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{{Infobox television episode |
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| series=[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] |
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| season=6 |
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| episode=5 |
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| airdate={{Start date|2001|10|23}} |
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| production=6ABB05 |
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| writer=[[David Fury]]<br />[[Jane Espenson]] |
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| director=[[Nick Marck]] |
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| guests=*[[Anthony Head|Anthony Stewart Head]] as [[Rupert Giles]] |
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*[[Danny Strong]] as [[Jonathan Levinson]] |
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*[[Adam Busch]] as [[Warren Mears]] |
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*[[Tom Lenk]] as [[Andrew Wells]] |
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*[[Amber Benson]] as [[Tara Maclay]] |
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*Paul Gutrecht as Tony |
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*[[Noel Gugliemi|Noel Albert Guglielmi]] as Vince |
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*Enrique Almeida as Marco |
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*[[Jonathan Goldstein (actor)|Jonathan Goldstein]] as Mike |
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*Winsome Brown as Woman Customer |
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*Christopher May as Male Customer |
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*David J. Miller as Rat-Faced Demon |
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*Andrew Cooper Wasser as Slime-Cover Demon |
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*Richard Beatty as Small Demon |
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*[[James C. Leary]] as [[List of minor Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters#Clem|Clem]] |
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*Jennifer Shon as Rachel |
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*Jabari Hearn as Steve |
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*Derrick McMillon as Ron |
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*Clint Culp as Bartender |
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*Mark Ginther as Horned Demon |
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*[[Alice Dinnean|Alice Dinnean Vernon]] as Mummy Hand |
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| episode_list = List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes |
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| prev=[[Flooded (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Flooded]] |
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| next=[[All the Way (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|All the Way]] |
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"'''Life Serial'''" is the fifth episode of season 6 of the television series ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. |
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==Plot== |
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[[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] returns from her visit with [[Angel (Buffyverse)|Angel]] but refuses to talk about it. Instead, the Scoobies discuss Buffy's future plans. Not knowing what she wants to do in life, Buffy agrees to audit the classes [[Willow Rosenberg|Willow]] and [[Tara Maclay|Tara]] are taking until the next semester starts. Meanwhile, the [[Trio (Buffyverse)|Trio]] prepare for their competition to test Buffy, setting up their van with high-tech monitoring equipment. |
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At school, Buffy finds herself overwhelmed by a class she takes with Willow. Buffy later meets up with [[Tara Maclay|Tara]] for Art History, but before class begins [[Warren Mears|Warren]] tags her with a tiny device that causes time to fast-forward. Buffy is dazed as the world whizzes around her; when she finally notices the device Warren planted on her, it self-destructs and puts Buffy back in normal time. |
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Buffy works with [[Xander Harris|Xander]] at his construction job, telling him about the time situation at school before she is introduced to Tony, the boss. [[Andrew Wells|Andrew]] summons demons from the van, which trash the construction site before Buffy kills them. Unfortunately, Buffy knocks Tony unconscious and the construction men she saves refuse to admit they were saved by a girl. Xander gets mad at Buffy for bringing slaying to his work place but understands that something is happening. However, he is still forced to fire her. |
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Buffy learns about working at The Magic Box from [[Rupert Giles|Giles]] and [[Anya Jenkins|Anya]] as [[Jonathan Levinson|Jonathan]] begins a spell to [[Time loop|loop time]] until Buffy satisfies a customer. Buffy assists a man with a candle sale and then goes downstairs to fetch a live mummy hand for a female customer, but the hand attacks her and she is forced to kill it, which also kills the sale. Events start to repeat as Buffy must help the customers and fight the mummy hand over and over again, being reduced to tears out of frustration. She is stuck in an unsolved dilemma, but soon Buffy is able to end the spell by telling the woman she will order the hand instead of going downstairs to fight with the one they already have. Stressed out by the repeating time and the job itself, Buffy walks out. All the while, the three villains keep scores on their Buffy attacks. |
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Later that night, Buffy gets drunk with [[Spike (Buffyverse)|Spike]] at his crypt. Completely hammered, Buffy goes with Spike to a bar where he plays poker (using kittens as currency) and searches for information. After the poker game ends badly, Buffy rants to Spike about the new low her life has reached with her inability to understand school or get a decent job. Buffy and Spike notice a black van; the Trio notices Buffy approaching with alarm. |
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Jonathan, disguised as a fake demon, appears from behind the van and threatens Buffy, but he is beaten down while the van drives away. With the use of smoke to confuse the slayer and vampire, Jonathan runs away and complains to Warren and Andrew who realize they now have much information on Buffy's fighting style that can be used against her. Buffy begins to recover from her drunken state and complains to Giles about her life. He consoles her and offers her a cheque to help pay for all the expenses. Buffy says she is happy that Giles will always be there, but the look on Giles's face suggests that he might not always be. |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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{{wikiquote|Buffy the Vampire Slayer#Life Serial|Life Serial}} |
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* {{IMDb episode|0533455|Life Serial}} |
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{{Buffy episodes}} |
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[[Category:Buffy the Vampire Slayer (season 6) episodes]] |
[[Category:Buffy the Vampire Slayer (season 6) episodes]] |
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[[Category:2001 American television episodes]] |
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