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And yes, that IS my final Buffy answer. No haiku, alas.
So nyah. I was right.
From TV Guide, posted on The Bronze, the discussion list on UPN's Buffy
site.
New Vampire Slayer Wanted? Tuesday, October 30, 2001
Where's the Watchers Council when you need it? Historically, every time
that one Slayer is killed on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, another is
magically drafted for active duty. Heck, back in the first season, Buffy
(Sarah Michelle Gellar) only stopped breathing for a matter of seconds
before a successor, Kendra (Bianca Lawson), was dispatched to Sunnydale.
So, after Buffy spent the entire summer pushing up daisies, how come no
new Slayer has been called to arms? Has the show forgotten its own
mythology?"We actually have an answer for that," executive producer Marti
Noxon tells TV Guide Online. "It's a technicality. The reason [Buffy's
demise didn't activate another vampire hunter] is that when she died the
first time, a Slayer was called, so she's already had her replacement
Slayer."It doesn't happen twice," she continues. "You only get one, and
Buffy already did."The fact that Kendra quickly kicked the bucket, and
her next-in-line, Faith (Eliza Dushku), is behind bars makes no
difference to the powers that be. "Since Faith is still alive," Noxon
notes, "the line remains intact."So, in other words, viewers shouldn't
look for another stake-toting teenager to turn up in Sunnydale anytime
soon -- at least not unless Dushku's burgeoning film career takes a dive.
"It would take Faith dying for another Slayer to be called," Noxon says,
"and since we can't get [Dushku] on the show, the odds of that happening
aren't big." -- Charlie Mason
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