That Slayer Show

Madeline and Kaethe took to this bummer of an episode with the theme of shame. Angel: un-souled, Buffy: distraught but calm in the face of it all. We talk about how shame is seeped in the messages Buffy is getting from her peers, the way Angel weaponizes shame against Buffy, and also how Oz is so great he speaks truths without passing judgement?! New last segment starting this episode!!

Madeline and Kaethe unravel this plot-heavy episode through the theme of celebration. Why does Dru's celebration of The Judge's reassembly remind us of a middle school dance? And in what ways does the gang find small moments to celebrate despite a perpetually looming apocalypse? Madeline and Kaethe shed the podcast's typical structure in order to address some striking themes in this episode-- like gender and sexual agency.

Madeline and Kaethe watch this peculiar episode through the gripping theme of Caretaking! Why oh why is giving students eggs going to make them not have sex?? How can find ways to empathize with Joyce when we've gone through adolescence but not motherhood? Xander gets a good boy award for not making moves on Buffy when they wake up together in a closet.

Buffy's sense of "normal" goes haywire this episode as Joyce brings her new boo into the picture. Ted, also known as Arsehole Ted, is charming, smart, and a serial-killer robot. In this episode of the pod, Madeline and Kaethe discuss how abusive behavior gets normalized, the normalization of not believing women in domestic violence situations, and Jenny's journey toward finding her new normal post-trauma. There is also laughter, I promise.

Tune in to hear Madeline and Kaethe's ORIGINAL content about love. Groundbreaking philosophies are waiting to be heard. They talk about the ways Buffy's friends are constantly showing love and how Buffy often acts recklessly when she is acting out of love for her friends or her boo. The final segment is a backstory on the mealworm assassin--like for real what's up with him? And how does he actually kill his victims?

Madeline and Kaethe watched this episode through the theme of future, pausing over the school career fair and why having your future predetermined sucks (maybe??) more than not knowing what it is at all, and what the order of Taraka (Tabarra??) means for Buffy's conception of her future. Also, did Dru dream of a different future, and why doesn't use her tarot cards more often when they seem to be really effective?

Join Kaethe and Madeline for what Kaethe declares to be the best filler episode yet! They use the theme of exposure to delve into Giles' past and how he deals with it, Jenny's experience with demon possession, and Willow's willingness to throw Angel under the proverbial bus. Tangentially, they try to answer the biggest question of the episode--does the Sunnydale hospital EVER get any blood?!

Madeline and Kaethe explore season 2 episode 7 "Lie to Me" through the theme of secrets. Secrets are bursting through the seams of this episode's pants: Angel is cagey about his history with Drusilla, Ford is tight-lipped about his plans to facilitate the slaughter of some vamp wannabes, and Miss Calendar is keeping Giles in the dark about the detes surrounding their upcoming date. At the end of this podcast episode, Kaethe and Madeline get to the juicy bit: What would be Miss Calendar's seco...

Madeline and Kaethe look at courage this week as they watched the 6th episode of season 2! Considering courage as openness to change, they talk about Willow and her overall badassery this episode, whether Giles hiding his past had anything to do with courage or a lack of it, and what the sitch is when Buffy is suddenly not courageous. In a final twist, Kaethe switches sides and decides Spike and Drusilla's PDA is, in fact, quite hot.

What Buffy thinks will be a normal college party, ends up being a human sacrifice party. (College, am I right?) In this episode of That Slayer Show, Madeline and Kaethe explore the theme of arrogance.