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{{quote| ''To forgive is an act of compassion, Buffy. It's not done because people deserve it. It's done because they need it.''}}
 
Ghosts of two lovers possess students and force them to act out their tragic [[Murder-Suicide]].
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* [[Big Fancy House]]: Angelus, Drusilla and Spike move into a mansion.
* [[Buffy-Speak]]: Actually referred to as "Xander Speak" by Giles.
{{quote| '''Xander:''' This was no wimpy chain rattler. This was 'I'm dead as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore.'<br />
'''Giles:''' Well, despite the Xander-speak, that's a fairly accurate definition of a poltergeist. }}
* [[Captain Obvious]]
{{quote| '''Buffy:''' I'm telling you, something weird is going on.<br />
'''Xander:''' Something weird is going on. Isn't that our school motto? }}
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]
{{quote| '''Giles:''' Many times the spirit is plagued by all manner of worldly troubles. Being dead, it has no way to, uh, to make its peace. So it, it lashes out, growing ever more confused, ever more angry.<br />
'''Buffy:''' So it's a normal teenager, only dead. }}
* [[Everything's Worse with Bees|Everything's Worse With Huge Swarms Of Magical Wasps]]
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* [[Hope Spot]]: For a second Buffy thinks Angel has been restored, then she's pushed away in anger by Angelus who flees the scene.
* [[Insane Troll Logic]]
{{quote| '''Snyder:''' I'm gonna look at all the pieces carefully and rationally, and I’m gonna keep looking until I know exactly how this is all your fault.}}
* [[Ironic Echo]]: The dialogue between the ghosts once they possess Angelus and Buffy matches what Angel and Buffy would say to each other, if only they could.
* [[It's Not You, It's Me]]: When Ben hints he's like Buffy to ask him to the dance, Buffy responds "Oh Gosh!" He quickly backs off thinking she doesn't like him but Buffy hastens to add that he looks like a nice guy, but she's not seeing anyone. [[Broken Bird|Ever again.]]
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* [[Meaningful Echo]]: Specific lines of the James/Grace dialogue will be spoken by Buffy/Angel in Season 3's "Lover's Walk" and "The Prom."
* [[Metaphorgotten]]: In a rare unfunny example, Buffy's refusal to forgive the ghost rings strongly of her own past with Angel. Cordelia of all is the first to notice.
{{quote| '''Buffy''': No. James destroyed the one person he loved the most in a moment of blind passion. And that's not something you forgive. No matter why he did what he did. And no matter if he knows now that it was wrong and selfish and stupid, it is just something he's gonna have to live with.<br />
'''Xander''': ...He can't live with it, Buff. He's dead.<br />
''(Buffy storms out)''<br />
'''Cordelia:''' Okay. [[Rage Against the Reflection|Over-identify much?]] }}
* [[Mind Rape]]: What Angelus thinks has been inflicted on him. After this event his goal changes from tormenting Buffy to bringing about [[The End of the World as We Know It]], implying that Angelus is so disturbed at feeling love he wants to abolish all chance of it ever happening again.
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* [[Remonstrating with a Gun]] / [[Railing Kill]]: How Grace was killed.
* [[Saw It in a Movie Once]]
{{quote| '''Buffy:''' I don't incite! I stopped that boy from killing his girlfriend, ask him. Ask the janitor.<br />
'''Snyder:''' People can be coerced, Summers. I'm no stranger to conspiracy. I saw ''[[Who Shot JFK?|JFK]]''. }}
* [[Snakes Are Evil]]: At least when the burger you're about to bite into turns into a wriggling nest of them.
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* [[Tear Jerker]]: I challenge you not to cry over this one, even if you're not a Bangel fan.
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]
{{quote| '''James (1955)''': ''Don't walk away from me -''<br />
'''Buffy (1998)''': ''- BITCH!'' }}
* [[Theory Tunnelvision]]
* [[Throwing Off the Disability]]: After Angelus taunts him again and leaves with Drusilla, bidding him "Have fun without us", Spike slowly rises from the wheelchair he was in since Buffy tried to kill him and kicks it across the room.
{{quote| "Oh I will. Sooner than you think."}}
* [[Titled After the Song]]
* [[Very Special Episode]]: Ended with a PSA about calling the suicide hotline.
* [[Weirdness Censor]]: Snyder and the police chief worry that it's starting to fray.
{{quote| '''Snyder:''' We're on a Hellmouth. Sooner or later, people are gonna figure that out.}}
* [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|Why Don't You Just Bite Her?]]: Angelus had become bored with his mind games with Buffy and decides to finish her off once and for all. Fortunately the ghosts have other ideas for the two of them.