Join us as we discuss the premieres of Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 4, “The Freshman,” and Angel season 1, “City Of.”

Superfans: Karen and Caitlin
Newbies: Brittany and Kristen

Fun Facts:

Karen is happy to be back and plans on enticing her best friend to listen to all our Buffy episodes during her rewatch, Caitlin is still working away, Brittany is cuddling her dog to save him from all the fireworks, and Kristen is just really excited to celebrate the 4th of July.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 4, episode 1, “The Freshman”:
-Synopsis
-First impressions of the new look for season 4. Welcome to College!
-How did we all survive college? Were we Willow-like or Buffy-like?
-Buffy drops a book on Riley, and the newbies and superfans see him a little differently.
-Giles takes a vacation? What? We meet Olivia.
-We discuss Giles new role in Buffy’s life and how he treated her in the scene in his living room.
-Evil vamps still need style and we love the posters joke.
-Xander gives Buffy the ego boost she needs to get back in the swing of things.
-A little umbrella love.
-Favorite Scenes
-Favorite Lines

Angel season 1, episode 1, “City Of”:
-Synopsis
-Thoughts on Angel‘s intro music. The newbies aren’t into it, but the superfans love them some cellos.
-We talk about our first impressions of Angel the show and how we feel about Angel the character as the center of this show.
-Hello Doyle. Is he a real boy or a figment of Angel’s imagination?
-Cordelia on Angel: Are we here for it?
-Logistics talk: Angel can’t go out in the daylight. At least he can use the sewers to get around.
-Angel was the mystery caller from the Buffy season premiere. This is just one sign that the shows are obviously going to stay linked.
-We should probably remember Wolfram & Hart: Lawyer jerks.
–Angel is definitely about more than just vampire slaying.
-Favorite Scenes
-Favorite Lines

Listener Feedback:
-Laura tweeted to declare her newbie status for Angel.
-Emmie is having trouble sticking to one episode at a time. We hear you.
-Shauna loved the “Can you fly?” scene from Angel and is totally hooked.
-April is sad to see Buffy season 3 go, but excited for us to watch her favorite finale in Buffy history at the end of season 4.
-Laura is going to give Angel another chance as she didn’t exactly love it during her first viewing.
-Melisa thinks season 4 contains some of the best and worst episodes of Buffy.
-And Sarah hopes that the newbies that haven’t loved Buffy so far will find a lot to love in Angel.

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