‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Season 2 Rewatch (Part 1)

House of R

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4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 147 minutes

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Summary

Mal and Jo are back in the Hellmouth! They continue their ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ rewatch with the first half of Season 2 (through Episode 14 “Innocence”)! They talk about their favorite episodes, most dated moments, the best fits, how hot Giles is, and more! (00:00) Intro(12:49) Opening Snapshot(38:48) Our Favorites(01:19:40) Superlatives Hosts: Mallory Rubin and Joanna RobinsonProducer: Carlos ChiribogaSocial: Jomi AdeniranAdditional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to perhaps the most important episode of House of R.
0:17.5	I'm Joanna Robinson.
0:19.6	Joining me today to talk about Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2,
0:24.6	Part 1. It is Mallory Rubin. Mallory, how you doing? Oh, from now on, we're going to have a little
0:30.2	less ritual and a little more fun around here. Let's see what's on TV. Quoting Spike already.
0:37.8	But you didn't do the accent.
0:39.2	I will at some point today be moved to attempt the accent.
0:43.9	Exciting.
0:44.3	Perhaps in our Spike-specific category.
0:46.4	Oh, my God.
0:47.0	Very exciting.
0:47.7	But a Spike quote at the top.
0:49.8	My gift from you, a Giles mug in my hand.
0:53.2	The Jade mug.
0:56.6	It's absolutely beautiful. It's astonishing. It's, it's resplendent. And I get to be here with you at long last in
1:02.3	person to talk about Buffy. What a fucking privilege. What a day. Dare I say an honor.
1:09.6	A write of passage, I think.
1:11.1	I agree.
1:12.0	Before we get into Buffy, so we're doing Buffy season two through episode 14 today, Innocence. So that is what is on the agenda today. So if you're like, ah, I'm not done with that part. Yes. Go watch it. Right. Up through 14. Yes. So we will not be saying things at least on purpose about the rest of season two today.
1:29.3	We have both We will not be saying things at least on purpose about the rest of season two today.
1:29.3	We have both watched the back half of season two, but we will not be talking about that today.
1:36.5	Contain yourself.
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