Buffy the Gilmore Slayer: A Buffy and Gilmore Girls Podcast

Buffy S4 E4 "Fear, Itself"/Gilmore Girls S4 E4 "Chicken or Beef?"    Though this week's villains may make a lot of noise and nearly drive our heroes into madness, in the end they are just weak little douches. Alpha Delta's Halloween party may be out of control, but maybe not as out of control as Dean on his wedding eve. Kirk breaks into Lorelai's house to protect...

Gilmore Girls S4 E3 "The Hobbit, the Sofa and Digger Stiles"/Buffy S4 E3 "The Harsh Light of Day"    Rory and Buffy both attend their first college parties, which both end in nakedness in one way or another. They're also both reunited with old high school friends, some more vampirey than others. Richard's new business partner isn't the only Digger in this episode...

Buffy S4 E2 "Living Conditions"/Gilmore Girls S4 E2 "The Lorelais' First Day at Yale"    One of the titular roommates may be more of a literal soul-sucker than the other, but.... Rory has to share a room with Paris, who comes with a life coach named Terrance, and Buffy's Cher-obsessed roommate, Kathy, comes with a pursuant demon named Taparrich. While Kathy borrows an...

Gilmore Girls S4 E1 "Ballrooms and Biscotti"/Buffy S4 E1 "The Freshman"    While Rory deals with a town menace tying to bribe her with a sundae to do his ice cream bidding, Buffy deals with a literal demon named Sunday. The Gilmore Girls just got back from Europe, but they're not the only ones who've recently encountered a European, eh Giles? *cough* Olivia *cough* Al...

In this special episode, we recap our general thoughts on Season 3 of both shows. We count down our top 5 moments, discuss our least favorite moments, reveal our favorite episodes, share some predictions, AND decide which show we thought was better overall. Stacey's favorite Buffy moments may or may not all be Giles-related. Bryan may or may not hate the Gilmore Girls "la las." But...

Gilmore Girls S3 E22: "Those Are Strings, Pinocchio"/Buffy S3 E22: "Graduation Day (Part 2)"  Despite their boyfriends kinda just silently walking away towards their spinoff sets, Rory and Buffy survived high school! Neither school seems so scary anymore, but they did have to blow one of them up to ensure that. Both ceremonies are threatened by tragedy, one when Lorelai faces f...

Buffy S3 E21: "Graduation Day (Part 1)"/Gilmore Girls S3 E21: "Here Comes the Son"  Both Buffy and the Gilmore Girls have a lot to get done before Graduation Day. Buffy might be putting off coming up with a plan, but she checks one big item off her to do list on a rooftop. Meanwhile Jess's dad's girlfriend, Sasha, is also on a rooftop, but we're not really sure w...

Gilmore Girls S3 E20: "Say Goodnight, Gracie"/Buffy S3 E20: "The Prom"  Wow! These episodes had a LOT of similarities. We've got two senior girls desperate to get their aloof lovers to take them to prom, but all the aloof lovers wanna do is abruptly dump their girlfriends to move to LA for their own spinoffs. We've got scenes in churches. We've got talk of scones...

Buffy S3 E19: "Choices"/Gilmore Girls S3 E19: "Keg! Max!"  Lorelai and the Scooby gang find themselves in hot water after their impromptu secret meetings don't go quite as planned. While Lorelai comes face to face with rejection, the Scoobies come face to face with mysterious face-eating box dwellers. The cops arrive just in time to catch Dean and Jess exchanging blows ove...

Gilmore Girls S3 E18: "Happy Birthday, Baby"/Buffy S3 E18: "Earshot"  Lorelai and Buffy both get huge gifts that come with more consequences than expected, including severe cheese burns, the ability to foresee mass murder, and mom drama. Bryan's got some thoughts on the iconic Jess "looked it up" moment, and Stacey has some thoughts about Angel in general, who&ap...

Buffy S3 E17: "Enemies"/Gilmore Girls S3 E17: "A Tale of Poes and Fire"  This week our weird little towns get some weird little visitors, a random mysterious being who's apparently friends with Giles, and a whole flock of Poe fiends mob Stars Hollow. Buffy and Faith officially become foes after a series of revelations that they and their mutual beau have all been a little...

Gilmore Girls S3 E16: "The Big One"/Buffy S3 E16: "Doppelgangland"  When Principal Snyder asks Willow to tutor Percy, and Headmaster Charleston asks Paris to share a speech with Rory, both react by showing their bad side, getting their sexy on, and turning celebratory gatherings into spectacles all about them. Meanwhile, The Mayor tries to impress Faith with a PlayStation. Luke...

Buffy S3 E15: "Consequences"/Gilmore Girls S3 E15: "Face-Off"  This week's full of jealousy, secret keeping, secret rendezvous, and tattletales. Buffy and Emily can no longer contain their emotions/secrets and out Faith and Trix for hiding a murder and a secret lover, RESPECTIVELY! Rory and Willow are sad to find out their former flames have moved on. Too late ladies! Ya m...

Gilmore Girls S3 E14: "Swan Song"/Buffy S3 E14: "Bad Girls"  Never thought a ladle would be what linked the 2 episodes, but here we are! Whether it be slimy demon or swan, our heroes must do what they can to defeat some particularly nasty water beasts. Rory & Jess AND Faith & Buffy seem to be bonding more than ever, but will fundamental differences in their worldviews s...

Buffy S3 E13: "The Zeppo"/Gilmore Girls S3 E13: "Dear Emily and Richard"  Interestingly, both shows told 2 simultaneous stories, showing characters in different lights - Xander as a hero, and the Gilmores in a sepia tone. Luke overthinks his date with a lawyer, while Xander has an impromptu date with a woman who was likely raised by cars. Despite Jess's best efforts, only...

Gilmore Girls S3 E12: "Lorelai Out of Water"/Buffy S3 E12: "Helpless"  Wow! It's our 50th episode! Bryan celebrates by confessing some wild things he did to impress the ladies pre-Stacey, and Stacey celebrates by forgetting the details of a beloved fairy tale. Rory and Lane celebrate one of the many Korean marriages they've apparently been attending this whole time, w...

Buffy S3 E11: "Gingerbread"/Gilmore Girls S3 E11: "I Solemnly Swear"  The internet doesn't think very highly of these episodes, but we'll be the judge. Two sweet men attempt to subtly seduce Sookie & Lorelai, while two sweet kids convince some checked-out moms to publicly execute their daughters. Lorelai may have to lie under oath to appease her mom, meanwhile Buf...

Gilmore Girls S3 E10: "That'll Do, Pig"/Buffy S3 E10: "Amends"  It's Christmas in July, and our characters are celebrating by rekindling relationships with estranged loved ones, getting surprise visits from Grandma, and of course confronting literal demons from their past until the snow saves them. Our Jewish friends, Paris and Willow, celebrate Christmas with their b...

Buffy S3 E9: "The Wish"/Gilmore Girls S3 E9: "A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving"  The Gilmores must struggle through FOUR Thanksgiving dinners, and let's just say a familiar face from Sunnydale is ALSO hosting a dinner party. Cordelia wishes a certain powerful female out of her life, while try as she might, Lorelai can't seem to wish away her parents. Lane successfully...

Gilmore Girls S3 E8: "Let the Games Begin"/Buffy S3 E8: "Lovers Walk"  Hormones rage as Jess and Rory share their first official kiss, and Xander and Willow share their last secret kiss. Sounds like Richard was quite the playboy, and Emily was maybe a homewrecker? Spike is back and going thru some stuff. Both Spike and Dru and Richard and Emily have significant memories tied to...

Buffy S3 E7: "Revelations"/Gilmore Girls S3 E7: "They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?"  Relationships are strained this week! Not ours; don't worry. Buffy and Rory both get called out in front of everyone for harboring feelings for certain bad boys in their lives. While Jackson and Sookie very publicly disagree about whether or not they should have 4 in 4, Faith privately...

Gilmore Girls S3 E6: "Take the Deviled Eggs..."/Buffy S3 E6: "Band Candy"  Whether they're being showered with green gifts or being fed to a hungry demon snake, this week, it's all about the babies. Though quite concerned with their children and cars, the teens' guardians display pretty childish behavior themselves. Buffy gets in a car accident that really should...

Buffy S3 E5: "Homecoming"/Gilmore Girls S3 E5: "Eight O'Clock at the Oasis"  This week, both shows gave us games, disappointing car rides, and a couple of the goofiest scenes we've ever seen. In Sunnydale, Mr. Trick introduces us to a whole bunch of new weirdos, while over in Stars Hollow, another new weirdo, Dwight, just kinda shoves himself into Lorelai's life....

Gilmore Girls S3 E4: "One's Got Class and the Other One Dyes"/Buffy S3 E4: "Beauty and the Beasts"  No matter how nice they tried to be; whether it's their fault or not, these Debs are causing DRAMA! While basically nothing happens in Gilmore Girls, quite possibly too much is happening in Buffy. Time and food don't make a whole lotta sense in Stars Hollow, per us...

Buffy S3 E3: "Faith, Hope & Trick"/Gilmore Girls S3 E3: "Application Anxiety"  Both of our teen leads are focused on getting into school this week. While they both seem to be on the path to success, some rogue girls, one a slayer and one a bunny rabbit, cause them to question their futures. Buffy's being pursued hard by a new Canadian love interest. Rory's old bea...