If Oz had stayed

[Killjoy]

I read an article where JW said if Oz had stayed the whole show and Tara never existed then he would have been the one to have got shot and died instead of Tara. So had he stayed he would have been killed off.,

 

[TheXandyman]

Oz has a better understanding of what it's like to lose control than Tara does, so he might have been more willing to help Willow during her magic addiction, instead of just bailing on her the way Tara did.

Again, I don't know if that's an unpopular opinion or not.

 

[AlphaFoxtrot]

Agreed, if you could have Seth Green on your series in 1999, wouldn't you?

 

[Mott1]

I spent a lot of time pondering what a Ripper TV show would have been like, with Anthony Head (RIP) as a Doctor Who-like character, but I wonder what an Oz-led spin-off show might have been like, if Seth hadn't gone into films? A real Jekyll and Hyde story, with added fur and fangs!

Btw am I the only person who found Without A Paddle both funny and well-observed (if admittedly silly)?

 

[twoslayers]

A Ripper TV show, even made 20 years ago, would probably not have starred Anthony, they'd have needed a younger actor. I think it would have been more like a mini-series really. I could see six episodes of young Giles and friends causing trouble in London could be interesting, but could not have seen five or seven seasons of it.

An Oz show...I could kind of see it. You'd start with a flashback to when he first leaves Sunnydale, spend an episode or two on his journey to bring the wolf under control, traveling the world. Then in the "present", we find Oz has settled somewhere, for some reason I could see him in New York City, splitting his time between trying to control his werewolf nature and using it to fight evil. Eventually, Willow comes to see him and helps him find stability using a powerful magical ritual.

 

[wolfheart]

An Oz show...I could kind of see it. You'd start with a flashback to when he first leaves Sunnydale, spend an episode or two on his journey to bring the wolf under control, traveling the world. Then in the "present", we find Oz has settled somewhere, for some reason I could see him in New York City, splitting his time between trying to control his werewolf nature and using it to fight evil. Eventually, Willow comes to see him and helps him find stability using a powerful magical ritual


i would watch this!

 

[silvermoon]

Oz was a super laconic kinda werewolf lol. Unless they decided to give him a new hobby, like doing slam poetry events, I didn't see the character stretching that far. he and Willow were cute together, but it was another doomed romance. her chemistry with Tara was much more interesting to me. although i liked Oz.

 

[Joan the Vampire Slayer]

If Seth hadn't had to leave the series, I don't think him and Willow would have broken up. Warren could have shot Oz just like he did Tara, and the same events would have played out.

 

[hoponlilmama]

If Seth hadn't had to leave the series, I don't think him and Willow would have broken up. Warren could have shot Oz just like he did Tara, and the same events would have played out.

This is what I think too. I wish the writers had given more material for Seth, and he would've stuck around.

 

[Ethan Reigns]

If Seth hadn't had to leave the series, I don't think him and Willow would have broken up. Warren could have shot Oz just like he did Tara, and the same events would have played out.

Oz had already been shot once at the school during "What's My Line" by the Tarakan assassin. He faced death as the werewolf hunter tried to kill him. Maybe third time would be the unlucky charm.

 

[NotASlayer]

I can't remember, but was Oz the kind of werewolf that needed a silver bullet? Because Warren's bullets wouldn't have killed him otherwise.

Although, given they could change direction after firing, you could argue they are magic bullets.

Given that Oz was long gone before they decided to kill of Tara, claiming he would have died instead always seems like an attempt to deflect from the fact they decided to kill a gay character. Again.