1x08 I, Robot... You, Jane - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episode Guide

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

- Episode 01x08

Episode: 01x08
Title: I, Robot... You, Jane
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 4V08
First Aired: Apr. 28, 1997

Season 1 » Episode #08 - I, Robot... You, Jane

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - 01x08 I, Robot... You, Jane

Summary: When a demon named Moloch is accidentally released into the Sunnydale computer system, he begins to go target Willow, by posing as a teenage boy named Malcolm and chatting with her through Internet connection. However, Buffy becomes concerned with Willow's growing relationship with this mystery boy and tries to uncover the truth. When she gets her nose in too deep, Moloch sends his minions to dispose of her.

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01x08 I Robot, You Jane (44:50) (Full Episode)

Willow's Stalker (02:59)

Tracing Letters (03:10)

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Jenny Calendar	played by Robia LaMorte
Dave	played by Chad Lindberg
Fritz	played by Jamison Ryan
Thelonius	played by Pierrino Mascarino
School Nurse	played by Edith Fields
Male Student	played by Damon Sharpe
Malcolm	voiced by Mark Deakins
Moloch	voiced by Mark Deakins
News Caster	played by Dirk M�ller (IV)

	Season 1 / Episode 8: - I, Robot... You, Jane Giles: I'm just gonna stay and clean up a little. [walks towards the stacks carrying books] I'll-I'll, uh, I'll be back in the middle ages. Jenny Calendar: Did you ever leave?
	Season 1 / Episode 8: - I, Robot... You, Jane Giles: I need your help. But before that, um, I need you to believe something that, um, you may not want to. Uh, there's, uh- Something's got into... i-i-inside... There's a demon in the Internet. Jenny Calendar: I know.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: When the demon is looking through the computer for Buffy's file, her name on the list of students says she is a senior with a 3.4 GPA, and that her birthday is 10/24/80. The file opens with her correct status (Junior) and birthday (10/24/80), and lists her GPA as 2.8. The camera goes off the computer screen and when it comes back, the file lists Buffy as being a senior with the birthday 5/6/79, with a GPA of 2.8. Also later in series 6 ("The Gift"), Buffy's birth year is marked on her grave stone as 1981, conflicting with both sets of information in "I Robot, You Jane".
MISC: You see Malcolm scrolling through student profiles looking for Buffy, but if you play the scene in slow motion you see him scroll past the same student photos (including Buffy's) several time before finding her.
FAKE: After Malcolm scans through the student database looking for Buffy, he sends the information to Fritz's computer. Before the information pops up on Fritz's screen, a normal Macintosh desktop can be seen with a folder icon labeled "Buffy...I, Robot". This folder's window is open and the folders inside labeled "Scene 10", "Scene 11", and "Scene 12" can be seen. The menu bar disappears as the application that runs the computer's animation begins and is replaced with a different menu bar.

TRIVIA

Buffy's birthday was celebrated in the episode first aired on or near 19 January each year. In this episode, Malcolm brings up Buffy's school records on his computer. In the first view, we see that Buffy was born on 24 October 1980, and that she is a sophomore. The second time we see Buffy's records, her birthday is 6 May 1979, and she is a senior. (She is also shown with two different GPAs, one of them excellent.) Joss Whedon finally decreed Buffy's birthday to be 19 January 1981.
Series creator Joss Whedon provides the (uncredited) voice of the newscaster in this episode, his only on-air appearance in the seven year run of the show. He did make one on-screen appearance on this show's spin-off, "Angel".
Jenny Calendar was originally going to be named Nicki, but it was later changed in order to avoid on-set confusion with Nicholas (Nicky) Brendon.