The three hired then-renegade Slayer Faith to assassinate him, promising to free her from her police charges and a doubled amount of payment. Cookie Notice The vampires in Buffy don't exactly conform to traditionalstandards. Crouse's essay has now racked up more than 3 million page views. [citationneeded], Failing to do so, Darla was diagnosed with syphilis, the disease that she had before becoming a vampire. 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. He also became the love interest of the titular character, Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), and they were in a long term relationship. For me, the character of Maggie Walsh is a great addition to this season. JavaScript is disabled. I'm sure she admires Dr. Frankenstein - or Einstein. I've been expecting Tara to leave orbe off the show for awhile, so her dying (Even though she's not REALLYgoneright? She said that she was rather> surprised and disappointed uponhearing abou ther character's death.> > > (Yeah, right, like I could tell if it was definitive based on a> > Usenet posting)> > Hey, you could check the guide for yourself>. [18] Their marriage produced two daughters, Willa and Zosia Mamet. Better safe than splattered.> > At least one traditional legend we have (as of now) been told is false:> several people in episodes have said that leprechauns do not exist. At Harvard, 46.3% of recruited athletes in the class of 2022 come from families with household incomes of $250,000+, compared with 1/3 of the class as a whole. Maggie was supposed to be the season's Big Bad.Maggie was supposed to drive a wedge between Buffy and Riley. "Carmikl" wrote in message. I've never understood the logic of shifting the dilemma to anewly introduced third party. He starred in a total of 31 episodes, and his character, Riley Finn, was first introduced in the season four premiere. Hmm interesting hope someone has info on this? [16], Lindsey was incarcerated in a Holding Dimension that emulated suburbia, complete with a wife and a son. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season Six; Tabula Rasa, SPIKE: I must be a noble vampire. But just as he said this, Angel entered the conference they were having where Lindsay introduce him to Wolfram & Hart and telling him that Angel could not touch Winters. The loss of Marc Blucas was a blessing! I would say "scheduling conflicts" is the Hollywood answer. Crouse was born in New York City, the daughter of Anna (ne Erskine)[1] and Russel Crouse, a playwright. The person in charge was Maggie Walsh who was also Buffy's professor. [14], Lindsey later sought out Spike under the assumed identity of a drifter named Doyle, closely paralleling the initial encounters between Angel and the real Doyle. One of the biggest last minute changes that affected Buffy was Seth Green leaving early in production of season four. At least one traditional legend we have (as of now) been told isfalse: several people in episodes have said that leprechauns do notexist. I know in a lot of the *old* werewolf stories, youdidn't need silver to kill one, but after all these bleedin' movies got theissue confused, if *I* were hunting one, I don't think I'd gamble on whetherthey were wrong! There were indications that the Initiative existed from the first episode. Even our quantum physics validate[s] ideas the Buddha taught 2,500 years ago. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. 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. While Nike promotes gender equality in its ads, their sponsored athletes say they risk losing pay if they become pregnant. It was an experiment that the Government wanted to test was possible or not, and they put Maggie in charge. 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. 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. Adam> > was a last minute replacement as the Big Bad. 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[1], He then aided in the resurrection of Angel's old lover, Darla by taking over chanting during the ritual to bring her back when the demon Vocah; who was originally performing the ritual; was distracted when Angel attacked him. "Look at my generation. Starting in the mailroom, he quickly worked his way up, becoming one of Wolfram & Hart's most valued lawyers. ", "The Summer Retreat with Ven. The pair fought on a rising container that held the creature, while Cordelia tried to stop the process. There were other indications that an> > unknown force was at work in and around U.C. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. [10], Lindsey quickly replaced his hand with a new prosthetic and continued with his life, requiring pre-made ties for work and unable to play his guitar. The person in charge was Maggie Walsh who was also Buffy's professor. On a mission of redemption.I help the hopeless. riiighhht?). He talks about similar issues with Donald Sutherland & Glenn Quinn. > > > 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. "It's always hard to be directed by someone who's close to you," Crouse says. The series stars Sarah Michelle Gellar as the title character, and she ended up forming a relationship with . They were only able to leave by the sacrifice of Gunn, who remained behind to take Lindsey's place. 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. Willow was headed down that path anyway and Tara was a fellow traveller. 2. She also had a leading role in the 1987 film House of Games, which was directed by her then-husband David Mamet. Lindsay Crouse is an actress who portrayed Maggie Walsh on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series. She> > said the Initiative storyline was something that they pulled out of, > > their hats at the last minute. (The writers could change their minds, of course, and makethem crucial to the season seven finale, say, but that's the currentcanon.) Her interview in The Watcher's Guide, vol. She's not a mean person, she's just a straight-out scientist. [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. Not bad, but the mix would have beenbetter. Leaving Angel briefly to get his stake, Angel in that time recovered and turned the tables on Lindsey. Perceiving that Buffy poses a risk to the project, Walsh tries to kill Buffy by sending her on a mission on which she is ambushed by two demons released from the Initiative's holding cells. I do wish I was a little more seasoned and mature at the time to realise how good it was. 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. I like her caustic nature, because she's not a mean person. Crouse has appeared in featured and guest roles in a number of television series. [11], Crouse appeared in Lee Blessing's Going to St. Ives with the Gloucester Stage Company during the summer of 2008[12] and provided the narration for Virginia Lee Burton: A Sense of Place, a documentary film about Virginia Lee Burton. There were indications that the Initiative existed from the> first episode. [7], Due to his and Lilah's achievements, they were congratulated at Holland's wine tasting party where Darla and Drusilla came and massacred everyone there, save for Lindsey and Lilah, as payback for being used as pawns. They were thinking in terms of family,so Adam as "brother" probably seemed a better option. >> 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. Kills me! "[4], Crouse outlined her view of Maggie's relationships with Riley and Buffy, "Her teaching assistant Riley is really the child she never had, and there's probably confusion there that he's a potential something for her that's slightly out of her reach, but she's willing to prevent anyone else from being interested in him. the > exact opposite of this paragraph.> > Does anybody have definitive info?> > (Yeah, right, like I could tell if it was definitive based on a > Usenet posting). Maggie Walsh was supposed to be a> > motherly type to Riley. Come to think of it, it does make sense that Adam was the planned Big Bad all along. She has a vision of what she wants to do. Definatelynot as big of a surprise as how Warren died. [6], When Darla was returned to life as a human, Lindsey became attached to her, struggling with CDs to play her music at his office and helping her mess with Angel's mind; he provided Darla with a fake identity and hired actor to play her husband to frame Angel for murdering him. Maggie Walsh was supposed to be a, > > motherly type to Riley. 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." Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The two wrote much of The Sound of Music. Find where to watch Lindsay Crouse's latest movies and tv shows . It's easy to kill offrecurring character's, it's tougher to kill off contract regulars. Kinda makes sense that she died, "Well, she's {Buffy} got an appointment with someone {Walsh} who's actually. Buffy star missed. Is it true that Maggie Walsh was the original planned season 4 Big Bad? During the day vampires had to sleep in a coffin with its native soil init and would return to a death like state.3. If you believe that then how do you reconcile Mr Whedon's comments that he does not plan a series more than one season in advance? It wasMaggie who was supposed to tell Riley about Angel to humiliate Buffy infront of everyone at the Initiative. Buffy reboot cast: Which Buffy the Vampire Slayer cast will return? > In article , Tim McGaughy> wrote:>>in article 130620022021411075%dsa@synapse.net, Don Sample at>>dsa@synapse.net wrote on 6/13/02 7:24 PM:>>> 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?>>>>> And even if they were silver, maybe he just had a Lone Ranger complex.>>>>Or perhaps, just perhaps, he knew about the legends that werewolves can>>only be killed by a silver bullet.> > That doesn't mean that the legends are true. ), -- Don Sample, dsa@synapse.netVisit the Buffy Body Count at http://www.synapse.net/~dsample/BBCQuando omni flunkus moritati. Personally I think> > ASH's departure this season was even more devastating.> >>> I wonder. The. I'm a vampire with a soul.BUFFY: A vampire with a soul? Zombie Walsh attacks Buffy when she comes to Riley's rescue, but Buffy knocks her down and defeats her, and with some help from the Scooby-Gang of Willow, Xander, and Giles, she defeats Adam as well. ", "For Mamet and Crouse, A Movie is a Family Affair. ", "North Shore Film Festival wraps up on May 8 and 9. This would at least have given Riley some character otherthan soldier boy. The Initiative was eventually destroyed and Riley was demoted, which did nothing for his reckless state of mind. The Big Bang Theory finale: Who did Sarah Michelle Gellar play? If I recall, was not one of Sunday's minions hit by a taser by a then unknown assailant? I don't know but I don't think Maggie Walsh would have been scary enough as the Big Bad on her own. > >> > I wonder. Her full nameLindsay Ann Crouseis an intentional tribute to the Broadway writing . LindsayCrouse was signed for the whole season. 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 think she feels she's in direct competition with Buffy. More recently, in season four, > > > Maggie (Lindsay Crouse was going to be much more of a mother figure> > for Riley, introducing him to> > > another girl to lure him away from Buffy. Crouse viewed her character "no nonsense, and she seems to be a real teacher. In 1977, she appeared as Lily Braden, the discontented wife of hockey player Ned Braden in Slap Shot. Maggie Walsh was supposed to be a> motherly type to Riley. I see that you're either the one with the power or you're powerless.Lindsey McDonald, Lindsey McDonald was a lawyer at Wolfram & Hart and both an enemy and ally of Angel Investigations. Walsh initially thinks that Buffy can be a useful ally to the Initiative, but soon takes a dislike to her unpredictability and unwelcome curiosity, especially with regards to the "314 Project". 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. This transcript is intended to be used for criticism, comment, and research purposes. In it, she recalls the moment her friends saw a photo of Lady Gaga cuddling with Polansky in Miami after attending the Super Bowl . But it's easier to see how and why they might have madethat decision. Yes> I was that sad :-) and in those there were certain facts that don't appear> in Buffy>. Crouse is a Buddhist. If he was making silverbullets, it might be on a "Pascal's Wager" basis: if the legend IStrue, then using lead bullets is a way for him to get very quickly andvery messily dead. See Lindsay Crouse full list of movies and tv shows from their career. Maybe my brain is just not functioning today, but who is this Ash person? [2], Lindsey's driving force was his ambition, largely in part due to his childhood poverty. (Actually, in _Wild at Heart_ Oz still hasscratches from his first encounter with Veruca several hours later, sohe can't heal too fast. lets face it. If you've been paying any attention to running news (or just big headlines in general) then you are already familiar with Lindsay's work. Riley was different from Buffy's other love interests, is he was the only one who could offer her a slice of normality. You can unsubscribe at any time. You never will be.Lorne to Lindsey, Unlike most of Wolfram & Hart's other employees, Lindsey was not entirely devoid of a moral conscience. Crouse has also guest-starred on Alias, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Columbo, Criminal Minds, Law & Order, ER, Millennium, and NYPD Blue. Prior to having his powers stripped from him by Angel's team, he displayed the following powers. . Although if you bring up Jenny Calendar I'm still bitter aboutthem killing her off! Buffyverse Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Zombie Walsh attacks Buffy when she comes to Riley's rescue, but Buffy knocks her down and defeats her, and with some help from the Scooby-Gang of Willow, Xander, and Giles, she defeats Adam as well. Lindsey was eager to have Angel sire Darla, thus saving her. Buffy: Why does Sarah Michelle Gellar not want to return for reboot? Kane has described the character as being driven by cynicism and ambition: "I still think this cat looks at the glass as being half empty. It was she who restored Angel's soul at the conclusion of season two. (Unless someone tells them to, but thatwould just be silly and pointless. Since Buffy is meant to be the central character surely thedrama should focus on a her rather than Riley. > in article 130620022021411075%dsa@synapse.net, Don Sample at> dsa@synapse.net wrote on 6/13/02 7:24 PM:> > > In article <21ced21e.0206@posting.google.com>, Sam> > wrote:> >. An understanding that Willow found inconvenient as she used magic to empower her and increase her standing with Buffy. Cordy (Charisma Carpenter) was introduced in the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.She was a teen drama archetype: the hot, rich, mean girl with a slew of sycophantic followers . Crouse was born in New York City, the daughter of Anna (ne Erskine) and Russel Crouse, a playwright. ----- Posted via NewsOne.Net: Free (anonymous) Usenet News via the Web ----- http://newsone.net/ -- Free reading and anonymous posting to 60,000+ groups NewsOne.Net prohibits users from posting spam. Vampires were more primeval and didn't get emotionally involved withpeople or other vampires for that matter, There are more differences but I have forgotten the rest :-). In 1982 she appeared as the decisive witness in The Verdict. On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 16:56:21 -0400, Timothy A. McDaniel wrote: Thoght ASH was supposed to be in the spin-off "Ripper". Maybe it useda wierd calibre bullet. was not that big if a surprise. The. Sunnydale in further> > episodes before it was all revealed to us.> > --. A flunky?! Notable roles include a recurring portrayal of Kate McBride, a lesbian police officer on Hill Street Blues during its sixth season in 1986. And even if they were silver, maybe he just had a LoneRanger complex. She is of Russian Jewish and Hungarian Jewish descent. bah. 1999 . The Initiative is her baby. I'm not sure I'd have been desperately interested in the Maggie/Rileyrelationship. [4] Their 1946 play State of the Union won that year's Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Claiming to receive visions from the Powers That Be, he gained Spike's cooperation and trust. After figuring out that his hand wasn't evil but rather suicidal, Lindsey pulled the plug on his friend and destroyed the facility, while saving those that could still be saved. However, I just listened to her interview at the Buffering podcast and nothing of that sort came up. 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. . 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. Lindsey then discovered that Darla had slept with Angel. For her role in the 1984 film Places in the Heart, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. 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. He did this by casually informing the board in a meeting that he was bored with the firm's games while assaulting his colleagues and throwing the promotion to Lilah after revealing she carried files against them out of fear that she would not be promoted and thus killed. Since werewolves are fictional, there's no universal "rule" about how they must be portrayed. "To join the Clueless Club, send a followup to this message quoting everythingup to and including this sig!" 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. 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. [2], In a final confrontation between Angel and Lindsey, the two buried the hatchet, and Lindsey warned him of the games Wolfram & Hart was trying to play. Lindsay Crouse ( @lindsaycrouse) is a writer and producer in Opinion. I remember when I was a kid, I read a lot of vampire comics. Lindsay> > Crouse was signed for the whole season.> >. [EXPLAINER]. > > > then we went, ehhh, forget it. [citationneeded], Lindsey and Eve contrive a situation where Spike saves Angel from a demonic parasite (placed on an unconscious Angel by Eve), which simultaneously disheartened Angel, galvanized Spike, and adds weight and veracity to the claims made by "Doyle"/Lindsey. 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. > > > > This is the first time I've ever heard this. 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. This was the first lesbian recurring character on a major network. 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. Lindsey was one of six children, two of whom died of the flu. She's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. [17] She and Mamet divorced in 1990. In many stories, it takes silver to kill a werewolf when it's in wolf form but the other 26 or so days of the month when they are human, they can be killed just like anyone else can. Though Angel saw Lindsey off, he managed to get one last crack at him by taping a sign reading "Cops Suck" on the back of his truck. She> > said the Initiative storyline was something that they pulled out of> > their hats at the last minute. After a relationship with Robert Duvall,[15] Crouse married playwright David Mamet in 1977. What did Maggie intend for Adam to do then? In any case, Tara was always shown to understand the importance of moderating the use of magic. 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. 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 theywere made of. Marc Blucas is an American actor who is best known for his role in the supernatural teen drama, Buffy The Vampire Slayer. [13] In 2021, she appeared in a limited engagement of Mornings at Seven at Broadway's Theatre at St. We had a lot more planned for Seth Green> > (Oz), for example, but his departure> > > [to do films] opened the door for Tara (Amber Benson), which was> > something we never expected. Also, a rather different story since the focuswould have been on that personal aspect as well as thepolitical/military one. Smart guy! At first he enjoyed his new privileges, able to play his guitar again. It should have been layered a bit with fans even sympathizing with Walsh. Actor Blucas simply left the series as his character was written out in the year 2000. 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. [1], Lindsey used his pass to get Angel past security so he could steal disks with information against his colleagues. Learning that Angel planned to expose the truth, they hired an old demon enemy of his to kill him. At some point, he began a relationship with Eve, the Liaison to the Senior Partners. Also, zombies do not eat brains. ", Lindsey was originally going to appear in the "First Night" storyline of. I was really creeped out when he reanimated the corpses of Walsh and the other doctor. You don't AngelLindsey's last words, Lindsey and Angel allied once more in an effort to stop the Circle. Now a Giles/Maggie struggleover Buffy's soul could have been fascinating but a Buffy/Maggie struggleover Riley? (Yeah, right, like I could tell if it was definitive based on a Usenet posting)-- ************************************************************************ Keith F. Goodnight, Anime Fan |"Pacifism only works ** Keeper of Annapuma's Script Crypt |if everybody feels the ** http://gsoft.smu.edu/ScriptCrypt/crypt.html|same." There were other indications that an> unknown force was at work in and around U.C. Unknown to many in the Initiative, Walsh is also involved in Project 314, a secret program within the Initiative that is creating a hybrid demon-humanoid-mechanoid (demonoid) known as Adam. I disagree. Since he wouldn't do it, Lindsey stormed into her hotel with armed men, with Lindsey personally having Angel tasered and forcing him to watch as Drusilla entered the room and re-sired Darla.