Once More With Commentary: A Buffy Podcast

We disagree on “The Yoko Factor” but we do agree that drunk Giles is forever amazing and that the episode undoes last week’s amazing ending of “Sanctuary”. Elsewhere, feminist hero Spike sets the record straight on who broke up the Beatles and in “War Zone”, we get Gunn’s origin story and a promise that he’ll be back. ’Til next time, Ginny would like everyone to watch Bones.

We chat Oz’s return and Faith’s rehabilitation this week. Oz finds things are not just the way he left them and we get treated to the best depiction of a love triangle maybe ever. On Angel, everyone is shocked, shocked to find out Angel is trying to help Faith, while Wesley makes his allegiances clear and Buffy and Angel have their most honest conversation (ok, fight) ever.

Faith surfaces again this week, this time to wreak her violent game on Angel and team, with a little financial incentive from the legal team of Wolfram & Hart. Speaking of, welcome Lindsey and Lila to the actual story! Elsewhere, Buffy and Riley have a lot of sex, the end.

Jonathan is back this week as just the Superstar needed to help Buffy get back to herself in! We also chart the real life superstar career trajectory of Danny Strong, Ginny tells us about the amazing Buffy/Aladdin connection you never knew existed, and on Angel, we grapple with the absolute nonsense of a happy pill turning Angel temporarily evil, but otherwise, a solid outing! Things are looking up for Angel Investigations and we could not be more ready.

Faith’s back again this week to sow her special brand of destruction - or, wait, is that Buffy? It’s a Slayer Freaky Friday as Faith sees a way out of her dead end of consequences, only to learn that maybe there’s a reason not to do things “because it’s wrong!” On Angel, our hero finds himself drafted into an underground demon fight club, Cordelia and Wesley learn to work together, and we finally meet Lila!

This week, we talk dreams and how Buffy just does them so well. Little sis is coming! Faith also wakes up from her coma to meddle in Buffy’s new life, and on Angel, Kate is back and it’s time to admit fetch is never gonna happen, ok? It’s fine, the flashbacks with Darla and Mrs. Reynolds got us through it.

This week, Ginny fills us in on her Phantom of the Opera experience and we discuss the concept of “sweeps” and what it used to mean when Nielsen regularly broke our hearts (pour one out for Enlisted and Trophy Wife). But meanwhile, on the shows we are supposed to be talking about, we need to talk about Adam. On Angel, there’s a demon possession, but we’re living in the alternate reality of Watcher. It’s nice here.

This week, we are talking about two examples of feminism on TV, one successful, one not (guess which). Buffy joins the initiative and we meet our Big Bad, while Angel finds himself in the middle of a gender war from another dimension. Also, are the Initiative disruptors?

This week, we say "NO" to a Buffy reboot (unless it's Fray) and chat "A New Man" and "Expecting"! There's a lot of demon stuff this week, as Giles gets turned into one by mortal enemy Ethan, and Cordelia faces the prospect of giving birth to seven little ones. There are also some themes about growing apart and growing up and finding your family, blah blah. It's just good character work.

This week, Buffy is at her melodramatic worst, and we are over it. As for the Hellmouth Apocalypse, whatever, the Zeppo did it better. On Angel, Kate is back, which is annoying, but hey! Jeremy Renner is here to work out his daddy issues with his sire! So much 2000s era hair gel and facial hair to enjoy!