"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Life Serial (2001)

Director:

Nick Marck

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator)
David Fury (written by) ...

TV Series:

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)

Original Air Date:

23 October 2001 (Season 6, Episode 5)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

The Triumvirate (aka The Geek Trio) begin their plans by testing Buffy's abilities and subsequently ruining her attempts at employment.

Plot Keywords:

Lesbian | Sister Sister Relationship | Heroine | Time Loop | Female Protagonist

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris
Emma Caulfield	...	Anya
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Dawn Summers
James Marsters	...	Spike
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Danny Strong	...	Jonathan Levinson
Adam Busch	...	Warren Meers
Tom Lenk	...	Andrew Wells
Amber Benson	...	Tara Maclay
Paul Gutrecht	...	Tony
Noel Gugliemi	...	Vince (as Noel Albert Guglielmi)
Enrique Almeida	...	Marco
Jonathan Goldstein	...	Mike

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Latin

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Company:

Mutant Enemy

Trivia:

This episode marks the first appearance of James Charles Leary, as one of the demons at the poker game. In this episode, he is billed as "Loose Skinned Demon," rather than the name his character was given for subsequent episodes, Clem.

Goofs:

Plot holes: When Warren makes the world fast-forward around Buffy, we never find out how the rest of the world sees her. At one point when he activates it, she is face-to-face in a conversation with Tara. If Buffy suddenly disappeared or seemed to stop moving, why wouldn't Tara panic? Instead she just leaves, and Buffy follows her outside where super-speedy students knock her down and kick her, apparently unaware of her presence. Yet they're the ones moving too fast to see, not her.

Quotes:

Rupert Giles: Buffy, a word in your ear. Um, if you, uh, think of the store as a-as a library, it'll help you to concentrate on-on service rather than selling.
Buffy Summers: Yes. And then I'm going to marry Bob Dole and raise penguins in Guam.
Rupert Giles: [Cleaning his glasses and not really listening] Yes, uh, quite right, yes.

Movie Connections:

References Logan's Run (1976)

I dislike the Trio

Although I'm a great fan of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", I must recognize that sixth season is very disappointing to me. I really hate the Trio. Nothing in them is hilarious to me. I hate a lot Warren. I hate Andrew and I don't like the idea of Jonathan as main character. To my eyes, these three are the worst "bads" of all seven seasons. Nothing to see with Glory, The Master, Spike and Drusilla. The Trio has no "glamour" and they seems have a kind of parody that I don't find at all. I think too that Joss Whedon had a big mistake with the departure of main characters very nice to me, as Riley, Tara, and also Giles, who was not yet a regular member of the cast, since the sixth season. I have would like that the relationship between Riley and Buffy continue during that season. Also, Marc Blucas is very better actor that the Trio together. With the Trio, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", lost his magic and it became a kind of self-parody. By the way, I will continue being in love with "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Sorry for my bad English.