Trivia
Literary lend: Jenny joshes Giles about the E.M. Forster novel he lent her. Maybe Giles was trying to educated her in English ways with this very British author, or perhaps he hoped that she'd take Forster's motto of "only connect" to heart - with regard to him, of course.
Alarmingly, he also wrote a book called "Where Angels Fear to Tread."
Anywhere but here: Playing this game, Buffy wants her feet massaged by Gavin Rossdale - singer with Bush, and, interestingly, a Brit. Willow prefers the more civilised option of dinner in Florence with actor John Cusack, while Xander goes for the very boy option of sexy Hong Kong starlet Amy Yip - at the waterpark.
Fresh to your crypt steps: Angel is rather surprised that Buffy should be suspicious of him knowing about the hospital blood run. "It's delivery day. Everyone knows about this." Did he still risk a sneaky glug though?
Misspent Youth: We learn that Giles studies history at Oxford, presumably majoring in obscure religious cults. The stress drove him to drop out and fall in with "the worst crowd that would have me." Rebelling against his duty-bound life, he got into bad magick and demonic drug abuse. We recommend trying a visit to the student counsellor before taking such drastic moves.
Tartan Terror: "The Bay City Rollers. Now that's music." says Giles. Surely he's joking? Their squeaky clean pop and plaid flares were designed to send 12 year old girls into a frenzy - not appeal to dodgy demon worshippers. Led Zeppelin seem more down Giles' street, fitting in nicely with the Cream and Velvet Underground albums he's later revealed to own.
Number 666: This time it's Eghyon who signs off with a Prisoner-esque "Be seeing you," rather than Ethan, as in Halloween. As it's very unlikely an Etruscan demon watches much of the Patrick McGoohan series, does this mean there's a sinister demonic undercurrent to the Village?
Richard Rotten: Xander discovers a picture of a youthful Giles with leather jacket and bass guitar. Sadly, Anthony Head's own photo album didn't contain anything suitable, so the Buffy production crew faked the photo by superimposing his head onto the body of Sex Pistol's bassist Sid Vicious.
Etruscan, Egyptian, let's call the whole thing off: Identifying the Mark of Eghyon, Willow exclaims that "any fool" could see that it predates Egyptian iconology. That's an interesting take on history she has there, as the Etruscans lived in Italy around 750BCE while the first Egyptian dynasty began over two thousand years earlier.
First catch your heretic: Amongst the fascinating facts that the Scooby gang discover in their researches is a wart cure involving burying a potato, and that heretics can be killed by hot lava. As can the orthodox, one would think.
Could you cover it with a nice rose?: Ethan's tattoo removal method is not recommended. Nowadays there are very effective laser treatments which are a lot kinder to the skin than sulphuric acid.
Doh, a demon: Asked how she feels by Giles, Jenny replied that she's not exactly "'The hills are alive with the sound of music' fine," referring to the camp classic The Sound of Music. This 1965 film stars Julie Andrews as a singing nun governess, saving the Von Trapp family's children from the Nazis.
