Why is there a public phone backstage in Sunnydale High?

This was a fine MOTW episode with strong dialogue and a superb first appearance by Armin Shimerman as Principal Snyder.

Buffy forgets to put on her trousers a couple of times.


I'm quite pleased the smug Scoobies have to take part in the talent show just because they were smug and laughing at Giles.

There are some clever things going on in this such as the cutting between separate conversations to move things along quickly (there is a technical term for this, isn't there?); the low level camera work; and, maybe the most hilarious shot in Buffy ever: