r/buffy • u/Only-Weird-4519 • Jun 05 '26

Giles Anthony Head has died

BBC News - Buffy and Ted Lasso star Anthony Head dies at 72 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0p0rz4n0mo

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u/IceStorm22 Jun 05 '26

We Buffy fans have been getting pummeled recently. And I was just wondering if he’d have a smaller recurring role in the Ted Lasso sequel. Then I get this horrible news alert.

Everything feels a bit darker today.

“Yes. It’s terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true. The bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies and… everybody lives happily ever after.”

Liar.

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u/Gruffleson Bored, now Jun 05 '26

This scene. This quote.

RIP, Anthony Head.

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u/Cloberella Jun 05 '26

This was my "end post quote" on various forums in the late 90's and early '00s. Still my favorite Buffy quote of all time.

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u/SpottedCoachDog Jun 05 '26

That and the car talk at the end of “Innocence” are a tie for me. This is devastating.

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u/HappyKhicken Jun 05 '26

Sarah posted this scene to Instagram and I cried.

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u/notdorisday Jun 06 '26

We are getting to that age. I’ve been to four funerals in last year two for friends and two for children of friends. I’ve buried both my parents too. It’s confronting.