Sunnydale Nation: A Buffy Rewatch Podcast

This week we are trying to patch things up with our friends as an evil mask turns the town to zombies while we discuss “Dead Man’s Party”! We’re talking the proud country of “Nigernia” (according to Hulu), whether Angel will just show up for a 30-second dream sequence in every episode from now on, how Buffy can just threaten to pack her bag and leave every time anyone is mean to her, the mask demon flashing the Scooby Gang, and Snyder refusing to shut up about his “tingly feeling”. We wonder if these evil masks are being shipped out on p...

This week we are wandering the mean streets of LA while we discuss “Anne”! We’re talking how secrets don’t make friends, Principal Snyder’s summer plans, bad-at-undercover Buffy popping up again, the hell dimension that makes you old, and that one weird guy that actually likes being in hell. We wonder how El Camino would have turned out as directed by M. Night Shyamalan, say no thank you to a goo baptism, cheer on the Comrade Buffy moment, and wonder what Pope Leo and David Boreanaz talk about together while they listen to our podcast.

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This week we are pausing and looking back at Season 2 as a whole! We rank the episodes, read listener emails, play an Angel vs. Edward quote game, and resolve the life or death-stakes locker room bet. We discuss the parking lot graveyard, the unreadable Buffy font in the featurettes, the noble art of ranking things, whether we’ve reached the point of no return on Joyce, and Buffy posting on AITA.

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This week we are stabbing our “it’s complicated” boyfriends while we discuss “Becoming II”! We’re talking signs that your Xander might be in distress, how Angelus would fare in Project Hail Mary, how we need much more of Joyce making small talk with Spike, who is paying for the torture team T-shirts, and Angel being just like a pet at the vet. We crumble at the sight of Willow’s Resolve Face, wonder where Angelus’ chainsaw went, appreciate Drusilla’s love for polyamory crimes, and think that every episode would be better if it ended with an “Oh, Giles!” freeze f...

This week we are trying to prevent stone demons from ending the world while we discuss “Becoming I”! We’re talking how cool it would be to be a local expert on obscure artifacts, Catholic confession pop-up booths being very popular in 19th-century London, that Drusilla has missed her calling as an ASMR Youtuber, Angel carrying around handfuls of rats everywhere, and that this Acathla guy just looks like a stupid ogre from a children’s fairy tale. We name Angel’s memoir ‘A Century of Sadness’, think that Buffy might have been able to save Kendra if she hadn’t been sl...

This week we are going undercover on the swim team while we discuss “Go Fish”! We’re talking Buffy being the muscle that keeps teacher Willow from being bullied, that every time you feel the urge to be mean just sell a vegetable, the inherent conflict in the Willow (takes DARE very seriously) and Oz (wears a DARE shirt ironically) relationship, whether or not Giles hates Xander, and the hidden depths of Wentworth Miller. We wonder how Giles got away with locking the swim team in the library cage, cheer on evil Willow interrogating Jonathan, recall iconic Teen Wolf moment...

This week we are being possessed by ghost lovers while we discuss “I Only Have Eyes for You”! We’re talking the blessed return of Snyder, John Hawkes(!!), Buffy and Angel having problems nobody has ever had before, the impending breakup of Spike and Dru, and creepy writer Scott and his obsession with getting a locker monster arm into the show. We accept that Snyder is indeed a truth-seeker, do the math on what percentage of the vampire trio has to be having a bad one at any given time for their dynamic to work, what Cordelia’s grandpa’s breath s...

This week we are seeing death while overcoming a severe flu while we discuss “Killed by Death”! We’re talking burrito-ing Angel, whether Buffy’s uncomfortable pillow is what made her sick, that Giles/Joyce might be coming back from the dead, that the hospital really needs accessible visiting hours for vampires, and whether that invisible body is going to be rotting down there forever now. We make fun of Buffy’s disposable one-episode trauma backstory, really get into the eyeball stalks, enjoy some extraneous ADR lines, and realize that Cordelia isn’t mean, she’s just practicing radical honesty. Creep...

This week we are slipping back into the cool, cool waters of Scully Nation while we do a commentary track for the new I Want to Believe: Vrach Frankenshteyn director’s cut! We score a pretty big get inviting Chris Carter himself on to join us for a director’s commentary. We get some pretty exciting scoops about David Duchovny’s beard surgery, keeping all the actors in cages between takes, and the real reason he’s not involved in the Coogler X-Files reboot. We try to figure out what’s wrong with Chris Carter’s phone and why nobody is ca...

This week we are saying goodbye to beloved computer teachers while we discuss “Passion”! We’re talking how the voiceover would go in an X-Files style, why everyone is so chill about this Angelus situation, Drusilla flying the food airplane for Spike, Jenny emailing the ritual to Giles but he never checks so he doesn’t see it, and why the hell Joyce is buying citrus in California. Girl, utilize your contacts. We go off the rails quite a bit due to the heat in our recording room, debate whether Viggo Mortensen is Danish for a really long time, and disc...

 This week we are casting revenge love spells after we get dumped in “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”! We’re talking how Joyce has Tupperware rotating in a circle in her mind, whether Giles was sitting there the entire time while Buffy seduced Xander, that the basement is Xander and Cordelia’s special place, that Joyce is one step away from becoming Teena Mulder, and that sometimes you just have to run away about it. We wonder if Xander’s true home is the bus depot, laugh at the increasingly cartoonish threats to Rat Buffy, get repelled by Joyce and Ted’s pet n...

This week we are discovering that our new crush might be a werewolf while we discuss “Phases”! We’re talking how fixing your crush’s shirt tag is a sign of love, that it’s passe to pretend to hate Twilight nowadays, the Walmart parking lot size of Makeout Lane, and an update on the locker room attack bet. It’s not looking good for one of us. We wonder why Oz’s parents have basement manacles at the ready, discuss whether a pile of raw meat is a good way to attract werewolves, and really enjoy Willow and Cordelia becom...

This week we are losing our souls and tormenting our girlfriends while we discuss “Innocence” with special guests Courtney and Hannah from That Nostalgia Show! We’re talking all of Jenny’s backup uncles, Xander having a thought for maybe the first time ever, making sex noises in the sound booth, how iconic the rocket launcher scene is, and Giles being utterly oblivious about what happened last night between Buffy and Angel. We think Jenny should try doing minor inconveniences at Angel, hate on Joyce just a tiny bit more, enjoy Oz being wise beyond his years, and really enjoy ho...

This week we are making it to vampire base with our boyfriends while we discuss “Surprise”! We’re talking Benedict Jenny, that some members of the Scooby Gang are still eating the Ted cookies, Angel sent to the store to buy party hats, Spike and Dru getting a personalized “Live Laugh Love” sign for their condo, that we would never not recognize Brian Thompson and his powerful chin, and Jenny’s uncle’s weird hat. We appreciate Oz’s chill at discovering the existence of vampires, wonder if Angel might have more game than Mulder, wonder how many docks this damn town h...

This week we are raising evil offspring and avoiding cowboy vampires while we discuss “Bad Eggs”! We’re talking Willow having hormone fear, whether or not Spike would be a big Tweeter, that they should have let baby Ella into the writer’s room, if Tector Gorch is a name or not, whether Xander was hard-boiled as a kid, and bug slappy hands. We obsess over the logistics of the Sunnydale High security guard situation, save that Joyce Shrieking image to our personal files, talk a lot about omelets, and highlight some developments with the uncomfortable pillow situation.

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This week we are trying to hide the fact that we hate our new stepfather while we discuss “Ted”! We’re talking being seduced by mini-pizzas, Angel spending a lot of time at the bowling alley, how Giles/Joyce is deader than Ted, lots of references to I.F.T. from Breaking Bad, and that this episode is really not a good look for Joyce. We laugh at Joyce putting away tons of Ted Tupperware, realize that there are actually consequences to killing someone, revive our Vince impression, and wonder if we too would sell out for tasty food.

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This week we are performing a ritual to heal our evil girlfriend while we discuss “What’s My Line? Part 2”! We’re talking Slayer logistics, Kendra’s Watcher stuck at the airport picking up the luggage, the infinite Slayer loophole, whether there’s a Watcher group chat that Giles is not invited to, the “Any more ladies in the house?” club mix, and the vampire throuple’s history with sexy torture. We wonder if the assassins are going to be after Buffy forever now, reveal the real reason Oz dyed his hair, get confused about Angel’s on-again, off-again shirt, and watch Ang...

This week we are being menaced by assassins and finding out we’re not the only Slayer while we discuss “What’s My Line? Part 1”! We’re talking being attacked by bad accents, our theory about why everyone is pissy in this episode, the “I like shrubs” checkbox, Buffy and Drusilla having a legendary Pout-Off, the dreaded Chiseler, and Angel pulling a Mulder and shouting “BUFFAY!” We think it’s cute that Spike and Drusilla paint each other’s nails, laugh at how Angel can’t bust out of a $10 padlock, point out that the dialect coach is probably the monster of the week...

This week we are learning about our mentor’s seedy past while we discuss “The Dark Age”! We’re talking how messed up it is to target ethical vampires, Giles not enjoying being teased about first-edition books at all, how shocking it is for Giles to have a little tipple after work, Ethan and Buffy awkwardly going to the tattoo removal place together, and the glossy 8x10 photo that Giles keeps of himself. We talk about the importance of Sunnydale coroners checking that the bodies are still there, get sad about Giles and Jenny’s breakup, and want Ethan Rayne to p...

This week we are discovering that our childhood friends aren’t who we remember in “Lie to Me”! We’re talking Willow’s boy door in her bedroom, Giles’ love life continuing to get the way of slaying more than Buffy’s ever does, a Dracula Walmart greeter, Tim Roth from Lie to Me showing up and delighting us all like Gene Parmesan, and how Angel did one cool thing but nobody saw and nobody will believe him. We scare ourselves by wondering if Spike and Drusilla use therapy-speak with each other, wonder if Angel and Willow could be buds, worry ab...

 This week we are becoming our costumes while we discuss “Halloween”! We’re talking Willow being the #1 Buffy/Angel shipper, the danger of redheads being magnetically opposed to each other, Spike hanging out with 8-year-old demons, how you can’t break the Halloween candy covenant and expect not to get attacked by children, how cute it is when Buffy clings to Cordelia, and we say hello to RIPPER?! Excuse me?! We repeat the phrase “become the mask” until it’s not funny anymore, reveal that Spirit Halloween is the true monster of this week, propose a Lie to Me bonus episode...

This week we are attending a frat party while we discuss “Reptile Boy”! We’re talking whether sad club music is a thing, Buffy and Xander braiding Willow’s hair, Cordelia’s terrifying man-catching laugh, how great Buffy is at pouting, and whether or not Angel knows how to read. At this point, evidence is inconclusive. We continue the saga of Cordelia somehow having a driver’s license, that the cold open girl simply has bad vibes, how vampire-friendly coffee could be made, and how important brewski time is after your cult rituals are done. We don’t appreciate Bookoo Babes g...

This week we are dating ancient mummies while we discuss “Inca Mummy Girl”! We’re talking being deafened by panflutes, how hilarious this Cultural Appropriation Party is, the introduction of Oz, troubling #xanderfamfacts, and a lot of Rectify for a while. We are approximately 40% of the total audience of that show, but you’re going to listen to it anyway! Giles does some arts and crafts, mummy arms come off in comical ways, a mashup of PT Barnum and John Waters shows up, we get a deafening “a normal life” echo chamber, and we follow up on the “redheads can’t date red...

This week we are crawling through the ceiling during a hostage situation while we discuss “School Hard”! We’re talking how there should be other types of Slayers to help Buffy carry the load, get super excited about the return of the king (Howie Gordon), how much we love bad guys in love, and one of us really struggles to process the fact that Spike is English. We wonder how Angel, Spike, and Drusilla’s Anne Rice book club would go, cheer for Joyce having her moment, get very intrigued by certain Principal Snyder plot developments, and thank Spike for ridd...

This week we are assembling a new girlfriend from scratch while we discuss “Some Assembly Required”! We’re talking The Chair’s relative place in the official Giles Love Interest rankings, that Angel is the kind of guy to wear a hair shirt, Cyber Giles’ slow start, that they really need an Angel Early Alert system, and strange new ways of one-sided podcasting. We get progress on the locker room bet, discover that Xander was born to jump up and hit the top of the door, feel bad for Giles getting made fun of by children, and continue to fail to co...

This week we are back from summer vacation with a serious attitude while we discuss “When She Was Bad”! We’re talking the return of the mysterious ice cream place, whether there are Buffy/Xander stans, that Moloch somehow made the jump to the Season 2 credits, Joyce and Hank being Buffy’s servants, the hype vampire losing us in a single moment, and Snyder thinking he and Giles are buddies. We draft some Angel diary entries, give serious thought to an X-Files soundboard, laugh at Giles trying soda like a real American, and wonder whether crossplay is a thing. And just...

This week we are pausing to look back at Season 1 as a whole! We share our thoughts on the unaired pilot, special features, rank some episodes, read listener emails, take a personality quiz, and play a classic game of Joyce Summers Quote or Tax Document? We discover that Dingoes Ate My Baby is not actually a real band, consider changing our name to Snyder Nation, get excited about Grumpy Steve’s appearance, and take a serious bet on how many students will be attacked in the locker room in Season 2. The Giles/Joyce nation is suffering right now…

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This week we are having our climactic encounter with the Master while we discuss “Prophecy Girl”! We’re talking whether the Slayer gets overtime pay, that Joyce is really going to have to work harder to move up in the Giles love-interest rankings, adding another letter to the Scooby Gang, the three-headed worm being the Master’s fur baby, and Cyber Giles' role in Season 2. We waste some time by going on the Bones Wiki, get excited at our final air jiggle, wonder if Angel even knows what CPR is, and track the similarities between Joyce and Skyler White. RIP The...

This week we are bullying students into invisibility while we discuss “Out of Mind, Out of Sight”! We’re talking secret agent Buffy, Ghost Clea DuVall’s heavy breathing, “Have a Nice Summer” horror movie reveal, Buffy’s new turn as Columbo, #xanderfamfacts, and Giles giggling and batting his eyelashes at Angel now that he knows he can get him dusty old tomes. We wonder whether the men in black ever come back, propose starting a pro-wrestling team, laugh at the terrible invisible effects, and get surprised that Cordelia… has hidden depths?!

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This week we are suffering our worst fears brought to life while we discuss “Nightmares”! We’re talking The Master and Joyce swapping self-help tapes, whether the Scooby Gang are better investigators than Mulder and Scully, how funny it is to tell your kid that the divorce actually is their fault, Xander following a candy trail, and Willow’s jaundice tights. We debate whether the boy is Joseph Gordon-Levitt or not, boo a lot at Buffy’s loser-ass dad, mourn poor Cordelia’s conscription into the chess club, whether Xander has a crush on every single teacher, and that the Master c...

This week we are trying to avoid joining the school talent show while we discuss “The Puppet Show”! We’re talking the cavernous catacombs under this school, that Joyce only thinks of bills and taxes, Principal Quark’s weird psychosexual obsession with Flutie, damsel in distress Giles, and how heartwarming it is that Cordelia has embraced self-love. We rolls our eyes as they really try to wring some pathos out of the horny puppet dying, wonder if we’ve ever chortled, try to identify a horse girl among the cast, and have some questionable beef with people with terminal illnesses...

This week we are getting catfished by online demons while we discuss “I, Robot… You, Jane”! We’re talking how monks hate to see a bisexual demon winning, Boomer Queen Willow and her love of ellipses, how they can’t shut down the school every time someone dies or nothing would get done, and join the technopagan Jenny Calendar fan club. We wonder whether Giles has the Better Call Saul electricity ailment, get excited that scrunchies have finally appeared, wonder how Klingon Jesus comes into this, and quickly grow tired of Jack-Off Guy.

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