Buffy Boys

In every generation, there are podcasters. They together will review Buffy the Vampire Slayer from a queer, literary, and feminist perspective. This was the Buffy Boys. In this finale episode we talk about the Buffy Movie, season rankings, and say thank you to every super cool listener who has joined us over the past few years. If the next apocalypse comes, DM us.  

The Rankings are complete and we have determined the totally objective best episode of Buffy. Now, our souls may rest. Don't resurrect us. In our S08E11 the Buffy Boys experience go through all the stages: Surprise, Passion, Restlessness, Gifts, and Body? Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  The satisfaction of a job well done A summary of overly suggestive rating trends 10 out of 10 "Pleasure moments" and "primo biatches"      

We crack open the ancient Ranking crypt and disgorge the dusty, inhuman mummies inside. We're so close now. In our S08E10, the Buffy Boys avoid their feelings in the classic ways - musicals, silence, bazookas, and dynamite.  Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Valuable vinyls and depreciated CDs Rewatching Buffy again of our own volition 10 out of 10 "dead gay jocks" and "bruised vampire testicals"

The good ship Ranking arrives after its long voyage to the alien warmth of a new star: we're in the top 20 episodes now. In our S08E09, the Buffy Boys celebrate all the major milestones, graduation, hometown implosion, and becoming an Evil Gay. Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  The sliver of sunlight that is Xander's heyday Denoument, dedication, and deliciousness 10 out of 10 "Lohechian four-winged soul killers" and "Goblets-ful of O Negative" out of 10

The Ranking Expedition crests to the plateau, the summit is in sight. Are the people who made these original ratings still, existentially, us? Who can tell. In our S08E08, the Buffy Boys breathe the rare air of the Lonely Ones from vamp groupies, serial killers, heartthrobs, and the fruit-punch-mouthed. Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  The simplicity and gothic accessibility of Season 1 - 3 The night of this recording we got drunk and watched Lie To Me again and were relieved that it's still fun to watch Buffy 10 out of 10 "heretical lesbian icons" and "5.1s out of 10"

Our Ranking Drill has cracked the succulent core of Buffyworld to extract the ambrosia of the Top 40 Episodes, objectively decided by us. In our S08E07, the Buffy Boys spelunk from misogynists (skinless) through Buffy (ratful) and land at ghosts (horny).  Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  We single-handedly solve the Gay Men Crisis in the queer community We panicked about whether we had counted the episodes right up until now for about 15 minutes before recording 10 out of 10 "thirsty wigs" and "wet lung sounds"

It's 150 episodes of queer, literary, and feminist perspectives! Wow. Remember when we used to drink a lot more wine? In our S08E06, the Buffy Boys go from guzzling milk to feeling conflicted about lesbophobic Amy Adams. Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  The reification of Cordelia Chase, our hero Single word episode titles are hard to remember 10 out of 10 "removable youth pastor faces" and "5 by 5s" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys  

The Dread Ranking assumes its superlative form as we climb from demon transformation hangovers to deputy mayors (slightly punctured).  In our S08E05, the Buffy Boys start with homoerotic subtext (gay) and end with homoerotic subtext (lesbian). Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  The greatest fantasy of this show was just a nice room outside your house you were allowed to hang out We might not say "monster kink" a lot on this show, but it's always implied 10 out of 10 "Irish troubles" and "grapes" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys

The Rank-a-thon ranks on from straight love triangles to supernatural-quasi-platonic, queer-coded soul quadrangles. In our S08E04, the Buffy Boys express no strong feelings about crayons of any size or colour. Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  We reach down (up?) to #69 which is, yannow, nice The past is a foreign country to us and so are our earliest episodes (Witch was robbed) 10 out of 10 "demonic girlboss temples" and "breeders" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys

The Ranking juggernaut digs deep to unearth body swaps in flooded basements and secretly vegan burgers brush up with nightmare clowns.  In our S08E03, the Buffy Boys discover if you can really have a favourite 'Adam' episode. Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  The breakout character sweet spot - from Cordy through Oz and into Spike - when to stop? Sexy Giles, Angry Giles, Sexy/Angry Giles 10 out of 10 "daddy hands" and "bad wigs" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys  

The Great Ranking continues as we travel from pervy posessed puppets to stilted summoned snakes. It's the worst, weirdest and bleh-est of the Buffy hinterlands.  In our S08E02, the Buffy Boys ask "how often can a rating also be an innuendo?" Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Would you rather be annoyed, squinting, or bored - a comparative study of Season 1 and Season 7 Sexy mantises, delicious principals, and problematic holidays 10 out of 10 "gay possums" and "annoying virgins" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys

The now definitive review of Buffy the Vampire Slayer returns triumphantly to don the sacrificial amulet of Ranking Every Episode from Worst to Best. Play along at home! In our S08E01, the Buffy Boys eat the show, starting with its bottom. Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Jumping the Shark or 'How We Learned to Stop Working And Love the List Fomat' Penis monsters, forgotten love apocalypses, and demons in the Internet 10 out of 10 "boy problems" and "children's bones" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys

Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. Until Buffy Summers changed that, forever. The Buffy Boys want to see how it ends in S07E22 "Chosen". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  The sweetest listener mail in all the world from our Superfangs Reflections on this finale, Season 7, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer If you've been reading these show notes, you're a hero "This is Buffy Boys, we were the Buffy Boys. See ya" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys

Buffy finds mʔ, an ancient Slayer weapon, hewn from precious chrome. Caleb falters, the Scoobies rally - What's one more Apocalypse between friends? The Buffy Boys get ready for the end in S07E21 "End of Days". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Opening the Close: the building blocks of a finale Self and Shadow Self - the reintegration of Faith and the dissolution of the Slayer concept Scythe Matters and the focused Potential of Buffy Summers "Well, you know, it's like, uh... when a cow gets old and loses an eye, or its ability to be milked" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys

Buffy wanders an evil-ruined Sunnydale kicking down doors despondently as Faith has her first big day out as Head Slayer, and it's going to be a blast. The Buffy Boys butcher their glottal stops in S07E20 "Touched". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Anatomy of a Complete Thought: carving out the final shape of meaning in Buffy Buffy the Home Invader - aesthetics of absence in the fall of Sunnydale Radicalising our Nation's White Minons - we're asking, where were the Bringers on January 6th? "You're a hell of a woman. You're the one, Buffy" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys

Desertion and dissolution comes to Sunnydale - the High School is abandoned, the Bronze is closing down, and Buffy is unceremoniously kicked out of her own damn house. The end begins. The Buffy Boys have their heads on a swivel in S07E19 "Empty Places". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  "Et Tu, Scoobie?" the collapse of the Hero's support network Turn the Light Off On The Way Out Of Town - dismantling the conceit of Sunnydale's setting as the show ends A deluge of Potentials as a portent of diaster "Not that I swing cats, or eat. Nope. Cutting way back. Cholesterol-- Morals! I mean morals!" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys  

An ex-preacher, a veteran Slayer, a reformed Bostonian, a soft-eyed construction worker, and a gaggle of Potentials walk into a Vineyard - tell us if you've heard this one before? The Buffy Boys lament Nathan Fillion's hair in S07E18 "Dirty Girls". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  A Patriarch you can punch - existential evil made manifest in Caleb The Reformation Roundabout and Faith's integral spoke of the Buffy ethos A Girl in a Dark Alley - modelling the self-renewing feminist empowerment fantasy "I'm nothing like Angel!" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys

Hark the tale of William the Bloody (Awful), overflowing in maternal affection and lately deceased. And Robin, orphaned vampire hunter with a Slayer Mom and a Watcher Dad. Let's see these two good boys talk things out. The Buffy Boys feel positively effulgent in S07E17 "Lies My Parents Told Me". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Freud Bait: Spike, stakes, his mother, and making his name into an icky verb The Mission is What Matters - the war for Buffy's Soul Vigilante-forward justice and whether necessary evil is a domain of the white hats or the First "Have you seen the new library? There's nothing but computers. There's not a book to be seen." If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys  

Welcome weary travellers and let us tell you a tale - the rousing, genre breaking adventures of Buffy, Slayer of the Vampyrs and the most nebbish of her entourage, Andrew (you know, Tucker's brother?) The Buffy Boys pull focus in S07E16 "Storyteller". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  The Blair Snitch Project: camera as character and foil Undeniable narrators and the inherent motivated perspective of the self-appointed observer Ancient, Maleovent, and kinda flirty: the gaybaiting First Evil "Why can't you just masturbate like the rest of us?" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys

Tragedy at 1630 Revello Drive leads Buffy through time and space to the source of the Slayer's power - which unsurprisingly involves dealing with some men who just reckon they're in the right. The Buffy Boys exhale a long sigh in S07E15 "Get It Done". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  General Slayer - the icky mire of militarisation of potential Big Bag of Plot with the Lads: Nikki Wood and legacy building The Worst Sleepover and the public nature of Scooby self-discovery "No need to thank me. I'm just the one who beat him off..." If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys