Writer:	Mere Smith
Director:	Marita Grabiak
Star:	David Boreanaz (Angel),  Amy Acker (Winifred "Fred" Burkle),  Alexis Denisof (Wesley Wyndam-Pryce),  J. August Richards (Charles Gunn),  Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase)
Recurring Role:	Andy Hallett (Lorne)
Guest Star:	Jennifer Griffin (Trish Burkle),  Gary Grubbs (Roger Burkle)

Gary Grubbs, playing Fred's father, also played in Will & Grace. Strangely enough, in both shows he plays a man from Texas with a thick Texan accent. (edit) When Fred stumbles into Caritas, she finds Lorne in a bathrobe drinking, watching tv, and smoking a cigarette, which he immediately snuffs. This is the first time Lorne is ever seen smoking. (edit) This episode scored a rating of 4.2/6 in the overnight Nielsen ratings, ranking 6th out of 18 WB shows for that week. (edit) This episode marks the first appearence of Fred's parents, Roger Burkle (Gary Grubbs) and Trish Burkle (Jennifer Griffin), they will appear in two more episodes of the series, the largest number for a parent in the buffyverse, except, of course, for Joyce. (edit) In an earlier version of the script, Fred's family was a little bigger.
Trish: I take it Fred's never mentioned us? Cordelia: Oh, sure she does, all the time. Let's see...there was a mother and...a father and...possibly a sibling? Trish: Two brothers and a sister. Cordelia: Three siblings! Yes! A trio of siblings that Fred has mentioned to us. (edit)

Fred: This has been the best night ever. First, there's you taking me to ice cream, then there's the ice cream, then that monster jumps out of the freezer and you're all brave and, "Fred, watch out!," and then we get to chase it down into the sewers which are just so bleak and oppressive and homey. I-I could build a condo down here.
Angel: Well, I'm glad you're having fun. (edit) Angel: So where do we start? Where would Fred go?
Gunn: We could hit all the local taco stands. Joke. Kind of. (edit) Wesley: (to Fred's father) Angel is a vampire, but he has a soul. Long story. I'll explain if we live. (edit) Cordy: But, Angel we're your friends, and and it's not healthy to repress stuff like this. You need to share your pain, express those feelings of grief and longing or... the curiosity is gonna kill me!
Angel: Oh,no. Wouldn't want that.
Fred: Personally, I don't care at all what happened.
Cordy: Shut up, Fred. (edit) Cordelia: Voila! That's French for 'I think we stopped the bleeding'.
Fred: Thanks, Cordelia.
Cordelia: Next up, Multiple stab wounds. Angel!
Angel: Uhh! It's my turn! Oh, yay!
Cordelia: What a dork. (edit)

When Angel is holding the severed head and claiming it's a prop, you can see the blood puddling beneath him. In the next shot when he tosses it away, the puddle is gone without a trace. (edit)

Lorne: It turns out massacres are a lot like sitting through Godfather III: once is enough.
Lorne refers to arguably the least popular film in the Godfather trilogy. (edit) Lorne: I was kind of goin' for a Dresden-after-the-bombing sorta feel.
Lorne compares the demolished Caritas to that of the terror bombing of the cultural centre in Dresden, Germany in 1945. (edit) Angel: Durslar Beasts are pretty Faulknerian. Lotta sound, no fury.
Angel compares the demon to the book The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. (edit) Trish: I mean, Rog's always had a thing for those disgusting "Alien" movies, all the slime and teeth. Ugh, he just can't get enough of them. Except for that last one they made - I think he dozed off.
A reference to the four Alien movies. Also an in-joke jab at Joss Whedon, who was credited as co-writing the fourth movie, Alien: Resurrection, though his script was extensively rewritten. Many fans consider the fourth movie the worst of the lot. (edit) Lorne: Figures, right when Judge Judy's gonna lay the smack down.

Judge Judy is a popular TV personality who has her own syndicated court show. She's considered to be extremely harsh in her judgments and how she deals with people. (edit)