Ben Wilkinson
First appearance "Out of My Mind" Last appearance "The Gift"
Information Name Ben Wilkinson Aliases Man-nurse Status Deceased Classification Human Affiliation Glory Sunnydale Memorial Notable powers See Human Portrayed by  Charlie Weber

Ben Wilkinson was a medical intern living in Sunnydale and the human prison for Glory.

Biography

Ben was the mortal prison for deposed hell-goddess Glorificus. Over time, she learned to free herself from Ben for periods of time in order to search for the key. A spell prevented any human witnessing or hearing of this transformation from remembering it.

As a handsome junior physician at Sunnydale Memorial, he met and befriended Buffy Summers during her mother's illness, and unsuccessfully attempted to romance her. Buffy decided to focus on her family issues and not pursue him, not wanting to define herself by her lack of a relationship. He was an essentially decent and compassionate person, protecting Dawn Summers from Glory when he learned that Dawn was the key that Glory sought.

He summoned an alien Queller demon to Sunnydale in order to kill mental patients and "clean up Glory's mess."^[1]

As Glory spent more time in control of their shared body, Ben's life started to fall apart. He was dismissed from his job at Sunnydale Memorial because of increased time (as Glory) spent away from work. As their personalities begin to merge and the two were able to communicate directly, Ben agreed, out of self-preservation, to help Glory kill Dawn. However, Buffy defeated Glory by using a bulldozer and beating her to a pulp with the Hammer of Olaf. After being beaten, Glory transformed to Ben one final time, and because he was human, Buffy spares his life. She told him to warn Glory not to come near her and her family again. Quickly afterward, Ben was suffocated to death by Rupert Giles, who considered Ben an innocent for the most part, but was determined to prevent Glory from ever returning. His exact age at the time of his death was 25.

Behind the Scenes

• He was portrayed by Charlie Weber.

• Giles was originally supposed to reveal to Buffy that he had killed Ben in "Lies My Parents Told Me", but his on-screen confession was cut due to time constraints.

• Charlie Weber later guest-starred with Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase), Brian Thompson (Luke/The Judge), Christopher Wiehl (Owen Thurman), Armin Shimerman (Principal Snyder), Greg Vaughan (Richard Anderson), Julia Lee (Anne Steele), Lorna Scott (Ms. Beakman), Jeremy Roberts (Kakistos), Harry Groener (Richard Wilkins), Mariah O'Brien (Nancy), Jeff Kober (Zachary Kralik/Rack), Channon Roe (Jack O'Toole), Eric Matheny (Colm), Bailey Chase (Graham Miller), Alastair Duncan (Collins), Jeff Ricketts (Weatherby), Amy Adams (Beth Maclay), Brigid Brannagh (Virginia Bryce), Kevin Weisman (Dreg), Daniel Dae Kim (Gavin Park), Leland Crooke (Lillian/Sebassis), Keith Szarabajka (Daniel Holtz), Ron Melendez (James), David J.Miller (Rat-faced Demon), Andrew Reville (Timothy Blane), Ivana Milicevic (Samantha Finn), Alex Breckenridge (Kit Holburn) on Charmed.

Appearances

• "Out of My Mind" (1st Appearance)
• "No Place Like Home"
• "Family"
• "Shadow"
• "Listening to Fear"
• "Checkpoint"
• "Blood Ties"
• "Crush"
• "I Was Made to Love You"
• "Forever"
• "Tough Love"
• "Spiral"
• "The Weight of the World"
• "The Gift"

References