Billy Fordham

Billy Fordham, nicknamed Ford, was a student of Hemery High and an old childhood friend of Buffy Summers. He was portrayed by Jason Behr.

Biography
Ford and Buffy were once classmates in Los Angeles- indeed, Buffy had a crush on him at the time- before Buffy moved to Sunnydale. He came to Sunnydale and pretended to enroll in Sunnydale High School in an attempt to reunite with Buffy, revealing that he had learned about her identity as the Slayer. Later, his true motive for coming to Sunnydale is revealed. He wants to become a vampire, because he is dying from brain cancer, and he believes that it is better to live forever as a vampire rather than to die riddled with tumors.

After failing to convince him that vampires are simply demons possessing the bodies of their victims rather than the original person, Buffy decides that Ford has no right to sacrifice others, and she rescues Ford's intended victims from Spike, Drusilla, and the other vampires who have come to kill the naive teens. Returning later to the scene, Buffy buries Ford's lifeless body. As she and Giles keep a vigil at his grave, Ford rises, a vampire, and Buffy stakes him. Afterward, she asks Giles, "Does it get any easier?" He replies, "What do you want me to say?" Buffy answers, "Lie to Me," which echoes the whole situation she had faced with regard to Ford's duplicity.

Appearances

 * Lie to Me