Consequences / Doppelgangland

In Consequences, Buffy and Faith have very different ways of processing the death of the Mayor's Aide. Buffy can't take the guilt - she pleads to Faith that they confess, while Faith prefers to blame it all on her partner. The Scoobies try to confront Faith with compassion, but Wesley and the Watcher goons choose a harsher punishment. Kristen and Mike discuss the arc of the Angel/Faith relationship, and Willow's redundant melodrama.

In Doppelgangland, Willow is sick and tired of being a doormat, so she jumps at the opportunity to help Anya do a spell. But something goes wrong, and the girls summon Willow's evil vampire double from another dimension! As Vamp Willow holds the Bronze clientele hostage, the Scoobies use her sweet-natured double in a trap. We examine Vamp Willow's foreshadowing, and try to resist quoting the entire episode. 

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The Zeppo / Bad Girls

In The Zeppo, the apocalypse is coming... again. But this time, the other Scoobies want to protect Xander from danger. He's anything but safe, however, when his attempts to be cool lead him down a path of crime and corpse-raising. Chris from Hey Do You Remember...? joins us in the stacks to discuss the writers' unique concept for this ep and Jack's uncanny ability to raise the dead. 

In Bad Girls, our Slayers are assigned a new watcher - Wesley Windham Price. This stuffier proto-Giles is confident he can help Buffy and Faith defeat a cult of Blob-worshiping duelists. Meanwhile, Faith convinces Buffy to participate in increasingly dangerous behavior until they make a deadly mistake. We discuss Balthasar's digestive system and the series-long character arcs of Faith and Wesley. 

PLUS! We answer a listener's question: What's your favorite season of Buffy? 

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Gingerbread / Helpless

In Gingerbread, a pair of children are murdered in Sunnydale and Joyce takes it upon herself to rally the town to action. Unfortunately, this means a campaign against Witches and Slayers that turns mother against daughter. Giles, Xander, and Oz must stop Sunnydale from holding its own Salem Witch Trials. Kristen & Mike discuss the symbolism behind M.O.O. and Buffy's parent/child role reversal. 

Happy Birthday, Buffy! As our favorite Slayer celebrates her eighteenth birthday in Helpless, she finds herself feeling weak and uncoordinated. Her plans to go to the Ice Show with her dad will have to wait as Buffy is tested by the Watcher Council and Giles. Will Buffy be able to save the day without her powers? Kristen & Mike attempt to define "strength" and grade Jeff Kober's performance as Kralik.  

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The Wish / Amends

In The Wish, Cordelia is still hurt over Xander cheating on her so who better to befriend than a Vengeance Demon? Anya (or Anyanka), the Patron Saint of Scorned Women, is all too happy to grant Cordelia's wish that Buffy Summers had never come to Sunnydale. Kristen & Mike discuss the multiverse theory and compare Giles' "wish" to Cordy's.

t's Christmastime in Sunnydale, but no one told the thermostat. As the Scoobies endure a heat wave, Angel endures visits from the ghosts of his victims. As he goes increasingly mad, the Scoobies learn that he's being haunted by the First Evil. Angel can't fight it, but he can take himself out of the fight if he can just make it till sunrise. No conversation about Amends is exempt from a debate about the First Evil. Which Kristen & Mike do. A lot.

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Revelations / Lover's Walk

In Revelations, the Council has sent Faith's new Watcher to Sunnydale - Mrs. Gwendolyn Post. And this lady is so pompous, she makes Giles look downright cuddly. She assigns the Slayers to look for a mystical glove that empowers the wearer. Angel helps, but that alerts the Scoobies to his return. Kristen and Mike welcome Tyler to the Stacks to discuss the gang's condemnation of Angel and Faith's character arc. 

SAT scores are in and everyone in Lover's Walk (except us) is surprised to hear that Buffy aced them! With a shot at acceptance to the university of her choice, Buffy is encouraged by her loved ones to leave town - and them. Meanwhile, Spike returns to Sunnydale after being dumped by Dru. He kidnaps Willow and Xander to cast a love spell for him, but they've got plenty of love to go around already. We compare Willow's reason for the affair to Xander's, and break down the science of vampire drunkenness.

Plus! Kristen and Mike's each reveal who their favorite character in the Buffyverse is.

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