It's been a wild ride for Julie Benz lately. Her character Rita Morgan was tragically killed off in the season four finale of 'Dexter,' and now she's playing a stripper taken in by Susan on 'Desperate Housewives.' Her run on that show has just been extended.

She also has a Hallmark Channel movie, 'Uncorked,' airing March 6. She plays a high-powered executive who's not looking to fall in love, but fate has a different plan when a business conference takes her to wine country.

We caught up with Benz and got the scoop on all her upcoming projects, including several feature films.

(S01E07) Unfortunately for me, I didn't start watching Buffy until the latter part of season two. So obviously when I went back to watch season one on DVD for the first time, this episode didn't deliver the shock it should have. I'd really like to hear from day-one fans and what their reaction was to finding out Angel was a vampire. Did earlier clues give it away? Did you assume it all along?