Prophecy Girls: A Buffy Rewatch Podcast

First, a vision from the PTB sends the team in search of a man who stabbed himself in the eye. At Wolfram & Hart, Lindsey gets expensive whoosh surgery and receives a new hand. An evil hand! Lilah is not impressed, but Angel might be smitten.   Then, Cordelia has finally won a coveted role in a national commercial! But if the food poisoning or her truly horrible hair doesn’t derail her, Angel’...

A friend from Cordelia’s high school days shows up in Los Angeles, and she thinks Cordy looks scrumptious. Meanwhile, Angel has to adapt to working for Wesley and try to earn back Cordelia’s trust, but it’s a long road. If only someone could help him actualize his potential.   Special guest Ryan B. joins Steph and Kara for this episode! Follow him on TikTok and Instagram @ryanbtalkstv   Hear us di...

In what is most definitely the 16th and not the 18th episode of this season, Angel satisfies Darla thrice. Despite his dramatics, however, his happiness is far from perfect. Kate spirals, Lindsey flies off the handle, and Cordelia gets mystically impregnated (again).   Hear us discuss… How good Angel is in bed Lindsey being jealous of Angel’s performance in bed What exactly is Angel’s epiphany? Ka...

First, zombie cop cuties stalk the streets of LA in navy blue booties. Wesley puts his life on the line daring them to lock him up and is shocked when they shoot him, a white man! While Gunn and Cordelia try to save his life and simultaneously defend Anne’s shelter, Angel relies on Kate to help him understand this new menace.   Then, when Angel learns of a 75-year review conducted by the Senior Pa...

First, Angel stalks another blonde from Sunnydale after discovering that Wolfram & Hart launders money through her youth shelter. When an old enemy tracks Angel down to LA, everything aligns for an epic con. Meanwhile, Cordelia, Wesley, and Gunn locate a new office.   Then, when physics graduate student’s experiment threatens to end the world, Angel and Lorne team up and go undercover on campu...

First, Drusilla reunites Darla with immortality over Angel’s strenuous objections and they go on a rampage. Wolfram & Hart’s lawyers watch with glee until they land in Darla’s chaotic sights. Wesley, Cordelia, and Gunn adjust to unemployment somewhere that is not this episode.   Then, the Dork Avenger RISES! Through montages and voiceovers, he makes the city safe again. He’s not ready. Then he...

First, Angel must use his power of disguise to infiltrate a demonic heist of a deadly artifact. Little does he know, Gunn is also on the case. Oh, and Kate’s there too. Yay.   Then, Darla discovers she is dying (again) and begs Angel to sire her. He refuses, so instead she karaokes, and the Host sends Angel on a wild goose chase supervised by an English butler. If he can endure three trials, he mi...

Tortured by her soul, Darla seeks release in the arms of an Angel. But he and Darla have very different ideas of what it means to save her. Lindsey, meanwhile, tries to use Darla to get to Angel, the love of his life, who barely notices he exists.   Hear us discuss… The Spike spite returns! Steph is on board with Dangel Lindsey deserves to get some of Angel too though The origins of the Kool-Aid A...

First, Angel discovers Darla has returned in the flesh! However, the rest of Angel Investigations believes him about as much as the Scoobies believed Buffy. When he tries to get proof, he crosses wires with Ladycop Kate, who opens an investigation into him.   Then, a powerful warlock hires Angel to protect his precious daughter, Virginia. The only problem? The real Angel has left on a spiritual re...

First, Cordelia, a white woman, becomes determined to “save” the life of Charles Gunn. Almost like she is a white … rescuer … of sorts? Angel experiences disturbingly realistic dreams of Darla.   Then, a vision sets Angel in the path of an abuse survivor with telekinetic abilities. He squares off against none other than Lilah Morgan for the girl’s allegiance. Little does he know, she has something...

First, galvanized by the prophecy that he could regain his humanity, Angel is ready to help the helpless like never before … from Cordelia’s living room. But when a mixup leads to Angel accidentally killing a pregnant woman’s protector, he must see if he can stop screwing up long enough to step up.   Then, Angel’s past catches up to him in a big way. Events from 50 years ago that he’d rather forge...

Steph and Kara discuss Sinners, the 2025 Ryan Coogler film starring Michael B. Jordan and many other talented actors. This horror period piece set in 1932 Clarksdale, Mississippi, follows prodigal twins coming home to set up a juke joint for their fellow Black sharecroppers, along with their young cousin, a prodigy singer. A night of music and festivities soon turns into tragedy.   In the first ha...

Steph and Kara discuss the first season of Angel. Evil lawyers, hegemonic systems, and men with feelings: Angel’s first year in the city named after him was an eventful one.   Spoiler section starts at 42:20.   Hear us discuss… So many men on this show!! Best and worst episodes The thesis of this season, maybe the whole series? Wait … did Angel … win … the breakup? OHHHHH YEAAAAAH   💬 SOCIAL MEDI...

Angel has stolen a valuable prophecy scroll from Wolfram & Hart. Determined to retrieve it, they dispatch their best warrior: the Phantom of the Opera. He hits Angel where it will hurt the most. not only does he disable Cordelia and Wesley, but he destroys Angel’s sole joy in life. Angel vows revenge, and no lawyer or demonic entity or prophecy will stop him from avenging his elevator.   Hear...

First, a techbro billionaire (90s style) hires Angel to retrieve incriminating photos of his demonic peccadilloes. This leads Angel to get mixed up with Charles Gunn and his crew of homeless vampire fighters. When a white boy vampire gang kidnaps Gunn’s sister in retaliation for the crew’s activity, Angel tries his best to help these not-so-helpless kids.   Then, Angel teams up with his nemesis, L...

First, the slayer arrives in the City of Angel, but it’s not the one you’re thinking of. Wolfram & Hart hire her to kill Angel, a task Faith sets to with gusto. When she threatens to take Wesley off the board, Angel has no choice but to take her out.   Then, the two-parter concludes with the other slayer—yeah, that one—showing up just in time to see Angel comfort his mortal enemy. Must be Tues...

Angel is in the right time, right place to save the life of a dusty, old, dried up actress in her late twenties. When she learns he’s a vampire, she realizes she has a unique opportunity to stave off her withering descent into cronehood. But how to convince a vampire with a soul to sire you?   Hear us discuss… Cordelia is a brilliant actor as long as her life is in danger Oliver, we expected bette...

First, a flashback-heavy episode finally gives new viewers Angel’s backstory … more than halfway through the season. Back in present day Los Angeles, Angel and Kate cross paths again as he works to down some demons smuggling demon drugs.   Then, shady characters take advantage of Angel’s trust, kidnapping him and forcing him to participate in a demon fight club. This attracts the attention of Wolf...

First, Angel gets mixed up with a mysterious, enticing demon from another dimension whose ko glows red. She’s trying to save her girls from a wannabe boy band, and she doesn’t care what kind of body count she racks up in the process.   Then, Angel investigates the strange goings-on in a suburban household. Is one of the kids possessed? Or is this just normal white people shit? He has to go underco...

First, Angel has brutally vivid nightmares of stalking and feeding from people off the streets of LA. He correctly deduces this means a vampire he sired in the eighteenth century is in town, and unfortunately for all of us, Kate is on the case. Meanwhile, Cordelia and Wesley inadvertently start a feud with the neighbouring dental office.   Then, Cordy gets knocked up because she dares to sleep wit...

As they reel from Doyle’s sacrifice, Angel and Cordelia discover he left Cordelia a painful bequest. A demon comes to Angel Investigations look for help against the new player in town: a bad boy rogue demon hunter who doesn’t play by the rules. But the tables quickly turn, and Angel is the one who needs help if he doesn’t want to be down two employees in two weeks.   Hear us discuss… The different...

The Dark Avenger is on the case, and his rats are low. But if he isn’t available, maybe Doyle can help you out. That’s what he reluctantly tries to do with a group of demons fleeing the Scourge, demonic Nazis bent on eliminating any demon who isn’t “pureblood.” With Angel and Cordelia’s help, the demons almost escape from LA. When the Scourge catches up to them and unleashes a deadly superweapon,...

This is a rerelease of our June 2022 bonus episode where we covered “I Will Remember You.” Fear not, a fresh take on this episode is also in your feed just prior to this one. Watch the episode along with us, and then listen to Steph and Kara of three years ago!   Original episode notes   No, you are not hallucinating. We take a special road trip to LA, where Buffy is determined to confront Angel a...

Something different: Steph and Kara watched “I Will Remember You” together and recorded their commentary. We start watching the episode at 06:11.   Watch along with us as Buffy visits Angel in Los Angeles for the first time. She’s not happy with him, but their fight is interrupted by a demon attack that accidentally transforms Angel into a human. At first, he and Buffy revel in his newfound sense...

First, in the “Beer Bad” of the series, Detective Kate Lockley is stymied in her long-running investigation into mobster Little Tony until Angel lends a helping hand. A consultant with a talking stick has other ideas, however, and soon Kate’s entire precinct is trauma-dumping all over each other.   Then, Doyle’s wife rocks into town to serve papers, and her fiancé invites Doyle to his bachelor par...