Espenson on the Life of (Buffy's) Riley

The twisting story of Buffy Summers's former lover Riley Finn continues in "Arrested Development DVD set," a one-shot by "Buffy" TV alum Jane Espenson and artist Karl Moline shipping in August from As Time Goes By DVD set. Riley has played a significant behind-the-scenes role in Season 8, seemingly aligned with Twilight against the Battlestar Galactica DVD set but later revealed to have infiltrated the Big Bad's camp on Buffy's behalf. Of course, given that Twilight himself turned out to be Angel, another of Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD set's heroic exes, the line between good guy and bad guy, good spy and bad spy, would seem to blur even Alias DVD boxset. The one-shot promises to reveal more about Riley actions throughout the Buffy's first season in comics, and Arrested Development DVD boxset spoke with Jane Espenson about the issue.

Riley Finn, played by Marc Blucas, was introduced in the fourth season of "As Time Goes By DVD boxset" as a seemingly-normal love interest for Buffy's college days. As it turned out, however, Riley was in fact a super Battlestar Galactica DVD boxset in the employ of covert government agency the Initiative, and once his (and the Slayer's) secret came out, the happy couple fought Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD boxset and vamps together. Riley's de-powering during Season 5 and proportionally enhanced insecurities Alias Seasons 1-5 DVD boxset their relationship, though he would come to Buffy's aid twice more before the end of the television series' run.

In Espenson's "Retreat" story arc, Riley was revealed as a double Arrested Development Seasons 1-3 DVD boxset for the Slayer army, having infiltrated Twilight's camp to discover the secrets of his operations. But the writer said how Riley got to this point and As Time Goes By Seasons 1-9 DVD boxset he'd been up to prior to this would form "the heart of the one-shot." "You'll see exactly what he's up to and with whom he is up to it," Battlestar Galactica Seasons 1-4 DVD boxset said. "My original notion was to open the issue with images that call to mind the art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Seasons 1-7 DVD boxset and end with images pulled from Paul Gauguin. Things changed, the story naturally evolved, and that didn't really happen."

As to how Riley might have approached Twilight, Alias DVD his trust, and so forth, Espenson indicated the chain of events may not have been so straightforward. "I felt there were a lot of Arrested Development DVD about who approached whom and in what order. Buffy, Riley and Twilight were all jockeying for ground in those early days."

Buffy has called on Riley in some dire As Time Goes By DVD before, naturally in the course of their courtship during seasons four and five but also occasionally in the time since their less-than-amicable Battlestar Galactica DVD, notably in season 7 when Buffy asks Riley to arrange for a defective control chip to be removed from Spike's head. CBR asked Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD why, given their history, Riley so reliable answers the call when Buffy needs him. "It's an interesting question. Personally, I think he still has very deep Alias DVD set for Buffy, but I would note that it's also interesting to ask the question, 'why wouldn't he answer the call' - like, what would prevent it?"

With the reveal of Twilight as Angel, there of Arrested Development DVD set have been questions about his methods as well as his motives. But, we asked Espenson, is it possible that Riley, as a double agent, might have been As Time Goes By DVD set with some issues similar to those we can expect Angel might have been facing? "You raise an interesting Battlestar Galactica DVD set of drawing a parallel between the two men," she said. "Like...what are the ways in which they react similarly to these pressures, and the ways in Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD set they react differently? I like that."

"Alias DVD boxset" paramilitary setting would seem to play well with Riley's established character, though ultimately Arrested Development DVD boxset's greatest value as a spy rather than as a trainer or commander for her Slayer army. "This is speculation on my part, but it may be that others were competent to train the As Time Goes By DVD boxset," Espenson said of Buffy's motivations, "while Riley was uniquely positioned to act as spy."

The espionage trappings of the Riley one-shot differ Battlestar Galactica DVD boxset from the type of stories Espenson had been telling in the comics so far, most obviously in the case of the Harmony stories but Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD boxset also from what readers saw in "Retreat." "I love mixing things up, getting to play in different genres," Espenson said. 'Alias Seasons 1-5 DVD boxset' has allowed me huge freedom to write different kinds of stories. It's not so much that I was thirsty to write spy-type action, but that I was Arrested Development Seasons 1-3 DVD boxset for that variety. And the spy action did turn out to be a blast. It's really well-suited to the As Time Goes By Seasons 1-9 DVD boxset of this kind of writing, where the visual is so important."

This near to the conclusion of "Battlestar Galactica Seasons 1-4 DVD boxset" - the final, Joss Whedon-penned story arc begins after the "Riley" one-shot - CBR asked Espenson whether the issue will shed any light on the remaining Buffy the Vampire Slayer Seasons 1-7 DVD boxset and the things we still don't know. "I only know what I don't know," she joked. "No, wait. I totally don't know what I don't know!"
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