Hank Summers, an already absent father, reaches new bad-father heights in the episode 5.17 Forever by not showing up to his ex-wife’s funeral. Buffy says she’s not been able to contact him as he is in Spain (which we learnt about in 5.06 Family). The last time we know of that Buffy saw Hank was early season four - when Buffy went to see Angel in 1.08 I Will Remember You she said she was in L. A. to see her father.
In 6.01 Bargaining (Part One), Dawn says that her father “said he’d call today” which is the first time we’re told he has been in touch with his daughter since Joyce Summers died. He has no idea that Buffy has also died.
Related episodes: 1.08 I Will Remember You, 5.17 Forever, 6.01 Bargaining (Part One)
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AnyaRocks on January 22nd, 2006 at 5:01 am
And I thought my dad was bad!
Wild_horses on September 13th, 2006 at 8:36 pm
Hank is evil. It would have been nice to see him come back as The First. That way, I would have been ecstatic that he had actually died, and he would have been a great “teaser” of Buffy.