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 * https://screenrant.com/best-episodes-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/
 * https://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/ranking-every-episode-of-buffy-the-vampire-slayer
 * TV Guide Kaitlin Thomas (21st)
 * TVLine (12th)


 * Bad Girls: turning point for Faith and the audience, this episode and the ones that follow attack the paradigm of "American individualism" and "utilitarianism" https://archive.org/details/existentialjossw0000rich/page/52/mode/2up
 * This "pivotal episode [...] illustrates the dangers of peer pressure by exploring the intoxicating effect of power". https://archive.org/details/televisedmoralit0000stev/page/118/mode/2up
 * Faith's Nietzschean view on morality https://archive.org/details/buffyvampireslay00sout/page/26/mode/2up
 * Faith and Choice in the works of Joss Whedon: page 135

Analysis
Picking up from "Bad Girls", the episode continues Faith's cautionary tale as Buffy's "evil twin", representing the path Buffy might have taken under different circumstances. At one point in the episode, Faith points out how alike they are, saying, "You know it could be you."

The Slayers' moral perspectives are contrasted in the scene where, in response to Buffy's insistence that Slayers are not superior, Faith counters: "We are better. People need us to survive. In the balance, nobody's going to cry over some random bystander who got caught in the crossfire." English professors Gary Heba and Robin Murphy contend that this moral schism can be explained by Friedrich Nietzsche's notion of master–slave morality, whereby society can be divided into a ruling "master" class and a subordinate "slave" class. By embracing her role as a Slayer, Faith identifies with the "master" class and sees ordinary people as beneath her. Conversely, Buffy resents her higher calling and sees her role as being one of servitude. Philosophy professor Karl Schudt similarly says that from Faith's perspective, her power means she should not have to concern herself with the well-being of ordinary people, just as "masters" are not bound by the moral code of "slaves".

Buffy insists that she will mourn innocent deaths.


 * Rabb and Richardson
 * Faith rationalizes that the good she has done as a Slayer outweighs the bad; compares to Crime and Punishment https://archive.org/details/existentialjossw0000rich/page/32/mode/2up
 * "utilitarian cost-benefit analysis" https://archive.org/details/existentialjossw0000rich/page/50/mode/2up
 * Reveals a lot about Buffy's moral stance too. For Buffy, "Moral discourse is neither abstract nor impersonal" https://archive.org/details/existentialjossw0000rich/page/50/mode/2up
 * Argues that Faith is an example of Sartre's concept of "Bath Faith"/avoiding her guilty conscience in Sartrean "bad faith". Faith is compelled to join the Mayor by Buffy's Sartrean "Look"; Buffy's external perspective of her as a "criminal" drives Faith to actually become one. "Faith thus plays the role which Buffy, through her judgmental attitude, has in effect, unwittingly chosen for her. https://archive.org/details/existentialjossw0000rich/page/34/mode/2up
 * "Faith's first step toward the dark side" https://archive.org/details/existentialjossw0000rich/page/148/mode/2up


 * Televised Morality:
 * For Buffy, power = responsiblity; for Faith, power = superiority https://archive.org/details/televisedmoralit0000stev/page/118/mode/2up
 * " 'Consequences' [...] explores the results of Faith's killing of a human being." https://archive.org/details/televisedmoralit0000stev/page/174/mode/2up
 * Faith's refusal to trust in Buffy's community https://archive.org/details/televisedmoralit0000stev/page/142/mode/2up
 * Faith refuses to accept any accountability... leads to her self-destruction https://archive.org/details/televisedmoralit0000stev/page/220/mode/2up
 * Karl Schudt: Nietzehcean master/slave dynamic https://archive.org/details/buffyvampireslay00sout/page/28/mode/2up
 * Fighting the Forces: Faith as Buffy's dark side: "You know it could be you" https://archive.org/details/fightingforceswh0000unse/page/146/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/fightingforceswh0000unse/page/12/mode/2up
 * Buffy and the Heroine's Journey: page 111
 * Dusted : Second part of the morality tale from "Bad Girls"; Faith as Buffy's "evil twin"; represents what Buffy could have been
 * The Philosophy of Joss Whedon: moral dichotomy between Buffy and Faith; Nietzehcean master/slave dynamic

Reception

 * Buffy scholar Nikki Stafford
 * Keith Topping: scathing review