Seeking out someone in times of stress and feeling out of place is encapsulated within Buffy and Eddie’s interaction. No, just kidding - he’s dead.” Sunday and her vamps have one problem this time around, they aim to target freshmen who won’t be missed, and Eddie will be. In a Vulture interview looking back on the role, Pascal shared nothing but love, the fact it had so little screen time was part of what he liked, saying “Oh! This is Buffy’s new friend. The bloodsucking fiends are bored out of their minds, taking freshmen who won’t be missed. Think of The Lost Boys (1987), if more gender diverse, and they were college dropouts living in a dilapidated college building. Led by Sunday ( Katharine Towne), these are weirdo hipsters, excited about Klimt and Monet paintings they find among victims’ belongings. When he tells Buffy, “I think it’s supposed to get easier," it’s as much of an omen as a character asking out loud in a slasher movie, “Who’s there?” It won’t end well, and after the two part ways, a gang of vamps attacks, taking him as their next prey. That this is Eddie’s “safety blanket” novel is ironic because as he’s a guest star and this is Buffy, Eddie is doomed. Somerset Maugham, it's a coming-of-age story of a young man who can’t quite figure out the best direction in life, whether in a career path or especially in obsessing over a toxic lover. The two instantly recognize their similar predicaments, leading him to share that he’s a book lover, currently finding comfort in rereading Of Human Bondage. Suffice it to say, he isn’t having much luck.
He collides with Buffy while attempting to use a campus map to pinpoint his location. Pascal, credited as Pedro Balmaceda, without his signature mustache, plays Eddie, a deer-in-the-headlights, downbeat fellow freshman.
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