Steph, Kara, and an all-star lineup of guests perform the script for 4x4, “Fear, Itself.” Join these podcast hosts as they relive the spooks and scares of a frat house Halloween party gone wrong. Buffy feels broken, Willow is a little too enthusiastic about her magic, and Xander feels left out. But don’t worry, everyone: Giles has a sombrero! And a chainsaw! This ain’t your mother’s band candy…. Featuring Slayerfest ’98 hosts Ian Carlos Crawford and Brett White, who also hosts Must Have Seen TV. Also featuring Left of Skeptic hosts Brittany Lind and Kala Moria. 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

Snow might have kept the Prophecy Girls from reuniting in person in December, but it didn’t stop them from watching another Twilight movie together! Steph and Kara review Eclipse. As Bella pressures Edward to make an honest vampire out of her, the Cullens’ nemesis builds a vampire army of her own. Can vampires and werewolves put aside their age-old hatred one of another to unite and protect Forks from ravenous newborns? Will Bella and Edward just do it already? When will Jacob get the message that she’s just not that into him? Find out all this and more. Hear us discuss… How Jacob is like Teddy from Brooklyn Nine-Nine What brought Steph over to Team Edward Victoria’s plan is terrible and she should feel bad Rosalie and Jasper finally get their time to shine It’s a slow movie but the action sequences are good Trigger warnings Blood, death, sexual assault 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

What a way to end a season! Two out of three Summers women are dead, Glory vanquished, the Scoobies left to pick up the pieces. We review the fifth season in its entirety. Hear us discuss… Death as Buffy’s gift, and what it means for the series How Glory ranks as a Big Bad How fast we would sell out (hint: it’s fast) Spike, sigh, again What we want out of season 6 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

Buffy threatens to kill anyone who stands in the way of saving Dawn, even if that means all of Earth descends into chaos as the dimensions bleed together while Dawn bleeds out. As the Scoobies gear up for their deadliest confrontation yet, Buffy must finally understand why death is her gift. Hear us discuss… Which episodes count as apocalypses Whether Xander was right to propose to Anya Whether Spike is heroic in this episode Sunnydale’s policies around nighttime high-rise construction We’re not crying, you’re crying! Trigger warnings Blood, confinement, death, mental illness 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Taysia Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

With Buffy catatonic, Willow takes charge. While she focuses on rousing Buffy from within her own mind, Xander and Spike investigate Ben’s mysterious connection to Glory, Anya looks after Tara, and Giles recovers from being nearly stabbed to death mere hours earlier. Meanwhile, Dawn discovers that gods are not the most gracious hosts. Hear us discuss… Buffy is just a little bit stressed No one is allowed to question Willow’s use of magic Where have all our favourite doctors gone from Sunnydale Hospital? Another episode where Xander actually isn’t that bad! Would you rather be trapped with mad Glory or selfish Ben? Trigger warnings Kidnapping, medical content, mental illness 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Taysia Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

Glory knows Dawn is the Key, and there is nothing left for Buffy to do but run. But the Boys (of Byzantium) are back in town as well, and they too want to find (and kill) the Key. With all her enemies closing in, can Buffy keep Dawn safe? And at cost? Hear us discuss… The LARPers are at it again! Where did they get all the horsies from? We, too, could totally fight on top of a moving vehicle Whether or not it was smart to bring Spike along How exactly did Buffy plan to explain all this to Ben? Trigger warning Mental illness 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Taysia Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

Buffy seeks advice from Giles about parenting Dawn and gets told to put her foot down. She doesn’t seek advice from Willow, who gives it anyway and then picks a fight with Tara when Buffy pushes back. When Glory thinks she has deduced the true identity of the Key, all of Sunnydale’s famed multicultural fair is imperiled. Hear us discuss… Anya’s hard embrace of capitalism We feel for Buffy’s challenges in this episode Willow and Tara’s fight seems to come from nowhere Giles discovers the minions’ weakness: doors! Hasn’t the Asian community of Sunnydale suffered enough? Trigger warnings Assault, medical content, mental illness, torture 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Taysia Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

Spike receives delivery from Warren of a package that confuses the Scoobies while Buffy is out of town on a desert quest. Spike’s problems only intensify when Glory’s minions become convinced that he is, in fact, the Key. The Scoobies are determined to prevent Spike from revealing the identity of the true Key to Glory even as they are concerned by Buffy’s sudden obsession with saving him at all costs. Hear us discuss… Shake that gourd, Daddy Giles We too would like you to ask us how our money is Could DEATH be Buffy’s gift? So hard to say We concur: the Buffy Bot is gross and obscene Spike is not a hero in this episode Trigger warnings Misogyny, sexual assault, torture 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Taysia Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

With the help of Giles and the other Scoobies, Buffy deals with the practical fallout of Joyce’s death. Angel helps with the emotional fallout. But Dawn, literally bereft, also turns to a vampire for assistance: Spike promises to help her bring her mom back to life. What could possibly go wrong? Hear us discuss… Feelings about funeral directors and buying coffins Tara, girl, are you going clubbing after this funeral? Angel gives Buffy exactly what she needs in this moment Willow should take responsibility for being irresponsible Dawn goes too far, but that’s what sisters do Trigger warnings Death, grief. 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Taysia Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

Buffy discovers Joyce’s body at home. The Scoobies come together to support the Summers sisters as Sunnydale feels grief like never before. Hear us discuss… The masterful depiction of grief in so many forms One of the most relatable episodes on television Sarah Michelle Gellar deserved an Emmy for this We tried to give Xander a pass, but we are only human RIP the sexiest woman in Sunnydale Trigger warnings Corpse, death, medical content 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Taysia Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

April is a perfectly ordinarily girl looking for her boyfriend, Warren. Except by “ordinary” we mean “robot” and by “robot” we mean sexbot. Yes, there’s a new robot in town, and this time Joyce isn’t the one dating it. When April crosses paths with the Scoobies, they have to track down Warren before her search results in broken bones as well as broken hearts. Hear us discuss… Way to go, Joyce, going on a date with a human! However gross you think this is, it’s worse Joss Whedon sure loves stories about reprogramming women Buffy, you didn’t fail a girlfriend test. Riley failed the boyfriend test. A lot. What are the chances Spike’s business with Warren won’t be creepy? Trigger warning Misogyny 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Taysia Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

A train full of suckjobs alerts Buffy that a new vampire might be active in town. Despite his attempts to help, Spike finds himself reBUFFed at every turn. Could he be somehow in the wrong? Of course not. Don’t worry, everyone Spike has figured out the problem: it’s women. Women are definitely the problem here. Hear us discuss… It would be nice to have a Black character who doesn’t die horribly Shut up and think about what women go through, Xander Way to make things awkward for Joyce, Spike Harmony must be protected at all costs! It’s not love; it’s just sparkling obsession Trigger warnings Misogyny, neck snapping 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Taysia Kyle Kala Destiny Brady Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

Revelations abound in Sunnydale this week. Buffy and Giles come clean to the rest of the Scoobies about Dawn’s secret identity as the Key. They totally aren’t weird about it. You know what else isn’t weird? Ben and Glory being connected somehow. Yep, everyone in Sunnydale is totally having a normal one. Hear us discuss… Justice for Dreg, the minionest of minions Spike’s situational Teletubby awareness Steph’s plans for bullying her teenage daughter The heaviness of Dawn’s brief self-harm arc How far Buffy will go to protect her family Trigger warnings Blood, neck snapping, self-harm 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Taysia Kyle Kala Destiny Brady Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

Author Kendare Blake returns to talk about this episode, as well as her latest Buffy book, One Girl in All the World. Hey, everyone, the Watchers’ Council is back! Oh, don’t be like that. They say they have vital intel on Glory, but they’ll only give it up if Buffy plays it their way. Otherwise, they’ll deport Giles and be extra British. Wait--are they the bad guys? But a surprise home visit shakes Buffy up enough to see who has the real power in this town. Hear us discuss… How bad the Scoobies are at talking to people Joyce, honey, you really need to stop letting strangers into the house Glory is such a badass and we like it But Buffy is even more badass and we love it Did you get chills at the end? We have chills 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Taysia Kyle Kala Destiny Brady Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

While the Giles is away, the Willow will play, and the Anya will itemize a receipt of everything Willow uses from the magic shop. But this internecine squabble between two Scoobies soon spills over into Sunnydale when it frees a troll, one with a grudge against Anya, from its centuries-old prison. This witch and ex-demon must set aside animosity to work together and save something they agree is worth saving (for some reason): Xander Hear us discuss… Is this episode worse than “Beer Bad”? Xander broing it up with Spike? Not shocked, sadly. RIP the Bronze’s insurance premiums Giles was smart to nope out of this episode The only insane troll logic here is thinking that anyone would fight over Xander Trigger warnings Misogyny, rape jokes 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Taysia Kyle Kala Destiny Brady Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

Buffy’s mom makes it through surgery and the prognosis is good! However, Buffy’s relief is short-lived when Spike reveals Riley’s newfound nightly escapades to her. No matter where she turns, it always seems like someone is telling Buffy she’s doing it all wrong. Is there a way out of these woods without hurting or getting hurt? Hear us discuss… Spike doing the right thing is not the same as Spike being right Is it possible to sympathize with Riley here? Shut up, Xander The nature of true love. You know, easy stuff Enough with all these men telling Buffy what she wants! Trigger warnings Infidelity 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Taysia Kyle Kala Destiny Brady Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

As the Summers women await Joyce’s brain surgery, the Sunnydale Hospital’s psych ward fills with an outbreak of mental illness. This time, evil comes not from below but above. Only one man in all the world, a chosen one, stands against it. He alone will wield the walkie-talkie to fight the madness. He is … Riley Finn, civilian. Hear us discuss… The struggles of taking care of a sick loved one We owe the Cobra Demon an apology. COME BACK. Riley needs to make up his mind about if he wants to go commando That’s one big rat in Buffy’s basement How a bad episode has a perfect closing scene Trigger warnings Medical content, mental illness 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Taysia Kyle Kala Destiny Brady Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

The hosts of the podcasts Becoming Buffy and Investigating Angel join Steph and Kara for another table read episode! This time they tackle S4x20 “The Yoko Factor.” Listen as Riley squares off against Angel, Spike makes a play to get his chip removed by breaking up the band, and we find out what Kermit the Frog fell back on after his acting career dried up. Trigger warning Death 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Taysia Kyle Kala Destiny Brady Erika Allison Lena Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

Steph and Kara discuss that other vampire movie that came out in 1992. With a few more Oscars and an even more bonkers storyline than the Buffy movie, Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a masterclass in how to take a century-old novel and adapt it into a moviegoing experience. Vlad Dracul just wants to find the reincarnated love of his life, even if it takes 400 years and turning into Gary Oldman to do it. But a gritty college professor and a himbo lawyer are determined not to let him have his way. Hear us discuss… How Kara watched this movie on hard mode Steph learns the hard way that bite sex isn’t always sexy! Lucy just wants a harem of men and her gal pal Mina, what of it? Isn’t Mel Brooks supposed to be in this? We love you, Keanu Trigger warnings Blood, death, sex 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Taysia Kyle Kala Destiny Brady Erika Allison Lena Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!

The woman in red desperately wants to find a mysterious key. Fortunately, she has the perfect secret weapon: transforming a poor, unsuspecting snake into a confused cobra demon to play tourist in Sunnydale! Buffy’s attention is split between protecting Dawn and supporting her mother, whose health seems to be rapidly worsening now that the doctors have found a shadow on her scans. Hear us discuss… Joyce, you need to take care of yourself. FOR US. This poor snake didn’t ask to become a bad CGI monster Finally a name! Glory!! And minions! Spike, stop being such a Xander Buffy, it’s dead. You killed it, Buffy. Buffy? Trigger warnings Medical content 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord We love hearing from our listeners! 🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Taysia Kyle Kala Destiny Brady Erika Allison Lena Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!