: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2, Episode 13: “Surprise” (airdate: Monday, January 19, 1998): Part 3 of 3

30:01 – THE END Previously on \m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/ . . . Part 1 & Part 2 In part two of our three-part, annotated synopsis of “Surprise,” we discovered that the Scooby Gang and Drusilla were both planning parties. The Scoobies were planning Buffy Summers’ surprise birthday party. She’s turning seventeen. I think Drusilla was planning […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2, Episode 12: “Bad Eggs” (airdate: Monday, January 12, 1998): Part 1 of 3

00:00 – 15:00 Part 2 & Part 3 On this day in history . . . Among the inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, The Mamas & the Papas, and Santana. I approve of this selection. The #1 song in the US was “Truly Madly Deeply” by […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2, Episode 11: “Ted” (airdate: Monday, December 8, 1997): Part 2 of 3

15:01 – 30:00 Previously on \m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/ . . . Part 1 & Part 3 Joyce Summers, the mother of the one girl (possibly two girls) who stands alone (or possibly beside another) against the forces of darkness, finally has a boyfriend, and he is none other than John Ritter, although he prefers to be […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 2, Episode 7: “Lie to Me” (airdate: Monday, November 3, 1997): Part 1 of 3

00:00 – 15:00 On this day in history . . . The #1 song in the US is once again Sir Elton’s Diana remix of “Candle in the Wind.” The #1 song in the UK is Aqua’s “Barbie Girl.” I wouldn’t care to hear either song again at this moment. The movie The Devil’s Advocate […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 2, Episode 6: “Halloween” (airdate: Monday, October 27, 1997): Part 3 of 3

30:01 – The End Previously on \m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/. . . The British owner of a Halloween costume shop performs some sort of ritual before a bust of the two-faced Roman god Janus that makes everyone turn into whatever costume purchased at his shop. Xander Harris purchased a toy gun at the shop to go along […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 2, Episode 6: “Halloween” (airdate: Monday, October 27, 1997): Part 2 of 3

15:01 – 30:00 Previously on \m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/. . . When we last spent time with the gang from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, we were still in Act I, more than a third of the way through the episode “Halloween,” and still in search of a plot. Before you accuse me of being too critical, let […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 2, Episode 5: “Reptile Boy” (airdate: Monday, October 13, 1997): Part 3 of 3

30:01 – THE END Previously on \m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/ . . .Part 1 & Part 2 Buffy Summers, the titular Slayer, makes the unfortunate choice to lie to Giles in order to attend a fraternity party with Cordelia Chase at Crestwood College. Both girls are almost immediately roofied. Xander is also at the party, but the […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 2, Episode 5: “Reptile Boy” (airdate: Monday, October 13, 1997): Part 2 of 3

15:01 – 30:00 Previously on \m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/ . . . Part 1 & Part 3 During the teaser to this episode, we witnessed the attempted escape of a young woman named Callie from a fraternity house at a college we’ve never heard of. She’s pursued and recaptured by frat boys in dark hooded robes. After […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 2, Episode 4: “Inca Mummy Girl” (airdate: Monday, October 6, 1997): Part 2 of 3

15:01 – 30:00 Previously on \m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/ . . . Part 1 & Part 3 The Cultural Exchange Program has arrived in Sunnydale, California. Many students, including Buffy Summers, will be hosting foreign exchange students for two weeks. Meanwhile, a South American exhibit, which includes an actual Inca mummy girl, arrives at the Sunnydale Natural […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 2, Episode 4: “Inca Mummy Girl” (airdate: Monday, October 6, 1997): Part 1 of 3

00:00 – 15:00 Part 2 & Part 3 What were you doing on Monday, October 6, 1997? I don’t remember either. I wasn’t watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer yet. We’ve talked about this before, you and I. That came much, much later, after the series was off the air and I was married to a […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 2, Episode 3: “School Hard” (airdate: Monday, September 29, 1997): Part 3 of 3

30:01 – THE END Previously on \m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/ . . .Part 1 & Part 2 As it turns out, Spike can’t wait until the Night of St. Vigeous, that huge Maguffin all the vampires are chanting about, to kill the current incarnation of the Slayer. Instead, he leads a group of bloodsuckers in a raid […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 2, Episode 2: “Some Assembly Required” (airdate: Monday, September 22, 1997): Part 2 of 3

15:01 – 30:00 Previously on \m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/ . . .Part 1 & Part 3 While patrolling the cemetery, Buffy and Angel discovered that a body had been stolen from one of the graves. It turns out the body belonged to Meredith Todd, a cheerleader from Fondren High (located on the other side of Sunnydale, maybe?), […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 1, Episode 12: “Prophecy Girl” (airdate: Monday, June 2, 1997): Part 3 of 3

30:01 – The End Previously on the \m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/ … Part 1 & Part 2 The prophecy contained in the Pergamum Codex seems to be coming true. The Master is gaining strength and is about to break free of whatever it is that is confining him to his underground lair. This action will result in […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 1, Episode 12: “Prophecy Girl” (airdate: Monday, June 2, 1997): Part 2 of 3

15:01 – 30:00 Previously on the \m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/ … Part 1 & Part 3 Because this is the final episode of the season, we had to ramp up the action pretty quickly. Rupert Giles discovers an unsettling prophecy about Buffy in the Pergamum Codex, an ancient volume of prophecy that Angel brought to the librarian […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 1, Episode 12: “Prophecy Girl” (airdate: Monday, June 2, 1997): Part 1 of 3

00:00 – 15:00 Part 2 & Part 3 When the Season 1 finale episode “Prophecy Girl” first aired in 1997, it was two weeks after the penultimate episode of the season “Out of Mind, Out of Sight.” I’m not sure when Joss Whedon and crew knew that the series had been renewed for a second […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 1, Episode 11: “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” (airdate: Monday, May 19, 1997): Part 3 of 3

30:01 – 45:00 Previously on \m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/. . . Part 1 & Part 2 In the first two parts of this annotated synopsis of the penultimate episode of Season 1 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “Out of Mind, Out of Sight,” we learned that high school kids can be cruel sometimes. Being ignored and marginalized […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 1, Episode 11: “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” (airdate: Monday, May 19, 1997): Part 2 of 3

15:01 – 30:00 Previously on \m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/. . . Part 1 & Part 3 We learned that an invisible girl is wreaking petty havoc on the Sunnydale High campus. She attacked Cordelia’s boyfriend Mitch with a baseball bat in the boys’ locker room, putting him in the hospital. She also pushed Harmony Kendall, the main […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 1, Episode 11: “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” (airdate: Monday, May 19, 1997): Part 1 of 3

00:00 – 15:00 Part 2 & Part 3 Two days after this episode aired for the first time, the band Radiohead released the album OK Computer. I mention this particular fact for two reasons, neither of which is the fact that I’m a huge Radiohead fan. Sure, I liked “Creep.” Who didn’t? Well, Thom Yorke […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 1, Episode 9: “The Puppet Show” (airdate: Monday, May 5, 1997): Part 3 of 3

30:01 – The End Part 1 & Part 2 We were still in Act II of “The Puppet Show” the last time our little club met here in the Sunnydale High School library. This means the entirety of Acts III and IV are squeezed into Part 3. The set up of the story has been […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 1, Episode 9: “The Puppet Show” (airdate: Monday, May 5, 1997): Part 1 of 3

Part 2 & Part 3 00:00 – 15:00 On May 1, 1997, a mere four days prior to this episode’s first appearance, Tony Blair took over John Major’s spot as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. For the first time in eighteen years, the Labour Party is in control of UK government. The day after […]

**\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 1, Episode 7: “Angel” (airdate: Monday, April 14, 1997): Part 2 of 3**

15:01 – 30:00 Part 1 & Part 3 In Part 1 of this BTVS DeepWatch, Buffy Summers and the mysterious guy known as Angel finally spend the night together in Buffy’s bedroom. No, not like that. It’s more of a chaste, mostly-innocent sleepover. Buffy takes Angel to her home, inviting him inside, which is important […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 1, Episode 6: “The Pack” (airdate: Monday, April 7, 1997): Part 3 of 3

30:01 – The End Part 1 & Part 2 The library at Sunnydale High School is the perfect place for us to meet to talk about these episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Yes, I know this is one of our main sets for only the first three seasons. But, I liked the library, with […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 1, Episode 5: “Never Kill a Boy on the First Date” (airdate: Monday, March 31, 1997): Part 3 of 3

30:01 – The End Part 1 & Part 2 Previously on 15-Minute Hellmouth . . . Buffy meets and likes the sensitive Owen Thurman, who likes Emily Dickinson poetry because of her fascination with the morbid. Buffy attempts to go on a date with Owen, but issues concerning the Master, a vampire club known as […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 1, Episode 5: “Never Kill a Boy on the First Date” (airdate: Monday, March 31, 1997): Part 2 of 3

15:01 – 30:00 Part 1 & Part 3 In case you missed the part where I explained the premise of this \m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/ project, I am writing an annotated synopsis/review of every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (commonly known in the fandom as BTVS) in fifteen-minute increments. This was inspired, in part, by podcasts […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 1, Episode 5: “Never Kill a Boy on the First Date” (airdate: Monday, March 31, 1997): Part 1 of 3

00:00 – 15:00 Part 2 & Part 3 When this episode of Buffy aired in 1997, Puff Daddy (with Mase) was still #1 on the US top-ten charts with “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down,” while the Wallflowers’s “One Headlight” ruled the alternative charts. Around this time is when I realized my musical tastes were considered […]

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