Production Details
This is the first time that Angel and Buffy have seen each other since their off-screen interlude after her return from death, between Buffy episodes "Flooded" and "Life Serial", and Angel episodes "Carpe Noctem" and "Fredless". They were last on screen together in "Forever".
Marti Noxon was originally due to write this episode. However, she was already working on a pilot for the Fox television network, Still Life and was unavailable to do so. As a result, Espenson and Petrie, the next two writers with the most seniority on the show, co-wrote this episode. The concept of the Scythe was previously and originally created for Joss Whedon's comic series, Fray.
Although it aired after "Touched", this episode was filmed before, to accommodate Eliza Dushku's need for time to film the pilot for Tru Calling.
Since the Region 1 DVDs do not contain the "Previously on..." segments, the scene of the girls being blasted right before Buffy grabs the Scythe is not included. The other region DVDs contain this scene.
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