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Who Watches the Rewatchers

Alan O.W. Barnes and Jarrod Longbons

A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch Podcast

tv & film after shows

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00:46:04

S2E18: Killed by Death – Buffy Gets a Cold and Fights...

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2025/10/31

Buffy has the flu—and a leftover Season 1 script. In Killed by Death, our slayer lands in a hospital haunted by creepy kids, nonsensical science, and Der Kindestod: a hat-wearing, eyeball-extending monster who preys on sick children. Alan and Jarrod dig into the episode’s disjointed metaphor, its Nightmare on Elm Street vibes, and its unlikely roots in a lost Season 1 production. We debate whether kids can see the world more clearly than adults, and whether Xander is the heartbeat of the Scooby

00:51:52

S2E17: Passion – The Ecstasy of Grief and the Horror...

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2025/10/24

In one of Buffy’s most haunting episodes, Passion explores love’s shadow side. Angelus becomes a predator of intimacy, creeping into bedrooms, drawing Buffy as she sleeps, and leaving messages of death in his wake. Alan and Jarrod dissect Angel’s chilling voiceover, comparing its poetic meditation on passion to the writings of Plato, Aquinas, Nietzsche, and the Passion of the Christ. We discuss the voyeuristic camera work, Jenny’s redemptive arc, Willow’s grief, Giles’ fury, and the unbearable

00:59:36

S2E16: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Love...

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2025/10/18

It’s Valentine’s Day in Sunnydale, and love is in the air—along with a whole lot of magical chaos. In this delightfully unhinged episode, Xander tries to win Cordelia back with a love spell, only to trigger a mass hysteria of obsessive desire from nearly every woman in town (including Buffy, Amy, Jenny, and even Joyce!). Alan and Jarrod dive deep into the episode’s themes of obsession vs. love, magical manipulation, and the dangers of performative romance. We talk 90s tropes, serial storytelling,

00:59:48

S2E15: Phases – Werewolves, Masculinity, and Monster...

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2025/10/10

It’s Buffy meets Teen Wolf as we dive into Phases—the series’ first werewolf episode. Oz is adorable and tortured, Larry is overcompensating, and Giles is packing heat (well, a tranquilizer gun). Alan and Jarrod unpack werewolf lore from Peter Stump to St. Patrick, discuss Jeph Loeb's unexpected connection to Teen Wolf and Buffy, and explore the episode’s layered metaphors: toxic masculinity, repressed identity, and the animal inside us all. Willow’s heart breaks, Buffy’s strength shines, and

00:52:30

S2E14: Innocence – Soul Loss, Rocket Launchers, and...

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2025/10/03

Buffy loses her innocence—literally and metaphorically—and the emotional fallout hits hard. In Innocence, we explore Angel's tragic transformation into Angelus, Willow’s heartbreak, Jenny’s betrayal, and Giles’ grace. Alan breaks down cinematic one-ers and Whedon’s directorial growth, while Jarrod dives deep into the thematic richness of guilt, betrayal, and sexual vulnerability in 90s teen storytelling. The Judge turns out to be a lame Big Bad, but the real villain is emotional manipulation

00:49:20

S2E13: Surprise – Midpoint Reversals and Birthday Trauma

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2025/09/26

This is the moment we've been waiting for. In Surprise, Buffy’s dream foreshadows catastrophe, Drusilla rises while Spike falls, and Angel’s fate begins to twist. We dive deep into story structure, symbolic dreamscapes, and the metaphors of desire, duty, and disillusionment. Alan expresses his theory about Claddagh ring marketing conspiracies, and Jarrod drops some truth on teen melodrama and breaks down Charles Taylor’s “Age of Authenticity,”. Meanwhile, Oz asks Willow out, Jenny Calendar’s

00:42:56

Bad Eggs

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2025/04/04

Alan and Jarrod discuss "Bad Eggs," the twelfth episode of the second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the twenty-fourth episode in the series. Written by Marti Noxon and directed by David Greenwalt, it was originally broadcast on January 12, 1998, on The WB network.

00:55:46

Ted

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2025/03/28

Alan and Jarrod discuss "Ted," the eleventh episode of the second seasonof Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the twenty-third episode in the series. Written by Joss Whedon with David Greenwalt and directed by Bruce Seth Green, it was originally broadcast on December 8, 1997, on The WB network.

00:47:55

What's My Line Part 2

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2025/03/21

Alan and Jarrod discuss "What's My Line? Part Two" which is the tenth episode of the second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the twenty-second episode in the series. Written by Joss Whedon with Marti Noxon and directed by David Semel, it was originally broadcast on November 24, 1997, on The WB network.

01:03:36

What's My Line Part 1

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2025/02/28

Alan and Jarrod discuss "What's My Line? Part One," which is the ninth episode of the second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the twenty-first episode in the series. It was written by Joss Whedon, Marti Noxon, and Howard Gordon, and directed by David Solomon. It was originally broadcast on November 17, 1997, on The WB network.

00:57:43

The Dark Age

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2025/02/21

In this episode Alan and Jarrod discuss "The Dark Age" the eighth episode of the second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was written by Joss Whedon, Dean Batali, and Rob Des Hotel and directed by Bruce Seth Green. It was originally broadcast on November 10, 1997, on The WB network.RUNNING FROM THE PAST — Giles' quiet existence in Sunnydale is jeopardized when a murder victim, who is found to be linked to Giles' past, is discovered on the steps of the school library

01:13:50

Lie to Me

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2025/02/14

Alan and Jarrod discuss "Lie to Me" the seventh episode of the second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It originally aired on The WB on November 3, 1997.A classmate from Buffy's previous school in Los Angeles shows up in town with a mysterious desire to meet the town's vampires and their human wannabe groupies.

00:45:32

Halloween

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2025/02/07

Alan and Jarrod discuss Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2, episode 6.

00:50:19

Reptile Boy

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2025/01/31

Alan and Jarrod discuss the 5th episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2

00:46:00

Inca Mummy Girl

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2025/01/24

Alan and Jarrod discuss Episode 4 from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2.

00:40:30

School Hard

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2025/01/17

In this Episode Alan and Jarrod discuss School Hard, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2, Episode 3, and the first appearance of Spike.

00:38:38

Some Assembly Required

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2025/01/10

Join Alan and Jarrod as they discuss the Second Season Episode: Some Assembly Required, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 2.

00:36:07

When She Was Bad

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2025/01/03

Join Alan and Jarrod as the begin to discuss Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2.

00:44:00

Prophecy Girl

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2024/12/27

In this episode Alan and Jarrod discuss the Season finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1: Prophecy Girl.

00:42:48

Out of Sight Out of Mind

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2024/12/20

In this episode Alan and Jarrod discuss the episode "Out of Sight Out of Mind" from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1

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