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Some of the promos for this episode referred to the show as "Buffy the Guidance Counselor." edit »
After Buffy kicks Peter the second time and he falls he drops the knife and it's nowhere in sight. In the next shot he's holding it again, but when Buffy picks it up to throw at the demon she picks it up from where he first dropped it. edit »
When talking to Cassie in the library, Dawn's hair is straight. When she gets home and talks to Buffy, Xander and Willow at the house, she has sections that have been curled. edit »
When Cassie falls down, her head is upright, looking up at the ceiling, in the next scene her head is towards Buffy and then up again towards the ceiling. edit »
In the scene where Buffy talks to the Principal after meeting Cassie, either her shirts neckline or her necklace changes length and then changes back while she's talking. edit »

Mr. Newton: So, is she screwing up her grades again? Because she's not the sharpest apple in the barrel. edit »
Principal Wood: Talk like that is taken pretty seriously where I come from.
Buffy: The hood?
Principal Wood: Beverly Hills. Which is... a hood. edit »
Peter: Who are you?!
Spike: I'm a bad man! edit »
Cassie: Summers... hey, are you the counselor's little sister?
Dawn: No. She's my sister. edit »
Josh: I'm worried that I'm gay.
Buffy: Okay, first of all, I... I think it's great that you would come and talk to me about this. And second of all, you should know that there is nothing shameful about being gay, nothing.
Josh: I-I know, it's just, I'm not positive, so uh, I was thinking that, why don't you go on a-a date with me so I can be sure? (He grins) edit »
Cassie: I sit alone at my windowsill. Trees crackle, sunshine blares. And children laugh like death. Their sharp happiness is a knife to me. One jealous snake on a windowsill. They will be here, trees and sun... and children with canes and pruney skin. When I am but a memory, a laugh in the trees of time. I sit alone and try to love them. I sit alone, a snake. I sit alone and try to love them. I sit alone and laugh. edit »
Xander: From beneath you it devours. It's not the friendliest jingle, is it? It's no, "I Like Ike", or "Milk: it does a body good." edit »
Buffy: See? You can make a difference.
Cassie: And you will. edit »
Dawn: Uh huh, you didn't because you tried. You listened and you tried. She died because of her heart, not because of you. She was my friend because of you. I guess sometimes you can't help.
Buffy: So then what? What do you do when you know that? What do you do when you know maybe you can't help? edit »
Willow: Have you googled her yet?
Xander: Willow! She's 17! edit »
Spike: There's evil. Down here. Right here. I'm a bad man. William is a baaaaad man. I hurt the girl. I hurt you, Buffy, and I will pay. I am paying. Because I hurt the girl. edit »
Cassie: How can you say that? You think I want this? That I don't care? Believe me, I want to be here, to do things. I want to graduate from high school. I want to go to the stupid Winter Formal. I have this friend, and it would be fun to go with him. Just to dance, hear lame music, to wear a silly dress and laugh and stuff. I'd like to go. There's a lot I'd like to do. You know, I'd love to ice skate at Rockefeller Center. And I'd love to see my cousins grow up, see who they become... cause they're really mean and I think they're gonna be fat. I'd love to backpack. Or, I don't know, fall in love. But I won't... I just... never will. edit »
Buffy: (to Mike) You're asking my sister to the dance? And she's your second choice? edit »
Cassie: (to Spike) She'll tell you... one day, she'll tell you. edit »

While researching Cassie on the internet, Willow admits to posting "Doogie Houser fan fiction" on the web as a teenager. In real life, Alyson Hannigan's next television role as a series regular would be portraying Lily Aldrin on How I Met Your Mother along side Neil Patrick Harris, the actor who portrayed Doogie Houser. edit »
DB Woodside and Glenn Morshower would later work together on 24. edit »
According to the watchers guide Vol.3 Anya was in this episode, but her scene was cut due to length. Anya was suppose to seek vengeance, but instead counsels a woman. edit »
Back to the beginning reference: The only other time we encounter students doing demonic worship on campus was in 'Reptile Boy'. Note that both of these situations had a demon offering wealth and power, and girls being sacrificed to that demon. edit »
Most of the time on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, when a character uses a computer, it's an iBook, made by Apple Computers. The crew of Buffy and Angel must have a deal with Apple, because Apple computers are used on both shows many times. edit »
If you turn on the Closed Captioning display during the library scene with the demon near the end of the episode, you will see that the demon has two lines. They read, in close succession, "GRRRR..." and "ARRRGH..." edit »
The date of the headstone on Tara's grave (May 7th 2002) is the same as the original airdate of 'Seeing Red', the episode where Tara died. edit »
When Buffy is talking to Principal Wood about her discussion with Cassie, Buffy says that she doesn't usually get a heads up before somebody dies. She then says, "No, no not since..." It's possible she's talking about the events that occurred in 'Prophecy Girl', 'Earshot' or even 'Intervention'. edit »
Despite her position as a series regular on the opening titles, Emma Caulfield does not appear in this episode. edit »
Tara's tombstone reveals her date of birth as it reads:
Tara Maclay
October 16, 1980 - May 7, 2002
Assuming that the episode takes place in the same week that it premiered, it can also be suggested that Willow visited the grave in honor of Tara's 22nd birthday. edit »
Principal Robin Wood grew up in Beverly Hills. edit »
Willow feels finally strong enough to visit Tara's grave. edit »
Willow used the Google web search engine (www.google.com) to find out more about Cassie. edit »
It's the second time Buffy refers to herself as 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.' The first time was Season 3's "Anne." edit »

Xander: It's not the friendliest jingle, is it? It's no "I like Ike" or "Milk, it does a body good".
"I Like Ike" was the 1952 Presidential election campaign slogan of General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike was his nickname).

"Milk, it does a body good" was the slogan of America's National Dairy Board in the 1980s. edit »
Visual: Willow visits Tara's grave, places stones on headstone
Willow is performing a Jewish ceremony of honoring the dead when visiting the grave of loved ones. Stones are placed on the headstone while reciting prayers for the dead to be at peace in the afterlife. edit »
Character name: Cassandra ("Cassie")
Cassandra was made a prophet by the god Apollo, but then was cursed so that no one would ever believe her prophecies, though they were always true. Among other things she foresaw her own murder, but couldn't prevent it. edit »
Buffy: I bet it's 'cause you forgot the boombox playing some heavy metal thing like... Blue Clam Cult?
Buffy is actually thinking of Blue Oyster Cult, a rock band made famous in the 1970's by the song "Don't Fear the Reaper." edit »
Visual: Cassie reading
Cassie is reading Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five. The novel is largely concerned with themes of free will vs. predestination - the protagonist Billy Pilgrim is "unstuck in time" and thus knows about some things before they happen (but is apparently powerless to change them). edit »