I like the way this episode was done. It takes one's worst fears and nightmares and allows them plague you during your waking hours thereby making them real. But we don't realize this at first. As the audience we just see spiders attack a boy in class and wonder what new villainy is this. It's not until Buffy sits down to take a test in a class she's never attended that we begin to see what's going on. We are presented with the standard bad dreams: showing up for a test in a class you've never taking, performing in a show without rehearsals, and realizing you are in class without any clothes on. (I am really glad this was Xander's nightmare as it allowed for some ogling.) But then there are the more serious nightmares like Buffy's fear that she's the reason her parents separated, Giles afraid that Buffy will die on his watch. I have to draw a comparison between Buffy and her worst nightmare of becoming a vampire to Harry Potter and his fear of dementors when facing the Boggart. In these cases, where one's worst fears can become reality, fighting them off isn't always simple. Side Note: Willow says the phrase "what do they need all those legs for anyway?" when talking about the spiders and it immediately reminded me of Anya when she sings about the bunnies in a later season.....
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