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Bored Now PodcastBored Now | Out Of Mind Out Of Sight | With Val The Buffy GalWelcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl.This week, I am joined by Val The Buffy Gal as we dive into Season 1, Episode 11... Out of Mind, Out of Sight.Val and I bond over our shared love for Marci and why this episode hits so hard, especially for anyone who has ever felt invisible or overlooked. We talk about finding pieces of ourselves through Buffy, the way this episode quietly speaks to isolation and belonging, and we also share a bold hot take about Xander...
2025-12-231h 00Bored Now PodcastBored Now | Nightmares | With Ryah Nerds OutWelcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl.This week, I am joined by ryahnerdsout as we dive into Season 1, Episode 10... Nightmares.This episode taps into some of the darkest emotional undercurrents of early Buffy, and we unpack all of it together. We talk about Hank Summers and his abandonment of Buffy and Dawn, our shared admiration for Season Five, and some genuinely unsettling imagery that surfaces inside Xander’s dreamscape that is easy to miss if you are not paying close attention.From ch...
2025-12-1638 minBored Now PodcastBored Now A BTVS Podcast | The Puppet ShowWelcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl.This week, we are entering the gloriously weird world of Season 1, Episode 9... The Puppet Show.This episode is pure chaotic camp in the best way, giving us cursed dummies, talent show trauma, and Giles questioning every life choice he has ever made. In this breakdown, I dig into why this episode works better than we remember, the surprising heart beneath the horror comedy, and how early Buffy was already experimenting with tone in ways that set the stage...
2025-12-0917 minBored Now PodcastBored Now A BTVS Podcast | I Robot... You JaneWelcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl.This week, we are diving into one of the most divisive episodes in all of Season One... I Robot You Jane.For years, this episode has been the fandom punching bag, but when you really sit with it, there is a surprisingly emotional core beneath the clunky 90s tech and ancient demon in a modem energy. In this episode, I explore Willows loneliness, the arrival of Jenny Calendar and what she brings into the show, and how the...
2025-12-0225 minBored Now PodcastBored Now | Angel | With Alicia CookWelcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl.This week, I am joined by Best Selling Author and Poet Alicia Cook as we dive into Season 1, Episode 7... Angel.Alicia and I both share a deep, lifelong love for our favorite brooding vampire with the amazing cheekbones, so trust me... this conversation gets juicy. We talk about our mutual Angel obsession, our surprisingly emotional thoughts on Season 5, why Darla deserves so much more respect than she gets, and of course... Angel’s premature vampification 😉From tragi...
2025-11-251h 29Bored Now PodcastBored Now | The Pack | With Charles SwintWelcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl.This week, I am joined by my friend Charles Swint, host of A Girl, A Guy, and A Buffy Podcast. Charles has worked in theater for twenty five years and is a lifelong Buffy fan, so you already know the conversation gets good. Together, we are diving into Season 1, Episode 6... The Pack.We are unpacking the horrors of high school, comparing Buffy to Shakespeare, and trying to understand why Willow is so intensely invested in Xander’s blood pr...
2025-11-1857 minBored Now PodcastBored Now A BTVS Podcast | Never K*ll A Boy On The First DateWelcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl.This week, we’re diving into Season 1, Episode 5... Never Kill A Boy On The First Date.Buffy’s just trying to have one normal night out, but the Hellmouth has other plans. Between the prophecies, the awkward romance, and Giles clutching his pearls at the thought of Buffy dating, it’s peak early Buffy chaos in all the best ways.In this episode, I talk about how much I miss Chicago pizza, my love for Buffy’s seriou...
2025-11-1122 minBored Now PodcastBored Now A BTVS Podcast | Teacher's PetWelcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl.This week we’re sinking our fangs into Episode 4 of Season 1... Teacher’s Pet. For years, this one lived in my personal Buffy graveyard. A Xander-centric, hot-for-teacher story that had me rolling my eyes since I was twelve. Between the trope overload and his treatment of Buffy, it was an episode I swore I’d never defend.But rewatching it now... something’s changed. Maybe it’s the campy creature feature energy, the Goosebumps-level nostalgia, or the fact that our f...
2025-11-0418 minBored Now PodcastBored Now | The Witch | With Anthony BrownleeWelcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl.This week, we’re diving broom first into Episode 3 of Season 1... The Witch. Joining me is Author, Actor, Producer and one of my best friends, Anthony Brownlee... . Together we’re unpacking one of the first truly iconic Buffy episodes... the one that taught us high school cheer tryouts can literally kill.We’re talking witchy mothers, cursed pom poms, and asking the questions that need to be asked...
2025-10-281h 03Bored Now PodcastBored Now A BTVS Podcast | Ep 1 Welcome To The PodcastWelcome to the premiere episode of Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl.You asked for it (a lot), and after enough late-night comment scrolling and Hellmouth-level peer pressure, here we are. This podcast was born because of you... the Scooby Squad who kept saying, “Final Gurl, when are you starting a Buffy podcast?” For the longest time, I honestly didn’t think there needed to be another one. There are already so many incredible creators in this space doing such thoughtful, funny, and smart breakdowns of the show w...
2025-10-2138 minBored Now PodcastBored Now a BTVS Podcast TrailerWelcome to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by The Final GurlEvery Tuesday, we dive deep into the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer... episode by episode, season by season. Expect smart commentary, unfiltered opinions, laughs, and plenty of Hellmouth-level chaos.Whether you’re a die-hard Scooby or a casual fan revisiting Sunnydale, this podcast is your weekly dose of nostalgia, analysis, and all things Buffyverse.💬 New episodes every Tuesday🎙️ Hosted by The Final Gurl🩸 Subscribe and join the conversation... because the Hellmouth is always open.
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