Buffy has her first encounter with World's Greatest Monster, Warren Mears and his indescribably creepy 'girlfriend robot' April. The gang have a merry old time beating up the patriarchy. Then a bad thing happens. The Buffy Boys steel themselves in S05E15 "I Was Made to Love You". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  The Queasy Familiar and the mundane evil of Warren's misogyny Group dynamics and the character of setting in Season 5 Retroactive Dawn: the quasi-sister's memory of Ted and Ted-like things Next week, it's time "Maybe he's a gigolo? Was his shirt all shiny?" 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   

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Buffy Boys 093 - Programmed to Love (S05E15)

Drusilla arrives back in town on Ye Olde Sunnydale Rail to celebrate the Bronze's grand re-opening. Just kidding, it's actually all about Spike's creepy obsession with the Slayer. The Buffy Boys are lounging in chalked outlines in S05E14 "Crush". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Misreading the Quasimodo: The skewed interpretation of Spike's toxic behaviour in the shipping wars What's Past is Premonition - the exit of Drusilla  A drop of monstrosity and the shared otherness of Spike and Dawn  "Go hit on Giles." 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 Boys 092 - The Lovely Love (S05E14)

Dawn finds out she's the Key. The Scoobs learn they're fighting a Hell god. It's Buffy's 20th birthday - time for trauma. The Buffy Boys are collecting shells from the existential beach in S05E13 "Blood Ties". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Little Miss Drama - the reality altering implications of the Key Glory/ Ben: Siblings, Mirrors and distorted humanity Sisters, Spies, and Strategy in the Slayer's suburbia "Glory is evil. And powerful. And in no way prettier than me." 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 Boys 091 - The Key (S05E13)

The Watchers Council of Great Britain descends on the Magic Box with a power play - Buffy passes their tests and she gets crucial info on Glory. But who watches the Watchers? Heh. The Buffy Boys stock up on tweed in S05E12 "Checkpoint". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Spike: A Thesis, and the parodying of academic Buffy Studies in-universe The performative co-dependence of Slayer as instrument/Council as master Plot armour - the compliant pacing of Glory's scheme "We're in love. W-we're lovers. We're lesbian, gay-type lovers." 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 Boys 090 - The Review (S05E12)

Another classic caper from Willow/Anya as their bickering hits a bewitching boiling point and a threatening troll (Anya's hexxed ex) is released to rage through sleepy Sunnydale. The Buffy Boys bite down on that onion blossom in S05E11 "Triangle". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Displaced despair - Buffy deals with heart break by breaking baddies Schrödinger's lesbian: Willow's sexuality and the trouble of over-identification with queer icons Manners maketh Humanity - Anya's selective civility and the demonic Overton window "You want credit for not feeding off bleeding disaster victims?" 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 Boys 089 - The Hammer of Destruction (S05E11)

We say goodbye to Riley Finn. Buffy discovers his secret shame as a recreational blood donor and he reacts as we all would, re-joining the army and taking a midnight helicopter to Belize. The Buffy Boys take the escape hatch in S05E10 "Into The Woods". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Normal Boyfriend - the quandary of a quiet Slayer home life Unpacking messy and misaligned parallels between vampirism and sex work Sympathetic resonance and the return of Xander's quarantine mop of hair "I'm sorry, Willow. Thank you for making time in your busy life to come in here and get in the way of mine." 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 Boys 088 - Das Ultimatum (S05E10)

What to say about this one folks? There's a earwig demon that comes down from space in a meteor to menace Joyce. Riley hangs out in a "vampire drug den". Buffy cries at samba music. And the Buffy Boys slither on through in S05E09 "Listening to Fear". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  The Thing from Another Genre: Schlock sci-fi meets small town travails Ensemble, Assemble - the roving mid season point of view Paracasual sorority and the paradox of the remembered child "I'd rip it in half and stick it in bed with me." 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 Boys 087 - Hours of Fear (S05E09)

Glory wanders into the Magic Box for a few bits and conjures a himbo Snake Man to menace the Scoobs. But will it be Riley's turtleneck that truly drives Buffy to despair? The Buffy Boys catch a ride on a jpeg in S05E08 "Shadow". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Shadows over Hellmouth - the malaise of immiscible medical malady in a mystical milieu  Pre-dating the word: the danger of a primordial power that circumvents youth speak by a factor of epochs  The creaky stereotype of Spike as a lovable neighbourhood pervert "I mean, I for one didn't want to start my day with a slaughter. Which, really, just goes to show how much I've grown!" 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 Boys 086 - Incantation (S05E08)

Buffy has a near fatal encounter with her own stake and seeks out Spike for his firsthand crash course on Slayer death tips and tricks. What made William the Bloody Awful Poet the demon he is today? The Buffy Boys' hearts, tis grown a bulge in it for S05E07 "Fool for Love". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  The weight of the soul - where does William end and 'Spike' begin The Slayer's gift: the death and life of Xin Rong and Nikki Woods Crisis on Infinite Buffs - interweaving vampire elegies across Buffy and Angel "Sorry love, I don't speak Chinese." 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 Boys 085 - Love Stupefy (S05E07)

Tara's family descend on the Magic Box straight from the set of The Crucible to rescue her from the sinful evil of her life as an independent woman, wiccan, and lesbian. It doesn't work out. The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb for the Buffy Boys in S05E06 "Family". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Overlapping Spaces - The Magic Other as both queer outsider and ambassador Dawn's human empathy and family values - learnt behaviour in fictional memories The lack of recognition for Amy Adams will visit ruin upon the children and grandchildren of the Academy "He called me a bad name. I think it was bad. It might've been Latin." 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 Boys 084 - Blood Ties (S05E06)

There's a new Big Bad in town and she's stomping her stilettos through the concrete foundation. She's the Beast in Balenciaga, She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named-Because-You-Can't-Afford-It... Glory's here. The Buffy Boys bear witness in S05E05 "No Place Like Home". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Sibling Simulacra - the metaphor made manifest in Dawn as a constructed family member The theatrical versatility of the Magic Box (shop) Vibrant Shadows: Glory as hyper exposed reflective challenge to the myth of the Slayer "Out... for... a... walk. Bitch." 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 Boys 083 - Enemy Sisters (S05E05)

Things are heating up in Sunnydale - medically! Joyce gets a strange headache, Spike has some light brain surgery, and Riley's pig-heart finally gives out. The Buffy Boys go inside the mind fortress in S05E04 "Out of My Mind". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  The Mission's Boyfriend: normcore v. superpowered in the struggle for Buffy's affections In Harm's Way: the unlikely longevity of Ms. Kendall Spike's modular personality - reframing the killer as questionable love interest "I will know your blood Slayer. I will make your neck my chalice and drink deep." 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 Boys 082 - When Spike gets mixed up in it (S05E04)

Xander gets zapped by a demon with a magic Latin stick and awakes in the dump to find a doppelgänger has taken over his life! And he's kinda better at it? Awkward. The Buffy Boys are blinding people with pocket coins in S05E03 "The Replacement". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Ferula Gemina and symbiotic duality of personality in Buffy Brian's irrational hatred of Confident-Xander's shiny disc Snoopy Dance - the proof is in the prancing Supernatural stakes and sitcom dynamics - the Fantasy family  "We just need to arrange the candles. Also, we should pretend we heard none of the disturbing sex talk." 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 Boys 081 - Two Drops of Water (S05E03)

A day in the life of Buffy's teenage (?) little sister who has always been here of course what. Harmony makes a gang. Giles buys a Magic Shop. The Buffy Boys are gobbling up curds and whey in S05E02 "Real Me". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  'Created' family and the manifested metaphor of Dawn Jumping the Spike: Ensemble dynamics and the hurdles of a fifth season Midnight theatre in the round - staging, battlegrounds and the versatility of a good Scoobie gang headquarters "I'm here to violate your firstborn" never goes over with parents. I'm not sure why." 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 Boys 080 - Dear Little Sister of Mine (S05E02)

In the season opener our punning hero comes face to face with the Transylvanian template himself, Count Dracula (!). The Buffy Boys are scoping out anachronistic suburban castles in S05E01 "Buffy VS. Dracula". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  The Fine Line: the Slayer's heritage of darkness and death, harnessed for good Unpacking 'Eurotrash' - the friction of classic monster myth and the Sunnydale context The curious case of Mr. Giles and the 'chickpit' Dark Prince...bator and Xander's subordinate disposition "There was no penetration" 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 Boys 079 - The Vampire's Bite (S05E01)

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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