and Paul Lee made a strong effort to offer a non-contradictory continuity which fills the gap between the events of Buffy burning down her school gym (seen in The Origin), and "Welcome To The Hellmouth". Though, being published before the end of the television series Angel (1999 TV series), "Viva Las Buffy!" directly contradicts the fact that in the episode "Why We Fight," Angel states that the only human he's ever sired while having a soul was Sam Lawson (in Viva they write Angel having also sired their original character Garner Siddle). In the Angel (1999 TV series) episode "The House Always Wins," Angel indicates that it has “been a while” since he's been to Vegas. Saying that there “used to be dunes over there,” and further explaining that Bugsy Segal called them bug piles which means it couldn't have been later than 1947 since he's been in town.