Some Assembly Required

In which Giles gets a date, Cordy gets a clue, and a proto-mad scientist builds a woman. It's cool, it's for his brother.

Official back-of-box synopsis:

Cordelia's about to lose her head - literally. When the parts of dead girls' bodies go missing from their graves, Buffy and her posse discover that they're being used to create the perfect woman. The only part missing is the head.

From the old WB Buffy website:

LAND OF THE LIVING DEAD -- When the body parts of dead girls are discovered missing from their graves, Buffy and her posse discover that the parts are being used to create the perfect woman, with the final touch being Cordelia's head. Meanwhile, Giles finally musters the nerve to ask fellow teacher Ms. Calendar out on a date and Angel admits his jealousy over the amount of time Buffy spends with Xander.

Links:

This episode's page at http://www.restlessbtvs.com/, the Restless BTVS Trivia Guide

This episode's page at http://www.vrya.net/bdb/, the Buffyverse Dialog Database

Cross-reference:

episodes featuring literary references:

• Band Candy
  The gang are getting "all Willy Loman" with the candy
• Bad Girls
  Faith, Lady-MacBeth-like, scrubs away at an already-clean shirt
• Enemies
  Faith is less punctual than Godot
• The Prom
  Buffy quotes Frost -- "miles to go"
• Fear, Itself
  Willow calls Oz "Brutus" and then has to explain the reference...
• New Moon Rising
  Buffy threatens to get William-Burroughsy with Colonel MacNamara
• Crush
  Dru riffs on Othello: "We can love quite well. If not wisely."
• The Gift
  Spike's "we band of buggered" echoes Henry V
• this episode
  "Thank you, Cyrano" -- Giles responds to Buffy's val-speak advice on wooing Jenny

episodes with scary Mothers:

• The Witch
  Amy's mom takes over her body, not just her life
• Gingerbread
  Nice witch-hunt, mom!
• Conversations With Dead People
  OK so it wasn't Joyce, but it was very scary
• Lies My Parents Told Me
  Spike's mother, enough said.
• this episode
  Mrs Epps, there's surgery going on in your basement!

Cast:

• Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy
• Alyson Hannigan as Willow
• Nicholas Brendon as Xander
  

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• Anthony Stewart Head as Giles
• Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia
• David Boreanaz as Angel
• Amanda Wilmshurst as Cheerleader
• Robia Lamorte as Jenny Calendar
• Angelo Spizziri as Chris
• Michael Bacall as Eric
• Ingo Neuhaus as Daryl
• Melanie McQueen as Mrs Epps