Trivia
- The original storyline for the character of Sunday was that she was a former Slayer turned vampire.
- Buffy references Mr. Pointy, the stake left to her by her friend and late Slayer Kendra.
- The yearbook seen in this episode, the Sunnydale High Yearbook, was released as a tie-in product after this episode aired.
- The college vampires have a tally of Gustav Klimt versus Claude Monet posters they have stolen from the freshmen they kill. A poster of Klimt's painting, The Kiss is found in Eddie's belongings.
- This is the first ever episode not to feature Sunnydale High. It was blown up in episode 22 of season 3 "Graduation Day, Part Two", and the characters are now starting college (although the school's charred remains will feature occasionally this season, and it will ultimately be rebuilt for season seven).
- When Buffy sees the back of a man's head who she thinks might be Angel, the man is actually played by David Boreanaz until his face becomes visible.
- Starting with this episode, Buffy was filmed in 16:9 widescreen; this would be the case for the next three seasons. However, Joss Whedon never intended for it to be shown this way, so while the widescreen version is shown on Sky One in the United Kingdom, all American showings are in 4:3. DVD releases of the final four seasons have followed the same pattern, with European (Region 2) discs displaying the episodes in 16:9 widescreen format and North American (Region 1) discs not.
- Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia) and David Boreanaz (Angel) are no longer series regulars and have been removed from the opening credits.
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