Why was Riley s' character written out of 'Buffy' in season 5?.
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Phillip Marlowe — 16 years ago(July 03, 2009 06:37 AM)
While I admit to being an Angel fan (so I was not particularly inclined to like Riley), he was just never a well written character. The main problems were twofold. First, as written and performed, he was just white bread boring. Although this was undoubtedly intentional to fulfill Buffy's desire for a normal guy, neither the writers nor the actor were able to give the character any interesting subtext. Second, and far worse, Blucas and Gellar had zero onscreen chemistry. This lack was exacerbated by the far more charged relationship, even if mosatly antagonistic, bewteen Gellar and Marsters. Hell, Buffy had more chemistry with Parker, who was probably created in large part to vaccinate Riley from the anticipated Angel backlash.
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christeline1 — 16 years ago(January 07, 2010 09:10 PM)
I loved Riley and hated that he was axed off the show. I cry everytime I watch the helicopter scene. He was a true "good and classy guy" and that's why I loved his character so much.
Just my two cents.
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kk_85 — 16 years ago(March 16, 2010 05:43 AM)
I remember seeing somewhere that the actual reason they wrote Riley out of the show was because Joss wanted Buffy's love interest to be Dawn. I'm sure it had something to do with how unpopular Riley was too, but the main reason was Dawn.
I was sad to see Riley go though =( Into the Woods to this day (to me) is still the saddest episode next to The Body. I hated seeing him come back with Sam. -
ymmiT — 15 years ago(May 25, 2010 02:05 AM)
I always liked riley, too
I thought his exit was well done and a classy one at that.. he was a great character and offered something different to the show..
I don't get a lot of the dislike for the guy as I thought his story was solid
he seemed like someone I would hang out with, too -
leona1435 — 15 years ago(July 06, 2010 05:39 AM)
I'm a huge Bangel fan but saying that, I still like Riley and thought that he was really good for Buffy. She could have fun with him under the sun and moon and stars and whatever. I prefer Riley/Buffy over Spike/Buffy. I was sad when he left and made me dislike Buffy for a week. LOL.
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oberlan2 — 15 years ago(November 21, 2010 11:18 AM)
Personally I dispised Riley. Like many people have said before, it had nothing to do with Marc. I thought he was a great actor. The character I mainly think was written out because he served his purpose. He was important in season 4 to introduce the initative but when they vanished he became irrelevant. He didnt have as many levels as most of the other characters on the show. Personally i think he should have died in 4X21 Primeval during the big fight. Again hated Riley, loved Marc.
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