Willow becomes ever more caught up in the temptations of magic; Xander and Anya move towards marriage without ever discussing their reservations; Giles feels he is standing in the way of Buffy's adult independence; Dawn feels neglected. What none of them need is a menace that is, at this point, simply annoying--three high school contemporaries who have turned their hand to magical and high-tech villainy. Added to this is a hungry ghost, an invisibility ray, an amnesia spell and a song-and-dance demon (who acts as rationale for the incomparable musical episode "Once More With Feeling").

This is a year in which chickens come home to roost: everything from the villainy of the three geeks to Xander's doubts about marriage come to a head, often--as in the case of the impressive wedding episode--through wildly dark humour. The estrangement of the characters from each other--a well-observed portrait of what happens to college pals in their early 20s--comes to a shocking head with the death of a major character and that death's apocalyptic consequences. The series ends on a consoling note which it has, by that point and in spite of imperfections, entirely earned. --Roz Kaveney

DVD Description
Episodes:

Disc One:

• Bargaining (double episode)
  
• After Life
  
• Flooded

• Commentary for Bargaining by Marti Noxon and David Fury

Disc Two:

• Life Serial
  
• All the Way
  
• Once More With Feeling
  
• Tabula Rasa

• Commentary for Once More With Feeling by Joss Whedon
  
• Three karaoke sing-alongs:
  1) I’ve Got a Theory/Bunnies/We’re Together
  2) I’ll Never Tell
  3) Walk Through the Fire
  
• Easter Egg: Newswrap - Once More With Feeling Tower signing

Disc Three:

• Smashed
  
• Wrecked
  
• Gone
  
  DVD Special Features:
  
  • Commentary for Smashed by Drew Z. Greenberg
    
  • Academy of TV Arts and Sciences panel discussion
    
  • Eight trailers:
    1. Buffy Season 2 DVD
    2. Buffy Season 3 DVD
    3. Buffy Season 4 DVD
    4. Buffy Season 5 DVD
    5. Angel Season 1 DVD
    6. AngelSeason 2 DVD
    7. Angel Season 3 DVD
    8. Buffy the Vampire Slayer feature

  Disc Four:
  

  • Doublemeat Palace
    
  • Dead Things
    
  • Older and Far Away
    
  • As You Were
  
  DVD Special Features:
  
  • Behind the Scenes featurette - Buffy Goes to Work
    
  • Easter Egg: ROM content

  Disc Five:
  

  • Hell’s Bells
    
  • Normal Again
    
  • Entropy
    
  • Seeing Red
  
  DVD Special Features:
  
  • Commentary for Hell’s Bells by David Solomon and Rebecca Rand Kirshner
    
  • Commentary for Normal Again by Rick Rosenthal and Diego Gutierrez

  Disc Six:
  

  • Villains
    
  • Two to Go
    
  • Grave
  
  
  • Commentary for Grave by James Contner and David Fury
    
  • Featurette: Season 6 Overview - Life is the Big Bad
    
  • Featurette: A&E TVography
    
  • Outtakes reel
  
  
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