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Buffy Boys
by Buffy Boys
Two boyfriends who won't stop talking about their English Lit degrees comment on a girl who saved the world, a lot.A weekly re-watch of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' from an LGBTQ, feminist, and literary perspective (also wine!). New episodes released every Wednesday.
Episodes
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Buffy Boys 156 - S08E12 Finale! For real this time (Buffy Movie and Ranking Seasons)
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...
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Buffy Boys 155 - Ranking the Vampire Slayer [5 - 1!] (S08E11)
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:...
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Buffy Boys 154 - Ranking the Vampire Slayer [12 - 6] (S08E10)
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...
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Buffy Boys 153 - Ranking the Vampire Slayer [21 - 13] (S08E09)
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...
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Buffy Boys 152 - Ranking the Vampire Slayer [31 - 22] (S08E08)
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...
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Buffy Boys 151 - Ranking the Vampire Slayer [41 - 32] (S08E07)
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…
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Buffy Boys 150 - Ranking the Vampire Slayer [53 - 42] (S08E06)
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,...
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Buffy Boys 149 - Ranking the Vampire Slayer [68 -54] (S08E05)
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...
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Buffy Boys 148 - Ranking the Vampire Slayer [83 -69] (S08E04)
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,...
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Buffy Boys 147 - Ranking the Vampire Slayer [102 -84] (S08E03)
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...
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Buffy Boys 146 - Ranking the Vampire Slayer [123 -103] (S08E02)
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…
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Buffy Boys 145 - Ranking the Vampire Slayer [144-124] (S08E01)
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…
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Buffy Boys 144 - Chosen (S07E22)
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...
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Buffy Boys 143 - Your Days are Numbered (S07E21)
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...
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Buffy Boys 142 - Moment of Reflection (S07E20)
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...
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Buffy Boys 141 - What Is Left Behind (S07E19)
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…
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Buffy Boys 140 - Unclean Women (S07E18)
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...
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Buffy Boys 139 - A Heavy Past (S07E17)
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"....
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Buffy Boys 138 - Stray Director Andrew (S07E16)
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...
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Buffy Boys 137 - Slayer Power (S07E15)
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:...
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Buffy Boys 136 - Fatal Dating (S07E14)
Deep social awkwardness is in the air as Xander engages in lightly fatal rope-play with a passing demon and Robin reveals his tragic backstory in the most Freudian way possible. The Buffy Boys have had enough of smother - MOTHER - in S07E14 "First Dates". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:...
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Buffy Boys 135 - Inner Murderer (S07E13)
In an Unexpected Lesbian Sidequest, Willow suffers some grief-lust induced Warrenification and the Gang (plus Andrew) drive hours out of town just to touch Giles. The Buffy Boys show some Initiative in S07E13 "The Killer in Me". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: Hit Remix on that Lore…
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Buffy Boys 134 - In a Tough School (S07E12)
The Potentials get some field training from General Buffy and her trusty hound Spike. Like all gifted teens, Dawn learns a harsh lesson about being pretty normal after all. The Buffy Boys celebrate mundanity in S07E12 "Potential". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: Transmuting Teen...
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Buffy Boys 133 - Exercise of Style (S07E11)
The Summers all-inclusive Potential and Scooby summer camp is open for business. Buffy unspools a razor-sharp plan as Evil lurks among us, y'all. The Buffy Boys play with those little coin operated bus station TVs in S07E11 "Showtime". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: Extradimensional...
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Buffy Boys 132 - the dawn of the last day (S07E10)
Giles returns to Sunnydale with a new zeal for personal space and three Slayers-in-waiting in tow. Buffy faces down the anti-Slayer. Anya and Dawn prepare to scald Andrew. The Buffy Boys get drafted in S07E10 "Bring on the Night". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: Cavalcade of Calamities…
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Buffy Boys 131 - Bringers of Evil (S07E09)
Andrew and Spike make a classic "interrogated in adjoining rooms" odd couple as the OG übervamp rises and the Watchers Council suffers a minor setback. The Buffy Boys bury the dweeb in S07E09 "Never Leave Me". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: Deconstructing the Patriarchy - With...
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Buffy Boys 130 - Innocently Guilty (S07E08)
Spike's freshly minted soul hangs in jeopardy as newbie sired vampires crop up with his dental fingerprints all over them. But is it regular evil or you know, Evil? The Buffy Boys party in the basement for S07E08 "Sleeper". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: The Monstrous Man Inside Me:...
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Buffy Boys 129 - Evil Enchanting (S07E07)
Hell is empty and the dead walk the Earth - and they won't shut up about it! The First bears down on the gang with fighting words and the Buffy Boys break the Seal in S07E07 "Conversations with Dead People". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: Eschewing wordy promo blurbs because of the...
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Buffy Boys 128 - Proofs of Love (S07E06)
The Scoobie ladies are bewitched and bewildered by Sunnydale High's star quarterback('s jacket) - and now they'll spare no embarassment or military ordnance to get him. The Buffy Boys caterwheel into a very serious episode with S07E06 "Him". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: The…
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Buffy Boys 127 - Identity Crisis (S07E05)
Anya's demon exploits lose their laugh track when a dozen frat boys get the heart-ripping-spider-demon treatment. She's set for a showdown with Buffy where only one outcome is certain - everyone's hair looks great. The Buffy Boys feel a bit Aud in S07E05 "Selfless". Key Buffy Bits from this…
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Buffy Boys 126 - In Need of Help (S07E04)
Buffy's in a race against the clock to save a prophetic high school girl from a premature death at the hands of some cultish dudebros who would've gone wild for Bitcoin. The Buffy Boys are hauling ass to the counselor's office in S07E04 "Help". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: Buffy the...
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Buffy Boys 125 - Willow's World (S07E03)
Willow's back but she's a couple of visible dimensions short of a full set. With her and the Scoobs unable to see each other, how will they navigate the social foibles/skin slurping demons? The Buffy Boys are posing their pliable Dawns in S07E03 "Same Time, Same Place". Key Buffy Bits from this...
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Buffy Boys 124 - You Don't Deserve You (S07E02)
A newly tubular ex-boyfriend leads the Gang to some smouldering revelations - something old, something new, Spike's got his soul and he's wearing blue. The Buffy Boys polish their bastinatas in S07E02 "Beneath You". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: The Multifarious Soulfulness - the…
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Buffy Boys 123 - Back to the Beginning (S07E01)
School's back in session! At New Sunnydale High, Buffy relives her greatest hits - ghosts, basements, and a vampire with a tortured soul. But something eldritch is coming and it's going to eat us all, starting with your bottom. The Buffy Boys are passing cootie-catchers in S07E01 "Lessons". Key...
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Buffy Boys 122 - Two for the Grave (S06E22)
In this season finale, two powerful women battle each other to find themselves again amidst a miasma of grief and trauma. But wait 'til you hear what Xander has to say about crayons. The Buffy Boys covet Giles's fit in S06E22 "Grave". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: Perplexing…
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Buffy Boys 121 - On the Viewfinder (S06E21)
Willow continues her hunt of The remaining Trio (Duo?) through the styrofoam walls and deserted streets of Sunnydale. Buffy tries to talk before punching rather than during. The Buffy Boys look excitedly for their dad in the doorway in "Two to Go". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: The...
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Buffy Boys 120 - Avenging Angel (S06E20)
In the wake of Tara's death, Willow's tremendous power, skill, and rage is set to exact bloody revenge on Warren. But he has an ace-in-the-hole in which he has absolute faith - he is a man. The Buffy Boys see how that works out in S06E20 "Villains". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: The...
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Buffy Boys 119 - Tragic Ending (S06E19)
Buffy and the gang deal, more than ever, with why the hardest thing in this world is to live in it. The Buffy Boys talk about the mess and what it means to them in S06E19 "Seeing Red". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: Spike and Buffy - trying to understand the bathroom scene in 2021, the...
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Buffy Boys 118 - In the Chaos of Emotions (S06E18)
Anyanka is back in town and she's got her heart set on some tenderly vengeful hex action with her cold footed, flop sweated ex-fiancé. But will a 3/4 full bottle of whisky and a 240p webcam ruin it all? The Buffy Boys are mean to Xander in S06E18 "Entropy". Key Buffy Bits from this episode…
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Buffy Boys 117 - And Again Everything Is Fine (S06E17)
We come to the sad story of Buffy Summers, a normal girl formerly of Hemery High and now a long term patient of this facility who entertains a delusion - that she is the 'Slayer'. The Buffy Boys up the dosage in S06E17 "Normal Again". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: St. Elsewhere, east…
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Buffy Boys 116 - The Noose Around the Neck (S06E16)
On the cusp of marital bliss, Xander goes back to the future to heed dire portents of trauma, alcoholism, and disrespectful half-elf children. Also, Buffy juggles. The Boys are back and sitting on the bride's side in "Hell's Bells". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: 'Part Satyr on your...
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Buffy Boys 115 - At Ease, Track (S06E15)
Agent Riley Finn is back on the Sunnydale scene, with a badass (tm) black ops wife and mysterious scar in tow. What will this mean for Buffy and her permanent burger stench? The Buffy Boys seek a leathery egg in S06E15 "As You Were". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: To Sound the Riley...
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Buffy Boys 114 - Happy Birthday, Buffy (S06E14)
It's the Buffster's birthday - time for bad fashion, mortal peril, and uncomfortable personal revelations! What do you get the Slayer who has everything? A phase-shifting demon trapped in a sword of course. The Buffy Boys bring the charcuterie in S06E14 "Older and Far Away". Key Buffy Bits from...
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Buffy Boys 113 - Slave to the Senses (S06E13)
Warren's misogyny and Buffy's trauma collide on a downward spiral as Season 6 kicks into a gear that'll take more than a spell and a witty comeback to fix. The Buffy Boys dial down the laugh track in S06E13 "Dead Things". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: "Sensors, or Whatever" the...
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Buffy Boys 112 - Paradise for Gourmets (S06E12)
Buffy is a vision in polyester as she explores her exciting career options in the quick service restaurant industry. But does something sinister lurk beneath the bun of this capitalist dream? The Buffy Boys deal with yet another Wig Lady in S06E12 "Doublemeat Palace". Key Buffy Bits from this...
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Buffy Boys 111 - The Invisible Woman (S06E11)
A glancing blow from the Trio's latest superweapon transforms our Slayer into an invisible menace to pedantic social workers, proud hairdressers, and problematically nude vampires alike. The Buffy Boys lament a parched wig in S06E11 "Gone". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: The Googly…
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Buffy Boys 110 - All Scrap (S06E10)
Pancakes, larva Stinky yak cheese in my bra Willow dances on the ceiling, Amy does some herb-y stealing, Dawn's arm's broken, Buffy rants: -Spike's in flesh-toned underpants! The Buffy Boys didn't start the fire in S06E10 "Wrecked". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: Implicit versus…
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Buffy Boys 109 - When Crossing a Line (S06E09)
Willow de-rats Amy, her old witch-in-arms from high school and they hit the Bronze for a carefree romp with no emotional repercussions whatsoever. Spike and Buffy explore the exciting world of home remodelling. The Buffy Boys buckle up in S06E09 "Smashed". Key Buffy Bits from this episode…
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Buffy Boys 108 - With Clean Sheet (S06E08)
Willow has a classic magical whoopsie with some Lethe's Bramble leaving our amnesiac Scoobies to reverse-engineer their personal relationships while contending with the mythical vampyr. The Buffy Boys...wait, I forget...in S06E08 "Tabula Rasa". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include…
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Buffy Boys 107 - Who Sings Evil Attracts (S06E07)
It's an all-singing bonanza as the Scoobies face two enemies that remain undefeated: Dancing Demon and being dramatic as all hell. The Buffy Boys spin up their old soundtrack CD for S06E07 "Once More With Feeling". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include: Soft shoe semiotics: the musical format…
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Two boyfriends who won't stop talking about their English Lit degrees comment on a girl who saved the world, a lot.A weekly re-watch of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' from an LGBTQ, feminist, and literary perspective (also wine!). New episodes released every Wednesday.
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