Summary: Here is the long overdue episode of the Hellmouth Podcast for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode: I Robot, You Jane. Thanks to all of you who have been over to the forums on www.hellmouthpodcast.com This episode we discuss: Tips to avoid the perils of online dating The doom of relationships in the Buffyverse Technology's role in today's society My new electronic pet (iphone). AAC cards are minimal for this episode. Since I was overdue on putting the new episode out I sacrificed the screen-shots for quick delivery of the episode. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1 Episode 8 – “I, Robot…You,jane” 1) Episode starts in Cortona, Italy 1418 a) Group of young men standing before a demon. He calls Carlo over and tells him that he can give him anything he wants. All he wants in return is his love. b) When Carlo tells the demon that he loves him, the demon snaps his neck. 2) Elsewhere in Cortona, Italy a group of monks are talking about Moloch. The Corrupter. a) Interesting in Milton’s Paradise Lost, Moloch is listed as one of Satan’s Chief Angels in the war against God. b) The monks form a circle to bind him c) Circle of Kayless d) Moloch senses them casting the spell. i) Monks command the demon to come! e) Moloch is mad, he is being summoned and is trapped in the book. f) The book has his picture on the front. The monks lock up the book in a box. g) A box which is found by Buffy in the library. It is one of Giles’ new arrivals. 3) Library a) New character this episode – Dave b) Hello Jenny Calendar c) Jenny and Giles talk about Giles’ aversion to technology, his preference for books instead of computers. i) New Character – Fritz starts talking about how information is not bound by the written page anymore, it’s an “entity” (this phrasing is important) the only reality is virtual, if you aren’t jacked in you aren’t alive. ii) This is obviously an extreme standpoint. d) Ms. Calendar’s computer science class appears to be in the process of scanning library books into the computer. i) Class is over, Willow is going to stay behind and finish up the few books that she has left. e) The impression we get is that Ms. Calendar and Giles represent to stances or opinions on modern society. i) Ms. Calendar is the future. The digital age where people are insulated/isolated from each other as more things happen in virtual environments and through digital communication. ii) Giles is more tactile, he likes the feel and smell of a book and the human interaction. iii)This episode to some extent is a running commentary on that debate. f) Willow scans in the book that had the demon Moloch trapped in it using a software called Scan-O-Matique. i) As Willow scans the pages, the writing in the book disappears. ii) The computer then flashes to black screen and says “Where Am I?” 4) Opening Credits 5) School hallway – Willow is walking with a silly grin on her face. (Time has passed) a) Buffy catches up to her b) Buffy follows Willow to her locker, when she opens her locker we see a framed picture of her and Giles in her locker. c) We find out that Willow spent the night talking to a boy. Buffy wants all the details. d) Willow knows him as Malcom e) He is smart, romantic, they agree about everything… but she doesn’t know what he looks like. i) Forums people Internet dating and internet match sites? 6) Computer Science lab, a) Dave tells his computer “Yes, I will, I promise.” b) Buffy and Willow walk in, Buffy is asking Willow how she met a guy that she has never seen. c) Willow explains that she met him online. i) Buffy is instantly concerned and cautionary towards Willow. I think in the context of when the episode aired, this is probably a normal reaction. d) Willow was afraid that Buffy would react this way.
