Joss Whedon says in his commentary for 2.19 I Only Have Eyes For You that it was David Boreanaz’s performance in that episode which made him realise that the actor was strong enough to pull off a spin-off series on his own.
Related episodes: 2.19 I Only Have Eyes For You
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southerngem65 on July 15th, 2005 at 1:15 pm
It’s not a rumor. If you look at the special features interview associated with the episode on DVD, Joss says this very thing.
wes-lover on July 18th, 2005 at 10:59 pm
cool
Abby M. on July 19th, 2005 at 4:46 am
Honestly, I didn’t feel like David’s performance here was so great. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t bad at all, in fact it was really good! I just think there have been times he has done even more spectacular performances (the end of Becoming Part 2 for instance).
ant4buffy on August 17th, 2005 at 4:04 pm
There is also a moment in Season 3’s Bad Girls where Angel walks in and says “His name is Angel.” that when other producers thought he could pull off his own show.
Angel242 on April 3rd, 2006 at 12:01 am
Well, yes but those episodes you guys mentioned were episodes later on in the series, so he probably realised for the FIRST time that David could pull of a spin-off in I Only Have Eyes For You.
The_True_Xander on April 7th, 2006 at 6:43 am
Why can’t my stupid DVDs have this commentary? It is the farthest thing from fair!