RILEY, YOU BIG LUG We start a small shrine to the dumbest man on TV. This week: Riley realises he loves Buffy incredibly quickly. He helps Willow hide Buffy's slaying kit from him. His attempts to pull Buffy are remarkably lame ("Did Willow tell you I like cheese?"). He still uses the phrase "courting" (not so much dumb, just very Rhett Butler). He blows the fact that he's been in Stevenson Hall, and then covers it badly. How is this man a special agent with a secret identity? How?

Spike: James Marsters may now be in the credits, but his roots are showing. Undead, but definitely dyed.

Oz: The credits have been changed to remove Seth Green's name. But we do finally find out (on-screen) that Oz's full name is Daniel Osborne.

Bad Dancing: There's some extremely lacklustre jiving in this episode. This is probably down to the fact that (in order to make editing easier) scenes like these are often recorded without the music, so the actors have nothing to dance to.

Famous roommates When Spike's looking for Buffy, he scrolls through a list of Buffy crew, such as fight co-ordinator Jeff Pruitt.

Semper Fi(delis): Riley's latin tag is apparently also the motto for the US Marines.

Tom: Mace Lombard returns as Tom, Sunday's vampire zapped at the end of The Freshman.