Sunnydale Nation: A Buffy Rewatch Podcast

This week we are hunting for invisible killers in a crowd while we discuss “Unrequited”! We’re talking the Ur-Widow and Invisi-vet, how unconcerned Scully is about witnesses bleeding from the eyes, Skinner being forced to sell Mr Potato Head memorabilia (and being really mad about it), Ella’s rightful hatred of ‘in media res’ openers, and Skinner standing in front of a flag, contemplating ‘MERICA...

This week we’re wading through this bleakly romantic night while we discuss “Kaddish”! We’re talking how the villain just looks like a composite image of a police sketch of a serial killer, work on a name for Scully’s insane theories (Scully’s Silly Science Time? It’s a work in progress…), Mulder flying out the window like a fast-food napkin, how the golem is the perfect man (he’s very romantic an...

This week we are busy sobbing over Scully, but we make the time to discuss “Memento Mori”! We’re talking the Scully family punch card for this hospital, Mulder carting in an entire desk to say sorry, the not-so-triumphant return of the lesbians (!!!), Scully having telltale symptoms of TV Disease, the tenderest of all tender forehead smooches, The Lone Gunmen being the sexiest boys in Washington,...

This week we are being forced to go on vacation while we discuss “Never Again”! We’re talking our main girl Dana Scully and this other guy… Florks… Mailder? (We think?), how Scully and Skinner both have jealous, misogynistic paranormal entities cockblocking them, finally address the all-important question of why Scully does not have her own desk, how unfair it is that Scully can’t let loose even o...

This week we are up to our ass in alligators while we discuss “Leonard Betts”! We’re talking about why nobody in Wisconsin watched this episode, the out-of-character decision for Mulder to not be into goo, the gnarly practical effects (Thanks, Toby!), our new favorite character Grexit, really upsetting plot revelations, and the simplicity of “I’m sorry, but you have something I need”. We ensure th...

This week we are brushing up on our Spanish skills while we discuss “El Mundo Gira”! We’re talking about how obviously God curses the man that comes between two brothers which excuses murder every time, how Jonathan Shabonathan just might be a new Howie, try to figure out exactly what kind of energy Agent Lasano is bringing (it’s An energy, we’re just not sure what kind), and debate whether or not...

This week we are sadly dunking basketballs in one shot (but in a sisterless kind of way) while we discuss “Paper Hearts”! We’re talking all the very intentional Breaking Bad references, the return of our main man Reggie Perdue(!!!), Mulder having Main Character Syndrome, cheer on Teena forgetting things as she is so wont to do, and find out that Will Graham really could have used a Scully to keep...

This week we completely disregard our own quarantine order so we can get on a flight to Florida/New York/Canada/North Dakota while we discuss “Terma”! We’re talking the Teena method of dealing with trauma, our DNR order if we get infested with a nest of worms, Skinner angrily recapping the plot to our delight, Mulder and Krycek’s endless cycles of violence (it’s a real chicken and egg situation),...

This week we are outrunning Russian horses and juggling an alien meteorite like a hot potato while we discuss “Tunguska”! We’re talking Scully giving two middle fingers to Congress or her version of that which is staring sternly, our Canadian hero the US Customs official, our long-lost skeleton in a leather jacket Alex Krycek being back (half of us are very excited), how this is definitely not the...

This week we peer into CSM’s dry, desiccated heart (... or do we?) while we discuss “Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man”! We’re talking Morgan and Wong having friendship bracelets, the “Trust No One” lighter, the embarrassing “Viva La Libertad” guy (Listen, buddy, it’s okay. We’ve all been there), baby Mulder seeing into the future and predicting the JFK assassination and Teena just forgetting, ve...

This week we are getting an extreme face peel to look good for Satan while we discuss “Sanguinarium”! We’re talking the hot new board game Settlers of Sataan where you resource manage your way through hell, yell at the TV to dissuade Mulder from getting a nose job, remember little 12-year-old Ella’s witch room looking a lot like the one in this episode, enjoy Dr. Franklin loving his evil self, and...

This week we are discovering our long-lost soulmates while we discuss “The Field Where I Died”! We’re talking how Rob Bowman and Terrence Malick are best friends and brothers and lovers in the golden hour all at the same time, how Skinner calls any room he’s in the Command Center, Scully’s massive tomes, wonder how Mulder hasn’t joined a cult yet, and have a very exciting (and nuclear) FBI Do segm...

This week we’re paying extra for a Screaming Demon passport photo while we discuss “Unruhe”! We’re talking Mulder and Scully’s scaffolding kink, reveal Vince Gilligan’s brand-new dumb nickname Li’l Dolla Fish, detail our hot new business model where we kidnap people to inspire them to learn a new language (invest now in Captive Conjugation LLC!), and muse on whether our show would be that differen...

This week we’re avoiding melanin-sucking albino vampires while we discuss “Teliko”! We’re talking how “Deceive, Inveigle, Obfuscate” is never going to be a thing no matter how many times Howie tries to jam it into the episode, Scully going on a hot date with a dead man, racist panflute music (like, A Lot of it), our New Favorite Guy™ whose face is carved out of stone, Mulder being a serial mono-Se...

Hoo boy... This week we’re celebrating wholesome American inbreeding values while we discuss “Home”! Glen Morgan and James Wong are back, and they came back with a bang, not a whimper. We’re talking the incredible amount of inappropriately-timed flirting in this delightfully nasty episode, how much we love sunny daytime horror, impatient Chekov’s booby trap, Scully’s mom vibes, and wonder how this...

This week we’re running away from killer bees while we discuss “Herrenvolk”! We’re talking Scooby Doo chase scenes, Scully scaring the Alien Bounty Hunter with her car horn like a skittish cat, Mulder pouring gas all over his eyeballs, Pendrell being a one-man hype band, Mulder adopting all clones, and why we hate to see Mr. X leave, but we love to see him drag himself bloody across the floor. We...

This week we are taking One Breath and talking about Season 3 as a whole! We’re talking about the writers straight-up forgetting Melissa’s death, Kim Manners screaming at cockroaches, Baby Vince sightings, and whether or not Toby Lindala is a Dude™. We answer emails, propose an X-Files drinking game, do episode rankings, go over some rejected episode titles, and play Succession vs. The X-Files (yo...

This week we are raising the dead with our alien hands while we discuss “Talitha Cumi”! We’re talking the #ScubaBillTruth, the Cigarette Smoking Man-Bill Mulder-Deep Throat water-skiing team we never knew we needed, how much Teena Mulder hates remembering things, and settle in for some MONOLOGUES. We retch for a while over plot revelations about a certain smoky guy and a certain spooky agent’s mom...

This week we are absorbing hypnotic signals from our television sets while we discuss “Wetwired”! We’re talking why Mulder needs to stop meeting randos in the middle of the night all the time, the evil joys of Paranoid Scully, the suspicious absences in Mama Scully’s family photos, Skinner still holding a grudge from Avatar, and the deeply baffling revelation that Mulder is colorblind?!?!? We poin...

This week we’re snorkeling for lake monsters while we discuss “Quagmire”! We’re talking name reveal for Queequeg (who will live forever), how sleepover talk devolves into discussions of cannibalism after forty minutes stranded on a rock, the development of stoner lore, and surprise Darin Morgan. Scully is canonically a literary lady, so we put our literature analysis skills to use and talk about M...

This week we are fueling up our jet to Ibiza while we discuss “Avatar”! That’s right, our time has come. It’s a Skinner episode. We’re doing our best to protect our sacred Skinner lore from the fanon of this episode, so we talk HOT 90s network TV sex scenes, Skinner leaving his slimy green fingerprints on everyone’s ass, his surprise (and fake) wife, how this town ain’t big enough for two polycule...

This week we are investigating some bleeping dead alien bodies while we discuss “Jose Chung’s From Outer Space ”! We’re talking the slipperiness of truth, how Mulder invented leading the witness, how Scully loves bonding with old men written by Darin Morgan, past-pro wrestler, future-Minnesota governor, present-Man in Black Jesse Ventura, Mulder’s girly scream, and Cursin’ Kim Manners. We get sad...

This week we are gambling our organs away while we discuss “Hell Money”! We’re celebrating a rare ‘Mulder is Wrong’ episode by talking about the introduction of the Cigarette Smoking Man’s brother, the exciting appearance of Lucy Liu, how all flashlights in the 90s are X-Files branded, and christen a new segment: Morgue-asbord. We’re talking about carpet attacks, how embarrassing it is to flip tab...

This week we are escaping hordes of cats in the sewers while we discuss “Teso Dos Bichos”! We’re talking whether or not Mulder would eat bloody, half-digested sunflower seeds, how un-scary Scully getting attacked by a little kitty cat is, the coolest night watchman of all time, Dr. Horny, and The Mummy 3: Lost in New York. We track how Mulder relies on evil government agents breaking into his apar...

This week we are donning our cerulean-blue shirts while we discuss “Pusher”! We’re talking how Skinner is immune to mind control, Comrade Vince, how on earth Mulder passed the FBI psych screening, and the scientific nature of the whammy. We freak out about the Russian Roulette scene, track how the producers of The X-Files make their decisions by putting their collective foot down at the same time,...