Welcome to Illuminata, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we reach for Season 7, Episode 20: “Touched.
In this episode, we touch on:
Plot and Firsts (2:30)
Initial Thoughts (9:30)
How Are Buffy and Faith’s Plans Different? (18:30)
Being A Hostage at Fort Buffy (23:15)
Is Buffy As Dangerous As Mayor Wilkins Says? (33:00)
Has Buffy Been Separating Herself from the Potentials, aka Distant Buffy Shit (35:45)
Buffy As Neo, or Evil Neo (41:10)
New Season 7 Pitches (43:20)
You Sad, Sad Ungrateful Traitors — Is Spike Right? — Does Giles Have Nothing Left to Offer? — And What of Spike? — And What About Giles? (47:45)
Reasonable or Ridiculous? — First, via Caleb, dug up scythe despite knowing they can’t have it? Giles kills Bringer as its giving information? Giles uses the word “dumb” instead of “mute”? Spike can smell where Buffy went? (1:01:00)
Yelling (1:09:00)
Watches (1:44:45)
Rankings (1:54:30)
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/ Beep Me Hyphen Funtime Playlist for Podcast Fans, Season 7
/ Next episode: We'll go be heroes.
Rankings
Willow Hacks/Talk the Net/Something Wicca This Way Comes👩💻🧙♀️ – 6
Giles Level of Giles💂♂️ – 1
Dawn Needs An Adult👩👧– 7
Monster of the Week 🤡 – 5
Relationship Goodness or Badness 👍 👎 – 8
Episode Specific: You’re the One, Buffy 🕐 – 10
Total ⌰ – 37 points
133 — out of — 142 episodes
#54 of 137
References
7.20 – "Touched"