The vampire dusting effect now starts to feature the vampire's skeleton as they turn to dust.
This is the first mention of Cleveland, Ohio as another Hellmouth and center of demon activity.
Some viewers have claimed that Faith is visible in the background, being bitten by a vampire in the Wishverse. In actuality, the woman is simply a background extra with a similar hairstyle to Eliza Dushku.
Joss Whedon ranked this as his sixth favorite of the entire series in The Last Sundown featurette of the Buffy Season 7 DVD, and is notable for being the only one on the list that was not at least partially written by him (although he was uncredited for his writing contribution for Conversations with Dead People (2002) which ranked ninth on the list)
The top worn by Alyson Hannigan as Vampire Willow was reused as a costume for Lindsey Stoddart, who played Katie Ney (the Mayor's wife) in episode The Man with the Bone (2006) of the series Bones. Both shows starred David Boreanaz.