premiere air date: October 7, 2001
summary: No bounty this time, just weirdness. Jet gets swindled by Faye
(he's so trusting!), and having lost all of his clothes he goes to the storage
bay to get a blanket. While there, something bites him. Spike and Faye dismiss
it as a rat, but soon they discover the seriousness of the injury. One by one,
each member of the crew becomes a victim of this unknown enemy until only Spike
is left to deal with it. The ending to this episode is truly classic. One of my
favorite episodes, "Toys" still makes me laugh every time I see it. Maybe it’s
seeing Spike cook. Maybe it's the "Lesson" narrations, which gives you an idea
of each characters' quirks. Maybe it's the "space thriller" parody. Most of all
I think that the comedy in "Toys" owes a lot to the English dub scriptwriters;
they really start coming into their own on this episode. The flow of the dialogue
and the way the characters interact feels more natural than before.
rating: A
