Wild at Heart (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Wild at Heart (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) "Wild at Heart" is the sixth episode of the fourth season of the American television show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", first airing on November 9, 1999 on The WB. It was written by Marti Noxon and directed by David Grossman. In the episode, Oz (Seth Green), a werewolf, is drawn by animal instinct to Veruca (Paige Moss), another werewolf. This causes friction with his girlfriend, Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan), and ultimately Oz leaves town to explore the wolf side of him. The circumstances seen in "Wild at Heart" arose from Seth Green's abrupt
Undeveloped Buffy the Vampire Slayer spinoffs in the series "Tru Calling". Ideas intended for the spin-off were later borrowed in small part by Brian K. Vaughan for his "No Future for You" arc in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight". "Ripper" was originally a proposed television show based upon the character of Rupert Giles from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (created by Joss Whedon). More recent information has suggested that if "Ripper" were ever made it would be a TV-movie or a DVD-movie. Giles, played by British actor Anthony Stewart Head, was nicknamed 'Ripper' while he was dabbling in the occult during his rebellious youth. Whedon said