When a writer has finished their version of an episode, it is often changed by the other writers slightly, in order to flesh out various scenes. In 5.02 Real Me, Marti …

In the episode 7.07 Conversations With Dead People, Dawn eats a pizza, whilst singing:

“Anchovies, anchovies, you’re so delicious. I love you more than all the other fishes.”

During her DVD …

In three different episodes in a span of eight, Andrew is given the same joke. Someone tells him to show him something, and he rattles off several different, unrelated items:
In …

Jane Espenson said that Joss Whedon normally hates having demons with tails on the show, as the tails almost never look realistic. The demons in 3.18 Earshot have tails, though, as …

In her blog, Jane Espenson wrote about her stage directions in the 3.06 Band Candy script being taken a touch too literally by members of the production staff:

“Oh! And now …

In an episode of Gilmore Girls called ‘But Not As Cute As Pushkin’ there was a reference to Buffy’s Spike and Drusilla:

Paris: “How do I look?”
Rory: “Where are you going?”
Paris: …

The Sunnydale High jock in 3.18 Earshot was named after a gymnast Jane Espenson went to school with. She used his name, Hogan Martin, as she felt it was very memorable …

According to Jane Espenson’s DVD commentary for the episode 4.17 Superstar, Buffy is supposed to say “I’m just kidding!” over the credits at the end of the episode. Espenson wrote the …

Jane Espenson was born in Iowa and studied linguistics at UC Berkeley. She won the Disney Writing Fellowship for 1992-93 for a Seinfeld script she had written. From that, Jane …

Jane Espenson told the BBC in an interview about her experience writing the episode 6.03 After Life:

“6.03 After Life was pretty much the first episode I’ve written that wasn’t really a …

In her DVD commentary for 1.05 Rm W/A Vu, Jane Espenson mentions that when a writer creates a character, they get a small payment whenever that character is re-introduced in subsequent …

Jonathan items in 4.17 Superstar include Jonathan-Os cereal, a variety of posters, an I Heart Jonathan t-shirt, an autobiography (Oh, Jonathan), an advertisement for training shoes, trading cards, comic books, and …

When Dawn’s mother appears to her in 7.07 Conversations With Dead People, the circumstances are different to when the First appears to others. She is surrounded by light and Dawn had …

In her commentary with David Fury for the season six DVD, Marti Noxon said the marzipan comment by the Buffybot in 6.01 Bargaining (Part One) was a shout out to Jane …

In Jane Espenson’s DVD commentary for 7.07 Conversations With Dead People, she said that Joyce had a line that was removed from the script. After Dawn performed her spell, she thought …

Jane Espenson, who wrote 4.17 Superstar, says she realises that the chess puzzle is incorrectly set up. Give the girl a break though, how many of you know how to set …

Jane Espenson says in her commentary for 1.05 Rm W/A Vu that the original episode title was to be Re-Lease.

In the season six episode, 6.16 Hell’s Bells, as Anya is practicing her vows in front of Tara and Willow, Tara tells her that she’s probably not supposed to say ’sex …

In 1.05 Rm W/A Vu, Cordelia says on the phone:
“But things are going great. - Well, my new apartment for one thing. Celebrities are practically on top of …

In 5.15 I Was Made To Love You, Spike goes to the Magic Box to try and get Buffy’s friends on his side after she discovered he loved her in 5.14 Crush. …