BTVS Episode Poll: 6.05 Life Serial

1. Favorite segment?

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College goes too fast
3 (14.3%)
Construction is full of misogynist jerks
0 (0.0%)
The retail day will never end
8 (38.1%)
Whiskey, tequila, and kitten poker
9 (42.9%)
Other
1 (4.8%)

2. Assume the Trio wasn’t messing with her. Do you think Buffy would have had success during any of her three “normal world” days?

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Yes, college
5 (25.0%)
Yes, construction
6 (30.0%)
Yes, retail
1 (5.0%)
What, are you kidding? Of course not.
6 (30.0%)
Other
2 (10.0%)

3. Buffy’s exaggerated BLEAHRRGH alcohol face.

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It’s adorable and I never get tired of it.
15 (71.4%)
It was funny at first, but then I got tired of it.
2 (9.5%)
It was funny, then I got tired of it, then I thought it was funny again.
2 (9.5%)
No opinion, really
1 (4.8%)
Hate it. Too silly.
1 (4.8%)
Other
0 (0.0%)

4. Why kittens?

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I don’t know. It’s too ridiculous. Why is the “dark, depressed” season also the “goofy” season?
1 (5.0%)
Because it’s funny. Don’t overthink.
4 (20.0%)
No, it’s a perfect BTVS thing: cute and funny at first, but kind of horrifying the more you consider it
7 (35.0%)
It serves to effectively trivialize the demons as a threat, while still making them seem -- you know, demony
8 (40.0%)
I refuse to think about what they do with the kittens. You can’t make me think about what they do with the kittens.
0 (0.0%)
Other
0 (0.0%)

5. This episode marks the first time the Trio targets Buffy specifically. How evil are they here?

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Not very evil. None of their “tests” has the potential for permanent harm.
1 (4.8%)
Moderately evil. Their pranks might be non-lethal, but it’s still pretty evil to target somebody for that kind of mystical pranking.
8 (38.1%)
Extremely evil. They are treating Buffy like she’s a video game character or action figure, with a callous disregard for her welfare and personhood.
12 (57.1%)
Other
0 (0.0%)

6. Spike tells Buffy: “You’re not a schoolgirl. You’re not a shop girl. You’re a creature of darkness, like me.” Is he right?

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Yep. Spike is being his usual insightful self.
2 (9.5%)
No way. He wants to believe it, but he's wrong.
2 (9.5%)
It's mostly a seduction tactic. He wants her to believe it.
5 (23.8%)
He’s half right. Slayer’s dual nature and all.
12 (57.1%)
Other
0 (0.0%)

7. Favorite thematic/quotable dialog

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Willow: Because social phenomena don’t have unproblematic objective existences, they have to be interpreted and given meanings by those who encounter them.
2 (9.5%)
Jonathan: Stop touching my magic bone!
3 (14.3%)
Anya: Don’t be nervous. Do what I do. Picture yourself naked.
1 (4.8%)
Buffy: Yes! And then I’m going to marry Bob Dole and raise penguins in Guam!
4 (19.0%)
Buffy: Life is stupid. Spike: I didn’t figure you were here cadging my whiskey because life is all blood and peaches.
1 (4.8%)
Spike: You’re not a schoolgirl. You’re not a shop girl. You’re a creature of darkness, like me.
2 (9.5%)
Buffy: The only person I can stand to be around is a neutered vampire who cheats at kitten poker!
7 (33.3%)
Giles: Go easy on yourself, won’t you? You don’t need to figure it out all at once
0 (0.0%)
Other
1 (4.8%)

8.Rate this episode (on a recalibrated scale where 5 is the lowest score)

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Mean: 8.35 Median: 8 Std. Dev 0.79

5
0 (0.0%)
6
0 (0.0%)
7
3 (15.0%)
8
8 (40.0%)
9
8 (40.0%)
10
1 (5.0%)