String Cheese Incident are a band whose posters can bee seen all over UC Sunnydale. Oz looks at a SCI poster on a notice board in New Moon Rising.

Willow never met Cassie Newton but she says she recognises her in Conversations with Dead People from her picture, which we saw in Help.

The music Dawn plays in the kitchen when she is alone at home in Conversations with Dead People is similar to the music Buffy played while washing dishes in Listening to Fear.

In Conversations with Dead People, Holden says to Buffy, “Hey, wouldn’t it be cool if we became nemeses?” to which Buffy replies, “Is that how you say it?” This is a reference to the season six episode Gone, where Warren, Andrew and Jonathan reveal themselves to Buffy and struggle to …

Newly-sired vampire Holden tells Buffy in Conversations with Dead People that Scott Hope, her ex-boyfriend from season three, came out of the closet and is now gay. This is possibly a reference to the fact that Fab Filippo, the actor who played Scott, went on to star in America’s version …

Andrew and Jonathan talk about a dream that they’ve been having in Mexico in Conversations with Dead People. Andrew translates the dream’s phrase as “It eats you, starting with your bottom.” Obviously, this is a reference to the ongoing “From beneath you, it devours” phrase (started in Beneath You) which …

Drew Goddard has said Buffy writers wanted Kali Rocha (Halfrek) to return as the First in Conversations with Dead People but she was too busy with other projects and unable to make it.

Conversations with Dead People is the only episode with a specific date and time given at the beginning of the episode - November 12, 2002; 8.01pm. It’s the same date as the original airdate of the episode. This is the second episode which shows the title at the beginning. The …

When Dawn’s mother appears to her in Conversations with Dead People, the circumstances are different to when the First appears to others. She is surrounded by light and Dawn had to fight to make her mother heard as some force seemed to be stopping her. This led fans to believe …

In Conversations with Dead People, Cassie tells Willow that Tara cannot be there herself because of Willow’s destructive behaviour following her death. The original script had Tara coming to her girlfriend but Amber Benson (who played Tara) didn’t want to appear. She felt her character was so loved by herself …

Four members of the main Buffy writing team contributed to the episode Conversations with Dead People: Marti Noxon wrote most of the Willow/Cassie story, Joss Whedon wrote most of the Buffy/Holden story, Drew Goddard wrote the Andrew/Jonathan/Warren story at the High School, and Jane Espenson wrote the Dawn/Joyce story. According …

Danny Strong, who played Jonathan, read the script from the episode Conversations with Dead People with Tom Lenk (Andrew) on their way home from a convention. He apparently skipped the part where his character’s death was described and Tom had to break the news to him.

Nicholas Brendon (Xander) and Emma Caulfield (Anya) do not appear in the episode Conversations with Dead People. This is a first for Nicholas Brendon, but not for Emma Caulfield. James Marsters appears in the episode but has no dialogue.

In Him, whilst under a love spell, Buffy goes to kill Principal Wood using a rocket launcher. She used one of these to kill the Judge in Innocence so it’s possible that it’s the same launcher - otherwise where would she have got it from?

Buffy tells Dawn in Him, “No guy is worth your life, not ever”. Buffy must have learnt a lesson since she risked her life to save Angel by letting him drink from her in Graduation Day (Part 2).