But to be honest, i think her story played out the way it should have been. Adam may be ridiculous, but is also a fun and fitting Big Bad. I'm a vampire with a soul.BUFFY: A vampire with a soul? Lindsay Crouse wanted out of her contract so she was killed off. I've never understood the logic of shifting the dilemma to anewly introduced third party. 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. 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. From what I've heard it was between Crouse's agent and ME; specifically money $$$. Cameras installed in Riley's room allow her to spy on Buffy and Riley while they have sex, and later to hear Buffy ask Riley about the 314 Project. I doubt it. 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. I heard Seth wanted out because he was getting more demand for movie workcause of his Austin Powers role instead of his Buffy role. The trailblazing basketball player died last month at age 66. But Crouse made the character far too cold for fans to get into. Adam is a complete monster with absolutely no human emotions -- it made him a very formidable foe! 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 also explains why they didn't think to ring in some othermilitary type as the big bad. While Nike promotes gender equality in its ads, their sponsored athletes say they risk losing pay if they become pregnant. It wasMaggie who was supposed to tell Riley about Angel to humiliate Buffy infront of everyone at the Initiative. ", Lindsey was originally going to appear in the "First Night" storyline of. [9], After Angel violently burnt Darla and Drusilla, Lindsay, still infatuated with Darla, let her recuperate at his apartment. That she doesn't want to live in a world of babies. He was eventually rescued by Angel, Spike, and Charles Gunn for information they need. I'm not sure, but for the way her arc progresses and then suddenly stops, it seems to me like there must have been more to the backstage story. 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 :-). [1], While studying at University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Lindsey was recruited by Holland Manners to the law firm Wolfram & Hart. [citationneeded], Lindsey legally represented many vampires and demons, as well as evil humans. Adam activates the chip Walsh had inserted into Riley's heart, making him biddable to Adam's command. 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. Shesaid the Initiative storyline was something that they pulled out oftheir hats at the last minute. [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. In 1999, he worked with vampiric businessman Russell Winters, a client that because of Lindsey's and his firm's services, could feed on young women without alerting attention. The pair fought on a rising container that held the creature, while Cordelia tried to stop the process. ), >it would have had more impact. > >> > Also, apparently at a convention where Jane Espenson was a panelist. Not much help sorry. (Presumably Watchers and other supernatural experts knew more). Wesley, unhappy with being forced to serve the Partners, shot those possibilities down, saying the presence of either alongside Angel would not help the Senior Partners get what they wanted, as the vampire would at worst ignore them and kill them at best. "To join the Clueless Club, send a followup to this message quoting everythingup to and including this sig!" At some point, he began a relationship with Eve, the Liaison to the Senior Partners. And ya know what, if Michelle Trachtenbergleft in the middle of season 7 I wouldn't mind that one bit. I read something about this in the official Buffy Magazine years ago, don't remember what it said other than Maggie was going to play a much bigger part in Season 4 originally. He starred in a total of 31 episodes, and his character, Riley Finn, was first introduced in the season four premiere. [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. [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. She was just in the way of his goal and so she had to be eliminated- and I think that cold, emotionless demon is always more unnerving than any other. Although if you bring up Jenny Calendar I'm still bitter aboutthem killing her off! Gellar has stated she believes Whedon's original intention was "was to put Xander and Buffy together. Buffy: Why does Sarah Michelle Gellar not want to return for reboot? During the ensuing battle, Lindsey attempted to burn a scroll that Angel needed to save Cordelia. "It's always hard to be directed by someone who's close to you," Crouse says. There were other indications that an> unknown force was at work in and around U.C. Lindsey insisted to Lorne that he had changed, offering to sing for him so Lorne might read his future. [sic]. She tried to create a monster to help her plans and they just turned around and stabbed her through the stomach!!! Career Crouse 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. Realising he could never truly be with her, he rejoined the military and took off on a helicopter, leaving Buffy standing helplessly below. > > > > This is the first time I've ever heard this. Riley managed to remove the chip in his body and ripped out the tubes pumping blood to keep Walsh reanimated, killing her for good. When Buffy appeared at the secret laboratory to confront Adam and save Riley, the undead Walsh tried to attack her with a bone saw. 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 . Returning to his apartment, Lindsey found that Darla had left town, taking all her clothes with her. Used automotive wheel weights make great inexpensive bullets forplinking, and I can control how heavy a powder charge I want as well. 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. Kinda makes sense that she died, "Well, she's {Buffy} got an appointment with someone {Walsh} who's actually. Adam wasn't scary enough to be Big Bad on his own either, LOL. [20] Crouse has spoken on the relevance of Buddhism in the modern world: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, "[Buddhism] is not an exclusive club. 2. I don't want to sound like a jerk or attack ME and Joss or anything but is it standard practice to let actors with contracts just walk anytime they feel like it? However, Adam awakens and impales Walsh, killing her, and escapes from the Initiative. Certainly Tara's role would have been quite different,or maybe there wouldn't have been a Tara at all. JavaScript is disabled. "[21], "Lindsay Crouse keeps up a Family Stage Tradition. Per the outlet, "Angel . Maybe my brain is just not functioning today, but who is this Ash person? Buffy star missed. Joss has said that Lindsay Crouse was difficult to work with, which led him to killing her off/reducing her role sooner. Attempting to finish off Project 314, begun by Walsh, Adam has his workers manufacturing more creatures like himself; part demon, human, and machine combined. There were indications that the Initiative existed from the first episode. You don't AngelLindsey's last words, Lindsey and Angel allied once more in an effort to stop the Circle. And so, damn it, I'm going to drink the rest of that water. Sumati Marut, Cindy Lee, Rick Blue, Lindsay Crouse", "Actress brings Buddhist retreat to Windhover. Lindsay> > Crouse was signed for the whole season.> >. She did my head in so im glad that she didnt keep going. Yes> I was that sad :-) and in those there were certain facts that don't appear> in Buffy>. LindsayCrouse was signed for the whole season. > 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. An interesting thing about Joss is he's not very diplomatic, I like that about him. In any case, Tara was always shown to understand the importance of moderating the use of magic. "Once you get your driver's license, you end your film career," says Crouse. I think the way they went made it much scarier, though. Or just making sure. bah. "It was obviously a great thing to be a part of. Unless she really was evil, I don't think she intended to create a monster that would kill everyone? Finding out that Buffy is the Slayer is a kind of a gas, and it's nervous-making and exciting to have good people on her team; she's like a president - she wants a great cabinet underneath her. was not that big if a surprise. [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. Lindsay Crouse had more fun playing a zombie than playing Prof. Walsh. Upon discovering this, Lindsey sent several top private investigators to find out who the intruder was. ", Clements, Warren. More info. But it's easier to see how and why they might have madethat decision. riiighhht?) She has a vision of what she wants to do. This was the first lesbian recurring character on a major network. Maggie was supposed to be the season's Big Bad.> Maggie was supposed to drive a wedge between Buffy and Riley. The set up for the final battle between Buffy and Adam occured in episode 14. Dressed in his casual attire, Lindsey left Los Angeles and went on a soul-searching trip, including, amongst other places, Nepal. 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 . 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. Mamet got the job. 1 Second Lead, Breaks for Starlight", "Actress brings third annual Buddhist retreat to Rockport. Beating him down with his bare hands while apologizing for the fact Darla didn't love him and that he made the right choices, Angel used the sledgehammer to smash Lindsey's prosthetic hand, noting that Lindsey should be grateful he recently had an epiphany, as Angel could have easily destroyed Lindsey's remaining real hand instead. [2], The Senior Partners gave that Eurotrash vampire everything I've worked for. Crouse viewed her character "no nonsense, and she seems to be a real teacher. The. Unable to get within a good distance due to a cross Lindsey held, Angel threw a scythe at Lindsey, chopping off his right hand. To me she was always a secondarycharacter, I liked the character and the actress, but the death just didn'ttouch me. You do realize that Wolf Lake has nothing to do with Buffy, don't you? Lindsay Crouse wanted out of her contract so she was killed off. She> > said the Initiative storyline was something that they pulled out of> > their hats at the last minute. The series stars Sarah Michelle Gellar as the title character, and she ended up forming a relationship with . I was really creeped out when he reanimated the corpses of Walsh and the other doctor. Tara's death didn't even phase me. However, Angel knew that Lindsey could never be trusted, and he had secretly instructed Lorne to assassinate Lindsey once the Sahrvin demons were eliminated. 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. I really do believe that." Why did Buffy go to LA in season 4? It may not display this or other websites correctly. Adam> > was a last minute replacement as the Big Bad. But most of the changes [throughout> > the series] have had to do with> > > actors coming and going. They were clearly playing with the Frankenstein myth, where the monster takes a life of its own, ponders the meaning of its existence and wants to create other monsters to keep it company. It's nice, it's been fun that the people who have grown up with buffy have introduced it to their kids. It wasn't a big deal to lose Lindsay Crouse a whole 9episodes earlier than planned. And he is pretty darn cute to boot!! "Because everybody needs to go home and complain about the director. There were indications that the Initiative existed from the> > first episode. The Initiative project is shut down permanently. Lindsey displayed the new abilities he had learned on his journeys, enabling him to keep up with Angel in a physical confrontation. -- Let the Darwin fishes swim!------------------------------------http://www.darwin-fish.com/fish.html------------------------------------, > In article <3D075A59@rcn.com>, Carmikl > wrote:> > > > > Also, apparently at a convention where Jane Espenson was a panelist. 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. Willow was headed down that path anyway and Tara was a fellow traveller. Clements.[14]. Writing and acting. In it, she recalls the moment her friends saw a photo of Lady Gaga cuddling with Polansky in Miami after attending the Super Bowl .