This is the first time that Buffy and the Mayor meet face-to-face, despite the fact that they were in the same room together at the city hall press conference in Gingerbread (1999) and they almost met in the sewers beneath Sunnydale in Band Candy (1998).
The twin-bladed dagger that Mayor Wilkins gives to Faith looks a lot like a Klingon Mevak from Sons of Mogh (1996).
Willow (Alyson Hannigan) gets accepted into the University of Oxford. The University of Oxford is one of the hardest universities to get into in the world. It is the oldest university in the English-speaking world, and the world's second-oldest university in continuous operation. Oxford has educated a wide range of notable alumni, including 30 prime ministers of the United Kingdom, and many heads of state and government around the world. Notable alumni include Stephen Hawking, Oscar Wilde, J. R. R. Tolkien and Hugh Grant. Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States, was partially educated there.
Harry Groener (The Mayor) was a fan of the show prior to being cast.
In 2022, Harry Groener said playing the Mayor was one of the best experiences he has ever had in Television. He admitted to feeling a little depressed when the show ended in 2003, because he "wanted to see what happened to the kids" i.e Buffy, Xander. He would liked to have see the story continue on TV (he is not a comic book fan).