Buffy matters - if anything, the series solidified the serial TV musical episode. But it also did so much for TV with its experimental storytelling and ahead-of-its-time genre-bending. Dr. Sabrina Boyer and I discuss these things, personal connections to Buffy, and a little bit about Buffy Studies. “Fighting the Forces: What’s at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer” - Edited by Rhonda Wilcox and David Lavery - https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780742516816/Fighting-the-Forces-Whats-at-Stake-in-Buffy-the-Vampire-Slayer “Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer” - Rhonda Wilcox, https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/why-buffy-matters-9780857717917/ “Why are Americans Afraid of Dragons?” - Ursula K LeGuin https://w3.ric.edu/faculty/rpotter/temp/waaaod.pdf “Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon” - Michael Adams https://academic.oup.com/book/48386?login=false “The Body” - Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 5, Ep 16 “Lie to Me” - Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2, Ep 7 “The Weight of the World” - Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 5, Ep 21 “Chosen” - Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 7, Ep 22