If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me

Welcome to Sid the Wily Dairy Gnome, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we go deep with Spike in the classic "Fool for Love"

In this episode, we discuss:

Plot and Firsts (2:00)

Initital Thoughts (8:00)

Buffy confronting death & the Council (10:00)

Beat-by-beat episode (22:00)

Spike (30:00)

Angel Update (38:00)

Boxer Rebellion (41:00)

Spike’s monologues (51:00)

NYC 1977 (55:00)

Spike’s obsession with Slayers (1:02:00)

We close the show with yelling (1:12:00), watches (1:20:00) and rankings (1:22:00)

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/ Beep Me Hyphen Funtime Playlist for Podcast Fans, Season 5

/ Next episode: 'Let' isn't really a factor when she sets her mind to something. You know that.

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Welcome to Fire Bad Tree Pretty, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we pour it all out for Tara in this very special episode all about "Family."

In this episode, we get into:

Plot and Firsts (1:30)

Initial Thoughts (7:30)

Sappho (15:00)

Family (27:00)

We close the show with our usual yelling (45:00), watches (1:05:00), and our rankings (1:07:30).

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/ Beep Me Hyphen Funtime Playlist for Podcast Fans, Season 5

/ Next episode: You know there are quite a few American beers that are highly underrated. This, unfortunately, is not one of them.

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Welcome to The Electric Kool-Aid Funky Satan Groove, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we learn about keys and dunk on Joyce in "No Place Like Home."

In this episode, we discuss:

Plot and Firsts (2:00)

The Dagon Sphere (5:00)

Initial Thoughts (14:30)

Dawn and the Monks — including big questions: If you don't care for Dawn after this, will you ever?;  the cause of Joyce's aneurysm; and Monks making Joyce a good mom to Dawn, assumed she was good mom to Buffy (16:30)

We close with yelling (33:00), the watches (46:00) and our rankings (47:30).

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/ Beep Me Hyphen Funtime Playlist for Podcast Fans, Season 5

/ Next episode: I'm so happy you're moving back into the house. This is the source of my gladness.

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Welcome to Reliable Dog Geyser Person, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we talk Castro, knitting and rock punching with "Out of My Mind."

In this episode, we talk:

Plot and Firsts (1:30)

638 Ways to Kill Castro (10:30)

Initial Thoughts (24:00)

Spike Knits? Other hobbies? (29:00)

Initiative still exists (35:00)

If Spike got chip removed, would he have killed Buffy and would Buffy have killed him?(38:00)

Real podcast (42:45)

Yelling (44:00)

Watches (1:05:30)

Watches (1:05:30)

/ Full show notes at our website

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/ Beep Me Hyphen Funtime Playlist for Podcast Fans, Season 5

/ Next episode: I can't help it. I just have all this involuntary empathy for Dawn.

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Welcome to Yam Sham, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we get double the Xander with "The Replacement."

In this episode, we talk:

Plot and Firsts (2:00)

Twins (9:00)

Initial Thoughts (21:30)

Episode Talk (28:00) — including: Xander becoming foreman? Can you heat up Spaghetti-O's on a dryer? Would Toth have succeeded in killing Buffy if he hit her instead of Xander? And would "strong" Buffy take care of "weak" Buffy?

Yelling (47:30)

Watches (1:07:00)

Rankings (1:09:40)

/ Full show notes at our website

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/ Beep Me Hyphen Funtime Playlist for Podcast Fans, Season 5

/ Next episode: I will know your blood Slayer. I will make your neck my chalice. And drink deep

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Welcome to Maple Court, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we get to hang out with our regular, recurring, series-long favorite character, Buffy's sister, Dawn! It's wild that she's feel no one knows the "real" her, she's been here the whole time!

In this episode, we discuss:

Context (2:00)

The Game of Life (7:00)

Initial Thoughts (12:30)

The world through Dawn’s eyes (21:00)

Yelling (1:00:00)

Watches (1:18:00)

Rankings (1:23:00)

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/ Beep Me Hyphen Funtime Playlist for Podcast Fans, Season 5

/ Next episode: People say they're recycling. They're not recycling.

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Welcome to The Many Faces of Jeff Kober, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week WE BEGIN SEASON 5 OF BUFFY with the iconic "Buffy vs. Dracula."

In this episode, we discuss:

Context (2:00)

Dracula (12:00)

Initial Thoughts (29:00)

Dawn (34:00)

Our friends and Dracula (40:00)

Yelling (55:30)

Real Podcast and Watches (1:06:00)

Rankings (1:10:30)

/ Full show notes at our website

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/ Beep Me Hyphen Funtime Playlist for Podcast Fans, Season 5

/ Next episode: Just cause she can do backflips — like that's a crucial job skill in the real world?!

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Welcome to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me, also known as the world's second favorite Buffy podcast. 

This podcast follows Buffy the Vampire Slayer in real-time, 20 years after the series' original airing. 

In each episode, we contextualize, talk, teach, yell, watch and rank each episode. 

Season 5 begins on September 26 but there's time to start from the beginning. Well, maybe not from the beginning beginning. The first two seasons of this podcast are in "listener-beware" territory until we hit our stride sometime in Season 3. And if you don't have time and want to start fresh, our rankings and general show notes are on our website.

Thanks for listening!

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Welcome to Spordilla, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we listen to the divisive classic, and Season 4 finale, "Restless"

In this episode, we talk:

Plot and Firsts (2:00)

Dreams (7:00)

Initial Thoughts (21:30)

Pre-Dream (23:00)

Willow's Dream (28:00) + an aside on Joss Whedon

Xander's Dream (43:00) + other TV dream sequences

Giles Dream (1:04:00)

Buffy's Dream (1:11:00)

If this was the series finale (1:28:00)

Yelling (1:35:00)

Watches (1:41:00)

Rankings (1:44:00)

/ Full show notes at our website

/ @beepmepod on Linktree | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr

/ Beep Me Hyphen Funtime Playlist for Podcast Fans, Season 4

/ Next episode: I think you're drawing a lot of crazy conclusions about the Unholy Prince!

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Welcome to Daphne Blake, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we close our penultimate finale with Buffy's penultimate finale, "Primeval."

In this episode, we talk

Plot and Firsts (2:00)

Initial Thoughts (8:00) + Vampire Diaries aside

Finale talk (14:00)

What if we took the Initiative out? (25:30)

Yelling (38:00)

Watches (57:00)

Rankings (1:03:00)

/ Full show notes at our website

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/ Beep Me Hyphen Funtime Playlist for Podcast Fans, Season 4

/ Next episode: I walk, I talk, I shop, I sneeze, I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you've moved out and I don't sleep on a bed of bones. Now give me back my friends.

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