In "The Freshman" episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," Buffy is just starting college and feeling a bit overwhelmed and out of place. A baby-faced Pedro Pascal shows up and plays the character Eddie, another freshman trying to find his way — literally! Buffy bumps into Eddie one night while they're both lost on campus. The two have a sweet and awkward exchange as they try to find the proper routes back to their dorms. They part ways, both hoping they just found a new friend. However, before Eddie can make it back to his dorm, (spoiler alert!) he gets attacked by vampires. 

Later in the episode, Buffy comes across now-vampire Eddie and regrettably has to stake her new would-be buddy. This episode originally aired on October 5, 1999, and was one of Pascal's first credited roles (per Buffy Fandom). At the time, the Chilean-born star was going by the name Pedro Balmaceda, a variation of his birth name José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal (via IMDb). In 2006, the "Narcos" actor switched from Balmaceda to Pascal as a tribute to his late mother. As he explained to Variety, Pascal was his mother's maiden name, but he also changed it "because Americans had such a hard time pronouncing Balmaceda."