Buffy the Vampire Slayer

This line - Xander: (to Snyder) You know, I never got to tell you how glad I was that you got eaten by a snake. May link back to this exchange in the episode What's My Line Part One (2x09) - Snyder: Whatever comes out of your mouth is a meaningless waste of breath. An airborne toxic event. Xander: Well, I'm glad you feel comfortable enough to be so honest with me. And I can only hope that one day I'm in the position to be that honest with you.

Many of the events in the characters' dreams seem to predict events in later episodes. Mild spoilers may follow: Willow's dream - Tara: You don't know everything about me. This may refer to things that will be revealed in the episode Family (5x06). When Buffy rips off Willow's clothes, the outfit she is wearing is exactly the same as the one she wore in the first episode, Welcome to the Hellmouth (1x01). Xander's Dream - Spike is wearing a brown suit, and Giles says that Spike is like a son to him. This could presage the episode Tabula Rasa (6x08), in which Spike wears a brown suit and believes that he's Giles's son, Randy. Anya: I've been thinking about getting back into vengeance. This may predict a season six and seven storyline in which we explore more of Anya's history as a vengeance demon. Buffy's dream - Buffy sees her mother in the wall. On the DVD Commentary, Joss mentions that this is a metaphorical hint about Joyce's storyline in season five. The staging of this scene may also refer back to the episode School Hard (2x03) in which Buffy talked to Joyce through a hole in a door. Buffy: (she looks at the clock, which reads 7:30) It's so late. Tara: Oh ... that clock's completely wrong. These numbers were mentioned in the episode Graduation Day (2) (3x22). At that time they foretold that there were 730 days until a major event. That would mean that there is about a year left, so the "time" is, in fact, wrong. Buffy: Faith and I just made that bed. A reference to Buffy's vision/dream in the episode This Year's Girl (4x15). Tara: Be back before dawn. This very clearly refers to a major plotline in season five.

Anya is the only character other than the dreamers, the Cheese Man and the First Slayer to appear in all four dreams; Tara appears in three dreams -- Willow's, Xander's, and Buffy's; several other characters only appear in two dreams: Joyce appears in Buffy and Xander's; Riley appears only in the women's dreams and Spike in the men's.

In the wide-screen version of this episode,when Xander is going to the back of the ice-cream truck to meet Willow and Tara, you can see through the window the effect of the blue screen turned off (simply put, you see the blue screen itself). This is due to the fact that the episode was not intended to be viewed in widescreen. When the series was imported to Britain, the BBC decided to alter the episodes without Joss Whedon's consent. This showed more of the right and left of the screen than the director or editor intended, which resulted in a number of "mistakes" like this one.

When Buffy arrives at the desert area, the sand is full of footprints and tire-marks. This is probably caused by the crew setting up. It's even more obvious when the Slayers roll down the hill.