Who Are You Revisited (Buffy and the Art of Story Podcast – Angel)

Who Are You Revisited (Buffy and the Art of Story Podcast – Angel)

From Buffy and the Art of Story by Lisa M. Lilly

May 18, 2026 · 1h 6m · Season 8

About this episode

This episode revisits the Buffy episode 'Who Are You' and explores themes of character conflict and growth through Faith's storyline.

In Who Are You ( S1 E16 of Buffy) , Faith makes a desperate bid to survive, devastating Buffy, in the second of two episodes that eventually lead to her visiting Los Angeles–and Angel. Along with the recap of Who Are You , this podcast episode focuses on: (1) is Faith both protagonist and antagonist? (2) weaving the season arc (about Adam) seamlessly into the Faith/Buffy main plot; (3) external obstacles that show Faith’s internal conflict; and (4) how the body switching metaphor conveys the theme, moves the story, and prompts character growth. New Release by Lisa M. Lilly, The Desperate Man : https://lisalilly.com/desperate Download free Story Structure worksheets: https://www.lisalilly.com/worksheets Get more content, including Buffy bonus episodes and access to the self-study course How To Plot Your Novel: From Idea To First Draft , by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/lisamlilly Listen to the Buffy podcast episodes starting from the beginning: https://lisalilly.com/buffy-story-hellmouth/ Try The Awakening (Book 1) by Lisa M. Lilly free at https://lisalilly.com/free/ Read the Buffy and the Art of Story books: https://lisalilly.com/buffy/ About Lisa M. Lilly In…

People in this episode

Host: Lisa M. Lilly

Topics covered

  • Faith's character analysis
  • protagonist vs antagonist
  • season arc integration
  • internal conflict
  • body switching metaphor
  • character growth

Keywords

  • Buffy
  • Faith
  • Angel
  • character growth
  • body switching
  • internal conflict
  • season arc

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon

Products: The Desperate Man, The Awakening

Books & works: Who Are You, Buffy, Angel

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