5.15 - I Was Made to Love You

A robot is looking for Warren.


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A lot happens in this episode, and I just watched it, so I'm going to try to get through it without getting choked up. You know what happens at the end.

So...this is the first appearance of Warren, who plays a huge part in season 6. He's built a robot to be his girlfriend and when he decided it wasn't working out, he just left her, so now she's looking everywhere for him.

Again, it's sad. There's a theme going on lately about unreturned love. It's rough. Sad part of life that you don't want to think too much about because it's painful.

So that happens, but what surprised me was how much I actually felt sympathy for the robot as her power is fading. Robots aren't alive, but it's the illusion of life...or maybe put it this way. What is life? Is life flesh and blood, or is it feelings and thoughts? Was there some part of the super hot robot chick that was alive, even though she was programmed to be what she was?

Then we have the revelation of Spike going to Warren and telling him to make him a Buffy robot. That's going to be interesting.

But the real event here is...the death of Joyce Summers. Off screen. By no obvious evil thing. No vampire did this to her, no demon, or monster. She was sick...and now she's dead. Eyes open, staring into nothing. Man, I'm about to cry typing this. It's weird, you know? You get so attached to these characters. Yes, I know they are actors and that it's not real, but sometimes it feels real. It'd be so much easier to cope with it if you knew she was taken out by something evil. Then there'd be the quest for revenge. Some closure. We don't get that. We just get Buffy standing over her mother's body, reverting back to a little girl, calling for her mommy.

Rating: 8/10