Andrew. Isn't he sweet? Our shrine to the fluffiest geek ever. This week: Rock, not Spock: Andrew mixes up Vulcans, the logical race of Star Trek aliens, and volcanologists, people who study volcanoes, in his speech to the potentials about Faith. Not so surprisingly, she actually killed one of the latter. King of Monsters! He also chips in on Godzilla, explaining that the giant lizard is mostly Tokyo-based, so not really a threat. He doesn't count the 1998 Hollywood movie with Matthew Broderick as canon, though.

New found Faith: Eliza Dushku returns as ex-rogue Slayer Faith. This episode sees her arrive from LA, where she was sorting out a little Angelus problem over in Buffy's sister show Angel. The last time she was in Sunnydale she stole Buffy's body and slept with her boyfriend (in two-parter This Year's Girl/Who Are You?) so it's not surprising she gets a less than effusive welcome.

Rising high: Alert viewers will notice that Faith's voice is much higher than previously. On the David Letterman show, Eliza Dushku explained why - she'd had to train her voice away from her naturally husky, low tones, because they were destroying her vocal chords.

Could have warned me: Faith is understandably annoyed that no-one told her about the Bringers trying to kill all Slayers and potential Slayers. Especially as one of them tried to finish her off in prison, in the Angel episode Salvage.

Fillon the part: Evil man of the cloth Caleb is played by Nathan Fillon, here freshly redeployed from Firefly where he played the part of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds. Nathan was one of the many people who originally auditioned for the part of Angel. Other roles he's played include another priest in Dracula 2000, and playing Private Ryan, but not the Private Ryan, in Saving Private Ryan.

By the Book: Caleb refers to the Whore of Bablyon, a strange Biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Revelations, chapter 17. He also mentions the story of Eve taking the apple in the garden of Eden, and the Christian belief in wine becoming the blood of Christ at Mass. His musings on what would happen if you had the white wine at church caused a bit of a stir, getting the conservative Parents Television Council up in arms.

Cruel and unusual: Faith mentions that the last movie shown at her prison was Glitter, as if being locked up wasn't bad enough. A vehicle for Mariah Carey, Glitter told the story of a singer who succeeds despite all the odds. It's very, very cheesy.

Not so fond memories: Despite clearly having some history with her, Faith's never actually met Dawn. Buffy's little sister was still a key made of amorphous energy the last time Faith was in town. The monks who made Dawn and altered everyone's memories to include her back at the start of season five really knew what they were doing.

Don't forget the dentine: Spike admits that smoking's not really a health issue for him, being dead already, but it is a hygiene one. "Teeth get yellow after an eternity" he notes. And where's a vampire going to find a dentist with hours that suit for that scale and polish needed to get chipper choppers?

Daytime soap of doom: Spike compares Caleb's evil vineyard lair to Falcon Crest, the glam-drenched 80's soap opera about a Californian vintner family. Running from 1981 to 1990, Falcon Crest may not have been about the ulimate evil, but plot twists did include family rivalry, murder and big shoulderpads.