Definitely Doomed

What's at stake? Reuben and Basil discuss The Yoko Factor, the introduction of Buffy's (lack of a) death wish, Angel's conflict with the dessert cart, wicca popularity, and Angel's unstoppable pettiness.

Definitely Doomed Ep. 76 Testosterone Poisoning

What's at stake? Basil and Reuben discuss New Moon Rising, kittens vs puppies, costuming choices, people's love of driving across town just to say one thing, Buffy's complete confusion at the idea of LGBT people, and how Adam ran the internet in his cave.

Definitely Doomed Ep. 75 Less Confusing Waffles

What's at stake? Reuben and Basil discuss Where the Wild Things Are, bitches be loco, boring college discussions to convince people to sleep with you, the horse/lesbian connection, and the show's first sort of sex positive episode!

Definitely Doomed Ep. 74 Shut Up You Repressed Crybabies

What's at stake? Basil and Reuben discuss Superstar, Basil's inability to open plastic cereal bags, Buffy's dunking ability, recognizing someone's humanity through their eyes, and Buffy and Riley's romantic silences.

Definitely Doomed Ep. 73 Watch Out for Southpaws

What's at stake? Basil and Reuben discuss the double episode This Year's Girl & Who Are You?, how it's necessary to list everything that happens in the plot twice, Sarah Michelle Gellar's professionalism, gross soup, and Joss Whedon's love of movie references.

Definitely Doomed Ep. 71 & 72 What's a Stevedore? 

What's at stake? Reuben and Basil discuss The I in Team and Goodbye Iowa, Dr. Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, the introduction of Anya's capitalist tendencies, Maggie Walsh's villain face, and the commonalities between Riley's nervous breakdown and my own concerning the patriarchy*. Definitely Doomed Ep. 69 & 70 The Life of Riley *to be clear I in no way am equating the realization that you've been unintentionally a bad person (while wanting to be good) as being as hard or painful as the suffering of marginalized people, just that realizing you've hurt people, aren't as good as you've wanted to be, and are suffering through the guilt and anxiety of that realization is worthy of screen time too and hardly ever gets it

What's at stake? Reuben and Basil discuss A New Man, threatening to murder your friends, the introduction (or reminder) of the show's sign off, women downplaying their accomplishments to assuage the egos of men, and Reuben yawns a lot. Definitely Doomed Ep. 68 Ingenious Speaking Tube

What's at stake? Basil and Reuben discuss Doomed, the awful socially accepted practice of men pursuing women after they've said no, solid scene transitions, and the weird fantasies of high school. Definitely Doomed Ep. 67 Medieval Folklore Garbage

What's at stake? Reuben and Basil "fingerguns" discuss Hush, the letdown of special episodes, the terribleness of Ben Stein, an incredibly slight step up from Veronica Mars' depiction of college feminist groups, and using music as a reflection of what's happening on screen as opposed to a way to tell people how to feel. We also drive away all our anti-vaxxer listeners. Definitely Doomed Ep. 66 Orgasm Friends

What's at stake? Reuben and Basil discuss Something Blue, our inability to sniff and smell, the one thing How I Met Your Mother got right, Basil's brief interest in Passions, and a distinct awkwardness due to internet issues. Definitely Doomed Ep. 65 It's Telly Time