Episode Spotlight

  • Spotlight: What’s My Line? (Part 1)

    Spotlight: What’s My Line? (Part 1)

    Spike has everything he needs to cure Drusilla – except the Slayer keeps getting in his way! His solution: Hire an ancient sect of assassins to take her out first!…

  • Spotlight: The Dark Age

    Spotlight: The Dark Age

    Ethan Rayne is back – and this time he needs Giles’ help! An ancient enemy from their youth has returned and puts the Scooby Gang in danger – and possesses…

  • Spotlight: Heart of Gold

    Spotlight: Heart of Gold

    Summoned by a former Companion, Inara enlists Mal’s aid to defend a House against a man who’s lack of respect for women is about to cause a battle royale between…

  • Spotlight: Lie to Me

    Spotlight: Lie to Me

    Buffy is surprised when an old friend turns up in Sunnydale! But what is Ford’s heart-breaking secret? All this, and Buffy learns the shocking truth about Angelus and Drusilla! And…

  • Spotlight: Halloween

    Spotlight: Halloween

    Happy Halloween! What should be the calmest night of the year for the Slayer ends with the Scoobies fighting for their lives – as one of Giles’ old associates brings…

  • Spotlight: The Message

    Spotlight: The Message

    Mal is stunned when a friend from the War mails him something he wants Mal to take home for him – his body! But when Mal and Zoe honour their…

  • Spotlight: Reptile Boy

    Spotlight: Reptile Boy

    Cordelia has here sights on fraternity boys – and they have eyes for Buffy! Reluctantly attending a drink-fuelled party with Cordy, Buffy soon finds herself fighting for her life against…

  • Spotlight: Inca Mummy Girl

    Spotlight: Inca Mummy Girl

    As Sunnydale’s students prepare for a cultural exchange, Buffy finds herself with houseguest Ampata Gutierrez, a foreign exchange student from Peru. Unfortunately… she’s not quite as she seems, as Xander’s…

  • Spotlight: Trash

    Spotlight: Trash

    Running low on funds, Mal needs a job – and gets one, courtesy of renegade wife Saffron! But can the Missus be trusted… or will Mal be feeling a little…

  • Spotlight: School Hard

    Spotlight: School Hard

    A new vampire duo come to town to celebrate the Holiest of Holiest days in the Vampire calendar – which also happens to be Parent-Teacher Night!

  • Spotlight: Some Assembly Required

    Spotlight: Some Assembly Required

    Grief for his football star big brother leads science student Chris to do the impossible – and bring his brother back! And every man needs a princess… Shame Cordelia’s alive,…

  • Spotlight: War Stories

    Spotlight: War Stories

    It pays to not upset the apple cart in space – after all, they say in the Black no one can hear you scream. It’s a shame really. Niska wants…

  • Spotlight: Ariel

    Spotlight: Ariel

    Simon has a plan to find out what’s been done to River – by breaking into a hospital on the core planet of Ariel… What could possibly go wrong? Two…

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.

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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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