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Welcome to Boca del Infierno, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, for the final time, we come to terms with the end of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the series finale, “Chosen.”
In this episode (broken into two parts), we look into the abyss and it looks back, only brighter:
* Plot and Firsts + Trivia (2:30)
* No Nookie From Cookie Buffy — Initial Thoughts (17:50)
* Breaking the Finale (25:00)
* “A Beautiful Feminist Message” (28:50)
* The Anya of It All (32:00)
* The End of Spuffy (43:15)
* Stacia’s Sidebar: What is the most important shot of the show? (46:25)
* I Love You / No You Don’t (51:00)
* Okay, Wait, What About This Second Front?! (57:40)
* How Do We Feel About Spike? (1:01:50)
* What, Exactly, Was the Plan?! Any Potential(s)? (1:07:50)
* We’re A Real Podcast (1:16:00)
* Reasonable or Ridiculous?! (1:18:00)
* Yelling (1:21:45)
* Watches (1:41:00)
* Rankings (1:53:45)
That’s a wrap on Beep Me Pod! If you want a series synopsis and final rankings, stick around for more!
* Season 7 — Highs and Lows (2:03)
* Power: Did Season 7 Deliver on the Theme? (2:12)
* Did the First Ever Feel Like the Biggest Bad? (2:18:30)
* Does Season 7 make more sense after Season 6? (2:21:00)
* Top/Bottom 10 of series (2:26:15)
* Biggest Regrets (2:43:00)
* Ranking the Season Finales (2:49:00)
* Ranking the Seasons (2:52:40)
* Kelly’s Category Roundup (2:59:30)
* Favorite Recurring Character (3:10:00)
* Favorite Villain — Big and/or Little (3:11:45)
* If the comics didn’t exist, is the story complete? (3:16:10)
* Are there any nagging plotholes/lore/etc. (3:18:40)
* Best and Worst Moments Carousel (3:26:00)
* The End (3:38:00)
/ Full show notes at our website (http://beepmepod.wordpress.com)
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/ Beep Me Hyphen Funtime Playlist for Podcast Fans, Season 7 (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/52X7l37gFC4RF2qWQXJTRo?si=bhCJi1WaRhG4mKR1XAcGHA)
/ Next episode: This isn't about demons at all, is it? It's about women. It's about power and it's about women and you just hate those two words in the same sentence, don't you?
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27 Jul 2023
7.21 – "End of Days"
Welcome to Brekenkrieg Grimoire, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we act like lame, moronic humans who never quit and keep podcasting as we talk about the penultimate episode of Buffy: “End of Days.”
In this episode, we stuff our faces with Jaffa Cakes and try not to talk as it only onl ends the podcast faster:
* Angel Update (3:30)
* Plot and Firsts and Trivia (6:00)
* Initial Thoughts (19:00)
* The Guardian — Why? What is Buffy’s “powerful weapon” and why is it friendship? An end instead of the end (23:30)
* Why is the First like this? What’s going on? (35:00)
* Spike + Do Buffy and Angel hook up whenever they see each other?(40:25)
* Buffy sending Xander and Dawn away (47:00)
* Reasonable or Ridiculous — Buffy the Exiled Slayer knew where to find the Potentials post-explosion? They called the scythe a scythe instead of an axe? We kicked Buffy out but now she’s back no prob? (51:20)
* Yelling (57:45)
* Watches (1:12:00)
* Rankings (1:17:50)
/ Full show notes at our website (http://beepmepod.wordpress.com)
/ @beepmepod on Twitter (https://twitter.com/beepmepod) | Instagram (https://instagram.com/beepmepod) | Tumblr (https://beepmepod.tumblr.com/)
/ Beep Me Hyphen Funtime Playlist for Podcast Fans, Season 7 (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/52X7l37gFC4RF2qWQXJTRo?si=bhCJi1WaRhG4mKR1XAcGHA)
/ Next episode: Looks like the Hellmouth is officially closed for business.
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6 Jul 2023
7.20 – "Touched"
Welcome to Illuminata, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we reach for Season 7, Episode 20: “Touched.”
In this episode, we touch on:
* Plot and Firsts (2:30)
* Initial Thoughts (9:30)
* How Are Buffy and Faith’s Plans Different? (18:30)
* Being A Hostage at Fort Buffy (23:15)
* Is Buffy As Dangerous As Mayor Wilkins Says? (33:00)
* Has Buffy Been Separating Herself from the Potentials, aka Distant Buffy S**t (35:45)
* Buffy As Neo, or Evil Neo (41:10)
* New Season 7 Pitches (43:20)
* You Sad, Sad Ungrateful Traitors — Is Spike Right? — Does Giles Have Nothing Left to Offer? — And What of Spike? — And What About Giles? (47:45)
* Reasonable or Ridiculous? — First, via Caleb, dug up scythe despite knowing they can’t have it? Giles kills Bringer as its giving information? Giles uses the word “dumb” instead of “mute”? Spike can smell where Buffy went? (1:01:00)
* Yelling (1:09:00)
* Watches (1:44:45)
* Rankings (1:54:30)
/ Full show notes at our website (http://beepmepod.wordpress.com)
/ @beepmepod on Twitter (https://twitter.com/beepmepod) | Instagram (https://instagram.com/beepmepod) | Tumblr (https://beepmepod.tumblr.com/)
/ Beep Me Hyphen Funtime Playlist for Podcast Fans, Season 7 (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/52X7l37gFC4RF2qWQXJTRo?si=bhCJi1WaRhG4mKR1XAcGHA)
/ Next episode: We'll go be heroes.
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