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In this episode of The B*tch Is Back I answer the questions I get asked most. Why I named the podcast The Bitch Is Back and what Cordelia's most iconic line has to do with it. Whether I have really never watched Buffy or Angel all the way through. And why watching this show with you felt like something I had to do for myself, for the fandom, and for everyone who felt conflicted loving a show with a complicated history. Plus the comments that made me cry and what is coming next. Tell everyone you've ever met. The B*tch is Back! New Videos Every Tuesday Join The Firm on Patreon for full UNEDITED reactions and bonus content: www.patreon.com/CharismaCarpenter TT: www.tiktok.com/@charisma_carpenter IG: www.instagram.com/charismacarpenter

In this episode of The B*tch Is Back, I watched I Only Have Eyes for You, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2, Episode 19, for the first time. This one hit different. A ghost reliving a murder. A love that couldn't be. And the cafeteria snake scene that I was absolutely not prepared for. I share what really happened on set that day and why this episode left me with more questions than answers. Including the one nobody wants to answer. Who deserves forgiveness? Tell everyone you've ever met. The B*tch is Back! New Videos Every Tuesday Join The Firm on Patreon for full reactions and bonus content: www.patreon.com/CharismaCarpenter TT: www.tiktok.com/@charisma_carpenter IG: www.instagram.com/charismacarpenter

In this episode of The B*tch Is Back, I rank every Buffy the Vampire Slayer character from Seasons 1 and 2. I was in 147 episodes and never watched a single one until now. These are my honest rankings after watching for the first time and I have opinions, especially about my own character. Tell me your rankings in the comments, do you agree? Tell everyone you've ever met. The B*tch is Back! New Videos Every Tuesday Join The Firm on Patreon for full UNEDITED reactions and bonus content: www.patreon.com/CharismaCarpenter TT: www.tiktok.com/@charisma_carpenter IG: www.instagram.com/charismacarpenter

In this episode of The Bitch Is Back, I watch Killed by Death, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2, Episode 18, for the first time. This is my least favorite episode of the season and I'll tell you exactly why. A demon that only sick children can see, an abandoned hospital that was genuinely creepy to film in, and Buffy making herself sicker to protect the kids she came to save. Plus I share what it was actually like being on set for this one and filming in an abandoned hospital. Tell everyone you've ever met. The B*tch is Back! New Videos Every Tuesday Join The Firm on Patreon for full reactions and bonus content: www.patreon.com/CharismaCarpenter TT: www.tiktok.com/@charisma_carpenter IG: www.instagram.com/charismacarpenter

In this episode of The Bitch Is Back, I watch "Passion," Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2, Episode 17, for the first time. I knew Jenny Calendar dies in this one, but I didn't know how, and it left me stunned. I break down the olive branch scene between Jenny and Buffy, Joyce finding out about Buffy and Angel in the worst possible way and my thoughts as a mom on how she handled it, Giles going full vengeance mode after finding the rose on his door, and why I think the show cut away from its biggest emotional beats too fast. I also share what I remember from set about Robia’s final episode. The B*tch is Back! New Videos Every Tuesday Tell everyone you've ever met. The B*tch is Back! New Videos Every Tuesday Join The Firm on Patreon for full reactions and bonus content: www.patreon.com/CharismaCarpenter TT: www.tiktok.com/@charisma_carpenter IG: www.instagram.com/charismacarpenter

I threw out the playbook this week. No 20-page document, no teleprompter, no prep. For the first time ever, I'm watching an episode in real time with you, and of course it's Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, the Valentine's Day love spell disaster. Season 2, Episode 16 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, written by Marti Noxon. Xander gets rejected, goes full scorned warlock, and accidentally makes every woman in Sunnydale obsessed with him except the one he wanted. I have thoughts. About his "nice guy" problem, about Cordelia finally refusing to be a sheep, and about the necklace in this episode that looks suspiciously like one I've been wearing for 25 years. Coincidence? I'm genuinely not sure anymore. Tell everyone you've ever met. The B*tch is Back!

I turned another year older in Manchester, surrounded by my Buffy family and a sea of fans. So this week is a full show and tell the cards that made me cry a little (Meg and her mom Catherine, I'm looking at you), the homemade ones that got me the most, Swedish gummies I've already half-eaten, ruby jewelry, friendship bracelets, a random duck, and a Taylor Swift Showgirl CD. Plus why Patreon members showing up at cons means more than any of you know. Tell everyone you've ever met. The B*tch is Back! Full future episodes on Patreon: www.patreon.com/CharismaCarpenter TT: / www.tiktok.com/@charisma_carpenter IG: / www.instagram.com/charismacarpenter

This week I'm first-watching Buffy Season 2, Episode 15, "Phases," the one where Oz finds out he's a werewolf, Larry finds out it's easier to just be honest, and everyone learns that hiding who you are is a full-time job. But you know where my head really went: that car scene. Xander drags Cordelia out to do things she can't tell her father about, then spends the whole time obsessing over Willow, and somehow she's the one getting slut-shamed for it. As the woman who actually played her, I have thoughts. Plus Willow and Oz land the sweetest ending the show's done yet, and I'm begging this entire cast to try saying the thing out loud sometime. Full recap, my sharpest Hot Takes, and behind-the-scenes I actually lived through. New episodes every other week. Tell everyone you've ever met. The B*tch is Back!

The team pulled up two decades of my old red carpet photos and made me sit here and look at every single one. Here's what I learned: I've had some genuinely great looks, that Italian silk blouse, my hair, and my makeup combined, and I'd wear it again tomorrow. Some things I'd style differently now, I'm owning my crimes against pantyhose, the shoe choices that should've been slingbacks. There's a Gucci suit that I still have, and an outfit I wear to a water charity Gala that would be better suited for the Grammys. Full episodes and Bonus Bitch live on Patreon, link below. Tell everyone you've ever met. The B*tch is Back!

This is a heavy one. Buffy gives Angel everything and wakes up to a man who is no longer home, and I could not stop thinking about how fast she assumes it's her fault. Because that's what we do. That cigarette smoke shot might be the most cinematic thing this show has ever pulled off. The morning after the scene had me yelling at my screen. Jenny Calendar finally admits she's been a double agent this entire time, and believe me, I have thoughts about that. Then Willow tells Oz to make out with her and I fell in love with him right alongside her. And when Buffy shoulders a rocket launcher in the middle of a mall? Honestly, good. I also get into the night we shot the military base in the pouring rain, Cordelia's inexplicable silver jacket, and the elevator shot that ended up in the opening credits. I cried, I laughed, I'm not okay. The B*tch is Back!

New segment: Rewind in Time. The team dug up old footage of me promoting Buffy back in the day, and now I have to sit here and comment on all of it. First up is a five-minute KTLA interview with Sam Rubin from the set of the Halloween episode. I get into: Meeting the cast back when nobody knew if this show was even going to be a thing, stalking Michelle Pfeiffer at the Emmy party, and, decades later, still being genuinely furious that Buffy got snubbed for everything but a makeup nomination. It's surreal, it's a little cringe, and it's very me. The B*tch is Back.

Charisma breaks down the will they won't they tension of Buffy and Angel's first night together and refuses to look away from the age gap that flew under the radar in 1997 and reads as a red flag on fire in 2026. She dissects the fever dream cold open, the infamous towel scene and the door left ajar that wrecked her nerves, and the gut punch reveal that sweet Jenny Calendar is actually Jana of the Kalderash. She cheers Cordelia owning her sexuality at the lockers, offers a rare and honest critique of her own ambiguous "happy birthday" read, and full on cries over the Claddagh ring goodbye at the docks. Then there's the thing she already knows is coming. Angel loses his soul. Full future episodes on Patreon: www.patreon.com/CharismaCarpenter TT: / www.tiktok.com/@charisma_carpenter IG: / www.instagram.com/charismacarpenter

The Bitch is Back! is my first ever watch of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and this channel is now your one-stop shop for everything Buffyverse. I'm bringing the full interviews out from behind the paywall and onto YouTube, alongside new segments covering Buffy and Angel news, reboot and non-reboot talk, the new Angel comic, and the pop culture moments worth weighing in on. I'll be vlogging too, giving you a look at my process and how the podcast actually comes together. Subscribe, stick around, and tell a friend! And if you want the deeper experience, weekly content, monthly Zoom hangs, early drops, and merch discounts, that all lives on my Patreon at patreon.com/charismacarpenter. Tell everyone you've ever met right now, cause people, The Bitch is Back!

The Bitch is Back, and the vault is still open. More of our favorite Patreon interviews are making their way to YouTube for the first time, and this one is a fan favorite. Charisma Carpenter sits down with culture critic and TV writer Ira Madison III for a deep dive into Season 2, Episode 2, Some Assembly Required, Buffy's Frankenstein episode, and one of the most unexpectedly rich hours of the series. They get into the circle of pining, Angel's 241 years of emotional stunting, grief as the real horror of the Hellmouth, and what a Buffy reboot actually needs to get right. Ira makes his case for being one of the few Angel Season 4 defenders on earth, Charisma pushes back, and somewhere in the middle Ira confesses to writing Buffy fan fiction. More from the vault. The B*tch is Back. Full future episodes on Patreon: www.patreon.com/CharismaCarpenter TT: / www.tiktok.com/@charisma_carpenter IG: / www.instagram.com/charismacarpenter

The B*tch is Back, and we're still opening the vault. More of our favorite Patreon interviews are making their way to YouTube for the first time, and this one was the first to go viral. Charisma Carpenter sits down with James Marsters, Spike himself, to revisit Season 1, Episode 3, School Hard, the episode that introduced one of the most beloved characters in the Buffyverse. James reveals that Spike wasn't inspired by Johnny Rotten or Sid Vicious, it was Tim Curry. He gets into the reboot conversation with more candor than you'd expect, shares what he thinks the new show needs to get right, and reflects on what it meant to play a character that became a genuine touchstone for queer fans finding themselves. Plus Charisma and James discover they have more in common than they realized. Old friends, real talk, and more from the vault. The B*tch is Back. Full future episodes on Patreon: www.patreon.com/CharismaCarpenter TT: / www.tiktok.com/@charisma_carpenter IG: / www.instagram.com/charismacarpenter