According to an interview with Marti Noxon, Professor Walsh was suppose to be the real Big Bad, not Adam. If that would have made things better plot wise, we will never know.

Speaking of Halloween...

Rick Castle: Looks like Buffy’s visiting the Big Apple.*Castle episode Vampire Weekend*

It would have been cool to see Xander excel in that! His role was to stay humble, I suppose.

Yep. Plus Angel as a puppet. He was so adorable. I wish Buffy had seen him like that.:)