Divorce bouquets

This dialogue was cut from the original script for I Fall To Pieces:

Penny: “I sent my husband a bouquet the day the divorce was final.”
John: “And they say there’s no romance left in the world.”

Drooling pain

A stage direction for I Fall To Pieces read: “BACK TO DOYLE - He’s in pain, but not a writhing, drooling kind of pain.”

Whedon’s actors

Five actors have appeared in all three of Joss’s TV shows:
1) Andy Umberger: played D’Hoffryn in Buffy; Dr. Ronald Meltzer in the Angel episode ‘I Fall To Pieces‘; and Dortmunder Captain in the Firefly episode ‘Serenity’.
2) Carlos Jacott: played Ken in the Buffy episode Anne; Lawrence Dobson in the Firefly episode ‘Serenity’; and Richard in the Angel episode ‘The Bachelor Party‘.
3) Bob Fimaini: played the head of the Initiative, Mr. Ward, in Buffy’s season four; ‘Elder Gamman’ in the Firefly episode ‘Our Mrs. Reynolds’; ‘Grounds Keeper’ in the Angel episode ‘The Prodigal‘, and ‘Codger Demon’ in the Angel episode ‘Heartthrob‘.
4) Jonathan Woodward: played Holden Webster in the Buffy episode Conversations with Dead People; Knox in Angel’s season five; and Tracey in the Firefly episode ‘The Message’.
5) Jeff Ricketts: played Watcher’s Council member Weatherby in Buffy and Angel, and a creepy ‘Blue Glove’ guy in Firefly.

Andy Umberger

Andy Umberger played the recurring role of Anya’s boss D’Hoffryn. Andy appeared twice more in Joss Whedon’s shows - he also played Doctor Ronald Meltzer in the Angel episode ‘I Fall To Pieces‘, and he played Dortmunder Captain in the Firefly episode ‘Serenity’. Andy has also been in First Daughter (with Marc Blucas), Coach Carter, Friends, The West Wing, ER, 7th Heaven, The X Files, NYPD Blue, Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane and Bull.

Dr. Roland Meltzer

Dr. Roland Meltzer was a severed-nerve specialist who had the ability to separate parts of his body and reattach them. He became obsessed with a patient of his, Melissa Burns after just one date, and used his talent to stalk her. Meltzer was destroyed by Angel in I Fall To Pieces.

Very much alive

In I Fall To Pieces, Melissa asks Doyle how many cases Angel has handled, to which Doyle replies: “Well, exactly like yours? Not quite so many. But protecting young women such as yourself? Yeah, there’ve been – ah – 4. And 3 of them are very much alive.” The dead girl he’s referring to is Tina, who was killed by the vampire Russell in City Of.

Funny Girl

In I Fall To Pieces Doyle says, “and people who need people are the luckiest”. These are lyrics from the song ‘People’ written by Bob Merrill and Jule Styne, which was sang by Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl.
In The Magic Bullet, Lorne and Connor reference the song again:

Lorne: “You know what they say about people who need people.”
Connor: “They’re the luckiest people in the world.”

O. J. Simpson

Buffy says, “You just went O.J. on your girlfriend” in I Only Have Eyes For You. This is a reference to former American Football superstar O.J. Simpson, who was tried for killing his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her ‘friend’, Ron Goldman, in June 1994. He was controversially found not guilty in October 1995.
In the Angel episode I Fall To Pieces, Cordelia says, “I don’t get it, this guy has a lot to lose. What is it about Melissa that’s got him going all O.J. here?” In the same episode, Kate says “they’re the law firm that Johnny Cochran is too ethical to join.” Johnny Cochran was the lawyer who defended OJ Simpson.
In Sense and Sensitivity, the Wolfram and Hart lawyer, Mercer says, “…that will make Mark Fuhrman look like Gentle Ben.” Mark Fuhrman was a detective in the Los Angeles Police Department who found the bloody glove that linked O.J. Simpson to the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson. During the 1995 murder trial of O.J. Simpson, the defense accused Fuhrman of being a racist and planting evidence.

Patsy Cline

Xander listens to country music (”the music of pain”) in Prophecy Girl, after Buffy turns him down. His chosen track is Patsy Cline’s “I Fall To Pieces“. A season one episode of Angel was entitled I Fall To Pieces after this song.
Fred sings Patsy Cline’s song “Crazy” at Caritas in That Old Gang of Mine (Cordelia: “I swear to God, she picked out the song herself”).

Seen at 07.57 minutes:

In I Fall To Pieces, Dr Meltzer tells Melissa that he has changed her pin number, types in the right pin in the machine. Just as she is leaving he says, “don’t forget your money”. All he did was enter her pin number, nothing else, so why would the cash machine give out money?