Madeline and Kaethe watch this zoostravaganza through the theme of desperation. Picking their way around cannabalized high school principals and underproduced dodgeball montages, they discuss how desperation manifests in Willow and the bullies, and how Xander gets to use his desperation as a get-out-of-accountability-free card.

Kaethe and Madeline talk about episode 5 through the theme of judgement, exploring how judgement affects Buffy and Gile's relationship, Buffy and Owen's trainwreck entanglement, and how Xander can be a better friend and also not a creep.

This episode Madeline and Kaethe get serious as they look deeper at the mess attraction makes of teacher-student relationships, how to tell your friend he's crushing on a giant bug, and what would you do if your hot mysterious crush gave you his leather jacket? WWBD (what would Buffy do)? Wear it, duh. 
Trigger warning: we talk explicitly about sexual assault as it occurs in the episode, which may be triggering for listeners. 

Madeline and Kaethe watched episode 3 through the theme of control. The different styles of control by Amy's and Buffy's mom, Xander's newfound self-awareness, and Giles' super-hot spell casting are all topics in this week's cauldron.

Welcome back for Episode two, through the juicy theme of responsibility. This week Madeline and Kaethe's riveting discussion hacked through the jungle of Buffy's responsibility as the slayer, Xander's lack of responsibility and general incompetence, and the connections between responsibility and privilege. 

In this first episode of That Slayer Show, Madeline and Kaethe explore the theme of identity, considering Buffy's role as the Slayer, Willow's comfort in her identity, and the effects Covid-19 has had on our own identity. They ask the big questions like: what is the difference between the identity you choose and identity that is thrust upon you? and why does the Master look like a ball sac?