Episodes
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
S2E01: "When She Was Bad"
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Buffy is back after a summer in L.A., but there’s something … off about her, and everyone notices. Whether it’s dancing with Xander to make Angel jealous or snapping at her friends for offering to help, Buffy isn’t acting like herself. But there’s no time to sit down and talk it out, because Colin has kidnapped Cordelia, and that’s just the beginning to his reign of terror.
Hear us discuss…
- Everyone has new haircuts!
- Everyone needs therapy!
- Buffy is being so unfair to everyone but particularly Willow
- How season 2 is immediately superior to season 1
- Steph’s 2 degrees of separation from someone who worked on the show!
Trigger warnings
Kidnapping
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Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Bonus! Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) Movie Review
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Before we head into season 2 of Buffy, we’re coming at you with a bonus episode with a bite: we review the 1992 movie that started it all!
Hear us discuss…
- Why this movie never finds its groove
- Peewee Herman as a vampire is hilarious yet terrifying
- Differences, for better or worse, between the show and the movie
- Stephanie’s restraint after Kara dares to suggest Luke Perry and David Boreanaz look alike
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Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Season 1 Wrap-Up
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
We review the first season of Buffy in its entirety.
Hear us discuss…
- Notable episodes
- Favourite character moments
- Ranking the monster costumes
- What we want from season 2
- Xander slander and TikTok
Here's the link to Kara's other podcast with the episode about her being aromantic and asexual!
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Thursday Apr 15, 2021
S1E12: "Prophecy Girl"
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
The night of the school dance approaches, and so does the Master’s escape from his mystical prison. Giles uncovers a prophecy promising that if Buffy faces off against the Master, she will die. Against his wishes, Buffy chooses to go anyway. Season 1 ends, and nothing will be the same ever again.
Hear us discuss…
- Everyone Cordelia dates is now named Mitch!
- Xander asking out Buffy is fine but her rejection is even better
- SMG’s flawless portrayal of a 16-year-old girl at her breaking point
- How great this episode is
- How overrated Joss Whedon’s ideas are in general
Trigger warnings
Mass student death
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Thursday Apr 15, 2021
S1E11: "Out of Mind, Out of Sight"
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Cordelia thinks it’s all about her—and this time, she’s right! Someone is out to hurt Cordelia as she campaigns for the coveted May Queen role at the Spring Fling dance. Yet no one can see this menacing assailant, leading Buffy and the gang to deduce that they might be dealing with an entirely new threat. Meanwhile, Angel and Giles begin working together to uncover what the Master might be planning for the Slayer.
Hear us discuss…
- A Cordelia episode, finally!
- Buffy feels left out of everything
- By the way, Angel is a vampire (and it’s a tragedy he can’t see his reflection)
- This is the ultimate “high school as hell” plot
- Why shady government agents are the true heroes
Trigger warnings
Ableism, bullying, misogyny, sexism, sexual harassment, torture
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Thursday Apr 08, 2021
S1E10: ”Nightmares”
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Students at Sunnydale High, including Buffy, Willow, and Xander, start to slip into waking dreams. It’s not too long before the walls of reality themselves start to blur and crumble. The secret to saving Sunnydale, and perhaps the world, might lie in the mind of a comatose boy who just wanted to play baseball. But to save the day, Buffy will have to confront her greatest fear.
Hear us discuss…
- Stephanie tries to give Xander credit (and very nearly succeeds)
- Asteroid bodies are cool
- The trauma around divorce
- How this episode sets up the psychology of Buffy for the seasons to come
Shout out to the Becoming Buffy podcast for their comments and Jen Campbell, a YouTuber recommended by listener Chloe on issues of disability.
Trigger warnings
Assault, child abuse, divorce, violence against children
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Thursday Apr 08, 2021
S1E09: "The Puppet Show"
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
There’s a new sheriff—er, principal—in town, and his name is Snyder, and he wants YOU to perform in the talent show. But when one of the talent show participants is found dead in the locker room (yes, that locker room), stabbed with a knife, Buffy and crew will need to hope their talent for solving mysteries extends to the mundane as well as the mystical.
Hear us discuss…
- Talent shows in high school
- Dolls and dummies: cool or creepy?
- Stephanie knows all about the Power Circle!
- Let’s just forget the word “nubile”
- But seriously, so much objectification of a teenage girl here
Trigger warnings
Cancer, sexual harassment
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Thursday Apr 01, 2021
S1E08: "I Robot, You Jane"
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Willow has a binary beau! While helping Giles and the new computer teacher, Miss Calendar, scan library books into the computer, Willow meets Malcolm online. As her obsession deepens, strange things start happening to computer systems around Sunnydale and beyond. Even Buffy’s best spy look might not be enough to take on a demon loose in the internet.
Hear us discuss…
- The show’s take on online dating
- Kara’s personal story of an online friendship made flesh!
- Stephanie’s obsession with cults
- How much this episode gets right (and wrong) about the perils of computers
- We cannot get Miss Calendar’s name right (sorry, Jenny)
Trigger warnings…
Cults, death by neck snapping, kidnapping, suicide (hanging)
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Thursday Apr 01, 2021
S1E07: "Angel"
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
The Master dispatches three powerful vampires to take care of his Slayer problem once and for all. Buffy survives only with the intervention of Angel, at the cost of learning his terrible secret. Despite his actions so far, Angel might be less friend than foe. Will Buffy have what it takes to deal with this betrayal?
Hear us discuss…
- Steph is All Angel, All the Time, Baby
- Is dinner in a baggie the hot new trend?
- Buffy’s mom’s priorities
- So much new vampire lore, backstory for Angel and Darla
- How this is one of, if not the, strongest episodes of the season!
Trigger warnings
Racism
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