If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me

Welcome to Happy Burger, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we're so lucky to catch up with our friend Faith as she calmly wakes up to a show that's passed her by and doesn't make much of a fuss about it at all: Season 4, episode 15, "This Year's Girl." In this episode, we talk Plot and Firsts (1:30) Initial Reactions (8:00) Kelly and Faith (10:00) All Faith, including our n...

Welcome to The Whirlwind, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we conclude the introduction of Adam with Season 4, episode 14: "Goodbye Iowa" In this episode, we talk: Plot and Firsts (2:30) Pre-Code Era Movies (8:00) Initial Thoughts (19:00) Adam and Super-soldiers (23:00) Riley breakdown, do you feel sympathy, are we the bad guys? (32:00) Yelling (43:00) Watches (57:30) Ran...

Welcome to Smelly Cheese Night, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we hang out with the Initiative, the first of two parts, with Season 4, episode 13, "The I in Team." In this episode, we discuss Plot and Firsts (2:00) Initial Thoughts (7:30) Relationships — Giles/Spike, Anya/Xander, Willow/Tara and Riley/Buffy in the Initiative and their motives (10:00) Yelling (41:40) Wat...

Welcome to Ruff, Bad Dog, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we hang out with Giles and his eyes in Season 4, episode 12's "A New Man." In this episode, we talk: Plot and Firsts (2:00) Our thoughts? (10:00) All about Giles – Giles and Maggie, his reactions as a demon, and interactions with Spike (14:00) Buffy & Riley (27:30) Yelling (30:45) Watches (43:45) Rankings (48:45)...

Welcome to Mr. Pointy, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we talk "Doomed" and bring as many people to talk about this episode as it took to write it. In this episode, we talk plot and firsts (2:00), thoughts (9:00), the "doomedness" of all relationships on the show (13:00), including: Buffy (Scott Hope, Billy Fordham, Parker, Owen, Angel, Riley, Spike) Forrest and Riley Gil...

Welcome to Grr. Argh., also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we finally get to discuss the indomitable "Hush."  In this episode, we talk: plots and firsts (2:00) a note or two on Joss's commentary (7:00) communication is key (12:00) the projector scene and score in general (21:30) The Gentlemen (28:15) "Hush" as a concept – and other shows that've done it, like 77 Sunset Strip...

Welcome to Uncle Bob's Magic Cabinet, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we watched the excellent "Something Blue." In this episode, we talk about lots: plot and firsts (2:00) we get another ANGEL UPDATE *guitar solo* (5:30) the episode as a whole and, specifically, Willow and her friends reactions to her grief (13:00) we try to overlook at the usual contrivances because thi...

Welcome to Want, Take, Have, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we celebrate ThanksBuffy with "Pangs." In this episode, we talk plots and firsts (2:00), get an ANGEL UPDATE *guitar solo* (9:00), and dive into Chumash history and its depiction in the show (17:00). We yell about the finer points (35:00), perform our mandated watches (54:30) and rank the episode (57:45). / Full...

Welcome to The Many Bucket Hats of Willow Rosenberg, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we finally get to hang out with THE BOIS! Season 4, episode 7's "The Initiative." In this episode, we talk plot and firsts (2:00), initial thoughts (8:00), then spend the episode around our aforementioned bois (12:00): the opening scene, the Initiative reveal, them with Parker, and their...

Welcome to The Order of Aurelius, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we say goodbye to Oz in "Wild at Heart." In this episode, we talk plot and firsts (1:40), George Cera (6:00) and initial thoughts (10:00). The bulk of the episode centers around Willow and Oz in 8 scenes (15:00) – with asides for Maggie Walsh's cover, Veruca as the new Faith, and the "seven annual minutes,...

Welcome to Sweatydale, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we get wasted (metaphorically, metaphorically) and talk season 4, episode 5, "Beer Bad." In this episode, we talk plot and firsts (2:00), impressions (9:50), dangerous libations (16:00), Black Frost and bars on campus (28:00). Eventually, we yell at each other (42:00), watch together (1:05:00) and rank this episode (1...

Welcome to Home of the Big Brewing Evil, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we tackle "Fear Itself" in Season 4, episode 4! In this episode: ➴ Plot, firsts and lasts (1:00) ➴ Halloween preferences (5:00) ➴ Fears (11:30) ➴ Mighty Mighty Alpha Delt's (14:30) ➴ Oz flinging his blood and summoning Gachnar (21:00) ➴ Parker and Joyce combo (27:10) Then we yell (33:00), watch (50:...

Welcome to Buffy's Sad SpaghettiOs, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, Season 4, Episode 3, "The Harsh Light of Day." In this episode: ➴ Plot, Firsts and "Things" (2:00) ➴ Talk about Parker and Angel and Buffy (7:00) ➴ Parker Hooking Up with Buffy (12:00) ➴ Gem of Amara and magical jewelry (24:00) ➴ ANGEL UPDATE (37:00) ➴ Yelling (45:00) ➴ Watches (1:10:00) ➴ We Rank This S...

Welcome to Dragon's Cove, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we deal with our passive aggressive roommates in Season 4's "Living Conditions." In this episode, we talk roommates using the issues from the show – passive aggressiveness, taking up too much space, clothes, hygiene, food, seeing your crush with them, dreamscapes and murder (8:50). Was Kathy wore all this? (40:00)...

Welcome to Okay, Bury a Potato. No, That's for Warts, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we begin Season 4 (!!!) of Buffy the Vampire Slayer . We start where Buffy started 20 years ago: "The Freshman." In this episode, we talk plots and firsts (2:00) then college (8:00). When we get to the episode itself (25:00), we discuss Riley, Sunday and the '90s aesthetic, the Initiativ...

Welcome to Kiss the Librarian Mug, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we return to the show after a long absence to talk "Earshot," which was originally scheduled as episode 18 during the season but was aired weeks before the beginning of Season 4.  In this episode, we talk plots and firsts (2:00), Othello (3:00), and telepathy in all forms (11:30). We yell (37:00), watch (4...

Welcome to Who Is That Girl?, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we conclude the festivities (and the disastrous commencement speaker) with "Graduation Day, Part 2." In this episode, we talk plots and firsts (2:00), finales and Big Bads so far (10:00), dream sequences (12:30), the Mayor (26:00), the absence of "Earshot" from the narrative in real time (30:00) and our farewel...

Welcome to I Mock You With My Monkey Pants, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we begin the ceremonies with "Graduation Day, Part 1." In this episode, we talk plot and firsts (2:00), old ones and ascension and the logistics of Big Snake (11:00), and check in with all of our characters at this pivotal point in the series (25:30). We yell (55:00) and watch (1:05:00) and rank (...

Welcome to Techno Pagan, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we go through every high schooler's rite of passage, "The Prom."  In this episode, we talk prom (10:00), Tucker Wells & the mechanics of rage and rejection (30:00), Buffy & Angel's break-up and if we care – also Angel: How Does He Even Have Money, a Beep Me Investigation (38:00). We close by yelling (48:00), watchin...

Welcome to Pop's Pumpkin Patch, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we talk choices in Season 3, Episode 19's "Choices." In this episode, we talk plot and firsts (1:30), Gavrocks and spiders (17:00), and choices (27:00). We close with yelling (56:30), our watches (1:07:00) and rankings (1:14:00). / Full show notes at our website / @beepmepod on Linktree | Twitter | Instagram...

Welcome to The Mark of Eyghon, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we talk enemies in Season 3, Episode 17's "Enemies." In this episode, we cover dat slow-mo (6:00), try to defend Faith while acknowledging the horrible adulting in Sunnydale (17:00), and dive into the strange history of the Hellmouth and Mayor Wilkins (21:30). We close by yelling (39:00), watching (55:30), and...

Welcome to Tomb of Alfalfa, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we talk about doppelgängers in Season 3, episode 16's "Doppelgangland." In this episode, we talk Dark Willow, writing, killing characters and Willow's fuzzy sweater (14:00) before Kelly goes off about Faith (28:00) and the absence of the Council (34:00). The episode closes with yelling (44:00), watches (58:00) a...

Welcome to Sassy Eggs, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we talk about consequences in Season 3, episode 15's "Consequences." In this episode, we talk breaking the law in Sunnydale (11:15), consequences (19:40), if Faith is right (30:30), and Willow and Xander (37:00) before yelling (43:30), our watches (57:00) and rankings (1:00:00). / Full show notes at our website / @be...

Welcome to That's My Favorite Shirt. That's My Only Shirt. No I'm Not Doing the Accent, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we BREAK BAD with Faith and Buffy in "Bad Girls" In this episode, we talk plot and firsts (2:00), the episode itself (10:00), Faith (14:30) and her bad decisions (30:00), as well as Balthazar and the Mayor's connection (37:30). We close the episode yelli...

Welcome to Beljoxa's Eye, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, one of (for two of us) the classic episodes of the show, "The Zeppo." In this episode, we talk Xander and Cordelia (7:00), TV language and the art of the hard cut (14:00). We ask ourselves just why is this so memorable while exploring "The Zeppo" in TV history (30:00). Then we assess the mama Bezoar in the room: X...