During a panel discussion that was a DVD extra for the Season 7 DVDs, Joss Whedon said that after finished filming, they got a note from the network asking for the talent-show scene from Oedipus to be removed. The note said: "We realize that it's Shakespeare, but does he have to talk about sleeping with his mother?" The ancient Greek play Oedipus Rex was actually written by the Athenian playwright Sophocles about two thousand years before Shakespeare was born.
On the original airing, the closing credit sequence was split-screened with a scene in which Buffy, Willow, and Xander perform a scene from the play Oedipus Rex. This scene was excluded in repeat airings until the series left The WB Network. It is included in the DVD Collections, and in present television reruns.
The ending credits roll alongside Buffy, Willow and Xander's act. This is the only time in the Buffyverse that a scene is played as the credits roll. This is also the only time in the show where the ending credits are not in Slayer font.
Buffy displays a brighter shade of blonde that is more prominent than the honey blonde color she has sported for most of the season up until this point. Sarah Michelle Gellar was getting started on filming "I Know What You Did Last Summer" when this episode was filmed, and she wore extensions in the movie as her natural hair was much shorter at the time.