MARTHA STEWART. BtVS Intertext/Allusion.

In Faith, Hope and Trick (Season 3) Buffy is still having dreams about the love of her life, Angel. Meanwhile, Scott Hope, a boy from school, is showing interest in her. Buffy has little time to think about this, as she meets Faith, a new Slayer with a lot of secrets. Faith has been followed to Sunnydale by two deadly vampires, Mr. Trick and Kakistos, the latter having killed her Watcher in Boston. After coming to terms with her fears, Faith stops Kakistos from killing herself and Buffy, and Buffy finally accepts Scott's date invitation — unaware that Angel has returned from Hell. — Short synopsis by Anthony C. Blade.

The following dialogue is taken from the Buffy Dialogue Database at a Buffy and gang picnic:

Buffy: Oh, I just threw a few things together.

Cordelia: (impressed with Buffy's offerings) When did you become Martha Stewart?

Buffy: First of all, Martha Stewart knows jack about hand-cut prosciutto. (hands out drink bottles)

Xander: I don't believe she slays, either.

Oz: Oh, I hear she can, but she doesn't like to.

Buffy: (opens her bottle) Second of all, way too much free time on my hands since I got kicked out of school. (takes a drink)

Martha Stewart is a frighteningly perky and omnipresent homemaking expert, writer, and television personality whose name has become synonymous with domestic expertise.

See Martha Stewart Living at http://www.marthastewart.com/.

--Melissa Lamb