Cordy’s vision

Cordelia’s vision in She was described this way in the scene directions:

A MAN - PETE WILKERS, IN FACT. Screaming, looking down at something on his chest. the camera cannot see that far down but there is smoke rising from his body. Then, FLASH, his face and neck are black and grimy as though being burned from within. Finally (this is the funny part) his eyes explode.

Bai Ling

Bai Ling is a Chinese American actress, born in Chengdu, China during the Cultural Revolution. Her father was a music teacher, and her mother was a stage actress and dancer. Her parents were treated cruelly due to their careers, and soon after her birth, Bai moved to her grandmother’s residence elsewhere in Sichuan. She spent three-years as a soldier in the People’s Liberation Army in Tibet from the age of 14. Her main activity there was to entertain with musical theatre.

As she grew up, Ling’s rebelliousness caused friction with the Chinese government. She was accused of insubordination for using tobacco and alcohol, was briefly hospitalized for depression by the end of her army service, and partook in the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. She temporarily came to New York in 1991 to attend New York University’s film department as a visiting scholar, but later obtained a special visa that allowed her to remain in the United States until she became a citizen in 1999.

Bai has appeared in Red Corner, The Gene Generation, Man About Town, Edmond, Entourage, Lords of Dogtown, She Hate Me, The Beautiful Country, My Baby’s Daddy, Jake 2.0, The Extreme Team, Storm Watch, Face, The Breed and Row Your Boat.

Bai played Senator Bana Breemu in Star Wars: Episode III but her role was cut during editing. She claimed that this was because of her posing nude for the June 2005 issue of Playboy magazine, whose appearance on newstands coincided with the movie’s May 2005 release, but director George Lucas denied this, stating that the cut had been made more than a year earlier.

In 2005 Ling VH1 program called But Can They Sing?, a show in which celebrities sang - one being voted off the show each week. Bai Ling was most famous for her risquee and raunchy get-ups. She was eliminated just before the grand finale but was invited back on the final week for a special performance of Divinyls’ ‘I Touch Myself.’ She became known for her flamboyancy and publicity-chasing outfits, often featured on the website Go Fug Yourself.

“Bai Ling” in Chinese means “White Spirit/Light”.

Jhiera

Jhiera is a princess from another dimension, in which women were castrated by the men, rendering them powerless and without a will. She was called ‘Bringer of Chaos’ for trying to help the women of her world escape slavery. Angel aided Jheira to save the women, despite being attracted to her.

Cordy’s portal confusion

In She, Cordy says: “Portals? There are portals now? When did they put in portals? Don’t we have enough on our hands without burning monster fiends coming here?” She finds out more about portals at the end of season two, when she is sucked through one to Pylea, Lorne’s home dimension.

Oden Tal

The Oden Tal are beings from another dimension. To keep the women subservient, the male Vigories amputate their Ko, which is a ridged back structure giving them individual personality and will. Female Oden Tal burn with desire and life force when they mature, and are extremely hazardous to be around until they learn to cool down.

Carrie

In the episode The Prom, Tucker Wells tried to ruin the School Prom by training hellhounds to attack people wearing tuxedoes. Buffy says she’s “Gotta stop a crazy from pulling a Carrie at the prom”. She’s referring to the book Carrie by Stephen King, in which a telekinetic girl destroys her home town after her classmates play a cruel joke on her at the Prom.
In Nightmares, Giles, Xander and Willow find Buffy’s grave. Suddenly, Buffy’s hand comes out of the ground and grabs Giles, scaring everyone. This is a visual reference to the movie version of Carrie, in which the final sequence shows a nightmare a character has about being attacked by Carrie’s hand from a grave.
In She, the following conversation occurs, with Cordy using ‘Carrie’ as a verb:

Cordelia: “A chick that burns? Are you okay? Did she Carrie you?”
Angel: “Did she care about me?”
Cordelia: “Did she Carrie you. Carrie? the movie? You know?”

Seen at 18.30 minutes:

In She, Angel plugs his phone into the cigarette lighter to recharge the battery but then manages to throw it in the back seat of the car easily without unplugging it.