become CEO of the evil law firm Wolfram & Hart] that could possibly be a devastating mistake, for him and everyone around him. And that’s inherently dramatic. I think that I’ve added something, but there’s also a lot of other really good decisions that are helping to create the show that we have now.
I think that the way a TV show is going to succeed, ultimately, is by ensuring the lead character becomes more interesting season to season. You might be able to squeeze

out a couple of extra good episodes with your secondary characters, but if you forget about your home turf and abandon your lead, the show’s going to fail, no matter how good your supporting cast is.

Has working on Angel turned out to be everything you hoped for?
I knew David Boreanaz was a great guy, but I also knew that he’d been doing the world fame thing for six years, and that can really play with your head. But the man is more a man now than when

I first met him [during the making of Buffy’s second season], and he was a great guy when I met him. He is a really great guy to work with. He just wants to do it and go home to his kid. He’s so respectful.
It’s a much happier set than I expected. I expected kind of the norm for television and what I walked into was a really supportive group of people. I’m really lucky to be in this situation and I think it’s coming across on screen too. I think my work is better than it’s ever been. I’m just happy.