We are back for season 2 baby!!! After a summer of self-reflection and time spent with her dad, Buffy is reunited with the Scooby Gang, but something about her seems…off. She’s acting rude and bitchy…like Cordelia-level bitchy. And if that wasn’t enough drama, the Master is back (kinda) and haunting Buffy in her dreams, while the Anointed One is causing all kinds of shit in Sunnydale. If this is just the beginning of Season 2 we are gripping on for dear life to see what comes next.

It’s science fair week at Sunnydale High, and everyone is bringing their A-game. Willow is working on winning first place (obviously), Cordelia is questioning whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable (it’s a fruit btw), and Chris Epp is building the “perfect girlfriend” made out of dead girls’ severed body parts. Only in Sunnydale! Chris’ science project / frankenstein girlfriend project is almost complete, but he’s convinced he needs Cordelia’s head as the final piece of his f’d up puzzle. So now Buffy and team have to save Cordelia (again), while also helping Giles with some much needed dating advice. To say they have their hands full this week is an understatement!

It’s finally happening. The moment Alaina and the entire Buffy the Vampire Slayer-loving universe has been waiting for: SPIKE. IS. HERE. That’s right — The bleached-blonde British baddie has sauntered into Sunnydale, and he’s not alone. He’s joined by Drusilla, who may currently seem feeble and harmless, but is as creepy as they come. This week, Buffy tries to survive her initial encounter with this dynamic duo, while Spike annihilates The Anointed One and fully cements himself as the new BIG BAD on the block.

It’s a big week for the Scooby gang. Time for a fun-filled field trip to a museum in preparation for their cultural exchange program with students from all around the world. Buffy actually begins to bond with her mysterious exchange student and Xander can’t keep his eyes or lips *hint hint* off of her. Of course it’s only a matter of time until the happiness unravels, because this week Buffy and crew are getting wrapped up in some mummy issues. And we’re definitely not in Kansas anymore, because Oz has arrived, and he only has a heart for Willow. Could her days of eating raisins alone at the bar finally be coming to an end???

Frat guys often get a bad rap as being snakes, but of course in Sunnydale the frat guys here actually ARE snakes…or giant weird lizard things to be more specific. This week Buffy begrudgingly agrees to hit up a frat party with Cordelia, and what begins as a night out to spread her wings (and maybe make Angel a bit jealous?) turns into a night of avoiding getting sacrificed to a giant lizard frat guy. Will the Scooby Gang be able to save Buffy and Cordelia from the lizard demon? Will Angel finally get the hint, and just take Buffy out on a coffee date? Tune in to find out!

Trick or Treat Weirdos? It’s spooky season in Sunnydale baby, and this episode does NOT disappoint! Buffy and the Scooby Gang dress up for hot girl Halloween (we see those abs Willow!) and volunteer to take some local kids trick or treating, when all the sudden everyone starts turning into their costume?!? Xander is an army dude, Willow is a ghost, and Buffy is an 18th century colonial woman / princess who has no idea how to kill a vampire. Super inconvenient costume choice Buffy! Plus it seems like Giles may have some sort of dirty secret? Say it ain't so our perfect tweed magic Watcher!

Buffy is surprised with a blast from the past when her childhood crush arrives in Sunnydale, and he’s checking all the boxes for her. Cute? Check. Makes Angel jealous? Check. Understands her duty as the slayer? Check. Dunks Oreos in apple juice? Ew, but check. He seems perfect on paper (except the apple juice thing) but of course he’s up to something. Turns out, Ford is part of a group of Vampire wannabes and decides his only way to become a vampire is to deliver Buffy to Spike himself. And if that wasn’t enough bad news for Buffy, she also catches Angel spending alone time with…..Drusilla?! And all of this in the same week she drops the big L word with Angel! Oh Buffy, this was a tough one.

Everybody has a past, and our favorite tweed wearing, library loving, British Watcher is no exception. This week’s episode is all about Giles (or should we say “Ripper”) having to confront his demons…literally. Just when things are starting to get steamy between him and Jenny Calendar, he totally gets cockblocked by a demon named Mark of Eyghon that Giles and his friends summoned when they were younger to possess them for fun…ya know just your average college debauchery. Luckily, The Scooby Gang is on the case with Willow stepping up to fill in for Giles as he deals with his heavy baggage. Maybe she has what it takes to be the next Watcher?!

It’s career week at Sunnydale High and everyone is anxious to see what the future holds. Xander gets matched as a prison guard, Cordelia gets matched as a personal shopper (SO on brand) or a motivational speaker (ummm…), Willow’s getting courted by some weird tech company (and hopefully Oz soon), and Buffy is forced to accept that the fact that a normal career just isn’t in the cards for her. Luckily Angel knows just how to cheer her up and takes Buffy ice skating for their first official date! FINALLY! But of course, no date in Sunnydale would be complete without one of Spike’s assassins crashing and attempting to murder Buffy. (Spike has assassins now?! Cool, cool.) Buffy hides out in Angel’s sad looking underground lair but is rudely interrupted by someone named Kendra who is making some pretty crazy claims that def change what the future holds for Buffy!

Double the slayer, double the fun, right?! Well, maybe not so much for Buffy. This week, Buffy reluctantly teams up with Kendra, the “other” vampire slayer who was somehow activated when Buffy died for half a second last season. Kendra is ALL about the rules (including the basics, like no dating vampires), has been studying the Slayer Handbook all her life, and honestly she might be the straight A-type slayer that Giles had always hoped for (Sorry Buff). Meanwhile the sexual tension in this episode is out of control. Drusilla calls Angel “Daddy,” Xander and Cordelia make out…more than once, and Willow and Oz finally get some one on one time. Can Angel be saved from Spike? Will Buffy lose her title as The Slayer? Will Cordelia and Xander become Sunnydale’s new “it couple” and force us to come up with a name for them like Xandelia??

The first rule of living in Sunnydale: NEVER SAY IT’S QUIET! With Dru and Spike out of the picture (for now) Buffy thinks she is going to have a nice, quiet week until she is faced with her scariest nightmare yet…seeing her mom, Joyce making out with some random dude. Sure, Ted is gainfully employed, a talented cook and interested in building a future with Joyce, but Buffy can’t shake the feeling that this future doesn’t really include her. His over-the-top demeanor and eagerness to lovebomb Joyce, Xander and Willow are annoying, but Buffy lands in SERIOUS trouble, (like possible jail time trouble) when she goes head to head with Ted, and he ends up in a bodybag. The Scooby Gang knows Buffy isn’t a cold blooded murderer, so they set out to figure out what the hell is up with no longer dead Ted (Did we mention he came back from the dead?!)

We’ve always known Sunnydale is filled with a few “bad eggs” (I mean it’s on top of a Hellmouth, what do you expect?), but this week the Scooby Gang is literally dealing with rotten eggs filled with alien-like scorpion creatures for a parenting project in health class. All this talk of parenting and the future has everyone acting extra horny and no one can seem to keep their hands off each other. Angel and Buffy make out non-stop in a graveyard (hot) and Xordelia faces the relationship hurdle of whether or not they even like each other while simultaneously playing ‘Seven Minutes in Heaven' in the janitor’s closet (hot x2). And if that wasn’t enough to deal with for one week, two vampire brothers from the Wild West named Lyle and Tector show up in Sunnydale with all the intentions of making Buffy’s life Hell. Will Buffy have to fight two big bads this week or will these new cowboy vampires (because that’s a thing now) help her destroy the mother of these gross gooey egg creatures?

Grab your party hats and a slice of birthday cake because it’s Buffy’s 17th birthday, and everyone’s invited! Even Drusilla and Spike have a special gift for Buff! It happens to be a dismembered demon who has the ability to cause the apocalypse, but it’s the thought that counts right?! So, like…Beep me! I guess? Buffy has some spooky dreams that turn concerningly prophetic which causes her to stress about Angel and his future (or lack thereof), but that doesn’t stop her from taking her relationship with him to the next level…. If you know what we mean ;) Meanwhile, the Scoobs are up to some secret plans of their own with a surprise party for Buffy, spearheaded by Giles. While Giles is preoccupied with leading the party planning committee, Jenny gets a visit from her uncle which reveals her surprising connection to Angel, making us doubt her allegiance to the Scooby Gang.

Don’t let the title fool you because there is nothing innocent about this heart wrenching episode. You’d think after their steamy and romantic night together that Buffy and Angel would be in post- sexy time bliss, but because this is Sunnydale and no one can ever truly be happy, Angel loses his soul while ‘giving Buffy her birthday present’ (yes… that’s a euphemism), and we’re all collectively wishing it weren’t so! Reunited with Dru & Spike, the true Angelus unleashes his inner fuckboi and plans a campaign against Buffy to make her regret ever making him love her. We regret ever loving YOU, Angel! While Buffy’s world is ending, the Scooby Gang seems to have plenty of issues of their own. Xander shows what a clueless nimwit he is when it comes to women when Willow catches him making out with Cordelia, Uncle Basset Hound reveals that Buffy is fated to kill Angel, but at least Jenny shows that she’s still on Team-Scoob!

A werewolf is on the loose this week, and not only is he a major pain in the ass for Buffy, but he is a major cockblock for Xordelia! Knowledge-drunk Giles hits the books and breaks out his globes to research everything there is to know on werewolves, while the rest of the gang deals with the chaos in their own ever-evolving romantic relationships. Willow wants smoochies, Cordelia wants Xander to focus on HER instead of Willow, and poor Buffy wants to forget about the fuckboi who shall NOT be named. Willow’s relationship status shifts to “it’s complicated” when we find out the identity of the werewolf who can’t fight the moonlight. Plus, everyone is shocked when the episode's true villain, Theresa (how dare she treat her BFF Buffy like this!) turns up dead. Get ready to bite into the backstory no one ever knew existed… this week on The Rewatcher.

"It’s Valentine’s Day this week, but Cupid seems to be MIA because Sunnydale High is filled with breakups, love spells, and actual human hearts as gifts; though this feels on brand for Sunnydale. And say it ain’t so – our fave couple Xordelia calls it quits and Xander is feeling all the feels. Butthurt and heartbroken, Xander enlists Amy (remember her?!) to channel her inner witch and conjure up a love spell. It quickly becomes VERY evident that she done messed up, when EVERY WOMAN aside from Cordi starts noticing what a hot lil’ nugget Xander is. Of course things escalate to violence as the group of lovesick puppies start a literal mob and fight to the death for Xander. We even questioned if we were affected by the spell because during a Xander thirst trap moment, Ash started questioning if she’s even an Angel girlie anymore! BUT not to worry because Cordi has a big moment of growth this episode and we spoil you with some heartfelt advice from Ash and Alaina.

Buckle Up Rewatchers because apparently no one is safe in Sunnydale and our hearts can’t take the pain much longer! It doesn’t take a Watcher to figure out that Angel is like… OBSESSED with Buffy right now and is determined to make her life a living hell. He’s leaving creepy (yet very beautiful) drawings of her on her pillow while she sleeps, showing up on her doorstep, telling Joyce about their sex life, and killing Willow’s pet fish, because like we said, NO ONE is safe in Sunnydale...not even the fish! While Angel is busy tormenting Buffy and the Scoobs, Jenny is determined to redeem herself by finding a way to help Angel restore his soul. Things heat up again between Jenny and Giles, but nothing good lasts forever in this town and Angel sends the gang a message that he is NOT fucking around anymore which shakes the Scoobs (and us) to the core.

To say Buffy is tough is an understatement, I mean she has fought off her fair share of evil demons the past two seasons, so is anyone else a little surprised to see that it’s the flu that lands her in the hospital?! As she is admitted to HIPPA Violation Memorial Hospital, she is forced to face some traumatic feelings from the past while also playing babysitter of the year and protecting all the kids in the hospital from a very creepy and terrifying creature called “Death” (super creative name). Per usual, the Scoobs jump in to help Buffy figure out what this creature is and how to defeat it while Joyce shoots her shot with Giles, because no one can resist that tweed magic! Can Buffy defeat Death? Or does she need to accept that in life there are only two things that are certain, death and having sex with a vampire is a bad idea.

It's the eve of the Sadie Hawkins Dance, and the Hellmouth has some fresh bullshit for Buffy and the gang to deal with. Things get violent when students start reenacting a ghostly echo of a dispute between the spirits of two felonious star-crossed lovers from 1955. Spooky yet…romantic? Giles is in denial thinking Jenny is reaching out from beyond, but Willow knows better and delves into Jenny's Pagan sources to deal with the haunting of the Hellmouth without Giles' aid. Meanwhile, Cordi’s biggest issue this week is the prospect that the girls have to ask the boys to the dance AND PAY!? Through all this, Angel, Spike and Dru have some cringe moments while they figure out if they're going to "Love it or List it!" Get ready, Rewatchers! This episode had us shook!

What is going on with the Sunnydale Swim team!? Last week they had jicama breath and we didn’t even know they existed, and now they're walking the halls like they own the damn place? Sure, they won the State Semi-Finals and apparently don’t actually have to EARN their computer grades (much to Willow and Xander’s dismay), but it definitely seems that something more than winning is getting to their heads. Much to everyone’s dismay, Principal Snyder is back, commiserating with the equally awful Coach Carl, and the two of them will go to ANY length to win State… even if that means turning the swim team into slimy, creepy, Gill Monsters. Per usual, it’s up to the Scoobs to save the day! Will the gang figure out how to defeat The Sea Man? Who summoned him in the first place? And why the hell are they so good at Synchronized Swimming? Maybe they’ll still win a State Championship after all! So dive in to rewatch, listen, and laugh with us this week on The Rewatcher!

This episode is a big one!! In Part One of the Two-Part season finale, Nondescript Voiceover Guy shows us the formative moments of Angel's existence. We travel back to the 1700’s to see Angel shooting his shot with Darla and how terribly wrong it goes. We see his first meeting with Dru, the curse being cast, and of course the MOST formative moment, when he first saw Buffy Summers (and was able to look past that terrible outfit she was wearing at the time). In between walks down memory lane, Buffy and the gang are faced with an unearthed tomb containing a Demon who could suck all life into hell for eternal torment...oh, and also final exams. Buffy resigns to dusting Angelus until a found floppy disk (remember those?) reveals that Ms. Calendar had cracked the restore-the-curse-code. So now it’s moral dilemma time Rewatchers! Should Buffy try to get her boyfriend back and transform Angelus back into Angel, or should he pay for what he’s done?

The season 2 finale is here and OMG we have A LOT of things to process! Kendra is dead, Buffy is on the run from the cops, and Giles is MIA, but at least the rest of the Scoobs seem to be okay and are recovering over at HIPPA Violation Memorial. With Buffy on her own she’s forced to forge an unconventional alliance with Spike of all vampires because they both have the same end goal: Kill Angel. Can Spike and Buffy stop Angel and save the world? Does Willow have some secret powers we didn’t know about? How is Joyce going to handle the news that Buffy is a vampire slayer? And most importantly, why the hell is Giles making out with Dru?! Rewatch, sniffle, sob, gather yourself, and listen as Ash and Alaina trauma bond over the sadness of the season 2 finale!