Bonus: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2, Part 2 with Kat Hughes & Anita Markoff

[BONUS] We're back to talk about another chunk of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's second season from 1998... featuring the shocking emergence of Angelus, and a bizarre ghost story set in the halls of Sunnydale High...

And joining us to talk about these four episodes is film journalist and podcaster Kat Hughes & freelance journalist Anita Markoff...

🎯 The Agenda

~ [ 00:00:45 ] "Surprise" & "Innocence" with Kat Hughes

On Buffy’s 17th birthday, she loses her virginity to Angel and this act of "perfect happiness" shatters his curse, reverting him into the sadistic Angelus, who begins terrorising her friends...

~ [ 01:29:43 ] "Passion" with Anita Markoff

Angelus escalates his psychological torture of Buffy and her friends, culminating in a devastating personal loss for Giles that shifts the stakes from the supernatural to the deeply personal.

~ [ 02:18:48 ] "I Only Have Eyes For You" with Anita Markoff

The ghosts of a tragic 1950s murder-suicide haunt Sunnydale High, possessing Buffy and Angelus to reenact their fatal confrontation, forcing them to face their own fractured relationship.

🎙️ The Lineup

• Hosts & Editors: ⁠Hugh McStay⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠Dan Owen⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Guests: Kat Hughes & Anita Markoff

"Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping, waiting... and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir, open its jaws, and howl. ... Without passion, we'd be truly dead." — Angelus

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