72: BTVS S4E20 “The Yoko Factor”

About this episode

Penny and Kara discuss the Spike showcase episode of Buffy, touching on various themes including toxic romance and pop culture references.

“You know, for someone who's got "Watcher" on his résumé, you might want to cast an eye to the front door every now and again.” Penny and Kara fully enjoyed this Spike showcase episode as we rush toward the conclusion of this uneven season. The Scooby Duo’s conversation ranges from villains, sarcasm, toxic romance, clown pants, Angel, Riley’s need to do more reading, hubris, power dynamics, The Beatles, Charles Manson, Yoko Ono, Sean Ono and Cibo Matto. Next time, we’ll be covering Buffy season 4, episode 21, “Primeval” Keep Slaying! News Links/Referenced Links Original Trailer/WB Promo: BTVS “The Yoko Factor” Original Promo Helter Skelter (song) - Wikipedia —---------------------------------------- Viewing Order Buffy 4x20 - The Yoko Factor (1/2) Buffy 4x21 - Primeval (2/2) Buffy 4x22 - Restless Angel 1x20 - War Zone Angel 1x21 - Blind Date Angel 1x22 - To Shanshu in LA Join the conversation! You can email or send a voice message to stillslayingfeedback@gmail.com, or join us at facebook.com/groups/podcastica and Still Slaying A Buffy-verse Podcast where we put up comment posts for each episode we cover. Join the Zedhead community - https://www.patreon.com/jasoncabassi Theme…

People in this episode

Hosts: Penny, Kara

Topics covered

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Spike showcase
• toxic romance
• power dynamics
• pop culture references
• villains
• sarcasm

Keywords

• Buffy
• Spike
• toxic romance
• power dynamics
• The Beatles
• Charles Manson
• Yoko Ono
• Angel
• Riley

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cibo Matto

Books & works: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Helter Skelter

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