There are loads of references to seasons one, two and three in 7.01 Lessons, probably to make the idea hit home that Buffy was going “back to the beginning” (as Joss Whedon said it would before the season started). Xander says:
“The last two Principals were eaten. Who’d even apply for the job?”
He’s referring to Principal Flutie who was eaten by hyena-people in 1.06 The Pack, and Principal Snyder who was eaten by the Mayor-demon in 3.22 Graduation Day (Part Two). Buffy says to Dawn, “Stay away from the hyena-people” (referring again to 1.06 The Pack), “or anyone who eats athletes or invisible people” referring to 2.20 Go Fish where the school swim team turned into monsters, and also to 1.11 Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight, when Marcie Ross turned invisible and caused trouble. Buffy tells the dead people, “I’m the one who dates dead guys”, referring of course to her past vampire ex-boyfriends, Angel and Spike; Buffy says she missed the heart when she first staked a vampire, which we saw in a flashback in 2.22 Becoming (Part Two).
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Wynter on June 14th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Could you mean Becoming? :-)
Bakatulip on June 15th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
There’s a lot of references to the high school years all throughout season 7-it’s like one big game of spot the continuity.
In Showtime Buffy tells Rona “Welcome to the Hellmouth”. in Him we see the rocket launcher from innocence and gthey flash back to B,B,&B. In Same Place Same Time (I always get the order mixed up) we see Willow and Anya doing a spell together like when they first met in Doppelgangland. In Bring on the Night they mention when Angel nearly killed himself in Amends. I know there’re more