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* EpisodeTitleCard: The only regular ''Buffy'' episode to get one (the other is the MusicalEpisode "Once More, With Feeling", which gets completely new credits).
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* DrivingADesk: The car scenes featuring Jonathan and Andrew were actually filmed in a studio, with crew members shaking the car to make it look as though it were moving.
* EpisodeTitleCard: The only regular ''Buffy'' episode to get one (the other isthe MusicalEpisode "Once "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling Once More, With Feeling", Feeling]]", which gets completely new credits).
* EpisodeTitleCard: The only regular ''Buffy'' episode to get one (the other is
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Directed by Creator/NickMarck
Written by Creator/JaneEspenson, Creator/DrewGoddard, Creator/RebeccaKirshner, Creator/DrewZGreenberg, & Creator/MartiNoxon (uncredited)
Written by Creator/JaneEspenson, Creator/DrewGoddard, Creator/RebeccaKirshner, Creator/DrewZGreenberg, & Creator/MartiNoxon (uncredited)
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** Dead Joyce lies on the couch in the same position Buffy found her at the end of "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E19IWasMadeToLoveYou I Was Made To Love You]]".
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** Dead Joyce lies on the couch in the same position Buffy found her at the end of "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E19IWasMadeToLoveYou "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou I Was Made To Love You]]".
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** Dawn apparently did learn some spellcasting techniques from Willow and Tara, as she hoped to do in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVmpireSlayerS5E2RealMe Real Me]]".
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** Dawn apparently did learn some spellcasting techniques from Willow and Tara, as she hoped to do in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVmpireSlayerS5E2RealMe "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E2RealMe Real Me]]".
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** "That time on the bridge when you sang to each other" was in "Once More With Feeling" when Tara sang "[[SerenadeYourLover Under Your Spell]]".
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** "That time on the bridge when you sang to each other" was in "Once "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling Once More With Feeling" Feeling]]" when Tara sang "[[SerenadeYourLover Under Your Spell]]".
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** "Strong like an amazon" is what Willow said in response to Tara saying "We can be strong" (about Joyce Summer's death in "The Body"). Likewise Dawn's "Mom? ...Mommy?" when trying to reach Joyce [[MeaningfulEcho echoes Buffy's first reaction]] upon seeing her mother dead.
** Dead Joyce lies on the couch in the same position Buffy found her at the end of "I Was Made To Love You".
** The music Dawn is listening to while home alone is the same Buffy was listening to while washing dishes in season 5, before breaking down and crying over their mother's sickness ("Listening to Fear").
** Dawn talks on the phone to an off-screen Kit ("Lessons").
** Dawn apparently did learn some spellcasting techniques from Willow and Tara, as she hoped to do in "Real Me".
** Dead Joyce lies on the couch in the same position Buffy found her at the end of "I Was Made To Love You".
** The music Dawn is listening to while home alone is the same Buffy was listening to while washing dishes in season 5, before breaking down and crying over their mother's sickness ("Listening to Fear").
** Dawn talks on the phone to an off-screen Kit ("Lessons").
** Dawn apparently did learn some spellcasting techniques from Willow and Tara, as she hoped to do in "Real Me".
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** "Strong like an amazon" is what Willow said in response to Tara saying "We can be strong" (about Joyce Summer's death in "The Body")."[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody The Body]]"). Likewise Dawn's "Mom? ...Mommy?" when trying to reach Joyce [[MeaningfulEcho echoes Buffy's first reaction]] upon seeing her mother dead.
** Dead Joyce lies on the couch in the same position Buffy found her at the end of"I "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E19IWasMadeToLoveYou I Was Made To Love You".
You]]".
** The music Dawn is listening to while home alone is the same Buffy was listening to while washing dishes inseason 5, "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E9ListeningToFear Listening to Fear]]", before breaking down and crying over their mother's sickness ("Listening to Fear").
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** Dawn talks on the phone to an off-screenKit ("Lessons").
Kit, who we saw in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E1Lessons Lessons]]".
** Dawn apparently did learn some spellcasting techniques from Willow and Tara, as she hoped to do in"Real Me"."[[Recap/BuffyTheVmpireSlayerS5E2RealMe Real Me]]".
** Dead Joyce lies on the couch in the same position Buffy found her at the end of
** The music Dawn is listening to while home alone is the same Buffy was listening to while washing dishes in
** Dawn talks on the phone to an off-screen
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** Buffy confesses her secrets to a vampire as opposed to her friends, as she did to Spike in Season 6 (notably "After Life").
** The First tries to convince someone to commit suicide, as in "Amends".
** The First tries to convince someone to commit suicide, as in "Amends".
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** Buffy confesses her secrets to a vampire as opposed to her friends, as she did to Spike in Season 6 (notably "After Life").
"[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E3AfterLife After Life]]").
** The First tries to convince someone to commit suicide, as in"Amends"."[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E10Amends Amends]]".
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* DivideAndConquer: The First's EvilPlan.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Holden tells Buffy she can't blame herself over her failed relationships as she's too young to settle down with a guy. This sets up her "cookie dough" speech in "[[Recap/BUffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen Chosen]]".
** Dawn playing with Buffy's weapons foretells her later belief that she is a Potential in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampimreSlayerS7E12Potential Potential]]".
** Dawn playing with Buffy's weapons foretells her later belief that she is a Potential in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampimreSlayerS7E12Potential Potential]]".
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Holden tells Buffy she can't blame herself over her failed relationships as she's too young to settle down with a guy. This sets up her "cookie dough" speech in "[[Recap/BUffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen Chosen]]".
** Dawn playing with Buffy's weapons foretells her later belief that she is a Potential in"[[Recap/BuffyTheVampimreSlayerS7E12Potential "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E12Potential Potential]]".
** Holden tells Buffy she can't blame herself over her failed relationships as she's too young to settle down with a guy. This sets up her "cookie dough" speech in "[[Recap/BUffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen Chosen]]".
** Dawn playing with Buffy's weapons foretells her later belief that she is a Potential in
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The First Evil appears as Cassie, Warren and Joyce in order to break up the gang -- and it's so good at it that fans are ''still'' discussing whether "Joyce" isn't actually Joyce, despite confirmation from WordOfGod.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Dawn
* AuthorAppeal: Apparently, Creator/JaneEspensen likes StockYuck/{{Anchovies}}, and was disappointed over a certain pizza chains' decision to drop them from their pizzas.
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* {{Bookends}}: The episode begins and ends with a montage of the episode's featured characters set to the song "Blue".
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The First Evil appears as Cassie, Warren and Joyce in order to break up the gang -- and it's so good at it that fans are ''still'' discussing whether "Joyce" isn't actually Joyce, despite confirmation from WordOfGod.
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* AuthorAppeal: Apparently, Creator/JaneEspense likes StockYuck/{{Anchovies}}, and was disappointed over a certain pizza chains' decision to drop them from their pizzas.
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* AuthorAppeal: Apparently, Creator/JaneEspense Creator/JaneEspensen likes StockYuck/{{Anchovies}}, and was disappointed over a certain pizza chains' decision to drop them from their pizzas.
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* AuthorAppeal: Apparently a certain scriptwriter likes StockYuck/{{Anchovies}}, and was disappointed over a certain pizza chains' decision to drop them from their pizzas.
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* AuthorAppeal: Apparently a certain scriptwriter Apparently, Creator/JaneEspense likes StockYuck/{{Anchovies}}, and was disappointed over a certain pizza chains' decision to drop them from their pizzas.
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The First Evil appears as [[OneSceneWonder Cassie]], Warren and Joyce in order to break up the gang -- and it's so good at it that fans are ''still'' discussing whether "Joyce" isn't actually Joyce, despite confirmation from WordOfGod.
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The First Evil appears as [[OneSceneWonder Cassie]], Cassie, Warren and Joyce in order to break up the gang -- and it's so good at it that fans are ''still'' discussing whether "Joyce" isn't actually Joyce, despite confirmation from WordOfGod.
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* CouldntFindAPen: "Mother's Milk is RED Today" appears on the wall of the Summers house, along with a BloodyHandprint.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Jonathan sprawls across the Seal of Danzalthar after his fatal stabbing.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Jonathan sprawls across the Seal of Danzalthar after his fatal stabbing.
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* CouldntFindAPen: "Mother's Milk is RED Today" Dawn sees what appears to be her mother, and the incredibly creepy words 'Mother's milk is red today' appear on the wall of the Summers house, along with a BloodyHandprint.
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* CrucifiedHeroShot: Jonathansprawls sprawled across the Seal of Danzalthar after being murdered by Andrew. However, this was an unintentional sacrifice on Jonathan's part, as he surely didn't expect Andrew to kill him so that his fatal stabbing.blood could be used to open the seal.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Jonathan
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The episode is about characters having conversations with dead people (or, in Spike's case, a living person having a conversation with him) .
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The episode is about characters having conversations with dead people (or, in Spike's case, a living person having a conversation with him) .him).
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The episode takes place only within a couple of hours at night. Enough time for Xander to have been asleep (and thus not in the episode) and get woken early when the next episode starts
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The episode takes place only within a couple of hours at night. Enough time for Xander to have been asleep (and thus not in the episode) and get woken early when the next episode starts
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Holden tells Buffy she can't blame herself over her failed relationships as she's too young to settle down with a guy. This sets up her "cookie dough" speech in "Chosen".
** Dawn playing with Buffy's weapons foretells her later belief that she is a Potential.
** First!Joyce tells Dawn "When it's bad, Buffy won't choose you. She'll be against you." In "Lies My Parents Told Me" Buffy admits to Giles that she'd now be willing to sacrifice Dawn to save the world, unlike in "The Gift". Likewise Joyce's words might well have influenced Dawn's decision to side against Buffy in "Empty Places". Though oddly enough, we never do get a situation where Buffy has to again choose between Dawn and the world, like all this seems to be setting up.
** Dawn playing with Buffy's weapons foretells her later belief that she is a Potential.
** First!Joyce tells Dawn "When it's bad, Buffy won't choose you. She'll be against you." In "Lies My Parents Told Me" Buffy admits to Giles that she'd now be willing to sacrifice Dawn to save the world, unlike in "The Gift". Likewise Joyce's words might well have influenced Dawn's decision to side against Buffy in "Empty Places". Though oddly enough, we never do get a situation where Buffy has to again choose between Dawn and the world, like all this seems to be setting up.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Holden tells Buffy she can't blame herself over her failed relationships as she's too young to settle down with a guy. This sets up her "cookie dough" speech in "Chosen".
"[[Recap/BUffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen Chosen]]".
** Dawn playing with Buffy's weapons foretells her later belief that she is aPotential.
Potential in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampimreSlayerS7E12Potential Potential]]".
** First!Joyce tells Dawn "When it's bad, Buffy won't choose you. She'll be against you." In"Lies "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E17LiesMyParentsToldMe Lies My Parents Told Me" Me]]", Buffy admits to Giles that she'd now be willing to sacrifice Dawn to save the world, unlike in "The Gift". "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E22TheGift The Gift]]". Likewise Joyce's words might well have influenced Dawn's decision to side against Buffy in "Empty Places"."[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E19EmptyPlaces Empty Places]]". Though oddly enough, we never do get a situation where Buffy has to again choose between Dawn and the world, like all this seems to be setting up.
** Dawn playing with Buffy's weapons foretells her later belief that she is a
** First!Joyce tells Dawn "When it's bad, Buffy won't choose you. She'll be against you." In
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* OutOfGenreExperience: Buffy = comedy, Willow = drama, Dawn = horror.
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* OutOfGenreExperience: The episode features three A-plots and one B-plot that feel very surreal, even for this show. Buffy = comedy, doesn't usually have a long heart-to-heart with a vampire before killing him. Tara supposedly reaches out to Willow = drama, from beyond the grave, but indirectly. Dawn = horror.spends the entire episode alone in her house, having to fend off a demonic disturbance that, unlike the norm for this show, is played for pure horror instead of action/laughs. Finally, in the B-plot, Spike walks a lady home... and bites her, draining her dry.
* RealTime: The episode begins with an accurate to the ''minute'' (at the time of airing) title and time card, intended to imply that all the titular conversations are real time.
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* SicklyNeuroticGeek: After his PratFall while trying to rappel inside Sunnydale High, Andrew blames his shin splints -- this starts a RunningGag throughout the season of him complaining of various physical problems that have ''nothing'' to do with the situation at hand.
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* SicklyNeuroticGeek: After his PratFall {{pratfall}} while trying to rappel inside Sunnydale High, Andrew blames his shin splints -- this starts a RunningGag throughout the season of him complaining of various physical problems that have ''nothing'' to do with the situation at hand.hand.
* SignificantReferenceDate: The episode begins with a title card identifying the episode (staggeringly rarely done), followed by the date and time; November 12, 2002 8:01 PM, which on the night it aired was accurate to the minute (the PreviouslyOn took up the 8:00 first minute). The intention was to imply the episode takes place in RealTime.
* SignificantReferenceDate: The episode begins with a title card identifying the episode (staggeringly rarely done), followed by the date and time; November 12, 2002 8:01 PM, which on the night it aired was accurate to the minute (the PreviouslyOn took up the 8:00 first minute). The intention was to imply the episode takes place in RealTime.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The episode features five stories taking place in different places at the same time, each of which includes, well, a conversation with a dead person. The stories aren't even thematically linked until the next episode, when they all converge.
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* WhamEpisode: The First Evil makes itself known to Willow, Dawn and Andrew by disguising as Cassie, Joyce, and Warren respectively. It convinces Andrew to kill Jonathan, terrifies Dawn, and tries to get Willow to kill herself. In addition, Buffy opens up to a vampire only to learn that, despite having a soul, Spike is still siring people.
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* AbsenteeActor: Nicholas Brendon and Emma Caulfield. In Brendon's case, this episode single-handedly keeps him from the distinction of having appeared in every episode of the show, leaving Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alyson Hanigan as the only ones who can claim it.
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* AbsenteeActor: Nicholas Brendon and Emma Caulfield. Creator/EmmaCaulfield. In Brendon's case, this episode single-handedly keeps him from the distinction of having appeared in every episode of the show, leaving Sarah Michelle Gellar Creator/SarahMichelleGellar and Alyson Hanigan Creator/AlysonHanigan as the only ones who can claim it.
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* OneSceneWonder: Holden, the cheerful, AffablyEvil Vampire Therapist, who happily serves as TheConfidant to Buffy and helpfully dissects her psychological problems... while also intermittently trying to kill her. He gets dusted at the end of the episode, but [[SmallRoleBigImpact he has a big impact on Buffy.]]
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* YouLookFamiliar: Jonathan M. Woodward, who plays Holden Webster, has also appeared in two other Creator/JossWhedon series: as Knox in Season 5 of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', and as Tracey in the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "The Message".
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* LightIsGood: An InvokedTrope by the First, with Joyce appearing as a glowing WomanInWhite.
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* LightIsGood: An InvokedTrope by the First, with Joyce appearing as a glowing WomanInWhite.woman in white.
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Willow is tipped that "Cassie" (supposedly channlling a message from Tara) is not who she appears when she suggests [[TogetherInDeath Willow kill herself so she can be with her dead lover]].
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Willow is tipped that "Cassie" (supposedly channlling channelling a message from Tara) is not who she appears when she suggests [[TogetherInDeath Willow kill herself so she can be with her dead lover]].
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Willow is tipped that "Cassie" (supposedly channeling a message from Tara) is not who she appears when she suggests [[TogetherInDeath Willow kill herself so she can be with her dead lover]].
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* OneSceneWonder: Holden, the cheerful, AffablyEvil Vampire Therapist, who happily serves as TheConfidant to Buffy and helpfully dissects her psychological problems... while also intermittently trying to kill her. He gets dusted at the end of the episode, but [[SmallRoleBigImpact he has a big impact on Buffy.]]
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Willow is tipped that "Cassie" (supposedlychanneling channlling a message from Tara) is not who she appears when she suggests [[TogetherInDeath Willow kill herself so she can be with her dead lover]].
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Willow is tipped that "Cassie" (supposedly
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** -->'''Buffy:''' I feel like I'm worse than anyone. Honestly, I'm [[MeaningfulEcho beneath them]]. My friends, my boyfriends. I feel like I'm not worthy of their love. 'Cause even though they love me, it doesn't mean anything 'cause their opinions don't matter. They don't know. They haven't been through what I've been through. They're not the Slayer. I am. Sometimes I feel... (sighs) this is awful -- I feel like I'm better than them. Superior.
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* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: Hardly surprising [[http://www.criticallytouched.com/buffy/images/7x07_blue.png as the lyrics]] were written by Creator/JossWhedon for the episode.
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-->-- '''Jonathan Levison'''
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** And Cassie as the First.
-->'''Cassie:''' (mocking) Oh, baby, you left such a big hole. It hurt so bad. (serious, leans in) You don't know hurt. This last year's gonna seem like cake after what I put you and your friends through, and I am not a fan of easy death. Fact is, the whole [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil good-versus-evil, balancing the scales thing]]...I'm over it. I'm done with the mortal coil. But believe me, I'm going for a big finish.
-->'''Cassie:''' (mocking) Oh, baby, you left such a big hole. It hurt so bad. (serious, leans in) You don't know hurt. This last year's gonna seem like cake after what I put you and your friends through, and I am not a fan of easy death. Fact is, the whole [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil good-versus-evil, balancing the scales thing]]...I'm over it. I'm done with the mortal coil. But believe me, I'm going for a big finish.
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** And Cassie as the First.
-->'''Cassie:'''First as Cassie.
-->'''The First:''' (mocking) Oh, baby, you left such a big hole. It hurt so bad. (serious, leans in) You don't know hurt. This last year's gonna seem like cake after what I put you and your friends through, and I am not a fan of easy death. Fact is, the whole [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil good-versus-evil, balancing the scales thing]]...I'm over it. I'm done with the mortal coil. But believe me, I'm going for a big finish.
-->'''Cassie:'''
-->'''The First:''' (mocking) Oh, baby, you left such a big hole. It hurt so bad. (serious, leans in) You don't know hurt. This last year's gonna seem like cake after what I put you and your friends through, and I am not a fan of easy death. Fact is, the whole [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil good-versus-evil, balancing the scales thing]]...I'm over it. I'm done with the mortal coil. But believe me, I'm going for a big finish.
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* BloodMagic[=/=]HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler: Andrew has to kill Jonathan in order to open the Seal.]]
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* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler:Jonathan sprawls across the Seal of Danzalthar after his fatal stabbing.]]
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** First!Joyce tells Dawn "When it's bad, Buffy won't choose you. She'll be against you." In "Lies My Parents Told Me" Buffy admits to Giles that she'd now be willing to sacrifice Dawn to save the world, unlike in "The Gift". Likewise Joyce's words might well have influenced Dawn's decision to side against Buffy in "Empty Places".
*** Though oddly enough, we never do get a situation where Buffy has to again choose between Dawn and the world, like all this seems to be setting up.
*** Though oddly enough, we never do get a situation where Buffy has to again choose between Dawn and the world, like all this seems to be setting up.
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** First!Joyce tells Dawn "When it's bad, Buffy won't choose you. She'll be against you." In "Lies My Parents Told Me" Buffy admits to Giles that she'd now be willing to sacrifice Dawn to save the world, unlike in "The Gift". Likewise Joyce's words might well have influenced Dawn's decision to side against Buffy in "Empty Places".
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* GutPunch: [[spoiler:Spike killing again]] and [[spoiler:Andrew stabbing Jonathan.]]
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* GutPunch: [[spoiler:Spike [Spike killing again]] again and [[spoiler:Andrew [Andrew stabbing Jonathan.]]
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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: An OlderAndWiser [[spoiler:Jonathan]] looks to do the right thing, no matter how many people have forgotten about him in the years since high school. Then, under the goading of [[spoiler:First!Warren]], [[spoiler:his best friend, Andrew,]] stabs him to death, right when he could very well have been on his way to finally becoming a Scooby. Just as [[spoiler:Andrew]] himself did later in the season. Sorry, [[spoiler:Jonathan.]]
* HeelRealization[=/=]InferioritySuperiorityComplex
-->'''Buffy:''' I feel like I'm worse than anyone. Honestly, I'm [[MeaningfulEcho beneath them]]. My friends, my boyfriends. I feel like I'm not worthy of their love. 'Cause even though they love me, it doesn't mean anything 'cause their opinions don't matter. They don't know. They haven't been through what I've been through. They're not the Slayer. I am. Sometimes I feel... (sighs) this is awful -- I feel like I'm better than them. Superior.
* HeelRealization[=/=]InferioritySuperiorityComplex
-->'''Buffy:''' I feel like I'm worse than anyone. Honestly, I'm [[MeaningfulEcho beneath them]]. My friends, my boyfriends. I feel like I'm not worthy of their love. 'Cause even though they love me, it doesn't mean anything 'cause their opinions don't matter. They don't know. They haven't been through what I've been through. They're not the Slayer. I am. Sometimes I feel... (sighs) this is awful -- I feel like I'm better than them. Superior.
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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: An OlderAndWiser [[spoiler:Jonathan]] Jonathan looks to do the right thing, no matter how many people have forgotten about him in the years since high school. Then, under the goading of [[spoiler:First!Warren]], [[spoiler:his First!Warren, his best friend, Andrew,]] Andrew, stabs him to death, right when he could very well have been on his way to finally becoming a Scooby. Just as [[spoiler:Andrew]] :Andrew himself did later in the season. Sorry, [[spoiler:Jonathan.]]
Jonathan.
*HeelRealization[=/=]InferioritySuperiorityComplex
-->'''Buffy:'''HeelRealization[=/=]InferioritySuperiorityComplex: We get an explanation of the mindset that drives Buffy to make most of her decisions, dubious or otherwise.
**-->'''Buffy:''' I feel like I'm worse than anyone. Honestly, I'm [[MeaningfulEcho beneath them]]. My friends, my boyfriends. I feel like I'm not worthy of their love. 'Cause even though they love me, it doesn't mean anything 'cause their opinions don't matter. They don't know. They haven't been through what I've been through. They're not the Slayer. I am. Sometimes I feel... (sighs) this is awful -- I feel like I'm better than them. Superior.
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-->'''Buffy:'''
**-->'''Buffy:''' I feel like I'm worse than anyone. Honestly, I'm [[MeaningfulEcho beneath them]]. My friends, my boyfriends. I feel like I'm not worthy of their love. 'Cause even though they love me, it doesn't mean anything 'cause their opinions don't matter. They don't know. They haven't been through what I've been through. They're not the Slayer. I am. Sometimes I feel... (sighs) this is awful -- I feel like I'm better than them. Superior.
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* IAmTheNoun: Cassie assures Willow that it was the dark magic power that made her turn evil. Willow replies, "I am the power; it's in me."
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* IAmTheNoun: Cassie First!Cassie assures Willow that it was the dark magic power that made her turn evil. Willow replies, "I am the power; it's in me."
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* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Jonathan]] ends up dying at Sunnydale High, the very place he once tried to kill himself, and the place that, up until recently, he'd been trying to forget about.
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* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Jonathan]] Jonathan ends up dying at Sunnydale High, the very place he once tried to kill himself, and the place that, up until recently, he'd been trying to forget about.
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Poor Jonathan...]]
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Poor Poor Jonathan...]]
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* MidSeasonTwist: [[spoiler:The BigBad starts moving against the Scoobies. Ensouled and chipped Spike is killing humans. Andrew murders Jonathan.]]
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* MidSeasonTwist: [[spoiler:The The BigBad starts moving against the Scoobies. Ensouled and chipped Spike is killing humans. Andrew murders Jonathan.]]
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Willow is tipped that Cassie (supposedly channeling a message from Tara) is not who she appears when she suggests [[TogetherInDeath Willow kill herself so she can be with her dead lover]].
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Willow is tipped that Cassie "Cassie" (supposedly channeling a message from Tara) is not who she appears when she suggests [[TogetherInDeath Willow kill herself so she can be with her dead lover]].
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* [[ShootTheMessenger Stake The Messenger]]: Buffy kills Holden [[spoiler:after he drops the bombshell about Spike siring him.]]
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* [[ShootTheMessenger Stake The Messenger]]: Buffy kills Holden [[spoiler:after after he drops the bombshell about Spike siring him.]]
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* SwordOverHead: Buffy doesn't stake Holden when she has the chance, because she finds she likes talking to him. [[spoiler:Averted when Holden reveals that Spike has been killing again.]]
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* SwordOverHead: Buffy doesn't stake Holden when she has the chance, because she finds she likes talking to him. [[spoiler:Averted Averted when Holden reveals that Spike has been killing again.]]
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"Spike? He's the one who sired me."]]
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Jonathan's speech [[spoiler:right before being killed]]:
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Jonathan's speech [[spoiler:right before being killed]]:
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"Spike? "Spike? He's the one who sired me."]]
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Jonathan's speech[[spoiler:right right before being killed]]:killed:
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Jonathan's speech
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At the Summers home, Dawn is home alone and plays with Buffy's weapons and tries on some of her clothes. She watches an old horror movie whilst talking on the phone to her friend, Kit before the a series of knocks happen at the door. The phone line is cut as a malevolent force begins attacking the house. During the attack, Dawn sees images of her mother every now and then. Dawn believes it's her trying to contact her from beyond the grave and an evil spirit is trying to stop her. Dawn is able to drive it off and is visited by what appears to be Joyce's ghost who tells her that she predicts Buffy and Dawn will become enemies.
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At the Summers home, Dawn is home alone and plays with Buffy's weapons and tries on some of her clothes. She watches an old horror movie whilst talking on the phone to her friend, Kit before the a series of knocks happen at the door. The phone line is cut as a malevolent force begins attacking the house. During the attack, Dawn sees images of her mother every now and then. Dawn believes it's her trying to contact her from beyond the grave and an evil spirit is trying to stop her. Dawn is able to drive it off and is visited by what appears to be Joyce's ghost who tells her that she predicts Buffy and Dawn will become enemies.
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[[caption-width-right:284:"Yeah, what I really need is emotional therapy from the evil dead."]]
[[caption-width-right:284:"Yeah, what I really need is emotional therapy from the evil dead."]]
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-->--'''Jonathan Levison'''
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[[caption-width-right:284:"Yeah, what I really need is emotional therapy from the evil dead."]]
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[[caption-width-right:284:"Yeah, what I really need is emotional therapy from the evil dead."]]
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: A devastated Willow and Dawn, [[spoiler:the death of Jonathan, and Spike beginning to kill again]], all set to the deppressive lyrics "Blue" by Angie Hart.
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* PropRecycling: The monster appearing to strangle Joyce is actually the Gnarl costume from "Same Time, Same Place", shot from the back and spray-painted black.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: This episode came about because of several scheduling complications that prevented the various writers from doing much work together. So instead they each wrote their own mini-stories and then combined them.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: This episode came about because of several scheduling complications that prevented the various writers from doing much work together. So instead they each wrote their own mini-stories and then combined them.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[spoiler:Creator/{{Amber Benson}}]] was supposed to return as [[spoiler: The First's guise of Tara]], but declined because she knew the episode was going to be NightmareFuel and thought neither the characters nor the fans deserved just how bad she knew Creator/JossWhedon would try and torture both.
** Also, it was originally intended for Xander to have his own experience, in which The First appears as Jesse (from "Welcome To the Hellmouth" & "The Harvest") and calls Xander out for making a ForgottenFallenFriend out him. A combination of Eric Balfour being unavailable and the episode already having too much story led the writers to scrap this plotline.
** Also, it was originally intended for Xander to have his own experience, in which The First appears as Jesse (from "Welcome To the Hellmouth" & "The Harvest") and calls Xander out for making a ForgottenFallenFriend out him. A combination of Eric Balfour being unavailable and the episode already having too much story led the writers to scrap this plotline.
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!!Tropes:
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* AffablyEvil: Holden the Vampire Shrink.
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* AffablyEvil: Holden the Vampire Shrink. He freely admits that he's evil, and that he kind of enjoys it, but he also seems genuinely delighted to see Buffy and to catch up with her, before providing some of the most helpful - and accurate - advice and psychoanalyis that she receives in the series. Granted, at least part of it is to put her off guard to make her easier to kill, but as he explains, it's NothingPersonal.
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* EvilFeelsGood
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* EvilFeelsGoodEvilFeelsGood: Holden the Vampire Shrink, who's extremely cheerful about it.
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-->'''Buffy:''' The last guy I was with, it got really-- I behaved like a monster, treated him like... But at the same time, I-I let him completely take me over. Do things to me that-- (starts to cry).
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-->'''Buffy:''' The last guy I was with, it got really-- really -- I behaved like a monster, treated him like... But at the same time, I-I let him completely take me over. Do things to me that-- that -- (starts to cry).
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* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: For all Holden's confidence that his martial arts skills and newfound vampire strength will enable him to defeat Buffy, she dusts him easily.
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* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: For all Holden's confidence that his martial arts skills and newfound vampire strength will enable him to defeat Buffy, in the end she dusts him fairly easily.
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* NotQuiteDead[=/=]AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: What First!Warren convinces Andrew has happened to him.
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* NotQuiteDead[=/=]AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: What First!Warren convinces Andrew has happened to him.him, referencing Obi-Wan Kenobi in the process.
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-->'''Holden:''' (later) OK. But are you killing me 'cause I'm evil or because you opened up?
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-->'''Holden:''' (later) OK. [[ArmourPiercingQuestion But are you killing me 'cause I'm evil or because you opened up?up?]]
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* HugoAward
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* TheConfidant: Buffy finds herself opening up to former psych student Holden Webster.
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* TheConfidant: Buffy finds herself opening up to former psych student Holden Webster. Which is part of an ongoing theme of Buffy having difficulty opening up to her own loved ones (which, for instance, lead to her ill-fated relationship with Spike, a character who had more than once previously tried to ''kill her'').
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* {{Bookends}}: The episode begins and ends with a montage of the episode's featured characters set to the song "Blue".
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* AuthorAppeal: Apparently a certain scriptwriter likes anchovies, and was disappointed over a certain pizza chains' decision to drop them from their pizzas.
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* AuthorAppeal: Apparently a certain scriptwriter likes anchovies, StockYuck/{{Anchovies}}, and was disappointed over a certain pizza chains' decision to drop them from their pizzas.
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* BloodMagic / HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler: Andrew has to kill Jonathan in order to open the Seal.]]
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* BloodMagic / HumanSacrifice: BloodMagic[=/=]HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler: Andrew has to kill Jonathan in order to open the Seal.]]
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* ContinuityNod / CallBackContinuityNod[=/=]CallBack
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* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler:Jonathan sprawls across the Seal of Danthazar after his fatal stabbing.]]
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* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler:Jonathan sprawls across the Seal of Danthazar Danzalthar after his fatal stabbing.]]
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* DramaticWind / DramaticShattering: The poltergeist in the Summers residence seems to like this.
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* DramaticWind / DramaticShattering: DramaticWind[=/=]DramaticShattering: The poltergeist in the Summers residence seems to like this.
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* HeelRealization / InferioritySuperiorityComplex
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* HeelRealization / InferioritySuperiorityComplexHeelRealization[=/=]InferioritySuperiorityComplex
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* LotusPosition / MagicalIncantation: Dawn, trying to exorcise the poltergeist.
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* LotusPosition / MagicalIncantation: LotusPosition[=/=]MagicalIncantation: Dawn, trying to exorcise the poltergeist.
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* NotQuiteDead / AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: What First!Warren convinces Andrew has happened to him.
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* NotQuiteDead / AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: NotQuiteDead[=/=]AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: What First!Warren convinces Andrew has happened to him.
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* SicklyNeuroticGeek: After his PratFall while trying to rappel inside Sunnydale High, Andrew blames his shin splints -- this starts a RunningGag throughout the season of him complaining of various prior injuries.
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* SicklyNeuroticGeek: After his PratFall while trying to rappel inside Sunnydale High, Andrew blames his shin splints -- this starts a RunningGag throughout the season of him complaining of various prior injuries.physical problems that have ''nothing'' to do with the situation at hand.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[spoiler:Creator/{{Amber Benson}}]] was supposed to return as [[spoiler: The First's guise of Tara]], but declined [[GenreSavvy because she knew the episode was]] going to be NightmareFuel and thought neither the characters nor the fans deserved just how bad she knew Creator/JossWhedon would try and torture both.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[spoiler:Creator/{{Amber Benson}}]] was supposed to return as [[spoiler: The First's guise of Tara]], but declined [[GenreSavvy because she knew the episode was]] was going to be NightmareFuel and thought neither the characters nor the fans deserved just how bad she knew Creator/JossWhedon would try and torture both.
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->''Yeah, what I really need is emotional therapy from the evil dead.''
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-->--'''Jonathan Levison'''
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While on patrol, Buffy is attacked by a newly risen vampire. They fight for a while and as he prepares to bite her, he recognises her from Sunnydale High. He tells her that the two of them were old classmates and his name is Holden. Buffy feels guilty as she clearly can't remember him at all. The two seem to have no inclination to kill each other and begin to reminisce. When Holden asks Buffy why she has a stake and why she's trying to kill him, Buffy tells Holden that it's her job as the Slayer. Holden takes the news surprisingly well and says it explains her absences and why she was often late at school.
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While on patrol, Buffy is attacked by a newly risen vampire. They fight for a while and as he prepares to bite her, he recognises her from Sunnydale High. He tells her that the two of them were old classmates and his name is Holden. Buffy feels guilty as she clearly can't remember him at all. The two seem to have no inclination to kill each other and begin to reminisce. When Holden asks Buffy why she has a stake and why she's trying to kill him, Buffy tells Holden that it's her job as the Slayer. Holden takes the news surprisingly well and says it explains her absences and why she was often late at school. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n He tells Buffy that many of the student thought that Buffy was training to be a nun. Holden tells her that he was a psychology major and gets her to talk about herself, all in between bouts of trying to kill her. Holden predicts that Buffy will never truly connect with other and that Spike -who everyone thought couldn't hurt humans thanks to the chip- was the one who sired him. Buffy later stakes him.
At the Summers home, Dawn is home alone and plays with Buffy's weapons and tries on some of her clothes. She watches an old horror movie whilst talking on the phone to her friend, Kit before the a series of knocks happen at the door. The phone line is cut as a malevolent force begins attacking the house. During the attack, Dawn sees images of her mother every now and then. Dawn believes it's her trying to contact her from beyond the grave and an evil spirit is trying to stop her. Dawn is able to drive it off and is visited by what appears to be Joyce's ghost who tells her that she predicts Buffy and Dawn will become enemies.
Jonathan and Andrew arrive back in Sunnydale after hiding out in Mexico. They're looking to dig up an artefact hidden by the Hellmouth. Andrew is secretly in contact with what appears to be Warren's ghost while Jonathan is having a personal revelation. Andrew kills Jonathan, under Warren's instructions, causing his blood to spill over the seal they dug up from the dirt.
In the library, Willow is visited by the ghost of student Cassie Newton, a girl Buffy unsuccessfully tried to save. Cassie claims she's been sent to Willow by Tara. The ghost relays a prediction that Willow will kill everyone unless she commits suicide. Willow isn't fooled and the figure reveals itself as the First, implying the other ghosts were also manifestations.
During the events of the episode, Spike is shown to be speaking to a young woman at the Bronze. She invites him back to her place where Spike vamps out and kills her, revealing what Holden said to be true. Worse than that is Spike doesn't appear to show any remorse in his actions.
At the Summers home, Dawn is home alone and plays with Buffy's weapons and tries on some of her clothes. She watches an old horror movie whilst talking on the phone to her friend, Kit before the a series of knocks happen at the door. The phone line is cut as a malevolent force begins attacking the house. During the attack, Dawn sees images of her mother every now and then. Dawn believes it's her trying to contact her from beyond the grave and an evil spirit is trying to stop her. Dawn is able to drive it off and is visited by what appears to be Joyce's ghost who tells her that she predicts Buffy and Dawn will become enemies.
Jonathan and Andrew arrive back in Sunnydale after hiding out in Mexico. They're looking to dig up an artefact hidden by the Hellmouth. Andrew is secretly in contact with what appears to be Warren's ghost while Jonathan is having a personal revelation. Andrew kills Jonathan, under Warren's instructions, causing his blood to spill over the seal they dug up from the dirt.
In the library, Willow is visited by the ghost of student Cassie Newton, a girl Buffy unsuccessfully tried to save. Cassie claims she's been sent to Willow by Tara. The ghost relays a prediction that Willow will kill everyone unless she commits suicide. Willow isn't fooled and the figure reveals itself as the First, implying the other ghosts were also manifestations.
During the events of the episode, Spike is shown to be speaking to a young woman at the Bronze. She invites him back to her place where Spike vamps out and kills her, revealing what Holden said to be true. Worse than that is Spike doesn't appear to show any remorse in his actions.
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While on patrol, Buffy is attacked by a newly risen vampire. They fight for a while and as he prepares to bite her, he recognises her from Sunnydale High. He tells her that the two of them were old classmates and his name is Holden. Buffy feels guilty as she clearly can't remember him at all. The two seem to have no inclination to kill each other and begin to reminisce. When Holden asks Buffy why she has a heart stake and why she's trying to heart talk with vamp who used to be kill him, Buffy tells Holden that it's her classmate. Willow is visited by job as the spirit of Cassie. Dawn is terrorized at home by a ghost. Spike chats up a girl at a bar. Andrew Slayer. Holden takes the news surprisingly well and Jonathan return.
says it explains her absences and why she was often late at school.
