Big Damn Heroes is officially over the hill at 40 episodes! And man, some of these episodes this week make us feel old. Over on Buffy, we get introduced to our villains, encounter some major stretches of credulity, and have a Halloween episode that's more about the subplots than it is the holiday! And over on Angel, Fred gets a personality just in time for one of the more horrifying and triggering episodes if you're a lady in the Whedonverse! Join Will and Hannah with some kittens and a bus or two as they cover Buffy's "Life Serial" and "All the Way," and Angel's "Fredless" and "Billy."

Ladies and gentlemen, Big Damn Heroes episode 39 is finally here! Over on Buffy, shit continues to hit the fan. And on Angel, things continue to slowly go somewhere, including an amazingly offensive episode! Want to know what we're talking about? Join Hannah and Will as they cover Buffy's "After Life" and "Flooded," and Angel's "That Old Gang of Mine" and "Carpe Noctem."

Just in time for Christmas, Will and Hannah are back with Big Damn Heroes 38, and aww, look at Willow and the adorable little Bambi. Wait, what is she doing? Over on Buffy, the price of magic and the aftermath of the season five finale are explored. Oh, and the show's still going after Buffy sacrificed herself last season, so there's that. And even though it pretty much means perpetual suffering for one of the characters, Angel's back on the upswing. Also, another character gets hella pregnant. Join The Heroes as they cover the two-part Buffy episode "Bargaining," and Angel's "Heartthrob" and "That Vision Thing."

Will Ackerman brings you the second Zeppos Special, and it's time to talk about Joss Whedon's run on Astonishing X-Men. Will gushes, wonders why Wolverine is in this book, and names the MVP character of the run. All this and a little talk about Whedon's work on the original X-Men movie. It's less glowing than the other part of the review.

This week, Big Damn Heroes has managed to hit 37 episodes, and, with it, the second season of Angel is finally over. This may be one of the shorter episodes in BDH history too, because Will and Hannah just don't have much to say. But at least they will do the dance of joy! Join them as they cover "Belonging," "Over the Rainbow," "Through the Looking Glass," and "There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb." (Good luck pronouncing that one, kids.)

It's episode 36, and the end of the fifth season has arrived on Buffy. And everything is just so jam-packed that we fit the rest of the season into this episode! Will and Hannah may have some disagreements on which of the episodes is the least awesome, but the general consensus is that Glory owns, it sucks to be Ben and Dawn, and that this totally makes sense as a series ender (hint: it wasn't). Also, demonic Joel Grey will fuck your shit up. Join Hannah and Will as they swan dive into "Tough Love," "Spiral," "Weight of the World," and "The Gift."

It's Big Damn Heroes episode 35, and things are getting good. Over on Buffy, there's some major character development, plenty of heart-wrenching aftermaths, and some good old fashioned torture. And on Angel, they're not entirely sure what they're doing, really, but hey, Lindsey's hot. Also, this episode gives Will and Hannah the unprecedented opportunity to lech it up. Join them as they perv over Buffy's "Forever" and "Intervention," and Angel's "Disharmony" and "Dead End."

Big Damn Heroes takes a break from its regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you the Zeppos Whedon Pilot Spectacular! Will covers the case of the multiple Willows, voiceovers about standing on tall buildings, and dooms us all by praising a Jeph Loeb work. All this and more after a word from our sponsors.

Big Damn Heroes has hit episode 34, and, yeah, it's here kids. Thank to both Buffy and Angel, though not for the reasons you'd think on Angel, this is gonna be one hell of a depressing episode. There's no way around that. So sit down, get a pint of ice cream, and curl up with Hannah and Will as they cover Buffy's "I Was Made to Love You" and "The Body," and Angel's "Reprise" and "Epiphany."

This is a tale of two shows. One show uses the forward momentum that has been building for the last four episodes to keep the tensions high, address huge plot points, and generally be awesome. The other seems to have gone into reverse and is giving us what are some of the worst episodes The Heroes have seen in a long damn time, including such gems as a physicist freezing time mid-orgasm so his girlfriend won't break up with him. Which show is which? Join Will and Hannah as they cover Buffy's "Blood Ties" and "Crush," and Angel's "Happy Anniversary" and "Thin Dead Line."