Haunted by her discovery of two murdered children, Joyce rallies the town into a witch hunt.

Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
Original Air Date: January 12, 1999
Guest Stars:

Elizabeth Anne Allen as Amy Madison

Armin Shimerman as Principal Snyder

Jordan Baker as Sheila Rosenberg

Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers

Harry Groener as Mayor Richard Wilkins III

• Giles’s translation of the German article on the computer was accurate.

• Willow’s parents obviously do not pay very much attention to her, as this episode made very clear. Among other things, her mom refers to Buffy as “Bunny” twice, and didn’t even know that Willow had cut her hair.

Quotes:
Buffy: “I’m like the kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.”
Angel: “Dike. It’s another word for dam.”
Buffy: “Oh, OK, that story makes a lot more sense now.”

Giles: They’re confiscating my books.
Buffy: Giles, we need those books.
Giles: Believe me, I tried to tell that to the nice man with the big gun.
Key Events:

• Amy has been turned into a rat.

• Willow is coming into her own as a witch.

In Other News:

• There has been talk of rebooting the Buffy movie.  No one likes the idea, especially former cast members.
• Here is the actual green Giles mug (Screen used green mug)

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Its Christmas in Sunnydale and to kick the season off right Angel is being haunted by his past and seeing people he’s killed. And not just on christmas

He’s slipping and Buffy may just have to kill him.

Again.

Directed by: Joss Whedon
Original Air Date: Dec. 15 1998
Guest Stars:
Robia LaMorte (Jenny Calendar)
Eliza Dushku (Faith)

Trivia:

• The first snowfall EVER in Sunnydale
• First time we see the front door of Willy’s

Quotes:

Joyce Summers: “So Angel’s on top again.
Buffy: “What?”
Joyce: “Angel or Star?”
Buffy: “Oh, uh, star.”

Oz: “No, not going. Just dramatic gesture.”

Key Events:

• The first appearance of … The First.

Rating:

Jason: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Kathleen: 3 out of 5 stars

Troy: 4 out of 5 stars

Overall Score: 3.17 out of 5 stars

A new girl shows up at Sunnydale High and gets Cordelia to wish that Buffy had never come to Sunnydale, Cordelia gets her wish and is trapped in the hell that is a Slayer-less Sunnydale.

Directed by: David Greenwalt
Original Air Date: December 8, 1998
Guest Stars:
Mark Metcalf (The Master)
Emma Caulfield (Anya/Anyanka)
Danny Strong (Jonathan)
Trivia:

• First appearance of Anya/Anyanka
• Vamps are attracted by bright colors?

Quotes:
Vampire Willow: “Bored now.”

Anyanka: “You trusting fool! How do you know the other world is any better than this?”
Giles: “Because it has to be.”

Cordelia: “No, no, no way. I wish us into bizarro-land and you guys are still together?”

Vampire Xander: “We really are livin’ in a golden age.”

Key Events:

• Anya is introduced and we know she’s a powerful deamon… until the end of this episode that is.
• Alternate, Buffy-less, Sunnydale reality is created

Rating:

Jason: 4 out of 5 stars

Kathleen: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Troy: 4 out of 5 stars

Jen: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Overall Score: 3.75 out of 5 stars

In Other News:

• Free comic book day and Bowling with Nicky Brendon!

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Directed by: David Semel
Original Air Date: November 24, 1998
Guest Stars:
Kristine Sutherland (Joyce Summers)
Harry Groener (Mayor Richard Wilkins III)

Trivia:

• Buffy scored a 1430 on her SAT test
• At the start of this episode Sunnydale had a population of 38,500

Quotes:
SPIKE: “You’re not friends. You’ll never be friends. You’ll be in love ’til it kills you both. You’ll fight, and you’ll shag, and you’ll hate each other ’til it makes you quiver, but you’ll never be friends. Love isn’t brains, children, it’s blood. Blood screaming inside you to work its will. I may be love’s bitch, but at least I’m man enough to admit it.”

SPIKE: “She wouldn’t even kill me. She just left. She didn’t even care enough to cut off my head, or set me on fire! I mean, is that too much to ask? Some little sign that she cared?”

Key Events:

• Willow and Xander kiss
• Buffy and Angel ‘break up’
• Cordelia tells Xander to stay away from her
• Cordelia almost dies by falling and becoming impaled on rebar
• We find out what happened with Spike and Dru when they left Sunnydale

Rating:
Jason: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Kathleen: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Troy: 3 out of 5 stars

Overall Score: 3.67 out of 5 stars

In Other News:

• The Watchercast will be hanging out with Nicky Brendon again at Pack Rat Comics for Free Comic Book Day
• Call of the Dead will feature Sara Michelle Gheller (VIDEO)
  
• The timeline of Spike

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Faith’s new watcher shows up and sets everyone on edge but the Angel is let out of the bag as well!
Directed by: James A. Contner
Original Air Date: Nov 17 1998

Guest Stars: Eliza Dushku (Faith)

Quotes:
Buffy: “Interesting lady. Can I kill her?”

Cordelia: “Hello, Miss Not-Over-Yourself-Yet?”

Key Events:

• Angel is revealed to be back
• Willow kisses Xander

Rating:

Jason: 2 out of 5 stars

Kathleen: 3 out of 5 stars

Troy: 3 out of 5 stars

Overall Score: 2.67 out of 5 stars

In Other News:

• Buffy reboot coming?

It is time for the students of Sunnydale High to raise money for new band uniforms so the whole school has to sell candy bars. But the Mayor has an agenda that may not be so sweet.

Directed by: Michael Lange
Original Air Date: Nov, 10 1998
Guest Stars:
K. Todd Freeman  (Mr. Trick)
Robin Sachs (Ethan Rayne)
Harry Groener (Mayor Richard Wilkins III)

Trivia:

• Joyce and Giles are listening to albums and Cream ”Tales of Brave Ulysses” is playing. In season five’s episode “Forever” Giles plays the record after Joyce’s funeral.
  
• This was the first episode written by Jane Espenson. What a first shot!

Quotes:
Snyder: “Whoa, Summers! You drive like a spaz!”

Giles: “No you listen to me, I’m your watcher so you do what I tell you. Now, sod off!”

Key Events:

• Xander and Willow getting all footsie
• Buffy shows off her (bad) driving skills

Rating:

Jason: 5 out of 5 stars

Kathleen: 5 out of 5 stars

Troy: 5 out of 5 stars

Overall Score: 5 out of 5 stars

In Other News:

• W fest
• Eliza Dushku in the movie ‘Locked In‘

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All seven seasons of Buffy and all seasons of Angel along with you know, current TV shows and stuff for $9.99

Buffy and Cordelia compete for Homecoming Queen and are hunted in a competition of a different kind; Willow and Xander’s friendship takes a turn.

Directed by: David Greenwalt
Original Air Date: November 03, 1998
Guest Stars:
Harry Groener (Mayor Richard Wilkins III)
Fab Filippo (Scott Hope)

Trivia:

• Sarah Michelle Gellar broke a bone in her hand while filming this episode.
• Chad Stahelski plays the bone knife throwing deamon Kulak. Chad was also David Boreanaz’s stunt double in both Buffy and Angel.

Quotes:

Mr. Trick: “We all have the desire to win, whether we’re human… vampire… and whatever the hell you are, my brother. You got spiny looking head things. I ain’t never seen that before.”

Key Events:

• The first time that the mayor appears
• Xander and Willow kiss

Rating:

Jason: 3 out of 5 stars

Kathleen: 3 out of 5 stars

Troy: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Overall Score: 2.83 out of 5 stars

In Other News:

• Nick Brendon Day!

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There have been some horrible murders on Sunnydale (what’s new?) and all clues point to Oz… well Wolf Oz. But things are not what they seem… with several Sunnydale high students.

Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
Original Air Date: October 20, 1998
Guest Stars: Fab Filippo (Scott Hope)

Trivia:

• At a point, Buffy is standing in front of a poster that reads “Most girls aren’t attracted to dead guys”
• When Willow is in the morgue she busts out her CSI kit… that she totes in a Scoobie Doo lunch box.

Quotes:
Oz: “Time’s up. Rules change.”

Giles: “Don’t Panic”
Oz: “Just a thought – Poker, not your game.”

Key Events:

• We see how the Scoobies handle Oz’s wolf problem

Rating:

Jason: 3 out of 5 stars

Kathleen: 3 out of 5 stars

Troy: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Overall Score: 3.17 out of 5 stars

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Buffy manages to get back into school, despite Snyder, and a new slayer shows up and “B” is trying to get back with the dating.

Directed by: James A. Contner

Written by: David Greenwalt

Original Air Date: 10/13/1998

Guest Stars:

Fab Filippo (Scott Hope)

Eliza Dushku (Faith)

K. Todd Freeman (Mr. Trick)

Trivia:

• Darling Violetta was the band playing at the Bronze, the same band that created the Angel theme song

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• David Boreanaz becomes the first cast member to shoot a scene completely nude

Quotes:

Cordelia: “What is it with you and Slayers? Maybe I should dress up as one,

and put a stake to your throat.”

Xander: “Oh, please, God, don’t let that be sarcasm.”

Joyce: “I think what my daughter’s trying to say is: ‘Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah!’”

Key Events:

• Faith arrives in sunnydale
• Buffy is allowed back in school
• Buffy tells Giles and Willow that the spell worked and it was Angel she had to stab and send to ‘hell’
• Angel reappears

Rating:

Jason: 4 out of 5 stars

Kathleen: 4 out of 5 stars

Troy: 4 out of 5 stars

Overall Score: 4 out of 5 stars

In Other News:

• Alexis Denisof and Summer Glou join the cast of Dollhouse

Buffy has returned home but the reception isn’t exactly what she’d hoped when zombies crash her surprise-ish welcome home party.

Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
Original Air Date: Oct. 6th 1998
Guest Stars: Danny Strong (Johnathan)

Trivia:

• The first time that the outdoor set that will become main street Sunnydale is used. (Espresso Pump)
• Xander says “It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye.” Eye-Roic?

Quotes:
Giles: ” ‘Do you like my mask? Isn’t it pretty? It raises the dead.’ Americans!”

Xander: “Generally speaking, when scary things get scared: not good.”

Key Events:

Rating:

Jason: 2 out of 5 stars

Kathleen: 2.75 out of 5 stars

Troy: 1 out of 5 stars

Overall Score: 1.92 out of 5 stars

In Other News:

• Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog won an EMMY!!!!
• Felicia Day (Dr. Horrible/Buffy Season 7) has a fantastic web comedy, “The Guild”. Highly recommended! Here is the first episode.
  
• Julie Benz (Darla) stars in the upcoming Boondock Saints 2 film. Here is a link to the Redband trailer where you can see her as some badass investigator. (Redband trailers are R rated)
• Hulu won’t be getting any more seasons of Buffy.
  “Availability Notes:
  After Oct. 2, Season 3 episodes will no longer be available for online streaming. After Oct. 16, Season 2 episodes will no longer be available for online streaming.

  At this time, we are only able to offer Seasons 1-3 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Additional seasons have not been made available to Hulu, but we’ll continue to request more episodes for our users.”

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Yay Buffy!

Part 1: Angel prepares a ritual to awaken a demon that will suck the world into hell; Buffy prepares to kill him, but is torn when Willow discovers the ritual that could restore Angel’s soul.

Part 2: Buffy’s life is a mess when her mother discovers her secret life, and she’s expelled from school and forced to make a heart-wrenching decision when both Angel’s and Willow’s rituals succeed.

Directed by: Joss Whedon
Original Air Date: May 12, 1998 / May 19, 1998
Guest Stars: Bianca Lawson (Kendra)
Max Perlich (Whistler)

Trivia:

• Al Franken is mentioned in this set of episodes.
• If angel had been 241 as he stated in previous episodes he would have been born in 1755 or 1756 yet he’s sired by Darla in 1753?
• The Claddagh ring Angel gave Buffy shows up again in these episodes. Claddagh was a small fishing village near Galway, where Angel was sired.

Quotes:
Xander: “And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?”


Spike: “It’s a big rock. I can’t wait to tell my friends. They don’t have a rock this big “

Key Events:

• Buffy reveals her slayerhood to her mother, Joyce
• Angel gets his soul back just in time to be killed (in order to save the world) by Buffy
• Buffy gets expelled from school
• Kendra is killed by Dru and Buffy is implicated in her death
• Willow completes her first MAJOR spell, the gypsy curse that gives Angel his soul back
• Spike takes Dru and leaves town
• Buffy and her Mother fight and Joyce tells Buffy ‘If you walk out that door don’t you even think of coming back.’ and… she doesn’t. Buffy leaves town.

Rating:

Jason: 5 out of 5 stars

Kathleen: 5 out of 5 stars

Troy: 5 out of 5 stars

Overall Score: 5 out of 5 stars



In Other News:

• Thanks to those who watched us record this episode live!
• The Watchercast laptop is fixed and we’re rolling again.

Watch both episodes here…

Part 1

Part 2

From the Watchercast crew, Thank you Apple.

Now that we have it back we’re going to be recording a double episode. That’s right, The Becoming part I & II all in one super sized episode. We’re going to be recording tomorrow night (Tuesday July 7th), we’re going to start watching the episodes around 7pm EST. As we’re getting setup I’ll twitter and update facebook. We’ll should have everything setup to ‘Live Stream’ the recording session. We may even have open chat at the end of the recording for anyone who wants to gab about season 2 of Buffy.

But a friend of the show offered some advice on contacting Apple Care. We may not have to do the telethon just yet.

Trying not to panic I used my iPod touch to Google around and found this on the Apple site: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377 It looked like Apple was going to make good and this wasn’t going to be a disaster. Everything about my MacBook Pro meets all of the requirements listed on the Apple site. We have an Apple Store over at Easton so I made an appointment and took it in to get fixed.

Now the guy at the Genius Bar had an external drive, plugged it into my MacBook Pro and booted it into target disk mode. Still nothing came up on the screen. He takes the drive off of mine and plugs it into his Mac and brings up a report that simply stated “No eligible graphics chip found”. So even though The Watchercast MacBook Pro matches everything on the site and it’s doing exactly what is described on the site, that it isn’t covered by the no cost repair and since it is no longer covered by a warranty it will cost $310 to have the logic board replaced.

So here is the sad part. With Shannan only weeks away from giving birth to our second son, we just don’t have the money to get the laptop fixed right now. So for now The Watchercast is on hold and the laptop will sit until we have the extra money to get it fixed.

We’re trying to figure out some options to raise the money to have it replaced. Until then we’ll keep you all posted on any progress we make. We appreciate each and every one of you that listen to us and are so engaged in this show with us. Thanks for sticking with us as we try to fix this.

The Sunnydale High School has finally got a winning sports team! That should be a red flag right there that something isn’t right with them. Is there some fish monster eating people, but leaving their skin, or is it more complex than that?

Directed by: David Semel
Original Air Date: May 5, 1998
Guest Stars:
Wentworth Miller (Gage Petronzi)
Danny Strong (Jonathan)

Trivia:

• Sophia Crawford does most of the real heavy fighting as SMG’s stunt double

Quotes:
Buffy: “Those boys really love their coach”

Xander: “What am I gonna do?”
Cordelia: “You, you, you. What about me? It’s one thing to be dating the lame unpopular guy, but it’s another to be dating the creature from the blue lagoon.”
Xander: “Black lagoon. The creature from the blue lagoon was Brooke Shields.”

Cordelia: “Well, you could go out to the parking lot and practice running like a man.”

Key Events:

• Willow will be finishing out the year as Jenny’s replacement

Rating:

Jason: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Matt: 3 out of 5 stars

Troy: 3 out of 5 stars

Overall Score: 2.83 out of 5 stars



In Other News:

• A remake of V, the sci-fi mini series from 1983 is due to come out this year. Morena Baccarin (Inara Serra from FireFly/Serenity) will be playing Diana!
  
  
• Laura Vandervoort (Kara/aka Super Girl from Smallville) also stars in the upcoming V reboot

The after school special that Jason randomly mentioned.

The Sadie Hawkins dance is coming up and Buffy is off the dating track… “forever”. There are two love birds that still have some issues to work out, to bad they are both dead. Giles thinks the ghostly activity is Jenny trying to finish up some unresolved issues while the rest of the gang just want to get the deadly incident to stop repeating. Eventually our dead star crossed lovers find the best hosts for their deadly rerun in Buffy and Angelus but not quite the way one might expect.

Watch the full episode right here!

Written by: Marti Noxon
Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
Original Air Date: April 28, 1998
Guest Stars: John Hawkes (George)
Trivia:

Quotes:
Xander: “I defined something? Accurately? Guess I’m done with the book learning”


Cordillia: “Over identify much?”


Angel: “Incoming, I love when she does this.”


Key Events:

• Spike can walk
• Willow is getting into the magics
• Giles comes to grips with the fact that Jenny is really gone

Rating:

Jason: 3 out of 5 stars

Kathleen: 3 out of 5 stars

Troy: 4 out of 5 stars

Overall Score: 3.33 out of 5 stars



In Other News:

• Dollhouse has been renewed
]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/253/feed 7 1:12:11 The Sadie Hawkins dance is coming up and Buffy is off the dating track… “forever”. There are two love birds that still have some issues to work out, to bad they are both dead. Giles thinks the ghostly activity is Jenny trying to f[...] The Sadie Hawkins dance is coming up and Buffy is off the dating track… “forever”. There are two love birds that still have some issues to work out, to bad they are both dead. Giles thinks the ghostly activity is Jenny trying to finish up some unresolved issues while the rest of the gang just want to get the deadly incident to stop repeating. Eventually our dead star crossed lovers find the best hosts for their deadly rerun in Buffy and Angelus but not quite the way one might expect. Watch the full episode right here! Written by: Marti Noxon Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr. Original Air Date: April 28, 1998 Guest Stars: John Hawkes (George) Trivia: Joss Whedon mentions in the special features commentary that after David’s emotional performance in this episode he thought David could carry his own show. (a.k.a Angel) The Sadie Hawkins dance is named after the Li’l Abner comic strip character Sadie Hawkins. The mansion that Angelus, Dru, and Spike move into is actually the Ennis House, a real life home that has a huge history in movies Quotes: Xander: “I defined something? Accurately? Guess I’m done with the book learning” Cordillia: “Over identify much?” Angel: “Incoming, I love when she does this.” Key Events: Spike can walk Willow is getting into the magics Giles comes to grips with the fact that Jenny is really gone Rating: Jason: 3 out of 5 stars Kathleen: 3 out of 5 stars Troy: 4 out of 5 stars Overall Score: 3.33 out of 5 stars In Other News: Dollhouse has been renewed Jason Anderson no no http://www.watchercast.com/archives/367 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/367#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 19:20:05 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=367
Return To The Scene Of The Crime

The episode is fantastic and I highly recommend all our listeners listen to the whole thing. I got a special kick out of watching Ira Glass running the board during the live show and seeing parallels to my fiddling with our soundboard while we’re recording The Watchercast.

So for those who want to just jump into it skip to 27:48 into the episode when the start act two and Ira runs a short clip from Dr. Horrible and introduces Joss. At 33:02 Joss Whedon takes the stage and sings one of the songs from the musical director’s commentary of Dr. Horrible’s DVD.

As Joss continued his song I sunk down a little deeper in seat and thought to myself “I’m glad we didn’t make Watchercast T-shirts….”

Thanks Alice!


]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/367/feed 1 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/251 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/251#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:48:09 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=251 After the flu puts Buffy in the hospital, she helps save sick children from Der Kindestod, a nightmare demon invisible to healthy people. When getting well means losing her ability to fight the demon, Buffy reinfects herself. In saving the other children, she also avenges her young cousin, Celia, and puts her own hospital phobia to rest.

Directed by: Deran Serafian
Original Air Date: March 3, 1998
Guest Stars:

• Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers
• Richard Herd as Dr. Stanley Backer
• Willie Garson as Security Guard
• Andrew Ducote as Ryan
• Juanita Jennings as Dr. Wilkinson

Trivia:

• When the gang takes Buffy for a walk around the hospital grounds, she tells them she saw “Death”. Xander advises her to refuse if Death offers to play chess with her. This refers to ‘Max von Sydow”s epic chess match vs Death’s in Ingmar Bergman’s Det sjunde inseglet (IMDB)
• Joss Whedon designed Der Kindestod himself. He was an amalgam of Freddy Krueger, Nosferatu, and the boogeyman.

Quotes:

Kathleen’s Fave Exchange:
Xander: “Cordy, you should go with Giles.”
Giles: “Why do I have to have…? Good thinking, I could do with a research assistant.”
Cordelia: “Let’s go, Tact-Guy.”

Troy’s Fave Exchange:
“Xander: “She fell.”
Willow: “The flu.”
Cordelia: “She fainted.”
Xander: “The flu, fainted and fell. She’s sick, make it better!”

Jason’s Fave Quote:
Cordelia:“Tact is just not saying true stuff…I’ll pass”

Troy’s Der Kindestod Rendition:

Rating:

Jason : 2.4 out of 5 stars

Kathleen : 2.5 out of 5 stars

Troy : 2 out of 5 stars

Overall Score: 2.85 out of 5 stars

The Watchercast Monster Rating: : 4.5 out of 5 stars

In Other News:

The Watchercast crew will be attending “This American Life Live” where Joss Whedon will be featured.  Stay tuned for their thoughts.

Look forward to guest hosts in future casts.  Listen to other Watchercast listeners take on the Buffyverse.

Voice comments are active!  Comments, questions, cries of outrage??? Tell us all about it!!!!!


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]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/251/feed 13 1:02:15 After the flu puts Buffy in the hospital, she helps save sick children from Der Kindestod, a nightmare demon invisible to healthy people. When getting well means losing her ability to fight the demon, Buffy reinfects herself. In saving the other chi[...] After the flu puts Buffy in the hospital, she helps save sick children from Der Kindestod, a nightmare demon invisible to healthy people. When getting well means losing her ability to fight the demon, Buffy reinfects herself. In saving the other children, she also avenges her young cousin, Celia, and puts her own hospital phobia to rest. Directed by: Deran Serafian Original Air Date: March 3, 1998 Guest Stars: Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers Richard Herd as Dr. Stanley Backer Willie Garson as Security Guard Andrew Ducote as Ryan Juanita Jennings as Dr. Wilkinson Trivia: When the gang takes Buffy for a walk around the hospital grounds, she tells them she saw “Death”. Xander advises her to refuse if Death offers to play chess with her. This refers to ‘Max von Sydow”s epic chess match vs Death’s in Ingmar Bergman’s Det sjunde inseglet (IMDB) Joss Whedon designed Der Kindestod himself. He was an amalgam of Freddy Krueger, Nosferatu, and the boogeyman. Quotes: Kathleen’s Fave Exchange: Xander: “Cordy, you should go with Giles.” Giles: “Why do I have to have…? Good thinking, I could do with a research assistant.” Cordelia: “Let’s go, Tact-Guy.” Troy’s Fave Exchange: “Xander: “She fell.” Willow: “The flu.” Cordelia: “She fainted.” Xander: “The flu, fainted and fell. She’s sick, make it better!” Jason’s Fave Quote: Cordelia:“Tact is just not saying true stuff…I’ll pass” Troy’s Der Kindestod Rendition: Rating: Jason : 2.4 out of 5 stars Kathleen : 2.5 out of 5 stars Troy : 2 out of 5 stars Overall Score: 2.85 out of 5 stars The Watchercast Monster Rating: : 4.5 out of 5 stars In Other News: The Watchercast crew will be attending “This American Life Live” where Joss Whedon will be featured.  Stay tuned for their thoughts. Look forward to guest hosts in future casts.  Listen to other Watchercast listeners take on the Buffyverse. Voice comments are active!  Comments, questions, cries of outrage??? Tell us all about it!!!!! Video clips The Flu Fall You Game? Jason Anderson no no http://www.watchercast.com/archives/249 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/249#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:10:13 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=249 Angelus has murder on his mind and Buffy’s friends and family are his targets. Jenny Calendar is still on the outs with the scooby gang but gives Giles a spell book containing a ritual to keep Angelus out of the their homes, all the while she is secretly working on her own “special project”—a computer translation of the ancient Gypsy Ritual of Restoration, the spell which originally gave Angelus his soul back. She succeeds, but Drusilla senses Jenny’s intentions and Angelus pays Jenny a visit to destroy all her work and put an end to her life.  With extra flair, Angelus uses his sick and twisted abilities to torture Giles. Though devastated as well by Jenny’s death, Buffy stops Giles from getting himself killed seeking revenge on Angelus. By the time Jenny is laid to rest, Buffy understands the full consequences of allowing Angelus to continue his reign of terror and finds herself, finally, ready to slay him.

Directed by: Michael E. Gershman
Original Air Date: February 24, 1998


Guest Stars:

• Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers
• Robia LaMorte as Jenny Calendar
• Richard Assad as Shopkeeper
• James Marsters as Spike
• Juliet Landau as Drusilla
• Danny Strong as Jonathan Levinson
• According to Joss Whedon, Jenny Calendar’s death serves notice to fans, first, that no one is safe, death is scary and real, and second, that Angel is not “just a little evil,” he’s not “grouchy,” he’s truly evil and Buffy needs to address the situation. The series creator also jokes that the episode is a message to the actors: “Be very good, or I’ll kill you.”
• In an interview with the BBC, Anthony Stewart Head says this is his favorite episode, “because it was a beautifully shot episode and a beautifully written one.
• Although Jenny is killed off in this episode, the actress makes two further guest appearances: in the second part of the season finale where Drusilla hypnotizes Giles into thinking she’s Jenny and again in the season 3 episode Amends as a manifestation of the First Evil, intending to turn Angel evil again.

Quotes:
Kathleen’s fave quote: “Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah theory of battle?”–Xander

Troy’s fave quote:(exchange)

Xander: Excuse me, but have you ever heard of knocking?
Jonathon: We’re supposed to get some books. On Stalin.
Xander: Does this look like a Barnes & Noble?
Giles: This is a school library, Xander.
Xander: Since when?

Jason’s fave quote: “I’m sorry, but let’s not forget that I hated Angel long before you guys jumped on the bandwagon. So I think I deserve a little something for not saying I told you so long before now. And if Giles wants to go after the fiend that murdered his girlfriend, I say faster pussycat kill kill.”-Xander

Key Events:

• The death of Jenny Calendar.
• Buffy realizes that she must end Angelus once and for all before he hurts anyone else.

Rating:

Jason: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Kathleen: 4 out of 5 stars

Troy: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Overall Score: 3.67 out of 5 stars

In Other News:
Torrance High School showed up as “Coldwell High School” in the NBC show Medium.

We are just about finished with Season Two and we want to hear from you!  Please send us your questions and comments about the podcast.  How can we make it better- give us some Mr. Pointies.

Video Clips

Knocking?!?!


More about puppies??


This is where you get off


Upstairs


]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/249/feed 12 0:59:28 Angelus has murder on his mind and Buffy’s friends and family are his targets. Jenny Calendar is still on the outs with the scooby gang but gives Giles a spell book containing a ritual to keep Angelus out of the their homes, all the while she [...] Angelus has murder on his mind and Buffy’s friends and family are his targets. Jenny Calendar is still on the outs with the scooby gang but gives Giles a spell book containing a ritual to keep Angelus out of the their homes, all the while she is secretly working on her own “special project”—a computer translation of the ancient Gypsy Ritual of Restoration, the spell which originally gave Angelus his soul back. She succeeds, but Drusilla senses Jenny’s intentions and Angelus pays Jenny a visit to destroy all her work and put an end to her life.  With extra flair, Angelus uses his sick and twisted abilities to torture Giles. Though devastated as well by Jenny’s death, Buffy stops Giles from getting himself killed seeking revenge on Angelus. By the time Jenny is laid to rest, Buffy understands the full consequences of allowing Angelus to continue his reign of terror and finds herself, finally, ready to slay him. Directed by: Michael E. Gershman Original Air Date: February 24, 1998 Guest Stars: Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers Robia LaMorte as Jenny Calendar Richard Assad as Shopkeeper James Marsters as Spike Juliet Landau as Drusilla Danny Strong as Jonathan Levinson According to Joss Whedon, Jenny Calendar’s death serves notice to fans, first, that no one is safe, death is scary and real, and second, that Angel is not “just a little evil,” he’s not “grouchy,” he’s truly evil and Buffy needs to address the situation. The series creator also jokes that the episode is a message to the actors: “Be very good, or I’ll kill you.” In an interview with the BBC, Anthony Stewart Head says this is his favorite episode, “because it was a beautifully shot episode and a beautifully written one. Although Jenny is killed off in this episode, the actress makes two further guest appearances: in the second part of the season finale where Drusilla hypnotizes Giles into thinking she’s Jenny and again in the season 3 episode Amends as a manifestation of the First Evil, intending to turn Angel evil again. Quotes: Kathleen’s fave quote: “Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah theory of battle?”–Xander Troy’s fave quote:(exchange) Xander: Excuse me, but have you ever heard of knocking? Jonathon: We’re supposed to get some books. On Stalin. Xander: Does this look like a Barnes & Noble? Giles: This is a school library, Xander. Xander: Since when? Jason’s fave quote: “I’m sorry, but let’s not forget that I hated Angel long before you guys jumped on the bandwagon. So I think I deserve a little something for not saying I told you so long before now. And if Giles wants to go after the fiend that murdered his girlfriend, I say faster pussycat kill kill.”-Xander Key Events: The death of Jenny Calendar. Buffy realizes that she must end Angelus once and for all before he hurts anyone else. Rating: Jason: 3.5 out of 5 stars Kathleen: 4 out of 5 stars Troy: 3.5 out of 5 stars Overall Score: 3.67 out of 5 stars In Other News: Torrance High School showed up as “Coldwell High School” in the NBC show Medium. We are just about finished with Season Two and we want to hear from you!  Please send us your questions and comments about the podcast.  How can we make it better- give us some Mr. Pointies. Video Clips Knocking?!?! More about puppies?? This is where you get off Upstairs Buffy Jason Anderson no no http://www.watchercast.com/archives/247 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/247#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:25:03 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=247 Valentine’s Day sucks in Sunnydale.  Cordelia breaks up with Xander to make her silence the mocking of her friends, even though in her heart it’s not what she wants.  In his heartbroken state, Xander blackmails Amy to cast a love spell, but it goes horribly awry and every woman in Sunnydale, except Cordy, becomes pathologically attracted to him. In an odd turn, a smitten Dru saves Xander from Angelus, but who will save Xander from the screaming horde of psycho women?

Directed by: James A. Contner
Original Air Date: February 10, 1998
Guest Stars:

• Robia LaMorte as Jenny Calendar
• Elizabeth Anne Allen as Amy Madison
• Mercedes McNab as Harmony Kendall


Trivia:

• Giles tells Buffy that one Valentine’s Day, Angelus nailed a puppy to something (we don’t find out as Buffy stops him before he can finish).

Quotes:

Troys fave quote: “Oz has his cool hair today. I think I’m a groupie!”-Willow

Kathleen’s fave quote: “Who died and made you Elvis?”-Cordelia

Jason’s fave quote: “Force is okay…”-Willow

Key Events:

• Buffy is turned into a rat for a short time by Amy is hopped up by her own love spell (foreshadowing to Amy’s eventual demise)
• After the love spell has been vanquished and all the girls of Sunnydale have returned to their disgust for Xander he is mocked once more by Harmony in the company of Cordelia.  Cordy finally stands up to her friends and reconciles with Xander while her friends look on in horror.

Rating:

Jason:: 5 out of 5 stars

Kathleen:: 4 out of 5 stars

Troy:: 4 out of 5 stars

In Other News:

Anyone watching Private Practice?  Both Emma Caufield and Amber Benson have guest starred on recent episodes.  If only they would cast James Marsters as a hot doctor!

Video clips:

“Ok, not quite the reaction I was looking for” – Xander / Cordi in red/black dress



Got the Love


Quick! Block the door Xander!


Playing your cards right


Nice Shirt


“mmm.. Force is ok.” – Willow


]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/247/feed 8 1:11:42 Valentine’s Day sucks in Sunnydale.  Cordelia breaks up with Xander to make her silence the mocking of her friends, even though in her heart it’s not what she wants.  In his heartbroken state, Xander blackmails Amy to cast a love spell, [...] Valentine’s Day sucks in Sunnydale.  Cordelia breaks up with Xander to make her silence the mocking of her friends, even though in her heart it’s not what she wants.  In his heartbroken state, Xander blackmails Amy to cast a love spell, but it goes horribly awry and every woman in Sunnydale, except Cordy, becomes pathologically attracted to him. In an odd turn, a smitten Dru saves Xander from Angelus, but who will save Xander from the screaming horde of psycho women? Directed by: James A. Contner Original Air Date: February 10, 1998 Guest Stars: Robia LaMorte as Jenny Calendar Elizabeth Anne Allen as Amy Madison Mercedes McNab as Harmony Kendall Trivia: Giles tells Buffy that one Valentine’s Day, Angelus nailed a puppy to something (we don’t find out as Buffy stops him before he can finish). Quotes: Troys fave quote: “Oz has his cool hair today. I think I’m a groupie!”-Willow Kathleen’s fave quote: “Who died and made you Elvis?”-Cordelia Jason’s fave quote: “Force is okay…”-Willow Key Events: Buffy is turned into a rat for a short time by Amy is hopped up by her own love spell (foreshadowing to Amy’s eventual demise) After the love spell has been vanquished and all the girls of Sunnydale have returned to their disgust for Xander he is mocked once more by Harmony in the company of Cordelia.  Cordy finally stands up to her friends and reconciles with Xander while her friends look on in horror. Rating: Jason:: 5 out of 5 stars Kathleen:: 4 out of 5 stars Troy:: 4 out of 5 stars In Other News: Anyone watching Private Practice?  Both Emma Caufield and Amber Benson have guest starred on recent episodes.  If only they would cast James Marsters as a hot doctor! Video clips: “Ok, not quite the reaction I was looking for” – Xander / Cordi in red/black dress Got the Love Quick! Block the door Xander! Playing your cards right Nice Shirt “mmm.. Force is ok.” – Willow Jason Anderson no no http://www.watchercast.com/archives/245 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/245#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:53:59 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=245 There’s a werewolf  stalking Sunnydale and Buffy and the gang discover that it’s one of their own. Buffy tries to protect Sunnydale  from the beast’s appetite, and protect the nocturnal beast from a werewolf bounty hunter who doesn’t care that his trophy is human 27 days a month. Angelus starts some trouble. Willow convinces Oz she still wants to see him, despite everything.

Directed by: Bruce Seth Green
Original Air Date: January 27th, 1998
Guest Stars:

• Seth Green as Oz
• Camila Griggs as Gym Teacher
• Jack Conley as Cain
• Larry Bagby as Larry Blaisdell (as Larry Bagby III)
• Megahn Perry as Theresa

[edit]

Trivia:

• In the beginning of the episode, Oz fixates on the cheerleading trophy that contains Amy’s mom from the first season episode, “Witch”.
• Giles’ first car seen on the show was an ancient silver Citroen, first seen in “The Witch”. The license plate was 2GPU947. During the filming of “Phases” the car refused to start so some members of the Buffy crew had to push the car from behind. They can be seen through the rear window in one scene.

Quotes:
Willow: “Well, I like you. You’re nice, and you’re funny. And you don’t smoke. Yeah, okay, werewolf, but that’s not all the time. I mean, three days out of the month I’m not much fun to be around either.”

Cordelia: “Sorry, we haven’t all perfected that phony ‘girl next door’ bit.”
Willow: “You could be the girl next door, too. If Xander lived next to a brothel!”

Key Events:

• Oz becomes a werewolf in this episode, a defining characteristic of his character for the remainder of the series.
• Zander discovers that Larry’s misogynist ways are a smoke screen…Larry is gay and he thinks Zander is also gay.

Rating:

Jason:


Kathleen:


Troy:


In Other News:

A Dollhouse podcast is in the works, stay tuned for details!

Video Clips

“Huh.”


Moonpie


More words…


]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/245/feed 7 0:31:25 There’s a werewolf  stalking Sunnydale and Buffy and the gang discover that it’s one of their own. Buffy tries to protect Sunnydale  from the beast’s appetite, and protect the nocturnal beast from a werewolf bounty hunter who doesn[...] There’s a werewolf  stalking Sunnydale and Buffy and the gang discover that it’s one of their own. Buffy tries to protect Sunnydale  from the beast’s appetite, and protect the nocturnal beast from a werewolf bounty hunter who doesn’t care that his trophy is human 27 days a month. Angelus starts some trouble. Willow convinces Oz she still wants to see him, despite everything. Directed by: Bruce Seth Green Original Air Date: January 27th, 1998 Guest Stars: Seth Green as Oz Camila Griggs as Gym Teacher Jack Conley as Cain Larry Bagby as Larry Blaisdell (as Larry Bagby III) Megahn Perry as Theresa [edit] Trivia: In the beginning of the episode, Oz fixates on the cheerleading trophy that contains Amy’s mom from the first season episode, “Witch”. Giles’ first car seen on the show was an ancient silver Citroen, first seen in “The Witch”. The license plate was 2GPU947. During the filming of “Phases” the car refused to start so some members of the Buffy crew had to push the car from behind. They can be seen through the rear window in one scene. Quotes: Willow: “Well, I like you. You’re nice, and you’re funny. And you don’t smoke. Yeah, okay, werewolf, but that’s not all the time. I mean, three days out of the month I’m not much fun to be around either.” Cordelia: “Sorry, we haven’t all perfected that phony ‘girl next door’ bit.” Willow: “You could be the girl next door, too. If Xander lived next to a brothel!” Key Events: Oz becomes a werewolf in this episode, a defining characteristic of his character for the remainder of the series. Zander discovers that Larry’s misogynist ways are a smoke screen…Larry is gay and he thinks Zander is also gay. Rating: Jason: Kathleen: Troy: In Other News: A Dollhouse podcast is in the works, stay tuned for details! Video Clips “Huh.” Moonpie More words… Buffy Jason Anderson no no http://www.watchercast.com/archives/241 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/241#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:07:16 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=241 Surprise:
Drusilla is back and all healed and throwing a party and reassembles the Judge, an unstoppable demon while Buffy and Angel consummate their relationship.

Innocence:
Angel loses his soul due to a moment of true happiness, and his demon self (Angelus) takes over; Buffy must deal with him and stop the Judge.

Directed by: Michael Lange
Original Air Date: 19 January 1998
Guest Stars:
Brian Thompson (The Judge)
Vincent Schiavelli (Uncle Enyos)

Trivia:

• Brian Thompson also played Luke in the first two episodes of Buffy, The Harvest and Welcome to the Hellmouth
• The Buffy and Angel theme, “Close Your Eyes” is first heard in this episode

Quotes:
Cordelia : “Well, does looking at guns make you want to have sex? ”

Xander : “I’m 17. Looking at linoleum makes me want to have sex.”

Cordelia: “Pieces? We get the pieces. Our job sucks!”

Key Events:

• Really to many to list here but…
• Angel loses his soul
• Xander and Cordi are found out by Willow
• Willow and Oz start to become a couple
• Mrs. Calender is found out to be a gypsy plant to watch Angel

Rating:

Jason:


Kathleen:


Troy:


In Other News:
Dollhouse looked really interesting. We’ll have more details in later episodes.

Video Clips
Cordelia nose wiggle… (HOT) … and Willow big eyes…. (SAD)


Buffy breakdown


“I’m 17″


Willow and OZ


]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/241/feed 8 1:25:15 Surprise: Drusilla is back and all healed and throwing a party and reassembles the Judge, an unstoppable demon while Buffy and Angel consummate their relationship. Innocence: Angel loses his soul due to a moment of true happiness, and his demon self[...] Surprise: Drusilla is back and all healed and throwing a party and reassembles the Judge, an unstoppable demon while Buffy and Angel consummate their relationship. Innocence: Angel loses his soul due to a moment of true happiness, and his demon self (Angelus) takes over; Buffy must deal with him and stop the Judge. Directed by: Michael Lange Original Air Date: 19 January 1998 Guest Stars: Brian Thompson (The Judge) Vincent Schiavelli (Uncle Enyos) Trivia: Brian Thompson also played Luke in the first two episodes of Buffy, The Harvest and Welcome to the Hellmouth The Buffy and Angel theme, “Close Your Eyes” is first heard in this episode Quotes: Cordelia : “Well, does looking at guns make you want to have sex? ” Xander : “I’m 17. Looking at linoleum makes me want to have sex.” Cordelia: “Pieces? We get the pieces. Our job sucks!” Key Events: Really to many to list here but… Angel loses his soul Xander and Cordi are found out by Willow Willow and Oz start to become a couple Mrs. Calender is found out to be a gypsy plant to watch Angel Rating: Jason: Kathleen: Troy: In Other News: Dollhouse looked really interesting. We’ll have more details in later episodes. Video Clips Cordelia nose wiggle… (HOT) … and Willow big eyes…. (SAD) Buffy breakdown “I’m 17″ Willow and OZ Jason Anderson no no http://www.watchercast.com/archives/268 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/268#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:12:16 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=268 I wanted to let everyone know what’s going on with the cast. In the last few months there have seen some big happenings with us and are lives.

We know you guys have had to wait a long time between episodes of The Watchercast and that’s not something that we’ve done on purpose. We’ve heard you and are working out our schedules so we can reliably release episodes every two weeks.

]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/268/feed 3 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/239 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/239#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:57:39 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=239 The scoobies are taken to “sitcom plot device land” as they are each given an egg to look after as an exercise in parenting.  Of course, since this IS Sunnydale, the eggs do not contain sweet, fuzzy chicks, but rather vile, facesucking, mind-controlling “bezoars”.  Luckily, Buffy and Xandor manage to avoid being taken over by the nasty creatures, and rush off to save their friends from…whatever that is under the school. Also, in this episode, we are introduced to two of the meanest, toughest, rootin-tootin-est vampires to ever walk the vast plains of California! (Those Gorch brothers rock!)

Directed by: David Greenwalt
Original Air Date: January 12, 1998
Guest Stars:
Jeremy Ratchford (Lyle Gorch)
James Parks (Tector Gorch)

Trivia:

• Lyle and Tector Gorch where two characters from the 1969 movie “The Wild Bunch“, which starred William Holden and Ernest Borgnine.
• We learn in this episode that Angel can’t have children.

Quotes:
Giles: “I suppose there is a sort of Machiavellian ingenuity to your transgression.”
Xander: “I resent that… or, possibly, thank you.”

Tector: “That the Slayer?”
Lyle: “Yep.”
Tector: “Ain’t that Angelus with her?”
Lyle: “Yep.”
Tector: “Well, how come she ain’t slayin’? And how come he’s about to make me blush?”

Rating:

Jason:


Kathleen:


Troy:


]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/239/feed 5 0:18:32 The scoobies are taken to “sitcom plot device land” as they are each given an egg to look after as an exercise in parenting.  Of course, since this IS Sunnydale, the eggs do not contain sweet, fuzzy chicks, but rather vile, facesucking, [...] The scoobies are taken to “sitcom plot device land” as they are each given an egg to look after as an exercise in parenting.  Of course, since this IS Sunnydale, the eggs do not contain sweet, fuzzy chicks, but rather vile, facesucking, mind-controlling “bezoars”.  Luckily, Buffy and Xandor manage to avoid being taken over by the nasty creatures, and rush off to save their friends from…whatever that is under the school. Also, in this episode, we are introduced to two of the meanest, toughest, rootin-tootin-est vampires to ever walk the vast plains of California! (Those Gorch brothers rock!) Directed by: David Greenwalt Original Air Date: January 12, 1998 Guest Stars: Jeremy Ratchford (Lyle Gorch) James Parks (Tector Gorch) Trivia: Lyle and Tector Gorch where two characters from the 1969 movie “The Wild Bunch“, which starred William Holden and Ernest Borgnine. We learn in this episode that Angel can’t have children. Quotes: Giles: “I suppose there is a sort of Machiavellian ingenuity to your transgression.” Xander: “I resent that… or, possibly, thank you.” Tector: “That the Slayer?” Lyle: “Yep.” Tector: “Ain’t that Angelus with her?” Lyle: “Yep.” Tector: “Well, how come she ain’t slayin’? And how come he’s about to make me blush?” Rating: Jason: Kathleen: Troy: Jason Anderson no no http://www.watchercast.com/archives/232 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/232#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:50:22 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=232 Joyce introduces Buffy to her new boyfriend, Ted.  Everyone loves Ted!  He can cook!  He’s the best computer software salesman at his firm!  He makes the best cookies ever!  So what the heck is wrong with Buffy?

Watch the entire episode online

Directed by: Bruce Seth Green
Original Air Date: December 8, 1997

Guest Stars:
John Ritter (Ted Buchanan)

Trivia:

• Ted takes the gang out to mini-golf, even though it has been established in another episode that Sunnydale doesn’t HAVE a mini-golf course.

Quotes:

Ted: “Do you want me to slap that smart ass mouth of yours?!”

Key Events:

• Hmm…John Ritter guess starred?  Not a lot key about this one.

Rating:

Jason:


Kathleen:


Troy:


In Other News:
Shannan guest stars with Jason, due to the haunted nature of this episode!  (damn you, Ted!)

Video Clips


]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/232/feed 7 0:25:40 Joyce introduces Buffy to her new boyfriend, Ted.  Everyone loves Ted!  He can cook!  He’s the best computer software salesman at his firm!  He makes the best cookies ever!  So what the heck is wrong with Buffy? Watch the entire episode online[...] Joyce introduces Buffy to her new boyfriend, Ted.  Everyone loves Ted!  He can cook!  He’s the best computer software salesman at his firm!  He makes the best cookies ever!  So what the heck is wrong with Buffy? Watch the entire episode online мебелиDirected by: Bruce Seth Green Original Air Date: December 8, 1997 Guest Stars: John Ritter (Ted Buchanan) Trivia: Ted takes the gang out to mini-golf, even though it has been established in another episode that Sunnydale doesn’t HAVE a mini-golf course. Quotes: Ted: “Do you want me to slap that smart ass mouth of yours?!” Key Events: Hmm…John Ritter guess starred?  Not a lot key about this one. Rating: Jason: Kathleen: Troy: In Other News: Shannan guest stars with Jason, due to the haunted nature of this episode!  (damn you, Ted!) Video Clips Jason Anderson no no http://www.watchercast.com/archives/229 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/229#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:56:38 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=229 We’re going to re-record the vanished episodes this weekend. I think we may need to call an internet circle to dispel a demon from my computer.
]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/229/feed 5 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/226 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/226#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:20:09 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=226 Something went odd with the forums and we’re looking into it.
]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/226/feed 8 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/215 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/215#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 16:35:13 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=215 Now you can review the episodes we’re covering in the podcast even if you don’t own the DVDs! Hulu has added the second season of Buffy to their site. As an added bonus we’ll be using Hulu to add in some of our favorite moments of the episode into the show notes.

How cool is this?!

I’ll also be adding clips to some of our older episodes show notes.

UPDATE: Video clips added to each of our season two episode show notes.

Last season on Buffy The Vampire Slayer:



]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/215/feed 2 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/210 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/210#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:25:03 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=210 OOPs! Ok something goofy happened with the sound on reptile boy. We’ll have that episode back up soon.
]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/210/feed 0 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/207 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/207#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:12:41 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/archives/207 The first 12 episodes of Buffy are available on Hulu.com for free. While there are some short ads spaced in the episodes it’s actually much better than waiting past five or six TV commercials when watching a re-run. They also have all the Firefly episodes!
]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/207/feed 3 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/206 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/206#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:42:10 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/archives/206 Our forums have been upgraded to a fresh install of the super-new super-cool PHPbb 3.0!!! So it should be a lot easier to raise shields and fend off all those spammer accounts.

The bad news? The Buffy-ised theme I hacked together didn’t transport well to the forum’s new home.

The good news? All the posts and accounts are still there! Yay for our side!

]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/206/feed 0 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/204 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/204#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:07:53 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/archives/204 The Watchercast is now on:
• Pownce
• MySpace
• FaceBook

If you’re on any of these, friend the show and we’ll keep everyone in the loop with the show and what we’re up to.

]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/204/feed 2 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/201 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/201#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:51:24 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/archives/201
We’re going to suspend the forums for a bit while I try and upgrade the PHPBB to version 3 and address the problem with spam accounts. We love having the forums so don’t go to far.
]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/201/feed 4 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/191 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/191#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:35:29 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/archives/191 Chris and Eric, two students at Sunnydale High, have an exciting new Science Fair project: they’ve brought back Chris’s brother, Daryl, from the dead. The project complete they start on a new venture – making Daryl a perfect girlfriend from old body parts. They have their eye on Cordelia’s head as the perfect finishing touch.

Directed by: Bruce Seth Green
Original Air Date: 22 September 1997
Guest Stars:
Angelo Spizzirri (Chris Epps)
Michael Bacall (Eric Gittleson)
Ingo Neuhaus (Daryl Epps)

Trivia:

• Fondren High is revealed to be a rival school
• Cordy is almost a member of the Scoobies by this episode

Quotes:

Giles: “Grave robbing? That’s new. Interesting.”

Buffy: “I know you meant to say ‘gross and disturbing’.”

Giles: “Yes, yes, yes of course. Uh, terrible thing. Must, must put a stop to it. Damn it.”



Willow: “Love makes you do the wacky.”


Key Events:

• Xander saves Cordy from a burning building
• Giles asks out Ms. Calendar

Rating:

Jason:


Kathleen:


Troy:


Video Clips
Cordi and Angel:


In Other News:
Trying something new on this episode, see if you can tell what it is.

]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/191/feed 9 0:37:10 Chris and Eric, two students at Sunnydale High, have an exciting new Science Fair project: they’ve brought back Chris’s brother, Daryl, from the dead. The project complete they start on a new venture – making Daryl a perfect girlfriend from ol[...] Chris and Eric, two students at Sunnydale High, have an exciting new Science Fair project: they’ve brought back Chris’s brother, Daryl, from the dead. The project complete they start on a new venture – making Daryl a perfect girlfriend from old body parts. They have their eye on Cordelia’s head as the perfect finishing touch. Directed by: Bruce Seth Green Original Air Date: 22 September 1997 Guest Stars: Angelo Spizzirri (Chris Epps) Michael Bacall (Eric Gittleson) Ingo Neuhaus (Daryl Epps) Trivia: Fondren High is revealed to be a rival school Cordy is almost a member of the Scoobies by this episode Quotes: Giles: “Grave robbing? That’s new. Interesting.” Buffy: “I know you meant to say ‘gross and disturbing’.” Giles: “Yes, yes, yes of course. Uh, terrible thing. Must, must put a stop to it. Damn it.” Willow: “Love makes you do the wacky.” Key Events: Xander saves Cordy from a burning building Giles asks out Ms. Calendar Rating: Jason: Kathleen: Troy: Video Clips Cordi and Angel: In Other News: Trying something new on this episode, see if you can tell what it is. All Jason Anderson no no http://www.watchercast.com/archives/189 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/189#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:24:14 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/archives/189 While being a bit tongue-in-cheek (I’ll let you decide who’s tongue in who’s cheek) this pulls together just about all of the great Spike and Buffy moments.

Hot.

Link to it on YouTube

]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/189/feed 3 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/185 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/185#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:02:07 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/archives/185 The Watchercast now has forums! Be sure to read the “READ THIS FIRST!” post before signing up and posting. We’re still working out what type of threads we’ll have so post any ideas as comments to this post.

Speaking of comments, please continue to comment on each of the episodes via their post here on the blog. We love to hear what you think.

]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/185/feed 5 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/140 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/140#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:55:44 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/archives/140 Yes you can now see the hosts of The Watchercast on the About page. More info coming soon, including some exciting events coming up.
]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/140/feed 2 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/129 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/129#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:37:27 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/archives/129 I’m playing around with some themes to get ideas for the next version of the site so it may look odd once in a while.
]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/129/feed 3 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/119 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/119#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:06:25 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/archives/119 More episodes are coming. The FriedGeek Studios (AKA Jason’s place) has moved to it’s new, Permanent location. The last few weeks have been crazy with buying a house, moving, and having to travel for the day job. I’ll have the gear setup in the next few days and as soon as my home Net connection is up new episodes will start rolling out.

Stay tuned loyal listeners.

]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/119/feed 2 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/106 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/106#comments Tue, 29 May 2007 05:04:08 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/archives/106 An evil demon called Moloch with the power of persuasion is accidentally scanned into the school’s computer system. Moloch begins to take over the Internet thereby gaining the power to wreak havoc on the world. At the same time, Moloch disguises himself as Willow’s on-line boyfriend – Malcolm.

Directed by: Stephen Posey
Original Air Date: 28 April 1997

Guest Stars:
Robia LaMorte (Jenny Calendar)
Mark Deakins (Moloch the Corrupter)
Chad Lindberg (Dave)

Trivia:

• The title is a mashup from Tarzan and Isaac Asimov
• Buffy’s birthday is 10/24/80, no wait, it’s 5/6/79???
• The director also directed the film Slumber Party Massacre. Now you know why this episode seems like a cheesy horror movie

Quotes:

Ms. Calendar: “You’re here again? You kids really dig the library, don’t you?”
Buffy: “We’re literary.”
Xander: “To read makes our speaking English good.”

Buffy: “Access launch codes for our nuclear missiles.”
Giles: “Destroy the world’s economy.”
Buffy: “I think I pretty much capped it with that nuclear missile thing.”
Giles: “Right, yours was best.”

Key Events:

• We meet Jenny Calendar
• Geeks are psychotics. Don’t F with

  root

• Buffy has spider-sense
• Willow’s luck with men… not so good

Rating:
Jason:

Kathleen:

Troy:

Images:


]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/106/feed 6 0:24:54 An evil demon called Moloch with the power of persuasion is accidentally scanned into the school’s computer system. Moloch begins to take over the Internet thereby gaining the power to wreak havoc on the world. At the same time, Moloch disguises him[...] An evil demon called Moloch with the power of persuasion is accidentally scanned into the school’s computer system. Moloch begins to take over the Internet thereby gaining the power to wreak havoc on the world. At the same time, Moloch disguises himself as Willow’s on-line boyfriend – Malcolm. Directed by: Stephen Posey Original Air Date: 28 April 1997 Guest Stars: Robia LaMorte (Jenny Calendar) Mark Deakins (Moloch the Corrupter) Chad Lindberg (Dave) Trivia: The title is a mashup from Tarzan and Isaac Asimov Buffy’s birthday is 10/24/80, no wait, it’s 5/6/79??? The director also directed the film Slumber Party Massacre. Now you know why this episode seems like a cheesy horror movie Quotes: Ms. Calendar: “You’re here again? You kids really dig the library, don’t you?” Buffy: “We’re literary.” Xander: “To read makes our speaking English good.” Buffy: “Access launch codes for our nuclear missiles.” Giles: “Destroy the world’s economy.” Buffy: “I think I pretty much capped it with that nuclear missile thing.” Giles: “Right, yours was best.” Key Events: We meet Jenny Calendar Geeks are psychotics. Don’t F with root Buffy has spider-sense Willow’s luck with men… not so good Rating: Jason: Kathleen: Troy: Images: Buffy Jason Anderson no no http://www.watchercast.com/archives/93 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/93#comments Mon, 07 May 2007 04:09:53 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=93

Buffy and Angel are chased by vampires and hide out at Buffy’s place. There, they kiss and Angel reveals himself to be a vampire. When Buffy later hunts him, she discovers that he actually has a soul. Angel proves his loyalty to Buffy and to the greater good by killing his old comrade and sire, Darla.

Directed by: Bruce Seth Green
Original Air Date: 14 April 1997

Guest Stars:

Kristine Sutherland (Joyce Summers)
Julie Benz (Darla)
Andrew J. Ferchland (Anointed One)

Trivia:

• Buffy’s address is 1630 Revello Drive
• Bullets don’t kill vampires, it just hurts like hell
• The Anointed One has a first name, Colin

Quotes:

The Master: “He was the most vicious creature I’ve ever known……..I miss him.”

Darla: “Do you know what the saddest thing in the world is?”
Buffy: “That hair on top of that outfit?”

Key Events:

• Angel is revealed as a vampire
• Buffy gets to use the crossbow
• One of the very few scenes of gun-play in the entire series

Images:


]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/93/feed 7 0:42:59 Buffy and Angel are chased by vampires and hide out at Buffy’s place. There, they kiss and Angel reveals himself to be a vampire. When Buffy later hunts him, she discovers that he actually has a soul. Angel proves his loyalty to Buffy and to the gr[...] Buffy and Angel are chased by vampires and hide out at Buffy’s place. There, they kiss and Angel reveals himself to be a vampire. When Buffy later hunts him, she discovers that he actually has a soul. Angel proves his loyalty to Buffy and to the greater good by killing his old comrade and sire, Darla. Directed by: Bruce Seth Green Original Air Date: 14 April 1997 Guest Stars: Kristine Sutherland (Joyce Summers) Julie Benz (Darla) Andrew J. Ferchland (Anointed One) Trivia: Buffy’s address is 1630 Revello Drive Bullets don’t kill vampires, it just hurts like hell The Anointed One has a first name, Colin Quotes: The Master: “He was the most vicious creature I’ve ever known……..I miss him.” Darla: “Do you know what the saddest thing in the world is?” Buffy: “That hair on top of that outfit?” Key Events: Angel is revealed as a vampire Buffy gets to use the crossbow One of the very few scenes of gun-play in the entire series Images: Buffy Jason Anderson no no http://www.watchercast.com/archives/91 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/91#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:41:02 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=91 The iTunes feed should be fixing itself and the rest of the episodes should be showing up in iTunes soon.
]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/91/feed 1 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/81 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/81#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:00:21 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=81 Currently there is something odd with our feed, not all of the episodes are showing up in itunes. We currently use podPress but something seems to be odd with it. I really hope I don’t have to revert to manually witting the feed but if it comes down to it I will.

Sorry for any confusion, I’ll keep you up to date.

UPDATE: The main technical issues that have kept the newest episodes from being posted have now been resolved. We’ve also moved our stuff to use Libsyn to fix our feed issues. New stuff will come out over the weekend, I promise.

]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/81/feed 0 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/80 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/80#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:09:54 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=80 I’m upgrading Podpress and with luck it shouldn’t goof the feed. If it does, have no fear, I’ll roll back.

UPDATE:
I upgraded WordPress to the latest version and it killed my custom theme. Still working out the issues.

UPDATE:
Update Podpress: CHECK
Update WordPress: CHECK
Update W.C. Theme: Hmmm. maybe I’ll make a new one. The last one got a bit narrow once we started casting.

This week’s episode will be edited on Linux.

UPDATE:
Theme back up!

]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/80/feed 0 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/69 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/69#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:59:56 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=69 The next episode of The Watchercast, “Never kill a boy on the first date”, will feature a few special guest host(s). And we’ve got about three more episodes locked and loaded!
]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/69/feed 2 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/65 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/65#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:54:52 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=65 Offering up the finest in Angel bloopers… with minimum silly music.
]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/65/feed 1 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/64 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/64#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:50:48 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=64 This is one of the best Buffy highlight reels I’ve seen. Hot stuff.
]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/64/feed 2 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/63 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/63#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:43:41 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=63
]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/63/feed 1 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/52 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/52#comments Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:38:49 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=52 Two new episodes are in the can and are being edited. Watch for a new episode soon.
]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/52/feed 3 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/42 http://www.watchercast.com/archives/42#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:36:08 +0000 Jason http://www.watchercast.com/?p=42 The first non vampire episode where a witch tries to take out cheerleaders to get on the squad. Oh and since Buffy tries out, it just get’s kind of Freaky Friday.
Written by: Joss Whedon

Directed by: Stephen Cragg
Original Air Date:17 March 1997

Guest Stars: Elizabeth Anne Allen (Amy Madison)

Trivia:

• The sign in the gym reads 1996 Cheerleading Tryouts” but the show wasn’t aired till 1997.
• Amy’s mom gets trapped in the trophy and since the first school blew up…
• Xander’s first draw to magic is the partial nude woodcuts in the magic books.

Quotes:

Giles: “But that’s the thrill of living on the Hellmouth! There’s a veritable cornucopia of, of fiends and devils and, and ghouls to engage… Pardon me for finding the glass half full.”

Xander: “I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away.”

Key Events:

• We see Giles’s car a crappy Citroen
• The first bit of Witchcraft shows up and establishes that when you are doing bad magic your eyes go all black
• Railroad spike through the head makes it’s first appearance

Images:



]]> http://www.watchercast.com/archives/42/feed 2 0:40:36 The Witch The first non vampire episode where a witch tries to take out cheerleaders to get on the squad. Oh and since Buffy tries out, it just get\'s kind of Freaky Friday. Buffy, Vampire, Angel, Jos, Wedon, Firefly, Slayer Jason Anderson yes no