Episode #187: ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ 4×20, ‘Angel’ 1×20 – Grrr Riley Arrrgh

Join us as we discuss Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 4, episode 20, "The Yoko Factor," and Angel season 1, episode 20, "War Zone."

Superfans: Karen and Caitlin
Newbies: Brittany and Ariana

Fun Facts:
Caitlin (and everyone else) have not had a fun week! She is also going to start reading The Handmaid's Tale, which seems appropriate. Ariana went to the Los Angeles protest and felt a bit of positivity in light of the week's events. Brittany saw Fantastic Beasts and she is happy to report that it was good! Karen and Kristen made a pillow bed and watched four episodes of Buffy and Angel!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 4, episode 20, "The Yoko Factor":
-Spike is the aggressive Yoko
-This group is not too great at communication
-We were not surprised by how easily they fell apart
-Someone get Giles a job!
-Spike proposes the idea that Willow is going through a phase
-Does this have anything to do with Oz?
-Xander's arc is one of the most frustrating
-Finally, someone called out Buffy's superiority complex
-Everyone feels so isolated and it's reflected in Buffy
-Tara and Anya are isolated from the isolation
-Ariana realizes that Tara is not boring, she's just boring with Willow
-RILEY: GRRR, ARRGGG
-Angel has some issues with his ex-lover dating someone else
-"I had no right to come there and make judgements"
-Adam, what is your deal?
-Favorite scenes
-Favorite lines

Angel season 1, episode 20, "War Zone":
-What is going on with Cordelia's prostitution idea?
-Demon brothels?
-The demon and human worlds are really linked in Angel
-Buffy uses demons as a plot point, but on Angel they have developed stories
-"War Zone" brings a major influx of diversity with the street gangs fighting vampires
-"I don't need some advice from a middle class white dude who is dead"
-Couldn't we keep the sister as a non-evil vampire?
-Michelle Kelly's character says that she twisted her character to show the "other side of loving"
-Gunn does let the vampires go in spite of it all
-BTS: it costs $5000 to dust a vampire
-Could Gunn return?
-Favorite scenes
-Favorite lines

Listener Feedback:
-Gunn WILL return!
-Angel is so smooth
-Um, where is this James Marsters interview?

Ariana's Assumptions/Brittany's Brainstorms:
-Angel season 1, episode 21, "Blind Date"
-Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 4, episode 21, "Primeval"

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