July 22, 2021
Buffy has no idea that her friends are planning a surprise party for her 17th birthday. Even Cordelia is in on the fun as chips-and-dip girl! Buffy is too busy obsessing over Angel, Willow might be moving things along with Oz, and Jenny is … not having a good time with her family. Don’t worry, though. Spike and Drusilla have a plan cooked up that involves body parts and a big blue man. What could possibly go wrong?
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- Maximum. Bangel.
- Willow and Oz might be our everything?
- Jenny is super sketchy now.
- Do Buffy and Drusilla share some kind of psychic connection?
July 20, 2021
Renowned historian Anne Rice set out to answer the age-old question: why are vampires such sad bois? Enlisting the help of investigative journalist Christian Slater, Rice chronicles the life of 200-year-old Louis, along with his best friend Lestat and their plucky kid sister Claudia. From New Orleans to Paris, Louis searches for meaning in his immortal unlife. It turns out that the secret was within him all along: immortality is meaningless, especially if you are very bad at killing people.
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- The awesome costuming of this period piece (except for Antonio Banderas’ wig)
- Definitely no gay stuff here, nope
- Being immortal sucks!
- As with many ‘90s movies, just a little bit of racism on the side
- How did they get that horse to jump over that fire??
Trigger warnings
Racism, sexuality
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July 15, 2021
Don’t have sex, or you’ll have to take care of an egg that hatches into the offspring of a fleshy monster living beneath Sunnydale High! This is the lesson Buffy and the gang learn the hard way, with plenty of face punching and head trauma to go around. Oh, and also there are 2 Texan vampires in cowboy hats for some reason.
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- Joyce’s parenting is so hot and cold it could be a Katy Perry song
- Why are the Gorch brothers southern? Why are they even here?
- Get a room, Bangel!
- Xander has good quips but he’s still a jerk
- Buffy gets another badass pose moment
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July 8, 2021
Buffy discovers all those late nights Joyce has been working were actually to make out with Ted, a computer salesman who looks remarkably like John Ritter. Willow and Xander immediately take to Joyce’s new paramour, but Buffy isn’t so sure. As each encounter with him sets her more on edge, Buffy vows to get to the bottom of Ted’s toxic politeness. That is, until he pushes her over the edge, and Buffy unleashes the power of the Slayer on a mortal.
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- Buffy continues to act more her age here
- Such a tender scene between Buffy and Angel! Steph SWOONS!
- Joyce IS ACTUALLY HIGH this entire episode!!
- Once again with the not believing Buffy, wtf Scoobies?
- Cordelia’s flawless colour coordination saves the day
Trigger warnings
Domestic abuse/violence, drug abuse, murder
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July 1, 2021
Kendra the Vampire Slayer is in town. So far she has nearly killed Angel and attacked Buffy. But it’s all a big misunderstanding—she thought Buffy and Angel were together, and that Angel is a vampire. Oh, maybe she understands perfectly. While the 2 Slayers team up to foil Spike, Buffy starts to dream that maybe with Kendra around she can retire and have a normal life after all.
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- So many gamechangers!
- Xander and Cordy? Oz and Willow? Who’s next, Snyder and Joyce?
- Where did Kendra learn about American teenage life?
- Are all monkeys actually French?
- So, what does 2 Slayers mean for Buffy? For the series?
Trigger warnings
Torture
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June 24, 2021
It’s Career Week at Sunnydale High, and everyone is excited—except Buffy, because as the Slayer her destiny will forever be unemployment and death. To make things worse, Spike has decided to send the Order of Taraka after Buffy. He wants to keep her out of the picture long enough to finish deciphering a spell that will rejuvenate Drusilla. But nothing goes quite the way anyone expects, and Buffy is left with more questions than answers.
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- Buffy still processing that she died
- Giles isn’t ready for all these teenage feelings!
- Sarah Michelle Gellar is only an ok figure skater
- Willow Rosenberg UBER GENIUS confirmed
- Wait, 2 slayers??
Trigger warnings
Bugs, racism, sexual harassment
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June 17, 2021
Previously, on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ethan Rayne revealed that Giles used to be … the Ripper. Well, Ethan is back in town, and so are other entities from Giles’ youth. Ripper’s past is coming back to endanger Giles, Miss. Calendar, and even Buffy. Suddenly the most responsible member of the Buffy gang must rely on his teenage charges to rescue him from his youthful follies.
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- More LIES revealed in this episode!
- Giles and Jenny were going to do it but now things are RUINED
- Xander’s grossness overshadows his few fun lines
- Cordelia acting selfless for once?
- Willow rules AGAIN like she is a queen or something
Trigger warnings
Body horror, misogyny, sexual harassment
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June 10, 2021
Angel doesn’t tell Buffy about meeting Drusilla in a creepy playground. Willow doesn’t tell Buffy Angel was in her bedroom, getting her to dig up dirt on Ford, a childhood friend of Buffy’s who has suddenly shown up in Sunnydale. Ford doesn’t tell Buffy why he’s really here. And Giles tells Buffy, and Miss Calendar, that he loves monster trucks. You know it’s a going to be a wild ride when Xander is the only person who tells Buffy the truth.
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- This episode is just full of lies!
- Kara convinces Steph just how significant this episode is
- Angel and Buffy’s relationship gets emotionally deeper
- Spike remains such a delicious bad guy
- At the end of this, does Buffy really know whom she can trust?
Trigger warning
Cancer
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June 3, 2021
Buffy is looking forward to a night off on Halloween, the one day of the year actual monsters find too cringey to go out. She has a plan: dress as an 18th-century noblewoman, the kind of girl she thinks gets Angel going. But the owner of a new costume shop in Sunnydale has other plans for Halloween, and if he has his way, chaos will reign and Buffy will be too clueless to stop it.
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- Buffy committing the classic dating sin of trying to be someone you’re not
- More toxic masculinity from Xander
- Willow takes charge and looks hot too
- How everything we thought we knew about Giles is wrong
- Spike is chaos personified and we love it
Trigger warnings
Bullying, homophobia, sexual harassment
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May 27, 2021
Cordelia has a problem: if she wants to attend a frat party, she needs Buffy to come along. Buffy has a problem: Angel doesn’t want to go on a date with her! Xander has a problem: no one cares about how much he isn’t over Buffy. There’s a lot of problems in this episode, but don’t worry, because you know what solves all problems? Ritual human sacrifice to a lizard lord.
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- Shut up about how much you hate Angel, Xander
- This episode’s entirely unsubtle metaphor for date rape
- Who’s the true reptile boy here?
- Willow, go off, girl!
- The swift, unyielding justice that is Sunnydale
Trigger warnings
Date rape, drug abuse, kidnapping, sexual assault
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