Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 1, Episode 8

I, Robot... You, Jane (28 Apr. 1997)

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Willow unwittingly unleashes a powerful demon that takes refuge on the Internet.

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In the twelfth century, the Italian friar Thelonious used the circle of Kayless ritual to capture the demon Moloch the Corruptor into a book, hoping it would never be read. However it arrives in Sunnydale High Library; before Giles could examine it properly it's scanned into the school computer by Willow, and possesses it. Virtual evil is now able to spread trough the school network, starting with schoolboy Malcolm, Willow's brand new chat pall, for whom she even gives Xander's Bronze invitation a miss. Soon Buffy notices other normally nice students, like Dave and Fritz in her computer class, behave strangely, and start up the abandoned computer services firm CRD again. By the time Giles realizes about Moloch, the demon is very deep, powerful enough to make his minions kill Dave and abduct Willow, his unknowing deliverer to whom he declares his love. Computer-illiterate erudite Giles turns for help to his cultural rival, computer science teacher Jenny Calendar, who reveals herself as... Written by KGF Vissers

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The title refers to Isaac Asimov's science fiction classic 'I, Robot'. See more »

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Willow "signs off" her chat with Malcolm by pressing the power button on the monitor. All this would do is turn off the monitor. The computer would still be on, and still connected. See more »

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Buffy Summers: Besides, I can just tell something's wrong. My spider sense is tingling.
Rupert Giles: Your... spider sense?
Buffy Summers: Pop culture reference. Sorry.
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References Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) See more »

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Possibly the worst episode of season one
13 July 2006 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

The best thing I can say about this episode is that it introduces us to Jenny Calander, Giles' techno-pagan girlfriend. By season two, Jenny becomes an important and generally likable character, who's death drives the show in a dark, compelling direction. For now, Jenny is just the computer science teacher and who enjoys sparring with Giles. She likes computers, he likes books... a little conventional, but fun none the less. And it's nice to see Giles interacting with a grown up.

The rest of the episode, however, isn't very good. Being BTVS, even a bad episode has some interesting moments, but all in all this is one of the show's weaker efforts. It centers around Willow's online relationship with a demon-robot-thing who calls himself Malcolm and has infected the internet via an ancient book. To be fair, he does have a lovely speaking voice, but the ram horns are a bit much.

The episode is pretty dated, with computers repeatedly shown as mysterious and dangerous. (And since, I'm a technological idiot most of the time, who likes nothing better than to blame computers for everything that goes wrong in my life, you can trust me when I say this episode gets a little heavy handed.) I wish Angel had been around in this episode, as his computer ignorance and tendency to live in the past are often played for laughs over on "Angel." He'd add another computer-phobic element to the story. And its nice that Willow gets an episode, but she'll get far better ones than "I Robot...You Jane" in later seasons. If you're watching the show on DVD, you can probably skip this episode and not miss much.

My favorite part of the episode: Malcolm's changes to the world's computer system, from leaking FBI files, to embezzling funds from churches to fiddling with Sunnydale High's student book reports. "Nazi Germany was an example of a well ordered society... What?!?... I didn't write this."


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