Prophecy Girls: A Buffy Rewatch Podcast

S7E14: “First Date” (feat. Lily Anderson) Buffy and Xander each have a first date. Buffy goes to dinner with Principal Wood, who is finally prepared to reveal startling details about his past. Xander picks up Ashanti at a hardware store. Only one of these two dates ends up with someone suspended above the hellmouth. Meanwhile, the First tries to manipulate Andrew into taking care of a potential problem.   Author Lily Anderson joins us again to help recap this episode!   Hear us discuss… More revisionist history about Buffy’s feelings for Spike Token attempts at diversity that backfire More about vampire poops Andrew gets redemption in 20 minutes or less or it’s free Daddy Giles is SO. STRESSED.   Trigger warnings Blood, torture   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren Bahia Brandon

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, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren Bahia Brandon

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: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren Bahia Brandon

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 warnings Blood, neck snapping, torture   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren Bahia Brandon

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? Which flavour of vampire do you like best? Original, Crystal, or with Lemon? Show said “death is your gift” and Bonnie said, “No thank you, refund please.” Team Stefan or Team Damon? The answer will surprise you! 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren Bahia Brandon

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, torture   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren Bahia Brandon

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 puzzle together 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren Bahia Brandon

After the revelation of her vampire therapist, Buffy swaps her stake for a stake-out—of Spike. She tails him and confronts him about her suspicions that he is feeding off humans again. At first, Spike protests his innocence and reminds her of his new soul. Yet as the evidence mounts, no one, not even Aimee Mann, is prepared for the truth.   The hosts of Left of Skeptic, Kala Moria and Brittany Lind, join us for this recap. Check out their paranormal podcast.   Hear us discuss… How Buffy handles Spike’s misdeeds versus Anya’s Who would like to make out with Spike by a dumpster? Who is Aimee Mann and why does she hate vampire towns Do we have sympathy for Spike?   Trigger warning Mental illness   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren Bahia Brandon

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 knows Dawn performing a literal GET OUT spell? Chef’s kiss   Trigger warning Suicide description   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren Bahia

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 MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren Bahia

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 evolving slayer morality Weird time to bring back the musical format but OK, go off D’Hoffryn’s true, evil colours shine through   Trigger warnings Arachnophobia, blood, immolation   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren Bahia

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   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren Bahia

Willow returns to Sunnydale, unsure of what reception awaits. She finds … nothing. No one waits for her. The Scoobies are equally perplexed when Willow doesn’t arrive. When a flayed youth is found on Xander’s watch, Willow becomes the prime suspect before quickly becoming the prime prey.   Hear us discus… Dawn’s sass levels are over 9000 Willow should practise giving a fuck about Anya for once Gnarl and this episode are the absolute ick! Xander is back to being useless, all is right in the world again That coda tho! The empowerment! The female friendship! We stan   Trigger warnings Body horror, eyeball gouging, flaying, torture   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren Bahia

A disturbing, subterranean monster besets a young woman. But enough about Spike. When Xander runs into a woman running for her life after something ate her dog, the trail leads the Scoobies to none other than his ex. Anya is firmly back in the vengeance demon camp, even if that puts her in the slayer’s sights.   Hear us discuss… Principal Wood is a REALLY good principal Dawnifer, please follow through on your threat to Spike Quesadillas? At the BRONZE? How has Ronny not single-handedly destroyed Sunnydale’s infrastructure? Stop asking Buffy to fix broken men!   Trigger warnings Animal death, impalement   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren

Buffy, Dawn, and Xander are all attending the opening of Sunnydale High, and that’s not the only thing coming back from the dead. Has a summer of training by her slayer sister prepared Dawn for her greatest challenge yet? Is the new principal friend or foe? Will someone please take Spike to a hair salon?   Hear us discuss… Daddy Giles IS ON A HORSIE Steph’s thirst for Robin Wood might be unquenchable Xander is actually ok in this episode The hero of this episode might surprise you Is this a perfect season premiere?   Trigger warnings Mental illness, stabbing   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Laura

Buffy the Vampire Slayer has rightfully garnered a sustained, international following of devoted fans. Within any such community, there can be a lot of love, as well as toxicity and harm. Is the Buffy fandom OK? It’s back-to-back trials as the Prophecy Girls weigh the evidence against the fandom itself. Ian Carlos Crawford of Slayerfest ’98 joins as a guest judge.   Hear us discuss… Origins of fandom Podcasts and participatory culture Conventions, screenings, and stalkers Internalized misogyny of the show and fans Bystander casualties of the shipping wars   Trigger warnings Misogyny, stalking   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Laura

Hear ye, hear ye, all rise for the Honourable Judges Chow and Babcock: court is now in session. The defendant: Willow Rosenberg, once a model student, friend, and Wicca, now Sunnydale’s most wanted. The charges? Everything from wanton destruction of a yellow crayon to near-destruction of the world.   Hear us discuss… What is Willow’s worst crime and why is it the pink, fluffy sweater? Is Willow’s addiction to magic a mitigating factor? Selfishness is the real problem Who has jurisdiction over Willow: human or supernatural authorities? Is rat rehab better than rat prison?   Trigger warnings Blood, death 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Laura

An unexpected resurrection. An unchecked addiction. An unhealthy obsession. An unwelcome advance. An unworthy death. Season 6: the hits just kept coming. We review the season in its entirety.   Hear us discuss… The best episodes of this bad season Did the writers go too far? Missed opportunities with Xander and Anya Why we critique from a 21st-century POV What we’re looking forward to from the final season 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Laura

After Willow suckjobs the borrowed magicks out of Giles, her ambitions grow from ending Jonathan and Andrew to ending the entire world. With Buffy and Dawn otherwise distracted and Anya tending to Giles, it looks like it’s finally Xander’s time to shine. To quote Giles from Season 1, “The Earth is doomed.”   Hear us discuss… We let out a breath we didn’t realize we’ve been holding since Giles left Is is too much to ask for Buffy to be the hero? We would have taken Dawn Or Anya Anyone other than Xander, honestly 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Laura

Newly minted murderess Willow Rosenberg pursues the surviving two members of the Trio. When a pitstop to top-up her magicks at Rack’s inadvertently puts Dawn squarely in Willow’s sights, Buffy’s intervention becomes all the more urgent. But no amount of Sumerian spellwork or slayer smackdown seems capable of stopping Dark Willow. If only there were a librarian in the house.   Hear us discuss… Where do we draw the line with Willow’s vengeance? Jonathan’s fairweather sense of morality Dawn providing some of the most feminist moments of the episode Hey, only slayers get to do flippity dos! Two words: DADDY GILES! 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Laura