In 3.05 Homecoming, the Mayor gives deputy Alan Finch some words of advice and encouragement. He says:

“you have all my faith.”

This line foreshadows Faith’s future, as Alan Finch’s life …

Joyce tells Snyder in 3.02 Dead Man’s Party that she’s prepared to fight to allow Buffy back into the school. She says:

“If I have to, I’ll go all the way …

An Ascension is when a mortal or part-demon becomes pure demon, resulting in massive destruction. In 3.21 Graduation Day (Part One) Anya revealed she was the only living person to witness …

After a few previous hints (such as in 2.03 School Hard), it’s revealed in 2.19 I Only Have Eyes For You that Principal Snyder knows that the school is on a Hellmouth, …

In 3.18 Earshot, Giles and Wesley are still drawing a blank about the Mayor’s Ascension, despite Buffy and Angel’s attempts to get information from Faith in 3.17 Enemies. They both confirm that …

At the end of 7.01 Lessons, Spike is confronted by various manifestations in the form of previous big bads: The Master, Glory, Warren, Drusilla, Adam and the Mayor. The actors’ names …

In 3.22 Graduation Day (Part Two), the Mayor turned into a giant snake-demon. His Ascension is referenced in several future episodes. In 4.03 The Harsh Light Of Day, Harmony and Willow discuss …

A horned demon tries to sell the Books of Ascension to Buffy and Faith in 3.17 Enemies. He says they are:

“Very powerful works and I’m not talking about the prose. …

The Dedication was a ritual The Mayor performed one hundred days before his Ascension, in 3.14 Bad Girls. The Mayor says:

“The dedication is the final step before my Ascension. I have …

Early on in the episode 3.16 Doppelgangland, when the Mayor is introducing Faith to her new digs, there is a red-wrapped fruit basket on one of the tables. There are two …

Edna May was a mortal who married Mayor Richard Wilkins III in 1903. She died old and senile, cursing her husband for his eternal youth. The Mayor told this story …

Here is a stage direction for Faith’s dream in 4.15 This Year’s Girl:

“We cut back to the Mayor. He’s being horribly, brutally HACKED APART by Buffy with her knife. He’s …

The Mayor gave Faith an intricate knife as a present in 3.19 Choices. She used it to kill one of the Gavrok spiders and Buffy then took it away. Buffy stabbed …

In 3.21 Graduation Day (Part One) Faith mentions her childhood in Boston, where she describes herself as, unsurprisingly, a tough kid. The Mayor calls her a “firecracker” and she reveals that …

In order to proceed with his Ascension, the Mayor of Sunnydale had the Box of Gavrok flown from Central America in 3.19 Choices. Buffy and Angel stole the box but Faith …

Harry Groener played the Mayor of Sunnydale - Richard Wilkins III. He was born in Germany in 1951. Harry has three Tony nominations for his stage work in Oklahoma, Cats …

The Mayor seemed to have a nice smooth patter down for talking about deaths for the press. Well, a Mayor of Sunnydale, you’d have to, wouldn’t you? In both 3.11 Gingerbread …

In 7.11 Showtime, Buffy asks if the Turok-Han can be destroyed with germs. This is a nod to season three’s big bad, the Mayor, who had a fear of germs.

Lurconis was a massive snakelike demon that lived in Sunnydale’s sewers. The Mayor had made a deal with it to offer a tribute of live babies every thirty years. Mr …

Richard Wilkins III founded the town of Sunnydale 100 years ago over the Hellmouth and made himself Mayor. We didn’t meet him until season three, but his sinister presence was …