The episode, “Some Assembly Required”, creates a parallel scene to that of Frankenstein which brings modern scientific boundaries to question. In the episode, Buffy the Vampire Slayer discovers that a high school boy has been assembling a monster girlfriend for his revived dead brother. Not only is the boy using teen girl’s corpses to piece together his creation, but he also plans to take a life to finish his masterpiece. This episode is clearly linked to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. In this sense, it is trying to get the viewer to think about science today and its boundaries. What crosses the line? Is it wrong for a human being to create artificial life? When has science gone too far? Is it beneficial or immoral? These are the questions this episode inspires. Obviously this boy has crossed the line by choosing to murder someone to finish his project, but did he cross it before then? Some people would say that grave-robbing is wrong and immoral, as well as creating life unnaturally. Some people would argue that it is in the name of science and could one day possibly help people. Better yet, is it fair to that creature? It seems unfair to bring something into this world without the same experiences as a natural born human. It also doesn’t seem fair for this boy to bring his dead brother back. Did he even want to come back? Now he lives miserable and alone except for his brother, and must create some other miserable thing to be his companion.
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