‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Season 5 Rewatch (Part 1)

**Joanna Robinson** (0:05)
Hello, and welcome back to House of R. I'm Joanna Robinson. Joining me today, it is the slayer of my heart, Mallory Rubin.

**Mallory Rubin** (0:12)
Oh, forgive me, shiny special one. I beg of you to rip out my inadequate tongue.
You're my glory. You're my glorificus, and I'm your dreg.

**Joanna Robinson** (0:22)
Uh, dreg's actually pretty cool. I love a minion. It's Buffy Season 5, right after this.
Okay, quick programming reminders. Buffy Season 5 Part 1 is today. Yes. Buffy Season 5 Part 2 is next week.

**Mallory Rubin** (0:53)
Oh, my God.

**Joanna Robinson** (0:54)
In between, another episode of Lanterns, which are dropping on Mondays. A new episode of Ringer Quest is up on the Ringerverse feed.

**Mallory Rubin** (1:01)
Another one coming next week.

**Joanna Robinson** (1:03)
Wow.

**Mallory Rubin** (1:04)
Cranking.

**Joanna Robinson** (1:04)
All this content. Cheesy, crazy.
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**Mallory Rubin** (1:10)
Do it.

**Joanna Robinson** (1:11)
At House of R pod on Instagram and TikTok, et cetera, et cetera. Email us, hobbitsanddragons.gmail.com. Send us your Buffy Season 5 thoughts. We've already gotten some Buffy Season 5 emails. I'd like to see even more based on how many comments we got saying, where's Buffy Season 5? Here it is. Now participate.
Today's episode is Buffy Season 5 Episode 1, Buffy vs. Dracula through Episode 10, Into the Woods. Will there be slight smears of spoilers to the back half of the season? Perhaps a little bit.

**Mallory Rubin** (1:45)
Yeah. Every time we reset on this, what's our process?

**Joanna Robinson** (1:49)
I think there are some, I would say, two massive major events that happen in the back half that maybe we just don't need to talk about. But I don't know. Glory is a god. I just feel like I want to say that, even though that's not something you find out to the back half of the season.

**Mallory Rubin** (2:03)
I support you.

**Joanna Robinson** (2:04)
Before we get into our opening snapshot and everything, I have a special Buffy Season 5 clip for you, Mallory Rubin. This is just like, from the deepest core of my heart, Buffy Season 5 message to you. Are you ready?

**Mallory Rubin** (2:18)
I'm so excited to find out what this is. I hope it's Riley flying away at long last.

**Joanna Robinson** (2:22)
Close.

**SPEAKER_6** (2:23)
Here we go. And I'm still going to make you go to that doctor.

**Joanna Robinson** (2:30)
That's me to you.

**Mallory Rubin** (2:31)
Great stuff.

**Joanna Robinson** (2:33)
Someday you'll go to the doctor and it will be because if I had Slayer strength, I'd make you go, but I can't.

**Mallory Rubin** (2:39)
Listen, it's an interesting season to watch while thinking of how badly I need to seek medical attention.

**Joanna Robinson** (2:46)
I'll say that.

**Mallory Rubin** (2:47)
It's been impactful.

**Joanna Robinson** (2:48)
You're beautiful. You're luminous. We want you to be well. All right.
Anything else we need to mention before we get to the opening snapshot?

**Mallory Rubin** (2:56)
Let's snap.

**Joanna Robinson** (2:57)
Let's do it.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:08)
Delightful sound effects from Carlos.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:09)
Shout out Carlos Chiriboga for giving us Buffy-centric. The Howl of the Wolf.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:15)
Oh.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:16)
Makes us think of Oz.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:18)
Oh, yeah.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:18)
Makes us think of Seth Green.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:20)
Makes us think of the Midnight Boys.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:21)
Makes us think of the Midnight Boys. All right. Buffy Season 5, which aired September 26, 2000 to May 22, 2001
Here are the episodes we will be talking about in brief, and then one of them in depth. The most important one. Maybe the most important episode of television ever. Let's talk about it.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:40)
Then probably returning to it 20 times in the superlatives.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:44)
It's Buffy versus Dracula, a very odd season premiere.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:48)
I liked it.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:49)
Real me, the replacement, Out of My Mind, No Place Like Home, Family, Fool for Love. Very important.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:57)
Iconic.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:58)
Shadow, Listening to Fear, two creature feature episodes back to back. A lot of special effects, questions, comments, or concerns on those. Then at long last, it's Riley's Departure via Helicopter, Into the Woods. 10 episodes, you had to wait.
How did your heart feel as that helicopter lifted off? And Buffy, what a shame, was just too late to stop him.

**Mallory Rubin** (4:23)
Tragic. After that incredibly easy to understand pitch from Xander to go chase your one true love.

**Joanna Robinson** (4:30)
I almost punched a wall.

**Mallory Rubin** (4:32)