Tuesday 18 March 2014

Angel, "The Bachelor Party" Review (1x07)

Brief Synopsis: “As Doyle and Cordelia grow closer, Doyle’s estranged wife, Harry, shows up at Angel Investigations requesting a divorce so that she can marry her new love. After the shock wears off, Doyle agrees to the divorce and also accepts an invitation to attend the bachelor party of the groom to be. However, the new groom is a demon with some very strange customs regarding the ex-husband. One of which is eating the brain of the former husband...”


Saturday 15 March 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "The Initiative" Review (4x07)

Brief Synopsis: “Having been captured by some commandos, Spike is being held hostage in a high-tech facility. He manages to escape and heads to find Buffy, whom he believes is responsible. Instead, he finds a depressed, helpless Willow.”


Wednesday 12 March 2014

Angel, "Sense & Sensitivity" Review (1x06)

Brief Synopsis: “Kate is forced to take sensitivity awareness training with her fellow police officers. After Kate begins to act uncharacteristically emotional, Angel suspects that something unusual is happening, before turning overly sensitive himself.” 


Monday 10 March 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Wild At Heart" Review (4x06)

Brief Synopsis: “Oz escapes from his cage during a full moon and runs across another werewolf. The other werewolf is revealed to be the singer from ‘Shy’, Veruca, whom Oz has been oddly drawn to recently. He wakes up next to her naked in the wilderness the next morning and has to piece together what has happened.”


Friday 7 March 2014

Angel, "Rm w/a Vu" Review (1x05)

Brief Synopsis: “When Cordelia decides that she can no longer stand her cockroach-infested apartment, Doyle offers to help her find a new place. He makes good on his promise and finds Cordelia her perfect apartment. There’s just one problem...it’s haunted.”


Wednesday 5 March 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Beer Bad" Review (4x05)

Brief Synopsis: “Still trying to come to terms with Parker’s womanising, Buffy starts to hang out at the college bar, where she and a group of upper class students drown their troubles in an excess of beer. It soon becomes apparent that the local brew brings out the wild side of the Slayer and the students, as they all transform into cave people.”


Monday 3 March 2014

Angel, "I Fall To Pieces" Review (1x04)

Brief Synopsis: “As Cordelia and Angel continue the debate over whether or not to charge their clients, Doyle receives a vision of yet another woman in distress. Angel pays a visit to her workplace and learns that the woman is being terrorised by her neurosurgeon who is somehow mysteriously able to watch her every move.”


Saturday 1 March 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Fear Itself" Review (4x04)

Brief Synopsis: “To help Buffy get over the pain of having been used by Parker, the Scoobies head to a fraternity Halloween party, expecting a few cheap scares and a bit of harmless fun. Unfortunately, some accidental magic turns the party into a house of horrors where everyone's fears come to life.


Wednesday 26 February 2014

Angel, "In The Dark" Review (1x03)

Brief Synopsis: “Oz visits L.A. with a present for Angel from Buffy. It’s the Gem of Amara - a ring which has been a vampire myth for millennia. While wearing it, a vampire is immune to crosses, stakes, and can even walk in daylight. It isn’t long before Spike arrives in town searching for the ring...and he has no plans of leaving until he gets it.”


Monday 24 February 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "The Harsh Light Of Day" Review (4x03)

Brief Synopsis: “Spike returns to Sunnydale with his new girlfriend, Harmony, who is now a vampire. Spike is searching for the Gem of Amara, which will make him un-killable while he’s wearing it. Meanwhile, Buffy is making headway with Parker and the two eventually sleep together, while Anya propositions Xander.”


Friday 21 February 2014

Angel, "Lonely Hearts" Review (1x02)

Brief Synopsis: “Doyle receives a new vision that sends Angel Investigations to a club called D'Oblique. While searching the crowd, Angel meets a woman called Kate, who seems to be the type that the killer has been targeting. The next night, Angel manages to find a clue to the killer’s location. However, someone else is heading to the same place at the same time and comes to the conclusion that Angel himself is the murderer.”


Tuesday 18 February 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Living Conditions" Review (4x02)

Brief Synopsis: “Dorm life proves to be a challenge for Buffy, as she has to deal with a roommate who is more than a little difficult. Kathy plays music that Buffy hates, labels all her food in the refrigerator, borrows clothes without asking, and gets in the way of Buffy's Slayer duties. She even starts flirting with Parker, Buffy's first college infatuation. Eventually, Buffy comes to the only logical conclusion: Kathy is evil and must be killed.”


Saturday 15 February 2014

Angel, "City Of" Review (1x01)

Brief Synopsis: “Having left Sunnydale and his true love behind, Angel is searching for a place to call his own and a means to redeem himself for his past sins. Doyle, a half-human/half-demon, is sent to him by "The Powers That Be" to help him on his path. Doyle has a vision of a young girl in trouble, Tina, prompting Angel to go on his first mission to help the helpless.”


Wednesday 12 February 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "The Freshman" Review (4x01)

Brief Synopsis: “It's a new school year and Buffy is matriculating at UC Sunnydale. Willow is completely in her element in a place of higher learning and Oz already knows half of the campus due to his band playing there. Giles is entertaining a lady friend who is visiting from England, and Xander is away on a cross-country trip. Meanwhile, Buffy feels like a fish out of water. Her classes are harder, she feels lonely, and her roommate is too annoyingly perky for words. But when a fellow student goes missing and Buffy suspects supernatural badness, she begins to think that college life may not be so different after all.”


Monday 10 February 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Graduation Day Part One & Two" Review (3x21 & 3x22)

Brief Synopsis: “The Scoobies receive some valuable information from Anya, who has actually witnessed an ascension. She reveals that The Mayor plans to transform himself into a pure demon. When Angel is poisoned by Faith, Buffy faces Faith one last time in order to get the only cure to the poison: the blood of a Slayer.”

Saturday 8 February 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "The Prom" Review (3x20)

Brief Synopsis: “The biggest night in a high school student’s life is just around the corner, when strange creatures start appearing around town attacking anyone in formal wear. Meanwhile, Angel tells Buffy that he wants her to have a chance at the normal life that he could never give her. He plans to leave Sunnydale after the ascension. Buffy must put aside her own pain and try to track down the source of the demonic Hellhounds in time to save the prom.”


Thursday 6 February 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Choices" Review (3x19)

Brief Synopsis: “Buffy receives an acceptance to Northwestern University, but what should be a happy surprise turns sour when she realises that she may not be able to go away to school and still fulfil her duties as the Slayer. Buffy also manages to intercept the Box of Gavrok, a container of mystical spiders that are vital to the Mayor’s ascension. When Willow is captured, the gang must decide whether they can give up their best chance at preventing the ascension to save Willow’s life.”

Tuesday 4 February 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Earshot" Review (3x18)

Brief Synopsis: “After an encounter with a demon with no mouth, Buffy is infected with the demon's blood and she gains the ability to hear people's thoughts. At first, her newfound ability is useful for cheating on schoolwork and eavesdropping on the thoughts of those around her, but when the voices continue to flood her mind, she realises that she cannot control the power. Amid the chaos, Buffy hears a killer planning a mass murder at the school. Now she must keep herself from going mad long enough to prevent a catastrophe.”

Sunday 2 February 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Enemies" Review (3x17)

Brief Synopsis: “As a part of her new alliance with The Mayor, Faith tries to seduce Angel so that he will lose his soul again. When that fails, The Mayor summons a powerful demon to remove Angel’s soul with dark magic.”


Thursday 30 January 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Doppelgangland" Review (3x16)

Brief Synopsis: "Anya convinces an unsuspecting Willow to assist her with a spell that will return her amulet and her Vengeance Demon powers. Willow, sensing something wrong with the magic, balks at the last minute and disrupts the spell. Instead of returning the amulet, the spell summons the vampire version of Willow from the alternate universe in ‘The Wish’, and sets her loose in Sunnydale.”

Wednesday 29 January 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Consequences" Review (3x15)

Brief Synopsis: "When Faith refuses to face up to the consequences of her actions, Buffy tries to get help from Giles and Angel. When Xander goes to confront Faith alone, however, he may be biting off more than he can chew.”

Monday 27 January 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Bad Girls" Review (3x14)

Brief Synopsis: "While on a mission to retrieve an amulet before a powerful demon called Balthazar can use it to restore his strength, Faith introduces Buffy to her reckless method of slaying, which leaves Buffy wanting more of the wild life. Meanwhile, Giles is trying to keep his cool in front of the insufferably stuffy new Watcher, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce.”

Friday 24 January 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "The Zeppo" Review (3x13)

Brief Synopsis: "When Xander realises that he isn't needed by the Scooby Gang as much as he'd like to believe, his quest to prove he's cool leads him to an unforgettable night that finds him raising the dead and rolling with a dangerous crowd that could put Sunnydale in a lot of danger. Meanwhile, the rest of the Scoobies engage in a furious battle with the Sisterhood of Jhe, an all-female demon apocalypse cult that intends to re-open the Hellmouth and bring about the end of the world.”

Wednesday 22 January 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Helpless" Review (3x12)

Brief Synopsis: "For her upcoming 18th birthday, Buffy declines the Scooby Gang's offer of a big party, hoping to celebrate with quiet reflection and a traditional trip to the ice-skating show with her father. Suddenly, Buffy finds that her Slayer abilities are fading, perhaps completely. Is this some natural event in the lifecycle of the Slayer or is it something more sinister?”

Monday 20 January 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Gingerbread" Review (3x11)

Brief Synopsis: "Picking the wrong night for mother-daughter bonding, Joyce discovers the bodies of two children in the park, apparently sacrificed in an occult ritual. Deeply disturbed by what she has seen, Joyce rallies the adults of Sunnydale, convincing them to rid the town of all magical and occult influences. Soon, however, it becomes apparent that Buffy, Willow, and Amy are themselves considered a part of the occult threat to Sunnydale.”


Saturday 18 January 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Amends" Review (3x10)

Brief Synopsis: "While the gang prepares for their Christmas vacation, Angel is haunted by visions of his violent past. The ‘ghost’ of Jenny Calendar appears to him and reminds him in great detail of the evil deeds he has committed. At first, she almost seems to be taking pity on him, but gradually her counsel grows more sinister.”


Tuesday 14 January 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "The Wish" Review (3x09)

Brief Synopsis: "Wanting to be rid of Xander for good, Cordelia comes to the conclusion that Buffy is the cause of all her problems and makes a wish that Buffy had never come to Sunnydale. A Vengeance Demon called ‘Anyanka’ grants the wish.”

Sunday 12 January 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Lovers Walk" Review (3x08)

Brief Synopsis: "Spike returns to Sunnydale a broken vampire. Drusilla has left him and he will do anything to win her back, including kidnapping Willow and Xander to force Willow to prepare him a love spell. In addition to this, Buffy and Angel are struggling to remain just friends with each other.”


Saturday 11 January 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Revelations" Review (3x07)

Brief Synopsis: "Xander finds out about Angel's return to Sunnydale and promptly informs the gang, who confront Buffy with the fear that he may turn evil again. Meanwhile, Faith finds herself under the wing of a new Watcher, Gwendolyn Post, a prim and proper Englishwoman who seems to be intent on showing up Giles at every turn.”


Thursday 9 January 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Band Candy" Review (3x06)

Brief Synopsis: "Mr. Trick enlists Giles' old friend Ethan Rayne to manufacture and distribute boxes of candy that turn the adult population into uninhibited, irresponsible teenagers. While the adults are indisposed, the mysterious Mayor Wilkins pays tribute to a demon called Lurconis.”

Wednesday 8 January 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Homecoming" Review (3x05)

Brief Synopsis: "Cordelia’s obsession with becoming Homecoming Queen means that Buffy misses the yearbook photos. In retaliation, Buffy runs for Homecoming Queen opposite Cordy. Meanwhile, Mr. Trick is back and he’s rallying a group of tough vampires, demons, and mercenaries together to play a game to kill the two Slayers...Slayerfest '98.”

Monday 6 January 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Beauty And The Beasts" Review (3x04)

Brief Synopsis: "On the night of a full moon, a student is found savagely mauled in the woods and the gang worry that Oz may have escaped from his cage. However, Buffy discovers that Angel has somehow returned from Hell. Due to time moving differently in Hell, he has endured centuries of torture and is now little more than a wild animal. Buffy must find a way to tell the Scoobies that Oz may be innocent and that Angel is back.”


Saturday 4 January 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Faith, Hope & Trick" Review (3x03)

Brief Synopsis: "A new Slayer arrives in town. Faith, who was called after Kendra died, seems like a fun-loving, happy teenager who fits right in with the Scooby Gang. Buffy worries that Faith may be taking her place in her friends’ hearts and then begins to suspect that the new Slayer may be hiding something.”

Thursday 2 January 2014

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Dead Man's Party" Review (3x02)

Brief Synopsis: "Buffy returns home, but finds that picking up the pieces of the life she left behind may not be as easy as she had hoped. Her mother is trying to accept her back with open arms, but she doesn't seem to trust that Buffy won't just run away again. Her friends seem happy to see her, but their odd behaviour makes it apparent that they silently resent Buffy for taking off. And, of course, before these problems can be laid to rest, the dead of Sunnydale start to rise.”