See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. I've been expecting Tara to leave or>be off the show for awhile, so her dying (Even though she's not REALLY>goneright? 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. The loss of Marc Blucas was a blessing! But because of Lindsay Crouse having filming conflictions with her movie schedules they had to kill her off and write Adam in? For more information, please see our -- Jukka.@hut.fi (Jukka Korpela), The answer to all questions starting with those four words is "Yes.". And Angel did that. 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. This transcript is intended to be used for criticism, comment, and research purposes. "This is a matter of opinion--I disagree. But Crouse made the character far too cold for fans to get into. [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. 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. I doubt it. Have your Hicks spayed or neutered. There were other indications that an> unknown force was at work in and around U.C. Joss has said that Lindsay Crouse was difficult to work with, which led him to killing her off/reducing her role sooner. Lindsay Ann Crouse (born May 12, 1948) is an American actress. While Nike promotes gender equality in its ads, their sponsored athletes say they risk losing pay if they become pregnant. Time operated in a loop; each day, after waking up and sharing a normal day with his "family," he had his heart cut out by a The Wrath, a demon in the house's basement. I just can't see Oz taking Tara's place. [2], The Senior Partners gave that Eurotrash vampire everything I've worked for. 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. Walsh appears in the penultimate episode of Season Four, "Primeval," as a zombie, working under Adam along with others Adam has killed. 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. *shudder*. Nevertheless, a new contract required her to kill the Holy Triumvirate, formed by three innocent children. Andaside from that, I dunno. Lindsay Crouse was to play the character as a tough woman who thought she was doing the right thing even if her methods were harsh. was not that big if a surprise. However, Angel knew that Lindsey could never be trusted, and he had secretly instructed Lorne to assassinate Lindsey once the Sahrvin demons were eliminated. ----- 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. Or just making sure. When he did, Lindsay discovered the man slaughter was a hoax to get Darla to Angel and hopefully take his soul. That's because as with most female athletes, no matter how good she got, those things. "[18], Lindsey destroyed the Sahrvin Clan with Lorne's assistance as planned. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season Six; Tabula Rasa, SPIKE: I must be a noble vampire. Lindsay Crouse ( @lindsaycrouse) is a writer and producer in Opinion. However Buffy seemed to prefer living in danger, and she could not get used to the idea of settling down with Riley while attempting to save the world. [1], While studying at University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Lindsey was recruited by Holland Manners to the law firm Wolfram & Hart. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. Lindsay Crouse is an actress who portrayed Maggie Walsh on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series. [citationneeded], Though rivals at heart, Lindsey and Lilah were also forced to also work together. You are using an out of date browser. Charisma Carpenter is a 50-year-old American actress who played the role of Cordelia Chase in Buffy The Vampire Slayer for the first three seasons, and the series is now on All4.The star is also . 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. ", Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years, Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, "Anna E. Crouse, 97, Dies; Championed Discount Tickets for Broadway", "The Very (Very) Slow Rise of Lesbianism on TV - The New York Times", "Gloucester Stage Company plans five plays, Sunday readings for 29th season. At least one traditional legend we have (as of now) been told isfalse: several people in episodes have said that leprechauns do notexist. Angel fought Darla for it at the event and Lindsey tried to protect her from Wolfram & Hart, which tried to kill her. Cookie Notice >> 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. His departure really changed the direction of the series and Idoubt it would have been Oz who'd have died. [citationneeded]. She doesn't have the time for it. Whether or not Buffyverse werewolves have any sort of fast healing hasnever been established. Blucas, now 48, joined the cast of Buffy in 1999 and this was his first major TV role, with the show acting as a springboard to a long-running TV and film career. 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. 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. and our Her interview in The Watcher's Guide, vol. Or it could be that the Watcher's Guide is a fluff piece and that's really how it happened. 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. Lindsay Crouse ( @lindsaycrouse) is a writer and producer in Opinion. Ms. Crouse is a senior . Maggie Walsh was supposed to be a> > motherly type to Riley. 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. I heard Seth wanted out because he was getting more demand for movie workcause of his Austin Powers role instead of his Buffy role. A person I would really like to know!". In 1982 she appeared as the decisive witness in The Verdict. The Initiative was eventually destroyed and Riley was demoted, which did nothing for his reckless state of mind. "Quitting is not the same as giving up": Lindsay Crouse and Kirby Ferguson make the case for leaving a job, relationship or hobby. Crouse was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1984 movie Places in the Heart. Certainly Tara's role would have been quite different,> > or maybe there wouldn't have been a Tara at all. Riley was different from Buffy's other love interests, is he was the only one who could offer her a slice of normality. Crouse viewed her character "no nonsense, and she seems to be a real teacher. On the other hand, with only Lindsey and Lilah left of Wolfram & Hart's Special Projects Team, their rivalry reached an all-time high as the two start a power struggle for the vice-presidency of the team as at the time neither of them was deemed fit to take the title. Not according to Joss. Among them was the donor of Lindsey's hand, an old friend of his from his mailroom days. I really do believe that." Why did Buffy go to LA in season 4? [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. As it was, it came off entirely as a"question authority" piece. After huge amounts of fan speculation on the idea, a vampirised Slayer finally did appear in the "Season Nine" comics. An understanding that Willow found inconvenient as she used magic to empower her and increase her standing with Buffy. His character went on to feature in a comic book which focused on Riley and his new wife. [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. Buffy Main Cast. Crouse was born in New York City, the daughter of Anna (ne Erskine)[1] and Russel Crouse, a playwright. It was> > Maggie who was supposed to tell Riley about Angel to humiliate Buffy in> > front of everyone at the Initiative.> >. Usually, Xander would become jealous of Buffy's other male connections, but he seemed to show respect towards Riley. Angel then hurled Winters out of the window of the tall building they were in, into the sunlight where he was burnt to dust. However, I just listened to her interview at the Buffering podcast and nothing of that sort came up. So leaving actually saved his life. Clements.[14]. This is USENET! She> > said the Initiative storyline was something that they pulled out of> > their hats at the last minute. 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. 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. Buffy star missed. and Radcliffe College in 1970,[5] Crouse began her performing career as a modern and jazz dancer, but she soon switched to acting and made her Broadway debut in Much Ado About Nothing in 1972. 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. On a mission of redemption.I help the hopeless. After Angel left, Lindsey informed the firm that there was "a new player in town. Apparently Adam wasoriginally supposed to be a good guy, but when Lindsay Crouse wanted outof her contract they had to scramble to find a new Big Bad. Crouse viewed her character "no nonsense, and she seems to be a real teacher. This also explains why they didn't think to ring in some othermilitary type as the big bad. There were other indications that an> > unknown force was at work in and around U.C. bah. Fans are keen to know why actor Blucas left the cast of Buffy, and Express.co.uk has investigated. Especially since he's been in the show from almostthe start. I remember when I was a kid, I read a lot of vampire comics. Not much help sorry. Gellar has stated she believes Whedon's original intention was "was to put Xander and Buffy together. 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 . And when he came back I realized that I really missed Riley.". 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. 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. Kills me! 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. She has a vision of what she wants to do. Buffy: Do Spike and Buffy really love each other? Hoping that his performance would pick up again with the return of his hand, Lindsey's superiors arranged for him to receive a mystical transplant. [citationneeded], Lindsey legally represented many vampires and demons, as well as evil humans. 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. But to be honest, i think her story played out the way it should have been. "Once you get your driver's license, you end your film career," says Crouse. The Initiative is her baby. 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. I doubt Oz would die from a bullet IMHO, unless he was shot in the head orsomething > > > That might have been the net result, but you would have to admit the> road travel to get to that point would have been much different. Adam may be ridiculous, but is also a fun and fitting Big Bad. But there's always the possibility that it just represents a "party line" and more truth is found elsewhere. 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. Buffy the Vampire Slayer spoilers: Who does Buffy end up with? She is also a Grammy Award nominee. Meet Lindsay Crouse. Marc Blucas: The actor's first big role was in Buffy, Marc Blucas: Marc Blucas played Riley Finn. Maggie was supposed to be the season's Big Bad.> > Maggie was supposed to drive a wedge between Buffy and Riley. [citation needed] She received her acting training at HB Studio[7] in New York City. Angel tried to catch her out by attacking her, thus forcing her to defend herself beyond the abilities of an average person in front of a court hearing with Lindsey as her defendant. ), >it would have had more impact. Returning to his apartment, Lindsey found that Darla had left town, taking all her clothes with her. (Actually, in _Wild at Heart_ Oz still hasscratches from his first encounter with Veruca several hours later, sohe can't heal too fast. You must log in or register to reply here. Everybody."[8]. Her interest was given a menacing quality in "Gingerbread" when we first see Willow and Amy performing a magic ritual. [13] In 2021, she appeared in a limited engagement of Mornings at Seven at Broadway's Theatre at St. A good guy. You don't AngelLindsey's last words, Lindsey and Angel allied once more in an effort to stop the Circle. The. If I recall, was not one of Sunday's minions hit by a> taser by a then unknown assailant? [2], Lorne set him and Angel on the path that would end with the two working together to discover a Wolfram & Hart facility that specialized in unwilling transplant donors. On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 16:56:21 -0400, Timothy A. McDaniel wrote: Thoght ASH was supposed to be in the spin-off "Ripper". In 1977, she appeared as Lily Braden, the discontented wife of hockey player Ned Braden in Slap Shot. I remember when I was a kid, I read a lot of vampire comics. 1 Second Lead, Breaks for Starlight", "Actress brings third annual Buddhist retreat to Rockport. Eliza Dushku, who played the rogue slayer Faith Lehane, was not represented at all. In recent years, Crouse has concentrated on the theater. If Seth Green handn't left, it would have been him lying dead on the bedroom floor in "Seeing Red".