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This topic looks at the episode's structural play with the "Anointed One" prophecy and how the show tricks both the characters and the audience. Never Kill A Boy On The First Date S1 E5 - Lisa M. Lilly

This paper would focus on the central conflict of the episode: Buffy’s attempt to balance her Slayer duties with a standard teenage social life. [S1E5] Never Kill a Boy on the First Date

Discuss how the funeral home climax literalizes the "death" of her social life. This topic looks at the episode's structural play

Analyze the Emily Dickinson subplot as a metaphor for Buffy’s performance of "intellectual femininity" to fit Owen's expectations. [S1E5] Never Kill a Boy on the First Date