Rob
It may not have Britney, but I Was Made To Love is still a hit with me. Shonda Farr's portrayal of April is endearingly cute without become sickly.

Just when we think Buffy is to make yet another boyfriend faux-pax with Ben, the Slayer wrong foots the audience and calls the whole thing off.

As for the episode's ending, it still send a chill down my spine. Devastating.

By the way, isn't it always the same with sex toys? Just when things get interesting, the batteries run out.

James
It's odd how even a fairly standard episode of Buffy can still be incredibly poignant. This obeys the structure of all too many Season Five episodes (madcap monster chase), only it suddenly takes a tangent, as we realise that this particular monster is a poor, abused creature.

The scenes between Buffy and the dying robot are especially poignant, and bring to light a growing dissatisfaction for Buffy with her "I slay, therefore I am" ethic. Suddenly, we have Buffy pummelling this week's threat to death, and then sitting down for a chat with it. The robot only did what it was told to do - the person Buffy should really be going after is the unhappy inventor.

Thought-provoking as all this is, there are still moments with the love robot on the rampage that are just plain daft, and appear to have wandered in from a dumb episode of Lois and Clark.

Ann
A film I�ve always detested above all others is the 80�s teen "comedy" Weird Science, in which two bratty American kids build themselves a perfect woman - and get away with it. The horrible message this sent out made me want to give all the characters a slap, but of course I couldn�t. Well, now I can get over it, because I Was Made to Love You does exactly that.

Starting off as a light-hearted look at the nature of relationships, it ends up as one of the creepiest Buffys. Though the only threat is a cheerful, pleasant girl-robot, her naïve, obsessive stalking is somehow scarier than the filthiest fiend from the pit, because it touches on reality.

Warren is even worse, unable to even understand what he�s done let alone take responsibility for it. Not only has he created a love-slave, he�s created one who actively embraces her slavery - Buffy should have slapped him sideways into next week!

Like all the best of the series, this episode makes serious points but keeps it light - at least until that shocking last scene.