Wait… Buffy’s dead? NO!!!!! J. and Brian take a look back at season five and talk about their favorite moments, characters, and all around feelings for what was to be the last season on the WB Network.
Podcast Length: 17:25
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As yet another imminent apocalypse is at hand in Sunnydale, Buffy prepares to square off against Glory to prevent the evil god from using Dawn’s blood to break down the walls between the dimensions. Buffy, Xander, Willow, Giles, Anya, Tara and Spike go to battle with the knowledge that they may not all survive.
Podcast Length: 47:15
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Willow decides she must try and reach Buffy so she psychically enters The Slayer’s mind through a loophole. Willow sees several replays of Buffy’s childhood including when she first sees her sister. She also sees Buffy as she is now smothering Dawn to death. Buffy’s guilt over Dawn being kidnapped finally proved to her that she is no match for Glory and she believes she killed Dawn herself.
Podcast Length: 32:33
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Buffy, Willow, Tara, and Dawn nearly escape from Glory when she is hit by a truck. Buffy and the gang decide the best plan is to leave Sunnydale in Spike’s RV after Buffy is convinced they will never defeat Glory. Meanwhile, the Knights of Byzantium return and go after the gang attacking the RV.
Podcast Length: 42:55
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Buffy withdraws from college in order to take care of Dawn who it turns out has been skipping school. Dawn’s principal warns Buffy that she might not be found fit to be Dawn’s legal guardian. Buffy resolves to be more like a mother than a sister. Willow and Tara have their first fight as Tara admits she’s frightened by how powerful Willow is becoming.
Podcast Length: 33:58
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Giles takes Buffy to the desert to search for answers about being a Slayer after Buffy reveals she is afraid being the Slayer is making her cold to her emotions. Meanwhile, the robot version of Buffy ordered by Spike in “I Was made to Love You” is complete and Spike enjoys his new toy.
Podcast Length: 21:07
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After Joyce’s funeral, Dawn stays with Willow and Tara and tells them that she wants a spell to bring her mother. The two witches insist it cannot and should not be done though Willow points Dawn in the right direction by revealing a book on witchcraft history.
Podcast Length: 36:12
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We see Buffy walking in her home to find Joyce unresponsive. Buffy quickly calls 911 but when the paramedics they are unable to revive Joyce. It is later determined she died of an aneurysm. Buffy goes to the school to tell Dawn, who collapses on the floor sobbing as she hears the news. Xander and Anya arrive at Willow’s dorm to take her and Tara to the morgue to be with their friend.
Podcast Length: 36:28
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One night at the Bronze a girl named April shows up looking for a boy named Warren. Spike hits on her and, offended, she throws him through the front window. The gang quickly figures out April is a robot. Buffy finds the aforementioned Warren and he admits he built April but then found a real girl that he liked and left April without telling her.
Podcast Length: 36:10
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While Buffy is relaxing with her friends at the Bronze, a train pulls into Sunnydale with all of its passengers dead and Buffy thinks it’s a vampire attack. Dawn hangs out with Spike one day after school and walking home she tells Buffy that Spike has a crush on the Slayer. Spike tries to tell Buffy that he loves her but she won’t let him say the words and walks away.
Podcast Length: 24:29
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