It is revealed how Spike got the scar over his left eye (which in real-life James Marsters actually got when he was mugged in New York).
The poem snatched from William's hands, is the first draft of the poem that Spike later reads in its complete form at the open-mike event in Not Fade Away (2004), this time received with enthusiastic applause from the audience.
This episode marks the final appearance of Darla on this series.
It was revealed Spike's character real name is "William Pratt", and also originally a famous actor's name but in most movies fans know him as Boris Karloff.
Drusilla siring Spike apparently contradicts School Hard (1997), when Spike calls Angel his sire, but Joss Whedon later verified that any vampire in a line can be referred to as a sire. Darla sired Angel, who sired Drusilla, who sired Spike - forming a "familial" line.