Welcome to Uranium 235, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we hop aboard the USS Buffy Summers on her final voyage for the frustrating “Empty Places.”
In this episode, we’re luckier than you to talk about:
Breaking News (3:15)
Plot and Firsts (7:20)
Initial Thoughts (13:30)
A Modest Critique of Buffy’s Options (19:00) —
Pacing of the season + losing our friends (22:00)
Mutiny Aboard the SS Buffy Summers (29:30)
“You’re not better than us.” Is she? (35:15)
Potentials on our last nerve (40:00)
Spike and better storylines (41:40)
Faith, Fun and Leadership (44:45)
Why does the strongest fighter have to be leader? (48:00)
Bronze Dates & Buffy can’t let Faith get better (52:45)
Reasonable or Ridiculous (56:30) — Trading half-eaten bag of chips for carton of cigarettes and some soap? Sunnydale High School has been cancelled? Dawn (and Stacia) hating on Nerfherder?
Yelling (1:04:30)
Watches (1:20:15)
Rankings (1:30:00)
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/ Next episode: I lay one hand on you and you're just a dead little girl.
Rankings
Willow Hacks/Talk the Net/Something Wicca This Way Comes👩💻🧙♀️ – 5
No One Woman Should Have All That Power 🔋 – 7
Dawn Needs An Adult👩👧– 6
Monster of the Week 🤡 – 3
Relationship Goodness or Badness 👍 👎 – 5
Episode Specific: Maybe Faith Should Be in Charge? Whaaaaaa?! 🤪 – 10
Total ⌰ – 36 points
119 — out of — 141 episodes
7.19 – "Empty Places"