I really thought they took the writing of Kennedy way too far when she was immediately hitting on Willow and making comments about I've swapped arrangements so we will be sharing a bedroom, don't hog the covers. And wtf she had no idea of Willow was even interested in her at that point, waaay too pushy. And then after she became drill-sergeant with the other potentials and started bullying and name calling them, I was done with her. Least favourite Buffy character by far

And they did have a quick flashback of Buffy pushing Dawn on the swings in Blood Ties, and also Buffy in Weight Of The World remembering meeting Dawn as a baby, but those were pretty brief. It would have been fun if they had tried to insert Dawn into flashbacks of old scenes and rework them kinda, but they probably couldn't afford to pay for the computer effects I guess?