Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. Until Buffy Summers changed that, forever. The Buffy Boys want to see how it ends in S07E22 "Chosen". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  The sweetest listener mail in all the world from our Superfangs Reflections on this finale, Season 7, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer If you've been reading these show notes, you're a hero "This is Buffy Boys, we were the Buffy Boys. See ya" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys 

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Buffy Boys 144 - Chosen (S07E22)

Buffy finds mʔ, an ancient Slayer weapon, hewn from precious chrome. Caleb falters, the Scoobies rally - What's one more Apocalypse between friends? The Buffy Boys get ready for the end in S07E21 "End of Days". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Opening the Close: the building blocks of a finale Self and Shadow Self - the reintegration of Faith and the dissolution of the Slayer concept Scythe Matters and the focused Potential of Buffy Summers "Well, you know, it's like, uh... when a cow gets old and loses an eye, or its ability to be milked" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys 

Buffy Boys 143 - Your Days are Numbered (S07E21)

Buffy wanders an evil-ruined Sunnydale kicking down doors despondently as Faith has her first big day out as Head Slayer, and it's going to be a blast. The Buffy Boys butcher their glottal stops in S07E20 "Touched". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Anatomy of a Complete Thought: carving out the final shape of meaning in Buffy Buffy the Home Invader - aesthetics of absence in the fall of Sunnydale Radicalising our Nation's White Minons - we're asking, where were the Bringers on January 6th? "You're a hell of a woman. You're the one, Buffy" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys 

Buffy Boys 142 - Moment of Reflection (S07E20)

Desertion and dissolution comes to Sunnydale - the High School is abandoned, the Bronze is closing down, and Buffy is unceremoniously kicked out of her own damn house. The end begins. The Buffy Boys have their heads on a swivel in S07E19 "Empty Places". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  "Et Tu, Scoobie?" the collapse of the Hero's support network Turn the Light Off On The Way Out Of Town - dismantling the conceit of Sunnydale's setting as the show ends A deluge of Potentials as a portent of diaster "Not that I swing cats, or eat. Nope. Cutting way back. Cholesterol-- Morals! I mean morals!" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys   

Buffy Boys 141 - What Is Left Behind (S07E19)

An ex-preacher, a veteran Slayer, a reformed Bostonian, a soft-eyed construction worker, and a gaggle of Potentials walk into a Vineyard - tell us if you've heard this one before? The Buffy Boys lament Nathan Fillion's hair in S07E18 "Dirty Girls". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  A Patriarch you can punch - existential evil made manifest in Caleb The Reformation Roundabout and Faith's integral spoke of the Buffy ethos A Girl in a Dark Alley - modelling the self-renewing feminist empowerment fantasy "I'm nothing like Angel!" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys 

Buffy Boys 140 - Unclean Women (S07E18)

Hark the tale of William the Bloody (Awful), overflowing in maternal affection and lately deceased. And Robin, orphaned vampire hunter with a Slayer Mom and a Watcher Dad. Let's see these two good boys talk things out. The Buffy Boys feel positively effulgent in S07E17 "Lies My Parents Told Me". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Freud Bait: Spike, stakes, his mother, and making his name into an icky verb The Mission is What Matters - the war for Buffy's Soul Vigilante-forward justice and whether necessary evil is a domain of the white hats or the First "Have you seen the new library? There's nothing but computers. There's not a book to be seen." If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys   

Buffy Boys 139 - A Heavy Past (S07E17)

Welcome weary travellers and let us tell you a tale - the rousing, genre breaking adventures of Buffy, Slayer of the Vampyrs and the most nebbish of her entourage, Andrew (you know, Tucker's brother?) The Buffy Boys pull focus in S07E16 "Storyteller". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  The Blair Snitch Project: camera as character and foil Undeniable narrators and the inherent motivated perspective of the self-appointed observer Ancient, Maleovent, and kinda flirty: the gaybaiting First Evil "Why can't you just masturbate like the rest of us?" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys 

Buffy Boys 138 - Stray Director Andrew (S07E16)

Tragedy at 1630 Revello Drive leads Buffy through time and space to the source of the Slayer's power - which unsurprisingly involves dealing with some men who just reckon they're in the right. The Buffy Boys exhale a long sigh in S07E15 "Get It Done". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  General Slayer - the icky mire of militarisation of potential Big Bag of Plot with the Lads: Nikki Wood and legacy building The Worst Sleepover and the public nature of Scooby self-discovery "No need to thank me. I'm just the one who beat him off..." If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys   

Buffy Boys 137 - Slayer Power (S07E15)

Deep social awkwardness is in the air as Xander engages in lightly fatal rope-play with a passing demon and Robin reveals his tragic backstory in the most Freudian way possible. The Buffy Boys have had enough of smother - MOTHER - in S07E14 "First Dates". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  The Ashanti Paradox - using the empty set to unpack the swirling themes of Season 7 Motherhood and the Slayer and Robin's emotional inheritance  The Measure of a Man: shifting definitions of redemption through the eyes of Spike and Andrew "Confidentially, a lot of her people are murderers" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys 

Buffy Boys 136 - Fatal Dating (S07E14)

In an Unexpected Lesbian Sidequest, Willow suffers some grief-lust induced Warrenification and the Gang (plus Andrew) drive hours out of town just to touch Giles. The Buffy Boys show some Initiative in S07E13 "The Killer in Me". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Hit Remix on that Lore - Amy Madison, Riley Finn, and Warren Mears, an unlikely narrative blend The inviolable dad in the desert: Giles and the threat from within A Chip with Intent: concluding Spike's defanged arc "Now wait a minute, you think I'm evil if I bring a group of girls on a camping trip and don't touch them?" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys 

Buffy Boys 135 - Inner Murderer (S07E13)

The Potentials get some field training from General Buffy and her trusty hound Spike. Like all gifted teens, Dawn learns a harsh lesson about being pretty normal after all. The Buffy Boys celebrate mundanity in S07E12 "Potential". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Transmuting Teen Self-Discovery: Dawn's burgeoning identity in the kiln of Slayer-adjacent angst Reinscribing before the Fall - Buffy's imitation of a Watcher as a step to a new paradigm The Demon/Gay intersectional nightlife axis - are the Potentials giving hen party vibes? "They're demons! It's a demon bar. It's like a gay bar, only with demons" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys 

Buffy Boys 134 - In a Tough School (S07E12)

The Summers all-inclusive Potential and Scooby summer camp is open for business. Buffy unspools a razor-sharp plan as Evil lurks among us, y'all. The Buffy Boys play with those little coin operated bus station TVs in S07E11 "Showtime". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Extradimensional Exegesis: Baljoxa's Expositionary Eye Potential Tokenism and identifying the Chosen by their One personality trait Military-grade Slayer: Welcome to Operation Hellmouth, maggots "If we all do our parts, believe it, we'll be the ones left standing. Here endeth the lesson" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys 

Buffy Boys 133 - Exercise of Style (S07E11)

Giles returns to Sunnydale with a new zeal for personal space and three Slayers-in-waiting in tow. Buffy faces down the anti-Slayer. Anya and Dawn prepare to scald Andrew. The Buffy Boys get drafted in S07E10 "Bring on the Night". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Cavalcade of Calamities - the pile-on of Season 7 character, conflict and strife Slayer Seccession: divesting heirarchial power from the established lines of play The Case for Kennedy - reexamining the trope of the sapphic interloper 20 years on "Sorry to barge in. I’m afraid we have a slight ... apocalypse" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys   

Buffy Boys 132 - the dawn of the last day (S07E10)

Andrew and Spike make a classic "interrogated in adjoining rooms" odd couple as the OG übervamp rises and the Watchers Council suffers a minor setback. The Buffy Boys bury the dweeb in S07E09 "Never Leave Me". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  Deconstructing the Patriarchy - With Explosives! Synthesis of Superimposition and the layering portrayals of the reflective First Robin Wood's Unfixed Aegis: the cryptic principal mystery "He's primed. I'll be pumping him in no time" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys   

Buffy Boys 131 - Bringers of Evil (S07E09)

Spike's freshly minted soul hangs in jeopardy as newbie sired vampires crop up with his dental fingerprints all over them. But is it regular evil or you know, Evil? The Buffy Boys party in the basement for S07E08 "Sleeper". Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:  The Monstrous Man Inside Me: Duality of Spikes Check out this Fit...of Pique! Recontextualising the domestic vampire I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up Because I'm the Undead - elder care attitudes in the supernatural community "Actually, Billy Idol stole his look from...never mind" If you enjoyed the episode you can subscribe to us on: http://buffyboys.libsyn.com/rss or by searching “Buffy Boys” in your favourite podcast app. Follow us and let us know what you think: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffyBoys/ Twitter https://twitter.com/buffyboys/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/ Email at buffyboyscast@gmail.com And if you’re feeling extra kind, leave us a review on your podcast app, it helps a lot! Our theme song is an acoustic cover of the Title Theme to Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Alex Heflin (originally by Nerf Herder). Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alexheflin Yours in Slaying, The Buffy Boys 

Buffy Boys 130 - Innocently Guilty (S07E08)

Two boyfriends who won't stop talking about their English Lit degrees comment on a girl who saved the world, a lot. A weekly re-watch of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' from an LGBTQ, feminist, and literary perspective (also wine!). New episodes released every Wednesday.

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