Prophecy Girls: A Buffy Rewatch Podcast

Revelations abound in Sunnydale this week. Buffy and Giles come clean to the rest of the Scoobies about Dawn’s secret identity as the Key. They totally aren’t weird about it. You know what else isn’t weird? Ben and Glory being connected somehow. Yep, everyone in Sunnydale is totally having a normal one.   Hear us discuss… Justice for Dreg, the minionest of minions Spike’s situational Teletubby awa...

Author Kendare Blake returns to talk about this episode, as well as her latest Buffy book, One Girl in All the World.   Hey, everyone, the Watchers’ Council is back! Oh, don’t be like that. They say they have vital intel on Glory, but they’ll only give it up if Buffy plays it their way. Otherwise, they’ll deport Giles and be extra British. Wait--are they the bad guys? But a surprise home visit sha...

While the Giles is away, the Willow will play, and the Anya will itemize a receipt of everything Willow uses from the magic shop. But this internecine squabble between two Scoobies soon spills over into Sunnydale when it frees a troll, one with a grudge against Anya, from its centuries-old prison. This witch and ex-demon must set aside animosity to work together and save something they agree is wo...

Buffy’s mom makes it through surgery and the prognosis is good! However, Buffy’s relief is short-lived when Spike reveals Riley’s newfound nightly escapades to her. No matter where she turns, it always seems like someone is telling Buffy she’s doing it all wrong. Is there a way out of these woods without hurting or getting hurt?   Hear us discuss… Spike doing the right thing is not the same as Spi...

As the Summers women await Joyce’s brain surgery, the Sunnydale Hospital’s psych ward fills with an outbreak of mental illness. This time, evil comes not from below but above. Only one man in all the world, a chosen one, stands against it. He alone will wield the walkie-talkie to fight the madness. He is … Riley Finn, civilian.   Hear us discuss… The struggles of taking care of a sick loved one We...

The hosts of the podcasts Becoming Buffy and Investigating Angel join Steph and Kara for another table read episode! This time they tackle S4x20 “The Yoko Factor.” Listen as Riley squares off against Angel, Spike makes a play to get his chip removed by breaking up the band, and we find out what Kermit the Frog fell back on after his acting career dried up.   Trigger warning Death   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA...

Steph and Kara discuss that other vampire movie that came out in 1992. With a few more Oscars and an even more bonkers storyline than the Buffy movie, Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a masterclass in how to take a century-old novel and adapt it into a moviegoing experience. Vlad Dracul just wants to find the reincarnated love of his life, even if it takes 400 years and turning into Gary Oldman to do it....

The woman in red desperately wants to find a mysterious key. Fortunately, she has the perfect secret weapon: transforming a poor, unsuspecting snake into a confused cobra demon to play tourist in Sunnydale! Buffy’s attention is split between protecting Dawn and supporting her mother, whose health seems to be rapidly worsening now that the doctors have found a shadow on her scans.   Hear us discuss...

A close call with a headbanger vamp leaves Buffy shaken. She turns to the one man in her life she knows can help: Spike. Buffy enlists him to talk about how he killed two Slayers so she can better understand her own weaknesses. But first, Spike tells her his life story. Meanwhile, Riley plays with high explosives, and the results are … effulgent.   Hear us discuss: Finally, the full Spike backstor...

Buffy, reeling from the revelations about Dawn, consults with Giles. Tara receives an unexpected visit from family on the eve of her birthday. In a completely unforeseen turn of events, a spell she works goes horribly wrong, leaving the Scoobies vulnerable to attack. Will she reveal her true nature in time to save them?   Hear us discuss: Giles is Buffy’s real dad, don’t @ us Blink and you’ll miss...

Buffy is convinced a demon is behind her mom’s sudden illness. Equipped with the Dagon sphere—her consolation prize for losing out on the title of Lil’ Miss Pumpkin Belly to her sister—and a trance spell that ruins her rug, Buffy investigates. The answers will rock her world and make her question everything she thinks she knows about her life, her memories, and her family.   Hear us discuss: Dawn,...

When Joyce faints, Buffy is at her side through battery after battery of tests. Or she would be, except that her boyfriend has been ignoring his own symptoms from the Initiative’s experiments on him. Now Buffy has to get past Riley’s macho gruffness, Spike’s single-minded need to blame her for everything, and Sunnydale Hospital’s lack of competent doctors so she can focus on the most important thi...

Xander is desperate to move out of his parents’ basement. Toth, a particularly sophisticated demon, is desperate (for some reason) to kill the Slayer. Is it possible these two could, through synergy, work together to meet their goals? The answer might surprise you.   Hear us discuss… Riley and Buffy’s PDA For the love of Toth: Giles, go to the hospital! The power of the shiny thing Sunnydale’s ren...

The Prophecy Girls interview Lily Anderson, author of Big Bad. It’s 1999 and 24/7 night has come to Demondale. But the lives of its happily evil residents are turned upside down when the Slayer drops in out of the blue. Who will save Demondale from this existential threat? Anya, Jonathan, Andrew, Angelus, and Spike are on the case.   Hear us discuss… Creating hell on Earth What it means to be a he...

Life in Sunnydale wouldn’t be that bad if it weren’t for my sister, Buffy. She’s the worst. Always dragging me along for training, or ditching me to spend time with Riley, or treating me like a little kid. You think your older sister is bad? Try having an older sister who’s a vampire slayer! Hi, I’m Dawn Summers, and nobody knows me. Not the real me.   Hear us discuss… Let Anya trade the children...

Buffy struggles with her reawakened thirst for the hunt and finds herself drawn to the most famous vampire of all when he takes up residence in Sunnydale. The others aren’t thrilled by this development—well, except maybe Joyce—and try to help Buffy break Dracula’s thrall. If they can’t, she might be doomed to a life of eternally bad pickup lines in a drafty castle.   Hear us discuss… Everyone in t...

We review the fourth season in its entirety. Roommates from hell, vampires shifting allegiance, and a vanilla boyfriend—this season sees Buffy and the gang grow and change like never before.   This episode was recorded LIVE on Instagram a few weeks ago.   Spoilers ahead!   Hear us discuss… YOUR hot (s)takes! What we’ve changed our minds about What kinds of relationships Buffy deserves Angel (the c...

The hosts of We Are The Gayers and The Gayly Prophet join us to put the entirety of Season 4 on trial. Did Buffy even pass the one class she was taking? (We heard she was sleeping with the TA.)   Spoilers ahead!   Hear us discuss… A season in transition Is Ruffy the worst ship? So much queerness in this season! Is Adam the most boring Big Bad? Is this season simply guilty of not being epic enough?...

Energized by the enjoining spell they performed to defeat Adam, Buffy and the Scoobies gather at her home for a traditional post-apocalypse movie night. The night is post-apocalyptic, not the movies. But one by one, they fall asleep, and a mysterious presence stalks their strange and sinister dreams. Unless one of them can wake up, their victory celebration might be cut short—permanently.   Hear u...

Adam’s plan comes to fruition as he infiltrates the Initiative and threatens to transform Riley into his obedient demonoid brother. Out of time and ideas, Buffy, Willow, Giles, and Xander have no choice but to attempt a dangerous spell that harnesses their combined attributes and the ancient power of the Slayer line. Can Giles’s magic gourd save them all?   Hear us discuss… Spike did too good of a...

How do you break up a band? Tasked by Adam to make sure the Scoobies won’t be standing by Buffy’s side in the battle to come, Spike visits each one and sows the seeds of discord. At the same time, Buffy is having to manage the feelings of her boyfriend and her ex because someone couldn’t keep his big mouth shut about her sex life.   Hear us discuss… Shut up, Xander Spike is so smart (but EVIL) in...

A forlorn Faith arrives in Los Angeles. With no hopes, no aspirations, no sense of direction, she naturally mugs the first guy who tries to take advantage of her. From there, she falls in with some evil lawyers and happily agrees to kill Angel, but it doesn’t go as planned. Angel would much rather save Faith’s soul—but when his jealous and spiteful ex arrives from Sunnydale, that becomes a lot mor...

When Oz suddenly returns to Sunnydale, Willow must confront her feelings for Tara.  Meanwhile, Riley considers his future with the Initiative, and Spike entertains a proposition from Adam. It’s time to decide where love and loyalties lie. In the wise words of Buffy Summers, “No matter what, somebody’s gonna get hurt.”   Hear us discuss… Tara’s emotional maturity is off the charts The powerfulness...

Steph and Kara have werewolves on their mind this week, so what better way to start it than with a review of Steph’s least favourite Twilight movie, New Moon? Jacob Black comes into his own in this tale of two lovers—Edward and Bella—so determined to be star-crossed even though Romeo and Juliet wish they had it as good as those two. With twice the action, twice the moping, and twice the toxic mess...

Birds do it. Bees do it. Buffy and Riley do it. And do it, and do it, and … well, you get the picture. Nothing will stop Ruffy from getting it on: not demon/vampire team-ups, not Xander/Anya angst, certainly not another haunted frat house. Don’t forget to try the new orgasm wall when you come.   Hear us discuss… So glad Buffy and Riley worked through all their trauma already At least they used con...