In Earshot, Joyce offers “chicken and stars” soup to Buffy. She offers it to Dawn in the season five episode Blood Ties, after Dawn discovers she’s the Key.

Jonathan shows his gratitude to Buffy in The Prom for saving his life in Earshot when he presents the Slayer with the “Class Protector” award. He later went for special counselling after trying to commit suicide, where he learnt a few spells which would prove useful to him in seasons …

In Go Fish, Willow questioned Jonathan about the Swim Team and he admitted to peeing in the school swimming pool. In Earshot, Willow interrogated Jonathan again, whilst questioning him about the threat on the school.

Regis Kimble, who directed the episode Earshot, also designed the title sequence of the spin-off show Angel.

Anthony Stewart Head came up with the idea of Giles walking into the tree at the end of Earshot, when Buffy told Giles she knew he slept with Joyce.

Wendy Worthington, who played the rat poison-wielding lunch lady in Earshot, is a recognisable face from TV and film. She can be seen in Win a Date with Tad Hamilton, Catch Me If You Can, Cast Away, Father of the Bride Part II and in Mannequin: On the Move. Wendy …

Lauren Roman, who played Nancy in earshot, and Sarah Michelle Gellar worked together previously in the soap opera All My Children, where Lauren played Laura Kirk English and Sarah played Kendall Hart.

Keram Malicki-Sánchez, who played Freddie Iverson in Earshot, has had a busy career. He studied classical music and Gregorian singing for eight years and then began acting on stage, with roles in Oliver!, Mame and Evita in Toronto. At the age of ten, Keram launched his music career, singing on …

In Enemies, Faith says that after the Ascension, all of Buffy’s friends are going to be “Kibbles ‘n Bits”. This is a type of U.S. dog food.

In Enemies, Faith says, “It’s just a matter of time before this demon guy is gonna spill. Then Buffy and the Superfriends are gonna…” Superfriends was a TV cartoon consisting of various superheroes including Superman, Batman, Flash, Wonder Woman and more.

In Enemies, Angel kisses Buffy on her forehead in her bedroom and Faith kisses Buffy in the same place before running away after they fight. Buffy returns Faith’s forehead kiss in Graduation Day (Part 2), after putting the Slayer in a coma.

In Enemies, Angel says Buffy “looks so cute when she’s sleeping”, which is possibly a reference to Passion, when he sketched her whilst she slept.

We discover in Enemies that Faith’s mother was a drunk who wouldn’t let her daughter have a puppy.

We find out much more about the Mayor in Enemies. He is over 100 years old, invincible, not human, and apparently he intentionally “built Sunnydale for demons to feed on.”

Michael Manasseri played the horned demon who tried to sell the Books of Ascension to the Slayers in Enemies. He appeared in the TV version of Weird Science. He also appeared in Psycho Beach Party, which featured Nicholas Brendon.