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Originally Posted by JD10367
Ended up DVRing a bunch of 'em on high-def, 'cause they're always worth seeing again.
If Joss Whedon had never done "The Avengers", or the TV shows "Firefly", "Angel", or "Dollhouse", he should be considered a media god not for the whole "Buffy" series even, but simply for three episodes: "Hush", "The Body", and "Once More With Feeling".
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I haven't seen that episode in years and it still brings a tear to my eye. I can think of no other show that portrayed the loss of a loved one in such a raw and barren manner. The key was it wasn't a pile of overemoting dross, but somehow managed to capture the despair, resignation, and weariness of a real world loss. There was something ineffible on the screen that resonated with most every time I've actually witnessed or experienced such a loss.
It's tough to recommend it as a 'sampler' [in fact I find myself hesitant to even draw attention to it] because one really needs to live with these characters over the previous seasons to get the full impact, but it's one of the more indelible episodes of television I've ever seen.