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Same Time, Same Place is the third episode of the seventh season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the one-hundred and twenty-fifth episode overall. Willow returns to Sunnydale, but she's invisible to Dawn, Buffy and Xander. Meanwhile, a demon is skinning people alive.

Co-Stars: Camden Toy (Gnarl), Anthony S. Johnson (Father), Matt Koruba (Teen Boy), Nicholette Dixon (Sister), Marshè Daniel (Brother)

Contents 1 Plot Overview 2 Notes 2.1 Monster of the Week 2.2 Body Count 3 Arc Advancement 3.1 Happenings 3.2 Characters 3.3 Referbacks 4 Trivia 4.1 The Show 4.2 Behind the Scenes 4.3 Allusions and References 4.4 Memorable Moments 5 Quotes 6 Reviews

[edit] Plot Overview

[edit] Notes

[edit] Monster of the Week

• Gnarl: Gnarl is a green parasitic demon with long, sharp fingernails. His actual "species" of demon isn't revealed. The demon's fingernails excrete a poison that paralyzes his victim. While the victim is paralyzed, he tears the victim's skin off in strips and eats them. Afterwards, he drinks the pool of blood. Gnarl is also apparently immune to magic. The demon's weak spot is apparently the eyes. The demon's speech and look seems to be greatly influenced by Gollum from the Lord of the Rings books, particularly the way he speaks in third-person. This was confirmed by Jane Espenson in a post on a forum in which she said "Collect the money on the bet. There was some Gollum in the history of Gnarl."

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1	Graffiti Kid	Gnarl	Flayed	Construction Site
2	Gnarl	Buffy	Eyes Poked Out	Snarl's Lair

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

• Sunnydale High: Xander mentions that the blueprints for the school are useless because the walls seem to be moving.

[edit] Characters

• Willow: Willow returns to Sunnydale after mostly recovering in Giles' training.

[edit] Referbacks

• 6x20 - Villains: Many of the references in this episode come from the final three episodes of the previous season in which Willow became evil. This also notably includes a soundbite flashback to Tara's death when Willow touches the window in Buffy's room when she first returns to Sunnydale.
• 5x04 - No Place Like Home: Giles hired Anya onto the Magic Box fulltime in a previous season. She eventually became the owner of the shop.
• 4x14 - Goodbye, Iowa: Willow used the same light spell to locate Tara in a previous episode.
• 4x04 - Fear, Itself: Anya's fear of rabbits is briefly referenced when Willow refrains from saying "quick like a bunny."

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

• Buffyverse: Dawn browses the "Demons, Demons, Demons" website, which first appeared in an episode of Angel entitled The Ring.

[edit] Behind the Scenes

• Reprisal: Camden Toy also appeared in Hush as one of the Gentlemen. He was apparently the one who seemed to be the leader.
• Fun with Censorship: Several shots were removed from the British broadcast of this episode, particularly during the scenes in which Gnarl is maiming Willow.
• Crazy Credits: This is the first episode in the series in which there are no guest stars. The opening credits go straight to the producers after the intro.

[edit] Allusions and References

• Hide the Button: Spike refers to a children's game that is played in two different ways. In one version, kids sit in a circle and one person has to figure out which one is hiding the button. In another, it's more like hide and seek. The line is also used in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

Spike: Button, button, who's got the button?

[edit] Memorable Moments

• Anya posing the paralyzed Dawn in funny ways.

[edit] Quotes

• Buffy: It's a rock cliff.
  Xander: Well, give him a break, Buffy. Maybe it's a vicious skin-eating rock cliff.
  Spike: There's a cave in it. Look. (To Buffy and Dawn) I'm insane. What's his excuse?

[edit] Reviews

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