Welcome to UC-Sunnydale, where the professors verbally assault you, vampires kill your potential boyfriend, and your crazy roommate makes un-human noises when they sleep. While Willow and Oz are thriving in college and living for all the new knowledge thrown their way, our girl Buffy is struggling. She’s facing self doubt and a new foe in uncharted territory, and she can sense some serious evil lurking around campus. Rewatch, listen & laugh as we talk about one of the most popular zaddies of today, theorize about a weird phone call, and demystify owl hooting.

We’ve all had a roommate horror story (it builds character, right?), but Buffy’s might give yours a run for its money. From clipping her toenails in bed to passive aggressively labeling everything in the fridge with her name — even each. individual. egg. — Kathy is really testing Buffy’s patience. As Buffy’s anger toward Kathy intensifies, Xander, Oz, and Willow start to think Buffy has gone a bit too far. After all, we’ve all had less-than-ideal roommates, but there’s no need to go all evil Buffy on her, right?! Or is something Hellmouth-y afoot?!

The Hellmouth is heating up this week! Buffy ignores ALL of Parker’s red flags and winds up in his bed, Anya is sooo (not) over Xander, and Harmony has edged out Drusilla in the highly-coveted competition to be Spike’s lover. Then, things become a different kind of tense when Spike gets his hands on the notorious Gem of Amara — a ring that grants vampires invincibility. Uh Oh!

Welcome to the first ever Angel crossover episode!! We’re celebrating with a special series we’re calling “Ash & Angel” where Ash narrates the second half of the Gem of Amara saga! Haven’t watched Angel yet? No fear, we’ll catch you up to speed on all the important details! Our favorite Big Bad (Spike, obviously) is back, and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to get the Gem of Amara back in his possession. Angel is his usual brooding self, which leads him to make a rather infuriating decision. Rewatch, listen & laugh as we talk about Doyle’s face-farty noises, Angel’s love for sewers, and Ash’s Oz awakening!

It’s our first Halloween at UC Sunnydale, and while most of the gang is psyched to tear it up, Buffy can’t stop brooding over that pompous bitch blossom Parker Abrams. Giles lets Buffy take the night off giving her no other choice but to fifth wheel at a haunted house frat party. But this party isn’t like any other one, this one gets straight up demonic and isn’t what anyone had in mind for Halloween!

Ugh, our girl Buffy still cannot get over that fuckboy Parker Abrams! In an attempt to drown her sorrows, she turns to many MANY pints of beer with her new asshole “friends” at the pub where Xander has picked up bartending. But of course, shit always gets weird in Hellmouth — Buffy starts speaking in monosyllabic sentences and stealing sandwiches out of her classmate’s hand. So naturally, it’s up to Xander and Giles to step in and help figure out wtf she’s doing. Meanwhile, Oz and Willow deal with their own Veruca-related problems.

There’s a full moon, and we all know what that means for our favorite werewolf Oz! To prevent him from hurting anyone, he locks himself in a cage…with that bitch Veruca who — SURPRISE! — is also a werewolf. Shit hits the fan when Willow walks in on a naked Veruca canoodling her beloved Oz. Luckily, Buffy and Xander hurry to comfort Willow while she decides if she should curse Oz and Veruca to a life of misery forever. The silver lining (if there even is one at all): Buffy is killing it in Walsh’s class! Rewatch, listen & laugh as we call Veruca every name in the book, Ash re-evaluates her stance on Riley’s hair, and Alaina reveals how she might take care of the whole Veruca/Oz situation.

With Buffy finally over that fuckboy Parker Abrams, it’s time for Willow to sub in as the token heartbroken college girl complete with never-ending sad girl music. Meanwhile, Riley has an epiphany and realizes that Buffy is a fucking beautiful weirdo! Willow does Riley a kindness and acts as an unofficial wing woman to get him her digies! If that wasn’t enough drama, Spike is back!!! After escaping a high-tech detainment center, he plans to wreak havoc in Hellmouth with his sights set on Willow and Buffy.

It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving in Sunnydale without turkey, yams, a visit from your ex-boyfriend, and your dinner ruined by angry spirits! When Xander accidentally finds an underground historical building, a vengeful spirit of a Chumash warrior is unleashed and wreaks havoc on everyone he encounters. Meanwhile, Angel comes back to Sunnydale after learning about Doyle’s vision which led him to think that Buffy is in imminent danger. Plus, a sickly Spike wanders from place to place in search of shelter and a bloody meal!

It's another Angel crossover episode! Haven’t watched Angel yet?? No worries, we’ve got your back! We fill you all in on all the deets you need to know. We start with Buffy rolling into New Angelus after the chaotic events of Buffy: Season 4 Episode 8 (Pangs) ready to have a conversation about Angel’s pathetic invisible man act in Sunnydale. While she’s there, an OSHA violation of demonic sorts turns Angel mortal, leaving him and Buffy to figure out what that means for their relationship. We know there’s lots of brooding involved!

Still reeling from Oz’s abrupt departure, Willow decides to end her day by dropping by his old room for some quality t-shirt sniffing time, but this routine is quickly cut short when she walks into his EMPTY BEDROOM and is absolutely gutted! Determined to skip past the hard part of grief, she casts a spell in an attempt to will her pain away. It seems like the spell was a dud until her off-the-cuff remarks start coming to fruition in HILARIOUS ways leading to an impaired Giles and a lovey dovey Buffy.

We've reached a MILESTONE in our rewatching experience: HUSH! We're celebrating The Gentlemen's arrival to Sunnydale by chatting with an absolute icon, Doug Jones! You may know him from his roles in Hocus Pocus, Pan's Labyrinth, The Shape of Water, and of course Buffy. This week, Doug joins us for a debrief and analysis of this beloved episode and shares all of the juicy behind-the-scenes secrets that we know you are going to love!

Things get tumultuous on the Hellmouth this week! Riley and Buffy try to figure out a path forward after seeing each other on the job last week, Xander is dealing with an insufferable roommate situation, Willow is adjusting to being sans Oz, and the San Andreas Fault SHAKES up Sunnydale which causes Buffy to feel like the world is coming to an end…again! And if that wasn’t enough, a shirtless frat boy gets murdered, marked, and drained of blood! Maybe Buffy’s anxieties might be coming to fruition?!

It’s Buffy’s party, and Giles will cry if he wants to! Feeling a bit out of the loop and underappreciated, Giles attempts to find solace at the bottom of a pint glass with ETHAN RAYNE of all people! When Giles wakes up the next morning as a demon, he must figure out a way to undo whatever fuckery Ethan did!

Buffy is welcomed with not-so-open arms into the Initiative, and spends her nights responding to conspicuous pager beeps and dodging The Scoobs. Willow has some confusing thoughts about her new friend Tara, Xander gets wrapped up in the hottest new MLM scheme, and Giles tries to recruit Spike to put his newfound demon-fighting abilities to use and help the Scoobs.

Reeling from the fact that Walsh attempted to kill her, Buffy convinces the Scoobs to take shelter at Xander’s even though Giles is NOT stoked about the relocation! Riley struggles with the revelation of Walsh’s death, and Forrest fully transforms into a complete dickhole. Rewatch, listen, & laugh as we talk about hot-ass sub-terrestrials, titty CPUs, and Neopolitan Adam’s potential cover of Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?”

When Adam the Neapolitan Demon takes a short staycation to an undisclosed area, Buffy shifts focus to figuring out how TF to bust her man Riley out of The Initiative’s infirmary. Meanwhile, Faith is defying medical expectations, stealing people's ugly outfits, and evading Sunnydale's finest with relative ease.

When Faith hijacks Buffy's body-ody-ody, she sets out to create as much chaos as possible — flirting with Spike, making Tara SUPER uncomfortable, and calling out Xander's lack of stamina.

The Scoobs turn to Johnathan for help when a nest gets nasty, and even though Buffy can’t get Faith’s fookery out of her head, she can tell something isn’t quite right with Jonathan. Meanwhile, Tara gets beaten by a grody beige demon, and Xander and Anya bicker over whether or not Anya moaned Jonathan’s name in a tender moment.

Buffy and Riley can NOT keep their hands off each other! Not only is this making the edgers uncomfortable, but it’s also summoning some highly unwanted poltergeists. And it’s not just the two love birds that are getting all hot and heavy — ALL the frat party guests are feeling something special…with the wall!!

We’re back in New Angeles with Ash & Angel! Faith shows up in town to unleash some hell upon the populace, and Wolfram & Hart seize the opportunity to hire her to do away with our boy Angel!

When Oz arrives back to Sunnydale, Willow is torn between her past with him and her present “spellwork” with Tara. Buffy is getting fed up with Riley’s regimented behaviors, and Xander is vying to regain his spot in Oz’s good graces.

When the three elite headhunters from The Council show up to take out Faith, they attempt to seduce Wesley into helping them with promises of reinstatement into his role as watcher. The asshats at Wolfram & Hart attempt to tie up loose ends, and Buffy makes a surprise visit at a VERY unfortunate moment.

This episode is brought to you by GAMES! Spike is playing Big Brother, Angel and Riley are duking it out to figure out who is going to be the next WWE superstar, and Adam is playing chess with people’s lives. Then, the Scoobs are forced to face the fact that shit is NOT okay in season 4 when Spike plants some seeds of discord that QUICKLY take root and force them to grow apart.

We've (almost) made it!! It's the penultimate episode, but it SURE feels like a season finale to us! Spike overplays his hand which gets Buffy's gears turning about how fucked up everyone was acting last week. Meanwhile, Neapolitan Adam has brother bonding time with Riley and Forrest, Walsh’s reappearance causes a jump scare, and The Scoobs reunite in a very much needed happily ever after moment.

We've reached another milestone — the end of season 4! This week, Buffy and the gang accidentally fall asleep and fall victim to their own subconscious AND are stalked by a fearsome figure who takes them out one by one. Shit gets DEEP!