Prophecy Girls: A Buffy Rewatch Podcast

Buffy is at her lowest point with Kendra dead, Willow comatose, Giles missing, and only Xander to lean on! But don’t worry—Spike is here, ready to switch sides, and Joyce is going to take the news that Buffy’s a Vampire Slayer extremely well. So now all Buffy has to worry about is killing her boyfriend before he sucks the world into hell. Even if she wins, she loses.   Hear us discuss… Why this mi...

Archaeologists unwittingly uncover exactly what Angelus needs to prove he is the Biggest Baddest of all—by sucking the entire world into Hell. Although a chance discovery leads to the recovery of Jenny Calendar’s translated Ritual of Restoration, Willow isn’t sure she can restore Angel’s soul in time. Buffy must make her move—and kill Angel, if necessary, to save the world. Meanwhile, we learn mor...

Sunnydale’s swim team—you know, the swim team we’ve heard about all the time—is so close to winning state championships! Then Buffy has to go and dress slutty and tempt one of its members into raping her, naughty Buffy, resulting in a severe case of “broken nose.” Oh, and the rest of the swim team keeps turning into fish monsters. Bummer. Don’t worry though: speedo-clad Xander is on the case!   He...

Some supernatural force at Sunnydale High is forcing people to re-enact a deadly confrontation between a student and teacher from 1955. Giles is convinced this force is the spirit of dear departed Jenny Calendar. Buffy and the rest of the Scoobies aren’t convinced. Will they be able to put these troubled spirits to rest before any more lives are lost? Or will Angelus take his hands off Drusilla lo...

Buffy ends up in hospital, laid low by the flu. She manages to avoid becoming a test subject for an overly confident white male doctor and also beats up the competent Black doctor who’s just doing her job! But Buffy has noticed there’s a supernatural cause to the deaths of several children. To foil the monster responsible, instead of getting healthier, Buffy has to make herself even more ill. But...

With Angelus encroaching more on Buffy, she decides she has to tell Joyce everything. Well, not everything. But Joyce finds out that Buffy had sex with a mysterious and now abusive older guy. That goes about as well as you expect. Meanwhile, Jenny thinks she might have a way to restore Angel’s soul—and regain the Scoobies’ good graces. But no one is prepared for what Angelus has in store for Buffy...

Cordelia dumps Xander to get back in with the popular crowd. Xander takes this about as well as you would expect—that is, extremely poorly. So poorly he has Amy cast a love spell that will leave Cordelia craving him for the rest of her days. Of course, no magic in Sunnydale works as intended, and Xander soon finds himself far more desirable than desired.   Hear us discuss… Cordelia’s hard choices...

We all know adolescence brings changes. Body hair, a more acute sense of smell, attraction to the sexual heat of one’s fellow teens—wait, nope, that’s being a werewolf. And there’s one loose in Sunnydale, with predictably chaotic results. The Scoobies need to capture this hapless human before it can kill. But what will happen if the werewolf is someone close to home?   Hear us discuss… Oz and Will...

Don’t have sex, because your boyfriend WILL turn evil and rejoin his former gang of vampire delinquents bent on destruction. Buffy missed that day in sex ed class though, and now Angel is once again Angelus, the brutal, sadistic killer who cut a bloody swath through Europe. But that’s not all! The Judge is nearly at full strength, and then Spike and Drusilla will unleash him on the Sunnydale Mall....

Buffy has no idea that her friends are planning a surprise party for her 17th birthday. Even Cordelia is in on the fun as chips-and-dip girl! Buffy is too busy obsessing over Angel, Willow might be moving things along with Oz, and Jenny is … not having a good time with her family. Don’t worry, though. Spike and Drusilla have a plan cooked up that involves body parts and a big blue man. What could...

Renowned historian Anne Rice set out to answer the age-old question: why are vampires such sad bois? Enlisting the help of investigative journalist Christian Slater, Rice chronicles the life of 200-year-old Louis, along with his best friend Lestat and their plucky kid sister Claudia. From New Orleans to Paris, Louis searches for meaning in his immortal unlife. It turns out that the secret was with...

Don’t have sex, or you’ll have to take care of an egg that hatches into the offspring of a fleshy monster living beneath Sunnydale High! This is the lesson Buffy and the gang learn the hard way, with plenty of face punching and head trauma to go around. Oh, and also there are 2 Texan vampires in cowboy hats for some reason.   Hear us discuss… Joyce’s parenting is so hot and cold it could be a Katy...

Buffy discovers all those late nights Joyce has been working were actually to make out with Ted, a computer salesman who looks remarkably like John Ritter. Willow and Xander immediately take to Joyce’s new paramour, but Buffy isn’t so sure. As each encounter with him sets her more on edge, Buffy vows to get to the bottom of Ted’s toxic politeness. That is, until he pushes her over the edge, and Bu...

Kendra the Vampire Slayer is in town. So far she has nearly killed Angel and attacked Buffy. But it’s all a big misunderstanding—she thought Buffy and Angel were together, and that Angel is a vampire. Oh, maybe she understands perfectly. While the 2 Slayers team up to foil Spike, Buffy starts to dream that maybe with Kendra around she can retire and have a normal life after all.   Hear us discuss…...

It’s Career Week at Sunnydale High, and everyone is excited—except Buffy, because as the Slayer her destiny will forever be unemployment and death. To make things worse, Spike has decided to send the Order of Taraka after Buffy. He wants to keep her out of the picture long enough to finish deciphering a spell that will rejuvenate Drusilla. But nothing goes quite the way anyone expects, and Buffy i...

Previously, on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ethan Rayne revealed that Giles used to be … the Ripper. Well, Ethan is back in town, and so are other entities from Giles’ youth. Ripper’s past is coming back to endanger Giles, Miss. Calendar, and even Buffy. Suddenly the most responsible member of the Buffy gang must rely on his teenage charges to rescue him from his youthful follies.   Hear us discuss…...

Angel doesn’t tell Buffy about meeting Drusilla in a creepy playground. Willow doesn’t tell Buffy Angel was in her bedroom, getting her to dig up dirt on Ford, a childhood friend of Buffy’s who has suddenly shown up in Sunnydale. Ford doesn’t tell Buffy why he’s really here. And Giles tells Buffy, and Miss Calendar, that he loves monster trucks. You know it’s a going to be a wild ride when Xander...

Buffy is looking forward to a night off on Halloween, the one day of the year actual monsters find too cringey to go out. She has a plan: dress as an 18th-century noblewoman, the kind of girl she thinks gets Angel going. But the owner of a new costume shop in Sunnydale has other plans for Halloween, and if he has his way, chaos will reign and Buffy will be too clueless to stop it.   Hear us discus...

Cordelia has a problem: if she wants to attend a frat party, she needs Buffy to come along. Buffy has a problem: Angel doesn’t want to go on a date with her! Xander has a problem: no one cares about how much he isn’t over Buffy. There’s a lot of problems in this episode, but don’t worry, because you know what solves all problems? Ritual human sacrifice to a lizard lord.   Hear us discuss… Shut up...

The reanimated mummy of an Incan princess secretly takes the place of a cultural exchange student staying at Buffy’s house. Xander, of course, is smitten with her. But she has the unfortunate habit of sucking the souls from innocent people. Buffy and the gang race to find the mummy who’s right under their noses. Meanwhile, Willow struggles to set aside her unrequited feelings for Xander even as sh...

Buffy must plan a successful parents’ night at Sunnydale High or face expulsion because she’s the baddest bitch in school, right up there with Sheila, who stabs teachers and hangs at bars that make the Bronze look like some place kids go after school. But look out, Sheila, because there’s a new badass in town: Spike, a bleach-blonde, leather-wearing vampire out to ruin parents’ night—oh, and also...

Someone in Sunnydale is digging up bodies for parts. Bodies of young, attractive girls, to be precise. Buffy is determined to put a stop to it. Meanwhile, Giles and Jenny Calendar go on a date, and Xander continues to be ungracious even to those who are calling him heroic.   Hear us discuss… Actual development in Buffy and Angel’s relationship! As a filler episode, it’s still better than season 1...

Buffy is back after a summer in L.A., but there’s something … off about her, and everyone notices. Whether it’s dancing with Xander to make Angel jealous or snapping at her friends for offering to help, Buffy isn’t acting like herself. But there’s no time to sit down and talk it out, because Colin has kidnapped Cordelia, and that’s just the beginning to his reign of terror.   Hear us discuss… Ever...

Before we head into season 2 of Buffy, we’re coming at you with a bonus episode with a bite: we review the 1992 movie that started it all!   Hear us discuss… Why this movie never finds its groove Peewee Herman as a vampire is hilarious yet terrifying Differences, for better or worse, between the show and the movie Stephanie’s restraint after Kara dares to suggest Luke Perry and David Boreanaz look...

We review the first season of Buffy in its entirety.   Hear us discuss… Notable episodes Favourite character moments Ranking the monster costumes What we want from season 2 Xander slander and TikTok   Here's the link to Kara's other podcast with the episode about her being aromantic and asexual !   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram , Facebook , and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitt...