7.22 – "Chosen"

Welcome to Boca del Infierno, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week, for the final time, we come to terms with the end of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the series finale, “Chosen.”

In this episode (broken into two parts), we look into the abyss and it looks back, only brighter:

• Plot and Firsts + Trivia (2:30)

• No Nookie From Cookie Buffy — Initial Thoughts (17:50)

• Breaking the Finale (25:00)

• “A Beautiful Feminist Message” (28:50)

• The Anya of It All (32:00)

• The End of Spuffy (43:15)

• Stacia’s Sidebar: What is the most important shot of the show? (46:25)

• I Love You / No You Don’t (51:00)

• Okay, Wait, What About This Second Front?! (57:40)

• How Do We Feel About Spike? (1:01:50)

• What, Exactly, Was the Plan?! Any Potential(s)? (1:07:50)

• We’re A Real Podcast (1:16:00)

• Reasonable or Ridiculous?! (1:18:00)

• Yelling (1:21:45)

• Watches (1:41:00)

• Rankings (1:53:45)

That’s a wrap on Beep Me Pod! If you want a series synopsis and final rankings, stick around for more!

• Season 7 — Highs and Lows (2:03)

• Power: Did Season 7 Deliver on the Theme? (2:12)

• Did the First Ever Feel Like the Biggest Bad? (2:18:30)

• Does Season 7 make more sense after Season 6? (2:21:00)

• Top/Bottom 10 of series (2:26:15)

• Biggest Regrets (2:43:00)

• Ranking the Season Finales (2:49:00)

• Ranking the Seasons (2:52:40)

• Kelly’s Category Roundup (2:59:30)

• Favorite Recurring Character (3:10:00)

• Favorite Villain — Big and/or Little (3:11:45)

• If the comics didn’t exist, is the story complete? (3:16:10)

• Are there any nagging plotholes/lore/etc. (3:18:40)

• Best and Worst Moments Carousel (3:26:00)

• The End (3:38:00)

/ Full show notes at our website

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/ Beep Me Hyphen Funtime Playlist for Podcast Fans, Season 7

/ Next episode: This isn't about demons at all, is it? It's about women. It's about power and it's about women and you just hate those two words in the same sentence, don't you?

Rankings

Click for Kelly’s full rankings, with links to each category as well

Willow Hacks/Talk the Net/Something Wicca This Way Comes👩‍💻🧙‍♀️ – 8

Giles Level of Giles💂‍♂️ – 8

Dawn Needs An Adult👩‍👧– 9

Monster of the Week 🤡 – 7

Relationship Goodness or Badness 👍 👎 – 8

Episode Specific: Come On, Let’s Go Assemble the Cannon Fodder. We’re Not Calling Them That, Sweetie. Not to Their Faces — What Am I? Insensitive? 🪖– 2

Total ⌰ – 42 points

Click for Stacia’s full rankings

72 — out of — 144 episodes

Click for Daniel’s full rankings

#4 😪 of 137

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