When a writer has finished their version of an episode, it is often changed by the other writers slightly, in order to flesh out varoius scenes. In Real Me, Marti Noxon wrote the scene in which Riley and Buffy talk in the graveyard because David Fury (who wrote the episode) …

In Superstar, Buffy interrupts Anya reading Jonathan’s autobiography. Anya complains that she was just getting to the part where he “invents the internet”. This is a deliberate prod at Al Gore, who was getting a lot of flack at the time for allegedly making the very same claim. …

Elizabeth Anne Allen, who played Amy, had the following to say about reappearing on the show:
“This year it just happened to fall together really brilliantly. I was available, they had an open space in their storyline and voila! They asked me and I said, “Heck, yeah”. I love it. …

The script’s stage directions for Judgement explain how the mirrored walls of the health club should be affected:

We see Wes and Cor and the manager moving toward us, people working out, etc, but no Angel. SWISH PAN away from this reflection (and hide the cut in the swish …

Season four’s Dr. Angleman and the Polgara demon were named by David Fury after regulars at the official Buffy site’s posting board (Angle_man and Polgara).

Writer Mere Smith had the following to say about the Anne and Angel debate in Blood Money:

“That was actually a big debate. Does Anne recognise Angel? Does Angel recognise Anne? Because they had a brief exchange in Lie to Me, second season. And so …

Drew Goddard spoke in his DVD commentary for the episode Selfless about the scene in which Anya and Olaf speak in Swedish. He said the scene was translated into Swedish and was originally supposed to be dubbed over with English. Emma Caulfield (Anya) and Abraham Benrubi (Olaf) were given the …

Joss Whedon and singer Angie Hart wrote the song at the beginning of the episode Conversations with Dead People. The song is called ‘Blue’ and Angie Hart sings the main vocals. This is singer Angie’s third appearance on the show: she was previously in The Freshman and I Only Have …

Joss Whedon wrote the episode Hush as a challenge to himself. He felt his directing skills had become boring stylistically and that TV was limiting as to the kind of shots you can use. He therefore wanted to create an episode which was completely different to his usual work. He …

It was rumoured that the entire town of Sunnydale would be sucked into the Hellmouth in the episode The Gift. This actually occurred in the show’s final episode, Chosen. Marti Noxon revealed in an interview with the BBC that:
“Originally Joss’s plan was that at the end of season five, Sunnydale …

The following is a stage direction from the script for Normal Again: “The camera pulls back slowly, down the hall. Leaving the doctor and Buffy’s parents helpless, and Buffy lost in a distant delusion.”

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 …

Cassie Newton was a character in the season seven episode Help. The Buffy production team created a Geocities website in the guise of Cassie. The episode’s writer, Rebecca Rand Kirshner, composed the poetry and created the art that appeared on the site, based on her own teenage journals. Buffy fans …

Buffy’s class discuss Shakespeare’s Othello in the episode Earshot. In the original script, they discussed Henry VIII (you can still see this written on the board later in the episode) but Joss Whedon rewrote the scene to make it have more meaning to Buffy’s feelings.

The following is a stage direction for Prophecy Girl, in the scene in which Xander saves Buffy: “A small moment, then Xander leans over Buffy. Closing his fingers over her nose, he gives her mouth to mouth. Puts the heels of his hands to her chest (need I mention this …