If The Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me

Welcome to Grr. Argh., also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we finally get to discuss the indomitable "Hush." In this episode, we talk: plots and firsts (2:00) a note or two on Joss's commentary (7:00) communication is key (12:00) the projector scene and score in general (21:30) The Gentlemen (28:15) "Hush" as a concept – and other shows that've done it, like 77 Sunset Strip in the 50s; Twilight Zone ("The Silence"), Mr. Robot, Space: Above and Beyond, The Prisoner (41:00) and with all the hype, did we even really like this episode? (47:00)To close, we yell (54:30), watch (1:10:00) and rank (1:14:30).Full show notes at our website and we're @beepmepod on  Twitter, Instagram Facebook, Tumblr for all the good stuff. You can email us at beepmepod@gmail.com too, if that's your thing!Next episode: "They seem to be pretty generous with the milestones."--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at bee

Welcome to Uncle Bob's Magic Cabinet, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we watched the excellent "Something Blue."In this episode, we talk about lots: plot and firsts (2:00) we get another ANGEL UPDATE *guitar solo* (5:30) the episode as a whole and, specifically, Willow and her friends reactions to her grief (13:00) we try to overlook at the usual contrivances because this is a great episode but mention them anyway (24:00) the laying the foundation for future Willow (25:00) Buffy and Spike (30:00) Riley (33:00)To close, we yell about stuff, with a bonus aside about Fruit Rollups (39:50), watch stuff (58:30) and rank stuff (1:01:40). Full show notes at our website and we're @beepmepod on  Twitter, Instagram Facebook, Tumblr for all the good stuff. You can email us at beepmepod@gmail.com too, if that's your thing!Next episode: "We're talking about communication. We're talking about language. Not the same thing. It's about inspiration. Not the idea, but the moment before the idea when

Welcome to Want, Take, Have, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we celebrate ThanksBuffy with "Pangs."In this episode, we talk plots and firsts (2:00), get an ANGEL UPDATE *guitar solo* (9:00), and dive into Chumash history and its depiction in the show (17:00). We yell about the finer points (35:00), perform our mandated watches (54:30) and rank the episode (57:45).Full show notes at our website and we're @beepmepod on Twitter, Instagram Facebook, Tumblr for all the good stuff. You can email us at beepmepod@gmail.com too, if that's your thing!Next episode: "I'm an avid pedestrian, though."--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to The Many Bucket Hats of Willow Rosenberg, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we finally get to hang out with THE BOIS! Season 4, episode 7's "The Initiative."In this episode, we talk plot and firsts (2:00), initial thoughts (8:00), then spend the episode around our aforementioned bois (12:00): the opening scene, the Initiative reveal, them with Parker, and their concurrence with all our friends. We yell about stuff (1:08:30), watch our watches (1:23:00) and rank this episode (1:26:30).Full show notes at our website and @beepmepod on Twitter, Instagram Facebook, Tumblr for all the good stuff and beepmepod@gmail.com for general chitchat!Next episode: "I'll try to keep my hands off the uncooked potatoes and cranberries"--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to The Order of Aurelius, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we say goodbye to Oz in "Wild at Heart."In this episode, we talk plot and firsts (1:40), George Cera (6:00) and initial thoughts (10:00). The bulk of the episode centers around Willow and Oz in 8 scenes (15:00) – with asides for Maggie Walsh's cover, Veruca as the new Faith, and the "seven annual minutes," among others. We close with yelling (58:00), watches (1:07:00) and rankings (1:09:00)Full show notes at our website and @beepmepod on Twitter, Instagram Facebook, Tumblr for all the good stuff and beepmepod@gmail.com for general chitchat!Next episode: "I always worried what would happen when that b***h got some funding!"--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Sweatydale, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we get wasted (metaphorically, metaphorically) and talk season 4, episode 5, "Beer Bad."In this episode, we talk plot and firsts (2:00), impressions (9:50), dangerous libations (16:00), Black Frost and bars on campus (28:00). Eventually, we yell at each other (42:00), watch together (1:05:00) and rank this episode (1:07:30).Full show notes at our website and @beepmepod on Twitter, Instagram Facebook, Tumblr for all the good stuff and beepmepod@gmail.com for general chitchat!Next episode: "You should be using a 50. And Blue Voodoo, not your best bet unless you dig the distort..."--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Home of the Big Brewing Evil, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we tackle "Fear Itself" in Season 4, episode 4!In this episode: Plot, firsts and lasts (1:00) Halloween preferences (5:00) Fears (11:30) Mighty Mighty Alpha Delt's (14:30) Oz flinging his blood and summoning Gachnar (21:00) Parker and Joyce combo (27:10)Then we yell (33:00), watch (50:00) and rank (53:00)Full show notes at our website and @beepmepod on Twitter, Instagram Facebook, Tumblr for all the good stuff and beepmepod@gmail.com for general chitchat!Next episode: "Well, Thomas Aquinas..."--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Buffy's Sad SpaghettiOs, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, Season 4, Episode 3, "The Harsh Light of Day."In this episode: Plot, Firsts and "Things" (2:00) Talk about Parker and Angel and Buffy (7:00) Parker Hooking Up with Buffy (12:00) Gem of Amara and magical jewelry (24:00) ANGEL UPDATE (37:00) Yelling (45:00) Watches (1:10:00) We Rank This Sucker (1:12:30)Full show notes at our website and @beepmepod on Twitter, Instagram Facebook, Tumblr for all the good stuff and beepmepod@gmail.com for general chitchat!Next episode: "Halloween's not about thrills, chills and funny costumes. It's about getting laid."--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Dragon's Cove, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we deal with our passive aggressive roommates in Season 4's "Living Conditions."In this episode, we talk roommates using the issues from the show – passive aggressiveness, taking up too much space, clothes, hygiene, food, seeing your crush with them, dreamscapes and murder (8:50). Was Kathy wore all this? (40:00) We yell (46:00), watch (1:01:30) and rank (1:04:30) our way, if you believe it.Full show notes at our website and @beepmepod on Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, for all the good stuff and beepmepod@gmail.com for general chitchat!Next episode: "This is it. My door. Wood. Maybe some kind of wood veneer."--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Okay, Bury a Potato. No, That's for Warts, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we begin Season 4 (!!!) of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. We start where Buffy started 20 years ago: "The Freshman."In this episode, we talk plots and firsts (2:00) then college (8:00). When we get to the episode itself (25:00), we discuss Riley, Sunday and the '90s aesthetic, the Initiative as tantalizing instead of infuriating, and how our friends are dealing with life's changes. We yell a lot (34:00), have a few failed Watches (1:04:00) and rank the episode (1:12:00).  Full show notes and references at our website and @beepmepod on Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for all the good stuff. For general chitchat, write us an email at beepmepod@gmail.com!Next episode: "It's simple. Kathy's evil. I'm an evil fighter. I'm gonna have to kill her."--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack

Welcome to Kiss the Librarian Mug, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we return to the show after a long absence to talk "Earshot," which was originally scheduled as episode 18 during the season but was aired weeks before the beginning of Season 4. In this episode, we talk plots and firsts (2:00), Othello (3:00), and telepathy in all forms (11:30). We yell (37:00), watch (49:00) and rank for the last time in Season 3 (53:00).Full show notes at our website and @beepmepod on Twitter, InstagramFacebook, Tumblr for all the good stuff and beepmepod@gmail.com for general chitchat!Next episode: We'll air a Season 3 recap in August, a month or so before we start Season 4. Then it's "The Freshman." Oh wow.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Who Is That Girl?, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we conclude the festivities (and the disastrous commencement speaker) with "Graduation Day, Part 2."In this episode, we talk plots and firsts (2:00), finales and Big Bads so far (10:00), dream sequences (12:30), the Mayor (26:00), the absence of "Earshot" from the narrative in real time (30:00) and our farewells to old friends and high school (31:00). Naturally, we yell (44:00), watch (52:00) and rank (53:30). Full show notes at our website and @beepmepod on Twitter, Instagram Facebook, Tumblr for all the good stuff and beepmepod@gmail.com for general chitchat!Next episode: In one timeline, we turn to Season 4. In this 20 year-old timeline, we turn back to "Earshot." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to I Mock You With My Monkey Pants, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we begin the ceremonies with "Graduation Day, Part 1."In this episode, we talk plot and firsts (2:00), old ones and ascension and the logistics of Big Snake (11:00), and check in with all of our characters at this pivotal point in the series (25:30). We yell (55:00) and watch (1:05:00) and rank (1:08:00).Full show notes at our website and @beepmepod on Twitter, Instagram Facebook, Tumblr for all the good stuff and beepmepod@gmail.com for general chitchat!Next episode: "We attack the Mayor with hummus."--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Techno Pagan, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we go through every high schooler's rite of passage, "The Prom." In this episode, we talk prom (10:00), Tucker Wells & the mechanics of rage and rejection (30:00), Buffy & Angel's break-up and if we care – also Angel: How Does He Even Have Money, a Beep Me Investigation (38:00). We close by yelling (48:00), watching (59:00) and ranking (1:04:00).Full show notes at our website and @beepmepod on Twitter, Instagram Facebook, Tumblr for all the good stuff and beepmepod@gmail.com for general chitchat!Next episode: "I'm talking about watching my lover die."--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Pop's Pumpkin Patch, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we talk choices in Season 3, Episode 19's "Choices."In this episode, we talk plot and firsts (1:30), Gavrocks and spiders (17:00), and choices (27:00). We close with yelling (56:30), our watches (1:07:00) and rankings (1:14:00).Full show notes at beepmepod,wordpress.com and @beepmepod on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr for all the good stuff and beepmepod@gmail.com for general chitchat!Next episode: "You deserve more than demons and darkness. You deserve someone who can take you into the light."--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to The Mark of Eyghon, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we talk enemies in Season 3, Episode 17's "Enemies."In this episode, we cover dat slow-mo (6:00), try to defend Faith while acknowledging the horrible adulting in Sunnydale (17:00), and dive into the strange history of the Hellmouth and Mayor Wilkins (21:30). We close by yelling (39:00), watching (55:30), and ranking (1:00:00).Full show notes at beepmepod,wordpress.com and @beepmepod on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr for all the good stuff and beepmepod@gmail.com for general chitchat!Next episode: Definitely gonna be "Earshot"--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Tomb of Alfalfa, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we talk about doppelgängers in Season 3, episode 16's "Doppelgangland."In this episode, we talk Dark Willow, writing, killing characters and Willow's fuzzy sweater (14:00) before Kelly goes off about Faith (28:00) and the absence of the Council (34:00). The episode closes with yelling (44:00), watches (58:00) and rankings (1:01:20).Full show notes at beepmepod,wordpress.com and @beepmepod on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr for all the good stuff and beepmepod@gmail.com for general chitchat!Next episode: "And on the day the words 'flimsy excuse' were redefined, we stood in awe and watched."--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Sassy Eggs, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we talk about consequences in Season 3, episode 15's "Consequences."In this episode, we talk breaking the law in Sunnydale (11:15), consequences (19:40), if Faith is right (30:30), and Willow and Xander (37:00) before yelling (43:30), our watches (57:00) and rankings (1:00:00).Full show notes at beepmepod,wordpress.com and @[beepmepod](https://soundcloud.com/beepmepod) on Twitter (twitter.com/beepmepod), Facebook (facebook.com/beepmepod), Tumblr (beepmepod.tumblr.com) for all the good stuff and beepmepod@gmail.com for general chitchat! Next episode: It's really nice that you guys missed me. Say, you all didn't happen to do a bunch of drugs, did ya?--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to That's My Favorite Shirt. That's My Only Shirt. No I'm Not Doing the Accent, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we BREAK BAD with Faith and Buffy in "Bad Girls"In this episode, we talk plot and firsts (2:00), the episode itself (10:00), Faith (14:30) and her bad decisions (30:00), as well as Balthazar and the Mayor's connection (37:30). We close the episode yelling (42:00), watching (51:00) and ranking (57:00).Full show notes at beepmepod,wordpress.com and @[beepmepod](https://soundcloud.com/beepmepod) on Twitter (twitter.com/beepmepod), Facebook (facebook.com/beepmepod), Tumblr (beepmepod.tumblr.com) for all the good stuff and beepmepod@gmail.com for general chitchat! Next episode: I hope evil takes MasterCard.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Beljoxa's Eye, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, one of (for two of us) the classic episodes of the show, "The Zeppo."In this episode, we talk Xander and Cordelia (7:00), TV language and the art of the hard cut (14:00). We ask ourselves just why is this so memorable while exploring "The Zeppo" in TV history (30:00). Then we assess the mama Bezoar in the room: Xander as a character (42:30).We end the show yelling (50:00), fulfill our watch (1:00:00) and ranking this sucker (1:03:00). Full show notes at beepmepod,wordpress.com and @[beepmepod](https://soundcloud.com/beepmepod) on Twitter (twitter.com/beepmepod), Facebook (facebook.com/beepmepod), Tumblr (beepmepod.tumblr.com) for all the good stuff and beepmepod@gmail.com for general chitchat! Next episode: RIP DMAF--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beepmepod/support Get full access to If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me at beepmepod.substack.com/subscribe