Gym Was Cancelled: A Buffy Podcast

Surprise! Katie is back for season 3 to really start off. Earl's Mom is here too! Is she the bad guy? Is anyone even really the good guy? Who just answers someone's phone at a party?! Communication can be hard, and we'd all run away even though that's definitely the wrong call. Zombies are involved, so we know Jess is having a bad time, even if it is a good metaphor. We'll have...

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SURPRISE!! (Not really, y'all knew this was happening.) It's the Season 2 bonus! Stasch tries to guess how the community at large (that would answer our questions) feels about missed characters and deaths and things, and he and Jess rank all 24 episodes. We cover all the peaks and valleys of the season and there might even be a period joke in there somewhere. There's a pop quiz, some m...

PART TWO! Let's pop some quizzes. "We'll draw chalk around where the body is, that way we'll know where it was". Callback to When She Was Bad. Angel wouldn't want them to save Angelus for him. 'Ello Ripper. Joyce is a disappointment. Willow is a badass. Is Willow witchy because she DIED in Halloween?!? Angelus low key wants to die maybe. Stasch finished season 2!! All...

PART ONE! The year is 1753, unless the subtitles hid it. Giles almost had a friend in this archeologist guy Doug. Lunch is another class now. The accents are confusing. THE FLOPPY DISK! 1898 Angel gets a soul. What word did Willow say?! KENDRA! Stasch didn't like The Judge. GILES' ORB COULD HAVE SAVED JENNY? Nice shoes, Willow. How does Whistler know everything?? Poor Xander, Poor Cordelia...

Shark man or shark man attack?! Apparently Stasch knew it the whole time. JONATHAN! It is wrong to pee in pools bro, but Willow cracked him like an egg. The swim team sucks, just like this episode. The coach was a believable liar. SHANE WEST!! Buffy knew they'd go home. Imagine a gym coach just having a gun on school property. Snyder sucks almost as much as this episode. Cordelia loves Xander...

Hello hello! Rayne is back and there's been some phases. Buffy is anti-boy, Willow is not. Ooh, ghosts! Buffy has an attitude. Angelus wants to screw Spike's girlfriend. The spell doesn't work! Ghosts are terrifying because emotions. The yearbook was from 1955. Why didn't Angelus kill Buffy?! Jess is a fan of the Lego Batman Movie, but didn't go OJ on her girlfriend. Spike grew...

Harbor Freight does NOT sell shackles. Now that we have that out of the way, floppy discs did not have a lot of storage. Buffy encounters some surprises on patrol this week. The hospital scene was... odd. Cordelia is the only one who noticed the thing. Was it a dream?! Xander and Cordelia just commit a small felony, no big deal. Jess likes her monsters to look like David Boreanaz. Let's just l...

Happy Anniversary! It's been a whole year since the first episode of the podcast was released. Jess messed up the date of the first recording. Buffy needs to learn to hone already! Angelus likes to charcoal art (we guess?). Cordelia's car is #1 priority. Jonathan sighting! Glad Buffy's finally on board with Stasch's concern for her mom. Jenny is in love with Giles! We are glad Will...

SURPRISE EPISODE RELEASE! A year ago today episode 0 "Trailer" and episode 1 "Welcome to the Hellmouth/The Harvest" were recorded and Gym Was Cancelled: A Buffy Podcast was born. To honor this, Jess and Stasch are doing a special Friday release of "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered". C'mon Xander, quit being lame. Where have Cordelia's friends even been? It's taken a long time for them to notice....

Part 2 of 2! It has FINALLY happened! Stasch's dream has come true this week and we finally got a werewolf episode! [Bitchin'! - Editor Stasch] And Rayne joined in to discuss all things Phases. Willow has all the angst this episode, but Xander is really trying to beat her out for first place. Cordelia and Willow are bonding, and we are here for it. Oh, hey Angelus exists don't forget! Giles is VER...

Part 1 of 2! It has FINALLY happened! Stasch's dream has come true this week and we finally got a werewolf episode! [Bitchin'! - Editor Stasch] And Rayne joined in to discuss all things Phases. Willow has all the angst this episode, but Xander is really trying to beat her out for first place. Cordelia and Willow are bonding, and we are here for it. Oh, hey Angelus exists don't forget! Giles is VER...

Part 2 of 2! We hope you all had a happy Valentines Day, or at least a better time than Buffy did this episode... because we have an EVIL ANGEL ALERT! In this episode, Stasch and Jess are joined by Dean! Spike and Drusilla are excited to see Angelus... or Drusilla is anyways. Xander, Willow, and Cordy have quite the scene. Poor Buffy. That curse was rude. Spike is mad that Angel didn't kill th...

Part 1 of 2! We hope you all had a happy Valentines Day, or at least a better time than Buffy did this episode... because we have an EVIL ANGEL ALERT! In this episode, Stasch and Jess are joined by Dean! Spike and Drusilla are excited to see Angelus... or Drusilla is anyways. Xander, Willow, and Cordy have quite the scene. Poor Buffy. That curse was rude. Spike is mad that Angel didn't kill th...

Guest Appearance! In this episode, Stasch and Jess are joined by Chelsea to discuss Season 2 episode 13 "Surprise". However, it is no surprise that Spike and Drusilla have RETURNED! Teenage girls always share. If you can't say the word sex, maybe don't have it. Xander is not worried about hiding his relationship with Cordelia. Spike isn't interested in sticking around town. Jenny's secret is OUT!...

Happy New Year!! In this episode, Stasch and Jess are joined by Katie again! Which is the only thing about this episode that isn't GROSS! [ding] Nobody likes Bad Eggs. Stasch doesn't know about mirrors. Xander and Coderlia sitting in a... closet... alright. Xandelia 5ever. Willow is not down with Sex Ed. Buffy isn't in class, Giles doesn't see eggs. Buffy and Angel are wildly hormonal. Katie's mom...

Guest Episode Alert!!! In this episode, Stasch and Jess are joined by Sandra from Story Darlings Podcast! She has seen as much Buffy as Stasch. There's a reference Xander makes that nobody knows. RIP John Ritter. Everyone is on drugs. But those pizzas were reaaaallly good. Jenny and Giles reunite! Angel is a little Meh, but it's probably just because his hand hurts. Stasch didn't want Ted to be ev...

Care for a review of "What's My Line?" What if we gave you Part one AND part two? In this episode, Stasch and Jess talk about a double feature episode where we meet KENDRA THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and Oz finally meets Willow! Yay! But before that, Spike hires the Order of Taraka and Dru tells the future. Angel wants a real date, but Buffy likes to skate so she doesn't wait for him. What is Oz supposed t...

GUEST EPISODE ALERT! In this episode, Stasch and Jess are joined by the one and only Kyle from Buffy Gays! Giles has some unexpected visitors from his experimental years. Who even is Amy Yip? Everyone knows about blood night, and oh hey; Angel exists. Willow is the ultimate shipper. "It's a first edition." How is Cordelia still allowed to drive? Ethan is sadly so hung up on Giles. Giles has to con...

GUESTLESS EPISODE ALERT! In this Episode, Jess has clarifications and Stasch has a band name. Then, Buffy's jealousy over Angel is almost as tiresome as Xander's jealousy over Buffy, but Giles got cool because he had a date. There's some Marie Antoinette trivia for you, and we love Cordelia's take on world history. Who is this Ford kid? Romance novels are all about miscommunication, and Angel is a...

No Trick, all Treat! This episode is about HALLOWEEN, arguably one of Jess' favorite episodes of all time, and Jess and Stasch are joined by Sam - Halloween Extraordinaire. There's romance, there's amnesia, there's a new theory that Spike has killed the two dumbest Slayers of all time! Willow saves the day, and learns early in life about the downsides to being the sober one taking care of all her...

GUESTLESS EPISODE ALERT! In this epsiode, Jess and Stasch are guestless for the first time this season. cue sad music Did Willow really know what she was talking about? She wins this episode either way. Stasch is bad with faces. Cordelia's boyfriend is super sus, and his friend is super problematic. Why is Superpowerless Giles training Super Buffy? Angel has the emotional maturity of a teen. Xande...

GUEST EPISODE! In this episode, Stasch and Jess are joined by another Buffy newbie, Sami! Sunnydale High is probably the best school to go to at present. Nobody eats twinkies like Xander. Buffy looks amazing this episode. We see Joyce for a very quick second. Stasch let's out some spoilers. Willow has the best costume. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. IDK could be a band name. Oz is gonna be Stasch's f...

GUEST EPISODE ALERT! In this episode Stasch and Jess are joined by Chelsea again! Yay! Stasch hates this episode title. Chelsea doesn't say banging and she can say actor normally. Enter Spike! Zippos are cool. Don't light fields on fire. Sheila is a ditcher, the Bronze is a bar. Giles says Buffy has to fight alone, until later. Buffy got blamed for the old science building burning down. Willow doe...

GUEST APPEARANCE ALERT!  In this episode, Stasch and Jess are joined by Rayne again! Yay! They do NOT stay on task. Jess first considered this a zombie episode but Stasch confirms it's more like an abomination (Frankenstein Monster). Mummies are less cool, and Rayne isn't a fan of the modern vampire. Was bringing back Daryl a bad choice? Was it morally wrong? Cordelia got kidnapped almost too...