Beyond Buffering: The X-Files, Fallout, Yellowjackets, & more!

Harmony has brought her minions to Sunnydale to kill Buffy, Joyce is dressing up for someone at the gallery, Tara and Willow have officially U-Hauled (but where is Miss Kitty??), and Buffy still has... a little sister?! We have a segment from our Mercedes McNab interview, a fashion watch from Kate Leth, and we have cast Gaby Goddamn Dunn as the voice of Dawn in this week's song. Hold onto your gold pants, everyone, because its Season 5 Episode 2: Real Me!

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Hooooooooly Hellmouths -- Dracula's in Sunnydale! Mom is drunk! Dad is Vlad! And WE! ARE! BACK! We missed you a TON and there's SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT, so we are coming back to you with a super-sized, 2-freaking-hour episode. We've got incredible guests Joanna Robinson of Vanity Fair and The Storm, Ian Carlos Crawford of Slayerfest 98, and a very special VIDEO EDITION of Buffy FasionWatch from Kate Leth - you'll want to be sitting down for this one! PLUS Chris "Born Hot" Farren returns to reprise his role as the voice of Xander. This week we are LIVE in front of an audience of 350 Scoobies at World Cafe Live in Philly, with a super-sized episode to discuss S5E1: Buffy Vs. Dracula!!!!!!

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It is here! It is time! Charisma Carpenter sat down with us to talk about the trope of the mean girl, that infamous spatula scene, the audition she almost didn't make it to, and how Cordelia got to stake her very first vamp! We dig into her time on Buffy and Angel, and also get deep on politics, parenting, religion, and so much more. As the saying goes: Cordelia, we love you, Cordelia, you're perfect, Cordeliaaaaaa.

Be warned, this interview may contain spoilers.

Many thanks to CHARISMA CARPENTER (@AllCharisma) for taking the time to talk to us!

Check out her podcast with Christian Majewski, The Opposite Sex Show, right here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-opposite-sex-show/id1455442319

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The SONGS FROM SEASON FOUR album is here!!!! Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you stream music. You can also find the CD version in our store, along with new Alewife Beer Steins by Isabella Rotman, new dad hats and more! Visit bufferingthevampireslayer.com and click SHOP!

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What's that sound? Why, 'tis the rare E flat diminished ninth chord, signaling that our interview with the delightful Seth Green hath arrived! We got to talk to Seth about his time on the show playing everyone's favorite part-time werewolf and full-time dreamboat, Oz! We also chatted about the new film he wrote, directed, and stars in, Changeland, which is out today! - rest assured this episode is 100% certified grade-A hootenanny!

Be warned, this interview may contain spoilers.

Many thanks to SETH GREEN (@SethGreen) for taking the time to talk to us! His feature directorial debut CHANGELAND is in limited theaters and VOD June 7 (aka today)!

You can watch the trailer here: https://people.com/movies/seth-green-macaulay-culkin-trailer-changeland/

Changeland on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/changeland/id1460415815

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The SONGS FROM SEASON FOUR album is here!!!! Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you stream music. You can also find the CD version in our store, along with new Alewife Beer Steins by Isabella Rotman, new dad hats and more! Visit bufferingthevampireslayer.com and click SHOP!

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It's the last episode of Season 4 (!!) which means that it is high time for Giles to sing us some rocking exposition, for Anya to tell us the funniest joke we've ever heard, and for Buffy to prepare her bedroom for what's to come... Today, alongside a fashion watch from Kate Leth and some very important thoughts from special guest Lauren Eggert-Crowe, we are talking about the second two dream sequences and *all of our feelings,* for S4E22: Restless.

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A big thanks to special guest Lauren Eggert-Crowe who runs Hamilton in Sunnydale!

You can find more of her work at http://www.laureneggertcrowe.com/ and follow all of the Sunnydale/Hamilton fun at @sunnydaleham on Twitter

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Push those VHS tapes into your VCRs and close your eyes, scoobies: let's dream of Sappho poems, ice cream trucks, Giles and Spike on a swing set, and Anya steering with no hands... We have special guests Alyse Knorr and David Wells (who plays the Cheese Man!) to help guide us through the first half of our Season 4 Finale! Today we are talking about the first two dream sequences in S4E22: Restless. Tune in next week for the second installment!

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPECIAL GUESTS

Alyse Knorr: Assistant Professor of English at Regis University, poet, and author of many things including Mega City Redux which is out now! alyseknorr.com

David Wells: The very Cheese Man himself!

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Sophia Crawford, Sarah Michelle Gellar's stunt double from Seasons 1 - 4 of Buffy, and Jeff Pruitt, the show's stunt coordinator from 1997 - 2000 sat down to tell us all about their work! They are now *married* to each other (don't worry, their proposal story is on set...) and they have what might be the most exquisite collection of behind-the-scenes stories from the first four seasons of the series EVER?! Join us as we hear about the emotional nature of Buffy/Faith fight scenes, flirting as a Pink Power Ranger, Buffy's infamous boots, and so so so much more.

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Jeff Pruitt's #BTVS YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfoIVpWLzy6Iv0Ru39eamjg

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Let's rip the uranium core out of Adam, SHALL WE?! Manus, Spiritus, Animus, and Sophus combine today to show us once more that the power of community can overcome evil, hatred, and men who store limitless hard drives in their chest cavities. Today we are discussing S4E21: Primeval.

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Thank you to Lindsay Crouse for today's interview!!

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Buckle your seatbelts and black out your windshields because we are about to blast RIGHT THROUGH that Welcome to Sunnydale sign, light up a Morley, and talk to James Marsters about his time playing the most beloved black-nailed, peroxide-headed vampire of all time: Spike! This is the Interview with a Vampire we have all truly been waiting for, is it not?!

Be warned, this interview contains spoilers!

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Twitter & Instagram: @jamesmarstersof

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Crossover episode!! Brittany Ashley and Laura Zak slide in from Angel On Top to join Jenny for a spirited discussion of this episode - including the no-holds-barred matchup between (GASP!!!) Angel and Riley! TWO TITANS CONVERGE AT LONG LAST, and they both could stand for some emotional maturation! Are you Team Billowy Coat King Of Pain? Team Butterscotch Hunk? Or Team Man I Sure Miss Faith?! Wherever you fall on the BuffyShip spectrum, we've got you covered for S4E20: The Yoko Factor.

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