In Out of My Mind, Riley tells Buffy he worries that she won’t like him if he doesn’t have his super-strength given to him by the Initiative. He mentions Buffy’s relationship with Angel and the fact that Dracula drank from her in Buffy vs Dracula. She says if she wanted …

In Out of My Mind, Harmony says that Spike staked her before. This occurred in The Harsh Light of Day, when he staked her whilst she was wearing the Gem of Amarrah which made her invincible.

Tarot cards have been used twice in the show - Tara uses them in The Magic Box in Out of My Mind and Drusilla used them in What’s My Line? (Part 1).

Before she fainted in Out of My Mind, Joyce realised there was something strange about Dawn. We saw this before in Real Me, when a crazy guy told her she wasn’t real. It occurs again in Listening to Fear when a mental patient says something similar to Dawn. We discover …

Spike realised he had a major crush on Buffy in Out of My Mind, after he had a dream about her kissing him. This was the beginning of a major story arc for him which covered the next three seasons, and the beginning of one of the most contraversial stories …

In Out of My Mind, Buffy says, “It’s so unfair. It’s like Big Brother can spy on you all the time, and the second I have something to say, no one will listen.” Big Brother comes from George Orwell’s scary 1948 novel 1984 in which the Government spies on it’s …

The jars behind the counter at the Magic Box contain ingredients named after the cast and crew. There’s Tony’s Heads, Charisma Charms and Boreanaz Beads.

I raised the issue of whether the doctor would use only a local anaesthetic on Spike during his brain surgery in Out of My Mind and received an email in reply from J.C:
“Brain surgeries performed with local anaesthetics are common since the brain has no sensitivity nerves. General anaesthetics …

When Riley plays basketball in Out of My Mind, we hear the song ‘Breathe’ by Nickelback.

The issue of vampire’s breath arises again in the episode Out of My Mind, when Harmony attempts to smoke. She chokes on the smoke which seems impossible as vampires can’t breathe. This isn’t really a goof as such, as it could be seen as her just not being used to …

The following was a stage direction for Real Me, referring to the fact that younger actors are only allowed to spend a certain amount of time on set and doubles are often used to fill in:
Dawn (or perhaps someone who looks like her from the back) runs past, flings …

The following is a stage direction from the script for Out of My Mind, referring to how well Buffy and Dawn are taking care of Joyce after her return from the hospital:
“She’s got a blanket over her, a bowl of soup next to her, and enough pillows to feed …

Time Winters, who played Dr. Overheiser, the Initiative doctor who pretended to remove Spike’s chip in Out of My Mind, played famous vampire Nosferatu in Nosferatu L.A. ‘02. He has also appeared in Pitstop, True Vinyl, A Little Princess, Poison Ivy, Doc Hollywood, L.A. Story and Gremlins 2: The New …

Charlie Weber, who played hospital intern Ben in season five, made his first appearance in the episode Out of My Mind. His character became a pivotal one in the season, after the revelation that he shared the same body with evil hellgod Glory. Charlie has done some modelling in the …

Babylon 5 has been referenced a couple of times in Buffy. In The Replacement, Xander mentions his Babylon 5 commemorative plates. In Entropy, we learn that Jonathan used to collect Babylon 5 novels. Danny Strong, who played Jonathan, attended a Buffy Convention in London in 2003, alongside Babylon 5 star …