Crouse was born in New York City, the daughter of Anna (ne Erskine) and Russel Crouse, a playwright. The Initiative is her baby. There were indications that the Initiative existed from the first episode. 1. Fans struggled to connect with Riley when he was first introduced to the show, as he was seen as just another of Buffy's romances. ), >it would have had more impact. Anthony Stewart Head, who played Buffy's watcher Rupert Giles, was only represented by an oil painting. The Bridge, Iain Banks, > > Her interview in The Watcher's Guide, vol. Express. The person in charge was Maggie Walsh who was also Buffy's professor. I've seen other > published interviews that say Lindsay Crouse was disappointed to learn > her character was destind to die halfway through the season-- i.e. Walsh was basically working on something that was inhuman, which in turn could be explained by saying that Adam was born out of the dark part of Walsh's soul/mind. I disagree. ", Angel Investigations and Team Angel allies, Angel Investigations and Team Angel enemies, Lindsey is the only character besides Angel himself to appear in the first (", Though Christian Kane is a guitar player as well as a singer, it is his. He might have requirements(other than material) that aren't easily met with store bought bullets. Apparently Adam was> > originally supposed to be a good guy, but when Lindsay Crouse wanted out> > of her contract they had to scramble to find a new Big Bad. [1] Despite being one of the brightest of Wolfram & Hart, Lindsey secretly harbored a great deal of distrust for the organization and his colleagues, particularly Lilah. Sleeper--'It's a library; only the stupid and the evil are afraid of those.' He said that she was a scientist, and that she was going to be doing research and eventually, she might hatch an evil plot, but her front was being a psychology teacher. However, his hew hand began to act up, writing "kill" whenever Lindsey didn't concentrate. Vampires Don't bleed or get injured5. Prior to having his powers stripped from him by Angel's team, he displayed the following powers. WB / Hulu. Adam activates the chip Walsh had inserted into Riley's heart, making him biddable to Adam's command. That doesn't mean that the legends are true. Apparently Adam was> > originally supposed to be a good guy, but when Lindsay Crouse wanted out> > of her contract they had to scramble to find a new Big Bad. But Crouse said this to Rafelson, who called Mamet; when the director asked why he should hire him for the screenplay, Mamet replied, "Because I'll give you a good screenplay or a sincere apology." And even if they were silver, maybe he just had a LoneRanger complex. "Because everybody needs to go home and complain about the director. However, Adam awakens and impales Walsh, killing her, and escapes from the Initiative. Or it could be that the Watcher's Guide is a fluff piece and that's really how it happened. Not bad, but the mix would have beenbetter. Riley later found out his boss had implanted a behaviour modifier into him after he joined the initiative, and it caused him to experience strange feelings. The Initiative was eventually destroyed and Riley was demoted, which did nothing for his reckless state of mind. She's like a President. Buffy wouldn't have been his enemy if she'd been all 'Frankenstien me up, Doc'. This was the first lesbian recurring character on a major network. Per the outlet, "Angel . And also, Seth (being oncontract) wouldn't have been missing for the amount of eps Tara was thisseason to make the whole just got back together thing and then killed in thesame episode. Maggie was supposed to be the season's Big Bad.> Maggie was supposed to drive a wedge between Buffy and Riley. When he tried to kill the aspiring actress Cordelia Chase, Angel attacked Russell at his manor to save her. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. She> said the Initiative storyline was something that they pulled out of> their hats at the last minute. Oh my god, how lame is that?-------------------------------------------------------------------------, You do not have permission to delete messages in this group, Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message, From the 29 January 2002 online edition of Entertainment Weekly, Marti, On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 14:16:49 -0400, Boozy Smurf \(aka Andrew Hatch/790\) <, I had thought there'd be more Walsh in S4Too bad, LC missed a real chance to. Whedon discussed with Nicholas Brendon and Sarah Michelle Gellar the idea of Buffy and Xander ending up together at the end of the final season, which the actors reportedly agreed. Although if you bring up Jenny Calendar I'm still bitter aboutthem killing her off! One fan said: "I didnt like Riley Finn when he first became Buffy's boyfriend but by the time he left I was really sad. Professor Maggie Walsh is introduced in Season Four, as Buffy's Psychology professor at the University of California, Sunnydale, but is later revealed as the leader of the government-controlled Initiative, a military project intent on capturing, studying, and modifying the behavior of various demons. Crouse is a Buddhist. [11] Nineteen days later, Lindsey makes a trip to the crater where Sunnydale once stood and digs Spike's amulet out of the Hellmouth. Lindsey then discovered that Darla had slept with Angel. But most of the changes [throughout> > the series] have had to do with> > > actors coming and going. reasons and the Big Bad arc had to be redesigned around Adam. On more than one occasion, he joined forces with the Angel Investigations team and helped them stop some of Wolfram & Hart's particularly amoral agendas and operations, such as their plan to assassinate three children[1] or their mystical transplant operation. Sunnydale in further episodes before it was all revealed to us.-- Be seeing you,Growltiger, > > > > Lindsay Crouse wanted out of her contract so she was killed off. ", Clements, Warren. Her interest was given a menacing quality in "Gingerbread" when we first see Willow and Amy performing a magic ritual. However, he did return for an episode in the sixth season, where he returned and revealed he had married someone else. That she doesn't want to live in a world of babies. Certainly Tara's role would have been quite different,> > or maybe there wouldn't have been a Tara at all. She made her Broadway debut in the 1972 revival of Much Ado About Nothing and appeared in her first film in 1976 in All the President's Men. The two agreed to fight the upcoming battle together and, at the end, resolve their differences, maybe even allowing Lindsey to take a powerful position at Wolfram & Hart as "the devil [they knew]. >> If Seth Green handn't left, it would have been him lying dead on the, Previously on alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer, jlp@aol.comnospam wrote in, Previously on alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer, "Boozy Smurf \(aka Andrew Hatch/790, > > in season four, Maggie (Lindsay Crouse was going to be much more of a, >> We see Cain making his own bullets, but nothing is said about what, Did anyone else notice that Cain was the same guy as Sahrjon on Angel. DonnaMy opinions might have changed, but not the fact that I am right. If Seth Green handn't left, it would have been him lying dead on the bedroom floor in "Seeing Red". Her full nameLindsay Ann Crouseis an intentional tribute to the Broadway writing . > In article <21ced21e.0206@posting.google.com>, Sam> wrote:> >> Don Sample wrote in message>> news:<130620021341170604%dsa@synapse.net>>>> In article <1b3O8.7195$Ok1.4@news2.west.cox.net>, Daniel Silverman>>> wrote:>>> >>>> Oz is a werewolf>>>> From watching Wolf Lake, turning into a werewolf after being accelerates>>>> the>>>> healing process>>>> >>>> I doubt Oz would die from a bullet IMHO, unless he was shot in the head or>>>> something>>>> >>>> Daniel Silverman>>> >>> Whether or not Buffyverse werewolves have any sort of fast healing has>>> never been established. "This is a matter of opinion--I disagree. Two men enter, one man leaves!" Various creatures captured by the Initiative were dissected to provide the parts for Adam. Shesaid the Initiative storyline was something that they pulled out oftheir hats at the last minute. [8] Darla did this with the intent to keep both lawyers as their liaison to the Senior Partners, because though angry for being used by Wolfram & Hart, she desired power. I'm talking dirt poor, no shoes, no toilet, six of us kids in a room and come flu season that went down to four. However as his character grew in complexity, they started to appreciate his role in the series and said they were sad to see him leave. It is a series with humble beginnings (the movie, starring Kristy Swanson, was a minor cult . In fact, while, under the assumption that she'd left the show early, I used to think that that reanimated corpse prof Walsh (in Primeval) was just an extra in prosthetics, it turns out that it was actually herself (Crouse) coming back to the show as planned all along. To me she was always a secondarycharacter, I liked the character and the actress, but the death just didn'ttouch me. MORNING READS Ripe and smooth: This village thinks it has. I thought the character came into her own in season five and blossomed as the moral core of Buffy's gang this year. > >> > Also, apparently at a convention where Jane Espenson was a panelist. He had also been betrayed by his boss, Professor Walsh (Lindsay Crouse) who had been in charge of the initiative but had been lying about an attempt to kill his girlfriend, Buffy. However, I just listened to her interview at the Buffering podcast and nothing of that sort came up. Lindsey was left alone, beaten both physically and emotionally. *shudder*. More info. I don't know but I don't think Maggie Walsh would have been scary enough as the Big Bad on her own. She is of Russian Jewish and Hungarian Jewish descent. It was she who restored Angel's soul at the conclusion of season two. Wasn't Lindsay Course playing judges in the Law & Order franchise was that part of the reason why she got killed off in Buffy? Upon discovering this, Lindsey sent several top private investigators to find out who the intruder was. An understanding that Willow found inconvenient as she used magic to empower her and increase her standing with Buffy. Since Buffy is meant to be the central character surely thedrama should focus on a her rather than Riley. Wow, I had no idea Walsh was originally intended to be the Big Bad. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. LindsayCrouse was signed for the whole season. Before Angel left, Lindsey had the encounter digitally recorded and alerted the police. After reading an intriguiging book about vampire legends, it seems to me (the book didn't draw this conclusion, it's my own stab in the hear-- er, dark) that pretty much the entire modern picture of the vampire as played in Hollywood and Gothic fiction comes from Bram Stoker's "Dracula", and Stoker actually made up most of it on his own. Unable to get within a good distance due to a cross Lindsey held, Angel threw a scythe at Lindsey, chopping off his right hand. While it is true that the affinity began as a result of a common interest in magic, Willow was always portrayed as the more dominant partner. Lindsay Crouse wanted out of her contract so she was killed off. It was an experiment that the Government wanted to test was possible or not, and they put Maggie in charge. Smart guy! "To join the Clueless Club, send a followup to this message quoting everythingup to and including this sig!" ActuallyI think it would have upset me more to see Oz get shot infront of Willow. Re-writes and character alterations happen all the time in T.V., but her direction shifts so radically so fast that it's always struck me as odd. Lindsey also worked with the ex-Watcher Rutherford Sirk to fake an addendum to the Shanshu Prophecy that the vampire with a soul must drink from the Cup of Perpetual Torment after apparently causing a disruption of reality that Eve claims is the result of there being two vampire champions with souls in an attempt to provoke a conflict between Angel and Spike that would result in Angel's death. But because of Lindsay Crouse having filming conflictions with her movie schedules they had to kill her off and write Adam in? When she seemingly killed a security guard which put her on the run, Lindsay tried to contact Angel but he was already there and hung Lindsey's neck by a string choking, wanting to know where she was but Lindsey explained that she would die if Angel didn't save her. Her other films include Slap Shot (1977), Between the Lines (1977), The Verdict (1982), Prefontaine (1997), and The Insider (1999). The show then went into a bunch of filler/side stories involving YesI was that sad :-) and in those there were certain facts that don't appearin Buffy, 1. if you stabbed a vampire with a stake in the heart you would have toleave it there as removing it would resurrect the vampire2. I just can't see Oz taking Tara's place. Older ones could control rodents7. Actor Blucas simply left the series as his character was written out in the year 2000. Nevertheless, a new contract required her to kill the Holy Triumvirate, formed by three innocent children. Maggie Walsh was supposed to be a, > > motherly type to Riley. His character went on to feature in a comic book which focused on Riley and his new wife. Also, zombies do not eat brains. Crouse's film career began in 1976, with small roles in television and theatrical movies. Meanwhile, he infiltrated Wolfram & Hart. [citationneeded], Lindsey responded by changing into his casual clothes, getting into his truck and by brutally beating Angel with it and a sledgehammer, demanding to know what happened with Darla. Lindsay Crouse - a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee in 1985 for Places in the Heart - is a compelling presence as Dr Joan Allenby, a wronged woman who lives out a revenge fantasy after witnessing her lover cheating on her with a young colleague. As his character grew in popularity, he was included as part of the credited cast in the show's titles. I think she feels she's in direct competition with Buffy. Lindsay Ann Crouse (born May 12, 1948) is an American actress. The vampires in Buffy don't exactly conform to traditionalstandards. [4] Their 1946 play State of the Union won that year's Pulitzer Prize for Drama. ", Another fan said: "Always loved Riley (re-watching Buffy just now) and it turns out the actor is as sincere and lovable as the character he played. Actually, it could be even simpler than that - I reload and cast my ownbullets for certain calibers because it's a whole lot cheaper than factoryammo. Sunnydale in further> episodes before it was all revealed to us. One their schemes involved organizing a charity event with Anne Steele, operator of the East Hills Teen Center, to improved Wolfram & Hart's image and secretly steal the donations. 1999 . Great actresses like Glenn Close and Susan Sarandonthere's nothing written for anyone over a certain age. I really do believe that." Why did Buffy go to LA in season 4? Putting him in a crisis of conscience, Lindsay teamed up with Angel to save the children and allow him to leave Wolfram & Hart scot-free. While Nike promotes gender equality in its ads, their sponsored athletes say they risk losing pay if they become pregnant. "[1], In a gender studies text, Jowett includes a section on the character, and argues the character is "masculinized by her roles as professor, scientist and leader. A person I would really like to know!". The set up for the final battle between Buffy and Adam occured in episode 14. Buffy defeats the demons and appears on the monitors after Walsh has prematurely announced Buffy's death to Riley, who walks out. For more information, please see our Lindsay Crouse ( @lindsaycrouse) is a writer and producer in Opinion. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. After graduating from the Chapin School in 1966[6] Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. > > > Now that the first season is out on DVD, can you tell us about storylines that never made the cut?> > >> > > Actually, there were a lot of things we were going to do and never did. Joss has said that Lindsay Crouse was difficult to work with, which led him to killing her off/reducing her role sooner. Not that I want to see Oz shot or anythingbutit would have had more impact. In fact, while, under the assumption that she'd left the show early, I used to think that that reanimated corpse prof Walsh (in Primeval) was just an extra in prosthetics, it turns out that it was actually herself (Crouse) coming back to the show as planned all along. His relationship with Buffy also hit the rocks after he realised she could not love him in the way he wanted, as she was scared of emotional vulnerability. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. lets face it. It was> > Maggie who was supposed to tell Riley about Angel to humiliate Buffy in> > front of everyone at the Initiative.> >. When Darla failed to persuade Angel to their side, thus stunting her mentality, Lindsey discovered he was in love with her despite her desire to become a vampire. Perhaps with the intention of using them as police or even soldiers. -- Tim McDaniel is tm@jump.net; if that fail, tm@us.ibm.com is my work account. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Complete Series (1997-2003) was TV's most unlikely pop-culture phenomenon since The X-Files. The WB/YouTube. She was striving so hard to understand what life was about. Failing in that, he gave information about Angel to police officer Kate Lockley, whose father had been recently killed by vampires, putting her in a vendetta against Angel. I heard Seth wanted out because he was getting more demand for movie workcause of his Austin Powers role instead of his Buffy role. See Lindsay Crouse full list of movies and tv shows from their career. She produced the Emmy-nominated Opinion Video series "Equal Play," which brought widespread reform to women's sports. Before the Initiative showed up I had assumed that Maggie had discovered the existance of vampires and was using them as guinea pigs for various psych experiments. "[10] In 2007, Crouse opened a revival of The Belle of Amherst, a one-woman show about the life of poet Emily Dickinson, at the Gloucester Stage in Gloucester, Massachusetts. [2] In 1996, she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for "Between Mother and Daughter", an episode of CBS Schoolbreak Special. The fleur-de-lis bracelet that Lindsey wears throughout his time on the show is actually a bracelet that Christian Kane wears to remind him of his mother who is from New Orleans. He talks about similar issues with Donald Sutherland & Glenn Quinn. They were only able to leave by the sacrifice of Gunn, who remained behind to take Lindsey's place. Her interview in The Watcher's Guide, vol. This is the first time I've ever heard this. In the search, it was discovered that Lee had consulted with an enemy law firm, and was then executed right next to Lindsey, his blood spraying on his face. Maggie was supposed to be the season's Big Bad.> > Maggie was supposed to drive a wedge between Buffy and Riley. He noted that, while Angel was sidetracked at Wolfram & Hart, the apocalypse was already underway, and Angel and his team were becoming more corrupt by the day. > (Yeah, right, like I could tell if it was definitive based on a> Usenet posting). This also explains why they didn't think to ring in some othermilitary type as the big bad. Buffy star missed. When informed by Eve that Spike had failed, Lindsey activated the Senior Partners' program meant to kill Angel if he turned against them. Buffy the Vampire Slayer spoilers: Who does Buffy end up with? Lindsay> > Crouse was signed for the whole season.> >> > Both Seth Green and Lindsay Crouse bailing in the same season meant they> > had to scramble. Werewolves and silver bullets could be another false thing. The plan was averted as Spike, Cordelia, and Angel were able to uncover Lindsey's actions. Also, apparently at a convention where Jane Espenson was a panelist. Is it true that Maggie Walsh was the original planned season 4 Big Bad? Because their behavior was shown on national television, coupled with the loss of the money and their attempt to kill Angel was revealed, which was against the firm's policy, their new supervisor Nathan Reed told them that Angel's life was invaluable while they were replaceable. Writing and acting. [FAN DISCUSSION]Buffy: Why does Sarah Michelle Gellar not want to return for reboot? It's easy to kill offrecurring character's, it's tougher to kill off contract regulars. I like her caustic nature, because she's not a mean person. I think the way they went made it much scarier, though. Buffy The Vampire Slayer is a classic supernatural series which has returned to All 4. Too bad. Lindsey and Eve. > > > > This is the first time I've ever heard this. The. Their last collaboration was Mr. President in 1962. ), -- Don Sample, dsa@synapse.netVisit the Buffy Body Count at http://www.synapse.net/~dsample/BBCQuando omni flunkus moritati. I really enjoy the strong, challenging women that pop up in Buffy's world - Maggie Walsh, Jenny Calendar, Anya, & Tara to name a few. Buffy has actually played on this a bit in "Buffy v Dracula" when Spike blames Dracula for spilling the beans about vampire weaknesses-- implying that before Dracula's story was written, most myth and legend knew little or nothing about them. She really would like to fashion the world in her image. > > Also, apparently at a convention where Jane Espenson was a panelist. Any more word on this? Lindsay Crouse had more fun playing a zombie than playing Prof. Walsh. The two had met during the production on Slap Shot. Together, Lindsey and Eve manipulate events so that Spike, not Angel, proves (or at least appears to the Senior Partners) to be the ensouled vampire foretold in the Scrolls of Aberjian, the one who will have a crucial impact in the Apocalypse and fulfill the Shanshu Prophecy.Lindsey hopes that once the Senior Partners realize the folly of attempting to seduce Angel to their . [18], During the Fall of Los Angeles, the Senior Partners discussed with Wesley the possibility of replacing him with a "zombified McDonald" or Eve as their liaison to Angel. Adam> > was a last minute replacement as the Big Bad. Leaving Angel briefly to get his stake, Angel in that time recovered and turned the tables on Lindsey. There were other indications that an unknown force was at work in and around U.C. [citationneeded], Angel is given the amulet which Spike eventually uses to destroy the Hellmouth in Sunnydale. [12] Deposited, incorporeal, in Wolfram & Hart and unable to leave the city limits, Spike gradually grows attached to L.A. and reconsiders his initial intention to seek out Buffy in Europe, deciding to allow Buffy to remember him as a self-sacrificing hero. [13], Lindsey then initiated the next stage of his plan, making Spike corporeal again through a package sent to Spike at Wolfram & Hart. After huge amounts of fan speculation on the idea, a vampirised Slayer finally did appear in the "Season Nine" comics. Sarah Michelle Gellar. After David Boreanaz left "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," he went on to star as the eponymous antihero of the spin-off show "Angel," according to Screen Rant. [9], They learned that Angel had nothing and the footage consisted of nothing but Cordelia and Wesley messing around; it not only embarrassed them when they acted suspiciously to stop the footage being shown, but it allowed the demon to take the money and return it to Anne. Marc Blucas: The actor played Riley Finn in Buffy, Marc Blucas: The actor played Buffy's boyfriend. > >> Though Cain, the werewolf hunter, did make a point of using silver> >> bullets> > > > We see Cain making his own bullets, but nothing is said about what they> > were made of.> > And why would he make his own bullets, then? She's not a mean person, she's just a straight-out scientist. Professor Maggie Walsh is a fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. At some point, he began a relationship with Eve, the Liaison to the Senior Partners. Maggie Walsh was supposed to be amotherly type to Riley. Personally I thinkASH's departure this season was even more devastating. [2], It was then that Lindsey decided to leave Wolfram & Hart permanently, despite the fact he was promoted. Personally I think> > ASH's departure this season was even more devastating.> >>> I wonder. A graduate of Harvard University, where she competed in both cross country and track and field, Lindsay is a senior staff editor and senior OpDocs producer at The New York Times. It seems that a lot of the problems that Buffy has had in previous seasons were the results of actors bailing out in mid-production. A flunky?! "Christian Kane (lindsey) - Horror-web.com Interview. [19], You're not part of the solution, Lindsey. Yes, such specifics will certainly be written around the characters and their natures and would differ, but there's no real reason the broad flow of the story would have had to be different. Buffy the Vampire Slayer RETURN confirmed - stars reunite after decade, Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot: Release date, cast, plot, trailer, Sarah Michelle Gellar reveals the treatment she used to shed fat. Crouse's essay has now racked up more than 3 million page views. Lindsey insisted to Lorne that he had changed, offering to sing for him so Lorne might read his future. His intent was for Willow to be Season Six's Big Badand whoever her love was at the time would have to be sacrificed to push herover the edge. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season Six; Tabula Rasa, SPIKE: I must be a noble vampire. Maggie was supposed to be the season's Big Bad.> > Maggie was supposed to drive a wedge between Buffy and Riley. He was eventually rescued by Angel, Spike, and Charles Gunn for information they need. I would say "scheduling conflicts" is the Hollywood answer. What did Maggie intend for Adam to do then? Maggie was supposed to be the season's Big Bad.Maggie was supposed to drive a wedge between Buffy and Riley. ", Lindsay Crouse brings third annual Buddhist retreat to Rockport, Lindsay Crouse Summer Retreat in Massachusetts web site, Lindsay Crouse's Buddhist Teachings posted online at ACI-LA, Lindsay Crouse's additional Buddhist teachings posted online, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lindsay_Crouse&oldid=1133361838, Episode: "Rebecca McManus and Steve Arnold", Episode: "I've Got Batman in My Basement", Episodes: "Captain Kangaroo Court", "A Liver Runs Through It", Episodes: "Ted and Carey's Bogus Adventure", "Alice Doesn't Fit Here Anymore", Episodes: "Forgive, But Don't Forget", "Black Eye", "Sinners and Saints", "All Others Pay Cash", This page was last edited on 13 January 2023, at 11:35. I've seen other published interviews that say Lindsay Crouse was disappointed to learn her character was destind to die halfway through the season-- i.e. Werewolves> and silver bullets could be another false thing. [13] In 2021, she appeared in a limited engagement of Mornings at Seven at Broadway's Theatre at St. "[3], Crouse gave some insight into her view on her character, "She's such an extremist. To me that would have been a cooler idea since you don't need to have a huge hidden base under campus and it does not make the Slayer's job completely redundant since you don't have an armed squad of demon-hunter doing her job, just your everyday mad scientist. In "The Freshman", antagonist Sunday was originally going to be a Slayer who had been turned into a vampire, explaining how she was able to nearly effortlessly defeat Buffy the first time they fought.Instead, she simply became an unusually savvy and powerful vampire. Andaside from that, I dunno. )>> >> Though Cain, the werewolf hunter, did make a point of using silver bullets> > We see Cain making his own bullets, but nothing is said about what they> were made of. Both of . Eliza Dushku, who played the rogue slayer Faith Lehane, was not represented at all. Adam was a last minute replacement as the Big Bad. Harris wasn't playing for money, power or fame. Better safe than splattered. This is something that has always been interesting to me everytime I watch season 4. She feels like she's testing the boundaries of something, and any human being always feels important no matter who they are. At least one traditional legend we have (as of now) been told isfalse: several people in episodes have said that leprechauns do notexist. The. I doubt it. Whedon discussed with Nicholas Brendon and Sarah Michelle Gellar the idea of Buffy and Xander ending up together at the end of the final season, which the actors reportedly agreed. Gellar has stated she believes Whedon's original intention was "was to put Xander and Buffy together. She's probably a mix of those two. We thought it would create> > some Shakespearean jealousy, and. Emmy Award-winning Sarah Michelle Gellar was born on April 14, 1977 in New York City, the daughter of Rosellen (Greenfield), who taught at a nursery school, and Arthur Gellar, who worked in the garment industry. And when he came back I realized that I really missed Riley.". --Help control the idiot population. I still don'tthink he was; he was a fellow victim and should never have been playedas a big bad. Crouse has also guest-starred on Alias, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Columbo, Criminal Minds, Law & Order, ER, Millennium, and NYPD Blue. It makes no sense to me. In recent years, Crouse has concentrated on the theater. Marc Blucas is an American actor who is best known for his role in the supernatural teen drama, Buffy The Vampire Slayer.