September 16, 2021
Archaeologists unwittingly uncover exactly what Angelus needs to prove he is the Biggest Baddest of all—by sucking the entire world into Hell. Although a chance discovery leads to the recovery of Jenny Calendar’s translated Ritual of Restoration, Willow isn’t sure she can restore Angel’s soul in time. Buffy must make her move—and kill Angel, if necessary, to save the world. Meanwhile, we learn more about how Angel became a vampire and the events that brought him to Sunnydale and Buffy’s life.
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- Angel’s journey from villain to hero to villain again
- Surely Willow’s newfound love of black magic is safe
- Say what you will about Xander: he’s never afraid to be the biggest jerk
- Always have a spare sword, duh.
- Kendra’s back, yay—oh. Oh my. Never mind
Trigger warnings
Abuse, blood, death
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September 9, 2021
Sunnydale’s swim team—you know, the swim team we’ve heard about all the time—is so close to winning state championships! Then Buffy has to go and dress slutty and tempt one of its members into raping her, naughty Buffy, resulting in a severe case of “broken nose.” Oh, and the rest of the swim team keeps turning into fish monsters. Bummer. Don’t worry though: speedo-clad Xander is on the case!
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- Xander … doesn’t suck in this episode?
- So much unnecessary dark stuff happening
- Stephanie is very thirsty for all the cute boys and Kara doesn’t know how to deal
- Cordelia has one of the funniest and most heartwarming scenes of the season
- Why so little Oz???
Trigger warnings
Ableism, body horror, murder, rape, slut-shaming
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September 2, 2021
Some supernatural force at Sunnydale High is forcing people to re-enact a deadly confrontation between a student and teacher from 1955. Giles is convinced this force is the spirit of dear departed Jenny Calendar. Buffy and the rest of the Scoobies aren’t convinced. Will they be able to put these troubled spirits to rest before any more lives are lost? Or will Angelus take his hands off Drusilla long enough to make good on his promise to get rid of the Slayer once and for all?
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- How this episode deals so well with grief
- Our first example of some group magic!
- Steph has finally realized Angel and Dru are DOING IT
- How many people in Sunnydale are in on the secret of the Hellmouth?
- Spike should no longer be underestimated
Trigger warnings
Ableism, child abuse, death, gun violence, suicide, teacher–student relationship
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August 26, 2021
Buffy ends up in hospital, laid low by the flu. She manages to avoid becoming a test subject for an overly confident white male doctor and also beats up the competent Black doctor who’s just doing her job! But Buffy has noticed there’s a supernatural cause to the deaths of several children. To foil the monster responsible, instead of getting healthier, Buffy has to make herself even more ill. But can she really fight death?
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- Where’s Billy and that helpful doctor from “Nightmares”??
- How this episode feels so season 1
- All the Scoobies try to help in their own way
- This is actually a really good exploration of mortality
- You get to choose between penis-stalk eyes and fangs; having both is greedy!
Trigger warnings
Child death, neck snapping
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August 19, 2021
With Angelus encroaching more on Buffy, she decides she has to tell Joyce everything. Well, not everything. But Joyce finds out that Buffy had sex with a mysterious and now abusive older guy. That goes about as well as you expect. Meanwhile, Jenny thinks she might have a way to restore Angel’s soul—and regain the Scoobies’ good graces. But no one is prepared for what Angelus has in store for Buffy, and nothing will ever be the same again.
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- Why did it take this long for them to uninvite Angelus?
- Angel and Dru are totally doing it.
- Dogs can be evil too!
- How this show handles abuse and grief with sensitivity
- Jenny
Trigger warnings
Ableism, abusive relationship, death, grief, neck-snapping
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August 12, 2021
Cordelia dumps Xander to get back in with the popular crowd. Xander takes this about as well as you would expect—that is, extremely poorly. So poorly he has Amy cast a love spell that will leave Cordelia craving him for the rest of her days. Of course, no magic in Sunnydale works as intended, and Xander soon finds himself far more desirable than desired.
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- Cordelia’s hard choices
- Xander needs to stop giving women jewelry
- Sweet, precious Willow, no!!
- Oz acting out of character
- Let’s stop congratulating Xander for doing the right thing
Trigger warnings
Sexual assault and harassment
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August 5, 2021
We all know adolescence brings changes. Body hair, a more acute sense of smell, attraction to the sexual heat of one’s fellow teens—wait, nope, that’s being a werewolf. And there’s one loose in Sunnydale, with predictably chaotic results. The Scoobies need to capture this hapless human before it can kill. But what will happen if the werewolf is someone close to home?
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- Oz and Willow are the cutest couple
- Willow goes from slut-shaming Cordelia to being confidantes?
- Get in the back seat, Xander!
- Homophobia isn’t a good look for anyone
- Poor Theresa, destined merely to be Angel’s messenger
Trigger warning
Homophobia
July 29, 2021
Don’t have sex, because your boyfriend WILL turn evil and rejoin his former gang of vampire delinquents bent on destruction. Buffy missed that day in sex ed class though, and now Angel is once again Angelus, the brutal, sadistic killer who cut a bloody swath through Europe. But that’s not all! The Judge is nearly at full strength, and then Spike and Drusilla will unleash him on the Sunnydale Mall. Will Cordelia and Willow stop fighting over Xander long enough to come up with a plan? Or is the mall doomed?
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- All the flavours of lost innocence
- The particular brand of slut-shaming that is ’90s TV
- Stephanie has to chastise Willow and it breaks her heart
- We want just want to wrap Buffy in a blanket
- David Boreanaz is scary good at evil
Trigger warnings
Abuse, misogyny, sexuality, slut shaming
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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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