2.22 Becoming (Part 2) | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast

Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure

Tv & Film, After Shows, Tv Reviews

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Welcome to Once More, With Spoilers, where Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs revisit every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, one at a time — for the SECOND time! — this time discussing each episode with spoilers! The winter here is cold* and bitter and even your best overalls will not keep you warm. Swords are gonna clang, orbs are gonna orb, and hearts are gonna break. We have arrived (again) at one of the best episodes of the series, and all we can say is… ouchhhhh. *for proof pls see S3E10 Our original coverage of "Becoming (Part 2)" — with no spoilers! — aired on July 5, 2017 and you can find it here: https://podcasts.apple.com/kh/podcast/2-22-becoming-part-2-a-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-podcast/id1150241800?i=1000389540386 For a limited time get 15% off of One Skin using code BUFFERING. CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF BUFFERING Join us at Brooklyn's Littlefield for our first-ever Homecoming Weekend on October 16th & 17th. Tickets go on pre-sale Thursday, May 7th at 10AM ET and will be live for the public at 10AM ET on Friday, May 8th — all information: ⁠bufferingcast.com/live⁠ READ (OR LISTEN TO!) SLAYERS, EVERY ONE OF US ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠jennyowenyoungs.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠kristinnoeline.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socials MUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PATREON | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/bufferingcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MERCH | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PODCAST SCHEDULE & EVENTS | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/jennycalendar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and LaToya Ferguson Edited by: Kristin Russo Logo: Kristine Thune We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh, hey everybody.
0:01.7	Hello. Wow. No big deal. Just a season finale episode for you.
0:06.4	You can't see Jenny, but she's sitting in the dark for some reason. You're trying to get in the mood for becoming part two?
0:14.0	Passion.
0:15.8	You know what I mean?
0:16.6	Wrong episode.
0:17.9	Okay. I feel like the person who really monologues in the dark in this episode is Whistler, and I just don't want to be him. But he gets to drink Childs' whiskey. But he wears a pork pie hat. Okay. All right. Listen, we're here with business so that we can get on to fun and sadness. Sadness so big it will sew its own pair of overalls. It's a finale of season two. So that
0:39.7	might have you asking questions such as, what comes next, you guys? What are you doing this summer?
0:46.1	Do you want to sign my yearbook? We do, actually. We would love to sign your yearbook. So
0:50.3	please send it with a self-address stamped envelope to our mailing address.
0:55.4	Have a summer.
0:57.6	I don't care what kind, Jenny.
1:01.0	Lylis, Kristen.
1:07.7	We are going to come back with season three on September 2nd. Okay?
1:08.3	September 2nd, it's like the leaves are going to start to get crunchy. You're
1:12.5	going to buy your number two pencils. You're going to get ready to go back to school. And we're
1:16.9	going to be here with Buffy Summers and Faith Lahane, you know, after we get back from
1:22.1	Laleigh, whatever. It's a long story. We'll get there September 2nd. When I think back to school,
1:27.0	I think Faithland.
1:30.7	While you wait for September to descend upon us, we do have a summer full of very fun things.
1:37.5	In the feed here, we're going to be re-airing some of our favorites with themes for every month.
1:42.6	In June, we're going to be re-airing three of our favorite
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