Drew Goddard has said Buffy writers wanted Kali Rocha (Halfrek) to return as the First in Conversations with Dead People but she was too busy with other projects and unable to make it.

Conversations with Dead People is the only episode with a specific date and time given at the beginning of the episode - November 12, 2002; 8.01pm. It’s the same date as the original airdate of the episode. This is the second episode which shows the title at the beginning. The …

When Dawn’s mother appears to her in Conversations with Dead People, the circumstances are different to when the First appears to others. She is surrounded by light and Dawn had to fight to make her mother heard as some force seemed to be stopping her. This led fans to believe …

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 …

Four members of the main Buffy writing team contributed to the episode Conversations with Dead People: Marti Noxon wrote most of the Willow/Cassie story, Joss Whedon wrote most of the Buffy/Holden story, Drew Goddard wrote the Andrew/Jonathan/Warren story at the High School, and Jane Espenson wrote the Dawn/Joyce story. According …

Danny Strong, who played Jonathan, read the script from the episode Conversations with Dead People with Tom Lenk (Andrew) on their way home from a convention. He apparently skipped the part where his character’s death was described and Tom had to break the news to him.

Nicholas Brendon (Xander) and Emma Caulfield (Anya) do not appear in the episode Conversations with Dead People. This is a first for Nicholas Brendon, but not for Emma Caulfield. James Marsters appears in the episode but has no dialogue.

In Him, whilst under a love spell, Buffy goes to kill Principal Wood using a rocket launcher. She used one of these to kill the Judge in Innocence so it’s possible that it’s the same launcher - otherwise where would she have got it from?

Buffy tells Dawn in Him, “No guy is worth your life, not ever”. Buffy must have learnt a lesson since she risked her life to save Angel by letting him drink from her in Graduation Day (Part 2).

Buffy references ex-Principal of Sunnydale High in Him when she says to R.J: “I was kinda juggling some stuff when I was in high school, too. Which was also very recent. Principal Snyder was always on me.”

Dawn wears Buffy’s cheerleading outfit to the tryouts in Him. The outfit was last seen in The Witch and dies it’s death in Him when Dawn rips it up in fury.

In Him, Xander agrees, very reluctantly, to allow Spike to stay with him in his apartment. This isn’t the first time this has happened. Spike lived in Xander’s basement briefly during season four.

In Selfless, Buffy stands up to Xander when she thinks she must kill Anya. She says, “I am the law”. In Consequences, she didn’t agree with Faith’s argument that, as Slayers, “We don’t need the law - we are the law”. It’s a symbol of Buffy’s changing attitude to her …

Willow met D’Hoffryn in Something Blue, when a spell she did impressed him and he offered her a job as a vengeance demon. She refused, but he left a talisman with her so that she could contact him if she changed her mind. She uses this to summon D’Hoffryn in …

In Selfless, Anya says that Buffy should know better than to think a sword through the chest would kill a vengeance demon. Buffy witnessed a demon shove a sword through vengeance demon Halfrek with no serious effect in Older and Far Away.