Episode Spotlight

  • Spotlight: Becoming (Part 1)

    Spotlight: Becoming (Part 1)

    An ancient demon’s tomb is unearthed! Angelus plans an apocalypse! Kendra returns! And a ritual of restoration will begin…

  • Spotlight: Go Fish

    Spotlight: Go Fish

    Fish monsters are attacking students! Xander’s undercover (but not under much!) and it’s the television debut of Wentworth Miller! Grab your fishing rods…

  • Spotlight: I Only Have Eyes for You

    Spotlight: I Only Have Eyes for You

    A pair of ghosts haunt the halls of Sunnydale High! When people are possessed and start dying, the school starts to explode with supernatural energy – and it wants Buffy!

  • Spotlight: Killed by Death

    Spotlight: Killed by Death

    In hospital with a bad case of the flu, Buffy finds something amiss when a young boy tells her that something is after the children… something the adults can’t see.…

  • Spotlight: Passion

    Spotlight: Passion

    In one of the most heart-breaking episodes ever, Angelus continues to watch Buffy and her friends. When a vision from Drusilla leads him to an old enemy from his past,…

  • Spotlight: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

    Spotlight: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

    It’s Valentine’s Day, a time of caring and sharing. But when Cordy breaks up with him, Xander approaches Amy to do a little magic… with disastrous and hilarious results!

  • Spotlight: Phases

    Spotlight: Phases

    There’s a werewolf loose in Sunnydale! Giles is delighted, but Buffy has to deal with a hunter named Cain who is determined to capture and kill the creature…. And then…

  • Spotlight: Innocence

    Spotlight: Innocence

    Angel is no more… and Angelus is back – and he wants to hurt his ex! Jenny’s secrets are revealed as the Scooby Gang falls apart! Ooh, and a rocket…

  • Spotlight: Surprise

    Spotlight: Surprise

    Drusilla wants to Judge the world – and has picked Buffy’s 17th birthday to do it on! With the help of a powerful demon, the world is doomed! And somewhere,…

  • Spotlight: Bad  Eggs

    Spotlight: Bad Eggs

    A social experiment in parenting goes awry when the eggs the Gang are charged with caring for turn out to be parasitic hatchlings! Plus, there’s some cowboys on the scene…

  • Spotlight: Ted

    Spotlight: Ted

    Buffy returns home to find her mom making out with a dude in her kitchen! But this is no ordinary boyfriend Joyce Summers has picked up… Guest starring the great…

  • Spotlight: What’s My Line? (Part 2)

    Spotlight: What’s My Line? (Part 2)

    Angel in enemy hands! Spike closer to his goal of restoring Drusilla! Passion sparks between an unlikely duo… And, of course, Kendra… the Vampire Slayer!

  • Spotlight: Objects in Space

    Spotlight: Objects in Space

    A bounty hunter has boarded Serenity in the dead of sleep… and he wants River Tam… but it seems our little albatross is going through some changes of her own…

Welcome to The Watcher’s Guide, a resource, quite fittingly, back from the dead!

The original website shut down in 2004, following the cancellation of Angel. But Buffy the Vampire Slayer was no flash in the pan. It inspired and changed the way television was made and 30 years later, we’re still discussing the show and hoping for something new from the creative universe built over 254 episodes.

Firefly and Dollhouse also brought unique looks at the human condition in a fresh and innovative way, with a science-fiction twist, just as the BuffyVerse dealt with fantasy.

This website aims to be the ultimate resource for the five Mutant Enemy produced shows, to preserve their legacy, their characters and share it with the generations that have come since…

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The ultimate guide to the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. No copyright infringement is intended. Originally published as “The Watcher’s Guide: A Mutant Enemy Resource” from 2002-2004 [Wayback Machine]

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