Buffy the Vampire Slayer slayer. Buffy receives guidance from her Watcher, Rupert Giles (Anthony Stewart Head). Giles, rarely referred to by his first name (it is later revealed that in his misspent younger days he went by "Ripper"), is a member of the Watchers' Council, whose job is to train and guide the Slayers. Giles researches the supernatural creatures that Buffy must face, offers insights into their origins and advice on how to defeat them, and helps her stay in fighting form. Buffy is also helped by friends she meets at Sunnydale High: Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan) and Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendon). Willow is
Surprise (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) the Judge, also played Luke in "Welcome to the Hellmouth". Both episodes were two-parters in which his character died in the second part. "Surprise" was the final episode to air on Monday nights on The WB. Together with "Innocence," the show transitioned from Mondays to Tuesdays as a lead-in for The WB's then newest debuting series "Dawson's Creek". Both "Buffy" and "Dawson's Creek" would go on to become two of the network's signature series. Surprise (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) "Surprise" is episode 13 of season two of the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". It was written by Marti Noxon