A Bit of Buffy

Buffy and Angel's romance takes a passionate turn as Drusilla works to assemble The Judge this week in Ashley's review of Season 2, Episode 13: Surprise. There are confessions of love, some birthday cake, and a severed arm. Surprise, indeed.

Buffy and Xander try to save their classmates from the wrath of the Mother Bezoar this week in Ashley's review of Season 2, Episode 12: Bad Eggs. There are hardboiled eggs of nightmares, country cowboy vampires, and Buffy's son, Eggbert. I think I hear mommy calling!

Buffy faces off against her mom's new boyfriend this week in Ashley's review of Season 2, Episode 11: Ted. There are drugged chocolate chip cookies, the woes of parents dating, and our first of many run-ins with robots in the Buffyverse! Beg to differ, little lady.

Buffy reluctantly works with new slayer Kendra to stop the ritual that would restore Drusilla to full health this week in Ashley's review of Season 2, Episode 10: What's My Line? (Part 2). There are blossoming new romances, big restoration rituals, and the destruction of Kendra's only shirt! Two slayers, no waiting.

A career aptitude test, an order of deadly assassins, and Spike's plot to restore Drusilla's strength have Buffy down this week in Ashley's review of Season 2, Episode 9: What's My Line? (Part 1). There is a love of shrubs, ice skating slays, and Kendra the Vampire Slayer!

Buffy discovers that there is a dark past underneath Giles' tweed and academia this week in Ashley's review of Season 2, Episode 8: The Dark Age. There is another run-in with Ethan Rayne, the backstory of Ripper, and Eyghon's green goo. Gotta love that 90's CGI!

Buffy must grapple with the line between good and evil this week in Ashley's review of Season 2, Episode 7: Lie to Me. There is a band of vampire worshippers, Buffy's giant fifth grade crush, and a girl named after a mushroom. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and we always defeat them and save the day.

Buffy and the gang become their costumes this week in Ashley's review of Season 2, Episode 6: Halloween. There is a plethora of military knowledge, the first appearance of Ethan Rayne, and demonic trick-or-treaters. It's a big old vamp scare-a-palooza.

Buffy finds herself the potential sacrifice of the demon Machida this week in Ashley's review of Season 2, Episode 5: Reptile Boy. There are possible coffee dates, insufferable frat boys, and human sacrifices for wealth and power. Starve a snake, lose a fortune.

Xander's love for demon dating continues when he unknowingly romances an ancient mummy this week in Ashley's review of Season 2, Episode 4: Inca Mummy Girl. There are deadly kisses, interesting methods of Twinkie consumption, and questionably themed dances. One thing's for sure: mummies don't kiss and tell.

Spike's come to town with his paramour Drusilla and a goal to kill the Slayer this week in Ashley's review of Season 2, Episode 3, School Hard. There are gangs on PCP, really bad lemonade, and all sorts of mayhem on parent-teacher night. From now on, we're gonna have a little less ritual and a little more fun around here!

Buffy and crew work to stop the creation of a Franken-girl with Cordelia's head this week in Ashley's review of Season 2, Episode 2: Some Assembly Required. There are graverobbing science fair kids, a jealous Angel, and first dates over Mexican food. Love makes you do the wacky.

Buffy's acting like a real bitca when she returns to Sunnydale, just in time to start her junior year and stop the Anointed One from resurrecting the Master. There are sexy dances in the Bronze, a whole lot of attitude, and trauma grinding her enemies into talcum powder. Oh, and new hair!

Ashley's patrolling the episodes of Season 1 this week with character breakdowns, a look into the unaired pilot, and rankings of favorite episodes, villains, and more.

Buffy takes on the Master and stops the apocalypse this week in Ashley's review of Season 1, Episode 12: Prophecy Girl. There's an iconic dress, ancient prophecies, and a big bad with fruit punch mouth. Buffy may be dead, but she's still pretty.

Marcie the invisible girl is terrorizing Cordelia the May Queen this week in Ashley's review of Season 1, Episode 11: Out of Mind, Out of Sight. There is a band of Cordettes, extreme arts and crafts, and government involvement in the supernatural. That's just the price of being popular.

Bad dreams are a reality for Buffy and crew this week in Ashley's review of Season 1, Episode 10: Nightmares. There are creepy astral children, an introduction to trash father Hank Summers, and lousy clowns. Everyone can make a giraffe!

Buffy must figure which of her classmates is secretly an organ-harvesting demon before the curtain closes on the school talent show this week in Ashley's review of Season 1, Episode 9: The Puppet Show. There are some very questionable talents, one horny dummy, and a new principal in town. The show must go on!

Everyone's "jacked in" and Moloch only wants your love this week in Ashley's review of Season 1, Episode 8: I, Robot... You, Jane. There is online dating, the appearance of a techno-pagan, and demons bound in books...and the internet. If you're not jacked in, you're not alive.

Buffy learns about the dark secret of her mysterious crush this week in Ashley's review of Season 1, Episode 7: Angel. There are sparks of forbidden romance, a vampire curse in the name of vengeance, and Darla with guns. Can a vampire ever be a good person?

Xander finds himself craving Herbert the Razorback this week in Ashley's review of Season 1, Episode 6: The Pack. There are ruthless games of dodgeball, hyenas in quarantine, and the beginning of a rite of passage for Sunnydale principals - being eaten!

Buffy's date with cool guy Owen becomes dangerous this week in Ashley's review of Season 1, Episode 5: Never Kill a Boy on the First Date. There are iconic Buffy lines, a lot of talk of Emily Dickinson, and the start of Buffy's "bleeding tragic taste in men." If the apocalypse comes, beep her.

Xander's reputation as a demon magnet begins this week in Ashley's review of Season 1, Episode 4: Teacher's Pet. There are insects who teach about insects, highly inappropriate tutoring sessions, and Xander on the receiving end of a truly terrible game of eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Just another day on the Hellmouth.

Buffy's cheerleading tryouts become a little less peppy and a lot more witchy this week in Ashley's review of Season 1, Episode 3: Witch. There is disapproval over waving pompoms at people from a certain English librarian, the introduction of witchcraft in the Buffyverse, and a whole lot of bad parenting going around. The only solution is a big plate of brownies.

Buffy takes on Luke and thwarts the efforts of the Master this week in Ashley's review of Season 1, Episode 2: The Harvest. There are compelling stories of X-Acto knives for beheading, the demise of Jesse in his second and final episode, and excessive not studying in an effort to get kicked out of school. The Earth is doomed.

Ashley kicks off the podcast with a review of Welcome to the Hellmouth, the pilot episode of Season 1 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer! We've got asbestos in the gym, a girl named 'Aphrodesia' being judgy about other people's names, and vampires on campus in the very first episode of this iconic show.