Rebecca and Tori start their venture into the Buffyverse. While we have both watched the series before, Rebecca has only watched it once a long time ago. In this episode, we chat about Buffy episodes 1 and 2. We discuss an ensemble learning their characters, female empowerment, and how getting chased by vampires can create strong bonds in a relatively short period of time.

Rebecca and Tori explore 1893 as the Loki episode spurs them to do a wee bit of research into history. We discuss various hypotheses we've heard and throw out a few of our own. We propose a new shot game--every time OB says "we're all going to die," you drink a shot. Rebecca explains thermodynamics for dummies (Tori) and Tori spouts a bit of Carl Sandburg.

As promised, here is our breakdown of the opening credit sequence for Good Omens season 2.

Every Day since watching the season finale of Good Omens, Rebecca and Tori have bemoaned the state we find Crowley and Aziraphale at the end of the episode. We're too sad to say more (not really...we say quite a lot!).

Full Episode

Rebecca and Tori have a palaver about Breaking Brad. From Marvel criticism, to 70s hairstyles, including the history of the mullet, and Tori's Philosophy of Pie, we continue our journey to geekdom.

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• The Nerdist
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• Gladiator clip

Rebecca and Tori did not get invited to The Ball, much to their chagrin. In this episode we praise Miranda Richardson's portrayal of Shax and are gleeful that Mrs. Sandwich is back. We disagree about Crowley's reaction to Nina's suggestion that he and Aziraphale are a couple, nonetheless, we love, love, love this episode, especially Jim's coat.

Loki returns! Rebecca and Tori (mostly Rebecca) rhapsodize about Tom Hiddleston and his hair flips in Loki Season 2, episode 1 Ouroboros. We discuss Marvel fatigue (Tori no/Rebecca yes) and ponder the relationship between General Dox and X5 (anyone else find it creepy?). From religion to confusing timelines to how to correctly pronounce Ke Huy Quan and Jörmungandr, we land on how much we loved this episode!

References

"The Worm Ouroboros." In Critical Survey of Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature, edited by Paul Di Filippo, 1360-1362. Vol. 3. Ipswich, MA: Salem Press/Grey House, 2017. Gale eBooks (accessed October 6, 2023). https://link-gale-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/apps/doc/CX7383100846/GVRL?u=wash_main&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=31909f28.

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• 'Goonies' React To Ke Huy Quan's Oscar Win (Ke Huy Quan pronounciation)
• Ouroboros | Mythology, Alchemy, Symbolism

Rebecca and Tori chat "The Hitchhiker and the minisode Nazi Zombie Flesh Eaters." From the tone to the zombies to the toilet humor, we make it clear this is not our favorite episode. We gab about Shax's Hell hair and the continuing Monty Python vibes, while gushing (as usual) about Aziraphale and Crowley's relationship. We apologize for the intermittent crappy audio--we had some connectivity issues.

• Bullet catch - Wikipedia
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"I Know Where I Am Going with the minisode The Resurrectionist" has us spending (too much?) time discussing the history of resurrectionists, Mrs. Sandwich's occupation, the myth of the meritocracy, and Social Darwinism. Rebecca takes umbrage with Crowley's ideas about gravity and puts her tinfoil hat on, while Tori laments Aziraphale's actions and Gabriel's purple eyes.

• My best games of chess, 1908-1937 : Alexander Alekhine
• Resurrectionists in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia
• Body Snatching - UK Parliament

The Clue featuring the minisode A Compantion to Owls has Rebecca and Tori stumped about how to pronounce "Uz." Tori is confused by several things and Rebecca hazards a guess as to what 25 Lazarii equals. We make some surprisingly accurate predictions and unsurprisingly, some inaccurate predictions.

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