I Missed It

Our last episode we recorded together. Hey look, Slayer lore! Another Watcher! No way this ends badly, right? New Watcher, Iron Fist Fancast, Everyone Knows About Angel, Giles is JUST DONE, Xander Logic, Bring It On Fancast, Double Staking, Ballerina Buffy, Faith vs. Angel, Angel as a Serial Killer, Xander Character Growth, Good Doctor Fancast, Accent Talk, How to Build Your Season-Long Plots, Wildly Inconsistent Practical Effects,

What if the adults were teenagers? Discussion Points Include: The World Turned Upside Down, Pencil Death, Iron Fist Fancast, A Lying Liar Who Lies, Giles & Joyce, Grease is the Word, Do the Time Warp, The Little Tree, Hair Jealousy, The Mayor’s Intentions, Magical Candy, Growing Up, Gilmore Girls Fancast, Foot Sex

Listeners, Friends, Family, For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Chase Greenlee, creative director of Ghostlight Media. It is with a profoundly heavy heart that I tell you that one of our own, Brittany Albrecht, host of I Missed It and wife to our own Ryan Albrecht, has passed away after a protracted battle with cancer. Her final days were spent with her two young children, who even while in pain was determined to give the most normal life she could. On a more personal note, I had the pleasure of knowing Brittany for just north of ten years. To say that she was funny, kind, and smart would be like saying the sun was bright, or that dirt is “kinda brownish”. She was a teacher, a stage manager, a friend, a wife and a mother, and each role she took as seriously as the last. Everyone was her child, which meant that when you were around her you were deeply and truly cared for. She knew what you needed whether it was a hug, a word, or a very stern talking to. Even in cases of the latter nobody left her presence in want of care. We will be taking the following week off of our normal production schedule to take time to mourn and grieve. We will return on Sunday, December 20th with an episode of Imprinted Echoes as well as this month’s Patreon Bonus Episode. We all thank you for your consideration at this time.

LET’S WATCH A NEW MOVIE. Discussion Points Include: Not A Musical, Defining ‘Disney Princess’, WHAT A CAST, What’s Different?, VGHS Fancast, Accents, Cameos, Lea Salonga, Chi vs. Magic, Phoenix Power, WE REPEAT, NOT A MUSICAL, Beauty and the Beast Comparisons, Positive Portrayal of Family, Actually Uncomfortable, Only One Arrow, Not Trying to be a Man, Violence Without Blood, Best Horse, Actual Trebuchet, Magically Perfect Hair, James Bond

RYAN HAS OPINIONS. Buffy & Cordelia try to become homecoming queen, and it gets ugly. Discussion Points Include: SlayerFest ’98, Whinnying, Stegosaurus Demon, Meet The Mayor, Missed Opportunities, Mistaken Identity, Buffy Gets Dumped, Bloodshake, Don’t Mess With Faith, The Kiss Heard Round The World, A Clothes Fluke, HIMYM Fancast, Buffy Shouldn’t Win, Kulac FANCAST, Proper Cuticle Care, Design Theory With Professor Ryan.

WEREWOLVES. They’re Back. Also, This episode contains reference to Domestic Violence, and we talk about it later in the episode. Discussion Points Include: Double Standards, Werewolves, Styrofoam Cup Gate, Charmed Fancast, Ryan Expects Too Much, Contractual Fights, Nicholas Brendan is Ripped, Captain American Fancast, Phil Lewis Fancast, Marching Jazz Band, The Scooby Gang Grows Up, The Full Monty, The Lunch Box, Domestic Violence, Therapy, Giles’ Glasses, Werewolf Transformation

FAITH IS HERE! That's it, that's what you need to know. Discussion Points Include: HELLO FAITH, Ryan Has A New Favorite, Seth Green Is Very Pure, Off Campus Lunch, Just A Normal Teenage Boy Except Also Polite, Poor Irish Pronunciation, No Clothes In Hell, Angel Is Ghost Rider, Giles Rules At Mad Libs, The Buffy HD Remaster, The Angel is Coming, Bring It On Fancast, 5x5, Differentiate Your Slayers, Mr. Trick Fanclub, There Can Only Be One Nice Guy, Cordelia Lore Dumps, Hotels Are Public, The Angel Problem, Thor Fancast,

Consequences? Maybe? In the Buffyverse? Don't hold your breath. We're joined by our 10 month old at the end, briefly. She has OPINIONS. Discussion Points Include: Bad Storytelling Disguised as Compelling Narrative, ZAMBIES, Creepy Masks, Creepy Principal, Buffy’s Clean Basement, Incorrect Foley, Obligatory Dream Sequence, Joyce’s Financial Situation, Cop-Outs & Yelling, Anthony Stewart Head is Really Good at Acting, Acting Without Words, Danny Strong Fancast, Xander’s Bad Cross, Buffy as a Sitcom, Special Guest Appearance by Veronica.

We begin Buffy Season 3, and are that much closer to our true goal: Watching Angel. Discussion Points Include: Consequences Don’t Exist, Anne is an Idea, Sad Buffy is Sad, New Series Regulars, Willow’s Best Buffy Impression, LA’s Homeless Population, Angel Foreshadowing, Bad Tats, Cake or Pie?, Buffy Is Done With Your Crap, Unnamed Side Character #14, Quality Improvement, Cordelia Is Still Bait, How Is Cordelia Alive?, Patreon Shoutout

We take a break between seasons of Buffy to explore one of Ryan's favorite takes on Vampires; Underworld! Discussion Points Include: It’s Dark, It’s rated ‘R’, There’s a Whole Bunch of Underworld Films, Brittany Wants to Watch the Prequel, Ambitious Storytelling, Selene’s Backstory, Guns Aren’t a Story Hook, The Prestige Fancast, Gone Girl Fancast, Rules of the Verse, Allergic to Silver, Vampirism & Lycanthropy as Viruses, Twilight Fancast, Incredible Fight Choreography, Frame-Rate, Showing the Supernatural, Buffy Influence, Werewolf Fight Club, How to Light at Night, Trivia, Wentworth Miller Fancast

We have reached the end of season 2 of Buffy, and things get a wild. Discussion Points Include: Season Recap, Very Good TV, Flashbacks for Days, Angel’s Bad Accent & Wig, Murder By Fingernail, Floppy Disk to the Rescue, Moral Dilemmas, Great Costume Designs, Whistler, Tan Vampires, Great Friendships, Writer’s Tongue in Cheek, Cops Doing Their Jobs, Spike is the Best, Joyce is also the Best, Writers Vs. Actors, Manchester United, The Cordelia Kidnap Final Count

Wentworth Miller turns into a fish monster, and even that cannot save this episode from the problematic depths of terrible tv. Discussion Points Include: This Is A Bad One, Fish Steroids, Vampires Don’t Like Fish, Problematic Elements, The 90s Were A Different Time, Willow is Still Teaching, Corpse Fog Machines, Buffy the Secret Agent, Sad Cordelia Music is Unearned, Asymmetrically Stanky, A Gun, The Basement

WATCH THIS ONE. This is a really well-constructed episode of television. We apologize for the confusion, this is the correct audio for this episode! Discussion Points Include: This Is A Good One, SMG is a Soap Star, Accidental Gunshot, The Garden, Covert Affairs Fancast, Glee Fancast, I’M A SNAKE, Bad School Policies, Stubbornly Wrong Giles, The Stuttering Camera, Cordelia’s Cracker, Bad Sadie Hawkins Dances

Discussion Points Include: Bad Episode but Good Moments, Bottle Episodes, Buffy Should Be Dead (again), Can Buffy Die?, Ryan’s Bad German Accent, Mental Illness, Snarky Giles, Check Your Eye Line, Weird Fights, Side Characters Galore, Missed Opportunities, Xander’s Bedside Manor, Practical Effects, Cool Hats.

Character Death, and the highest rated episode of Buffy so far. Discussion Points Include: Best Episode Yet, Our First Spoiler Alert, Mundane Violence, The Art of the Voiceover, Angel Is Still the Original Edward Cullen, Giles Is A Bad Librarian, Willow the Computer Teacher, Spike’s Dr. Evil Impression, The Oddity Master, The Demented Mind of Angelus, “Procedure”, The Boogity-Boogity Store, Good Moms, Semantics Matter in Lore Dumps, Do Vampires Feel Heat?, How Is Giles Not In Jail?

Discussion Points Include: Angel’s Very Good Shirt, Half Bad Half Good, Buffy Rat vs. Pizza Rat, All Magic Comes With A Price, Ryan’s Thoughts on Cordelia’s Character Growth, The Very Bad Axe, Flipping the Wrong way, Oz is a Good Guy, Amy’s Back, Rewatch Value, Eat the Heart, Khaleesi Drusilla, Magic Affects Vampires, Strange Camera Angles, Xander’s Bad Day, Good Script Writing, Angelus Book Report, How is Cordelia Alive?

OZ IS A WEREWOLF. That's it, that's the episode. Discussion Points Include: David Boreanaz Fancast, Cordelia’s Car Trouble, Bad Werewolf Puppets, New Werewolf Lore, Homemade Silver Bullets, Angelus VS. the Werewolf, Too Awkward To Awkward, Larry’s Gay, Is this Glee?, Willow IS the Adult in The Room, The Very Good Wooden Easel, Very Bad Funeral Parlor, Do Vampires Have Hormones?

Chadwick Boseman was a force to be reckoned with. We watch his electrifying performance as Jackie Robinson and talk about the impact that his film, 42, had and continues to have on audiences and our world.

Angel assumes his final form, and Xander steals a rocket launcher Discussion Points Include: David Boreanaz Fancast, Ryan Still Just Wants To Watch Angel, Willow’s Voice of Reason, Giles Drops A Swear, Hell Is A Place, Dru’s In A BAD PLACE, Buffyverse VS. Arrowverse, IT’S A CROSSOVER, Ryan Rants About The Mystery Machine, Jenny’s Brief Uncle, Angel’s Box Skills, ADR, The Rocket Launcher Problem, Gossip Girl Fancast, You Fancast, Mandalorian Fancast, Joel Paine Trivia Corner, Ripper, Giles’ Very Bad Car, Camera Angles.

Buffy and Angel get their freak on, and Drusilla is the picture of health. Discussion Points Include: TEAM SPIKESILLA, Premonition or Dream?, Willow or Lilly?, ANGELUS IS COMING, Wheelchair Spike, The Healing Power of Vampires, Merch Ideas, Shoehorned Plot, RIP Professor Vampire, ALL HAIL THE JUDGE, Brian Thomas Fancast, Angel’s Memoir, Very Good Box Stacking, Pre-Edward Cullen, Choreographed Crane Shot, Adidas Sponsorship, No Vamps on Planes, In keeping with the writing of Buffy, we use the term ‘Gypsy’ to discuss plot points of this episode.

We watch the Buffyverse devolve into a SmoochFest, complete with fake babies and brain-snatching bugs. Discussion Points Include: Mechanical Babies, Health Class, The Vampire Reproduction System, Cowboy Vampires, Emm-Award-Winning Danny Strong, Cool Arcade Lighting, Angel is Not a Teen, Sub-Par Puppetry, Off-Camera Death, Bugs Bleed Blue, Iron Deficiencies, and a Million-Dollar App Idea. Special Guest Appearance by Veronica,

We take a mid-season break from Buffy to watch something vaguely Buffy-related. Scoob. Discussion Points Include: The Hanna-Barbera Multiverse, Matthew Lillard - Friend of the Network, Frank Welker is a Legend, Trading On Nostalgia, Carman Sandiego Fancast, Velma’s Ethnicity, Jane the Virgin Fancast, Mark Wahlberg’s Deadpool Impression, Scooby’s Secret Language, Big Corn Syrup, Mystery Machine Backstory, No one expects the Double Unmasking

Ryan watches an incredibly intricate episode with a convincing twist and a brilliant, individual acting performance. Brittany is bored on the rewatch. Discussion Points Include: Incredible Storytelling With Low Rewatch Value. , Editing Out the Dark Moments, A Simple Favor Fancast, Ken Forley Fancast, The Evolution of the Throw-Away Line, Xander is always eating something, Show Your Sadness By Wearing Oversized Clothing, Giles’ Duffel Bag, Rules for Slayers, Book Cracker Buffy, Giles Gets Shot

It's a two-parter, so we watched them both and made 1 big episode! We also meet a new slayer. Discussion Points Include: Willy the Snitch, Scooby Gang name-drop, Ice Time, Principal Snyder rips Xander a new one, Poor Buffy episode release schedule, Inconsistent Slayer Lore, Portrayal of Minorities, How to Restrain a Vampire, and Can Vampires Run Through Walls?

We get Giles plot! Ryan is delighted, but Brittany is less than impressed. Discussion Points Include: Are The Buffy Episodes out of order?, Giles’ Peephole, Demon Flashbacks, Vampire Doctors, Michael Earl Reed, and David Boreanaz’s Acting Chops

We watch what turns out to be Ryan's favorite episode to date. Discussion Points Include: The Buffy Writer’s Room, Buffy reboot?, Willow’s Bedroom, ‘The Grudge’ fancast, Vampires speak dolphin, Angel is a Bossy Cow, Spike’s Range of Emotions, Drusilla is Ophelia

Spike and Drusilla are back! Plot exists! This episode reminds us all why Buffy can be so good. Discussion Points Include: Ryan’s Bad Captain Holt impression, Trick-Or-Treating Traditions, Xander the good friend, The W-Files, SMG can’t do accents, Giles Got Backstory, Permanent Character Growth?

This is a Bad One. Not only is the writing poor, but the entire episode is problematic. Discussion Points Include: PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS, and PROBLEMS. Also the Cordelia Kidnap Count, Why Can't Angel Talk to Girls?, Angel/Buffy vs. Edward/Bella, and Poorly Engraved Gravestones

Another mediocre Buffyverse filler-episode, except for a cameo introduction of a very important character that Brittany is very excited to see. Discussion Points Include: Seth Green, Not Good Not Bad Just Meh, My Stepmother is an Alien fancast, The Gil Birmingham fancast, Cultural Portrayal in the 1990s, Lip Gloss Problems, and Cross-Country Hockey Fandom.

Every show about high school students has to have an episode where those students get trapped in the school. Turns out, this one's pretty good. Discussion Points Include: Ryan’s bad Angel Impression, Secret Draculas, David Boreanaz as Batman, Hair so big you can hide your stakes, a Buffy Reboot, and Bad Prop Purses.

Ryan and Brittany watch Joss Wheedon attempt to fit every Teen Movie Plot Ever (tm) into a single episode. Discussion Points Include: Angel's Wingtips, Buffy's need for a weather forecast, Giles' stutter, and the continuation of the Cordelia Kidnap Count.

Ryan and Brittany return to Buffy for season 2, and Buffy has a real Joan Collins 'tude about coming back to school. We don't know what that means either, but it's in the episode. Discussion Points include: Critical Comparison of David Boreanaz and Taylor Lautner, The need for true triple threats, The Cordelia Kidnap Count (tm), Using a tree as a stake, and the incredible career of Principal Snyder. Also, special shout-out to friend of the show, Darren Criss.

We take a break from vampires for a good old-fashioned palette cleanse. With Zombies. Discussion points include: The evolution of the zombie film, the tv show iZombie, incredible camerawork, A+ writing, and the similarities between a zombie outbreak and a global pandemic.

We watch the season 1 finale! Buffy finally faces down Voldemort, and it's very important that she's in a white dress. Like, incredibly important. Discussion points include: Buffy's dress, Unexplained powers, Voldemort's master plan, and what we have in store for season 2.

We watch Joss Whedon attempt to transform the well-established character of Cordelia through a spectral kidnapping. Discussion points include: Ryan's discovery of the 'Scooby Gang' moniker, How much Cordelia sucks, If vampires can be suffocated, and the portrayal of teachers. Also, we're serious, Matthew Lilliard. Any GLM show. Please. We'd love to have you.

We watch the Scooby Gang be subjected to a series of their worst nightmares as a young child is trapped in his own. Discussion Points include: Shows hinting at big issues, then not dealing with them, Cordelia's awful hair, The OG Slampire, the various portrayals of astral projection, and Anthony Stewart Head remaining a Time Lord. Bonus! Featuring Veronica's podcasting debut.

We watch a Vampire Hunter trapped in the form of a Wooden Dummy try to stop a string of murders at Sunnydale High. Discussion points include: Portrayals of High School Theatre, The awfulness of Cordelia, the brilliance of Anthony Stewart Head (Time Lord, unconfirmed), and the unstoppable force that would be Willow with an iPad.

We watch a demon possess a computer system and become a Cyberman. Discussion points include: Anthony Stewart Head as an Actual Time Lord, The Many Failings of Technology, and whether or not Giles would have a smartphone.

We watch the best episode of season 1, and find out the backstory of the most interesting character on the show. Angel. We talk about how the Angel reveal would be handled today, how the vampire lore of the Buffyverse stacks up to others in the fantasy genre, and Brittany drops in a couple of HOT takes. The writing in this Buffy episode uses the terms 'Gypsy' and 'Romani' interchangeably. In order to accurately talk about this TV show from 1997, we do the same.

We watch a pack of high school students, including Xander, get possessed by a pack of hyenas. That's it, that's the episode.

We watch Buffy go on a date with someone other than Angel. It goes just about as well as you'd expect.

We watch a science teacher get murdered by a Giant Praying Mantis and turn into a beautiful substitute who captures the imaginations and libidos of every male at Sunnydale High. No, this is not one of Buffy’s better episodes. There’s a lot to talk about though.

We watch Buffy search for her place at her new high school and explore the representation of the high school cheerleader.

We watch part 2 of the pilot, and Ryan jumps on Team Voldemort.

We explore what the podcast is going to be, and Ryan learns about the Buffyverse.