The reason why some people didn't like Spike At Your Service was because of the plot. We've seen this happen in many different shows. Character A saves Character B's life. Character B owns his/her's life to Character A and becomes their loyal, willing slave. Character A enjoys this for awhile, but they start to slowly regret saving their slave's life. Character A comes up with a plan that would have their slave save them, so that both characters would get even. Character A plan becomes truly life-threatening, and Character B comes and save their master's life. Character A finally confess that they don't want Character B to be their willing servant anymore. Both characters learn the Aesop of The Day. Cue ending credits.