Alyson Hannigan said in an interview,
“Angel…had to kill somebody we loved - we were all warned about that. Actually, I think it was supposed to be Oz that was killed, then they decided they’d keep Oz around and they killed Ms Calendar.”
Related episodes: 2.17 Passion
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shibbydm on May 13th, 2005 at 4:31 pm
Angelus is a bad puppy.
Abby M. on July 16th, 2005 at 7:13 pm
I always wondered how different the show would have been if Oz was killed instead of Jenny. Interesting to think about. Would Giles and Jenny have lived happily ever after (in the Jossverse, yeah right) or would everybody have blamed Jenny for Oz’s death and she would have just left the show anyway.
marvin21st on July 17th, 2005 at 4:37 am
It wouldnt make sense to kill Oz. Angelus killed Jenny because he didnt want to be turned back into angel.
James on July 17th, 2005 at 10:48 pm
Well, they could of had it so that when Angel was chasing Jenny, Oz in werewolf mode bursts in through the window, attack Angel then die in the fight giving Jenny enough time to escape.
Don’t think it would of had the same impact though.
Nocturne on April 22nd, 2006 at 6:16 pm
When I read this piece of trivia, I got all teary trying to imagine it.
Was Oz a werewolf that night Jenny was killed though? *runs upstairs to rewatch the episode*
Abby M. on April 23rd, 2006 at 2:38 am
If I recall he wasn’t in the episode and if he was a werewolf that night, one of the other Scoobies would have been Oz-watching.
ant4buffy on July 12th, 2006 at 4:24 pm
I don’t think it was originally supposed to be Oz being killed. Giles wouldn’t have the same “Passion” as he did and I don’t see Willow attacking Angelus at the Factory.
beagle on July 12th, 2006 at 10:24 pm
I believe the decision that Ms. Hannigan was referring to occurred before the episode was written.
TwoToGo-Grave on July 13th, 2006 at 10:07 pm
Abby M. on July 14th, 2006 at 8:55 pm
Even though I am all about Jenny not dieing, having Oz being killed would have made the impact of “Evil Angelus” less. Like TwoToGo-Grave said, if Oz was in werewolf mode, Angelus/Angel wouldn’t have been responcible for Oz’s death anyway. Plus, if Oz had been killed in Passion we would have lost that interesting love triangle between Oz/Willow/Tara in season 4.
Boyslayer on March 27th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
oh willow would so kick angel’s ass!! even back then, amy stated in season 6…there was always something in willow, the power was just in her, waiting to be used, the level she was at took others years and years to perfect!! willow could have charged in hovering, guns a blazing and took out the whole factory…although what giles did is cool too i guess..ha
HarFang on April 12th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
That was way too early for Willow to go into full-witch mode, and besides we still didn’t know Oz too well at that stage, so it was much more effective to kill Jenny. (And it had a nice continuity, as it allowed Giles to revert to his “dark age” self, which had only been revealed a few episodes earlier).