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Written by Jane Espenson & Drew Goddard (but see writing credits)
Directed by Nick Marck
Guest stars
Danny Strong (Jonathan)
Tom Lenk (Andrew)
Adam Busch (Warren)
Jonathan M. Woodward (Holden Webster)
Azura Skye (Cassie)
Kristine Sutherland (Joyce)
Production no. 7ABB07
Original airdate November 12, 2002
About the Episode
Several separate encounters take place around Sunnydale on one night. What makes this particular episode unique is none of the subplots, or the characters in them, interact with each other.
On patrol, Buffy discovers that her latest vampire foe is Holden Webster, an old classmate. The two reminisce. The vampire, a psychology major in life, predicts that Buffy will never truly connect with others and reveals that Spike--believed to be unable to harm humans--was the one who killed him.
At home, Dawn is attacked by a malevolent force. She drives it off, and is visited by her mother's ghost, who predicts that she and Buffy will become enemies.
Spike picks up a woman at a bar and takes her home, where he feeds on her.
Jonathan and Andrew return from Mexico to dig up an artifact hidden near the Hellmouth. Andrew is secretly in contact with what appears to be the ghost of Warren, while Jonathan is having a personal revelation. After they dig up the artifact, Andrew, on Warren's instructions, kills Jonathan, causing his blood to spill all over a 'door' in the dirt.
In the library, Willow is visited by the ghost of Cassie, a girl Buffy once helped, who claims to have been sent by the dead Tara. The ghost relays a prediction that Willow will end up killing everyone unless she commits suicide. Willow is not fooled, and the figure reveals itself, and by implication the other ghosts, to be manifestations of The First. Buffy is briefly seen staking Holden.
Funfacts
- This is the only episode of the entire series in which Nicholas Brendon, or his character Xander Harris, does not appear. Although credited, Emma Caulfield (as Anya Jenkins) does not appear in this episode either.
- Jonathan M. Woodward, who plays Holden Webster, also appeared in every Joss Whedon series: as Knox in the fifth season of Angel, and as Tracey in the Firefly episode "The Message". All three of these characters are initially friendly (or at least helpful), but eventually die at the hands of the heroes.
- With this episode, Kristine Sutherland becomes the only actor to appear as a guest star in all seven seasons.
Quotes and trivia
- Jonathan "Me neither. Desde abajo te devora"
- Andrew: "It eats you starting with your bottom." An alternate, correct translation of the phrase that would be repeated often during Buffy's Season 7: "From beneath you, it devours."
- Andrew and Jonathan trade lines from Star Wars (A New Hope) and The Empire Strikes Back.
- Andrew references Back To The Future when he says "Think, McFly" to Jonathan
- Spike does not have any dialogue in the episode
- This is the only episode of the entire series not to feature Xander Harris.
- This is the only episode with a specific date and time given at the beginning of the episode - November 12, 2002; 8.01pm. This is the same date and time as the original airdate of the episode.
- This is one of only two episodes in the whole Buffy series that has the episode title appear on-screen at the beginning of the program. The musical episode "Once More, with Feeling" was the only other.
This episode was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.
From www.wikipedia.org
Directed by Nick Marck
Guest stars
Danny Strong (Jonathan)
Tom Lenk (Andrew)
Adam Busch (Warren)
Jonathan M. Woodward (Holden Webster)
Azura Skye (Cassie)
Kristine Sutherland (Joyce)
Production no. 7ABB07
Original airdate November 12, 2002
About the Episode
Several separate encounters take place around Sunnydale on one night. What makes this particular episode unique is none of the subplots, or the characters in them, interact with each other.
On patrol, Buffy discovers that her latest vampire foe is Holden Webster, an old classmate. The two reminisce. The vampire, a psychology major in life, predicts that Buffy will never truly connect with others and reveals that Spike--believed to be unable to harm humans--was the one who killed him.
At home, Dawn is attacked by a malevolent force. She drives it off, and is visited by her mother's ghost, who predicts that she and Buffy will become enemies.
Spike picks up a woman at a bar and takes her home, where he feeds on her.
Jonathan and Andrew return from Mexico to dig up an artifact hidden near the Hellmouth. Andrew is secretly in contact with what appears to be the ghost of Warren, while Jonathan is having a personal revelation. After they dig up the artifact, Andrew, on Warren's instructions, kills Jonathan, causing his blood to spill all over a 'door' in the dirt.
In the library, Willow is visited by the ghost of Cassie, a girl Buffy once helped, who claims to have been sent by the dead Tara. The ghost relays a prediction that Willow will end up killing everyone unless she commits suicide. Willow is not fooled, and the figure reveals itself, and by implication the other ghosts, to be manifestations of The First. Buffy is briefly seen staking Holden.
Funfacts
- This is the only episode of the entire series in which Nicholas Brendon, or his character Xander Harris, does not appear. Although credited, Emma Caulfield (as Anya Jenkins) does not appear in this episode either.
- Jonathan M. Woodward, who plays Holden Webster, also appeared in every Joss Whedon series: as Knox in the fifth season of Angel, and as Tracey in the Firefly episode "The Message". All three of these characters are initially friendly (or at least helpful), but eventually die at the hands of the heroes.
- With this episode, Kristine Sutherland becomes the only actor to appear as a guest star in all seven seasons.
Quotes and trivia
- Jonathan "Me neither. Desde abajo te devora"
- Andrew: "It eats you starting with your bottom." An alternate, correct translation of the phrase that would be repeated often during Buffy's Season 7: "From beneath you, it devours."
- Andrew and Jonathan trade lines from Star Wars (A New Hope) and The Empire Strikes Back.
- Andrew references Back To The Future when he says "Think, McFly" to Jonathan
- Spike does not have any dialogue in the episode
- This is the only episode of the entire series not to feature Xander Harris.
- This is the only episode with a specific date and time given at the beginning of the episode - November 12, 2002; 8.01pm. This is the same date and time as the original airdate of the episode.
- This is one of only two episodes in the whole Buffy series that has the episode title appear on-screen at the beginning of the program. The musical episode "Once More, with Feeling" was the only other.
This episode was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.
From www.wikipedia.org