Episodes
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Ep 59 - In the Dark - Angel S1 E3
Once More With Feeling, the 20th Anniversary Buffy Fancast presents our take on Angel’s In the Dark. Huge thanks to Debbie Buchanan for editing this episode Plot Summary on IMDB Directed by: Bruce Seth Green Written by: Douglas Petrie Air date: Oct 19, 1999 If you enjoyed this episode, please...
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Ep 58 - Harsh Light of Day - BtVS S4 E3
Once More With Feeling, the 20th Anniversary Buffy Fancast presents our take on the BtVS’s Harsh Light of Day Plot Summary on IMDB Directed by: James A. Contner Written by: Jane Espenson Air date: Oct 19, 1999 If you enjoyed this episode, please consider buying us a coffee? Thank you to Billy…
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Ep 57 - Lonely Heart - Angel S1 Ep2
Once More With Feeling, the 20th Anniversary Buffy Fancast presents our take on the Angel Episode Lonely Heart. HUGE SHOUT-OUT to Debbie Buchanan (One of your Polterguides from Beyond the Cabin in the Woods) for editing this episode. Plot Summary on IMDB Directed by: James A. Contner Written by:...
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Ep 56 - Living Conditions - BtVS Season 4 - Ep 2
Once More With Feeling, the 20th Anniversary Buffy Fancast presents our take on the BtVS episode Living Conditions Plot Summary on IMDB Directed by: David Grossman Written by: Marti Noxon Air date: Oct 12, 1999 If you enjoyed this episode, please consider buying us a coffee? Thank you to Billy...
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Ep 55 - City Of - Angel Season 1 Ep 1
Once More With Feeling, the 20th Anniversary Buffy Fancast presents our take on the series premiere of Angel: City of Plot Summary on IMDB Directed by: Joss Whedon Written by: Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt Air date: Oct 5, 1999 If you enjoyed this episode, please consider buying us a coffee?...
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Ep 54 - The Freshman - BtVS Season 4, Ep 1
Once More With Feeling, the 20th Anniversary Buffy Fancast presents our take on Season 4’s The Freshman This episode begins our “Buffyverse” version of Once More With Feeling. Next episode with be Angel Season 1, “City of…” Turns out after leaving the monsters of high school behind, there’s a…
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Ep 53 - Graduation Day - Season 3, Episode 21and 22
Once More With Feeling, the 20th Anniversary Buffy Fancast presents our take on Graduation Day, parts 1 and 2 Despite some questionable comments, this is a solid pair of episodes bringing Anya into the Scoobies and ending the Mayor’s storyline. Part 1 Full Synopsis on IMDB Directed by: Joss…
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Ep 52 - The Prom - Season 3, Episode 20
Once More With Feeling, the 20th Anniversary Buffy Fancast presents our take on The Prom. It’s prom at Sunnydale High, so of course Joyce tells Angel to break up with Buffy and of course he does. Your watchers have opinions about this. Also, there’s stuff going on with Cordi and Xander and Anya....
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Ep 51 - Choices - Season 3, Episode 19
Once More With Feeling, the 20th Anniversary Buffy Fancast presents our take on Choices. Full Synopsis on IMDB Directed by: James A. Contner Written by: David Fury Air date: May 4, 1999 Rating: 4 Mr. Pointies out of 5 If you enjoyed this episode, please consider buying us a coffee? Thank you to...
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Ep 50 - Earshot - Season 3, Episode 18
Once More With Feeling, the 20th Anniversary Buffy Fancast presents our take on Earshot. This episode became both important and problematic when it would have aired right after the Columbine shooting. The episode deals with issues of depression, suicide, and violence at schools. Full Synopsis on...
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Ep 49 - Enemies - Season 3, Episode 17
Once More With Feeling, the 20th Anniversary Buffy Fancast presents our take on Enemies The Watchers discuss Angelus’s “return,” Faith’s continued descent into bad-guy-dom. We do math on Wesley’s age v Cordelia’s age. Angel’s acting, Buffy’s acting, Faith’s acting. How dangerous the ruse was, and...
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Ep 48 - Doppelgangland - Season 3, Episode 16
Once More With Feeling, the 20th Anniversary Buffy Fancast presents our take on Doppelgangland, episode 15 of season 3. The Watchers gather to talk about Emma Caulfield as a comic actor, Alyson Hannigan as an amazing actor, David Boreanaz as a guy who is acting in this episode. Vampire Willow…
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Ep 47 - Consequences - Season 3, Ep 15
Once More With Feeling, the 20th Anniversary Buffy Fancast presents our take on Consequences The Watchers discuss why Allen was in that part of town in the first place, why Willow is so upset about Faith and Xander, lounging in leather pants, Faith’s assault on Xander, “safety” words, and...
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Ep 46 - Bad Girls - Season 3, Ep 14
Once More With Feeling, the 20th Anniversary Buffy Fancast presents our take on Bad Girls Wesley’s here! So, we go ahead and discuss his entire character arc over the next several years. We think Eliza Dushku is the best – she is acting her heart out in this ep. The fat-shamy-ness of Balthazar....
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Ep 45 - The Zeppo - Season 3, Ep 13
Once More With Feeling, the 20th Anniversary Buffy Fancast presents our take on The Zeppo The Watchers gathered for The Zeppo, the Xander spotlight episode. We talk about Cordelia’s comprehensive pop culture knowledge, hair, donuts, the “R” word, teaching kids all the things, and Jos Whedon's...
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Ep 44 - Helpless - Season 3, Ep 12
Once More With Feeling, the 20th Anniversary Buffy Fancast The Watchers gathered for Helpless. Buffy is losing her Slayer mojo and Giles is acting weird. We talk about the possible purpose of the Tento di Cruciamentum and what it might be intended to accomplish and whether witty banter is an…
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Ep 43 - Gingerbread - Season 3, Ep 11
The Watchers gathered for Gingerbread. Mass hysteria has taken over Sunnydale and they target the supernatural. We discuss bangs, how much more interesting this would have been if it hadn’t been a supernatural influence, and whether or not drunkenness is a good analogy for supernatural influence....
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Ep 42 - Amends - Season 3, Ep 10
The Watchers gathered for a Christmas Miracle! This is an important episode, but not a strong one. David Boreanaz is still phoning it in as Angel and we’re about done with it. This is the introduction of the First and resolution of several lingering relationship questions. We learn more about...
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Ep 41 - The Wish - Season 3, Ep 9
The Watchers return! In this episode we discuss the iconic episode The Wish. We talk Harry Potter and vampire pairing standards. Cordelia’s sudden monochromatic wardrobe. Oz’s wonderful honesty. Whether any of Willow’s parts actually belong to Oz. Buckle up, it’s a long one! Full Synopsis on IMDB...
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Ep 40 - Lover's Walk - Season 3 - Episode 8
Once More With Feeling, the 20th Anniversary Buffy Fancast presents our take on Lover’s Walk. Ooops. Your Watcher-Editor Donna didn’t post this when she was supposed to. Here it is now (really posted on Nov 28, 2018)! James Marsters knocks it out of the park, funny, scary, and sympathetic. And he...
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Ep 39 - Revelations - Season 3, Ep 7
The Watchers gathered for Revalations. The cat is out of the bag about Angel. Faith’s new watcher is in town, and she’s very concerned about the McGuffin. Twists and turns and manipulation. Xander is both horrible and not-horrible in this ep. Xillow continues to not be terribly believable. Angel...
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Ep 37 - Homecoming - Season 3, Ep 5
The Watchers gathered for Homecoming, where Buffy and Cordelia go head-to-head for Homecoming Queen, Mr. Trick tries to kill Buffy and Faith but instead ends up with Buffy and Cordelia, and the Scooby Gang is suffering from all the fallout. Full Synopsis on IMDB Written and directed by: David...
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Ep 36 - Beauty and the Beasts - Season 3, Ep 4
#notallbeasts The watchers gather for Beauty and the Beasts, a Jekyll and Hyde story that completely failed to display any subtly at all. Xander is in the dog house for sleeping on duty. Someone is killed by a beast and we don’t know if it was werewolf Oz, Angel, or maybe the new guy, Pete. We…
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Ep 35 - Faith, Hope, and Trick - Season 3 - Episode 3
The Watchers Gathered for the introduction of the new Slayer, Faith, in Faith, Hope, and Trick. It’s a super important episode, so of course we talked about Fear the Walking Dead, fashion, Scott, and Buffy’s confirmed status as an only child. Oh, yeah, and a naked Angel falls out of the sky at…
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Ep 34 - Dead Man's Party - Season 3, Ep 2
The Watchers gathered for Dead Man’s Party. Buffy is saved from the awkwardness of her return by a zombie attack. There’s a horrible dead cat, a Jonathan sighting, teenagers invading a dinner party, Giles channels Ripper a little bit, and we talk about our expectations of friends. Full Synopsis…
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Ep 33 - Anne - Season 3, Ep 1
The Watchers are back! And Buffy is back, too. She’s living in a bad part of probably-LA and trying to disappear. We talk about our high school experiences with grades, the nutritional value of cake v. pie, the preferred method for being hit by a car, the portrayal of social workers Full Synopsis...
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Ep 32 - Becoming parts 1 & 2 - Season 2, ep 21 & 22
The Watchers gathered for “Becoming” the two-part finale to Buffy Season 2. Liam becomes Angel, Buffy becomes strong enough to kill Angel, Spike becomes friends with Joyce, Kendra becomes dead, Dru becomes a hypnotist, Xander becomes less trustworthy (though we all agree we would be friends with...
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Ep 31 - Go Fish - Season 2, Ep 20
The Watchers gathered for Go Fish and weren’t really happy about it. WentworthMiller is the bright, shining star emerging from the sewers of this episode (at least until he dives into them). We love you Wentworth! There’s a Jonathan sighting, we discuss bicep curls, and CW: casual misogyny and...
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Ep 30 - Killed by Death - Season 2, ep 18
EDITED: This episode was inadvertently posted out of order. I've gone in and edited the "published" date to force it back into proper order. The Watchers gathered for Killed by Death – in which we discover that Slayers can get sick. Buffy sees a terrifying monster that no one else can. It’s…
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Ep 29 - I Only Have Eyes for You Season 2, Ep 18
Are the stars out tonight I don't know if it's cloudy or bright I only have eyes for you dear Sha bop sha bop - The Flamingos, 1959 The Watchers gathered for I Only Have Eyes for You. A pair of ghosts are haunting Sunnydale high, reliving over and over again the tragic end to their love story.…
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Ep 28 - Passion - Season 2, Ep 17
The Watchers gathered for Passion – where Angelus lets his creep flag fly high and free. Angel is a busy man, interfering with Dru and Spike, sneaking into Buffy’s bedroom, sneaking into Willow’s bedroom, sneaking into… well, you get the idea. We talk about whether or not Jenny even needed to be…
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Ep 27 - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Season 2, Ep 16
The Watchers Gathered for Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered. Cordi breaks up with Xander on Valentines Day, which prompts Xander to do something so stupid, Giles can’t stand to look at him. In addition to discussing what Xander managed to do right along the way, the Watchers have a conversation...
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Ep 26 - Phases - Season 2, Ep 15
The Watchers gathered for Phases. There’s a lot more going on here than a werewolf story. Its age is showing a little bit in Larry’s storyline – it was treated as a joke, but was still a hugely significant moment. We also discover where you can buy iron manacles online, discuss the hazards of…
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Ep 25 - Innocence - Season 2 Ep 14
The Watchers gathered for Innocence: the introduction of Angelus, the outing of Jenny, Angelus’s brutal verbal destruction of Buffy, his introduction to his ‘family’ of Dru and Spike, Dru’s rockin fashion sense, a serious lack of prophetic wordplay, and Oz giving us all feels. Innocence is one of...
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Ep 24 - Suprise - Season 2, Ep 13
The Watchers gathered for Surprise, the 13th episode of the second season. Buffy’s 17th birthday goes about as well as Buffy’s birthday ever goes. We discuss the choices for Jenny’s character, how awesome Dru and Spike are together. Buffy and Angel are nearly killed, barely escape, and then…...
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Ep 23 - Bad Eggs - Season 2, ep 12
The Watchers gathered for Bad Eggs. Sunnydale students are given eggs and told to treat them like babies. Turns out, they are babies. Baby bezoars (not the medical kind, “pre-pre-historic” parasites). Buffy has to battle the Gorch brothers, her controlled friends and watchers, and deal with being...
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Ep 23 - Ted (S2 Ep 11)
The Watchers gathered for Ted, a truly outstanding episode. John Ritter is the creepiest bad guy ever, in no small part because of how he almost always plays a fun, goofy, good guy. There is some discussion of domestic violence, child abuse, and women being believed when they report violence.…
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Ep 22 - What's my Line, Parts 1 & 2 (S2 Eps 9&10)
NOTE: This episode was recorded before the allegations of infidelity against Joss Whedon by his ex-wife. Once More With Feeling is a podcast about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It is not about Joss Whedon. We are discussing his work, not his personal character. And with that out of the way…. Your...
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Ep 21 - Buffy the unaired Pilot
Watchers Adrean and Jack gather for the unaired original pilot of Buffy. This has never been officially realeased and according to Whedon never will be “while there is strength in these bones” because it “sucks on ass.” Nonetheless, the Watchers seemed to enjoy it. Full Synopsis on IMDB Directed...
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