Welcome to Illuminata, also known as If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me! This week we reach for Season 7, Episode 20: “Touched.”

In this episode, we touch on:

* Plot and Firsts (2:30)

* Initial Thoughts (9:30)

* How Are Buffy and Faith’s Plans Different? (18:30)

* Being A Hostage at Fort Buffy (23:15)

* Is Buffy As Dangerous As Mayor Wilkins Says? (33:00)

* Has Buffy Been Separating Herself from the Potentials, aka Distant Buffy S**t (35:45)

* Buffy As Neo, or Evil Neo (41:10)

* New Season 7 Pitches (43:20)

* You Sad, Sad Ungrateful Traitors — Is Spike Right? — Does Giles Have Nothing Left to Offer? — And What of Spike? — And What About Giles? (47:45)

* Reasonable or Ridiculous? — First, via Caleb, dug up scythe despite knowing they can’t have it? Giles kills Bringer as its giving information? Giles uses the word “dumb” instead of “mute”? Spike can smell where Buffy went? (1:01:00)

* Yelling (1:09:00)

* Watches (1:44:45)

* Rankings (1:54:30)

/ Full show notes at our website

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/ Beep Me Hyphen Funtime Playlist for Podcast Fans, Season 7

/ Next episode: We'll go be heroes.

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