drawn to the fire

- Some people never learn
- She will never learn

And she will walk through the fire

And let it...

Will this do a thing to change her?
Am I leaving Dawn in danger?

Is my slayer too far gone to care?

What if Buffy can't defeat it?

Beady-Eyes is right, we're needed!

Or we could just sit around and glare

We'll see it through
It's what we're always here to do

So we will walk through the fire

So one by one, they turn from me

- I guess my friends can't face the cold
- What can't we face

- Why I froze, not one among them knows
- If we're together?

And never can be told

- She came from the grave much graver
- So one by one

- First he'll kill her, then I'll save her
- They come to me

- Everything is turning out so dark
- The distant redness as their guide

- No, I'll save her, then I'll kill her
- That single flame

- I think this line's mostly filler
- Ain't what they had in mind

- What's it going to take to strike a spark?
- It's what they have inside

- These endless days are ending in a blaze
- She will come

- And we are caught in the fire
- To me!

The point of no return

So we will walk through the fire

And let it

Burn

Let it burn

Let it burn

Let it burn!

Showtime.

- I love a good entrance.
- How are you with death scenes?

You got a name?

I've got a hundred.

I ought to know, if you're
gonna be my brother-in-law.

Buffy, I swear I didn't do it.

Don't worry. You're not going anywhere.

- I am.
- What?

Deal's this. I can't kill you,
you take me to Hellsville in her place.

- What if I kill you?
- Trust me. Won't help.

- That's gloomy.
- That's life.

Come, now, is that really what you feel?

Isn't life a miraculous thing?

I think you already know.

Life's a show
And we all play our parts

And when the music starts

We open up our hearts

It's all right
if some things come out wrong

We'll sing a happy song

And you can sing along

Where there's life there's hope

Every day's 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

- She needs backup. Anya, Tara.
- Don't give me songs

Give me something to sing about

I need something to sing about

Life's 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've bowed

You leave the crowd

There was no pain

No fear, no doubt

Till they pulled me out

Of Heaven

So that's my refrain

I live in Hell

Cos I've been expelled

From Heaven

I think I was in Heaven

So give me something to sing about

Please give me something...

Life's not a song

Life isn't bliss

Life is just this

It's 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.

Now that was a show-stopping number.

Not quite the fireworks
that I was looking for...

Get out of here.

Mm, I smell power.

I guess the little missus and I
should be on our way.

That's never gonna happen.

I don't make the rules. She summoned me.

I so did not. He keeps saying that.

You have my talisman on, sweet thing.

Oh, but, no, I...

This... at the Magic Box, on the floor.
I was cleaning, and I forgot...

- But I didn't summon anything.
- Well, now, that's a twist.

If it was in the shop,
then one of us probably...

- Xander?
- Well, I didn't know what was gonna happen.

I just thought there were
gonna be dances and songs.

I just wanted to make sure we'd work out.

Get a happy ending.

I think everything worked out just fine.

Does this mean that I have to...

be your queen?

It's tempting.

But I think we'll waive
that clause just this once.

Big smiles, everyone!

You beat the bad guy.

What a lot of fun

You guys have been real swell

And there's not a one

Who can say this

Ended well

All those secrets you've been concealing

Say you're happy now

Once more, with feeling

Now I gotta run

See you all

In Hell!

Where do we go

From here?

Where do we go

From here?

The battle's done and we kind of won

So we sound our victory cheer

Where do we go

From here?

Why is the path

Unclear?

When we know home

Is near?

Understand we'll go hand in hand

But we'll walk alone in fear

Tell me

Where do we go

From here?

When does "The End"

Appear?

- Bugger this.
- When do the trumpets cheer?

The curtains close on a kiss, God knows

We can tell the end is near...

You should go back inside.

Finish the big group sing.
Get your kum ba ya-yas out.

I don't want to.

The day you suss out what you do want,
there'll probably be a parade.

76 bloody trombones.

- Spike...
- Look, you don't have to say anything.

I touch the fire and it freezes me

- I died so many years ago
- I look into it and it's black

- This isn't real, but I just want to feel
- But you can make me feel

Where do we go from here?