Prophecy Girls: A Buffy Rewatch Podcast

Desperate to fix what she screwed up, Willow works her most audacious spell yet. When it backfires, all the Scoobies get a second chance at figuring out who they are. With a loan shark and vampires hunting Spike, however, their blank slate might just turn into a chopping block.   Lily Anderson, author of Buffy tie-in novel Big Bad, returns to the podcast to help us recap this episode!   Hear us di...

Fellow Canadians Crissy and Jocelyn from the musical theatre podcast Breaking the Curtain join Steph and Kara to break down the musical episode of Buffy!   We discuss the episode as a whole and then go through each song. Along the way, Crissy and Joce pull back the curtain on the secrets of musical theatre.   Hear us discuss… How closely this episode hews to musical conventions Who’s an Angel girl...

In this absolutely ordinary, totally mundane episode, everyone talks about their feelings.   Hear us discuss… We’ve got a theory Giles and orgasms What songs happened that we didn’t get to see? One night only: Kara understands the Spike appeal So, no consequences for Xander YET AGAIN, we see 🤷‍♀️ 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram , Facebook , and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitte...

Xander finally tells everyone about his and Anya’s engagement, and a party ensues. But Giles has to cut it short to rescue Dawn, who decided to spend this Halloween rolling with a white boy gang. Buffy helps with the rescue, not so much with the parenting. Willow and Tara have a huge fight, so naturally Willow’s only option is mind control.   Hear us discuss… Kara only knows less famous actors The...

Buffy tries to figure out what to do with her new lease on life. Should she go back to school? Work construction? Or retail? The Trio’s shenanigans threaten to derail her new life plans before they’ve even started. Spike cheats at kitten poker.   Author Kendare Blake joins us again to talk about why this episode is a light in a dark season.   Hear us discuss… Not the Scoobies gaslighting Buffy aga...

Buffy’s basement becomes a metaphor for her sudden return to life. The slayer has faced snake demons, demonoids, and hell goddesses. But she isn’t prepared for her biggest challenge to date: bills. Fortunately, a new demon in town will offer up a welcome distraction in the form of trying to kill her.   Hear us discuss… The correct pronunciation of this episode title Xander and Anya’s relationship...

What do you do when you successfully resurrect your best friend and she doesn’t even have the courtesy to thank you? Pout in the arms of your girlfriend? Gently but firmly hint at Buffy over and over that she should be grateful? Act like business as usual even as an invisible entity possesses your friends and threatens you all? If you’re Willow Rosenberg, the answer is “all of the above.”   Hear u...

Buffy is back! Well, mostly. Having clawed her way out of her grave, the resurrected slayer stalks the streets of Sunnydale. The Scoobies, unaware that their spell was successful, formulate a plan to fight back against the invading demon biker gang. Spike and Dawn enjoy a brief motorcycle road trip.   Hear us discuss… Steph reveals the true ring of fire Kara goes full Xander apologist Just where,...

Buffy Summers was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever, about that. The register of her burial was somewhere in a forest, and she continued to take Dawn to school and make PB&Js and kill vampires. Yes, the slayer is dead. Long live the slayer, if Willow and the Scoobies have anything to say about it.   Hear us discuss… We are BACK, baby How many fucks Steph has left to give Kara goe...

Steph and Kara review one of the most-requested bonus topics! In this mockumentary, four vampires are living together in New Zealand. They’re just trying to get by. But the introduction of a fifth member throws everyone off their groove, and not even suave Stu can sort them out.   Hear us discuss… Why Steph loves this and Kara wishes she had seen it sooner Vampire pooping (again, to Kara’s conster...

Welcome to Berryman High! Buffy Summers is ready to start fresh, but will the vampires of her new town let her? Not to mention the creepy British librarian, the weirdly confident Xander Harris, and a Willow who needs no encouragement from Buffy to go off alone with a strange guy.   Hear us discuss… Willow, you look a little different The first ever flippity do! This isn’t that bad for a cheap pilo...

You start a podcast and suddenly everyone has opinions!   We love hearing, and sharing, listener hot (s)takes! This bonus episode brings you all the vintage hot (s)takes we’ve been saving up about previous seasons.   There’s a demon in the internet, and he wants your love. Praise Moloch!   Hear us discuss… How nothing of import has happened in Steph’s life lately How can the Bronze keep operating?...

Joining in the bonds of holy matrimony isn’t enough for Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, oh no. Their honeymoon turns serious when Bella learns she’s somehow pregnant (spoiler alert: it’s Edward’s). After baby Renesmee is born, Edward finally turns Bella into a vampire, supercharging her power: she is now more boring than humanly possible. The Volturi get wind of a forbidden hybrid baby. Jacob swears...

Steph, Kara, and an all-star lineup of guests perform the script for 4x4, “Fear, Itself.” Join these podcast hosts as they relive the spooks and scares of a frat house Halloween party gone wrong. Buffy feels broken, Willow is a little too enthusiastic about her magic, and Xander feels left out. But don’t worry, everyone: Giles has a sombrero! And a chainsaw!   This ain’t your mother’s band candy…....

Snow might have kept the Prophecy Girls from reuniting in person in December, but it didn’t stop them from watching another Twilight movie together! Steph and Kara review Eclipse. As Bella pressures Edward to make an honest vampire out of her, the Cullens’ nemesis builds a vampire army of her own. Can vampires and werewolves put aside their age-old hatred one of another to unite and protect Forks...

What a way to end a season! Two out of three Summers women are dead, Glory vanquished, the Scoobies left to pick up the pieces. We review the fifth season in its entirety.   Hear us discuss… Death as Buffy’s gift, and what it means for the series How Glory ranks as a Big Bad How fast we would sell out (hint: it’s fast) Spike, sigh, again What we want out of season 6 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirls...

Buffy threatens to kill anyone who stands in the way of saving Dawn, even if that means all of Earth descends into chaos as the dimensions bleed together while Dawn bleeds out. As the Scoobies gear up for their deadliest confrontation yet, Buffy must finally understand why death is her gift.   Hear us discuss… Which episodes count as apocalypses Whether Xander was right to propose to Anya Whether...

With Buffy catatonic, Willow takes charge. While she focuses on rousing Buffy from within her own mind, Xander and Spike investigate Ben’s mysterious connection to Glory, Anya looks after Tara, and Giles recovers from being nearly stabbed to death mere hours earlier. Meanwhile, Dawn discovers that gods are not the most gracious hosts.   Hear us discuss… Buffy is just a little bit stressed No one i...

Glory knows Dawn is the Key, and there is nothing left for Buffy to do but run. But the Boys (of Byzantium) are back in town as well, and they too want to find (and kill) the Key. With all her enemies closing in, can Buffy keep Dawn safe? And at cost?   Hear us discuss… The LARPers are at it again! Where did they get all the horsies from? We, too, could totally fight on top of a moving vehicle Whe...

Buffy seeks advice from Giles about parenting Dawn and gets told to put her foot down. She doesn’t seek advice from Willow, who gives it anyway and then picks a fight with Tara when Buffy pushes back. When Glory thinks she has deduced the true identity of the Key, all of Sunnydale’s famed multicultural fair is imperiled.   Hear us discuss… Anya’s hard embrace of capitalism We feel for Buffy’s chal...

Spike receives delivery from Warren of a package that confuses the Scoobies while Buffy is out of town on a desert quest. Spike’s problems only intensify when Glory’s minions become convinced that he is, in fact, the Key. The Scoobies are determined to prevent Spike from revealing the identity of the true Key to Glory even as they are concerned by Buffy’s sudden obsession with saving him at all co...

With the help of Giles and the other Scoobies, Buffy deals with the practical fallout of Joyce’s death. Angel helps with the emotional fallout. But Dawn, literally bereft, also turns to a vampire for assistance: Spike promises to help her bring her mom back to life. What could possibly go wrong?   Hear us discuss… Feelings about funeral directors and buying coffins Tara, girl, are you going clubbi...

Buffy discovers Joyce’s body at home. The Scoobies come together to support the Summers sisters as Sunnydale feels grief like never before.   Hear us discuss… The masterful depiction of grief in so many forms One of the most relatable episodes on television Sarah Michelle Gellar deserved an Emmy for this We tried to give Xander a pass, but we are only human RIP the sexiest woman in Sunnydale   Tri...

April is a perfectly ordinarily girl looking for her boyfriend, Warren. Except by “ordinary” we mean “robot” and by “robot” we mean sexbot. Yes, there’s a new robot in town, and this time Joyce isn’t the one dating it. When April crosses paths with the Scoobies, they have to track down Warren before her search results in broken bones as well as broken hearts.   Hear us discuss… Way to go, Joyce, g...

A train full of suckjobs alerts Buffy that a new vampire might be active in town. Despite his attempts to help, Spike finds himself reBUFFed at every turn. Could he be somehow in the wrong? Of course not. Don’t worry, everyone Spike has figured out the problem: it’s women. Women are definitely the problem here.   Hear us discuss… It would be nice to have a Black character who doesn’t die horribly...