A weekly re-watch podcast about 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'. New episodes every Wednesday! Yours in Slaying,
The Buffy Boys
Brian and Joel are a couple of boyf(r)iends from Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. They met in 2011 while studying English Literature at university and having been talking absolute nonsense ever since. They like to drink wine and rant at length, and with absolute conviction about the things that truly matter - like as ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, one of the greatest TV shows ever made. You can fin
d us at:
www.buffyboys.com
https://twitter.com/buffyboys
https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/
and in your favourite podcast app! Brian’s areas of expertise are music, photography, philosophy, literary criticism, postmodernism, grief, and horror. Joel has sunk all his skill points into gender, LGBTQ issues, q***r theory, science fiction and fantasy genres, and the occult. Together they’ll hopefully meander towards a point and maybe even learn you something you didn’t know. The Buffy Boys podcast is sponsored by their long-suffering and thoroughly useless cat, Booker and is dedicated to their other (dearly departed) cat, Whiskey (Class Protector 2018). The 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
If you’ve taken the time to listen to two silly guys talk about Buffy, with absolute sincerity - thanks, we’re happy to have you here.
The Rankings are complete and we have determined the totally objective best episode of Buffy. Now our souls may rest. Don't resurrect us.
In our S08E11 the Buffy Boys experience go through all the stages: Surprise, Passion, Restlessness, Gifts, and Body?
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/06/09/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-5-1
We crack open the ancient Ranking crypt and disgorge the dusty, inhuman mummies inside. We're so close now.
In our S08E10, the Buffy Boys avoid their feelings in the classic ways - musicals, silence, bazookas, and dynamite.
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/06/0117/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-12-6
The good ship Ranking arrives after its long voyage to the alien warmth of a new star: we're in the top 20 episodes now.
In our S08E09, the Buffy Boys celebrate all the major milestones, graduation, hometown implosion, and becoming an Evil Gay.
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/03/17/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-21-13
The Ranking Expedition crests to the plateau, the summit is in sight. Are the people who made these original ratings still, existentially, us? Who can tell.
In our S08E08, the Buffy Boys breathe the rare air of the Lonely Ones from vamp groupies, serial killers, heartthrobs, and the fruit-punch-mouthed.
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/03/11/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-31-22
Our Ranking Drill has cracked the succulent core of Buffyworld to extract the ambrosia of the Top 40 Episodes, objectively decided by us.
In our S08E07, the Buffy Boys spelunk from misogynists (skinless) through Buffy (ratful) and land at ghosts (h***y).
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/03/05/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-41-32
It's 150 episodes of q***r, literary, and feminist perspectives! Wow. Remember when we used to drink a lot more wine?
In our S08E06, the Buffy Boys go from guzzling milk to feeling conflicted about lesbophobic Amy Adams.
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/28/04/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-53-42
The Dread Ranking assumes its superlative form as we climb from demon transformation hangovers to deputy mayors (slightly punctured).
In our S08E05, the Buffy Boys start with ho******ic subtext (gay) and end with ho******ic subtext (le***an).
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/07/04/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-68-54
The Rank-a-thon ranks on from straight love triangles to supernatural-quasi-platonic, q***r-coded soul quadrangles.
In our S08E04, the Buffy Boys express no strong feelings about crayons of any size or colour.
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/30/03/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-83-69
The Ranking juggernaut digs deep to unearth body swaps in flooded basements and secretly vegan burgers brush up with nightmare clowns.
In our S08E03, the Buffy Boys discover if you can really have a favourite 'Adam' episode.
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/24/03/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-102-84
The Great Ranking continues as we travel from pervy posessed puppets to stilted summoned snakes. It's the worst, weirdest and bleh-est of the Buffy hinterlands.
In our S08E02, the Buffy Boys ask "how often can a rating also be an innuendo?"
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/15/03/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-123-to-103
The now definitive review of Buffy the Vampire Slayer returns triumphantly to don the sacrificial amulet of Ranking Every Episode from Worst to Best. Play along at home!
In our S08E01, the Buffy Boys eat the show, starting with its bottom.
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/02/03/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-144-to-124-s08e01
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".
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/02/02/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".
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/01/22/your-days-are-numbered-s07e21
Finale Episode Alert! Next week we're recording for "Chosen", the last Buffy episode.
If you've ever listened to Buffy Boys we'd love to hear from you - send us a message about your favourite episode, funny bits, or anything else you want to share we come to the end of a fantastic journey. We'll be recording around the 31st of January so if you want your message read out during the finale make sure to get in touch before then!
Do you need to be up to date with the podcast to send a message? Heck no, that's so heteronormative.
Links to contact us are in our bio ✨
And stay tuned Scoobies for what's coming next ⚰️
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".
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/01/19/moment-of-reflection-s7e20
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".
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/01/12/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".
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/12/21/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 S07E17 in "Lies My Parents Told Me"
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/12/15/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".
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/12/01/stray-director-andrew-s07e16
TWelcome 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 i
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".
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/12/01/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".
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/11/24/fatal-dating-s07e14
In an Unexpected Le***an 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".
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/11/17/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".
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/11/10/in-a-tough-school-s07e12
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". https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/11/03/exercises-of-style-s07e11The
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".
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/11/03/exercises-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".
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/10/28/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".
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/10/20/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".
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/10/13/innocently-guilty-s07e08
Hell is empty and the dead walk the Earth - and they won't shut up about it! The First bears down on the gang with fighting words and the Buffy Boys break the Seal in S07E07 "Conversations with Dead People".
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/10/04/evil-enchanting-s07e07
The Scoobie ladies are bewitched and bewildered by Sunnydale High's star quarterback('s jacket) - and now they'll spare no embarassment or military ordnance to get him. The Buffy Boys caterwheel into a very serious episode with S07E06 "Him".
https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/09/29/proofs-of-love-s07e06
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The Rankings are complete and we have determined the totally objective best episode of Buffy. Now our souls may rest. Don't resurrect us. In our S08E11 the Buffy Boys experience go through all the stages: Surprise, Passion, Restlessness, Gifts, and Body? https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/06/09/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-5-1
We crack open the ancient Ranking crypt and disgorge the dusty, inhuman mummies inside. We're so close now. In our S08E10, the Buffy Boys avoid their feelings in the classic ways - musicals, silence, bazookas, and dynamite. https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/06/0117/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-12-6
The good ship Ranking arrives after its long voyage to the alien warmth of a new star: we're in the top 20 episodes now. In our S08E09, the Buffy Boys celebrate all the major milestones, graduation, hometown implosion, and becoming an Evil Gay. https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/03/17/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-21-13
The Ranking Expedition crests to the plateau, the summit is in sight. Are the people who made these original ratings still, existentially, us? Who can tell. In our S08E08, the Buffy Boys breathe the rare air of the Lonely Ones from vamp groupies, serial killers, heartthrobs, and the fruit-punch-mouthed. https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/03/11/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-31-22
Our Ranking Drill has cracked the succulent core of Buffyworld to extract the ambrosia of the Top 40 Episodes, objectively decided by us. In our S08E07, the Buffy Boys spelunk from misogynists (skinless) through Buffy (ratful) and land at ghosts (horny). https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/03/05/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-41-32
It's 150 episodes of queer, literary, and feminist perspectives! Wow. Remember when we used to drink a lot more wine? In our S08E06, the Buffy Boys go from guzzling milk to feeling conflicted about lesbophobic Amy Adams. https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/28/04/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-53-42
The Dread Ranking assumes its superlative form as we climb from demon transformation hangovers to deputy mayors (slightly punctured). In our S08E05, the Buffy Boys start with homoerotic subtext (gay) and end with homoerotic subtext (lesbian). https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/07/04/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-68-54
The Rank-a-thon ranks on from straight love triangles to supernatural-quasi-platonic, queer-coded soul quadrangles. In our S08E04, the Buffy Boys express no strong feelings about crayons of any size or colour. https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/30/03/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-83-69
The Ranking juggernaut digs deep to unearth body swaps in flooded basements and secretly vegan burgers brush up with nightmare clowns. In our S08E03, the Buffy Boys discover if you can really have a favourite 'Adam' episode. https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/24/03/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-102-84
The Great Ranking continues as we travel from pervy posessed puppets to stilted summoned snakes. It's the worst, weirdest and bleh-est of the Buffy hinterlands. In our S08E02, the Buffy Boys ask "how often can a rating also be an innuendo?" https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/15/03/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-123-to-103
The now definitive review of Buffy the Vampire Slayer returns triumphantly to don the sacrificial amulet of Ranking Every Episode from Worst to Best. Play along at home! In our S08E01, the Buffy Boys eat the show, starting with its bottom. https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/02/03/ranking-the-vampire-slayer-144-to-124-s08e01
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". https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/02/02/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". https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/01/22/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". https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/01/19/moment-of-reflection-s7e20
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". https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2022/01/12/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". https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/12/21/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 S07E17 in "Lies My Parents Told Me" https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/12/15/a-heavy-past-s07e17
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". https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/12/01/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". https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/11/24/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". https://buffyboys.com/episodes/2021/11/17/inner-murderer-s07e13
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Brian and Joel are a couple of boyf(r)iends from Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. They met in 2011 while studying English Literature at university and having been talking absolute nonsense ever since. They like to drink wine and rant at length, and with absolute conviction about the things that truly matter - like as ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, one of the greatest TV shows ever made.
You can find us at:
www.buffyboys.com https://twitter.com/buffyboys https://www.instagram.com/buffy_boys/
and in your favourite podcast app!
Brian’s areas of expertise are music, photography, philosophy, literary criticism, postmodernism, grief, and horror.
Joel has sunk all his skill points into gender, LGBTQ issues, q***r theory, science fiction and fantasy genres, and the occult.
Together they’ll hopefully meander towards a point and maybe even learn you something you didn’t know. The Buffy Boys podcast is sponsored by their long-suffering and thoroughly useless cat, Booker and is dedicated to their other (dearly departed) cat, Whiskey (Class Protector 2018).
The 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
If you’ve taken the time to listen to two silly guys talk about Buffy, with absolute sincerity - thanks, we’re happy to have you here.
Yours in Slaying,
The Buffy Boys
