First, Cordelia, a white woman, becomes determined to “save” the life of Charles Gunn. Almost like she is a white … rescuer … of sorts? Angel experiences disturbingly realistic dreams of Darla. Then, a vision sets Angel in the path of an abuse survivor with telekinetic abilities. He squares off against none other than Lilah Morgan for the girl’s allegiance. Little does he know, she has something in common with him: an intense hatred of windows. “Untouched” coverage starts at 55:44. Hear us discu...
Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Season 9Ep. 2
First, galvanized by the prophecy that he could regain his humanity, Angel is ready to help the helpless like never before … from Cordelia’s living room. But when a mixup leads to Angel accidentally killing a pregnant woman’s protector, he must see if he can stop screwing up long enough to step up. Then, Angel’s past catches up to him in a big way. Events from 50 years ago that he’d rather forget come roaring back in living colour, and a demon he chose not to vanquish makes itself known. Angel d...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Season 9Ep. 1
Steph and Kara discuss Sinners, the 2025 Ryan Coogler film starring Michael B. Jordan and many other talented actors. This horror period piece set in 1932 Clarksdale, Mississippi, follows prodigal twins coming home to set up a juke joint for their fellow Black sharecroppers, along with their young cousin, a prodigy singer. A night of music and festivities soon turns into tragedy. In the first half of the episode, Steph and Kara do their best to avoid spoilers. Spoiler section starts 46:40. Hear ...
Jun 12, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Season 8Ep. 18
Steph and Kara discuss the first season of Angel. Evil lawyers, hegemonic systems, and men with feelings: Angel’s first year in the city named after him was an eventful one. Spoiler section starts at 42:20. Hear us discuss… So many men on this show!! Best and worst episodes The thesis of this season, maybe the whole series? Wait … did Angel … win … the breakup? OHHHHH YEAAAAAH 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram , Facebook , and TikTok @prophecygirls.ca on Bluesky prophecygirls.c...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 8Ep. 17
Angel has stolen a valuable prophecy scroll from Wolfram & Hart. Determined to retrieve it, they dispatch their best warrior: the Phantom of the Opera. He hits Angel where it will hurt the most. not only does he disable Cordelia and Wesley, but he destroys Angel’s sole joy in life. Angel vows revenge, and no lawyer or demonic entity or prophecy will stop him from avenging his elevator. Hear us discuss… Cordy’s gesture of friendship is so genuine Great security, Angel Investigations Noooo, th...
Apr 24, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 8Ep. 16
First, a techbro billionaire (90s style) hires Angel to retrieve incriminating photos of his demonic peccadilloes. This leads Angel to get mixed up with Charles Gunn and his crew of homeless vampire fighters. When a white boy vampire gang kidnaps Gunn’s sister in retaliation for the crew’s activity, Angel tries his best to help these not-so-helpless kids. Then, Angel teams up with his nemesis, Lindsey McDonald. Lindsey agrees to be the inside man for a heist on Wolfram & Hart. Their chemistr...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 56 min•Season 8Ep. 15
First, the slayer arrives in the City of Angel, but it’s not the one you’re thinking of. Wolfram & Hart hire her to kill Angel, a task Faith sets to with gusto. When she threatens to take Wesley off the board, Angel has no choice but to take her out. Then, the two-parter concludes with the other slayer—yeah, that one—showing up just in time to see Angel comfort his mortal enemy. Must be Tuesday. Aghast he would try to redeem Faith after what she did in Sunnydale, Buffy picks a fight. Meanwhi...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Season 8Ep. 14
Angel is in the right time, right place to save the life of a dusty, old, dried up actress in her late twenties. When she learns he’s a vampire, she realizes she has a unique opportunity to stave off her withering descent into cronehood. But how to convince a vampire with a soul to sire you? Hear us discuss… Cordelia is a brilliant actor as long as her life is in danger Oliver, we expected better from you! Dr. Folger is NOT HAPPY about that power cut Toth (and maybe Joyce?) strikes again! You ca...
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 39 min•Season 8Ep. 13
First, a flashback-heavy episode finally gives new viewers Angel’s backstory … more than halfway through the season. Back in present day Los Angeles, Angel and Kate cross paths again as he works to down some demons smuggling demon drugs. Then, shady characters take advantage of Angel’s trust, kidnapping him and forcing him to participate in a demon fight club. This attracts the attention of Wolfram & Hart lawyer and resident femme fatale, Lilah Morgan. Don’t worry, though: Cordelia and Wesle...
Mar 27, 2025•1 hr 42 min•Season 8Ep. 12
First, Angel gets mixed up with a mysterious, enticing demon from another dimension whose ko glows red. She’s trying to save her girls from a wannabe boy band, and she doesn’t care what kind of body count she racks up in the process. Then, Angel investigates the strange goings-on in a suburban household. Is one of the kids possessed? Or is this just normal white people shit? He has to go undercover with some brownies to find out. “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” coverage starts at 1:06:00. Hear us d...
Mar 20, 2025•1 hr 51 min•Season 8Ep. 11
First, Angel has brutally vivid nightmares of stalking and feeding from people off the streets of LA. He correctly deduces this means a vampire he sired in the eighteenth century is in town, and unfortunately for all of us, Kate is on the case. Meanwhile, Cordelia and Wesley inadvertently start a feud with the neighbouring dental office. Then, Cordy gets knocked up because she dares to sleep with a man. Suddenly eight months pregnant, she becomes increasingly protective of her unborn child while...
Mar 13, 2025•1 hr 56 min•Season 8Ep. 10
As they reel from Doyle’s sacrifice, Angel and Cordelia discover he left Cordelia a painful bequest. A demon comes to Angel Investigations look for help against the new player in town: a bad boy rogue demon hunter who doesn’t play by the rules. But the tables quickly turn, and Angel is the one who needs help if he doesn’t want to be down two employees in two weeks. Hear us discuss… The different depictions of grief from Angel and Cordy New Wesley, who dis We should have known Chappell Roan and S...
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Season 8Ep. 9
The Dark Avenger is on the case, and his rats are low. But if he isn’t available, maybe Doyle can help you out. That’s what he reluctantly tries to do with a group of demons fleeing the Scourge, demonic Nazis bent on eliminating any demon who isn’t “pureblood.” With Angel and Cordelia’s help, the demons almost escape from LA. When the Scourge catches up to them and unleashes a deadly superweapon, only one member of Angel Investigations can step up and save everybody. Hear us discuss… The friends...
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Season 8Ep. 8
This is a rerelease of our June 2022 bonus episode where we covered “I Will Remember You.” Fear not, a fresh take on this episode is also in your feed just prior to this one. Watch the episode along with us, and then listen to Steph and Kara of three years ago! Original episode notes No, you are not hallucinating. We take a special road trip to LA, where Buffy is determined to confront Angel about his stalker-like yet heroic behaviour in “Pangs.” Of course, things don’t go as planned. When Angel...
Feb 20, 2025•1 hr 44 min•Season 8Ep. 7
Something different: Steph and Kara watched “I Will Remember You” together and recorded their commentary. We start watching the episode at 06:11. Watch along with us as Buffy visits Angel in Los Angeles for the first time. She’s not happy with him, but their fight is interrupted by a demon attack that accidentally transforms Angel into a human. At first, he and Buffy revel in his newfound sense and sensitivity. Yet Angel quickly realizes he’s not cut out for fighting evil in a mortal form, and h...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 8Ep. 6
First, in the “Beer Bad” of the series, Detective Kate Lockley is stymied in her long-running investigation into mobster Little Tony until Angel lends a helping hand. A consultant with a talking stick has other ideas, however, and soon Kate’s entire precinct is trauma-dumping all over each other. Then, Doyle’s wife rocks into town to serve papers, and her fiancé invites Doyle to his bachelor party. Doyle confides in Angel about his past, including how his demon half drove a wedge between him and...
Feb 13, 2025•1 hr 49 min•Season 8Ep. 5
First, Cordelia urges Angel to start charging for helping the helpless. A Doyle vision sets them on the case of Melissa, an office worker with an ex whose stalking game puts Spike to shame. Angel goes undercover to take the ex apart, only to find that the ex has beat him to it. Then, when Cordy finds her dream apartment, it seems like her luck is changing. There’s just one, spectral problem: a previous tenant hasn’t quite vacated the premises. To complicate matters, Doyle’s debts have caught up ...
Feb 06, 2025•1 hr 39 min•Season 8Ep. 4
First, a vision from Doyle sends the newly formed Angel Investigations team into the heart of the LA nightclub scene. There, Angel meets a fierce ladycop hot on the tail of a serial killer who’s literally jumping the bones of its victims. Then, Spike arrives in LA ahead of the Gem of Amara after Buffy rudely stole it from him over in Sunnydale. He’ll stop at nothing to get the gem, even if it means subjecting Steph to the sight of Angel chained up with no shirt on. Oh no. How awful. “In the Dark...
Jan 30, 2025•1 hr 56 min•Season 8Ep. 3
Angel, a 240-year-old vampire with a soul, moves to the city named after him for a fresh start after a break-up. Relatable. The Powers That Be won’t let him brood in peace, however. First they send Doyle his way to act as his new Whistler, complete with painful visions and Irish stereotypes. Next they arrange for Angel to bump into Queen of Sunnydale Cordelia Chase, up-and-coming actor just waiting for her big break. Together, the three of them help Angel realize his dream of opening a bespoke c...
Jan 23, 2025•1 hr 58 min•Season 8Ep. 2
Steph and Kara “reintroduce” themselves in case there are any new listeners joining the podcast for the Angel rewatch. Additionally, they talk about what they’re most anticipating for this series and predict how they might react to some of its differences from Buffy. Most of the episode is spoiler-free for Angel. Spoilers start around 43:25. This was a recording of our Instagram Live on November 18, 2024. Hear us discus… How easily Steph seduced Kara to be a cohost Our experience with Angel so f...
Jan 01, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 8Ep. 1
Steph and Kara are still plotting their move to the City of Angel (yes, just the one), but they spent some time opening your mail and reading your hot (s)takes. Hear us discuss… Buffy and astrology The ins and outs of abusive characters on the show Rings, poems, and the meaning of love Why are vampires-with-a-Y easier to kill at the end of season 7? The First’s missed opportunity to be the Taunter 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram , Facebook , and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twit...
Oct 14, 2024•49 min•Season 7Ep. 29
Ready? OK. Steph and Kara review this classic teen comedy, ostensibly because of its Buffy connections but really because we want to get our cheer on. This movie is a ray of Californian sunshine as we head into Canadian winter. Hear us discuss… The splendour that is a non-cynical teen movie Kirsten Dunst is an acting treasure Queerness and queer-coding Who are the bad guys in this movie? This movie handles racism and cultural appropriate way better than it has any right to Trigger warnings Fatph...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 7Ep. 28
We survived. Not the battle. High school, er, the podcast! After recapping all seven seasons of this incredible show, Prophecy Girls is closing this chapter. We’ll be moving on to Los Angeles to check in with bae later this year. Before we go on our break, though, it’s time to look back at this entire show. Hear us discuss… We rank the seasons and the Big Bads What aged well (and didn’t) from our intro episode The ups and downs of making the pod Memorable memes and moments from the pod What the ...
Jul 11, 2024•3 hr 7 min•Season 7Ep. 27
Hear ye, hear ye, all rise for the Honourable Judges Chow and Babcock: court is now in session. The defendant: Spike, aka William the Bloody, once vampire menace and now vampire with a soul. The charges? Everything from aiding and abetting apocalypses to perversion and pooping. Hear us discuss… Does seeking out a soul change anything about Spike’s guilt or redemption? Can Spike’s relationship with Buffy be redeemed? Is Xander just as bad as Spike? Appropriate sentencing for Spike’s crimes Spike ...
Jul 04, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 7Ep. 26
The Ultimate Evil. A vampire with a soul. A vampyre with a Y. A final season of Buffy that’s all about power. She has it, and she decides to share. Join Steph and Kara one last time as they discuss the last season of this amazing show. Hear us discuss… Best episodes of the season Does the First measure up as a Big Bad? How Kara would have ended it Steph’s rewrites for Spike and Robin Wood Your hot (s)takes! 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram , Facebook , and TikTok @prophecy_gir...
Jun 27, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 7Ep. 25
Reinvigorated by a VIP’s visit, Buffy elects to take the battle to the First. She concocts a plan to use the scythe and Willow’s magic to level the playing field for good. Scoobies, Potentials, and allies assemble one last time in this series finale. Hear us discuss… Angel’s versus Spike’s role in the finale The First, like so many Big Bads, just can’t shut up Buffy is a badass in so many ways So long, Sunnydale! The heartbreaking perfection of so many final moments Trigger warnings Blood, body ...
Jun 20, 2024•2 hr 29 min•Season 7Ep. 24
Buffy rallies against Caleb and the First and rejoins the Scoobies and potentials. As Giles and Willow seek the origins of the scythe Buffy has acquired, everyone else prepares for the final battle. They know it’s coming, and they know not everyone will make it out alive. Hear us discuss… Rise of the flippity-dos part 2 & return of the research girlies! Anya and Andrew are another buddy comedy we NEED Ludwig Dawn Beethoven’s final symphony is a masterpiece Buffy and Faith bonding over being ...
Jun 13, 2024•2 hr 4 min•Season 7Ep. 23
An exiled Buffy seeks solace from a surprised Spike. Back at the Summers residence, Faith rallies the army for an assault on an arsenal. Everyone is very horny. Hear us discuss… We enjoyed this glimpse of Faith as “the boss” and wish for more! OK, Spike, you get this one night, but don’t get any ideas Where are the Potentials during the 3 hookups, stuck in the basement? The First gets less scary every time it shows up Last 5 minutes should be called the rise of the flippity-dos Trigger warning S...
Jun 06, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Season 7Ep. 22
Still reeling from their losses at the vineyard, Buffy and the Scoobies try to find a moment to breathe. Yet the First and Caleb don’t want to give them that luxury. When Buffy resolves on another risky plan of attack, she encounters unexpected resistance. Andrew and Spike go on a road trip together. Hear us discuss… Giles is suddenly OK with Willow using mind control? Can Faith be redeemed? Does she get too much of a pass? Pour one out for the Bronze and its bloomin’ onion A rare L for Dawnifer...
May 30, 2024•2 hr 2 min•Season 7Ep. 21
Move over, Spike: there’s a new King of Misogyny in town. His name is Caleb, and he has a message for the slayer. Buffy must decide whether or not to risk the Potentials while also dealing with the arrival of another “old friend” in town. Hear us discuss… Hopefully Faith and Willow didn’t compare notes about their redemption arcs. Awkward. Faith and Spike comparing notes tho? PRICELESS Xander’s wet dream and hero speech cancel each other out, so he’s just meh Caleb: scary manifestation of misogy...
May 23, 2024•2 hr 4 min•Season 7Ep. 20
