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"Judgment"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 1
Directed by
Michael Lange
Teleplay by
David Greenwalt
Story by
David Greenwalt
Joss Whedon

Production code
2ADH01
Original air date
September 26, 2000
Guest actors

Christian Kane as Lindsey McDonald
Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Andy Hallett as The Host
Justina Machado as Jo
Julie Benz as Darla
Eliza Dushku as Faith
Rob Boltin as Johnny Fontaine
Iris Fields as Acting Teacher
Keith Campbell as Club Manager
Jason Frasca as White Guy
Andy Kreiss as Lizard Demon
Matthew James as Merl Demon
Glenn David Calloway as Judge
EJ Gage as Mordar the Bentback

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 "To Shanshu in L.A." Next →
 "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been"

List of Angel episodes
"Judgment" is episode 1 of season 2 of the television show Angel, broadcast on September 26, 2000 on the WB network. The episode was written by David Greenwalt, with a story from Greenwalt and series creator Joss Whedon, and directed by Michael Lange. In this episode, when Angel accidentally kills the demonic protector of a pregnant woman named Jo, he takes over as her champion. She is seeking protection for her unborn child from the mystical Tribunal, which requires her champion to defeat a challenger in single combat. Meanwhile, Wolfram & Hart have resurrected the long-dead vampire Darla to seek revenge against Angel.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Acting
3 Production details 3.1 Arc significance
4 References
5 External links

Plot[edit]
Cordelia is at an acting class until she gets a "911" message on her beeper and has to leave. Wesley is throwing darts to impress a young woman when he also gets a message on his beeper. The two meet Angel at a gym where they put an end to a demon performing a sacrificial ritual in a room behind one of the gym mirrors. Meanwhile Lilah visits Lindsey's office where Darla is enjoying classical music. She talks of how she can feel Angel, and slowly her memory begins to return.
Back at Cordelia's apartment, the gang try to figure out what Wolfram and Hart might have been trying to raise, when Cordelia has a vision about a Prio Motu demon. At Wesley's suggestion they go to Caritas, a demon karaoke bar and safe haven, to find Wesley's demon informant Merl, who knows where to find the Prio Motu. Lorne, the Host of the bar, is introduced - an Anagogic demon who can see into the hearts and read the future of those who sing, he tries to convince Angel to do a number, but Angel refuses, saying there are three things he never does: tan, date, and sing in public. Angel finds the Prio Motu demon along with a pregnant woman, Jo. He kills the demon, only to have Jo tearfully inform him that the demon was her protector - mentioning something called the tribunal. Angel tries to offer help, but she runs away from him. Back at the apartment, Cordelia and Wesley's attempts at comfort only make things worse. Angel, feeling guilty for having killed an innocent fighting on his own side, declares that he intends to take over the dead demon's mission, charging Wesley and Cordelia to find out what the Tribunal is. Angel tracks down Merl and roughs him up. The demon tells him there is a price on Jo, or more specifically, her baby - a daughter who is supposed to become something powerful and benevolent. The price is tempting, but with the Prio Motu defending her, no one could get to her. Angel picks up what Merl knows about where the Prio would have been living - not much - and leaves.
Angel finds Gunn hunting vampires in a bad part of town and asks for help in finding the Prio Motu demon's hideout. Angel explains what they're looking for, and tells Gunn that the demon was on their side, and he killed it. When Gunn realizes the vent they just passed hadn't been there the last time he'd patrolled there they open it like a door to find a tidy . Angel asks Gunn to deliver the talisman to Wesley and Cordelia, leaving him to wait for Jo. When she appears Angel offers his help, and she tells him all she wants is to protect her daughter - she doesn't care about his 'holy mission'. When he persists she asks him to help her find the "Coat of Arms" which might convince the tribunal to call off whatever they're doing - the talisman. When he confesses he already found it and sent it off to his friends, she tells him in exasperation to stop helping and turns to leave, only to find a demon coming through her door. Angel kills it, and they escape through the tunnels. Jo compares the tribunal to a court, and says the dead Prio Motu was going to be her champion, but doesn't understand enough to explain, and before they can get into the subject Demons attack, and the two are separated.
Angel arrives at the house, Gunn having already delivered the Coat of Arms and left, but Jo never showed. He and Cordelia talk about how they got cocky - treating the news that Angel had a chance to become human as if it meant the fight was over. Wesley interrupts with more information about the Tribunal, including the fact that it's a fight to the death. To get more information, Angel is forced to sing karaoke in front of the Host; he mangles "Mandy", for which the Host tells him the Trial will be wherever Jo is - though he offers no conclusive answer to whether or not Angel will be able to save her. As he sets off to find her, the trial begins and with no Champion and no Coat of Arms, Jo is told her life is forfeit, but Angel arrives in time and throws down the Coat of Arms, declaring himself her champion. In the ensuing fight Angel is stabbed, and the Tribunal declares his opponent to have won, but Angel pulls out the sword and cuts off the other champion's head. The Tribunal grants Jo and her daughter protection until the child comes of age.
Angel returns to Cordelia's apartment and removes the board they had been keeping track of their kills on. Wesley agrees that keeping score was a mistake - it's a job, not a race. Angel goes to visit Faith, now serving a long prison term, and they talk about redemption.
Acting[edit]
Eliza Dushku's name was displayed in the closing credits to keep her appearance a surprise.
EJ Gage, who plays Mordar the Bentback, also played one of the movers in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Buffy vs. Dracula", which aired immediately before this one on their original broadcast.
Production details[edit]
This is one of the first episodes on Angel in which demons are shown of being capable of doing good. Angel experiences guilt after killing Jo's demon protector because he killed "an innocent being" and "a soldier like [him]self", and because it never occurred to him that a demon could be either of those things.[1]
Arc significance[edit]
This episode introduces the "champion" aspect of the show that stays until the final episode. The ideals of a champion are introduced and are explored for the rest of the series.
The rest of the season focuses on the complexities of Angel's and Darla's relationship before Angel was cursed. Their relationship goes more in depth than it was during the first season of Buffy, which was fleeting at best. The season focuses on how they interacted, lived, and their loyalties (or lack thereof) toward each other.
J. August Richards joins the regular cast and is billed in the opening credits as of this episode.
This is also Andy Hallett's first appearance as The Host, later known as Lorne. Hallett is a regular guest star from this episode on, and eventually joins the regular cast during the fourth season.
Angel's rendition of "Mandy" is the first indication that he is familiar with contemporary American pop culture; throughout his appearances on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, he was consistently depicted as a "cultured" sort, collecting highbrow art and reading centuries-old literature, in direct contrast to thoroughly modern Spike. Angel's love of Manilow songs would also go on to be an occasional running gag during the rest of the series' run. As seen in "Orpheus," "Mandy" was playing on a diner's jukebox when Angel, circa 1976, fed upon a dying man's blood; Angel felt such self-loathing from the act that it sent him on a twenty-year downward spiral, ending with him living as a derelict, feeding on rats. His use of the song on this occasion can be interpreted as self-recognition of how far he has come in his quest to redeem himself and how much farther he has yet to go.
Angel discovers the abandoned Hyperion Hotel, which will become the new headquarters for Angel Investigations. Although Angel confirms to Jo that he has already been in the Hyperion Hotel before, it won't be revealed until the next episode what Angel's link with the Hyperion actually is.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Molloy, Patricia (2003), "Demon Diasporas", in Jutta Weldes, To Seek Out New Worlds: Science Fiction and World Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 116, ISBN 1-4039-6058-5
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Are You Now or Have You Ever Been
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"Are You Now or Have You Ever Been"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 2
Directed by
David Semel
Written by
Tim Minear
Production code
2ADH02
Original air date
October 3, 2000
Guest actors

Melissa Marsala as Judy Kovacs
John Kapelos as Ronald Meeks
Tommy Hinkley as The Private Investigator
Brett Rickaby as Bookstore Owner
Scott Thompson Baker as Actor
J.P. Manoux as Frank Gilnitz
David Kagen as Salesman
Terrence Beasor as Older Man
Julie Araskog as Over the Hill Whore
Tom Beyer as Blacklisted Writer
Eve Sigall as Old Judy

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 "Judgment" Next →
 "First Impressions"

List of Angel episodes
"Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" is episode 2 of season 2 in the television show Angel. Written by Tim Minear and directed by David Semel, it was originally broadcast on October 3, 2000 on the WB network. In "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been", Angel recalls a traumatic experience during the 1950s at the Hyperion Hotel.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Production details 2.1 Writing 2.1.1 Arc significance
2.1.2 Cultural references

3 Reception and reviews
4 References
5 External links

Plot[edit]
Angel asks Wesley and Cordelia to look into the mysterious history of the abandoned Hyperion Hotel. A photograph of the hotel blends into an action shot of the hotel exterior during the 1950s, as the manager sends the bellhop upstairs to give the guest in 217 his weekly bill. The bellhop nervously makes his delivery then runs downstairs, as Angel — the feared occupant of 217 — opens the door. As the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings blare on a TV, Angel strolls through the lobby and the manager turns away an African-American family, telling them that—despite what their sign says—the hotel has no vacancies. On the 2nd floor heading towards his room he observes a man banging on a door. In the background, two men share a furtive romantic moment outside a room door. Back in his room, he finds a woman pretending to be a maid. When Angel calls her bluff, she tells him that she's hiding from her boyfriend, the man earlier seen banging on a door. Angel helps her hide from him, smashing the door in his face when the man pulls a gun.
In the present, Angel visits the now-abandoned Hyperion. While doing research with Wesley, Cordelia discovers that the property is a historical landmark, but that it has been plagued by strange events since it was built. Cordelia then spots Angel in a 1952 photograph of the hotel lobby, and Wesley realizes that Angel has a personal connection to the Hyperion.
In 1952, the salesman in the room next to Angel's listens to a record, talks to someone unseen, then holds a gun to his head. Angel hears a gunshot and the record skipping, and drinks his glass of chilled blood without reacting. When the manager and bellhop discover the salesman's suicide, the manager hears a demonic voice whispering "They'll shut you down" and instructs the bellhop not to call the police; instead they hide the body in a meat locker. That night, the guests gather at Griffith Observatory, where they discuss the suicide and wonder why the cops hadn't been notified. Judy tries to thank Angel, but he is unreceptive. The next day, the guests continue to discuss the salesman, questioning if he might have been murdered. Upstairs, when Angel comments on Judy's agitation, she confesses the man banging on the door was a PI sent by the bank from which she stole money. She was fired when they found out that—although she "passes" as white—she is actually part African American. Her fiancé left her when he found out, as well. Angry at the bank, she stole the money, but has not spent any of it, and Judy laments her decision to steal. Angel replies that "fear makes people do stupid things," then clarifies he was referring to her employers. As Angel stashes Judy's bag of money in the basement, he hears whispering and realizes something in the hotel is making people crazy.
In the present, Cordelia and Wesley find newspaper reports of the bellhop's execution for the salesman's murder, and an article about Judy with the headline, "Search Called Off—Fugitive Woman Believed Dead." Down in the basement, Angel finds the bag of money and once again hears the whispering. He contacts the others, announcing the hotel hosts a Thesulac demon that whispers to its victims, then feeds on their insecurities. He says he already knows the ritual to make it corporeal so that it can be killed.
In 1952, Angel returns from a bookstore where he has learned the ritual to corporealize the demon; meanwhile, the PI reveals Judy's secret. When the guests turn on her, she points them towards Angel, announcing that he has blood in his room. Everyone attacks Angel, except Judy, who starts to cry. Angel is dragged into the hallway; a noose is tied to a rafter and he is pushed over the railing to hang. The crowd cheers, then slowly wonders what they've done. When everyone leaves, Angel frees himself and drops to the lobby floor. On the stairs, the Thesulac demon becomes corporeal, gloating about the paranoia he just fed on; Judy's despair is particularly delicious as she had just come to start to have faith in humanity again due to Angel's friendship and help. Her pain at what she has done to Angel has made her "a meal that will last a lifetime". The demon says, "There's an entire hotel here just full of tortured souls that could use your help." Angel replies,"Take them all."
In the present, Cordelia, Wesley, and Gunn arrive at the Hyperion and, after performing the spell to make the Thesulac corporeal, Angel electrocutes it with the exposed wires of the fuse box. Angel heads upstairs and finds Judy, now old, still in her room, where she has served as the Demon's "room service" since 1952. She says the voices are gone, and asks Angel if it is safe to go out. He tells her it is, but she is so tired that she needs to rest first. She then tells Angel that she is sorry she killed him and asks his forgiveness. He assures her she did not kill him and tells her of course he forgives her. She then passes away. Angel returns downstairs; "We're moving in," he announces. Wesley reminds Angel that evil things have happened in the hotel, but Angel tells him that all of that is in the past.
Production details[edit]
This episode introduces the Hyperion Hotel, which becomes Angel's main set until season 5. Production designer Stuart Blatt explains that after blowing up Angel's cramped office in the season one finale, he had the opportunity to create a bigger, more "film-friendly" set that the crew and cameras could move through freely. Creator Joss Whedon suggested an abandoned hotel, something similar to the hotel in the Coen Brothers' Barton Fink.[1] The exterior shots of the Hyperion are of a historic building on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles called the Los Altos Hotel & Apartments,[2] which Blatt had previously used in the episode "I Fall to Pieces".[3] The Los Altos was home to many Hollywood celebrities — including Bette Davis, Mae West, and William Randolph Hearst — before the Great Depression,[4] similar to the fictional history of the Hyperion featured in this episode. Blatt says the front doors of the Hyperion are "exact duplicates" of those at the Los Altos, and the back garden closely resembles the back garden in the apartments, which allows the crew to film the characters entering and exiting the building on location. "Then we cut to the interior of the hotel," Blatt says, which is on a sound stage, "and it all works fairly seamlessly."[3]
The nighttime scenes between Angel and Judy were filmed on location at the Griffith Park Observatory, which overlooks Los Angeles, and was where the final scene of the James Dean classic "Rebel Without a Cause" was filmed.[2]
Writing[edit]
This is another episode by writer Tim Minear that explores Angel's background. "He's cynical, I-don't-get-involved guy, and I thought that was a very interesting place to be," says Minear. "Although he does reach out to help someone in the episode, it doesn't take much to push him out of that light." When fans point out the flashback scene in Buffy in which Angel is living on the streets of New York City, Minear deflects the accusation of retconning by saying, "I don't believe he was thrown out of that room in Romania by Darla in 1898 and has been on the street ever since...in the 1950s, that was the beginning of his descent into the streets."[5]
The theme of otherness is carried through this episode by exploring LA's history of social exclusion. The hysteria provoked by the paranoia demon mirrors the fears of communism surrounding LA's entertainment community, the fear of being revealed as gay by a well-known actor who arranges furtive liaisons at the hotel, the racism that caused an African American family to be turned away from the hotel, the racism that led to Judy's firing and rejection by family, friends, and fiancé, and the lynch mob that attacked Angel. This both captures the connection between anti-communism and racist policing, and serves as direct comment on the perpetuation of past prejudices and relevance to recent events.[6]
Arc significance[edit]
The flashback scenes reveal that in the 1950s, Angel bore "a contempt for humanity that is reminiscent of Angelus but without the sadism". His decision to allow the demon to feed on the hotel residents foreshadows his decision later in the season to allow Darla and Drusilla to slaughter the Wolfram & Hart lawyers.[7] Both times Angel deems that the humans in jeopardy aren't worth saving.
Angel decides to make the Hyperion Hotel the new headquarters of Angel Investigations
The bookshop owner reappears in "Reprise," where he states that Angel's attempts to kill the demon changed his opinion on the potential for good in the world. He is then distraught when Angel informs him he allowed the demon to wreak havoc, though Angel doesn't explain why.
Cultural references[edit]
McCarthyism: The episode's title is based on the "$64 question" posed during Congressional hearings held in the 1950s by the House Un-American Activities Committee and by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations associated with Joseph McCarthy: "Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?"[8] The era, and paranoia surrounding it, is the setting for much of this episode.
Psycho: Angel's opening line, "sixty eight rooms, sixty eight vacancies", is an allusion to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 suspense / horror classic, Psycho, where Norman Bates tells Marion Crane, "twelve rooms, twelve vacancies", to illustrate how the Bates Motel is no longer a popular stopping point. Also, Judy's back-story is very similar to Marion's: both are running from the law with stolen money and boyfriend troubles, both are attempting to hide in a hotel / motel, and both are being investigated by a PI. As well, in the middle of the episode, Cordelia cites a newspaper clipping about Judy with the headline, "Fugitive Woman Believed Dead". Cordelia says that Judy was being tracked by federal authorities for stealing money, checked into the hotel, and then was never heard from again. All this is another allusion to Marion, about whom that same narrative applied, and who was knifed to death by "mother" Bates in an infamous shower scene.
Vertigo: Judy is also the name that Kim Novak's character takes after changing her identity in this Alfred Hitchcock film. She also tells Jimmy Stewart that she grew up in Salina, Kansas the same place where the Judy from this episode grew up.
The Shining: Angel stays in Room 217 at the Hyperion Hotel. Room 217 is the haunted hotel room at the Overlook in Stephen King's The Shining.
Chinatown: The detective that arrives at the Hyperion Hotel is named C. Mulvihill, a nod to a character named Claude Mulvihill in Roman Polanski's film noir classic, Chinatown. The bandage on his nose is an extension of the same allusion.
Rebel Without A Cause: The scene in which Judy mentions a show depicting the end of the universe was shot on location at the Griffith Observatory.[2] Several scenes in the James Dean film Rebel Without A Cause were filmed at that same observatory, including a scene in which the characters attend a planetarium show about the world ending.[9] The character of Judy physically resembles the character of the same name (played by Natalie Wood) in that film. Additionally, Angel is dressed exactly like James Dean's character during this scene.
The Yellow Wallpaper: Angel's comment, "Maybe it was the wallpaper that drove him crazy," is reminiscent of "The Yellow Wallpaper," another story dealing with insanity. This short story tells of a woman who develops psychosis while taking the rest cure prescribed by her doctor. She believes the confinement is causing her to go mad, specifically the yellow wallpaper in her room, which is the only thing she has to look at. This may also be an allusion to the last words attributed to Oscar Wilde: "either the wallpaper goes or I do." They were said as he lay in a cheap hotel, abandoned by his family and friends and hounded by the law, because he was gay.
Imitation of Life: Judy's character has been passing for a white girl since a teenager but is actually of mixed origin, just like the character Peola and Sarah Jane in the original and the remake.
THX 1138: The phrase "Are you now, or have you ever been?" is the opening line of dialogue used by the chrome police robots while they interrogate and torture the main character THX 1138, played by Robert Duvall.
Reception and reviews[edit]
This episode is a fan favorite, regularly ranking as one of the top episodes of the series.[10] Slayage calls this episode one of Angel's best: "a character study, offering insight into Angel's past."[11]
Writer Tim Minear says that, although he generally prefers the season-long story arcs to the movie-of-the-week, this episode "rang his inner gong." He explains that writing this episode was a way for him "to indulge in a delicious just-for-me treat."[12] David Boreanaz has also cited it as one of his favorite episodes.[13]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Interview with Stuart Blatt, Angel Production Designer: Hotel living". BBC. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
2.^ Jump up to: a b c "TV Locations - part 7". Gary Wayne. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
3.^ Jump up to: a b "Interview with Stuart Blatt, Angel Production Designer: Inside outside". BBC. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
4.Jump up ^ Telleria, Abby Garcia (November 15, 2006), Los Altos Apartments, Multifamily Executive Magazine, archived from the original on 23 October 2007, retrieved 2007-10-09
5.Jump up ^ Gross, Edward (November 13, 2000), Writer-producer Tim Minear on directing `Darla`, archived from the original on 25 September 2007, retrieved 2007-09-27
6.Jump up ^ edited by Stacey Abbott. (2005), ""LA's got it all": Hybridity and Otherness in Angels Postmodern City", Reading Angel : the TV spin-off with a soul, I.B.Tauris, pp. 105–106, ISBN 1-85043-839-0, retrieved 2007-10-11
7.Jump up ^ Abbott, Stacey, "Walking the Fine Line Between Angel and Angelus", Slayage 9
8.Jump up ^ "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" - Back to the 1950s for Angel, BBC, retrieved 2007-10-09
9.Jump up ^ Frascella, Lawrence; Weisel, Al (2005), Rebel Without a Cause Production Timeline, Touchstone, ISBN 978-0-7432-6082-4
10.Jump up ^ FOUR YEARS, COUNTLESS MEMORIES: CityofAngel.com's Top Ten Angel Episodes, archived from the original on 12 October 2007, retrieved 2007-10-10
11.Jump up ^ Erenberg, Daniel (April 18, 2003), OPINION: Best Of The Best, Part Two, archived from the original on 28 September 2007, retrieved 2007-10-10
12.Jump up ^ Tim Minear - "Angel" Tv Series - Stakesandsalvation.com Interview, July 30, 2007, archived from the original on 28 September 2007, retrieved 2007-09-22
13.Jump up ^ Behind the Scenes - City of Angel.com l
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First Impressions (Angel)
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"First Impressions"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 3
Directed by
James A. Contner
Written by
Shawn Ryan
Production code
2ADH03
Original air date
October 10, 2000
Guest actors

David Herman as David Nabbit
Andy Hallett as The Host
Julie Benz as Darla
Chris Babers as Gunn's Acquaintance
Cedrick Terrell as Henry
Edwin Hodge as Keenan
Lucas Babin as Joey
Alan Shaw as Deevak
Angel Parker as Veronica
Ray Campbell as Desmond
Sarah Brooke as Nurse
Janet Song as Dr. Thomas
Kelli Kirkland as Young Black Woman

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"First Impressions" is the third episode of season 2 in the television show Angel. Written by Shawn Ryan and directed by James A. Contner, it was originally broadcast on October 10, 2000 on the WB television network.
Plot synopsis[edit]
After talking with the host at the demon bar about his future, Angel walks out and encounters Darla. The two dance and talk before they kiss passionately. Angel then awakens, shaken by the disturbing dream. While Angel sleeps late, Cordelia and Wesley clean and organize their new office. Gunn arrives at the hotel, expecting Angel to be awake and able to help him. When Angel finally wakes up, David Nabbit is there to offer financial advice in regards to Angel's investment in the hotel.
The whole gang and Gunn meet up with a man named Jameel in order to get information about a demon named Deevak. Gunn gets violent when Jameel won't talk, but the interruption of a pack of vampires prevents Gunn from getting answers. After dusting the three vampires with quite a bit of effort, everyone complains about their injuries. After dropping Angel off at the hotel and returning home, Cordelia gets a vision of Gunn in danger. When Wesley and Angel both aren't available to help, Cordelia takes it upon herself to save Gunn. Angel enjoys happy dreams of being with Darla until Wesley arrives and interrupts.
Cordelia mistakenly attacks one of Gunn's friends, Joey, when she thinks that Joey is attacking Gunn. Gunn walks Cordelia to the car, but it turns out that Angel's car has been stolen. Without a car, Angel is forced to ride on Wesley's motorcycle, wearing a pink helmet in order to help save Gunn. With Cordelia at his side, Gunn tracks down the Desmond, who stole Angel's car. Before he can get information on the car's whereabouts, a huge pack of vampires attack the party. Gunn fends off most of them, but one of Gunn's close friends, Veronica, is cut badly by a piece of broken glass. Gunn reacts badly to the fact that Veronica nearly died, especially because he can't forget his sister's death.
Angel and Wesley arrive in time to witness the aftermath of the party, but find the location of Deevak through one of the surviving vampires at the party. After finally finding Angel's car, Gunn also finds Deevak. Holding Gunn by the throat and Cordelia by the arm, Deevak turns into Jameel. After Cordelia sprays Jameel with mace, he lets go of Cordelia and Gunn long enough to revert to his ugly, demonic form. Angel and Wesley arrive to help and Angel finally kills Deevak with an ax.
Cordelia warns Gunn that he, not Deevak, was the danger she saw in her vision - he is putting himself in danger recklessly. She intends to help prevent him from destroying himself. Angel dreams that he returns to the hotel and Darla is there to comfort him. As he sleeps and dreams of his romantic encounters with his sire, Darla climbs over Angel in bed and kisses him.
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"Untouched"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 4
Directed by
Joss Whedon
Written by
Mere Smith
Production code
2ADH04
Original air date
October 17, 2000
Guest actors

Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Sam Anderson as Holland Manners
Daisy McCrackin as Bethany Chaulk
Gareth Williams as Mr. Chaulk
Julie Benz as Darla
David J. Miller as Man #1
Drew Wicks as Uniform Officer
Michael Harte as Detective
Madison Eginton as Young Bethany

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"Untouched" is episode 4 of season 2 in the television show Angel, originally broadcast on the WB network. In this episode, a vision from Cordelia leads Angel to Bethany, a runaway teen who possesses barely controlled telekinetic powers. Unbeknownst to Angel, Lilah has brought Bethany to Los Angeles, hoping to groom her into being an assassin for Wolfram & Hart. Lilah attempts to provoke violent episodes in Bethany in order for Wolfram and Hart to gain control of the teen. First she has her cornered in an alley by potential rapists hired by Wolfram and Hart, and then she has her sexually abusive father appear and try to take Bethany back home. Meanwhile, Darla continues to plague Angel's dreams and Angel finds himself sleeping longer and longer hours.


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2 Production details
3 Continuity
4 Cultural references
5 References
6 External links

Plot[edit]
Lilah sneaks into Lindsey's office to rifle through his papers, but Darla is there. Darla reveals she has been using a drug called Calynthia powder to keep Angel asleep while she manipulates his dreams. Angel wakes to find Cordelia and Wesley bickering about whether they should offer to pay Gunn. Angel and Wesley begin to discuss Angel's sleeping habits, but Cordelia suddenly gets a vision that sends Angel out to save a young girl from two potential rapists. As two men are about to attack the girl, she telekinetically slides a dumpster across the alleyway and smashes the men against a wall.
At the crime scene, Angel pretends to be a detective in order to get information about the crime from an officer. He wanders inside an old building and finds the young girl from the alley. Scared, she sends a rebar through Angel's chest, although upon realizing that she didn't kill him, she seems a little less afraid. The girl returns to the apartment she's staying at, revealing her roommate to be Lilah. Gunn arrives to offer his help and Angel sends him out to find information on the men Bethany hurt.
As Bethany drifts to sleep, she dreams of her abusive childhood and unintentionally sends a bedside lamp flying into Lilah, who was watching her fitful sleep. Terrified, Bethany flees from the apartment, throwing on a jacket. Bethany seeks Angel's help and they discuss her lack of control over her telekinetic powers. Holland stresses that if Lilah's work with Bethany is unsuccessful it could damage their other projects. Wesley deduces that Bethany has been sexually abused; when he pointedly mentions her father she loses control, sending both him and Angel flying through the air.
That night, Bethany finds Angel in his bed and she offers herself to him, as the abuse she has suffered has led her to believe that she is just an object for use. He declines, and after they talk, he sends her back to her own bed. After Angel helps Bethany work to control her power, he meets Gunn at one of the potential rapists' apartment. He brings up the payment idea and Gunn agrees, meaning that Gunn is now officially part of Angel Investigations. They find evidence that someone paid for the attack on Bethany.
Cordelia talks to Bethany over lattes until she is kidnapped by Wolfram & Hart's men. Angel and Gunn go after the men and Angel is able to get Bethany back from them. At the hotel, Bethany's father is used as a weapon to set her off and, as her control breaks, she causes serious structural damage to the building and lifting her father off his feet as she begins to telekinetically damage his body. Angel is able to break through to her, however and Bethany reveals that she has gained control over her powers by telling her father "Goodbye" before hurling him out of the window and allowing him to fall until she stops his descent five feet from the ground, letting him land unharmed.
Her independence regained and her self-confidence increasing, Bethany calmly confronts Lilah and packs up her things, striking out on her own. Lilah and Angel speak on the doorstep as Lilah reminds him that he is not invited in. In a last-ditch effort to stop Bethany from trusting Angel, Lilah reveals that Angel is a vampire – to which an unfazed Bethany merely replies; "weird." As Bethany walks away, Angel says to Lilah, "It looks like you're going to have to find someone else's brain to play with," to which Lilah replies, "Yeah, we have someone in mind." Angel tells Lilah "Goodnight," and, while he's walking away, Lilah snidely mutters "Sweet dreams."
Production details[edit]
The shot in which Bethany telekinetically explodes every window in the hotel was done using special effects, says production designer Stuart Blatt. The Angel production department built a set matching the superficial layout of the outside of the hotel, and filmed a window of the set exploding. The visual effects designer took that image and tiled it over the intact windows: "Through the magic of digital medium." Blatt says, "[we] created a whole wall of the hotel exploding."[1]
Continuity[edit]
Cordelia refers to the Buffy episode "Lovers Walk" when she was impaled by a piece of steel rebar.
This episode marks Gunn's official, paid association with Angel Investigations, and introduces his signature weapon — a large axe fashioned for him by some of his street crew from a hub cap and an axle — which would remain with him until it is destroyed in season four.
Lilah's response to Angel's remark about playing with someone else's brain ("Yeah, we have someone in mind') is a reference to the resurrection of Darla, which is intended to emotionally devastate Angel, as well as to the upcoming 3rd season episode "That Vision Thing" wherein Wolfram & Hart do as much to Cordelia.
Cultural references[edit]
Angel references a famous line from The Incredible Hulk TV series when he says (at 29:23 of the DVD) "You wouldn't like me when I'm happy".
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Interview with Stuart Blatt: Where effects meet reality, BBC, retrieved 2007-09-22
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"Dear Boy"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 5
Directed by
David Greenwalt
Written by
David Greenwalt
Production code
2ADH05
Original air date
October 24, 2000
Guest actors

Elisabeth Röhm as Kate Lockley
Christian Kane as Lindsey McDonald
Andy Hallett as The Host
Juliet Landau as Drusilla
Julie Benz as Darla
Stewart Skelton as Harold Jeakins
Sal Rendino as Man
Cheryl White as Claire
Matt North as Stephen
Derek Anthony as Hotel Security Guy
Darren Kennedy as Cop #1
Rich Hutchman as Detective Carlson

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"Dear Boy" is episode 5 of season 2 in the television show Angel.


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2 Writing 2.1 Arc significance
3 References
4 External links

Plot synopsis[edit]
Angel wakes up to even more bickering from Cordelia and Wesley then Cordelia gets a vision with sketchy details. While Cordelia and Wesley try to find the demon and location from Cordelia's vision, Angel daydreams of Darla. The entire gang arrive at an underground water facility where two groups of cloaked men are fighting in front of a Thrall demon. The men then attack Angel and friends. Gunn uses his new ax to destroy the demon and all the cloaked men stop fighting. Walking home, Angel is shocked to see Darla walking the streets.
In the past, Angelus walks through the streets until he finds Darla, after she killed two people. She points out a young woman to Angelus, who is Drusilla. Angelus takes the young woman, pure and with the gift of visions, as a challenge. Back in the present, a potential paying customer presents a case to Cordelia and Wesley about his wife who is cheating on him with another man. Angel tells Wesley and Cordelia about seeing Darla in his dreams and in real life but they think he's starting to lose his sanity.
Lindsey and Darla talk about Angel and how he's progressing. At a police station, Kate works a desk job where she receives notice from a friend that Angel has moved his company into the old Hyperion Hotel. Angel Investigations spy on a woman having an affair, but Angel spoils their cover by confronting the woman and telling her to talk to her husband. As they're leaving, Angel spots Darla but when he confronts her, she claims her name to be DeEtta Kramer. She runs away from him and he gives chase until she walks outside into sunlight, meaning Darla has not only been resurrected, but is now human. Angel sings "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" at the demon bar in order to get information about Darla from The Host but gets no answers.
Angel finds the Kramer home and lurks outside while inside, Darla waits for the plan to take form. It is revealed to viewers that Stephen is an actor, posing as a husband for Darla. Meanwhile, Cordelia and Wesley warn Gunn about the dangers of the evil Angelus and Darla combined. In a flashback, Angelus and Darla fool around while a frightened human Drusilla watches on. Although Darla doesn't seem to approve, Angelus announces that he'll make Drusilla a vampire.
Darla and Lindsey's plan goes into effect when Angel breaks into her home in time to find himself set up for murdering Darla's supposed husband. The police arrive on scene, but Angel is able to escape without getting captured. Kate talks with Darla on the scene, but when Kate turns her back, Angel grabs Darla and takes her away to the underground facility telling her that he knows she was what Wolfram & Hart brought back in the box. This facility was formerly a convent, and Angel asks Darla if she can feel it. He does everything he can to bring the real Darla to the fore and with some persuasion, she does. The two kiss and Darla tries to convince Angel to let her make him happy. He tells her she never made him happy, but still she persists and tries to bring Angelus out.
Leading a SWAT team, Kate breaks into the hotel to search for Angel. She's determined to believe that Angel is and always will be evil. Cordelia and Wesley try to convince Kate that Darla was once a vampire and that Angel didn't kill anyone by pointing out how Angel couldn't have entered Darla/DeEtta Kramer's house unless its original occupants were already dead. Darla refuses to give up on Angel, but she leaves him underground until sunset. Angel broods in his room until Cordelia and Wesley confront him to make sure he's not evil. He tells them that much trouble is on the way, and he's looking forward to it.
Writing[edit]
While David Greenwalt is the credited writer for this episode, significant scenes between Angel and Darla were actually written by Marti Noxon.[1]
The conversation Wesley and Cordelia have about Cordelia's visions (and how they affect Wesley's salary) mirrors one between Cordelia and Doyle at the end of the season one episode "I Fall to Pieces."
Arc significance[edit]
Wolfram & Hart's plan to turn Angel over to their side becomes more clear as Darla's manipulation has a strong effect on him.
The Angel Investigations team and Kate all find out Darla has been brought back by Wolfram and Hart, albeit as a human.
Angel learns that Darla was actually present during the dreams he had about her in previous episodes.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Bratton, Kristy, The Grass is Always Greeny-er, retrieved 2007-07-15
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"Guise Will Be Guise"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 6
Directed by
Krishna Rao
Written by
Jane Espenson
Production code
2ADH06
Original air date
November 7, 2000
Guest actors

Andy Hallett as The Host
Art LaFleur as T'ish Magev
Brigid Brannagh as Virginia Bryce
Patrick Kilpatrick as Paul Lanier
Todd Susman as Magnus Bryce
Danica Sheridan as Yeska
Saul Stein as Benny
Frankie Jay Allison as Thug #1
Michael Yama as Japanese Man #1
Eiji Inoue as Japanese Man #2
Ed Trotta as Man

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"Guise Will Be Guise" is episode 6 of season 2 in the television show Angel. Written by Jane Espenson and directed by Krishna Rao, it was originally broadcast on November 7, 2000 on the WB network. In "Guise Will Be Guise", Angel seeks out the guidance of a swami, while Wesley is forced to impersonate Angel when a powerful businessman demands that Angel guard his daughter Virginia. However, the swami is an impostor trying to keep Angel away from Los Angeles so that one of Virginia's father's competitors can capture her. He wants to do this so she can't be ritually sacrificed, which would give her father great power.


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Plot[edit]
Angel tries to hunt down Darla at Wolfram & Hart, but Cordelia and Wesley stop him. Angel consults the demon Host at the karaoke bar Caritas, who refers him to Swami T'ish Magev for help. Cordelia and Wesley hold down the office while Angel is away, both glad that he is seeking help to calm his obsession with Darla.
At the office, a thug holds Cordelia at gunpoint, demanding to see Angel, and Wesley is forced to pose as their vampire boss in order to save her. Magnus Bryce, a shrewd and rich businessman, is in need of Angel's services to protect his daughter from assassins from a rival corporation fronted by Paul Lanier. He offers Wesley blood that he forces down, to keep from ruining his cover. Wesley meets Mr. Bryce's daughter, Virginia, and then the two go shopping. Virginia and Wesley talk about how she wants freedom from the prison her father's created for her, then the two kiss. Virginia initially stops, believing Angel's curse is an obstacle, but Wesley claims it is more of a 'recommendation' than anything else — and the two have sex.
Meanwhile, at a quiet cabin, Angel talks with the normal-looking Swami about his choice of clothing, style of car, and brand of hair gel. The Swami advises Angel to find a blond woman and break her heart, so he will feel better about his situation with Darla. Later, the Swami talks to Paul Lanier over the phone, revealing that he's an imposter (one of the bartenders at Caritas overheard Angel and the Host's conversation and tipped Lanier off about Angel's destination). Through their conversation, in which they both believe Angel is with them, they deduce that Wesley is not Angel. Lanier informs Bryce that there is a fake protecting Virginia - a bodyguard who is able to have sex with his virgin daughter.
Gunn sets off to find Angel, but when he arrives at the cabin the fake swami knocks him out. Angel witnesses this, and uses a fishing pole to pull the man out of the sun and into his grasp. Cordelia arrives at the Bryce home, but before she can rescue Wesley, Virginia finds out that he's not really Angel. In order to get a significant amount of power from a demon, Bryce plans to sacrifice his daughter as the demon will grant immense power to anyone who sacrifices a virgin on their 50th birthday (hence why Bryce chose Angel to be her bodyguard, as the curse would have prevented the two from having sex). Angel and Wesley conclude that Lanier was trying to prevent the sacrifice so that Bryce wouldn't get the power. Bryce starts the sacrificial ritual, but Angel and crew interrupt. The demon appears, but won't take Virginia as a sacrifice because she is not a virgin. Furious about her father's actions, Virginia punches him and disassociates herself from him, revealing that she hasn't been a virgin since she was sixteen. After reading an article in a magazine, both Cordelia and Angel are jealous that Wesley is getting so much publicity as Virginia's bodyguard.
Production[edit]
Alexis Denisof enjoyed playing Angel in this episode, although when the BBC asked him what the props team used for the fake blood he had to drink, he was unsure. "I should find out," he says. "I haven’t been feeling well ever since."[1]
Acting[edit]
While Cordelia is looking through the criminal database, series producer Kelly A. Manners can be seen on a photo under the name Irwin Oliver.
Writing[edit]
In an essay comparing the character of Angel to "melancholy loner" Lord Byron, Amy-Chinn points out that Angel's obsession with his appearance - a running joke in the series - is overtly mocked in this episode, when the swami asks Angel why he dresses in black and drives a black convertible, despite the LA heat and his vampire sensitivity to sunlight.[2]
Arc significance[edit]
This marks the start of Wesley becoming a more fully developed, independent demon fighter in his own right, rather than simply providing the team with information and getting in the way of his allies.
This episode marks the first appearance of Virginia Bryce, who appears in three other episodes.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Angel Season Two Episode Guide: Guise Will Be Guise, BBC
2.Jump up ^ Amy-Chinn, Dee, Good Vampires Don't Suck: Sex, Celibacy and the Body of Angel ([dead link] – Scholar search), in Carla T. Kungl, "Vampires: Myths and Metaphors of Enduring Evil", Inter-Disciplinary.Net 6, ISBN 1-904710-05-0
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"Darla"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 7
Directed by
Tim Minear
Written by
Tim Minear
Production code
2ADH07
Original air date
November 14, 2000
Guest actors

Sam Anderson as Holland Manners
Julie Benz as Darla
Christian Kane as Lindsey McDonald
Juliet Landau as Drusilla
James Marsters as William
Mark Metcalf as The Master
Zitto Kazann as Gypsy Man
Lin Oeding as Chinese Boxer
Bart Petty as Security Guard

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"Darla" is episode 7 of season 2 in the television show Angel. Written and directed by Tim Minear, it was originally broadcast on November 14, 2000 on the WB television network. In this episode, Angel tries to rescue Darla from the clutches of Wolfram & Hart and Lindsey's affections, as she suffers guilt of her demonic past. Flashbacks show Darla as a syphilis-stricken prostitute being transformed into a vampire by the demonic Master, her retaliation when the Gypsies cursed Angelus with a soul, and the Boxer Rebellion in China. Many of the flashback scenes echo the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Fool for Love", which was originally broadcast earlier the same night.


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Plot[edit]
As Angel sits alone drawing pictures of Darla, when Wesley appears in the doorway and expresses his concern that Angel has become obsessed. Angel brushes him off. Meanwhile Lindsey comes into a room to find Darla curled in a corner, bleeding, haunted by memories of her past.
In 1609 Virginia Colony, the human prostitute Darla lies in her deathbed, covered in sores from the syphilis that is killing her. She receives a visit from the Master, who takes her life and makes her a vampire.
Back in the present, Angel is trying to locate Darla, over the objections of the group, who suggest Wolfram and Hart may just be trying to keep him distracted. Gunn suggests that they probably have connections to the place where she`s staying, and Angel gives criteria for the kind of place she would want to live. They go off to check into it.
In 1760 Darla brings Angelus before the Master, bragging about her wonderful new creation. Angelus is less impressed, and his disrespect gets him beaten up. Nevertheless, Darla chooses Angelus over the Master, and goes with him. In 1880, while strolling the streets of London, Angelus, Darla, and Drusilla bump into a man named William, later known as Spike. In need of companionship, Drusilla makes him into a vampire.
The team at Angel investigations has found a likely location for Darla`s new home, and Cordelia confirms it by playing a sob story for a clerk. Angel starts to rush off, but Wesley stops him, saying that he and Gunn will look into the situation and they`ll make any decisions later as a group. Angel starts to object until Cordelia points out that it`s one in the afternoon, and the area doesn't have good sun cover. Meanwhile Darla receives another visit from Lindsey. She is visibly upset, shaken by her memories and disturbed by the experience of having a soul and being human again. She expresses confusion about who she is now, then asks Lindsey why he hasn't kissed her - he obviously wants to. He said he didn't know what she wanted, and she asks why he should care; she never considered anyone else.
In 1898 Darla threatens a Gypsy, wanting him to revoke the curse on Angelus in exchange for not killing his family. Unfortunately before he can answer Spike emerges from the caravan, having already slaughtered his wife and daughter. Frustrated, Darla snaps the man`s neck.
Angel looks at pictures of the room where Darla was staying. All the reflective surfaces are smashed, but there is no sign of forced entry - or wasn't until Gunn and Wesley broke in. Angel says she is feeling the weight of her soul. Cordelia points out that Angel doesn't run around smashing mirrors, and he answers that he doesn't have to face himself in them. He insists they have to help her, brushing off Cordelia when she tries to hand him the phone until she tells him it`s Darla on the other end. Darla asks him to help, and tells Lindsey that Angel is the only one who can do anything for her. When a security guard tries to stop her from leaving, a shot is heard, and he falls. A later discussion between Lindsay and Holland indicates the guard is dead, and that Darla has been caught. Lindsey is told he is off the project. Angel leaves to go find Darla and help her. Wesley tries to warn him to be careful, telling him he should know what Darla was. Angel corrects him, saying it was what they both were - and that having been through it, he might be able to help her. When Wesley reminds him that he went over a century without seeking redemption, Angel replies that he sought Darla instead.
During the Boxer Rebellion in China, Angel tracks down Darla, and - despite being cursed with a soul - asks her for a second chance to rule at her side.
Angel attacks Lindsey in a parking garage. Lindsey tells him Darla is in trouble, that they plan to kill her. Angel promises to come back and kill him if he`s lying.
Angel, back in the Boxer Rebellion, comes upon a terrified family and distracts his companions from them. Drusilla tells them that Spike has killed his first Slayer. Angel tries to act excited, but drops the act when Drusilla fixates on the alley where he left the family and instead tries to convince the others to leave. Angel returns to Darla after going out to feed on animals. She tells him she noticed that he only killed the guilty in the riots, and demands he prove he's truly evil. She says she went back and killed the family in the alleyway, but kept their baby, which she wants him to kill.
Darla sits up suddenly, staring in fear at three people in white with guns as Angel`s car appears behind her. She is thrown aside, and after defeating the three men, Angel runs to her. In the lobby of Wolfram and Hart, Lindsey sees the supposedly murdered guard very much alive. He talks to Holland, accusing him of playing him. Holland says they had to make the crisis real. Lindsey speaks derisively of the idea that Angel would achieve his moment of perfect happiness with Darla under the circumstances, but Holland tells him he doesn't understand the plan - that they expect Angel to save her soul.
Darla wakes up, and whispers "Angelus" when she sees Angel. Cordelia corrects her. She says she's lucky to have someone who understands - something Angel never had. She wants him to turn her back, saying she can't bear to feel her own heartbeat. Angel tells her it's a gift to be human, but she disagrees, and demands he "return the favour" for turning him into a vampire. Angel backs away, stunned that she still considers what she did to him a gift. When she instead tries to convince him to turn her as revenge, he refuses.
Looking down at the baby, Angel confesses he can't pretend to be who he's not. She says she's disgusted with him. He takes the baby and jumps through a window.
Darla runs out of the office, telling Angel not to look for her again, mirroring the words of a century ago.
Production[edit]
Composer Robert J. Kral says this is his favorite episode to have scored, as he was able to write several different themes for the character of Darla.[1] He was asked by director Tim Minear to write music that was "epochy. Something with horns...something Wagnerish." Kral and Buffy composer Thomas Wanker deliberately choose not to collaborate, so that the cross-over scenes would "maintain a different perspective," Kral says.[2]
Production designer Stuart Blatt says the Boxer Rebellion flashback scenes in this episode and "Fool for Love" were filmed at a movie ranch with a standing set for a Mexican village. "Through our research," Blatt says, "we realized that a lot of Chinese towns looked very similar to small Mexican villages...clay adobe structures with either thatched or tower roofs."[3] Gaffer Dan Kerns explains that to simulate the burning streets, his crew set up numerous 'flicker boxes' that "pulse like a flame", in addition to simulated moonlight from "cherry picker"-like machines.[4]
Acting[edit]
Actress Julie Benz says the flashback scenes are "the high points" of playing Darla; her favorite scene is the Boxer Rebellion.[5] Gaffer Dan Kerns' girlfriend Heidi Strickler appears in that scene, playing the frightened mother in the alley whom Angel attempts to shelter.[6]
Writing[edit]
This episode was writer Tim Minear's directorial debut. He says he felt it was time to explore Darla's history, which "should really be her story with Angel throughout the 150 years that they were together." When Joss Whedon pointed out that they were already doing a Spike origin story on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Minear suggested they do both.
Although this episode shows Angel and Darla's romantic history, Minear cautions, "at no time was I trying to play this as being Angel's true love. It's more like the play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; this troubled, old married couple with secrets. I wasn't trying to take Buffy's place in his heart by any stretch of the imagination. But here's a guy who's been around for a couple of hundred years before he ever met Buffy and certainly he was shaped in some way." He explains that despite cries of retconning from fans — who saw in the Buffy episode "Becoming, Part One" that Angel was living on the streets of New York in the early 1990s — he doesn't believe Angel was "thrown out of that room in Romania by Darla in 1898 and has been on the street ever since."
Minear likens the storytelling approach in this episode to the non-linear, looping technique exhibited by Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction: "It's a different story happening in the same universe."[7]
Continuity[edit]
This is the first time that the viewers get a glimpse of what Darla's life was like before she became a vampire.
It is revealed that Darla had a different name in life, although no one (including Darla) remembers what it actually was.
As her conscience finally catches up with her, Darla tries to escape from Wolfram & Hart, turning to Angel, in the hopes of becoming a vampire again.
This is the only episode in which Angel/Angelus and the Master are seen together.
This marks the Master's only appearance on Angel.
This is the only episode of the Buffyverse in which Angel/Angelus, Spike, Darla, Drusilla and the Master all appear.
Along with "Becoming, Part One", "Fool for Love" and "The Girl in Question", this is one of only four Buffyverse episodes in which all four members of the Whirlwind (Angel, Spike, Darla and Drusilla) appear.
This is the only episode of either Buffy or Angel in which Spike appears in flashbacks but no present day scenes.
Reception[edit]
This episode won "Best Period Hair Styling in a Series" at the Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards.[8][9] Joss Whedon stated this episode as his all-time favorite episode, during an "Attack of the Show" interview.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Interview with Robert J. Kral: Favourite Score, BBC, retrieved 2007-10-01
2.Jump up ^ Review of Episode 7, Season 2: "Darla", retrieved 2007-10-08
3.Jump up ^ Interview with Stuart Blatt: A holiday in Pylea, BBC, retrieved 2007-09-20
4.Jump up ^ Bratton, Kristy, Lights, Camera, Act- Lights? LIGHTS! An Exclusive Interview with Dan Kerns, retrieved 2007-10-16
5.Jump up ^ Interview with Julie Benz: All-time High, BBC, retrieved 2007-09-18
6.Jump up ^ Kerns, Dan (2004), "Angel by the Numbers", Five Seasons of Angel, BenBella, p. 28, ISBN 1-932100-33-4
7.Jump up ^ Gross, Edward (November 13, 2000), Writer-producer Tim Minear on directing `Darla`, retrieved 2007-09-17
8.Jump up ^ Francis, Rob, News - 19th February, BBC
9.Jump up ^ Tiernam, Jill (March 19, 2001), Crowning glory - Hair and makeup awards: Where everyone looks pretty, Variety
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The Shroud of Rahmon
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"The Shroud of Rahmon"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 8
Directed by
David Grossman
Written by
Jim Kouf
Production code
2ADH08
Original air date
November 21, 2000
Guest actors

Elisabeth Röhm as Kate Lockley
W. Earl Brown as Menlo
Tony Todd as Vyasa
Dwayne L. Barnes as Lester
R. Emery Bright as Detective Turlock
Tom Kiesche as Detective Broomfield
Robert Dolan as Bob
Michael Nagy as Jay-Don
Jim Hanna as Surveillance Cop #1
Danny Ricardo as First Cop

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"The Shroud of Rahmon" is episode 8 of season 2 in the television show Angel. Written by Jim Kouf and directed by David Grossman, it was originally broadcast on November 21, 2000 on the WB network. In this episode, Angel and Gunn go undercover to foil the theft of a demonic burial shroud at a museum, unaware that the garment makes people psychotic. Angel attacks Kate, who tries to stop him, and Wesley and Cordelia also go crazy when they enter the museum to look for Angel and Gunn; Wesley ends up getting blamed for the attempted murder of Kate and the killing of a security guard.


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3 References
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Two detectives interrogate Wesley about an attempted murder. Wesley tells them everything just went very wrong. Without revealing the vampire's name, Wesley explains disjointedly that Angel wasn't supposed to be there, that Wesley would have stopped him if they'd "found out sooner", though what exactly he wishes they'd known is not said.
Earlier, Wesley stops by the hotel and talks with Cordelia. He notices she's changed her hair, and she tells him she did it ten days ago. Cordelia and Wesley go to a movie premiere, while Angel and Gunn meet with Gunn's cousin, Lester, who asked for their help. Lester is supposed to be a driver for a demonic robbery but he wants nothing to do with it. A vampire Angel knows by reputation, Jay-Don, is being brought in to help. Much to Gunn's dismay, Angel takes charge of the case. Angel returns to the hotel and finds Kate in his room. She wants information on Darla and despite the cross she carries, Angel is not threatened and warns her to back off before she is killed. Angel meets Jay-Don at the bus station and kills him, taking his place on the robbery. A demon named Menlow meets with the vampire he thinks is Jay-Don and takes him to the others. Another demon, Vyasa, a human security guard, Bob, are already present - they're just waiting for Lester. When he shows up a few minutes later, it's Gunn instead. Angel is annoyed that Gunn didn't listen to him, but can't do anything about it without blowing their cover.
The robbery team runs over the plan, explaining that they'll be stealing the Shroud of Rahmon. Jay-don - now Angel - is there to get past sensors that detect changes in body heat. Angel, trying to get a chance to talk privately with Gunn, picks a fight with him, but the others stop him before he can get outside. When he asks if they seriously expect him to put up with this guy for the rest of the week, they reply that it will only be the rest of the night - they're doing it that night.
Cordelia researches museums to find which one may be the location of the robbery, learning the Los Angeles natural history temporarily contains the Shroud of Rahmon, intended to prevent the insanity-creating Rahmon from being resurrected. Instead the shroud absorbed the power to make people around it insane. Meanwhile, the thieves break into the museum. Angel tries to keep Gunn outside, but they others insist he come in. On the way in he hits Angel in retaliation for hitting him before. They break into the vault holding the shroud, where the Shroud's presence causes Angel to revert to his vampire visage. Wesley and Cordelia enter the building and are immediately affected as well. The demons, humans and vampires slowly carry the consecrated box with the enclosed shroud on a path out of the building, becoming violent towards each other. Vyasa kills Bob by ripping off his head. Wesley encounters Kate at the building and has trouble keeping focused on his mission to help Angel. Wesley confronts Angel and tries to warn him about the shroud.
Kate finds Angel and the others and pulls a gun on them. Angel confronts her, knocks her gun out of the way and bites her. A police team arrives and finds Wesley leaning over Kate's body. The shroud box is carried to another building and the shroud's effect on the demons, Angel and Gunn leads them all to fight over it, breaking the box open and grabbing the shroud. Gunn and Angel play tug of war with the shroud until Angel convinces Gunn to let go. After taking the shroud outside and dousing it in alcohol, Angel sets it aflame.
In the interrogation room, the detectives are convinced that Wesley is the killer. As they're about to arrest him, Kate shows up and tells them to let him go. She remembers that Angel did bite her briefly, but told her to stay down or be killed. Wesley and Cordelia think about what happened, and Wesley worries that Angel's bloodlust has been reawakened by the taste of human blood. Angel sits in his room, his thoughts focused on biting Kate.
Reception[edit]
This episode was nominated for "Best Special Makeup Effects in a Series" at the Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards.[1]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Francis, Rob, News - 19th February, BBC
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The Trial (Angel)
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"The Trial"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 9
Directed by
Bruce Seth Green
Teleplay by
Doug Petrie
Tim Minear
Story by
David Greenwalt
Production code
2ADH09
Original air date
November 28, 2000
Guest actors

Christian Kane as Lindsey McDonald
Andy Hallett as The Host
Sam Anderson as Holland Manners
Jim Piddock as The Valet
Julie Benz as Darla
Juliet Landau as Drusilla
Evan Arnold as Shempire

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"The Trial" is episode 9 of season 2 in the television show Angel. The episode was written by Doug Petrie and Tim Minear with a story from David Greenwalt and directed by Bruce Seth Green, this episode was originally broadcast on November 28, 2000 on the WB network. In "The Trial", Darla discovers that she is again terminally ill with syphilis, which was killing her before she was made a vampire in 1609. She begs Angel to turn her back into a vampire to halt the disease's progress, but instead he engages in a series of mysterious trials to attempt to win Darla a second chance at life.


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4 References
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Cordelia and Wesley become worried when they learn that Angel has enlisted Gunn to locate Darla. The former vampire is in a seedy hotel, where she has also been located by Lindsey McDonald, who has fallen in love with her. He takes her back to Wolfram and Hart, where she is told that the syphilis that nearly killed her 400 years ago has been resurrected with her and she has mere months to live.
As Angel seeks out Darla, he has a flashback to them in France in 1765. Angelus and Darla are on the run from a relentless vampire hunter named Daniel Holtz. When they take refuge from the swiftly approaching daylight in a dilapidated barn, their pursuers surround them and begin shooting flaming arrows at them. Angelus steels himself for a fight to the finish, but - unwilling to go out in a blaze of glory - Darla knocks Angelus out and rides away on their only horse. Over her shoulder, she calls to him that perhaps they'll meet in Vienna. Angelus furiously watches her ride away.
In a dingy L.A. dive, Darla finds a dimwitted vampire who she manipulates into turning her into a vampire, but Angel kills him, desperate to save Darla's soul and set her on the path of good. Darla tearfully confesses that she has only months to live as a human, and that fuels her current desperation to be turned. Understanding that Wolfram & Hart is using Darla's illness to set a trap for them both, but unable yet to see exactly what it entails or how to avoid it, Angel refuses to turn her.
Angel brings her to Caritas and Lorne provides Angel with an address where he might find help. It leads them to a stone room occupied by a master of ceremonies—the dapper Valet. Darla has magically arrived as well and the Valet explains that Angel will be tested with three trials; unless Angel passes all three trials, Darla's life is instantly forfeit. The Valet teleports her to the "antechamber," a waiting area where they can view the action.
For the first trial, Angel battles a large demon while Darla watches, distraught. Darla flinches as she watches what Angel is willing to endure to save her life and soul. Angel defeats the demon and proceeds through a doorway for the second Trial. Above him, the stone ceiling slowly grinds open to show the late night sky. Both walls and floors are completely covered with crosses. Angel dashes painfully over the floor. The door at the other end is locked--he must return to the basin at the center of the room, where a key lies beneath holy water. Painfully, he grabs the key and goes through the door.
As Angel cautiously enters the next torchlit room, he is manacled at the wrists and ankles.The Valet arrives, congratulating Angel on his prowess while a wall of spring-loaded wooden stakes materializes. Angel learns that the third trial requires his life in exchange for Darla's. Passing the first two trials has earned Angel the choice of whether or not to undergo the final ordeal. At this point, if he so wishes, Angel is free to leave. Upon learning that Darla would die instantly were he to forsake this last test, Angel unhesitatingly tells the Valet, "No deal." The Valet steps across to the safety of the doorway, then turns back and proceeds to wonder aloud if the world wouldn't be a better place having in it a heroic Angel rather than Darla. In his vulnerable state, Angel is unable to conceal his doubt and uncertainty, but is nevertheless determined that Darla live at any cost. Struggling for composure, Angel says, "Do it." The Valet fractionally nods, the stakes release with a rumbling rush, and Darla shrieks in distress.
However, Angel is not dead--by being willing to trade his life for another's he has won the third trial. When the Valet proceeds to heal Darla, he discovers that she has already been restored to life by supernatural means and that he is unable to grant the boon again. The Valet leaves and Angel is filled with rage that despite everything he's done, Darla is still going to die. He smashes up the antechamber in a blind fury.
In Darla's motel room, the two mope. When Angel begins to mutter that maybe he could bite her after all, Darla cries "No!" with alarm. She explains that the trials have given her a new understanding of how deeply Angel cares for her, which is enough for her and she is now glad to be alive. She has come to believe that perhaps she really is living her second chance. "To die?" Angel asks hoarsely. "Yes," Darla replies. "To die the way I was supposed to die in the first place." After a moment, Angel seems to grasp that his wrenching sacrifices have not been entirely in vain. At that moment, four black-clad commandos break down the door and taser Angel. Lindsey follows, brutally yanking Angel's head back. "How did you think this would end?" he hisses. Drusilla glides gracefully into the room and bites Darla, then completes the siring by drawing her own blood for Darla to drink in turn. Silent and immobile, Angel watches in agony as Darla's precious, newly-saved soul is lost forever.
Production details[edit]
Production designer Stuart Blatt says, "The long hallway we built with the crosses emblazoned on the floor and embedded on the walls was one of my favorite sets we'd ever done."[1]
Acting[edit]
Actress Julie Benz says she suffers "horrible stage fright" when trying to sing. Executive Producer David Greenwalt convinced her she could do it; she claims it "took a lot of courage for me to go in and do it, 'cause I am not a singer."[2]
Writing[edit]
Arc significance[edit]
Holtz is mentioned for the first time in a flashback shown in this episode. He will later appear in episode one of season three, and become that season's major threat.
In the fourth season episode "Shiny Happy People," Jasmine claims that Angel is actually in these trials winning the life of his son, Connor, not Darla's.
Darla becomes a vampire again.
Angel is invited into Lindsey's apartment. However, Lindsey moves out of his apartment in the next episode, rendering the invitation useless again.
Drusilla comes to Los Angeles.
Cultural references[edit]
Survivor: Cordelia tells Wes she thinks it's high time Darla got "voted off the island," not realizing that Angel can hear every word.
Space Oddity: When Lorne gets a glimpse of Darla's aura, he immediately says, "Ground Control to Major Tom!" This is a line from a David Bowie song.
Anne Rice: The 1990s vampire conversing with Darla is familiar with the famous "fictional" chronicles of the undead who tend to find companions who are also lovers.
Errors[edit]
In the first trial, after Angel cuts the demon in half, as he drags the top half across the floor, the bottom portion of the actors torso, clad in bright green, is visible—it was not removed via CGI.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Ritchie, Jeff, Angelic Designs for the Undead: an Exclusive Interview with Stuart Blatt and featuring Andrew Reeder, retrieved 2007-10-21
2.Jump up ^ Goldman, Eric (December 14, 2006), IGN Interview: Dexter's Julie Benz, IGN.com, retrieved 2007-09-22
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"Reunion"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 10
Directed by
James A. Contner
Written by
Tim Minear
Shawn Ryan
Production code
2ADH10
Original air date
December 19, 2000
Guest actors

Elisabeth Röhm as Kate Lockley
Christian Kane as Lindsey McDonald
Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Sam Anderson as Holland Manners
Julie Benz as Darla
Juliet Landau as Drusilla
Stephanie Manglaras as Landlord
Karen Tucker as Female Shopper
Erik Liberman as Erik
Katherine Ann McGregor as Catherine
Michael Rotondi as Burly Guy

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"Reunion" is episode 10 of season 2 in the television show Angel.


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2 Writing 2.1 Arc significance
2.2 Continuity 2.2.1 Errors

3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

Plot synopsis[edit]
Angel tells his associates that Drusilla has returned and, working with Wolfram and Hart, has made Darla a vampire again. Wesley and Cordelia investigate the law firm's plans for Drusilla and Darla as Angel prepares to stake the two vampires. Angel tracks down Lindsay, who has been sheltering Drusilla and Darla. He attempts to stake the unconscious Darla, but Drusilla attacks him. Darla revives as Angel and Drusilla struggle; she escapes and Drusilla disappears.
At Wolfram and Hart, Holland and Lindsey are discussing the evening's planned party when Drusilla arrives to update them on recent events. Darla appears and drags Drusilla off. As Angel races to the W&H offices, Cordelia has a vision which sends them elsewhere. The angry Darla and Drusilla quarrel; Drusilla reveals why Darla was resurrected, and Darla, after bloodsucking and killing a fresh victim, has her old personality restored. Darla and Drusilla go shopping.
Angel brusquely completes the mission from Cordelia's vision, then heads back toward Wolfram & Hart. Holland unleashes Darla and Drusilla on Los Angeles; they begin by raiding a clothing store for new wardrobes, killing two salespeople. Angel forces his way into Wolfram and Hart, demanding information. Lindsey refuses; Angel is arrested and taken into custody by Kate. She releases him, hoping he can stop Darla and Drusilla's killing spree.
Holland hosts a wine-tasting party for his colleagues in his home's wine cellar. As he makes a speech, Darla and Drusilla appear, intent on slaughter. Holland attempts to convince the two that he and his associates are their allies, to little effect. Angel finds a survivor at the clothing store and learns where Darla and Drusilla have gone. When he arrives at Holland's home, however, he refuses to stop Darla and Drusilla, instead locking the wine cellar to prevent the lawyers from escaping the vampires.
When Angel tells his associates what he has done, they object, fearing that Angel is descending into corruption and "darkness." He fires them and leaves.
Writing[edit]
Arc significance[edit]
Angel snaps and goes to extreme measures, letting Darla and Drusilla kill Holland Manners and many other employees of Wolfram & Hart (and, possibly, their spouses/dates for the occasion)
Angel fires Wesley, Gunn and Cordelia, furthering his descent into darkness and despair.
Continuity[edit]
Drusilla sings "Run and Catch" while standing over Darla's body, a song she says her mother used to sing to her in the Buffy episode "Lie to Me".
Errors[edit]
Before Darla rises into a vampire, Angel removes a veil covering her face. During the fight with Drusilla the veil is back in place.
While the veil is lifted, the veins in Darla's neck are visibly pulsing, despite the fact she is supposed to be dead.
When Cordelia has a vision causing Angel to perform a U-turn, skid marks are visible on the road from previous takes.
During the same U-turn sequence as the car swerves, all other characters can be seen as their stunt doubles excluding Cordelia who appears as a mannequin.
Reception[edit]
The Futon Critic named it the 20th best episode of 2000, saying the episode had several jaw-dropping moments and that he "never wanted to see the next episode of a series more than this one."[1]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Brian Ford Sullivan (January 4, 2001). "The 20 Best Episodes of 2000". The Futon Critic. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
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Blood Money (Angel)
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"Blood Money"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 12
Directed by
R.D. Price
Written by
Shawn Ryan
Mere Smith
Production code
2ADH12
Original air date
January 23, 2001
Guest actors

Christian Kane as Lindsey McDonald
Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Sam Anderson as Holland Manners
Julia Lee as Anne Steele
Gerry Becker as Nathan Reed
Mark Rolston as Boone
Matthew James as Merl
Jeffrey Patrick Dean as Dwight
R. Martin Klein as Husband
Jason Padgett as Holden
Jennifer Roa as Serena
Deborah Carson as Liza

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"Blood Money" is episode 12 of season two in the television show Angel, originally broadcast on the WB network. In this episode, demon snitch Merl reveals Wolfram & Hart is scheming to steal money from contributions made to a shelter for runaways, prompting Angel to investigate the shelter's owner, Anne Steele. Meanwhile, Cordelia, Wesley, and Gunn, still fighting demons on their own, decide to form their own detective/protection agency.


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At Cordelia's apartment, Wesley and Gunn play the board game Risk, until Cordelia tries to kick them out so she can sleep. They discuss plans to start their own company without Angel until Cordelia gets a vision about a large two-headed, fire-breathing demon. Angel bumps into a woman who runs a teen center. At the hotel, Angel reveals that he took her wallet and has dozens of pictures of the woman, including shots of her with Lindsey. Wesley and Gunn slowly approach the demon in the sewers and find themselves in over their heads with the 20-foot demon.
Angel confronts Merl in his apartment, demanding information about Anne, the woman running the shelter. She's connected to Wolfram & Hart but despite a couple of name changes in the past the woman herself is clean, so Angel visits the shelter and talks to her. Anne raves about Wolfram & Hart's help with the shelter and the plans for a charity fundraiser named the Highway Robbery Ball to gather money with the help of celebrities. A large demon named Boone confronts Merl for information on Angel and Merl is persuaded to provide that information.
Angel surprises Lilah in her car and expresses his happiness at being able to play the game now that he understands that there aren't any rules. Lilah tells Lindsey how worried she is about Angel, but their discussion is cut short as Boone arrives unannounced, wanting to deal with a grudge against Angel. Boone explains his past with Angel: In 1916, in a skirmish regarding a woman, they fought for hours until sunrise approached; knowing the sun would kill Angel, Boone, who considers himself an honorable warrior, let Angel depart, and he has longed for a rematch ever since, to learn which of them is the better warrior. Wesley and Gunn rave about slaying the demon and despite their incredible fear, they're excited about their victory. The group leaves to look at a prospective location for their new business while arguing over its name.
Angel shows up at the shelter late at night, and Anne jokingly asks if he is stalking her. Angel offers all the evidence necessary to confirm that he is, and then tries to warn her that Wolfram and Hart are going to steal money from the fundraiser. Lindsey arrives and pretends to be protecting Anne, bringing Boone with him to fight with Angel. Lindsey tries to defend the law firm to Anne but the information Angel's provided her worries Lindsey, and he discusses the dangerous possibilities with Lilah.
Wounded from the fight, Angel returns to the shelter and Anne expresses that she is willing to ignore just about anything if it means aid to the shelter. Angel gives her a tape to play at the fundraiser, but Anne refuses to risk the shelter. At the Ball, a video of Holland entertains those at the fundraiser. Lilah introduces Anne to one of her bosses, Mr. Nathan Reed, while Lindsey reviews the security plans for the ball.
While actors collect money and jewelry from the rich attendees, Angel reveals his presence, which leads to a fight between the vampire and Boone on the balcony, and they eventually fall to the main floor. Lindsey searches for the incriminating tape, but it is revealed that Angel is not in possession of the tape and Boone is actually working with him. Anne plays the tape before Lindsey and Lilah can stop her, but it contains only clips of Cordelia and Wesley acting goofy for the camera, so its apparent that Angel never had anything to incriminate the lawyers in the first place. To add even more embarrassment to the situation for Wolfram & Hart, Boone has taken off with the donations.
The next day Lindsey confronts Mr. Reed about not being able to kill Angel, and Mr. Reed explains that Angel is an important figure in the upcoming apocalypse, but because his role, e.g. whether he will fight for good or evil, is unclear, he must remain untouched as long as there is a chance W&H can win him to the side of evil, which has been their overall goal from the start; thus, while Angel is irreplaceable, Lindsey and Lilah are not. Boone confronts Angel at the hotel, offering up the 2.5 million dollars in charity donations as the stakes for a fight between the two of them. Again wounded from battle with Boone (it is unclear if Angel, who clearly won the fight, killed Boone or not), Angel presents the money and jewelry to Anne for the shelter, who is undisturbed by the real and metaphorical blood on the money.
Writing[edit]
Continuity[edit]
The character of "Anne" was first introduced as the vampire worshiper "Chantarelle" in the Buffy episode "Lie to Me". She was next seen in "Anne" going by the name "Lily", but at the end of that episode she asks Buffy if she can adopt her alias of "Anne". Anne's twice over name change is mentioned by Merl in this episode.
Although they met briefly in "Lie to Me", Angel and Anne apparently don't recognize each other from that episode. Writer Mere Smith says this was a conscious decision, as she "had trouble remembering people she'd met three days ago, let alone three years."[1]
An attendee of the charity ball asks one of the television celebrities about "making (her) character gay" - a probable inside joke about Willow Rosenberg, who came out in the previous year's season of "Buffy."
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Angel Season Two Episode Guide: Blood Money, BBC, retrieved 2007-09-22
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"Happy Anniversary"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 13
Directed by
Bill L. Norton
Teleplay by
David Greenwalt
Story by
David Greenwalt
Joss Whedon
Production code
2ADH13
Original air date
February 6, 2001
Guest actors

Andy Hallett as The Host
Brigid Brannagh as Virginia Bryce
Matt Champagne as Gene Rainey
Darby Stanchfield as Denise
Mike Hagerty as Bartender
Victoria L. Kelleher as Val
Danny LaCava as Mike
Eric Lange as Lubber #1
Geremy Dingle as Student Clerk
Michael Faulkner as Guy on Stage
Norma Michaels as Aunt Helen
Frank Novak as Curmudgeonly Father
Al LeBrun as Man
Bob Jesser as Torto Demon

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"Happy Anniversary" is episode 13 of season two in the television show Angel.
Plot synopsis[edit]
Wesley and Cordelia, cleaning up their new office, discuss their future as investigators without Angel and most likely without enough clients to keep their business running for long. At the hotel, Angel awakes to the sounds of the Host singing "The Star Spangled Banner" down in the lobby. He tells Angel the story of a guy who came to sing at Caritas and when reading the man's aura, the Host was knocked out when he realized the world would be ending. Unfortunately the man left before the Host came around and currently has no idea who or where the man is. The Host explains the reason he came to Angel for help... because Angel is a champion. More to the point, he is the only champion the Host knows who is not out of town at the moment.
The man singing at the bar, a physicist named Gene Rainey, works on a formula to stop time. His girlfriend, Denise, visits him and they talk of their plans for their first anniversary. Without any other leads on Gene, Angel and the Host check out karaoke bars and are pointed towards the college that Gene attends. After an unsuccessful attempt to test his formula, Gene leaves his work area and two Lubber demons emerge from the shadows to alter the formula Gene has been working on. Wesley, Gunn and Cordelia mope about their job troubles but Virginia stops by with food, champagne, and a case they can take to earn a lot of money.
Gene is successful with the initial test of his equipment. Angel and the Host check out yearbooks at the college library for the name of their depressed mystery man. Denise confesses to her friend that she has to break up with Gene because things aren't working out, and plans to break up with him that night after sleeping with him. Gene overhears this and returns to the lab, dejected. While getting directions to Gene and the physics lab, Angel is attacked by the Lubber demons.
Finally, at the physics lab, it is discovered that Gene is gone and so is his equipment. He has plans to freeze time during a moment of love between him and Denise. Angel confesses his many problems to the Host as they rush to stop Gene before he stops everything. Gunn kills the demon that he and the others were hired to protect a rich family from. Wesley discovers the real truth behind the murder, that one of the family hired the demon to kill one of the men and gain control of the family money.
Angel and the Host take care of several Lubber demons who tried to stand in the way, then rush to stop Gene before it is too late. Gene freezes Denise and himself in a moment of passion, but Angel is able to get past several more Lubber demons then stop the machine and undo the whole process. Gene later confesses he didn't know the overall effects of his actions; he just didn't want to lose his love. However, Angel and the Host tell Gene that things need to keep moving on, otherwise it wouldn't be interesting. As Gene goes to get some beer, the Host tells Angel that the first time in a long time he is connecting with someone. Angel reflects on how he treated his team, and feels bad knowing he left them out in the cold. At their new office, Wesley, Cordelia and Gunn party in celebration of their success with several friends until a man shows up in need of their services.
Notes[edit]
The physics building featured in the episode where Gene Rainey's lab is located shows the exterior of the Valley Life Sciences Building at the University of California, Berkeley.
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"The Thin Dead Line"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 14
Directed by
Scott McGinnis
Written by
Jim Kouf
Shawn Ryan
Production code
2ADH14
Original air date
February 13, 2001
Guest actors

Elisabeth Röhm as Kate Lockley
Julia Lee as Anne Steele
Mushond Lee as Jackson
Jarrod Crawford as Rondell
Cory Hardrict as Ray
Leah Pipes as Stephanie
Kyle Davis as Kenny
Camille Mana as Les
Darin Cooper as Police Officer
Brenda Price as Callie
Darris Love as George
Matthew James as Merle
Geoff Koch as Street Cop
Jerry Giles as Desk Sergeant
Steven Barr as Captain
Suli McCullough as EMT
Marie Chambers as Mother

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"The Thin Dead Line" is episode 14 of season 2 in the television show Angel. Co-written by Jim Kouf and Shawn Ryan and directed by Scott McGinnis, it was originally broadcast on February 13, 2001 on the WB network. In "The Thin Dead Line", Anne, the administrator of a homeless shelter, asks Gunn to investigate a squad of zombie policemen who have been assaulting street kids. While Angel teams up with Detective Kate Lockley to investigate the source of the undead cops, Wesley ends up getting shot by one of the policemen and Gunn, Anne and some street kids hole up in the shelter while the zombie policemen try to claw their way in.


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2 Continuity 2.1 Arc Significance
3 Cultural References
4 Production
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6 External links

Plot[edit]
A friend of Virginia brings her daughter to the soon-to-be-renamed Angel Investigations, asking them to remove the eye that grew out of the back of her head after she was attacked by an unseen assailant. Wesley assures the mother that they will find a way to get rid of the eye. Meanwhile Angel is feeling the increasing weight of his self-imposed solitude. As he walks round the hotel lobby and stands at the desk where his team used to gather, he can't help but feel lonelier than ever and in a fit of anger he shoves a pile of papers off the desk.
At a teen shelter, two teens show up after curfew in search of safety, and their fear convinces shelter administrator Anne to make an exception to the rules. Kenny explains that he and Len were unfairly attacked by a policeman, which has been happening to other street kids as well. Anne takes the problem to Gunn at Angel Investigations. He accompanies her back to the shelter and questions the kids about the incidents with the police. Angel, who has surreptitiously trailed Gunn, is attacked by a policeman while standing outside. Angel fights back, but the officer rises every time he's knocked down, until the vampire kicks the cop's head completely off and even then, the head keeps talking for a moment. When Angel asks Detective Kate Lockley to look up the dead cop's badge, she finds that he's been dead for six months. More sleuthing reveals that someone is putting dead cops back on the streets as zombies.
Cordelia rants about Gunn's decision to call in several members of his old crew to deal with the police, but she and Wesley resolve to go back him up anyway. They find Gunn and his friends secretly filming their exchange with a police officer, to demonstrate that cops are reacting violently without just cause. Wesley tries to save Gunn, but the cop turns and shoots him. A struggle takes place and George shoots the cop. The three men move Wesley to safety as the cop sits up, seemingly unaffected by the bullets. Gunn and friends get Wesley into an ambulance, but as they're driving away, several police cars get in the way. When the driver is shot, Gunn is forced to drive the ambulance. He eventually stops at the shelter and carries Wesley inside with the EMT, who warns that Wesley needs to get to a hospital fast. The teens barricade the shelter with everything they can find as an army of dead cops gather outside. The zombie cops force their way inside the shelter through the windows and doors, hurting several teens in the process.
Angel visits the precinct where the zombie cops were from. The police captain confesses that he has been using supernatural means to return good cops to the streets and protect previously violence-ridden neighborhoods. Angel finds a zombie statue and smashes it, returning all the zombie cops to their former dead, decaying states.
Kate and Angel discuss the ambiguous ramifications of their victory for the neighborhood—although the killer zombies are gone, the criminals that they drove out are now free to return—and Kate confides in Angel that the job is making her crazy. While standing outside Wesley's hospital room as he recovers from his gunshot wound, Angel encounters Cordelia, who tells him he should just stay away from them.
Continuity[edit]
It is revealed that Gunn and Anne had met off-screen during Anne's stay in LA.
Wesley was shot in the stomach. He will later suffer a stab wound in the same location in "Not Fade Away".
The plotline of Stephanie Sharp's extra eye will continue in the next two episodes.
Arc Significance[edit]
Anne Steele makes her second appearance in the series. She will make one more appearance in "Not Fade Away".
Cordelia meets Angel for the first time since he fired his entire team and tells him to "stay away."
Cultural References[edit]
The episode title is a play on The Thin Blue Line, a colloquial term for police forces.
The Jeffersons: When taunting Gunn for "moving up" in the world, one of his former cronies derisively quotes the theme song: "deluxe apartment in the sky".
Production[edit]
In an essay examining the use of cinematic effects of time on Angel, Tammy Kinsey points out the cut sequence in this episode when Gunn pulls up to the shelter after Wesley has been shot. Although upon normal viewing it appears to simply be a few flashes of color, when played slowly it reveals itself as a shot of lightning over a field, a negative image of the scene itself, a flash of light, then a return to the positive image of the scene. The effect, Kinsey argues, is that the viewer experiences a "forced pause, not unlike the musical notation of a beat" which gives an unconscious impression of the following material.[1]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Kinsey, Tammy A. (2005), "Transitions and Time: the Cinematic Language of Angel", in Stacey Abbott, Reading Angel: The TV Spin-off With a Soul, I.B.Tauris, p. 50, ISBN 978-1-85043-839-7
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"Reprise"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 15
Directed by
James Whitmore, Jr.
Written by
Tim Minear
Production code
2ADH15
Original air date
February 20, 2001
Guest actors

Christian Kane as Lindsey McDonald
Andy Hallett as The Host
Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Julie Benz as Darla
Sam Anderson as Holland Manners
Brigid Brannagh as Virginia Bryce
Thomas Kopache as Denver
Elisabeth Röhm as Kate Lockley
David Fury as First Worshipper
Chris Horan as Second Worshipper
Jolene Hjerleid as Singing Lawyer #1
Wayne Mitchell as Singing Lawyer #2
Marie Chambers as Mother
Eric Larson as Internal Affairs Guy
Shirley Jordan as Internal Affairs Woman
Carl Sundstrom as Lieutenant
Kevin Fry as Skilosh Demon

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"Reprise" is episode 15 of season 2 in the television show Angel. Written by Tim Minear and directed by James Whitmore, Jr., it was originally broadcast on February 20, 2001 on the WB network. In this episode, Angel learns that during the impending Wolfram & Hart 75-Year Review, the firm is visited by one of the demonic Senior Partners. The demon wears a ring with the power to transport to the firm’s hellish Home Office, which Angel steals with the aid of a magically protective glove. When Angel travels to the Home Office, he learns it is on Earth, and depressed, seeks solace in Darla's arms. Meanwhile, Kate's life falls apart when she is fired from the police force.


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2.2 Writing
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Plot[edit]
Angel prevents a sacrificial ritual from being performed by two Wolfram & Hart employees, who are nervous about something called "the Review". He asks Kate for information about the Review, but Kate - under investigation due to her involvement with odd cases - bitterly refuses, showing him crime scene photos from Holland Manners' wine cellar illustrating his involvement in the slaughter. Angel turns to Lorne, who is having a busy night as Caritas is full of Wolfram & Hart lawyers wanting to have their destinies read. Lorne tells Angel that a Wolfram & Hart Senior Partner (manifesting in the form of a lower demon) is coming to earth for the historically deadly Review, and that the sacrifices and rituals are simply the lawyers trying to get brownie points with the Senior Partner before he shows up. Lorne also tells Angel that anything that can manifest itself in our dimension can be killed and that something called the Band of Blacknil is important. Angel goes to leave but Lorne stops him and tells him one last thing... that pretty much every lawyer in the club really wants to see him dead, but you don't need to be a psychic to know that, given that everyone in the club is giving Angel hostile stares.
Meanwhile, at Angel Investigations, the team have successfully removed the third eye from the back of Stephanie Sharp's head. However Mrs. Sharp tells the gang that she has no intention of paying the bill and that as far as she is concerned Angel Investigations are running a scam since it is 'impossible' for a third eye to grow out the back of a skull, despite the fact that it was she who approached them with the problem. She and her daughter leave having successfully stiffed the gang for payment and an exasperated Gunn leaves.
Lindsey finds Darla waiting for him at home and she weakly tells him that Drusilla is not returning to L.A.. He gives her a container of human blood; she stops feigning weakness and searches his briefcase while he is in the shower. Meanwhile, at the hotel Angel attempts to look up the Band of Blacknil but doesn't have much research material given that it all left along with Wesley. Angel then shows up at the office of his former employees uninvited and unwelcome, barely acknowledges his former friends and helps himself to a book. Cordelia refuses to let him take it and grabs it off him, but Angel grows cold and deadly and it is clear he is willing to use force to get the book back. Wesley rises from his wheelchair and tells Cordy to let Angel have the book so he can remove himself from the premises. She finally gives him the book and Angel leaves without a second thought. Cordelia vents about Angel until Wesley catches her attention: stitches from his healing gunshot wound have torn in the confrontation.
Angel returns to the bookstore he visited fifty years ago in search of information on the Senior Partner. A decades-older Denver tells Angel that it wears a ring that allows passage to Hell. To take the ring, Angel needs a one-of-a-kind magic glove that would allow him to strangle the Senior Partner without being incinerated. Denver gets the glove from the back room, but before he can give it to Angel, Darla stabs him with a sword and takes the glove.
Facing a review board during an Internal Affairs investigation, Kate is unceremoniously fired. She self-destructively deals with her dismissal by drinking and knocking her accolades to the floor, pausing to cry at a picture of her father. Virginia talks with Wesley about how much danger he's always in. With heartbreaking insight, Wesley acknowledges how difficult it must for her - to break up with him. Wesley and Cordelia talk on the phone, both depressed about their lives and lack of work. Wesley tells Cordy that things are going to get better, but it is clear neither believes it. Cordelia gets a call from Mrs. Sharp, claiming to have changed her mind and offering to pay; what Cordelia doesn't know is that Mrs. Sharp was threatened into calling by a demon that kills her after she tells him Cordelia is on her way.
Angel arrives at the Review, and when he spots Darla in the crowd the two fight while the Senior Partner materializes. Security guards attack Darla after Angel exposes her as a vampire by dousing her with holy water. In the confusion, Angel gets the glove away from Darla, dons it and flies at the Senior Partner's throat. The Senior Partner implodes, but the force of Angel's leap carries him crashing out the window. When he hits the ground, Angel puts on the ring, causing elevator doors to open in the foundation of the Wolfram & Hart building. Holland (whose contract extends well beyond death) offers Angel a one-way trip down to the "Home Office," which Angel assumes is Hell. After passing through nether realms of darkness and fire, the elevator comes to a stop and its doors open - right back where they started. The "Home Office" is Earth, the implication being that Angel can never rescue humanity because humanity is its own worst enemy.
Angel walks away, witnessing the despair around him. Returning to the hotel, he hangs up on a message from Kate, who is drunk and overdosing on pills. Angel finds Darla waiting for him and, realizing that he wants to feel something, anything, Angel kisses her. At first, she pushes him away, but he takes her roughly and soon the two are lost in each other. Later, as a storm crashes outside, Angel wakes with a gasp.
Production[edit]
The Wolfram & Hart exterior is an office building in downtown Culver City, located across the street from the main Sony Studios lot.[1]
Acting[edit]
One of the people sacrificing goats at the beginning of the episode is writer/producer David Fury, who later has a larger acting role in the fifth season episode "Smile Time".[2]
Writing[edit]
In her essay entitled "Why We Love Lindsey," M.S. West points out a conversation in this episode that illuminates Lindsey's character. Darla asks Lindsey why he always showers when he comes home from work. "You're never dirty," she says. His reply - "I'm always dirty" - gives "insight into Lindsey, or perhaps a clear nod to the fact he doesn't lie to himself, either," West writes.[3]
Arc significance[edit]
Angel's characterization descends into existential angst beginning with "Reunion", when his inability to stop Darla being turned into a vampire causes him to reevaluate the meaningfulness of his existence. Despairing, Angel edges closer to his Angelus side, which is explicitly noted by Cordelia in this episode after Angel threatens her over a book: "I don't even know what you are anymore." He continues to search for meaning by deciding to destroy Wolfram & Hart - he tells Lorne, "Getting to these Senior Partners... that's my destiny" - but once again loses meaning after being shown that hell is on Earth, which causes him to reach the peak of his existential misery.[4] In this episode, Angel's metaphorical descent becomes a literal one, via the elevator to the Home Office.
Angel kills one of Wolfram & Hart's Senior Partners.
Angel learns that Wolfram & Hart's Home Office, the hell from which the Senior Partners supposedly come, is actually everyday life on Earth.
Kate is fired from the LAPD.
Wesley and Virginia end their relationship.
Reception[edit]
IGN says that in most television shows, a hero is brought to the edge of darkness, but pulls back before going too far; Angel writers have the courage to instead, "push its hero right over... He all but becomes a villain, dismissing the help of his friends and ignoring what is left of his conscience."[5]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "TV Locations - part 7". Gary Wayne. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
2.Jump up ^ Reprise, BBC
3.Jump up ^ West, Michelle Sagara (2004), "Why We Love Lindsey", in Glenn Yeffeth, Five Seasons of Angel, BenBella, p. 98, ISBN 1-932100-33-4
4.Jump up ^ Abbott, Stacey, "Walking the Fine Line Between Angel and Angelus", Slayage 9
5.Jump up ^ Vukcevic, Filip (July 13, 2004), Angel Season Two: Angel becomes angry, depressed, and hopeless. Then things get dark., IGN.com
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"Epiphany"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 16
Directed by
Thomas J. Wright
Written by
Tim Minear
Production code
2ADH16
Original air date
February 27, 2001
Guest actors

Elisabeth Röhm as Kate Lockley
Christian Kane as Lindsey McDonald
Andy Hallett as The Host
Julie Benz as Darla
Marie Chambers as Mother
Kevin Fry as Skilosh Demon

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 "Reprise" Next →
 "Disharmony"

List of Angel episodes
"Epiphany" is episode 16 of season 2 in the television show Angel. Written by Tim Minear and directed by Thomas J. Wright, it was originally broadcast on February 27, 2001 on the WB network. After spending an evening of empty passion with Darla, despite knowing that any moment of true happiness will make him lose his soul, Angel wakes up with his soul intact and realizes that being evil to combat evil is not all it’s cracked up to be. Now, Angel needs to regain the trust of Wesley, Cordelia and Gunn who have been taken hostage by a group of murderous, revenge-seeking Skilosh demons who are looking for human hosts to spread their kin. Meanwhile, a jealous Lindsey learns that Darla has had sex with Angel, and goes looking to kill Angel himself. Also, Kate recovers and sees a new light to her life after Angel saves her from a suicide attempt.


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1 Plot
2 Continuity 2.1 Arc significance
3 Cultural references
4 Production
5 References
6 External links

Plot[edit]
Angel pulls on some clothes and struggles to the balcony, falling to his knees in pain as Darla looks on, waiting for him to become Angelus. Angel apologizes for not being able to save her, revealing that he never lost his soul: instead of experiencing the "perfect happiness" that would release it, he realizes his surrender to her was instead an act of perfect despair. Darla can't accept that she failed in ridding him of his soul, but the sex has reawakened the good in Angel, making him realize his recent mistakes. Darla is devastated that she wasn't able to reawaken Angelus, and her words remind him of Kate's phone message. Angel throws Darla out telling her he'll be forced to kill her if he sees her again, and then rushes over to Kate's place and revives her from her drug and alcohol induced unconsciousness.
Lindsey returns to his apartment to find Darla who tells him of her night with Angel. Angel shows up at the bar after hours and wakes the Host for advice. He's confused about his future and the Host warns him that his friends are in danger. Cordelia arrives at the Sharp home, finding all of the family dead. She receives a vision about a demon attacking her, only to have it occur moments later.
Cordelia realizes that the demons have an eye on the back of their heads and they want her friends destroyed in retaliation for destroying their spawn in Stephanie Sharp. Wesley hears noises in his apartment and just before one of the Skilosh demons attacks, Angel arrives. The two manage to destroy the demons and both share a brief moment of camaraderie before the walls go up again. Angel tries to explain his return to helping his friends. Wesley tells everything he knows about the demons, their reproduction through human hosts, and the destruction of the demon in Stephanie.
The Skilosh demons, upset about losing two more of their kind, use Cordelia as bait to bring new hosts. Arriving at Angel Investigations, Angel and Wesley are dismayed to find Cordelia missing. Angel suggests Cordelia has gone out partying, but Wesley tells Angel harshly that Cordelia is not the same woman she was, the visions have turned her into a solitary person, a far cry from the carefree girl she used to be, and that while Angel was more than happy to turn his back on the visions, that's not a luxury Cordelia has. Angel is left feeling ashamed, and this deepens his resolve to her save her, something Wesley does agree with. Hearing a noise outside, the two arm themselves, but find it only to be Gunn checking out why the lights are on. Angel notes the strong bond that's developed between Wesley and Gunn. Setting off for the Sharp residence, Angel volunteers to take care of some Skilosh demons waiting for them telling the others that Cordelia is the only thing that matters. As Angel's about to start fighting with the demons they suddenly flee. Angel is confused, until Lindsey drives a truck full-speed down the street, repeatedly running Angel down.
Lindsey beats Angel with a sledgehammer, demanding to know what happened with Darla. Angel turns the tables on Lindsey, and starts to beat him all the while apologizing that Darla will never love him and that he didn't try harder to save Lindsey when he came to him for help. In the end he smashes Lindsey's prosthetic hand with the sledgehammer and steals Lindsey's truck, telling the lawyer that he could have smashed the other hand if it wasn't for the epiphany. Gunn and Wesley try to sneak into the Sharp home but are caught. Angel crashes Lindsey's truck through the Sharp house, rescuing his friends, but he's hurt emotionally when they aren't willing to accept him back into the fold. After finding his damaged truck returned by Angel, Lindsey discovers that Darla has moved out of his apartment and has left L.A..
Angel talks with Kate about his new look on life; how he's realized that he should help people for the sake of helping them instead of for his own redemption and that if there is no bigger meaning then the small acts of kindness are the greatest things in the world. Kate says a higher power must be watching over them, because she never invited him into her home.
Angel appears at the Angel Investigations office and apologizes to his friends. Wesley tells Angel that the three of them have talked and have decided they're not ready to return to working for him, however Angel responds that he doesn't want them to work for him - he wants to work for them, and accepts that he will have to work hard to regain their trust. A vision from Cordelia puts their doubts on the back burner and the reunited team head out to help the helpless.
Continuity[edit]
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Darla's reaction to Angel still having his soul echoes that of Buffy's when Angel lost his soul. In "Innocence", Buffy reacts to Angelus. While in this episode, Darla reacts to an unchanged Angel.

"Innocence"
 Buffy: "I, I don't understand. Was it m-me? (meekly) Was I not good?"
 "Epiphany"
 Darla: "You're not evil. I-I don't understand. Was I... Was it... not good?"
Arc significance[edit]
Angel rejoins Cordelia, Gunn and Wesley, albeit as their employee rather than as their employer.
Angel and Darla's night of passion has far-reaching consequences, as she becomes pregnant with Connor.
"Epiphany" marks Kate Lockley's final appearance in the series until Angel: After The Fall, issue 7.
Cultural references[edit]
It's a Wonderful Life: Lorne's mention of Zuzu's Petals is a reference to this film.
Blade Runner: Angel's line "I've done questionable things" is a direct quote from Blade Runner, where the main villain, Roy, attempts to confess his sins to his creator, Dr. Tyrell, immediately before killing him.
Production[edit]
In an essay examining the use of cinematic effects of time on Angel, Tammy Kinsey points out this episode is set up so that at first, the viewer suspects Angel has lost his soul - the structure of the opening scene strongly references the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Innocence" in which Angelus first emerges. However, as it becomes clear that Angel's soul is intact, he rushes to save Kate in a blur of quickly cut scenes. Kinsey says that, when viewed in slow motion, the last image in the transition is Angel smiling widely. Kinsey argues that "the subliminal image of David Boreanaz grinning" causes the viewer to emotionally move from "fear and concern about Angel to a sense of comfort and trust."[1]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Kinsey, Tammy A. (2005), "Transitions and Time: the Cinematic Language of Angel", in Stacey Abbott, Reading Angel: The TV Spin-off With a Soul, I.B.Tauris, p. 50
External links[edit]
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"Disharmony"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 17
Directed by
Fred Keller
Written by
David Fury
Production code
2ADH17
Original air date
April 17, 2001
Guest actors

Andy Hallett as The Host
Mercedes McNab as Harmony Kendall
Pat Healy as Doug Sanders
Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg
Adam Weiner as Caged Guy
Rebecca Avery as Caged Girl

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"Disharmony" is episode 17 of season 2 in the television show Angel.


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1 Plot synopsis
2 Writing 2.1 Arc significance
2.2 Continuity
3 External links

Plot synopsis[edit]
Angel has a difficult time adjusting to the new situation at the hotel where Wesley has taken over his old office and Angel is taking orders from his new employers. A young couple making out in a car is attacked by something wearing a hood. Angel encounters several obstacles when trying to earn back his friends and their trust. Cordelia makes it very clear that she is still very angry and not his friend anymore. She gets a vision that sends the guys after the couple attacked in their car. Cordelia follows Angel's advice to take the rest of the night off, but as she's leaving, an old friend from Sunnydale, Harmony, shows up.
The girls talk about their lives and how they've both changed, Harmony failing to mention that she's now a vampire. Harmony tells of her recent breakup, and Cordelia invites her to stay at her place while she's in town. Angel, Wesley and Gunn find the car with windows smashed, but run off in another direction when they hear a woman scream. The woman is rescued and the three fight the hooded creature, which is revealed to be a vampire, which is quickly staked by Angel. Upset that Cordy doesn't consider them friends, Angel asks Wesley about buying something like flowers for her, but Wesley responds sarcastically, making Angel feel even guiltier.
Cordelia and Harmony are enjoying themselves immensely as they chat over glasses of wine. Harmony is hungry and tempted by her friend's neck. Later that night, Harmony goes to Cordelia's room while she's sleeping, but when Cordelia wakes she mistakes Harmony's actions as sexual. A phone call to Willow in Sunnydale clears up all the confusion. Willow stresses that Harmony is a vampire, not a lesbian, and cannot be trusted, though Cordelia embarrasses herself by voicing a mild slur before she learns of Willow's new relationship.
Willow calls the hotel and informs Angel about Harmony. He and Wesley rush to Cordelia's rescue only to find that the ladies are getting along like friends, painting each other's toenails. Cordelia discourages them from any plans to kill Harmony as she intends to help her undead friend. Cordelia brings Harmony back to the hotel where she researches the symbol found on the robe. Angel, still attempting to get on Cordelia's good side, agrees that Cordy should be allowed to spend time with her friend. Back at the hotel, Harmony annoys Wesley, and Angel tries to find other clues from Cordelia's vision including a large bird figure she saw. To prevent Wesley from killing Harmony, Angel takes her back to the refrigerator for blood.
Gunn returns having found that there have been humans taken off the streets, and it's concluded that they are taken not for food, but to add to an army of vampires. A vampire speaks to a crowd of robed vampires about his plan, revealing a large cage filled with humans. Cordelia finds that the symbol represents a pyramid scheme started by a motivational speaker named Doug Sanders, and it's assumed that he's now continuing it as a vampire. Harmony accidentally spills her cup of blood onto the keyboard prompting Wesley to demand that she leave immediately. Cordelia takes her desperate friend to Caritas for advice on what path the vampire should take. After Harmony sings poorly on stage, the Host says that Cordelia will guide Harmony to her destiny.
The guys find Cordelia at the bar and request her help in locating the specific building where the vampire group is meeting. Harmony tags along, convinced that her mission is to be good and help people. Arriving at a theater, a bird statue is spotted but appears different than the vision that showed until Angel turns on some lights that illuminate the statue in red, making it recognizable to Cordelia. Before heading in, Angel (unable to not speak of the matter anymore) tries to tell Cordelia that Harmony is a danger and will betray her, but she reminds him that he betrayed her as well, even with his soul.
Harmony is selected to go inside and pretend that she wants to join the group. While she goes inside, everyone else waits at the back of the building for her to let them in. She arrives late and tells them of the cage filled with people, but when they get inside, the room is deserted, and Harmony betrayed them. She thanks them for guiding her to her destiny as Doug approaches and offers to promote Harmony to a blue robe. Doug threatens the team, but they're up to the challenge and are prepared to kill them all.
Cordelia fights with Harmony while Angel, Wesley, and Gunn take on the few members of the vampire cult that didn't flee, effectively slaying them all. Doug has his head chopped off by Angel. Cordelia pulls two crossbows on Harmony but instead of killing her, she lets her leave, telling her to get out of town. Back at the hotel, Wesley talks to Angel about his difficulties with Cordelia, but things take a sudden turn for the better as Cordelia finds a complete new wardrobe on her desk courtesy of Angel. She hugs him and praises his taste in clothes, making Angel smile and Wesley look unimpressed.
Writing[edit]
Arc significance[edit]
Crossover with Buffy: Harmony has come to L.A. after the events of "Crush", her final Buffy appearance, and Cordelia calls Willow Rosenberg to get information on her. Furthermore, Angel visits Buffy in "Forever", aired immediately before, to comfort her after her mother's death.
Continuity[edit]
The "smothering relationship" that Harmony says she just got out of was her relationship with Spike, which ended in "Crush".
This episode marks when Cordelia belatedly learns that Willow is involved with another woman. At this point Cordelia and Willow, former high school classmates in Sunnydale, have not met (on screen) in almost two years, since the events of the Buffy Season Three finale "Graduation Day, Part Two".
Wesley reminds Cordelia (and the viewer) that Harmony, like any Buffyverse vampire, is literally not the person she was before being sired, but instead a demon inhabiting Harmony's body and possessing Harmony's memories. The only way to restore the actual pre-vampiric self is to return the dead human's soul to his/her body, as was done with Angel himself and, later, with Spike. This aspect of Buffyverse vampirism was established from the beginning in "Welcome to the Hellmouth" but revisited in only a handful of episodes (most notably "Lie to Me"); for the most part, Buffyverse vampires at least behave as if they are in fact the same people they were in life, and most others treat them as such, just as Cordelia treats Harmony here. Ironically, the episode's main villain, Doug Sanders, is one of the few vampires who realized his true nature as a demon with a human body and memories, upon which he based his program to help other vampires recognize their "inner vampire" and become even more dangerous to humanity than they were prior to achieving this realization.
Harmony repeatedly pops her chewing gum, despite having no breath to blow it. The consensus here is that the vampires in the Buffyverse/Angelverse do indeed breathe (a natural reflex left over from their being human) but they do not have the oxygen/carbon dioxide exchange that humans need to survive. How else would for example Spike (or Angelus) be able to smoke, and the vampires would not even be able to talk (breathing is needed for that as well).
Angel's buying of Cordelia's forgiveness using clothes is reminiscent of her and Xander's peacemaking in "The Prom" when he paid for her (otherwise unaffordable) prom dress, thus settling their hostile relationship.
This episode marks Harmony's first appearance on Angel. She will not return to the Buffyverse until the beginning of Season 5, when she becomes a recurring, and then eventually, a regular cast member.
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"Dead End"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 18
Directed by
James A. Contner
Written by
David Greenwalt
Production code
2ADH18
Original air date
April 24, 2001
Guest actors

Christian Kane as Lindsey McDonald
Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Andy Hallett as The Host
Gerry Becker as Nathan Reed
Michael Dempsey as Irv Kraigle
Mik Scriba as Parole Officer
Meagan Thomas as Young Lawyer #1
Ted Broden as Young Lawyer #2
Dennis Gersten as Dr. Michaels
Kavita Patil as Nurse
Pete Gardner as Joseph Kramer
Stephanie Nash as Wife
Steven DeRelian as Bradley Scott

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"Dead End" is episode 18 of season 2 in the television show Angel. Written by David Greenwalt and directed by James A. Contner, it was originally broadcast on April 24, 2001 on the WB television network. In "Dead End", Lindsey receives a new hand from Wolfram & Hart, which appears to have an evil agenda of its own. Angel and Lindsey independently discover that Wolfram & Hart forcefully removes limbs from people to obtain transplants, and work together to destroy the clinic responsible. Disillusioned, Lindsey leaves Los Angeles.


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2 Production 2.1 Arc significance
2.2 Continuity/Music
3 References
4 External links

Plot[edit]
Lindsey McDonald wakes up and goes about his daily routine of getting washed, affixing his prosthetic hand and getting ready for work. As he removes a shirt with a pre-knotted tie from his wardrobe he cannot help but look at his guitar, now lonely and unplayed. Meanwhile a man and his family go about their morning business before the wife and kids rush off to their destinations. The man follows moments later, picks up a large kitchen knife and jolts about violently. Cordelia gets a nasty vision about the man that sends her flying about the hotel, landing on the floor in tears. After she recovers, she says she saw a man who stabbed himself in the eye. The team splits up to call hospitals, check out morgues and the streets for any information on the guy from Cordy's vision.
Lindsey and Lilah speak with their boss, Nathan Reed, about their upcoming reevaluation. Later, Nathan privately tells Lindsey that he made a surprise doctor's appointment for him. At the Fairfield Clinic, Lindsey learns from the doctor that Wolfram & Hart has arranged for him to get a new, live hand. During the procedure, a Pockla demon is brought in to perform a brief ritual and complete the attachment of the hand to Lindsey, leaving only a little scar. The next day, Lindsey wakes up, enjoying his new hand. While getting ready, he notices his guitar again, but this time picks it up and plays. Later at the office, Lilah notices Lindsey's new hand and grows very nervous about her job since Wolfram & Hart spent so much money on her "partner." While the two lawyers meet with a client, Lindsey's new hand repeatedly writes the word "kill" on a legal pad.
At the office, Angel has a wide assortment of food delivered as he wanted to get food for Cordelia but didn't want to bother her by asking what she wanted. She appreciates it and as she leaves, she remembers from her vision that the man was happy about his eye before he stabbed it. Wesley and Gunn discover the man, Joseph Kramer, was transferred overseas. Having reached a dead end, the gang is forced to go to Caritas. On stage, they are shocked and impressed to find Lindsey singing and playing guitar with the audience completely mesmerized by his musical ability. The Host informs them that Lindsey and Angel need to work together to solve the case, but Angel and Lindsey are completely opposed to the idea.
Based on the fact that Lindsey got a new hand and Kramer a new eye, it's concluded that somewhere body part transplants are being done. At Wolfram & Hart, Lindsey sneaks into Nathan's office to look up information on Fairfield Clinic, where he got the transplant. He later spots Lilah stealing files. Angel discovers information on Lindsey's hand, finding that it belonged to a Bradley Scott, an employee of Wolfram & Hart. Lindsey visits a parole officer for information about the clinic, but the man gets violent when Lindsey doesn't know the code. Before the man can shoot Lindsey in the head, Angel arrives and saves him. Holding the officer by a rope around his neck, Angel demands information.
Wesley and Gunn worry about Cordelia as she seems to be suffering from the visions for as long as the problem remains. Angel and Lindsey head for a building as Angel confirms their location with the parole officer tied up in the trunk. Angel and Lindsey take care of the security guards inside then they head downstairs through a trap door to the place where the body parts are harvested. Lindsey spots Bradley Scott (the former owner of Lindsey's new hand) muttering 'kill'. Lindsey asks who he wants him to kill, and Bradley responds with a simple "kill me". It's decided to save those still fully intact and kill the rest before the building is blown up. At Wolfram & Hart, Lindsey takes full advantage of his new "evil" hand, shooting a security guard, firing shots at Nathan, and even copping a feel on Lilah. He knows he was the one chosen to take over, but he suggests Lilah take the job as he's got other issues to deal with. Lindsey encounters Angel outside by his truck and reluctantly talks to him, telling Angel he's leaving L.A. for good. Angel sees his old rival off, but not before getting in a final dig at him - he secretly sticks a sign to the back of Lindsey's truck with the words "COPS SUCK."
Production[edit]
Christian Kane recalls the scene in which he and Angel are driving to the Wolfram & Hart clinic as another of his favorite moments from his time on the series. "When we're driving in the car, it was five o'clock in the morning, the sun was getting ready to come up and it was the last shot of the day and it's colder than shit," he jokingly recalls. "We're in a convertible car and it was so easy. It's very easy to act with him and it's really not a big scene but it was just me and David. Five o'clock, very tired, very cold and we're driving in this car and we got it done. There was a lot of dialogue and there were a lot of emotions going on in that time and it was very simple."[1]
"L.A. Song", the song Lindsey sings at Caritas, was written by actor Christian Kane and producer David Greenwalt. The guitar was recorded with Steve Carlson playing, but Kane is actually singing.[1]
Arc significance[edit]
Lindsey has decided to "retire" from Wolfram & Hart, leading to Lilah's promotion and increased prominence for her on the show in seasons to come. Lindsey himself will not return until Season Five's "Destiny".
This episode marks the beginning of the visions starting to take a more serious toll on Cordelia's physical and mental health. In fact, in the Season 3 episode "Birthday," the gang discovers that Cordelia has been having medical tests on her head for over a year.
Continuity/Music[edit]
"L.A. Song" is what Eve begins to sing for Lorne in "A Hole in the World". It is written by Christian Kane & David Greenwalt.
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Grimshaw, Sue, Return of the Spirit Boy: an Exclusive Spotlight on Christian Kane
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Belonging (Angel)
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"Belonging"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 19
Directed by
Turi Meyer
Written by
Shawn Ryan
Production code
2ADH19
Original air date
May 1, 2001
Guest actors

Andy Hallett as Lorne
Amy Acker as Winifred Burkle
Jarrod Crawford as Rondell
Darris Love as George
Brody Hutzler as Landok
Kevin Otto as Seth
Maureen Grier as Woman
Lynne Maclean as Claire

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"Belonging" is episode 19 of season two in the television show Angel.


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2 Writing 2.1 Arc significance
2.2 Continuity
2.3 Cultural references
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Plot synopsis[edit]
The Angel Investigations team celebrates at an expensive restaurant for Cordelia's role in a national commercial. Cordelia expresses her worries about leaving them temporarily while Wesley and Gunn are sure they can handle things while she's working on her career. Angel continues to feel left out of the group and worries about the prices of their meals. Angel attacks a woman wearing a shawl that he mistakes as a witch's garb, making an unnecessary scene. Moments later, Cordelia discovers that the food is not all that great as she throws it up on the floor of the restaurant.
The next day, Wesley speaks with his parents on the phone. After wishing his father a happy birthday, his spirits are lowered, as his father puts down everything Wesley tells him. Angel makes an appearance at the set where Cordelia's commercial is being shot, enjoying the fake sunlight effect of the beach scene. When Cordelia comes up to him and asks him why he is there, Angel starts to question her about the Haklar demon she saw in her vision, but they are interrupted by the arrival of Seth, the commercial director. As Angel watches, Seth, who appears to be deeply frustrated, becomes irritated at Cordelia when he has to ask her twice to see her bikini costume, and after studying her, notices that there are circles under her eyes from where she had suffered from food poisioning the previous night and asks his assistant when she is scheduled to go to the makeup department, only for Cordelia to tell him she has already been. Irate at their incompetence, Seth tells his assistant to take her back and then, in anger, makes some flippant, rude comments about her appearance, diet, and desirability. Angel is furious and, after confronting Seth, threatening him with his body language and coming very close to attacking him, asks Cordelia if she wants him to rip Seth's head off for offending her, but she just wants him to leave and stop damaging her career.
Gunn's friends, George and Rondell, arrive at the hotel, requesting Gunn's assistance with a vampire problem. Gunn is more than willing to help, but Angel returns with news on the Haklar demon they're tracking and Gunn's friends are put on hold. Angel expresses his worry for Cordelia to Wesley and Gunn, telling them about the way she had endured the bad-tempered Seth's derogatory treatment of her, and wondering why she would want to work in an environment with someone who would treat her so badly. At Caritas, an ugly gray demon enters through a portal that opened up in the club. Angel and Wesley return to the hotel after killing the Haklar demon to find Cordelia in the aftermath of her embarrassing job experience. Out of frustration during an argument with her after she messed up at one point during the shooting of the commercial, an exasperated Seth had made it clear that she was really just there for visual purposes, not her acting abilities.
The Host visits the hotel, requesting the aid of Angel Investigations to kill the Drokken demon that arrived unexpectedly at Caritas. He stresses the importance of killing the demon, as it is a man-eating demon and probably very hungry. Cordelia gets a vision about a woman in a library and a portal opening up behind her. Gunn returns to the hideout of his gang only to find that George has been bitten and they don't know if he'll be coming back undead or not.
At the library, a description of the woman and pendant Cordelia saw in her vision is given to a woman there. The woman recognizes it, but says that its owner, a woman named Fred (short for Winifred), has been missing for five years. While investigating the area where Fred disappeared, Cordelia finds a book in an odd language and reads some of it aloud. The Host is worried as she sounds out the text and he tries to say something a few times, but doesn't. Another portal appears in the library and a large green demon, similar to the Host appears.
The Host recognizes the demon as Landok, but he isn't excited about it in the least. Landok identifies the Host as Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan and the Host admits that the two demons are cousins. Landok questions the Host's disappearance from their home dimension, but the Host has no interest in returning. The Drokken demon becomes the focus again as Landok offers his help and expertise on tracking it and killing it. On the streets, Gunn confronts Rondell about waiting for him, but Rondell makes it clear that they've been waiting for him for far too long.
While searching for the Drokken, the Host tells Angel about his homeland, painting a very interesting picture. With the help of Landok, the gang is able to locate the Drokken and Angel and Landok go after it. The demon has a woman he's holding for food, and the gang must save. Landok is fatally bitten, the bite being venomous to his kind. A big fight ensues with the demon as it runs off after the woman. Wesley and Angel battle as best they can against the demon and Angel finally kills it by throwing a sword through its throat.
Outside, Cordelia reveals that they can get Landok back home for a cure by reading from the book. She's not sure how she's positive about it, but she is. Gunn and Rondell burn George's body on top of a stack of wood, sad for the loss of their friend. At Caritas, Landok reads from the book and after a portal opens and closes, Landok is gone. As the gang muse over the latest adventure, they find that Cordelia has vanished.
Cordelia wakes up in unfamiliar territory, realizing she's in a whole new world.
Writing[edit]
Arc significance[edit]
This is one of the first times Angel shows that he might have deeper feelings for Cordelia, given the way he reacts after witnessing commercial director Seth making flippant, rude comments about her appearance, diet and desirability in a moment of anger.
This episode leads to the season-ending adventure in Lorne's world, Pylea. Cordelia is the first to travel to Pylea. The others will follow in the next episode.
"Belonging" also marks the first appearance of Fred on the series, who would go on to join the regular cast until the she is replaced toward the end of the fifth season by Illyria, also played by Amy Acker.
This episode reveals the real name of The Host as "Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan" or Lorne as he is mostly referred to for the remainder of the series.
This is the final episode in which Cordelia tries to gain an acting career. After this, she purely focuses on "helping the helpless" and accepts her visions as her responsibility. In the Season 3 episode, "Birthday," she discovers what her life would have been like if she became a famous actress and never met up with Angel in L.A. In this reality, Cordelia still chooses to help people and turns away from acting.
Continuity[edit]
Wesley's telephone conversation displays his strained relationship with his father, which is revisited in season 5's "Lineage".
Cultural references[edit]
When The Host's name is revealed to be 'Lorne', he admits he doesn't like to use it because the name and the color of his skin make people think of Lorne Greene.
During the library scene, Lorne says "I'm tempted to just show up tomorrow morning with Harry Potter," referring to the popular book series of the same name.
After reading from the portal book, Cordy says "Yeah, Pat, I'd like to buy a vowel," referring to the TV show Wheel of Fortune.
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Over the Rainbow (Angel)
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"Over the Rainbow"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 20
Directed by
Fred Keller
Written by
Mere Smith
Production code
2ADH20
Original air date
May 8, 2001
Guest actors

Andy Hallett as Lorne
Amy Acker as Winifred Burkle
Daniel Dae Kim as Gavin Park
Susan Blommaert as Vakma
Persia White as Agnes 'Aggie' Belfleur
Michael Phenicie as Silas
Brian Tahash as Constable
William Newman as Old Demon Man
Drew Wicks as Blix

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"Over the Rainbow" is episode 20 of season 2 in the television show Angel, originally broadcast on the WB network. This episode begins immediately where the previous ends: Cordelia has been inadvertently sucked into a dimensional portal. She ends up as a slave in an alternate world called Pylea, until her owners learn of her precognitive visions. Back in Los Angeles, Angel, Wesley and the Host attempt to rescue Cordelia, while Gunn discovers he has alienated his old street gang.


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2 Production details 2.1 Alternate version
2.2 Writing
2.3 Acting
2.4 Cultural references
3 Reception and reviews
4 References
5 External links

Plot[edit]
The group realizes Cordelia has been sucked into Lorne's home dimension of Pylea, which Lorne says he was glad to leave. Caritas, the bar he runs, was once the abandoned building where the portal from Pylea opened up. Angel reads from the book to reopen the portal, but it fails to open; Wesley's researching discovers that the portal can only open in hot spots and Caritas is currently cold. Lorne seeks help from a psychic friend in order to find a hot spot, but she won't provide the information until he agrees to go with the others to finish his business in Pylea. Two lawyers from Wolfram & Hart appear at Angel's hotel, informing Angel that the law firm plans to buy the hotel when the current lease expires. Angel vamps out and lawyers take their leave, but not before threatening to make Angel's life difficult. Angel leaves a message on an answering machine with information about saving the hotel in case they don't make it back from Pylea.
Cordelia finds herself in a new dimension, where she is chased down and captured by a green demon who declares her a "cow", or human slave. Her demon owner forces her into a collar that can be used to shock her when she doesn't obey. As she later mucks out the stables, wondering aloud if she can remove the collar, a runaway slave warns her through a hole in a wall that she shouldn't bother fighting. Cordelia is unable to see that the woman is Fred from her vision, crazy after all her years in Pylea. Before any more information can be exchanged, Fred is caught and taken away. Later, Cordelia follows her owner, carrying purchases from the market, until a vision causes her to fall and drop everything. She reveals she saw a villager being attacked by a Drokken in her vision, and a crowd draws, declaring her cursed. Cordelia is brought before Constable Narwek and explains she has precognitive visions.
Angel pulls his car up to the gate of a movie studio lot, following Lorne's information that it is a psychic hot spot. Although Gunn had earlier stated that George's death made him realize he's needed in this dimension, Angel's depressing phone message persuades him to join the mission. Wesley reads from the book, and with final good-byes to L.A., Angel drives his car through the portal. The book falls onto the sidewalk as the car vanishes. As the car arrives in daytime Pylea, Angel rushes to cover himself before realizing the two suns are not fatal to vampires. Happy and amazed, Angel goes off to gather branches to hide the car while enjoying the rare opportunity to be in sunlight. After covering the car, the guys realize that the book is gone and that they'll have to find another way to get back home. In town, Lorne advises that they stay to the shadows, as humans are treated as slaves. The Host tries to get help from an old friend but is met with bad reception. Chased by villagers, the gang is eventually caught and tied up in the middle of town.
After the Constable arrives, Lorne is taken away for questioning while the rest are chained in a dungeon until they are sentenced. In the dungeon, the guys brainstorm for escape plans and then with his vampire hearing, Angel overhears a conversation about Cordelia and her "sight." Guards bring Angel, Gunn, and Wesley to the Constable, who announces they will all be killed. For their death sentence, they are brought before the Princess of Pylea...Cordelia.
Production details[edit]
Production designer Stuart Blatt says the Angel location department had found a movie ranch with a standing set for a "Tijuana town," which they dressed for the Boxer Rebellion scenes of "Darla" and used again for the village of Pylea. He says, "it just so happens that the Chinese province town which looked a lot like Mexico also happens to look a lot like England, or Pylea or any other medieval pseudo Euro-space, alternative dimension with two suns kind of world". The set designers added timbers to the existing clay buildings, put thatching on the roofs, and created stalls for merchants and vendors. Blatt says their animal wranglers brought in "medieval chickens and goats and pigs and yaks" and old chariots were reconstructed to create the vehicles.[1]
The scene in which Angel opens the portal to Pylea was shot outside Paramount Pictures, where the series is filmed.[2]
Alternate version[edit]
See also: Angel DVDs § Scenes from previous episodes
The opening scene for this episode is missing on the Region 1 DVD release: The "Previously On Angel" segment led directly into the teaser for this episode, and featured Angel, Wesley and The Host surprised to find Cordelia has vanished into the portal with Landok. They immediately begin searching for her, and the scene cuts to Cordelia's current location on Pylea. This scene is missing because the Region 1 DVD release of season 2 does not feature any of the "Previously On Angel" segments, but the scene and segments are intact on the Region 2 and Region 4 DVD releases.
Writing[edit]
Despite fan speculation that the Pylea episodes were due to Julie Benz being unavailable for the conclusion of the Darla storyline, writer Tim Minear says the writers decided they were "weary of the Darla drama" and wanted the finale to be something "totally unexpected" instead.[3] Julie Benz confirmed that she left because the writers had "played out the storyline as much as possible."[4]
Acting[edit]
This episode is the first appearance of eventual Lost actor Daniel Dae Kim as Gavin Park, who became a recurring character in the third and fourth seasons.
Cultural references[edit]
Over the Rainbow: The episode's title is a reference to the famous song written for The Wizard of Oz.
After arriving in Pylea, Cordelia taps the heels of her shoes together three times, which is what Dorothy did when she was sent home, in the movie, The Wizard of Oz
Among the things he lists as things he'd rather have to do instead of return to his home dimension, Lorne says "I'd rather sit through a junior high school production of Cats." Lorne's dislike for the works of Andrew Lloyd Webber was made known in Reprise.
Reception and reviews[edit]
The "Pylea" arc, which begins with this episode and concludes with the season finale, "There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb", appears ninth on Slayage.com's list of the top 10 episodes of Angel.[5] Charisma Carpenter was praised for demonstrating "true strength as a comedic actress."[6] However, UGO Networks felt that the episodes were "something of a disappointment" because the "Dungeons & Dragons style world" of Pylea broke the dark tone that had been established.[7]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Interview with Stuart Blatt: A holiday in Pylea, BBC, retrieved 2007-09-20
2.Jump up ^ Angel Season Two Episode Guide: Over The Rainbow, BBC, retrieved 2007-09-20
3.Jump up ^ Tim Minear - "Angel" Tv Series - Stakesandsalvation.com Interview, July 30, 2007, retrieved 2007-09-22
4.Jump up ^ Goldman, Eric (December 14, 2006), IGN Interview: Dexter's Julie Benz, IGN.com, retrieved 2007-09-22
5.Jump up ^ Erenberg, Daniel, Best Of The Best, Part Two, Slayage.com, retrieved 2007-09-22
6.Jump up ^ Season 2 Review, CityOfAngel.com, retrieved 2007-09-22
7.Jump up ^ Sullivan, Michael Patrick, Angel Season Two DVD Review
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"Through the Looking Glass"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 21
Directed by
Tim Minear
Written by
Tim Minear
Production code
2ADH21
Original air date
May 15, 2001
Guest actors

Andy Hallett as Lorne
Amy Acker as Winifred Burkle
Mark Lutz as The Groosalugg
Brody Hutzler as Landok
Tom McCleister as Lorne's Mother
Michael Phenicie as Silas
Adoni Maropis as Rebel Leader
Brian Tahash as Constable
Andrew Parks as Priest #1
Danan Pere as Rebel #1
Joss Whedon as Numfar

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"Through the Looking Glass" is episode 21 of season 2 in the television show Angel. Written and directed by Tim Minear, it was originally broadcast on May 15, 2001 on the WB network. It is the second episode in a three-part arc.
In "Through the Looking Glass", Angel and the others are still trapped in the Pylea dimension. Cordelia finds herself appointed ruling princess of Pylea by an order of priests and ordered to mate with a human-like creature called the Groosalugg, while Angel seeks to help Lorne the Host bond with his estranged family, which takes a turn when Angel saves a runaway human slave, named Winifred "Fred" Burkle, the same L.A. librarian who was sucked into Pylea five years earlier. Also, Wesley and Gunn manage to escape from the castle only to end up as captives of human Pylean rebels plotting to overthrow the monarchy.


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2.3 Cultural references
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

Plot[edit]
Angel, Wesley, and Gunn are shocked to see Cordelia has been crowned princess of Pylea. She jokingly demands their heads be cut off, but quickly restates herself. After she dismisses the guards, Cordelia recounts how she became princess due to her visions. Lorne confirms his people have been waiting for one cursed with the sight that will save them all.
Lorne takes Angel to his family's house, where Lorne's cousin Landok identifies Angel as a hero. Angel, who is made the special guest of their upcoming village feast, tells stories to the people of Pylea while Lorne is ignored. Landok offers Angel the honor of "swinging the crebbil in the Bach-nal," and Angel agrees to take part - before he learns it means beheading a human so the people of Pylea can feast on it. Winifred “Fred” Burkle is brought forth, but Angel refuses to kill her. The two are able to make an escape when Lorne begins to sing, causing severe pain to the Pyleans.
While perusing the castle library, Wesley discovers "the cursed one" will have to perform something called a "com-shuk" with a Groosalugg. He considers asking the priests to translate the book, until he realizes it is part of a trilogy marked with three animals - wolf, ram and hart - linking the priests to the evil law firm back in Los Angeles. Silas, one of the priests, arrives to inform Cordelia that the Groosalugg has been summoned and that the "com-shuk" is a mating ritual. Wesley, Gunn, and Cordelia try to escape through a sewer tunnel, but Cordelia is caught by the priests and dragged back to her throne. Heavily guarded, Cordelia worries about mating with the demon, until Silas introduces the Groosalugg, who is a handsome and muscular young male.
Fred leads Angel to a cave where she has been staying for a long while. Fred talks nervously as she crazily scribbles on the cave walls. Angel finds Fred's driver's license and realizes she is the girl from Cordy's vision. She doesn't believe him when he tells her of her life in LA and how she got to Pylea because it's been so long, she's doesn't want to believe. Angel is attacked by guards as he tries to lead Fred to the castle, and when he tries to shift into his vampire face, instead he becomes pure demon and brutally rips through the guard's body with his super-sized teeth. The other runs and Angel takes off as well, leaving Fred frightened and alone. Wesley and Gunn wander lost, until the demon Angel attacks them. It takes a while before Wesley can recognize Angel's tattoo. A short distance away, Fred coats her hand in blood and is able to lure Angel away from his friends with the smell. Demon Angel sees his reflection in water at Fred's cave and is suddenly motivated to switch back to human form. Gunn and Wesley are surrounded and tied up by rebels who want to send a message to the castle. Gunn and Wesley try to convince the rebels that they know the princess and suggest they use them to contact her. The rebels agree, but their idea involves decapitation. Fred comforts Angel as he painfully deals with the aftermath of being controlled by the demon inside of him. He concludes that his friends saw what he really was and now he can never go back to them.
The Groosalugg tells Cordelia that his human qualities make him unappealing to his people, so he battled with demons to end his existence, but after defeating them earned the name for bravery and strength. Lorne is brought before Cordelia for judgment and he is almost sentenced to death, but Cordelia pardons him and then kicks him out so she can be alone with her future mate. Cordelia explains to the Groosalugg that she is not a princess, but he doesn't believe her because of what he was told. Silas tells his fellow priests that the princess has requested paper so she can write proclamations and do good for Pylea. He doesn't like the fact that she has not taken part in the com-shuk yet. Cordelia's proclamation writing is interrupted by Silas who brings forth a large platter and orders Groosalugg out of the room. He tells her she and Groosalugg are just tools and she will do what she is told. Cordelia refuses to accept that, until she is shocked into silence as Silas reveals Lorne's head displayed on the platter.
Production details[edit]
Makeup Artist Dayne Johnson says that this episode was one of the most time-consuming for the makeup department. The full-body green makeup used to transform Andy Hallett into a Pylean took three hours, and the dozens of Pylean extras required 14 makeup artists beginning at 2:30am.[1]
Acting[edit]
Series creator Joss Whedon briefly appears in this episode playing Lorne's Pylean brother, "Numfar". Whedon wanted his appearance to be a big surprise, and so had his make-up done in another make-up trailer. When Andy Hallett, the actor who played Lorne, saw Whedon doing a "Dance of Joy" at rehearsal, he thought the unknown actor was "trash".[2]
Continuity[edit]
Angel tells children stories of his adventures in "To Shanshu in L.A." such as when he cut Lindsey's hand off. Later, Landok asks Angel to tell a story about the events of "I Fall to Pieces".
After learning of the mating ritual, Cordelia tells Wesley, "I want you to find me a dimension where some demon doesn't want to impregnate me with its spawn. Is that just too much to ask?" Cordelia was impregnated with the spawn of a Haxil demon in "Expecting" and was impregnated with the spawn of a Skilosh demon in "Epiphany."
This episode reveals that the powers of Wolfram and Hart extend far beyond the human dimension when their animal symbols -- a wolf, a ram, and a deer (hart) -- are seen by Wes, Gunn, and Cordy in Pylea. In Season Five, Illyria remembers "the Wolf, Ram, and Hart" of her long-ago era, indicating this was the organization's original name.
As was pointed out as recently as "Disharmony," in the Buffyverse, soulless vampires are not truly humans who have been transformed into vampires, but demons who inhabit the bodies of dead humans to become vampires, their personas shaped by the humans' memories. Prior to regaining his soul, Angel, originally named Liam, was such a being, a demon who, in combination with Angel's original personality, became Angel's evil persona Angelus; only the restoration of Angel's human soul (e.g. the original Liam whom the demon supplanted) suppressed the demon/Angelus. Angel's demonic form in this episode, which he inadvertently assumes when displaying his vampiric nature, is thus presumably the demon who originally possessed Liam's dead body, looking as it would without the human influence that originally caused it to become Angelus.
Cultural references[edit]
Through the Looking-Glass: The episode's title is taken from the children's book by Lewis Carroll.
Durdane series : Also notable is a flavor of imagery, gadgetry and some plot devices from the books of Jack Vance's Durdane series, the first being 'The Faceless Man'.
Lorne calls Angel "Hans Christian Tarantino" at the conclusion of Angel's storytelling session about the events in To Shanshu in L.A., presumably because Hans Christian Andersen was a storyteller, and Quentin Tarantino is known for directing action/graphic movies.
When Gunn and Wesley are in the woods, Wesley shushes him because he hears something. Gunn asks him if he's having a "Blair Witch moment", referring to the cult film The Blair Witch Project.
Reception[edit]
The "Pylea" arc, which begins with the previous episode and concludes with the season finale, "There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb", appears ninth on Slayage.com's list of the top 10 episodes of Angel.[3]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Bratton, Kristy, Dayne Johnson: The Beauty and Horror of the Hellmouth
2.Jump up ^ Gill, Mika (7/3/2004), Lovelorn: An exclusive interview with Andy Hallett, "Angel"'s Lorne, retrieved 2007-09-23
3.Jump up ^ Erenberg, Daniel, Best Of The Best, Part Two, Slayage.com, retrieved 2007-09-22
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"There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 22
Directed by
David Greenwalt
Written by
David Greenwalt
Production code
2ADH22
Original air date
May 22, 2001
Guest actors

Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg
Andy Hallett as Lorne
Amy Acker as Winifred Burkle
Mark Lutz as The Groosalugg
Brody Hutzler as Landok
Michael Phenicie as Silas
Tom McCleister as Lorne's Mother
Lee Reherman as The Captain
Jamie McShane as Rebel #2
Adoni Maropis as Rebel Leader
Danan Pere as Rebel #1
Alex Nesic as Slave #1
Andrew Parks as Priest #1
Whitney Dylan as Serving Wench

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"There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb" is episode 22 of season two of the television show Angel, originally broadcast on the WB network. The episode was written and directed by executive producer David Greenwalt. The narrative of the Season Two finale begins with the group still stranded in Pylea. Lorne has been beheaded by the priests, but is alive as long as his body is intact; he and Cordelia – crowned princess of Pylea due to her precognitive visions – try to escape the castle. Angel struggles to regain his humanity after his experience with his true demon form while Wesley and Gunn lead the human rebels in a revolt against the demon ruling class.


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Plot[edit]
Cordelia cries over the severed head of Lorne, until his eyes open. She screams loudly, but Lorne calms her, explaining that his race can survive decapitation if the rest of the body remains intact. Silas is pleased to hear that Cordelia is angry and plans to have his guards get the heads of Wesley and Gunn to add to the Princess's collection. Silas tells the captain of the guards to go after the humans and to kill the "bloodsucker" Angel. After talking with one of the servants about these other "cows"—humans—running free, Silas blows up the cow's head with a handheld device. He has a similar, but larger machine that can take care of all the cows. Wesley and Gunn wait to have their heads chopped off by the rebels. Before it can happen, guards attack the camp. After the battle, Gunn and Wesley convince the rebels that they are not enemies. Freed, they discuss their plans to find Angel and get home. Wesley offers suggestions for attacking the castle and unintentionally becomes their leader.
Angel wakes to a pseudo-oatmeal breakfast made by Fred at her cave. Angel and Fred discuss the words she's written on the walls of the caves, and Angel suspects she's unknowingly been opening the portals in Pylea. They are attacked by castle guards; Angel is speared repeatedly but fights off the demon change until Fred knocks the captain out with a rock. Fred takes care of Angel's wounds while the captain sits in the corner, tied up. The captain tells of plans to kill Cordelia after she mates with the Groosalugg, and that Lorne is already dead. Angel goes to find his friends, and Fred goes with him to lead the way.
At the castle, Cordelia summons a servant to show her to the mutilation chamber, where Lorne's body is, but the servant cannot. Instead, Cordelia requests the girl's clothes. Disguised as a servant, Cordelia makes her way into the mutilation chamber and finds body parts strewn about wearing Lorne's clothes. Groosalugg shows up and says he hid Lorne's body and put the clothes on another body to fool the guards. Lorne's body is waiting with his family to be reattached. Groosalugg reveals to Cordelia that during their mating, he would take her visions from her. He also tells her that as a pure human, "you were not meant to carry such a burden." Cordelia explains that she uses her visions to fight evil and she doesn't want to give them up. Before they can talk further, she has a vision of Angel's demon fighting the Groosalugg.
Angel and Fred arrive at the rebel camp, offering their assistance to the efforts. Landok arrives with Lorne's head in a large basket, explaining that he was bringing it home to the body. Later, Wesley tells Angel he must challenge and kill the Groosalugg. Angel explains that the reason he fired the gang months ago was because he felt the darkness rising in him and he didn't want them to witness it. The demon he changes into is the darkness personified and he's afraid to change into because he doesn't think he can come back to human after it. Wesley has confidence that he can; he's strong enough to do whatever is necessary. Everyone disperses from the camp to prepare for the attack. Angel plants a torch in the ground and calls out to the Groosalugg for battle. Silas, who had been demanding that Cordelia get on with the "com-shuk" drags the Groosalugg outside to face Angel, lying to him about Angel to make him angry. Led by Wesley and Gunn, the rebels attack, many of whom get killed in the process. Silas attacks Cordelia, blaming her for all the problems of their land, but she decapitates him just before he triggers the device to kill all human slaves. Groosalugg and Angel fight, Angel struggling to stay human, but eventually turning into the demon. just as the demon is about to kill the Groosalugg, Angel's human side regains control. He tells the Groosalugg they need to find another way. The Groosalugg continues fighting. Cordelia arrives and stops the fight by confessing her love for the Groosalugg.
The next day, Lorne, his head reattached, says goodbye to his family. Lorne is glad he came back to find out he doesn't belong; as they walk away, he starts to sing. Cordelia's last act as princess is to make a new law abolishing slavery, after which she appoints Groosalugg the ruler of Pylea. With Fred's help, they all return home to LA as Angel's car lands in the middle of Caritas. Far happier than they were before they left, the gang return to the hotel. However, when Angel opens the door he finds Willow waiting for them. Her look tells them it's bad news and he knows, "It's Buffy."
Production[edit]
To get the effect of Lorne's detached head, Andy Hallett's body was digitally removed from many scenes. In other situations, an animatronic radio-controlled head was used.[1]
Alyson Hannigan's name was placed at the end credits to keep her appearance as a surprise.
Arc significance[edit]
Crossover with Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The team returns home to the Hyperion to find Willow, who reveals that Buffy died in "The Gift". Angel will travel to Sri Lanka to reflect on the tragedy, as seen in the next season's opener.
The Groosalugg's comment to Cordelia about a pure human not being able to "carry the burden" of the visions and her statements that they are getting worse help lay the foundation for the later discovery that the visions will kill her, and the decisions she will have to face.
When Cordelia originally received the power to have visions from Doyle, she tried to pass them on to anyone available, including Wesley when he first arrived in Los Angeles. In spite of, or perhaps because of, having experienced the pain and emotional suffering of the victims she has seen in her visions, by this episode she refuses to give up the power, describing it as "an honour."
Cultural references[edit]
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The episode's title is a play on "there's no place like home", a line from the book by L. Frank Baum.
Lorne sings the opening lines of Over the Rainbow, a famous song from 1939 film adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It is also the title of the 20th episode of season 2.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Angel Season Two Episode Guide: There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb, BBC, retrieved 2008-02-02
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