I, Robot...You, Jane

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Willow pursues an online relationship that quickly turns sour when he makes an attempt to turn her against her friends.

Pinch Sitter

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Daria is roped into taking Quinn's babysitting job in the hopes that she can use her experience to complete her history essay.

Secret Diary of a Call Girl Overview: Series 01

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To the public, Hannah Baxter leads a perfectly normal life, but behind closed doors she becomes Belle de Jour, a high-class escort with an extensive list of clients and a reputation to maintain. Determined to keep her activities secret from friends and family, Hannah must balance her social life with Belle's nightlife without arousing suspicion.

Rough in the Diamond

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A wealthy client offers Belle the opportunity to leave her agency behind in favor of life as an international courtesan, leading to a grueling interview process as well as a number of difficult decisions.

Coming Up: Monday, Thursday

There are two finales coming up this week, both of which will be accompanied by their own overview, and may provide a perfect jumping-on point for anyone still unsure of whether or not they want to check out these shows.

Week Six

The theme of the week is the connection between characters, whether that connection is expressed through romance or friendship. These bonds are often broken or deteriorating, and this week the narratives are designed either to strengthen the casts' desire to stay together, or accept that they may already have outlived their relationships.

Our Mrs. Reynolds

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Mal finds a stowaway on board who claims to have married him in a drunken stupor and must find a way to get her off the ship without hurting her feelings.

Get Happy

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Linda's request for an allowance to individualize her work space results in all the employees being divided into cliques based on assigned interests.

Internal Investigation

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Sam struggles to investigate the death of a man under police custody as Gene and the rest of the team work to cover up evidence.

Angel

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Buffy is forced to come to terms with her feelings for Angel when she learns the truth about his past and how he is connected to the Master.

The Lab Brat

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Daria is paired with Kevin for a class assignment and tries to find ways to keep him distracted in order to get herself a passing grade. 

Passion, Reignited

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Belle is hired for a foursome, but when she's unable to find a fourth, Ben offers himself up. After interviewing a number of men that don't meet her requirements, Belle finally accepts Ben's offer.

Week Five

The theme of the week is being something you're not in order to achieve goals you might never have set for yourself, as well as the unforeseen consequences of your actions and how to deal with them.

Safe

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With two of his crew kidnapped, and a third seriously injured, Mal is forced to choose who to focus his attention on knowing that the other(s) may not survive the night.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

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Ted's employee record is mistakenly erased, causing chaos as his staff try to function in a world without him.

Broken the Land That Needs Heroes

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In attempting to infiltrate a hostage situation, Sam, Gene and Annie find themselves at gunpoint, with Sam believing that he must avoid being killed in the past to prevent his life support from being cut off in the future.

The Pack

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A number of students, including Xander, begin acting oddly after a field-trip to the zoo, leading Buffy to believe that they've become possessed by vicious animal spirits.

This Year's Model

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Daria and Jane protest Principal Li's decision to allow a modeling agency to recruit a number of students to their ad campaign.

Pro Bono

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Recent poor reviews of her work result in a lack of interest from clients, convincing Belle to accept a booking that she normally would have avoided.

Week Four

The theme of the week is unwelcome guests, and the effects they have on those that didn't invite them.

Shindig

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Mal is challenged to a duel when he confronts Inara's date to a formal dance, halting the smuggling job he had been trying to set up.

Win Some, Dose Some.

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Ted finds himself in competition with Veronica and Linda is accidentally dosed with an experimental energy supplement that creates issues in both her work and personal lives.

Once a Red

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Sam, Gene and Annie are all forced to go undercover to investigate a murder that could likely lead to a city-wide football riot.

Never Kill a Boy on the First Date

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Buffy puts her date in danger when the two of them are targeted by the Anointed One, Master's new apprentice.

Malled

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Daria's sarcastic comment about a field trip to the mall is misconstrued as a request for one, leading to Daria and Jane's attempts to get out of the outing.

Job Shared, Job Halved

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Belle brings another woman into the fray when she worries that one of her regular clients has started to lose interest.

Week Three

The theme of the week is captivity, whether through physical means or societal duties. Ropes, shackles, cages, locked doors, and threats of a bleak future are just a few of the things that keep out protagonists from their ultimate goals.

Bushwhacked

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In order to avoid capture during an Alliance investigation, Simon and River are forced to hide while the rest of the crew is interrogated in regards to the cargo they had retrieved from an abandoned vessel.

Racial Sensitivity

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Rather than replacing a motion-detecting system with a terrible glitch, Veronica employs a series of tactics in order to get around having to spend more money, in turn spending more money than the cost of replacing the system.

Honey Trap

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When Sam learns that his mother is in trouble, he gets himself personally involved in the case, winning the ire of a local crime boss.

Teacher's Pet

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Xander's attraction to the new science teacher gets him into trouble when she turns out to be a man-eating demon.

Café Disaffecto

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Daria, Jane and Quinn find themselves coerced into raising money for a new coffee house when the Lawndale cybercafé is robbed.

Control and Relief

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A repeat client expresses a desire to try S&M, giving Belle the opportunity to try her hand at pleasing a man without the use of sex.