Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Ranking Every Major Death Worst To Best

21. Jesse McNally

Joyce Summers Death Buffy
Mutant Enemy

Back in the beginnings of Buffy's first season, Jesse McNally was introduced alongside Willow and Xander as a member of the group Buffy falls in with. Xander's best friend, he was funny, awkward and set to be a pretty important character.

But this is Buffy we're talking about. Wanting to make a statement about how no one was safe on the show, Joss Whedon had Jesse turned into a vampire and staked by Xander in only the second episode, letting audiences know just how daring the show was going to be.

It's just a shame Jesse was never mentioned again after his death, lessening his death's impact almost as soon as it happened.

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