why did lindsay crouse leave buffy

> > > 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. As opposed to just sort of misguided."[6]. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It has something to offer everyone at all levels Buddhism is dynamic and has captured the interests of Americans. Maggie was supposed to be the season's Big Bad.Maggie was supposed to drive a wedge between Buffy and Riley. But it's not just the physical betrayal that rattles Allenby. See Lindsay Crouse full list of movies and tv shows from their career. Lindsey then discovered that Darla had slept with Angel. There are just as many other werewolf stories out there that portray them as being normal humans when not in wolf form who can be killed just like any other person can be. Lindsay> > Crouse was signed for the whole season.> >. Her maternal grandparents were Pauline (Ives) and author and educator John Erskine. Cookie Notice Since Buffy is meant to be the central character surely thedrama should focus on a her rather than Riley. [citationneeded], Lindsey legally represented many vampires and demons, as well as evil humans. (The writers could change their minds, of course, and makethem crucial to the season seven finale, say, but that's the currentcanon.) 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. The character is portrayed by Lindsay Crouse. On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 16:56:21 -0400, Timothy A. McDaniel wrote: Thoght ASH was supposed to be in the spin-off "Ripper". Find where to watch Lindsay Crouse's latest movies and tv shows . During the day vampires had to sleep in a coffin with its native soil init and would return to a death like state.3. 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. 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. 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. She's probably a mix of those two. 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. It's very dramatic poetry in that way. But most of the changes [throughout> > the series] have had to do with> > > actors coming and going. (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." When he tried to kill the aspiring actress Cordelia Chase, Angel attacked Russell at his manor to save her. 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. Shesaid the Initiative storyline was something that they pulled out oftheir hats at the last minute. I couldn't let that slide.Lindsey McDonald, Two years later, Lindsey finally returned to Los Angeles, when he learned that Angel has taken over the Los Angeles division of Wolfram & Hart. She> > said the Initiative storyline was something that they pulled out of, > > their hats at the last minute. The. 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. 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. 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. [1][2], I guess it's fair to say you've never seen anything like real poverty. was not that big if a surprise. Upon discovering this, Lindsey sent several top private investigators to find out who the intruder was. [1], Lindsey used his pass to get Angel past security so he could steal disks with information against his colleagues. Lindsey was left alone, beaten both physically and emotionally. 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. Her interest was given a menacing quality in "Gingerbread" when we first see Willow and Amy performing a magic ritual. Riley managed to remove the chip in his body and ripped out the tubes pumping blood to keep Walsh reanimated, killing her for good. In my opinion, she was more of an appendage then a self-standing character when she was first introduced. [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. 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. 2. > And even if they were silver, maybe he just had a Lone> Ranger complex. "Quitting is not the same as giving up": Lindsay Crouse and Kirby Ferguson make the case for leaving a job, relationship or hobby. Crouse viewed her character "no nonsense, and she seems to be a real teacher. "[3], Months later, Lindsey then worked with fellow lawyers Lilah Morgan and Lee Mercer, both having had previous plans ruined by Angel, to have him killed. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. It was she who restored Angel's soul at the conclusion of season two. Her other films include Slap Shot (1977), Between the Lines (1977), The Verdict (1982), Prefontaine (1997), and The Insider (1999). Smart guy! So, the story I *thought* I knew was that Prof Walsh was the planned Big Bad for the season, but then Crouse departed the show early for (?) Upon leaving, he warned them not to follow him due to his "evil hand issues," pinching Lilah on the bottom as he walked out the door. 1999 . [9] Crouse is also known for her role in the fourth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where she was a recurring supporting cast member playing Professor Maggie Walsh. JavaScript is disabled. ", "Morning's at Seven Revival to Star Lindsay Crouse, Judith Ivey, Patty McCormack, and More | TheaterMania", "Robert Duvall, Hollywood's No. In any case, Tara was always shown to understand the importance of moderating the use of magic. "[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. As Crouse has said: "In our family, the work ethic was held up as some kind of byword At any hour, somebody's typewriter was going."[5]. I was really creeped out when he reanimated the corpses of Walsh and the other doctor. [citationneeded], You kill me? To me she was always a secondarycharacter, I liked the character and the actress, but the death just didn'ttouch me. Various creatures captured by the Initiative were dissected to provide the parts for Adam. Express. I do wish I was a little more seasoned and mature at the time to realise how good it was. Harris wasn't playing for money, power or fame. > > > > This is the first time I've ever heard this. I really do believe that." Why did Buffy go to LA in season 4? There were indications that the Initiative existed from the first episode. After Riley learns that Buffy is the Slayer, they inform Walsh of her role. [citationneeded], Though rivals at heart, Lindsey and Lilah were also forced to also work together. [citationneeded], However, Cordelia's seemingly returning to life was a risk Lindsey's plans. 1. I thought the character came into her own in season five and blossomed as the moral core of Buffy's gang this year. Crouse's brother is Timothy Crouse, author of The Boys on the Bus about political journalism during the 1972 presidential campaign. The actor left to go shoot the movie Knockaround Guys and by the time he was able to return, the show had already changed so radically that there wasn't a place for him anymore. 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. Unless she really was evil, I don't think she intended to create a monster that would kill everyone? Sumati Marut, Cindy Lee, Rick Blue, Lindsay Crouse", "Actress brings Buddhist retreat to Windhover. However, his hew hand began to act up, writing "kill" whenever Lindsey didn't concentrate. Ooh, didn't know that. >. [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. 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]. 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. We thought it would create> > some Shakespearean jealousy, and. Lots of people make their own bullets. 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. She> > said the Initiative storyline was something that they pulled out of> > their hats at the last minute. [4], After learning that Faith was convinced by Angel to end the deal and stay at his apartment for rehabilitation, Lindsey then hired an assassin to kill Faith, not wanting word to get out of what happened. 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. Yes> I was that sad :-) and in those there were certain facts that don't appear> in Buffy>. 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. Gellar has stated she believes Whedon's original intention was "was to put Xander and Buffy together. [16] John Lahr writes in his book Show and Tell: New Yorker Profiles that when Mamet married Crouse in 1977, he "married into show business aristocracy". "A Master in the Art of the Con. Or that > > lets face it. Among them was the donor of Lindsey's hand, an old friend of his from his mailroom days. I mean, it's the year 2000 people, we almost thought the world was going to end because computers couldn't cope with the millennium bug and the Big Bad is a mutant hybrid demon with a built-in dial-up modem. 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? Is it true that Maggie Walsh was the original planned season 4 Big Bad? An interesting thing about Joss is he's not very diplomatic, I like that about him. Joss has said that Lindsay Crouse was difficult to work with, which led him to killing her off/reducing her role sooner. [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. I disagree. Dressed in his casual attire, Lindsey left Los Angeles and went on a soul-searching trip, including, amongst other places, Nepal. you never know, they could have bonded over him seeing her nude. Meet Lindsay Crouse. His departure really changed the direction of the series and Idoubt it would have been Oz who'd have died. The set up for the final battle between Buffy and Adam occured in episode 14. 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. Kinda makes sense that she died, "Well, she's {Buffy} got an appointment with someone {Walsh} who's actually. This would at least have given Riley some character otherthan soldier boy. 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. "[21], "Lindsay Crouse keeps up a Family Stage Tradition. (Presumably Watchers and other supernatural experts knew more). Clements.[14]. [18] Their marriage produced two daughters, Willa and Zosia Mamet. This transcript is intended to be used for criticism, comment, and research purposes. She's not a mean person, she's just a straight-out scientist. Maggie was supposed to be the season's Big Bad.> > Maggie was supposed to drive a wedge between Buffy and Riley. Have your Hicks spayed or neutered. She tried to create a monster to help her plans and they just turned around and stabbed her through the stomach!!! 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. As it was, it came off entirely as a"question authority" piece. 1 Second Lead, Breaks for Starlight", "Actress brings third annual Buddhist retreat to Rockport. His character was undergoing military training, but the creators of the series wanted to bring even more depth to Riley Finn. At some point, he began a relationship with Eve, the Liaison to the Senior Partners. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. > >> > I wonder. However, Angel knew that Lindsey could never be trusted, and he had secretly instructed Lorne to assassinate Lindsey once the Sahrvin demons were eliminated. And he is pretty darn cute to boot!! Crouse has appeared in featured and guest roles in a number of television series. [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. Wasn't Lindsay Course playing judges in the Law & Order franchise was that part of the reason why she got killed off in Buffy? Now a Giles/Maggie struggleover Buffy's soul could have been fascinating but a Buffy/Maggie struggleover Riley? 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. "You have to keep the poetry very, very active, which is pretty easy with Dickinson. It's easy to kill offrecurring character's, it's tougher to kill off contract regulars. )>> >> 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. His rifle didn't look like it had been bought in K-Mart. [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. But it's easier to see how and why they might have madethat decision. She is also a Grammy Award nominee. > > > then we went, ehhh, forget it. Crouse was born in New York City, the daughter of Anna (ne Erskine) and Russel Crouse, a playwright. [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. When informed by Eve that Spike had failed, Lindsey activated the Senior Partners' program meant to kill Angel if he turned against them. Lindsey and Eve. Their last collaboration was Mr. President in 1962. At first he enjoyed his new privileges, able to play his guitar again. --Doctor Who ************************************************************************, I wonder. Crouse was on her way to audition for Bob Rafelson's 1981 remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice, and jokingly Mamet told Crouse to tell Rafelson that "he was a fool if he didn't hire me to write the screenplay." 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. In 1977, she appeared as Lily Braden, the discontented wife of hockey player Ned Braden in Slap Shot. The most complicated situation for her is having Riley fall in love with Buffy. Maggie Walsh was supposed to be amotherly type to Riley. "This is a matter of opinion--I disagree. Older ones could control rodents7. Perhaps with the intention of using them as police or even soldiers. The. WB / Hulu. 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. As his character grew in popularity, he was included as part of the credited cast in the show's titles. 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. 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 . Adam is a complete monster with absolutely no human emotions -- it made him a very formidable foe! Lindsey hopes that once the Senior Partners realize the folly of attempting to seduce Angel to their cause, that he will be stripped of his position at Wolfram & Hart, leaving a power vacuum which Lindsey could fill, gaining a measure of revenge on Angel. Eliza Dushku, who played the rogue slayer Faith Lehane, was not represented at all. Maggie was supposed to be the season's Big Bad.> Maggie was supposed to drive a wedge between Buffy and Riley. It was> > Maggie who was supposed to tell Riley about Angel to humiliate Buffy in> > front of everyone at the Initiative. Nike and Pregnancy: Your Questions, Answered. 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. "[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. I really enjoy the strong, challenging women that pop up in Buffy's world - Maggie Walsh, Jenny Calendar, Anya, & Tara to name a few. Attempting to finish off Project 314, begun by Walsh, Adam has his workers manufacturing more creatures like himself; part demon, human, and machine combined. . Any more word on this? Riley was different from Buffy's other love interests, is he was the only one who could offer her a slice of normality. reasons and the Big Bad arc had to be redesigned around Adam. From what I've heard it was between Crouse's agent and ME; specifically money $$$. ", "North Shore Film Festival wraps up on May 8 and 9. Both of . Learning that Angel planned to expose the truth, they hired an old demon enemy of his to kill him. This is USENET! I just can't see Oz taking Tara's place. 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. Returning to his apartment, Lindsey found that Darla had left town, taking all her clothes with her. 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. She also had a leading role in the 1987 film House of Games, which was directed by her then-husband David Mamet. Maybe my brain is just not functioning today, but who is this Ash person? -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season Six; Tabula Rasa, SPIKE: I must be a noble vampire. Professor Maggie Walsh is a fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. [2], The Senior Partners gave that Eurotrash vampire everything I've worked for. [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. She has a vision of what she wants to do. -- Tim McDaniel is [email protected]; if that fail, [email protected] is my work account. Not that I want to see Oz shot or anythingbutit would have had more impact. If Seth Green handn't left, it would have been him lying dead on the bedroom floor in "Seeing Red". His character went on to feature in a comic book which focused on Riley and his new wife. [5], Buffy writer David Fury said in an interview, "I don't think Joss had envisioned Maggie Walsh as being entirely villainous. Lindsay Crouse is Indian by birth. I've never understood the logic of shifting the dilemma to anewly introduced third party. Usually, Xander would become jealous of Buffy's other male connections, but he seemed to show respect towards Riley. Afterward, he mails it to Angel at Wolfram & Hart. The pair fought on a rising container that held the creature, while Cordelia tried to stop the process. [citation needed] Her maternal grandparents were author and educator John Erskine and his wife Pauline Ives. (Actually, in _Wild at Heart_ Oz still hasscratches from his first encounter with Veruca several hours later, sohe can't heal too fast. The three hired then-renegade Slayer Faith to assassinate him, promising to free her from her police charges and a doubled amount of payment. Crouse was born in New York City, the daughter of Anna (ne Erskine)[1] and Russel Crouse, a playwright. I was seven when they took the house, just came right in and took it.Lindsey McDonald, Born into a poor and dysfunctional family in the south-central United States, Lindsey worked hard to overcome his upbringing. Maggie Walsh was supposed to be a> > motherly type to Riley. 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. Crouse's film career began in 1976, with small roles in television and theatrical movies. As near as I can tell, there really are no "traditional" standards for vampires, at least if by that you mean "going back into actual myths and legends." Actual legends appear to be enormously miscellaneous and seldom include these familiar pieces, while they often *do* include pieces that we (and Hollywood) would say just belong to ghosts, werewolves, zombies, and the like. "[2], Crouse has explained how her character was initially explained to her, "Joss tried to explain to me who this character was. Ms. Crouse is a senior . I figured it was just her and her grad students, capturing vampires and locking them up in the basements of the university, performing experiments that they couldn't perform on humans. Lorne remarked he had heard him sing and shot Lindsey twice in the chest with a silenced pistol. You don't think she's just pining for the fjords? Vampires Don't bleed or get injured5. Not bad, but the mix would have beenbetter. ""Are you kidding? The Initiative project is shut down permanently. While> Oz would have remained Willows love interest, I don't think we would> have seen Buffy crying in Oz's lap in "Dead Things" for instance. 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. Lahr also writes that Mamet got his first screenwriting assignment through Crouse.