S2E20: Go Fish – Steroids, Speedos, and the Sexual Politics of Sunnydale Swim Practice

<p>The swim team is winning. The coach is celebrating. And something in the steam room is peeling the skin right off Sunnydale High&#39;s elite athletes. Alan and Jarrod take on Go Fish — an episode Alan freely admits is one of his least favorite — and dig into why this Monster of the Week swims a little out of its depth. We talk Wentworth Miller&#39;s surprise Chipping Norton-meets-Clarkson&#39;s Farm cameo, the cringe-worthy victim-blaming in Snyder&#39;s office, the now-iconic gender-flipped pan-up shot of Xander in his speedo, and Cordelia&#39;s strangely tender &quot;even if you&#39;re a sea monster&quot; monologue. Plus: Willow&#39;s first interrogation scene (Jonathan cracks immediately and confesses to peeing in the pool), the &quot;creature from the Blue Lagoon&quot; mix-up, Buffy yanking a stake out of her own hair, and whether the episode&#39;s real metaphor is steroids, sexual entitlement, or the special arrogance of high school athletes (and politicians) who think the rules don&#39;t apply to them. A breather episode squeezed between I Only Have Eyes for You and what&#39;s coming next — and one that tries to flip the script on sexual politics but maybe takes a step backward instead.</p><p>#BuffyRewatch #GoFish #BtVSSeason2 #BuffyPodcast #MonsterOfTheWeek #XanderInASpeedo #SwimTeamFromHell #WentworthMiller #CreatureFromTheBlueLagoon #SunnydaleHigh #SexualPoliticsOfSunnydale #CordeliaAndXander #JonathanLevinson #PrincipalSnyder #WhoWatchesTheRewatchers #SteroidsAndSeaMonsters #ScoobyGang</p>