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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
S7.E7
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Conversations with Dead People

  • Episode aired Nov 12, 2002
  • TV-PG
  • 42m
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Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jonathan M. Woodward in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
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Buffy strikes up a conversation with a vampire who was once an acquaintance in high school. Dawn defends Joyce from a menacing creature.Buffy strikes up a conversation with a vampire who was once an acquaintance in high school. Dawn defends Joyce from a menacing creature.Buffy strikes up a conversation with a vampire who was once an acquaintance in high school. Dawn defends Joyce from a menacing creature.

  • Director
    • Nick Marck
  • Writers
    • Jane Espenson
    • Drew Goddard
    • Rebecca Kirshner
  • Stars
    • Sarah Michelle Gellar
    • Nicholas Brendon
    • Emma Caulfield Ford
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    • Director
      • Nick Marck
    • Writers
      • Jane Espenson
      • Drew Goddard
      • Rebecca Kirshner
    • Stars
      • Sarah Michelle Gellar
      • Nicholas Brendon
      • Emma Caulfield Ford
    • 11User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Sarah Michelle Gellar
    Sarah Michelle Gellar
    • Buffy Summers
    Nicholas Brendon
    Nicholas Brendon
    • Xander Harris
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    Emma Caulfield Ford
    Emma Caulfield Ford
    • Anya
    • (as Emma Caulfield)
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    Michelle Trachtenberg
    Michelle Trachtenberg
    • Dawn Summers
    James Marsters
    James Marsters
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    Alyson Hannigan
    Alyson Hannigan
    • Willow Rosenberg
    Danny Strong
    Danny Strong
    • Jonathan Levinson
    Adam Busch
    Adam Busch
    • Warren Mears
    Tom Lenk
    Tom Lenk
    • Andrew Wells
    Jonathan M. Woodward
    • Holden Webster
    Azura Skye
    Azura Skye
    • Cassie Newton
    Kristine Sutherland
    Kristine Sutherland
    • Joyce Summers
    Stacey Scowley
    Stacey Scowley
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    • Director
      • Nick Marck
    • Writers
      • Jane Espenson
      • Drew Goddard
      • Rebecca Kirshner
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    • Trivia
      Amber Benson was initially going to appear as Tara, taunting Willow instead of Cassie, but she turned it down on the grounds that she thought having Tara as a villain would ruin her character. According to the writers in this episode's DVD commentaries, she simply wasn't available.
    • Goofs
      After Dawn pulls the plug on the television set she holds it up in front of her chest, but in the reverse angle she is holding the plug down by her hip.
    • Quotes

      Buffy Summers: I just...

      [sighs]

      Buffy Summers: If you knew what I've done, what I've let myself become. My best friends don't even... You'd laugh if you heard some of the things I've done to them.

      Holden Webster: Buffy... I'm here to kill you, not to judge you.

    • Crazy credits
      For the second time in the series the title appears on screen at the opening. The date and time which follows corresponds with the date and time it originally aired.
    • Connections
      References Star Trek (1966)
    • Soundtracks
      Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme
      Written by Nerf Herder

      Performed by Brandon K. Verrett

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    • Release date
      • November 12, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • 1800 Stewart St., Santa Monica, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Mutant Enemy
      • Kuzui Enterprises.
      • Sandollar Television
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    • Runtime
      • 42m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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