 It was a moment that will live in infamy. A moment everything changed. For one it was the greatest loss, of a love most deep. For another it was the final straw. For one it was the line that was finally crossed. But for her it was the moment of truth. It was the death of Jenny Calander in the episode "Passion". In probly the most chilling scene in the entire span of the tv show Angelus snapped her neck like a twig and placed her body for Giles to find in his bed. While the character may be gone from the show, please keep the memeory alive in your heart.
Born Janna, of a very old Romanian Gypsy tribe, she took on the name Jennifer Calander when she was sent to Sunnydale, California, to keep an eye on the vampire Angelus, who had been cursed by her tribe eighty years before, Janna was sent after the demon Whistler brought Angel from New York to Sunnydale. Jenny was hired as a computer-science teacher at Sunnydale High School. It was there that she met Rupert Giles and worked with him when she initiated a project to scan several of the school library's works into the computer system; when the demon Moloch was a scanned into the Internet via this project, Jenny also saw the signs of the Master's eventual freedom from imprisonment and offered to help Giles and Buffy stop him. A very modern woman, Jenny dressed in a similar fashions to her students, spoke in slang, and had an excellent with her students.
 Despite their differing philosophies-Giles is very much a technophobe-Jenny and Giles were attracted to each other, and , after months of flirting, started dating in the fall of 1997. Their relatonship stalled when Jenny was possessed by Eyghon, a demon Giles had helped conjure up twenty years before, though Jenny eventually was able to forgive him. Less easy to forgive was the revelation that Jenny was, for all intents and purposes, a spy for the Romany elders.
She was the one who explained to Buffy and Giles the specifics of the curse on Angel-that if he even achieved even a moment of happiness, the curse would end. Wanting to make up for deceiving her friends, and having no desire to see Angel continue to be evil, Jenny tried to find a way to retrieve the spel that had cursed Angel the first time; using a computer program she wrote, she translated it, but was murdered by Angel before she had a chance to use it. Angel destroyed the hard copy and hard drive, but Jenny had baacked the file up to a disk that was eventually found by Willow and Buffy. Willow was able to cast the spell with the help of Oz and Cordelia thus fulfilling what was, in essence, Jenny's dying wish.
I sorely miss the character of Jenny Calander. She was one of my favorites. She was played by the wonderful Robia LaMorte, one of my fav actresses. Jenny has appeared since her death however. Once as a hypnotic illusion used on Giles and The First Evil took her form as well. I will continue to think of what might have been with her and Giles. So please, remember Jenny Calander.
Feel free to leave a tolken at the graveside. Anything youd like will be fine. Anything from feelings from the other characters to items from them or even you. Think of this as sort of a keepers list but your giving. It's been giving me a little trouble so if you have left something please redo it, Thank you.
Items Left:
A red rose and a picture of Giles
A white rose and a floppy disk
A red rose and a floppy disk
Tickets to a monster truck rally because between appearing as a vision and then a form of the First Evil a deceased recurringcharacter
has to have a bit of fun.
Leave Something By The Graveside?
Visit the following special Jenny links:
Thats Not Where I Dangle It
Mrs. Calander's Domain
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