Book: Afraid I might be needing a preacher. Mal: That's good. You lie there and be ironical.

'Safe'


Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!

Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.


Jessica - Feb 01, 2026 8:48:08 am PST #10614 of 10629
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

AtS - Beige!Angel has recovered and the gang has traveled to Pylea.

When we were looking ahead at episode titles from mid-season, Aeryn's comment was "Ooh, reprise. That's when you repeat a song from earlier in the musical with perhaps some slight changes" and I told them to remember that because it was about to be EXTREMELY RELEVANT. (See also: Epiphany aka the opposite of Innocence.)

A was disappointed in Harmony joining the pyramid scheme (because it meant she wouldn't be sticking around in the cast) for about three seconds and then said "But no, of course Harmony immediately joined the vampire cult."

The back half of S2 is my favorite phase of the Angel/Cordy friendship, and I'm pre-emptively annoyed because I know Future Show is going to RUIN IT.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 01, 2026 4:28:47 pm PST #10615 of 10629
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!

I'm still salty about that almost 24 years later.


Jessica - Feb 01, 2026 5:43:18 pm PST #10616 of 10629
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

A is sure that Lorne's not dead because "I think he gets added to the main credits at some point and you can't be in the main cast if you're dead."

Normally this would be airtight TV logic, unfortunately tomorrow night we are going to watch The Gift.


Jessica - Feb 01, 2026 5:45:43 pm PST #10617 of 10629
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

(My counter argument that (a) Buffy died in S1 and she's the title character and (by) technically Angel has been dead this whole time was met with an appropriate amount of teenage skepticism. And they are actually correct about Lorne! But also, tomorrow, The Gift.)


DavidS - Feb 01, 2026 6:12:53 pm PST #10618 of 10629
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

But also, tomorrow, The Gift.

You can tell her that Jacqueline and I met on the night of its airing.


Jessica - Feb 01, 2026 7:02:43 pm PST #10619 of 10629
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

❤️


Kalshane - Feb 02, 2026 7:11:04 am PST #10620 of 10629
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

I mean, Doyle was also in the main credits until he wasn't.


Jessica - Feb 03, 2026 5:45:09 am PST #10621 of 10629
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

She saved the world a lot 😭😭😭


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 03, 2026 7:57:06 am PST #10622 of 10629
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!

I remember the jokes about the extremely spoiler-averse not wanting to know that the series was coming back the next year on a different network.


Consuela - Feb 03, 2026 8:23:02 pm PST #10623 of 10629
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I remember the jokes about the extremely spoiler-averse not wanting to know that the series was coming back the next year on a different network.

I have a friend who was in East Germany and she only watched the show on a multi-week delay after someone sent her the videotapes. She ranted on an X-Files mailing list about how THIS is how you end a show, goddammit!

... it was very funny.