| Ep # |
Title |
# Speakers |
# Women |
% Women |
Bechdel |
# of Color |
% of Color |
Race Bechdel |
| 1x01 |
Pilot |
24 |
6 |
25.0% |
Fail 2 |
5 |
20.8% |
Pass?/Fail 2 |
| 1x02 |
Wendigo |
14 |
2 |
14.3% |
Fail 3 |
3 |
21.4% |
Fail 2 |
| 1x03 |
Dead in the Water |
11 |
3 |
27.3% |
Fail 2 |
0 |
0.0% |
Fail 1 |
| 1x04 |
Phantom Traveler |
23 |
6 |
26.1% |
Pass! |
1 |
4.3% |
Fail 1 |
| 1x05 |
Bloody Mary |
16 |
8 |
50.0% |
Pass! |
1 |
6.3% |
Fail 1 |
| 1x06 |
Skin |
15 |
4 |
26.7% |
Pass?/Fail 3 |
3 |
20.0% |
Pass?/Fail 2 |
| 1x07 |
Hookman |
9 |
3 |
33.3% |
Pass?/Fail 3 |
1 |
11.1% |
Fail 1 |
| 1x08 |
Bugs |
12 |
4 |
33.3% |
Pass! |
3 |
25.0% |
Fail 2 |
| 1x09 |
Home |
11 |
4 |
36.4% |
Pass! |
2 |
18.2% |
Pass?/Fail 3 |
| 1x10 |
Asylum |
9 |
2 |
22.2% |
Fail 2 |
1 |
11.1% |
Fail 1 |
| 1x11 |
Scarecrow |
17 |
5 |
29.4% |
Pass! |
1 |
5.9% |
Fail 1 |
| 1x12 |
Faith |
19 |
8 |
42.1% |
Fail 3 |
2 |
10.5% |
Fail 2 |
| 1x13 |
Route 666 |
10 |
2 |
20.0% |
Fail 3 |
4 |
40.0% |
Fail 2 |
| 1x14 |
Nightmare |
9 |
2 |
22.2% |
Fail 2 |
1 |
11.1% |
Fail 1 |
| 1x15 |
The Benders |
11 |
4 |
36.4% |
Pass?/Fail 3 |
0 |
0.0% |
Fail 1 |
| 1x16 |
Shadow |
11 |
7 |
63.6% |
Pass! |
1 |
9.1% |
Fail 1 |
| 1x17 |
Hell House |
15 |
3 |
20.0% |
Pass?/Fail 3 |
1 |
6.7% |
Fail 1 |
| 1x18 |
Something Wicked |
13 |
6 |
46.2% |
Fail 3 |
0 |
0.0% |
Fail 1 |
| 1x19 |
Provenance |
11 |
4 |
36.4% |
Fail 2 |
0 |
0.0% |
Fail 1 |
| 1x20 |
Dead Man's Blood |
12 |
4 |
33.3% |
Pass! |
0 |
0.0% |
Fail 1 |
| 1x21 |
Salvation |
11 |
4 |
36.4% |
Fail 2 |
0 |
0.0% |
Fail 1 |
| 1x22 |
Devil's Trap |
11 |
3 |
27.3% |
Pass?/Fail 2 |
0 |
0.0% |
Fail 1 |
| |
# Speakers |
# Women |
% Women |
# of Color |
% of Color |
| Total |
238 |
89 |
37.4% |
30 |
12.6% |
| Total Recurring |
15 |
4 |
26.7% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Total Non-Recurring |
223 |
85 |
38.1% |
30 |
13.5% |
| Total Deaths |
73 |
24 |
32.9% |
10 |
13.7% |
For the Bechdel test, seven episodes are clear passes and five possible passes. If we count all the possible passes as failures, zero episodes fail on count one of having at least two women speaking, seven fail on count two of having women speaking to each other, and eight fail on count three of having women speaking to each other about something other than a man. For the race Bechdel test, there is not one single clear pass (not even in the look-how-racist-we're-not episode), and only three possible passes. Counting those three as failures, fifteen episodes fail on count one, six on count two, and one on count three.
The death tally among recurring characters is 3 white females, 3 white males. Among non-recurring characters, it's 40 white males (1 gay), 17 white females, 1 black female, 4 black males, 2 part-West-Asian females, 1 part-West-Asian male, 1 Native American male, and 1 South Asian female, plus the hundred-plus passengers who died in Phantom Traveler.
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Comments (2)
Dira Sudis said
at 11:38 am on Jan 5, 2010
You're a brave woman for taking on this show, Ellie! Good luck with the counting! :)
EllieMurasaki said
at 12:54 pm on Jan 12, 2010
Note to self, do not copy stuff from Office 2007 to pbworks. Ever. Note to self redux, fix the formatting when at home, since fixing it here is obviously not working.
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