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NPH does the Dr. Horrible evil laugh w Kristin Che Penny vs. Misogyny Darn, I think we all missed Joss on last Friday's Horrible-y Awesome! Did you guys see Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Thinga Cats and Dogs - Charisma Carpenter Pilot from a fe Charisma interview 6 weeks before Angel season 5 p Since we're digging into the past Buffy vs. With his witty one-liners, endearing crush on Cordelia Charisma Carpenter , and insider knowledge of the demon world given his true nature as a half-Brachen demon, half-human, Doyle was an excellent addition to the team.
However, his tragic departure from the show and real-life circumstances got in the way of his character being brought back. Doyle only appeared on nine episodes of Angel.
While certainly a short time, it was enough to make and leave a lasting impression on fans of the series and secure his place in the larger universe. Even so, Doyle managed to help Angel out of numerous difficult situations, nurture a budding friendship with Cordelia that bordered on romance, and took the traditional exit for many a Buffy character gone too soon —the sudden death heroics.
Doyle sacrificed himself for the greater good, which on Angel , became par for the course; throughout the series, redemption and self-sacrifice are two of the most present themes. While still tragic, Doyle's on-screen death wasn't meaningless. There was some closure for his feelings for Cordelia that he'd been harboring since they first met when he kissed her and passed along his visions; she then stepped up to the plate as the liaison between Angel and The Powers That Be.
Despite Glenn Quinn struggling with substance addition off-screen, he was dear to his fellow cast members, so bringing him back in some capacity was discussed behind the scenes. Some deaths on shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Angel , and Supernatural are certainly permanent and tragic, but given the magical universe and the blurred lines between life and death, not everyone stays dead.
Therefore, Whedon clearly DID have thoughts about surprising the viewers with deaths of major characters. However, let's take a look at his actual statements about the planned nature of Doyle's death. That was always a plan, and clearly that character didn't mesh.
He was a very popular character, but the mesh was very difficult in ways that made it hard to write. Glenn had a kind of intensity that was kind of like David [Boreanaz's], and David already has that. It could have gone a different way, but that was the plan we had and we decided to execute it. Glenn Quinn knew that it was an issue and he learned pretty early on. I said this is what we're going to do Even as he explains that it was always the plan, he contradicts himself, no?
The "mesh was difficult"? How would that matter if you were always killing the guy off? This seems to be borne out in an interview in when Whedon continued to argue that he was always going to kill Doyle off.
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