Sunnydale Nation: A Buffy Rewatch Podcast
Join newbie Amanda and veteran Ella as we head back to the 90s to revisit Buffy the Vampire Slayer! Every week we discuss one episode in chronological order as we rediscover the thrills, chills, and spills of the Scooby Gang's investigations into the paranormal. Grab a stake and join us! New episodes released every Tuesday. Check out our back catalogue for our full coverage of The X-Files as Scully Nation.
Episodes
245 episodes
Buffy S1 E3: "Ffreaky Ffriday (Like The VVitch)"
This week we are getting a little too invested in cheerleader tryouts while we discuss “Witch”! We advocate for Black Philip joining the gang, wonder where the accursed mascot from the movie went and how long until he strikes again, debat...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:26:52
Buffy S1 E2: "The Snorevest"
This week we are attempting to avoid this low-stakes apocalypse while we discuss “The Harvest”! We’re talking Xander and Willow getting The (vampire) Talk, whether The Master is a Star Trek villain, the need for a Slayer onboarding checklist, i...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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1:21:43
Buffy S1 E1: "Welcome to the Vampire Parade"
This week we are firing up the TV show proper while we discuss “Welcome to the Hellmouth”! We’re talking Sunnydale’s one creepy alley and its sign-up sheet, how gymnasts hate Buffy, the surprising appearance of the Alien Bounty Hunter, an...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:33:14
You're Not Buffy! Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992)
This week we are kicking off our Buffy coverage with the 1992 movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer! We’re talking our history with Buffy and what we know going in, how crucial to the plot this yellow leather jacket is, the practicality of ea...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:56:36
(BONUS #15) We Can't Keep Doing This, Chris: The X-Files In Review
This week we are wrapping up the entire show as a whole and bidding a fond farewell to The X-Files! We’re talking our favorite Mulder episode, favorite Scully episode, favorite Skinner episode, favorite Lone Gunmen episode, favorite Doggett/Rey...
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Season 11
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Episode 13
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2:48:29
(BONUS #14) Evolution (2001) Starring? David Duchovny w/ special guests That Nostalgia Show!
This week we are discussing Evolution (2001) with special guests Courtney and Hannah from That Nostalgia Show! We’re talking the dubious educational value of the movie, the strangely stacked cast, the painful 2001-ness of it all, and debate the...
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Season 11
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Episode 12
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1:23:04
(BONUS #13) Revival of the Fittest: The Seasons 10 and 11 Wrap Battle
This week we are taking a look back at seasons 10 and 11 (whether we want to or not) for our revival series wrap-up episode! We rank the episodes, read some emails, and cast our own reboot series. We’re talking the surprising relevance of War o...
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Season 11
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Episode 11
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2:15:06
S11 E10: "I'm Struggling For 4 Right Now"
This week we are talking about the X-Files series finale as we jump into “My Struggle IV”! We’re talking half-good half-evil William, how impotent the threat to shut down the X-Files is by now, Mulder massacring a bunch of people, when it’s app...
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Season 11
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Episode 10
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2:14:35
S11 E9: "Nothing Lasts 5Ever (In Da Bronx)"
This week we are tracking down our sister in her organ-licking cult while we discuss “Nothing Lasts Forever”! We’re talking how much we don’t care for Juliet and her discount-Daredevil energy, how we want more of the random mountainous Swedish ...
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Season 11
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Episode 9
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1:26:00
S11 E8: "My Other Witch's Familiar Is A Porsche"
This week we are conjuring up terrifying children’s cartoon creatures while we discuss “Familiar”! We’re talking how off-putting these Bibbletiggles are, the single cop and his romantic endeavors in town, Tim Burton children running all over th...
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Season 11
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Episode 8
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1:24:26
S11 E7: "Rm 9'cha Glad I Tipped?"
This week we are on the run from murderous robotic sushi chefs while we discuss “Rm9sbG93ZXJz”! We’re talking unappetizing blob fish dinners, how it’s fair turnaround for Scully to be trapped in a car with a speeding driver, whether this can be...
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Season 11
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Episode 7
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1:24:10
S11 E6: "Not Now, Kitten, Daddy Is Confronting His Demons"
This week we are going AWOL and hunting down our old Vietnam buddies while we discuss “Kitten”! We’re talking how they really could have come up with a cooler evil-project name than MK NAOMI, that Kersh is back: meaner and balder than ever, how...
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Season 11
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Episode 6
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1:44:58
S11 E5: "Mr. Ghouli, Tear Down This Reality"
This week we are tracking down our long-lost son while we discuss “Ghouli”! We’re talking Detective Saw, Ghouli fanfiction, the continuing Ford car commercial, birthday boys, and Mulder and Scully’s son surprisingly being a bit of a player. We ...
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Season 11
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Episode 5
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1:32:59
S11 E4: "That's Not How I Remember The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat!"
This week we are sorting through our faulty collective memories while we discuss “The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat”! We’re talking the Mandela/Mengele effect, how dangerous it is to hold Scully up when she’s hangry, the return of Chuck, Mulder’s ...
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Season 11
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Episode 4
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1:57:10
S11 E3: "Is It Still A Plus One If It's Your Doppelganger?"
This week we are avoiding our evil doppelgangers while we discuss “Plus One”! We’re talking our love for Dean Cavalier: Attorney at Law, how much Mulder would love Evil Scully, the strange nurses, and confounding bread pills. We wonder ex...
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Season 11
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Episode 3
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1:36:23
S11 E2: "Can't Touch This (Because It's A Simulation)"
This week we are on the run from long-dead friends while we discuss “This”! We’re talking the return of Cyber Langly, the Boo Crew suddenly turning into action stars, how we really could have used more of Mulder and Scully handcuffed-toge...
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Season 11
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Episode 2
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1:49:55
S11 E1: "My Struggle III: Still Strugglin'"
This week we are doing our very best just to make it through this episode intact while we regrettably discuss “My Struggle III”! We’re talking the episode titles reflecting our increasing struggle to watch these, CSM name drop without any forew...
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Season 11
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Episode 1
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2:11:05
S10 E6: "The Man from S.T.R.U.G.G.L.E. II"
This week we are trying to stop an apocalypse, develop a world-saving vaccine, locate our long-lost son, and find a good parking spot while we discuss “My Struggle II”! We’re talking Scully’s strange anti-vaxx turn, the tonally bizarre Guy Ritc...
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Season 10
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Episode 6
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1:52:47
S10 E5: "Honky Tonk, Babylonkadonk"
This week we are taking mushrooms and trying to contact comatose men while we discuss “Babylon”! We’re talking Mulder dancing at the Badonkadonk, how real it is that Skinner’s migraines are caused by Mulder, wonder who exactly Miller and ...
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Season 10
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Episode 5
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1:39:59
S10 E4: "Home Again 2: Lost in Philadelphia"
This week we are trying to solve the mystery of a coin necklace by our mother’s bedside while we discuss “Home Again”! We’re talking unreuniting with beloved guest actresses as quickly as we reunite with them, Mulder being classic goofy, the Ba...
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Season 10
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Episode 4
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1:38:17
S10 E3: "We're Were-Monsters, Not Swear-Monsters"
This week we are turning from lizard to man and back to lizard again as we discuss “Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster”! We’re talking the return of Darin Morgan, our long-awaited jokes about Mulder and cell phones, the Kim Manners t...
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Season 10
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Episode 3
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1:29:57
S10 E2: "Folger's Mutation"
This week we are bleeding from the ears from high-pitched screeching sounds while we discuss “Founder’s Mutation”! We’re talking the return of James Wong, our love for the strangely blase coworker, Gupta From My Phone, Mulder giving off the wro...
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Season 10
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Episode 2
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1:35:45
S10 E1: "My (Tad's) Struggle Limo Part 1"
This week we are rebooting the show, our careers, and our relationships while we discuss “My Struggle I”! We’re talking the 400th key to the X-Files, whether Annet Mahendru gets a worse fate here or on The Americans, Chris Carter dictatin...
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Season 10
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Episode 1
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1:50:39
The X-Files: I Can't Believe It's Not Super-Soldiers (2008)
This week we are swapping heads and bodies willy-nilly while we discuss the 2008 movie “The X-Files: I Want to Believe”! We’re talking poor Scully being Mulder’s publicity agent, the inexplicable George W. Bush alien theme sting, the specter of...
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Season 9
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Episode 21
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2:31:21
(BONUS #12) New Phone, Who Doggett (and Reyes): Season 9 In Decline
This week we are pausing and taking a look back at Season 9 as a whole! We review special features, read emails, rank the episodes, share our thoughts on the season, and play a Seinfeld-related game. We’re talking our growing love for Kim Manne...
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Season 9
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Episode 20
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1:57:00