No, you can actually read the book (try it on your computer instead of on a TV--the HD version makes it even crisper with more on the sides of the prop). Except it says, "Sarah Goodfr--d" (it's almost readable, though part of the last name isn't). It's not the wiki, but the actual episode where Liam had some sort of relationship with her when he was 18. Angel's own dialog supports it when he comments on noblewomen and girls he knew at the time. That is, if you look past the Watchers' Diaries being notoriously unreliable about dating (Liam was born in 1727, not 1753!). And then there's the fact that her dress is so ridiculously not 18th century (is that a corset and bustle I see?--certainly not chest-flattening stays).
Buffy props in general are absolutely horrible if you try to read them (modern shows are more HD ready). This one is the same in terms of a whole lot of nonsense on the page, though there seems to be something about St. Vincent's Eve and a witchcraft curse. My favorites are the Beatles lyrics in Marcie's assassination textbook, Andrew Borba's newspaper clipping turning into an article on recycling and Wesley's book on astral projection being a Latin text on 12th century Spanish kings. I get a lot of laughs out of reading the props.
Surprisingly, a lot of effort went into Russell Winters' computer searches (dates with all of his Jane Doe victims and their descriptions) and Nathan Reed's computer schedule actually matching the correct month for when Darla became pregnant with Connor. The computer records for the blind assassin Vanessa Brewer match what is said in the episode, too.
"Astral Projection
Anno Chriſti milleſimo ducenticſimo octogetimo quarto, indictione duodecimâ, rebus Caſtellæ propemodûm deſperatis ob diffidium inter partem Alfonſum nc San Etium filium; mortuus eſt Alfonſus menſe Apeili anno xtatis ſexazeſimo tertio, Hiſpali, ubi patre defunĉto regium inſigne ſuſceperati condito anteà reſlamento quo Alfonſumnc Ferdinandum Caldus... ſubſtitutos pogni heredes nominauitinc utto que ſine prole defunĉto, Philippum Galliæ Regem ad priores Caſtellæ Reges manerum genus referantem. Inter maximus Reges..."
"Chapter 11
Assassination and Infiltration
Case example 1: Radical cult leader as intended victim
August 2, 19XX. She's not a girl who misses much: She's well acquainted with the touch of a velvet hand like a lizard on a window pane. The man in the clouds with the multicolored mirrors on his hobnailed boots. Lying with his eyes as his hands are busy working overtime. A soap impression of his wife which he ate and donated to the national trust. 'I need a fix cause I'm going down, down to the bits that I left uptown'. Mother Superior jumped the gun. Joy is a hot revolver, yes it is. When I hold you in my arms and I feel my finger on your trigger, I know no one can do me no harm because Joy is a hot revolver, and he is afraid of the monkeys who are in possession of digital skeletons of Swiss cheese..."
"Sunnydale Press
Price 35¢
Five die in van accident
By Sandra Sorzano
Sunnydale Press Reporter
In a tragic accident yesterday, four adults and one child were killed.
This accident has led people to believe...
Fugitive Andrew Borba
Among the dead was Andrew Borba, whom the police sought for questioning in a double murder.
The driver lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a pole.
Services for the deceased will be held at Sunnydale Funeral Home.
Each count with which the ex-wife is charged represents a required visit that didn't occur. She said her husband was outside the house trying to get the girls to talk to him and allow him to take them to his home.
While he amended the compromise into a bill that would have required a minimum of five cent refundable deposit, the assembly and the senate will be the first time buyers. In brief the compromise calls for the creation of state-regulated recycling programs for all aluminum, glass and plastic containers."
I can definitely call bullpucky on the thing about Cordy being mentioned in the April 3, 2003 white draft of Joss' Chosen script. I have the script right here.
