Giles takes the potentials out to the desert to meet Sineya and Cougar. Buffy stays behind because Spike is being a simp. Kennedy also stays behind, hoping to canoodle with Willow, but this leads to unintended side effects.   Hear us discuss… Dawn, Anya, and Xander are the best part of this episode Buffy should have just emailed Sam Did Amy learn nothing in rat prison? For shame Potentials can leap tall buildings in a single bound How long has Kennedy known Willow now? WHAT TIME IS IT? Trigger warnings Gun violence, misogyny   ? SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Fa ..read more

Buffy’s School for Slayers is in session, and you either graduate or you die. So, like regular school in Sunnydale. After a spell reveals Dawn has a destiny, she wrestles with the implications. But when Amanda shows up with a problem and Buffy isn’t available, Dawn has to step into her sister’s shoes sooner than expected.   Hear us discuss… What we think of Buffy’s counselling style What we think of Buffy’s teaching style CLEM! We missed you, how ya been? New school forgot to spray for white boy gangs Shut up, Xander, but also, you make a good point ? SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcas ..read more

No, this is not the dinner theatre sequel to last season’s musical. Instead, Buffy concocts a plan to take on the Turok Han while also showing the potentials what it means to be the slayer. It remains to be seen whether she can do this before Spike expires at the hands of the First’s minions.   Hear us discuss… Familiar faces among the new potentials! So are Anya and Giles going to tell anyone what they learned from Botox Eye? The weekly rampage through yet another construction site continues New Spike ship just dropped (or should we say, Spyke?) BEST. FLIPPITY DO. EVER.   Trigger ..read more

What if Buffy had been produced on the CW instead of its predecessor, the WB? Someone decided to find out, and The Vampire Diaries is the result. Steph and Kara watched the first two episodes of the series together, followed by a 50-minute recap of the entire eight seasons, and they have THOUGHTS.   Watch @joshdfloyd’s incredibly detailed recap over at Recap & Chill on YouTube: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES Full Series Recap | Season 1-8 Ending Explained   Hear us discuss… Buffy the Vampire Slayer ran so this show could walk What do you mean, Elena and not Bonnie is the main character? Wh ..read more

Buffy has put a name to the faces Spike has been seeing: the First Evil is behind everything. But what is it, and how can they stop it? Just in time, Daddy Giles arrives, bringing with him three new stepdaughters and a grave warning. The First won’t stop until the slayer and every girl who could be a slayer is dead.   Hear us discuss… Accents are confusing, ok? Don’t @ Steph The logistics of feeding a (slayer) army Construction company insurance rates in Sunnydale must be sky high So is Joyce (RIP) wherever she is in the afterlife What TIME is it???   Trigger warnings Neck snapping ..read more

With more questions than answers, the Scoobies turn to research and interrogation. Willow runs into Andrew and, after a brief showdown, he joins Spike in the blonde male bondage club at the Summers residence. Just when it feels like they might make progress, the forces of darkness launch their most daring attack yet.   Hear us discuss… If the principal is evil again, at least he’s hot evil this time? The butcher shop battle of the dorks Anya discovering a whole new calling: interrogator Sympathy for Xander, doomed forever to fix this house Of course Buffy is the one who finally puts the ..read more

Date: November 12, 2002. Time: 8:01 pm. Location: A cemetery. The Summers house. The UC Sunnydale library. Buffy thought vampires were bad enough when they wanted to kill her. Now she’s got one psychoanalyzing her. Dawn’s marshmallow microwave fun is interrupted when she starts to hear her mom’s voice. Willow’s late-night study session is derailed by a dead teenager bearing a message from Tara. No one knows or cares where Xander is.   Hear us discuss… We’re so hyped we know what time it is Buffy, you need therapy Wait, no, not like this Poor Willow doesn’t even get to talk to someone she ..read more

Razorbacks, Razorbacks, we’re gonna play! We got a secret weapon, and his name is RJ! He’s so dreamy; he’s so cool. He’s OURS, and you can’t have it. Neither can Buffy, or Willow, or Anya, or even Dawn. Hands off our RJ.   Hear us discuss… Buffy, RJ would be a better roommate for Xander than Spike Who looks better in a letterman jacket (it’s RJ) Dawn’s obsession with RJ is cringey but understandable, have you seen him? Xander is back to being …  good? (But not as good as RJ) This episode is so funny, mostly because RJ’s in it   Trigger warnings Abuse, suicide   ? SOCIAL M ..read more

Anya starts to question if she still wants to be evil. She experiences flashbacks showing how she got to this point. When Buffy learns about Anya’s latest trip across the line, she decides it’s time for the slayer to intervene. Xander is suddenly less interested in Buffy kicking someone’s ass when it’s his former-lover-turned-murderer doing the slaughtering.   Special guest Rickey Z joins us for this recap!   Hear us discuss… This episode reveals so much about Anya’s backstory and personality! We are simultaneously relieved and annoyed Xander is back to being the worst Buffy’s evolv ..read more

Cassie, a student at Sunnydale High, confides in Buffy that she has foreseen her own death. Everyone has a theory: Dawn blames Baby Mitch, Buffy and Xander shake down a deadbeat dad, and Anya would likely say it’s bunnies, but no one asked her.   Hear us discuss… Missed opportunities to process Willow’s grief Nice to see the gang back together doing research Cassie is genuinely so kind, RIP Kara misses the Geocities era of the web Don’t these demon-worshipping white boys even know who Buffy is??   Trigger warnings Assault, attempted murder, fatphobia, kidnapping, medical content &n ..read more