Life Serial (23 Oct. 2001)

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

Director:

Nick Marck

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator), David Fury,

Stars:

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Buffy decides that in order to take care of herself and Dawn she must get back to college and find herself a job. This all becomes much more difficult when the nerd Trio decide to present the Slayer with a series of challenges to determine the extent of her abilities.

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Plot Keywords:

lesbian | sister sister relationship | heroine | time loop | female protagonist

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Latin

Release Date:

23 October 2001 (USA)

Filming Locations:

1800 Stewart St., Santa Monica, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mutant Enemy, Kuzui Enterprises, Sandollar Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

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.

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Goofs

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.

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Quotes

Xander Harris: Don't mind him. He may seem pig ignorant, rude, and a little hostile. Have fun!

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Connections

References The Living Daylights (1987)

User Reviews

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.