Continuity
- In the season four finale, "Restless", which also had a psychological bent, the First Slayer made an appearance but did not speak except for the words "No... friends...just...the kill." Here she speaks fluently because she is actually a spirit guide in the form of the First Slayer there to tell Buffy things about being a Slayer, and three episodes later this conversation with the spirit guide will lead Buffy to believe that she is just a killer, as the First Slayer was.
- Xander says of Buffy and the Buffybot, "They're both Buffy". This is a reference to "The Replacement", also written by Jane Espenson who said on multiple occasions she enjoys adding references to episodes she wrote.
- Spike's dislike of Angel manifests itself in Buffybot's programmed opinion of Angel. "Angel's lame. His hair goes straight up and he's bloody stupid."
- Buffy remembers the desert from her dream in "Restless". She will send the potential slayers to the same desert in "The Killer in Me".
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