This week on Re-Watcher's Council, we're covering the Angel Season 2 finale: "There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb" — the conclusion of the Pylea arc and one of the most gut-punch endings in the entire Buffyverse. Written and directed by David Greenwalt, this episode wraps up everything the Pylea arc set in motion: the rebellion, the Groosalugg, Lorne's family, Angel's demon form, Cordelia's reign as princess, and the question of whether this ragtag group of people can actually function as a team when everything is on the line.

This is also a big Buffyverse crossover moment — airing the same week as the Buffy Season 5 finale "The Gift" — and if you're watching in airing order like we do on Re-Watcher's Council, the weight of that ending hits completely differently.

That's a wrap on Angel Season 2 — one of the best seasons of television the Buffyverse ever produced. 🔔 Subscribe so you never miss an episode of Re-Watcher's Council, and tell us in the comments — where does Angel Season 2 rank for you overall?

This is it. The 100th episode. The Season 5 finale. The one that changes everything.

This week on Re-Watcher's Council we're covering "The Gift" — and we are not going to pretend we held it together. Glory has Dawn. The portal is opening. And the only solution anyone can think of is the one Buffy has already refused to accept. So instead she does something else entirely. Something that's been quietly signposted all season long, from the First Slayer's message to the vision quest to every single episode of grief and loss and impossible love that came before it.

We're breaking down the full final battle — the Buffybot fake-out, Xander proposing to Anya in the middle of the apocalypse (very him), Willow going full power to get Tara back, Giles making the hardest call of his life, Spike's heartbreaking moment with Buffy on the porch, Dawn's choice on the tower, and the ending that has wrecked Buffy fans for over two decades. We also dig into what this episode means as a potential series finale — because it absolutely works as one — and what it sets up going into Season 6.

Season 5 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of the greatest seasons of television ever made. This finale is why.

Princess Cordelia. The Groosalugg. Joss Whedon doing the Dance of Joy. Angel discovering he has a reflection and immediately lamenting his hair. This episode has everything. 👑

This week on Re-Watcher's Council, we're covering Angel Season 2, Episode 21: "Through the Looking Glass" — the Pylea arc's richest, most thematically dense episode and honestly one of the best of the entire season. Written and directed by Tim Minear, this one is doing a lot more than it looks like on the surface.

We dig into the episode's central theme — perception and identity. Lorne puts it best: "They start to see you a certain way, you become that image." Every character in Pylea is being reflected back differently — Cordelia as royalty, Wesley as a leader, Angel as a hero, and then as a monster — and the episode uses the looking glass of this alien world to ask hard questions about who these people really are.