One dialogue exchange was cut:
Xander: "Love sucks. Ever since I was in grammar school, it's the same old dance...you dig someone, they dig someone else. And then that someone else digs someone else."
Willow: "That's the dance."
Xander: "I mean, I'm right for her. I'm the guy. I know it. She's so stupid! She's not stupid. But...it's too much. We're such good buds, I'm this close to her, and she doesn't have a clue how I feel. And wouldn't care if she did. It's killing me." [He exits and Willow stands alone for a moment]
Willow: "Gee, what's that like?"
Xander's line "fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly" is a line from the song "Can't help lovin' dat man" from the 1929 musical, Show Boat.
The Three is a biblical reference to the Gibborim from The Book of Samuel. Also known as 'David's Mighty Warriors', The Three is the name of a group of the greatest warriors of their time. For example, the leader is said to have killed over 800 men in a single encounter.
Joyce meets Giles, Angel, and Darla for the first time. It's also her first interaction with Xander