If The Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me

Welcome to Don't Be Sorry, Be Giles, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we watched Season 3, Episode 12, "Helpless."In this episode, we talk plot and firsts (2:00), rites of passage (13:30), and Cruciamentum and David Fury (24:00). Then we yell (50:00), watch (1:05:00) and rank (1:07:00).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 brought marshmallows! ... Occasionally, I'm callous and strange"--- 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 Knights of Byzantium, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we're back (and in 1999) for "Gingerbread."In this episode, we talk plot (2:00), Satanic Panic (11:00), the Five Phases of Joyce during the episode (24:00) before we yell (35:20) and watch (48:30) and rank (51:00).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: We'll get a little place in Harlem and we'll figure it out--- 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 Herbert the Pig, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we close out 1998/2018 with "Amends." In this episode, we talk plot and firsts (2:00), The First (13:50), Amends in the episodes (25:00). After formalities, we yell at each other (37:15), watches (56:30), and rankings (1:02:00) 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: Frisky Watchers Char Room--- 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 Bloodstone Vengeance Spell also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! You've been hoping and dreaming but have you been wishing for Season 3, episode 9, "The Wish?" This episode is packed to the brim: Kelly breaks down the plot (1:50) and a couple firsts (3:30) followed by a segment we just need to call "Facts" as they're neither fun nor sad (7:15). Together they talk about the logic of Buffy's absence on the history of Sunnydale (11:00), try to make sense of how crosses are used (18:40), dive into Anya (!) and genies (22:00), the power and inconsistencies of the Wish world (29:00) and the alternate arc of Buffy Summers with less friends and more northeast Ohio (40:00). After all that excitement, the group yell (50:00), do their ritual watches (1:03:00) and rank this sucker (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: I can smell the sunrise long before it comes-

Welcome to I May Be Dead, But I'm Still Pretty, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we near the end of 1998 with Season 3, Episode 8, "Lovers Walk." In this episode, we talk SATs (10:00) and the various lovers walking about in this episode (24:30). We yell (38:45), go through our watches (50:00) and rank the episode (55:00). 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're young and free in America. How dare we be spun by love, or the lack of same?--- 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 We're Out of Weetabix, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we'd be able to feel our phantom limb if we hadn't exploded in "Revelations." In this episode, we talk Faith (9:00), the Council, Gwen Post, the Darkhul King and Living Flame (17:00), before we dig into the library confrontation at the heart of the episode (30:00). We close with yelling (39:30), our Weekly Watches (47:00) and rankings (49:00) 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: It's Spike. Spike is back next week!--- 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 1630 Revello Drive, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we eat the chocolate and rave about the certifiable classic, "Band Candy!" In this episode, we talk human sacrifices (12:00), spend too much time on the end/snake monster before realizing how GREAT this episode is (20:20), discuss why the episode is fire (26:00) and mull on Joyce because this is a Joyce podcast (31:00). Finally, we yell (46:30) and rank (1:06:00)! 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: the emotional marathon man?--- 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 Do You Have a Musket?, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we watched Season 3, Episode 5, "Homecoming." In this episode, we talk the prospective queen's strengths and weaknesses (5:30), Slayer Fest 98 and filler episodes as an art form (9:00) and the tradition of homecoming (21:00). Naturally, we yell (36:40) and rank this sucker (51:30). 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: It's a sobering mirror to look into, huh?--- 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 Moose Getting a Sponge Bath, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, we revisit Season 3, Episode 4: "Beauty and the Beasts." In this episode, we begin with the failed 1983 venture "Manimal" and the tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (8:00). Discussing the episode (20:30), we delve into Screepy Pete and Debbie, the non-existence of Mr. Platt, and the big bad of the episode: domestic abuse. We yell (37:00) and begin an official watch for: Xander's jacket/tank top combo, Buffy's maroon jacket, Giles being mean to Oz, and Anya! After "The Business," we rank the episode (51:45). 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: SlayerFest '98!--- 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 Double Meat Medley, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we introduce Faith with "Faith Hope and Trick." In this episode, we talk Kelly's defense of Faith (4:00), the rest our relationships to Faith (6:00), sex (16:00), and our continuing sadness at the lack of lore in Buffy (21:00). We yell at each other (33:00) and rank this sucker (50:00). 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: A Whole New World... that's the right Disney franchise? Right?--- 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 Mr. Gordo, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we continue through Season 3 with the worst party in TV history, "Dead Man's Party." In this episode, we talk masks (5:00), turmoil among our friends (17:00), the story mechanics (24:00) and what we're supposed to learn (30:00). Our yelling section is sponsored by empanada continuity (32:00) and our rankings are where we talk, in depth, about JOYCE (40:00). 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: Faith.--- 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 Music for Elevators, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we begin Season 3, which premiered 20 years ago TODAY! We'll start where they decided to: "Anne." In this episode, we talk Buffy's location (7:15), homelessness (31:20), and the foundry at the heart of this episode (39:00), all while chatting about aspects of the show. We close with some yelling (48:00) and rankings. 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!Soon: a contentious debate about Joyce's parenting and stupid masks.--- 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 A World With Nothing But Shrimp also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me. We made it! We're here! The season 2 finale - "Becoming, Pt. 2" is here! We talk about dat ending; Jenny Calendar's "return;" debate the merits of Whistler showing back up; reach the lowest point of Joyce as a mother to her only daughter, Buffy Summers; try to name Spike and Buffy's rock band but can't pin down definitive likes and hobbies of Buffy (we decided on Sad Pants in lieu of a slaying pun); "going postal" and poking holes through the ending. Stick around to end for special treats! Also, what's up with these robots, right? 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!Soon: our season 2 recap, atoning for our rankings, and preview season 3--- 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 A World Without Shrimp also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we watched the penultimate "Becoming, Pt. 1." We talk plot, Whistler and missed opportunities, Buffy and Angel, and the vehicles of death used on the show.Show notes at beepmepod.wordpress.com and @beepmepod on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram!--- 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 Insane Troll Logic also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we're looking at Season 2, episode 20 - "Go Fish." We talk plots, steroids, the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Join us for a better conversation than episode we had on our hands. As always, 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! We'll see you next week for the first part of Season 2's finale - "Becoming, Part 1."--- 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 Desperate For a Shag, Giles? also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we return after a long hiatus (blame '90s TV folks, not me) with the undeniably great "I Only Have Eyes for You" In the episode, we talk plot, the structure of the episode, the display of talent on all sides in those final moments of the show (after the horrible CGI wasps). But you'll also hear us talk Sadie Hawkins, yell at each other, and rank this sucker! As always, 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! Come join and talk to us. We'll be back next week to swim with the fishes. Season 2 is almost in the book!--- 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 Lucky 19 also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me. We watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer in order with its premiere dates from 20 years ago. This is season 2, episode 18 - "Killed By Death." After hitting play, you'll hear us talk nonsensical storylines, learn how to "science" and "doctor," why Angel being on this episode is just a bad idea and one of us ranks this as the worst episode of Buffy of all time! 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!Unfortunately, 90s TV is WEIRD and we're not coming back until the end of April!! Then it's all the way to the end of the season! Join us then for "I Only Have Eyes for You."--- 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 Inspired by your beauty... Effulgent also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we look at Season 2, Episode 17, "Passion." We talk Jenny, we talk death in the Whedon-verse, we talk THE ROOM in relate to Jenny buying the Orb. Hey, we loved the episode to pieces but it ain't free of faults and insanity. It's one of Buffy's great episodes and it's one of If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me's greatest too. 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!--- 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 Hope It's a Funny Aneurysm also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me. Today, we have a super-sized episode just for you! We dig deep in this Xander-centric classic (says Daniel) dumpster fire (says Stacia)! We just about discuss everything so come join us in one of the biggest episodes for this show so far. As always, 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!--- 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 Amy's Rat Cage also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This is the Buffy podcast that watches the show in real-time from 20 years ago. This week: Season 2's "Phases." We talk plot, we talk werewolves, we talk sex (or it seems we can't stop talking about it). Try not to be a couple of guys and come have a listen. 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!Two weeks off from "Phases" so we'll see you in 2 weeks!--- 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