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"Heartthrob"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 1
Directed by
David Greenwalt
Written by
David Greenwalt
Production code
3ADH01
Original air date
September 24, 2001
Guest actors

Julie Benz as Darla
Andy Hallett as Lorne
Keith Szarabajka as Daniel Holtz
Ron Melendez as James
Kate Norby as Elisabeth
Matthew James as Merl
Koji Kataoka as Pilgrim
Sam Littlefield as Young Man Hostage
Dalila Brown-Geiger as Sandy
Christian Hastings as Vamp #1
Bob Fimiani as Codger Demon
Robert Madrid as Rough Man
Bob Morrisey as Dr. Gregson

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"Heartthrob" is the first episode of season three in the television show Angel. Written and directed by David Greenwalt, it was originally broadcast on September 24, 2001 on the WB network. In this episode, Angel's former traveling companion James seeks revenge against Angel for staking his lover.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Acting
3 Main cast 3.1 Special guest star
3.2 Guest stars
3.3 Co-stars
4 Production details 4.1 Arc significance
5 Reception
6 References
7 External links

Plot[edit]
Wesley, Cordelia and Gunn discuss their recent addition at the Hyperion Hotel, Winifred "Fred" Burkle, who has spent the last three months in her room (except when she enters the lobby for a few seconds before scurrying back). They note her bravery at surviving five years in Pylea. Also cause for concern is Angel, who has also spent the summer away from the group by spending time at a monastery in Sri Lanka since learning of Buffy's death. Wesley notes that all Angel needs is peace and quiet. Angel's mourning, however, is anything but peaceful as the monks turn out to be demons and Angel must kill them all.
Angel returns to Los Angeles and is eagerly greeted by his friends. He gives Cordelia a necklace, Wesley an historical dagger and Gunn a shrunken head (all three gifts are greatly appreciated). Angel asks after Fred, and despite Cordelia's attempt to cover, Angel guesses she hasn't left her room. He decides to go and talk to her; upon hearing a knock on the door, Fred tries to get rid of whoever is on the other side until she hears it's Angel, then she trips over herself to see him. Invited into Fred's room, Angel finds the walls covered in writing, similar to Fred's cave in Pylea, mostly filled with arcane mathematical formulae. Upon seeing a section with the words "LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN," Angel asks what she's listening for, and Fred responds, "The click in my head when everything makes sense." Angel invites her downstairs, but a scream from Cordelia shatters her sense of security. Cordelia's vision (which have grown increasingly painful over the last few months) sends the guys after a party crashed by vampires. At the party, Angel stakes the female vampire, and at the last second recognizes her by her locket as Elisabeth. Meanwhile, Cordelia recovers from her vision with the help of Dennis, a relaxing bath and some powerful painkillers.
A flashback to Marseille, France, in 1767 reveals that Darla and Angelus once traveled with Elisabeth and James. Angelus is annoyed with the loving relationship between the other couple, as James steals a locket from a store window for Elisabeth. He is also concerned with escaping the vampire hunter, Daniel Holtz, who has been tracking him since Angelus killed the man's entire family.
In the present, James learns about Elisabeth's death, and that Angel was responsible. He charges into the office of a special demon doctor, demanding the ultimate "cure" for vampirism. The demon, a skin-molting creature named Dr. Gregson, questions James's ability to accept the consequences, but agrees. At Caritas, Lorne sings, while Wesley and Gunn grill Merl for information. Merl reveals James visited Dr. Gregson earlier.
At the Hyperion Hotel, James emerges from the basement and attacks Angel, demanding to know why he took Elisabeth from him. Fred chooses that moment to emerge, and Angel yells at her to stay in her room, causing the girl to lose what little confidence she had gained. The two continue to fight, and Cordelia manages a good hit to James with a fire extinguisher then tosses Angel a stake. Angel manages to stake James, but he is unaffected; Angel throws him outside, but he doesn't set on fire. Realising he has been made invincible, Angel and Cordelia run for the sewers. A call from Wesley reveals that James is now invincible after having his heart removed, but it's not permanent and he will die when it wears off. Angel tries to throw James off temporarily with the scent of his blood, but James eventually finds them in a subway train. As they fight inside the train, James questions Angel's knowledge of true love. Angel assures him he understands what it is like to lose someone he loves. Soon, the effects of the cure wear off, and James crumbles into dust. Angel allows James' comments about not being able to exist after losing the person he loved to upset him, but Cordelia convinces him that he honors Buffy by going on.
At a cantina in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, a man presents contact information for a shaman to Darla and proceeds to flirt with her, offering her a drink and saying he sees her as a woman with a surprise or two. Darla retorts by showing him surprise #1: sinking her fangs into him. As he falls to the floor, Darla leaves the bar, revealing surprise #2: her incredibly pregnant belly.
Acting[edit]
Amy Acker joins the regular cast and opening credits as of this episode, and returning actress Julie Benz is billed as a special guest star again.
Main cast[edit]
Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase
Alexis Denisof as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
J. August Richards as Charles Gunn
Amy Acker as Winifred Burkle
Special guest star[edit]
Julie Benz as Darla
Guest stars[edit]
Andy Hallett as Lorne
Ron Melendez as James
Kate Norby as Elisabeth
Keith Szarabajka as Daniel Holtz
Co-stars[edit]
Matthew James as Merl
Koji Kataoka as Pilgrim
Sam Littlefield as Young Man Hostage
Dalila Brown-Geiger as Sandy
Christian Hastings as Vamp #1
Bob Fimiani as Codger Demon
Robert Madrid as Rough Man
Bob Morrisey as Dr. Gregson
Production details[edit]
The WB began broadcasting Angel in letterbox format from this episode forward. However, the film crew didn't begin shooting for a letterbox format until "That Old Gang of Mine"; this episode was originally filmed with a shorter aspect ratio and had to be re-transferred to the wider format before being aired. Adam Ward, the first assistant/focus puller, says the show has always framed for letterboxing so the transfer process went smoothly. "We were really happy to do it because it made everything a lot more cinematic," he says.[1]
The outside shots of the Buddhist monastery in Sri Lanka is actually footage of a castle in Austria called Castle Hohenwerfen.[citation needed] Production designer Stuart Blatt says the Angel location department extensively researched monasteries from all over Asia before settling on a design for the set for the inside scenes; it was "one of the most fun things so far this year" to create.[2]
Arc significance[edit]
Angel's retreat destination, Sri Lanka, was previously mentioned in the Buffy episode "Phases," when werewolf hunter Cain revealed Sri Lanka has a profitable market for werewolf pelts.
This episode marks the first appearance of Holtz, who will become a major villain for the rest of the season.
In the flashbacks, Darla and Angel reminisce on the events of the flashback from season two's "The Trial," where Darla left Angel to fend for himself in a burning barn after Holtz cornered them in France.
Darla is revealed to be pregnant and in Central America.
Reception[edit]
Julie Benz says that "the pregnancy was probably the most exciting development" for the character of Darla and the actress herself. "Finding out about that was the most 'wow!' moment I had with her. We’d always joke around that maybe she would get pregnant, but it was always a joke!"[3]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ DiLullo, Tara, Through the Lens: An Exclusive Interview with Adam Ward, CityOfAngel.com, retrieved 2007-09-20
2.Jump up ^ Interview with Stuart Blatt: Backdrop for bad monks, BBC, retrieved 2007-09-20
3.Jump up ^ Simpson, Paul, Darla Departed (4), Angel Magazine
External links[edit]
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That Vision Thing
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"That Vision Thing"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 2
Directed by
Bill L. Norton
Written by
Jeffrey Bell
Production code
3ADH03
Original air date
October 1, 2001
Guest actors

Julie Benz as Darla
Andy Hallett as Lorne
Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Daniel Dae Kim as Gavin Park
David Denman as Skip
Frank "Sotonoma" Salsedo as Shaman
Justin Shilton as Young Man
Ken Takemoto as Old Chinese Man
Alice Lo as Old Chinese Woman
Mitchell Gibney as Innocuous Man
Bob Sattler as Masked Man
Kal Penn as Brain Man

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"That Vision Thing" is the second episode of season 3 in the television show Angel. Written by Jeffrey Bell and directed by Bill L Norton, it was originally broadcast on October 1, 2001 on the WB network. In "That Vision Thing", Cordelia's vision gift grows dangerous when it begins physically affecting her. She is on the verge of death when Angel discovers Wolfram & Hart lawyer Lilah Morgan is sending the painful visions to force Angel to free a man imprisoned in an alternate dimension.


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1 Plot
2 Production 2.1 Writing
2.2 Acting
2.3 Arc significance
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

Plot[edit]
Wesley and Gunn eat take-out in the lobby and Fred eats her food under the table until Wesley convinces her to come out, while Cordelia waits for her next vision. Wolfram & Hart lawyer Gavin Park visits to inform them of the Hyperion Hotel's building code violations. After Gavin leaves, Cordelia gets a vision about a coin with a hole in it and a clawed beast. In the bathroom where she recovers, Cordelia informs Wesley through the door that there are five claws, but leaves out that there are claw marks across her stomach. Angel makes arrangements for Cordelia to be taken home by Fred. He knows Cordelia's visions are getting worse, but she refuses to acknowledge how bad they are. Wesley, Angel, and Gunn leave to find the coin, ending up at a herb shop owned by an elderly couple who turn demonic when they ask about the coin. The gang knock out the couple and Angel finds the coin around the neck of the elderly man.
Gavin informs Lilah that he's been moved into her department, and the two share bitter words about their approaches to dealing with Angel. At her apartment, Cordelia tries to force Fred to leave, but another violent vision leaves her with boils on her face. The whole gang meets at her place and she tries to describe her vision, but Angel is more interested in what's happening to her. They question why The Powers That Be would inflict pain on their messenger. Wesley sends Angel to find the key that goes with the coin while Lorne tries to question the Powers That Be about their actions. Cordelia fears losing her visions, but is persuaded to try anyway.
Lilah has a young man wearing a fez sign some papers before meditating on a table. Removing his hat, the man reveals a split skull and exposed brain. As a result of the man's mental efforts, Cordelia gets hit with a massive vision about fire that flings the Host across the room and burns her face and limbs. From his contact with Cordelia, the Host realizes the visions originate from Wolfram & Hart. Angel visits Lilah, who informs him that unless he uses the key and coin to free an "unfairly imprisoned" man from a hell dimension, the physical effects of Cordy's visions will worsen.
Back at the hotel, Wesley tells Angel the coin and key are items of good nature, so those holding and associated with the objects are likely good as well. Wesley points out that rescuing this man is going against Angel's mission. Angel inserts the key into the coin's hole, which transports him to a hell dimension where he encounters a demon guard protecting a large fiery cube surrounding the prisoner, who is constantly aflame and in agony. The guard, Skip, is holding the prisoner in the fire with his will; he mentions that the prisoner is a particularly heinous monster who has earned such torment. Skip and Angel have a friendly conversation before they break into battle, where Skip is knocked unconscious, and the man is thus freed. Angel and the rest of the gang transport the prisoner to Lilah for the exchange. Lilah has Brain Man in the back of a limo work his magic to end Cordelia's suffering. A phone call to Fred at Cordelia's place confirms its success. The captive man is handed over to Wolfram & Hart, then Angel kills Brain Man by throwing a piece of re-bar through the limo's window and the man's skull. Lilah turns around to find Angel right in her face, threatening to kill her if she goes after Cordelia again. At the hotel, Cordelia makes food and coffee for Angel as thanks for his work and Angel convinces her the guilt she feels for what happened is unnecessary. He'll deal with Wolfram & Hart and the man he set free when it becomes necessary.
Meanwhile, in Central America, Darla visits a Shaman, asking for help to get rid of her baby. She reveals that the father is a vampire. Using some of her blood and herbs, he tries to determine the baby's form and how it could exist in a vampire's body. Unfortunately, what she is carrying is something no one can rid her of, and she resolves that her last option is to seek help from the baby's father.
Production[edit]
Writing[edit]
"That Vision Thing" was the first Angel script written by Jeffrey Bell, who went on to both write and direct many subsequent episodes. Bell, who was recruited from The X-Files, included a reference to a creature he created for The X-Files episode "Alpha" called a "Wanshang Dhole" and came up with the demon jailer Skip,[1] although he was originally called Bob. Played by actor David Denman, Skip was renamed as a tribute to producer Skip Schoolnik[2] and quickly became a fan favorite. Executive producer David Greenwalt says, "People are insane for Skip. Not since Angel appeared on Buffy have I seen people go wild for a character like this." Greenwalt theorizes that their new special-effects shop Almost Human was partly responsible for the positive fan reaction.[3] [4] Makeup artist Robert Hall explains that Bell "described Skip enough for us to get a cool feeling about what he could look like, but he wasn't really restrictive." Hall and the rest of Almost Human created the character in less than a week. "It was a series of cool, happy accidents," Hall says. "We went so totally extreme with the design, and David went so deadpan with the dialogue, and Jeff went so out there with the scene, that it all came together, accidentally."[2]
Acting[edit]
Actress Charisma Carpenter says that although the visions aren't usually difficult to portray, the physical manifestation of the visions in this episode were "a little bit more challenging than I had anticipated."[5]
This episode marks David Boreanaz and Charisma Carpenter's 100th appearances as Angel and Cordelia Chase respectively.
This episode is Kal Penn's second appearance in the Buffyverse; he previously appeared in the Buffy episode Beer Bad as Hunt.
Arc significance[edit]
This episode introduces Skip, who plays a significant role in season four.
The man Angel frees is Billy Blim, who reappears in "Billy", later in the season.
Reception[edit]
The Futon Critic named it the 14th best episode of 2001, saying "The evolution of Cordelia has been one of the best things about this show as of late and this episode put out all the stops. Originally a Girl Friday to Angel, it's here we really see how far the character has come in the five years we've known her."[6]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ M., Deborah (2003-12-17), Jeff Bell - Cult Times Magazine Interview (28), Cult Times Magazine Special Edition
2.^ Jump up to: a b O'Hare, Kate (March 27, 2003). "Skip Tracer". Archived from the original on 2003-04-16. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
3.Jump up ^ O'Hare, Kate (October 18, 2001). "Skip the Demon to Return to 'Angel'". Archived from the original on 2004-05-09. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
4.Jump up ^ O'Hare, Kate (November 29, 2002). "Almost Human: From Beneath They Devour". Archived from the original on 2004-05-09. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
5.Jump up ^ Interview with Charisma Carpenter: Visionary acting, BBC
6.Jump up ^ Brian Ford Sullivan (January 4, 2002). "The 50 Best Episodes of 2001 - #20-11". The Futon Critic. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
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That Old Gang of Mine (Angel)
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"That Old Gang of Mine"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 3
Directed by
Fred Keller
Written by
Tim Minear
Production code
3ADH02
Original air date
October 8, 2001
Guest actors

Andy Hallett as Lorne
Jarrod Crawford as Rondell
Khalil Kain as Gio
Matthew James as Merl
Giancarlo Carmona as Gang Kid
Steve Neil as Huge & Horrible
Josh Kayne as Cowering Demon
Sam Ayers as Tough Guy Demon
Heidi Marnhout as Fury #1
An Le as Fury #2
Madison Gray as Fury #3

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"That Old Gang of Mine" is episode 3 of season 3 in the television show Angel, originally broadcast on the WB television network. In this episode, Gunn discovers his former comrades are murdering harmless demons for fun. When he tries to convince them to stop, he learns that – due to his association with Angel – he has lost their trust.


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2 Production details 2.1 Writing
2.2 Continuity
3 References
4 External links

Plot[edit]
At Caritas, Angel apologizes to Merl for his cruel behavior. He goes as far as to suggest that Merl try to hit him, but the "no demon violence" spell on the bar sends Merl flying back. Merl returns home, where he is ambushed and killed.
When Angel learns that Merl has been killed, Angel Investigations meets at Merl's to investigate his murder. Gunn is reluctant to waste time looking into the murder of a demon, and after a heated debate with Angel, Gunn chooses not to help with this case. He returns to his old gang's hideout, where he is met with hostility. A newcomer, Gio, questions why Gunn is working with a vampire, and Gunn learns from Rondell that the rest of the gang feels that Gunn has turned on them.
At the Hyperion Hotel, Angel asks Cordelia to try to bring Fred out of her shell. Angel and Wesley investigate a bookie friend of Merl's only to find the demon murdered similarly to Merl's death. A meek, nonviolent species of demon walks through the sewers alone, but is attacked and killed, one of his killers being Gio. Gunn shows up at the bookie's apartment in response to Wesley's call for assistance. He doesn't like the idea of investigating demon deaths, thinking the murders aren't all that bad. Wesley explains that the murders are committed without any consideration of the differences between good and bad demons. Gunn pockets the arrow from a crossbow bolt used to kill one of the demons then is off to search for information.
Gunn returns to his former gang and questions Rondell only to find that Gio isn't acting alone in the murders; the whole crew is involved. Back at the hotel, the source of their problems is questioned, as is the missing evidence Gunn took. At Angel's encouragement, Cordelia goes outside to talk to Fred, but has a hard time getting a conversation started. She suggests that the both of them get out on the town and live a little. Gunn returns to the hotel and talks with Angel about the progress of their investigation, then announces he needs to talk to Wesley.
Cordelia has taken Fred to Caritas, and Fred sings "Crazy" on stage. Gunn and Wesley are also there and as Fred sings, a demon crossing in front of her is shot dead. Gunn hides the Host behind the bar as those who used to be his friends start randomly killing demons in Caritas. Cordelia hides behind a table while Wesley rushes to the aid of Fred to move her to safety. The gang of shooters starts to leave, but Gio suggests they stay. Gio informs Rondell about all of Gunn's associations with demons, creating hostility between the two.
Everyone else figures out that Rondell and the rest of the crew were responsible for all the other murders as well. Gunn stands in the way of the Host getting shot while debating with Rondell over which of them has the more righteous mission. Trying to protect his friends, Gunn offers the keys to his truck and tells them all to leave. Cordelia tries to guide Fred out the door, but she is the only one allowed freedom and that is only until she returns with Angel. Cordelia finds Angel and he directs her to three Furies who can lift the "no demon fighting" spell on Caritas.
At the bar, Gio amuses himself by singing along with the karaoke machine – mocking Gunn with the lyrics "Did you ever know you were my hero?" from Wind Beneath My Wings – unknowingly allowing the Host to psychically learn personal information about Gio's activities in Miami, referring to a 'she' who Gio somehow let down during his time there (In the original script, the Host elaborates, saying "I know why you left. Why you ran. You couldn't stay there after that, could you?...She wasn't a demon, was she?...She was just a sweet, human girl, practically a child...Right up until the end, she trusted you. Did you know that?" implying Gio killed a girl he mistakenly believed was a demon, and that this is why he fled Miami.). An escaping demon, from a demon race renowned as baby-eaters, distracts Gio and he has his weapon stolen by Gunn. The taunting verbal game starts again as Gio accuses Gunn of protecting a baby killer and wanting to be a demon. While the demon himself baits the humans by describing his child-killing desires, Gio talks over him to discuss Gunn's sister, claiming that Gunn let Alonna be turned because he wanted to become a vampire himself, staking her only when she refused to turn him herself. In the face of this double taunting, Gunn snaps and kills the baby-eating demon with a gunshot, mere moments before Angel arrives.
Gunn is given the opportunity to kill Angel and doesn't, but denies that they are friends; he simply states that Rondell has lost the mission -- he is not protecting people from being victimized but instead simply seeking out victims of his own -- but Angel retains his. Gio makes it clear that no one leaves until Angel is dead and asks for volunteers to do the job. Fred claims that she doesn't want to die, so she offers to do it and takes the crossbow from Gio, only to point it at Gio's neck, almost killing him before Angel dissuades her. Cordelia tries to persuade the Furies to lift the spell, but the three are very much obsessed with the dark vampire. Cordelia needs them to rush and finds that there is a debt to be paid for this favor and only Angel is "equipped" to do it.
Finally, the spell is lifted from the bar and Angel can fight. The gang escape to safety while Angel takes care of the fighting. Gio has his head bitten off by a demon and more are killed before the fight is ended. Outside, after talking to Rondell, Gunn comments that Rondell and the crew will likely stick to their own area from now on. Wesley understands the difficulty of Gunn's situation but firmly tells him if he ever jeopardizes their work again, he'll be fired without hesitation.
Angel exits the club and Gunn tries to explain he was trying to stall when insulting Angel within the club. Angel knows he spoke the truth but he doesn't mind it. Gunn thinks he has proven his trustworthiness by not killing Angel, but Angel clarifies that "You'll prove that I can trust you when the day comes that you have to kill me - and you do."
Production details[edit]
Writing[edit]
This episode was due to be the second episode of the season, but was switched with "That Vision Thing" to become the third episode. Indeed, in this episode, Angel requests that Cordelia encourage Fred to venture into the "outside world," which already happened in the previous episode, creating a minor continuity error.
Writer Tim Minear "pretty much always loathed [this] script", although he feels that if it had been filmed differently, it could have been stronger. "As it happened," he says, "it was my weakest script coupled with the most unfocused direction."[1]
There is a blooper in this episode shown on the Season 3 DVD. When the Furies say "Mmm, Angel...", David Boreanaz pops in and says "I'm here, baby!", resulting in the Furies bursting out laughing.
Continuity[edit]
This is the last time Gunn visits his old gang, including his friend Rondell.
The protective spell put on Caritas by the Transuding Furies, making Caritas a sanctuary, is temporarily lifted. This also marks the Furies' first appearance on Angel.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Tim Minear - "Angel" Tv Series - Stakesandsalvation.com Interview, July 30, 2007, retrieved 2010-07-19[dead link]
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Carpe Noctem (Angel)
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"Carpe Noctem"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 4
Directed by
James A. Contner
Written by
Scott Murphy
Production code
3ADH04
Original air date
October 15, 2001
Guest actors

Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Daniel Dae Kim as Gavin Park
Rance Howard as Marcus Roscoe
Paul Benjamin as Fellow Resident
Misty Louwagie as Christina
Marc Brett as Health Club Phil
Paul Logan as Woody
Lauren Reina as Escort #1
Magdalena Zeilinska as Escort #2
Steven W. Bailey as Ryan

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"Carpe Noctem" is episode 4 of season 3 in the television show Angel.


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2 Writing 2.1 Arc significance
2.2 Cultural references
3 External links

Plot synopsis[edit]
Fred shares her admiration for Angel in front of the rest of the team as she theorizes what he is reading upstairs. Angel comes down from his room with a newspaper and invites everyone to a Charlton Heston double feature to which only Fred is delighted to take up. The next evening, Fred gushes about her date to Wesley and Cordelia. Concerned, Cordelia instructs Angel to have a talk with besotted Fred, which Angel avoids by bringing up a string of deaths in hotels which involved melted bodies and insists he needs to investigate right away.
The team find out that the men killed were all members of the same gym. Angel and Cordelia arrive there and Cordelia promptly interviews the muscled men and questions them - for their phone numbers. Angel notices a retirement home across the street where an old man is seen peering at them with binoculars. He leaves Cordelia and confronts the old man, Marcus, who recites a spell that switches their bodies.
While Marcus enjoys himself in Angel’s vampiric body, Angel tries to leave the retirement home in the frail Marcus’s body to warn the gang of the impostor in their midst. Meanwhile, Lilah continues to clash with her co-worker Gavin over their tactics to take down Angel and his group. She goes to Angel with documents that would foil Gavin's attempt to evacuate the hotel since it wasn't "up to code" to one-up him. Marcus in Angel's body tells her she is a very beautiful woman and they start kissing each other furiously. Fred, who was given the same line by Marcus earlier and instructed her to wear something pretty to go out, sees them and runs away in tears. Marcus vamps out in his passion and bites Lilah who is furious with him for playing games and runs out. Marcus tries to find out what happened and is shocked to find he doesn't have a reflection. He spends the night shredding contents of files related to his murders and goes through books researching vampires, realizing this body will never give out on him and planning to kill Angel in his old one.
Cordelia finds Fred sobbing in the elevator and finds out about "Angel"'s actions. Wesley finds the office littered with the books and correctly theorizes that Angel's body has been taken over. He, Gunn, Cordelia, and Fred rescue Angel from being killed and he is returned to his own form. Marcus angrily tells him he wastes his life instead of taking advantage of what he has. Angel tells him his heart is weak because he doesn't use it. An upset Marcus has an onset of a fifth heart attack as Angel and his team walk out together.
Back at the Hyperion, Angel finally sits down with Fred for the long-overdue talk however she stops him, as Cordelia has already explained to her about Angel's curse as well as his having no romantic feelings for her. As Fred notes that Angel will probably be better off without love in his life, Willow calls the hotel to tell the group that Buffy has been revived, five months after her death.
Writing[edit]
Arc significance[edit]
Angel and his team learn that Buffy is alive again through a phone call by Willow.
Crossover with Buffy: Buffy meets Angel immediately after this episode. Albeit this meeting is the subject of Jane Espenson's Buffy/Angel comic, Reunion, the real events occurred in the meeting are never revealed, as in the comics are only depicted the speculations made by the Scoobies about it.
Cordelia's mentioning of Angel doing the "mystery dance with a cheap blonde" is a reference to Angel's previous relationships with Buffy and Darla, both of whom are blondes.
Fred's feelings towards Angel, that have been building up ever since their first meeting in Pylea, are addressed by Cordelia and Angel, making it clear to Fred that it won't work out.
Cultural references[edit]
Carpe Diem: The episode's title is a modified version of the phrase, meaning "seize the day," of Roman poet Horace. The modified version means "Seize the night" in Latin. Possible reference back to previous episodes of Buffy in season 1 & 2 where Buffy & Willow refer back to 'seize the day' or 'Carpe Diem'.
The films that Angel takes Fred to see are The Omega Man and Soylent Green, both science fiction films released in the early 1970s starring Charlton Heston.
Fred says to Angel, "It's like something out of Fitzgerald. The man who can have everything but love." This is a reference to The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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"Fredless (Angel)"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 5
Directed by
Marita Grabiak
Written by
Mere Smith
Production code
3ADH05
Original air date
October 22, 2001
Guest actors

Andy Hallett as Lorne
Gary Grubbs as Roger Burkle
Jennifer Griffin as Trish Burkle

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"Fredless" is episode 5 of season 3 in the television show Angel. Written by Mere Smith and directed by Marita Grabiak, it was originally broadcast on October 22, 2001 on the WB network. Fred’s parents, Roger and Trish Burkle, arrive in town from Texas to take her home with them, prompting Fred to run away. Angel learns that Fred’s problems with her mother and father are purely emotional while Mr. and Mrs. Burkle prove themselves to be formidable fighters against demons. Meanwhile, the gang is unknowingly in danger after Angel beheads a vicious demon whose head is the breeding ground for a strain of insect demons, causing a swarm of giant cockroaches to lay siege to the hotel in order to retrieve their offspring.


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2 Production 2.1 Arc significance
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

Plot[edit]
Fred asks about Angel's relationship with Buffy, curious because he left so abruptly to meet her at the end of the previous episode. Cordelia and Wesley put on an overly-dramatic, humorous play that summarizes what Angel and Buffy's off-screen reunion might have been like. When Angel returns, he invites Fred out to ice cream, but ends up tracking a Durslar demon into the sewers. Fred notices some crystal formations on the sewer wall before Angel sends her back to the Hyperion Hotel for safety.
The gang reorganize the weapons cabinet, bored and anxious for a job. Cordelia discovers an object that could be a weapon or a toaster that Fred was making. A couple, Roger and Trish Burkle, enter the hotel searching for assistance in finding their lost daughter, Fred, whom another private detective traced to Angel Investigations. The Burkles are oblivious to the supernatural so Cordelia, Wesley, and Gunn lie about Fred's disappearance and their work. When Fred returns and sees the couple in the lobby, she dashes upstairs unseen. She tries to erase the writing she scribbled over her bedroom walls, then leaves the hotel.
Angel returns with the severed head of the Durslar demon and is introduced to the Burkles as their associate who also works in movies, hence the "fake" demon head. They all head upstairs, but find her room empty. While the Burkles wait out in the lobby, Angel and crew converse about the possible reasons for Fred to run away from her parents and whether the Burkles are being completely honest. They join the Burkles again and everyone splits up to find her.
After roaming the streets alone, Fred ends up at Caritas and tries to get help from Lorne, who is bitter about the recent fight that destroyed much of his bar. She sings without provocation and exposes her obvious fear and panic to him. He knows what she's running from and she doesn't realize she's strong enough to face it.
Eventually, the rest of the gang end up at Caritas, but Lorne refuses to play along with attempts to keep the Burkles oblivious to demonic activity and expresses his distaste for being used all the time. Finally, Lorne reveals that Fred is at the bus station. When her family and friends show up, Fred doesn't want to admit that her parents are real because it means her awful experience in Pylea was real, but finally breaks down. Just then, a giant bug demon that followed Angel from the sewers attacks the group. Weaponless, Angel tries to handle the demon alone; all attempts to hide the truth from the Burkles are forgotten as the group rushes to Gunn's truck for fighting tools. Angel continues the fight with the bug demon until Trish Burkle kills it by driving a bus into it.
Back at the hotel, Fred notices the crystals she saw in the sewers on the Durslar's head. Fred wonders about her place in the gang while her parents are just grateful to have their daughter back. They reveal how they were prepared to call the police, thinking Angel and friends kidnapped their daughter. She decides that she wants to go home with her parents because she doesn't really belong with the rest of the group. As Fred packs, she tells Angel she wrote her life story on her bedroom wall.
After Fred leaves with her parents, many bug demons begin to show up at the hotel. Fred, who has realized in the cab that the cockroach demons would return, rushes back to deploy her toaster weapon, sending an ax flying at the severed demon head. The head splits open, releasing little bugs that the other demons collect before departing. Fred explains how she realized the little crystals were dried ichor from the bug demon, indicating a connection between it and the severed head. Fred decides she does have a place at Angel Investigations after all, and invites everyone up to her room, where they help her paint the walls. Fred paints over a picture she drew of her and Angel on the horse from Pylea.
Production[edit]
Fred's mother mentions her husband fell asleep while watching the movie Alien Resurrection, which was written by series creator Joss Whedon.[1]
Arc significance[edit]
This episode marks Fred's cementation into the main group. Up until this point, it was uncertain if Fred's run on the show would mimic Doyle's, in which Joss Whedon had Glenn Quinn in the title credits only for 10 episodes until he let Doyle's character go.
Angel and Buffy's meeting, which is never shown on screen, is the subject of a comic by Buffy writer Jane Espenson called Reunion.[1]
Reception[edit]
UGO Networks called this episode the season's low point, because it "mines the 'dreaded parental visit' plotline."[2]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Angel Season Three Episode Guide: Fredless, BBC, retrieved 2007-12-30
2.Jump up ^ Sullivan, Michael Patrick, Angel Season Three DVD Review
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Billy (Angel)
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"Billy"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 6
Directed by
David Grossman
Written by
Tim Minear
Jeffrey Bell
Production code
3ADH06
Original air date
October 29, 2001
Guest actors

Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Daniel Dae Kim as Gavin Park
Justin Shilton as Billy Blim
Richard Livingston as Congressman
Jennifer Brooke as Clerk
Cheri Rae Russell as Female Officer
Gwen McGee as Detective
Kristoffer Polaha as Dylan
Rey Gallegos as Sanchez
Charlie Parker as Guy
Joy Lang as Amber
Timothy McNeil as Cab Driver

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"Billy" is episode 6 of season 3 in the television show Angel. Written by Tim Minear and Jeffrey Bell and directed by David Grossman, it was originally broadcast on October 29, 2001 on the WB television network. In this episode, Angel investigates a wave of violence against women throughout Los Angeles, caused by Billy's ability to infect men with murderous misogyny. Cordelia seeks the aid of Lilah, who is a victim of Billy’s power, while Fred finds herself in danger from an infected Wesley.


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Plot[edit]
Angel teaches Cordelia how to sword fight so that she can defend herself if Angel isn't there to protect her. Due to her cheerleading experience, she is a fast study. Lilah finds Billy (the man Angel was forced to rescue from a fiery hell dimension by the lawyers of Wolfram & Hart in "That Vision Thing") in her office talking with Gavin Park. The influential Congressman Blim, Billy's uncle, arrives to take the young man home. After Billy and the congressman leave, Lilah tells Gavin to stay away from her clients. Gavin isn't interested in her suggestions and suddenly attacks her, smashing her head into a glass case and strangling her.
Cordy and Wesley discuss Cordelia's training with Angel, and Wesley suggests he train Fred, leading Cordelia to his romantic feelings for Fred. She suggests that he ask her out, but their conversation is cut short by a vision of a woman being beaten by her husband in a convenience store. Strangely, the event occurred a week ago and the woman is now dead. Wesley learns that the husband's explanation for killing his wife was simply that "she wouldn't stop talking" and gets surveillance photos from the crime, in which they spot Billy. After learning that Angel freed Billy to save her, Cordelia feels responsible for the woman's death, but Angel assures her the blame belongs to Lilah. He visits Lilah at her apartment and is shocked to find her badly beaten. She says Billy is untouchable due to his political connections. Wesley, Gunn, and Angel track down Billy; however, the police arrive first to take Billy into custody for phoning in a tip on the location of a murder victim. Before he's taken away, Billy touches one of the officers on the arm. Later in the squad car, Sanchez's female partner doesn't take the route he tells her to, causing him to get angry and hit her repeatedly. Fred relays information from a police scanner, saying that Billy got away before arriving at the station. It is later discovered that after being hit by her partner, the female cop shot him and is now resting in the hospital. At the scene of the crime, Angel realizes that some of the blood is Billy's, and Wesley takes a sample of his blood to examine at the hotel.
Cordelia goes to Lilah's to demand information, and Lilah explains that Billy's touch turns men into vicious misogynists, though the effect varies from male to male. Wesley returns to the hotel and Fred helps him examine Billy's blood cells through the microscope and observes that his power is in his blood, saliva, and sweat. Wesley begins to act hostile towards Fred, and when she runs from the office, he catches her and tosses her face-first into the stairs. He stalks her through the hotel with an axe in his hand. As she runs, she is caught by Gunn and taken into one of the bedrooms.
Following reports of misogynistic violence, Angel tracks Billy's last location to a party at his cousin's house, where he discovers that Billy's entire family is aware of his situation and want him gone. Cordelia finds Billy waiting for a private plane at the airport. He's not interested in talking with her, and she isn't either, debilitating him with a stun gun to his groin. Angel arrives to help Cordelia, and Billy touches Angel's face.
In the bedroom, Gunn realizes that he too has been infected after touching the bloody paper down in the lobby. He tries to leave, but Wesley is blocking the door, so Gunn has Fred knock him unconscious. Wesley breaks into the room, insulting Fred as he advances toward her. She pulls a rope which sends a fire extinguisher flying down to hit Wesley in the face and send him falling through a hole in the floor. Meanwhile, at the airport, Angel turns on Billy and hits him, explaining that Billy's power doesn't affect him. As Angel and Billy fight, Lilah shoots Billy dead before Cordelia can get a clear shot with her crossbow.
Days later, Cordelia and Angel continue with their training, as Angel reveals that the reason he wasn't affected by Billy's touch was that he left behind the capacity to hate long ago. Meanwhile, Wesley, who has kept to himself since the incident, receives a visit from Fred. She doesn't blame him for what happened, but he blames himself. Concerned that violence is a part of him, he doesn't know who he is or how to return to life as it was before. Fred says he's needed at the office and insists that she knows he had no control over what happened. Fred leaves when Wesley agrees to return to the office. As the door closes, she can hear him crying on the other side.
Production[edit]
Continuity[edit]
This episode is the aftermath of the earlier episode, "That Vision Thing." Billy is the man that Angel freed from Skip's cell.
The remarks that Wesley makes to Fred closely mimic that of the cop talking to Kate under the influence of the talking stick in "Sense & Sensitivity"
Arc significance[edit]
This episode is the first in which it is brought to viewers' attention that Wesley has feelings for Fred.
Angel claims he no longer has the capacity to hate. Events later in the season, specifically his violent reactions to the abduction of his soon-to-be born Connor, arguably prove him wrong.[original research?]
Reception[edit]
Stephanie Romanov says the ending to this episode was one of her "favorite Lilah moments. It was the only time Lilah was a hero."[1] However, DVD Verdict called this episode a The Shining homage with an "unsubtle metaphor" that "misogyny is BAD."[2]
The Futon Critic named it the 36th best episode of 2001, saying "No show pushes as many buttons at the same time as this one."[3]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Stafford, Nikki (2004), Once Bitten: An Unofficial Guide to the World of Angel, ECW Press, pp. 207–210, ISBN 1-55022-654-1
2.Jump up ^ Cullum, Brett (October 20, 2004), DVD Verdict Review - Angel: The Complete Third Season, retrieved 2007-12-30
3.Jump up ^ Brian Ford Sullivan (January 2, 2002). "The 50 Best Episodes of 2001 - #40-31". The Futon Critic. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
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"Offspring"
Angel episode
ANGEL3ADH07.jpg
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 7
Directed by
Turi Meyer
Written by
David Greenwalt
Production code
3ADH07
Original air date
November 5, 2001
Guest actors

Julie Benz as Darla
Andy Hallett as Lorne
Jack Conley as Sahjhan
Steve Tom as Stephen Mills
Keith Szarabajka as Daniel Holtz
Heidi Marnhout as Fury #1
An Le as Fury #2
Madison Gray as Fury #3
Robert Peters as Arney
Sergio Premoli as Monseigneur
Van Epperson as Bus Driver
Peyton Miller as Johnny
Christian Miller as Johnny
Kathleen McMartin as Mom
Theresa Arrison as Johnny's Mom

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"Offspring" is episode 7 of season 3 in the television show Angel. Written by David Greenwalt and directed by Turi Meyer, it was original broadcast on November 5, 2001 on the WB television network. While Angel and the crew research a prophecy predicting the imminent arrival of a being who may have a profound impact on the world, Darla, pregnant and angry, arrives at the hotel looking for Angel. Baffled by Darla’s condition, Angel turns to Lorne for some insight on this situation while Darla gets a sympathetic ear from Cordelia, who forgets in her compassion that Darla is still very evil.


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In a flashback to Rome, 1771, Angelus flees through the sewers from a group of priests, but is eventually cornered and then Daniel Holtz arrives. He appreciates the priest's assistance in capturing and chaining Angelus, then begins to torture the vampire for his murderous crimes against Holtz's family. Holtz continues his torture as he carries on a conversation with Angelus about his family, Darla and their attempts to hide. Darla eventually arrives with more vampires who kill the priests, rescue Angelus and leave Holtz hurt, but alive, as they ride away hidden by a blanket on a cart.
Darla gets off of a bus, leaving behind mostly dead passengers.
Cordelia and Angel continue with their training and Cordelia has now begun to work on fighting without weapons. He says she can't hurt him, but Cordelia hits him in the face and clearly causes a little bit of pain. They talk about Wesley and Gunn, who are investigating a Nyazian scroll that could forecast the end of the world.
Meanwhile,Wesley and Gunn enter a guarded building and find a room with countless artifacts and expensive items. An armed man catches them and threatens to call the police, but Wesley and Gunn threaten the artifacts and the man lets them get what they came for.
Fred walks in on Cordelia and Angel's training session just as Cordelia ends the session. After Cordelia leaves, Fred mentions that she thinks there is some kind of physical attraction between Angel and Cordelia, which Angel quickly refutes. Just then, Wesley pulls Fred away from Angel to work on deciphering the scrolls. Fred's math skills are useful but she has some difficulty figuring out the proper date for the world's end. Wesley explains the text and the bringing of a "Tro-klon" being that will end mankind, and with Cordelia's help retells the results of their last scroll investigation for Fred's purpose.
Angel, thinking about his earlier conversation with Fred, watches Cordelia as she works. When she asks him about his strange behavior, he starts awkwardly mentioning their history together. She gets freaked out at first, but then starts a chain of professing love between all of the gang, thinking Angel fears the world ending and wants to express his love to her and all of his friends. Angel uses her misinterpretation as an out of the awkward situation and the subject is dropped. Darla arrives at the hotel and shocks the whole gang with her very pregnant state.
Darla thinks Angel caused this, but he's just as shocked as she is by the possibility of vampires creating some sort of life. He's even more shocked when Darla hits him. Darla wants to find out what's inside of her and how to get rid of it. In need of answers, the gang find Lorne in the process of rebuilding the club and the Furies casting a new spell to prevent all violence in the club. After a brief, but unnecessary line of song from Darla, Lorne reveals that he's just as stumped as the rest of them about the creature inside of her.
Darla starts to cry out in pain and is escorted back to Lorne's room where Cordelia, keeps her company. Angel still denies the possibility of Darla's pregnancy and questions the baby's connection to the prophecy. He doesn't know whether his purpose was supposed to bring forth the evil or destroy it. Cordelia talks to Darla about being pregnant. Cordelia brings up Darla's ability to drink blood, which leads to the vampire attacking Cordelia as she reveals her hunger is constant and uncontrollable.
Cordelia fights back with a few hits, but Darla is stronger and bites her. A powerful vision hits Cordelia which allows her to push Darla away from her neck long enough for Angel to show up and intervene. Darla biting Cordelia has motivated him enough to kill his sire, but she's already gone. Cordy is taken to a safe place to rest where she blames herself for trusting Darla and tells Angel about her vision. She reveals how hungry Darla is and that she might be at an arcade with lots of children to feed from.
Angel leaves her to get weapons and find Darla. Wesley is worried about Darla's new and improved strength that's a result of her unborn child, but Angel feels responsible and refuses help, and Fred understands that Angel do not wish to kill his offspring yet he feels that he has no choice, due to in fear that it is going to be as evil as he was. Cordelia gets another vision about Darla's baby and goes to talk to Wesley and the rest of the gang about it. Angel stops Darla from killing a young boy and tries to stake her, but she stops him and taunts him. The two fight viciously and Angel ends up in a position to stake her, but he realizes the baby inside of Darla has both a heartbeat and a soul, which is what's driving her so crazy and making her so hungry for the pure blood of children. Darla denies the truth and Angel does everything he can to comfort her while at the same time having hope for his child.
Back at the hotel, Darla has returned with Angel and rests in one of the bedrooms. She rejects the animal blood Angel offers her and tells Angel to leave her alone. Downstairs, research on the prophecy continues as Angel instructs the women to stay away from Darla unless he or Gunn are with them. Angel and Cordy discuss the baby and Angel's feelings towards it as Fred finally deciphers the text of the prophecy. She reveals that this being is arriving right then while unbeknownst to the gang, a demon is performing a ritual underground in front of a large stone. The ritual complete, the stone crumbles away, revealing a newly revived Holtz, eager to find Angelus.
Production[edit]
In an essay examining cinematic effects on Angel, Tammy Kinsey points out how this episode uses "several excellent examples of cinematic experimentation", such as when Darla attacks Cordelia while she is having a vision. Although the scene only lasts about twenty seconds, Kinsey argues that the use of slow motion and repetition "makes it seem to go on much longer." The flashes of light and movement "press the viewer into a space of anxiety and terror", Kinsey writes, "reminiscent of the paintings of Francis Bacon". Another avant-garde technique is used when Cordelia later has a vision about Darla's baby; a lab process called bleach bypass, which leaves silver deposits on the film stock, intensifies the blacks while desaturating the colors. This gives the scene "a creepy uncertainty", Kinsey says. "We do not know whether this is visionary or a daydream, and the shift in formal design elements here enhances the surreal feeling."[1]
Continuity[edit]
Lorne acts surprised as he finds out that Angel slept with Darla, even though Angel went to see him afterwards and said, "Okay keep your pants on (Angel walks into Lorne's view). Well I think we're too late for that." This does not necessarily indicate that Lorne knew whom Angel had slept with, merely that he had recently had sex.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer reference[edit]
Gunn admiring a cyclops' head and remarking that its eyes seem to follow him everywhere is a possible reference to Oz admiring the cheerleading trophy that contains Amy Madison's mother in the episode "Phases".
Arc significance[edit]
Holtz is awakened in the present.
Sahjhan appears for the first time.
Darla returns to Angel Investigations to bring Angel the news that he is going to be a father.
Angel Investigations not only learn about Darla's pregnancy but also finally discover Angel and Darla slept together recently.
Lorne starts rebuilding Caritas and the Furies once again turn it into a sanctuary.
Fred points out for the first time the mutual attraction between Angel and Cordelia. This attraction will continue to develop throughout the series till Cordelia's departure.
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
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"Quickening"
Angel episode
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Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 8
Directed by
Skip Schoolnik
Written by
Jeffrey Bell
Production code
3ADH08
Original air date
November 12, 2001
Guest actors

Julie Benz as Darla
John Rubinstein as Linwood Murrow
Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Daniel Dae Kim as Gavin Park
Jack Conley as Sahjhan
Keith Szarabajka as Daniel Holtz
José Yenque as Vampire Leader
Matt Casper as Cyril
Bronwen Bonner-Davies as Caroline Holtz
Michael Robert Brandon as Psychic
William Ostrander as Commander
Kasha Kropinski as Sarah Holtz
John Durbin as Dr. Fetvanovich
Angelo Surmelis as Tech Guy

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"Quickening" is episode 8 of season 3 in the television show Angel.


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1 Plot synopsis
2 Production details 2.1 Continuity
3 External links

Plot synopsis[edit]
In York, England, 1764, Holtz pursues Angelus and Darla, following a trail they left for him. Meanwhile, Angelus and Darla make their way into the Holtzs' house and kill his wife and two children. Holtz arrives at his house, but the vampires are gone and his family is dead. In the present, Angel visits Darla as she sleeps in his room. Holtz learns about the present day through numerous television screens which play out different historical events that Holtz has missed during his sleep. Sahjhan is the demon that brought Holtz back and has been keeping an eye on Angelus for the hunter for 227 years, ever since Holtz was first preserved.
Angel and Darla reminisce about the night that got them into the whole parent mess in the first place. The rest of the gang interrupt with new information about the scrolls and prophecies. They have discovered that instead of the "tro-klon" being a person's arrival, it is instead interpreted as different events. The gang begin to discuss possible ways to destroy the baby, whether it be evil or not, but Angel wants his child protected and refuses to let anyone hurt it, before or after it is born. Cordelia is reluctant to protect Darla or the baby but is more willing after she gets her delayed revenge by punching Darla in the face. Almost immediately after though, Darla begins to feel the pain of contractions.
Lilah signs a document in blood and offers it to a mailroom employee. The employee, Cyril, offers her a disk in exchange which contains pictures of Angel and Lilah making out in his office from when he was possessed. Cyril says that he is on her side willing to work against Gavin Park, who had bugs planted at the hotel by supposed exterminators. Lilah confronts Gavin about it and finds that Cyril was just playing her. Gavin has video cameras and audio transcripts from the daily activities at the hotel and just wanted to brag to Lilah about his accomplishments. Together, they look at some of the video and are both shocked to see a very pregnant Darla on the screen. Since it's impossible for a vampire to get pregnant, Lilah is quickly on the phone.
Darla's contractions are still far apart, but the pain is the kind she doesn't like and she wants the baby out. The gang discusses doctor options and agree that need access to medical equipment that will allow them to see what is actually inside of the vampire. Lilah and Gavin talk with Linwood, whom Lilah has called to notify about Darla's development. They discuss how no one at Wolfram and Hart saw it coming and that the Senior Partners need to be kept in the dark. Meanwhile, a spying Cyril makes a call to a Master Tarfall and informs him that the predictions were correct and the word must be spread to the others.
Nine years after losing his family, Holtz thinks back, but his thoughts are interrupted by the demon, Sahjhan. The first encounter between the two has Sahjhan knowing Holtz's future and predicting just when the hunter will face and destroy Angelus and Darla. Holtz is reluctant to believe the demon or accept his aid at first, but soon agrees to be brought two-hundred plus years into the future for his one opportunity to finally destroy the vampires who took away his family.
Darla is brought to a hospital where the gang uses an empty examining room to ultrasound Darla's stomach. Her contractions have stopped, perhaps temporarily, but she is no less eager to rid her body of the baby inside. Holtz is tired of waiting to take out Angel and Darla, but Sahjhan insists on his patience if Holtz is to succeed. Switching to a human appearance, Sahjhan leads the way out of the underground space as they are about to make a move with the aid of some others.
At Wolfram and Hart, the psychics are questioned by Linwood and then killed because of their inability to predict Darla's pregnancy. The lawyers know that the baby of two vampires is the desired possession of many groups. Linwood informs Lilah that she will receive the blame in the case that the Senior Partners discover their mistake. Despite some confusion, the gang is able to identify Darla's baby as a human boy, which pleases Angel, though Darla is preoccupied with her pain. A large group of vampires begin to line the room and fill the observation area above, but they are there to protect the baby, not hurt it. However, Cordelia, Wesley, Gunn and Fred are classified as food for Darla and her child and orders are given to kill them.
Sahjhan brings Holtz to a gym where their "minions" await for Holtz's instruction. The lawyers at Wolfram and Hart plan their attack on the hotel to acquire the baby from Darla. Gavin works with a military leader on getting into the hotel and Lilah arranges for a special doctor who will do the actual delivery. When her own life is threatened Darla is forced to help in the fight that is about to erupt at the hospital between the vampires and the gang. Fred holds a knife to Darla's stomach which holds the vampires off temporarily, but Fred unintentionally informs the other vampires that the knife can't hurt the baby and the fight starts.
The gang is able to escape unharmed despite the vampires and military men throughout the hospital. Darla tries to hide her true feelings, but Angel senses her human-like feelings towards her unborn child. The gang make plans for a quick stop at the hotel for the scrolls but intend to get out of town. Holtz attacks the military men guarding the hotel and proceeds inside where the doctor and others are waiting for Angel and Darla to return. Holtz disposes of the men and doctor, much to the surprise of Wolfram and Hart's lawyers who watch and listen to the battle with the surveillance equipment.
Angel leaves Darla and his friends parked in an empty alley while he goes for the scrolls. He directs them to leave without him if he doesn't return in five minutes. He finds the hotel a mess and his old enemy, Holtz, waiting for him. Darla screams as her water has broken and she's gone into active labor, but Angel still hasn't returned.
Production details[edit]
In the scene where Wolfram and Hart's surveillance tapes from the hotel are being transcribed, the dialogue being typed up by the man monitoring the cameras is from the previous episode, but it doesn't match up exactly. For example, after being hit by Cordelia in the previous episode, Angel tells her, "You can't hurt me - I'm a vampire," but in the transcription on-screen his line is recorded as, "No, no, that's good."
Continuity[edit]
Wolfram & Hart learn of Darla's return and pregnancy through the videocameras Gavin Park had installed a few episodes earlier (which is only revealed in this episode).
Linwood Murrow makes his first appearance on the show.
Sahjhan brings Holtz up to date about the two hundred years he missed and also shows he can take human form.
Lilah can be seen talking to the two mind-readers who helped Holland to discover Lee Mercer's betrayal in the first season.
We witness the murder of Holtz's wife and children, which although talked about in earlier episodes had not been shown so far.
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"Lullaby"
Angel episode
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Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 9
Directed by
Tim Minear
Written by
Tim Minear
Production code
3ADH09
Original air date
November 19, 2001
Guest actors

Julie Benz as Darla
John Rubinstein as Linwood Murrow
Andy Hallett as Lorne
Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Daniel Dae Kim as Gavin Park
Jack Conley as Sahjhan
Keith Szarabajka as Daniel Holtz
Jim Ortlieb as Wolfram & Hart Translator
Robert Peters as Arney
Bronwen Bonner-Davies as Caroline Holtz
Kasha Kropinski as Sarah Holtz

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 "Lullaby" is episode 9 of season 3 in the television show Angel. Written and directed by Tim Minear, it was originally broadcast on November 19, 2001 on the WB network. Vampire hunter Holtz’s rekindled crusade to kill Angel and Darla complicates the impending birth of the couple’s baby, while the rest of the group seeks sanctuary at Caritas. Meanwhile, Lilah Morgan employs a scroll translator to help out with an ominous prophecy concerning the birth of Angel's son.


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1 Plot
2 Production 2.1 Arc significance
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

Plot[edit]
At the Hyperion Hotel, Angel is shocked that Holtz is really in front of him, concluding Holtz was the darkness prophesied. Several of Holtz's minions take Angel captive, binding him by metal contraptions so that Holtz can torture him with holy water while discussing their long history together. Holtz sends some of his minions to find Darla, who is screaming her way through her pre-labor while the gang worries about Angel and try to think of a plan to deliver the baby without the scrolls.
In a flashback to 1764, after Angelus kills Holtz's family, Holtz mourns over his wife's body and hears the voice of his daughter as she approaches with her doll. He discovers from the bite mark on her neck that she was made into a vampire. She still seems to be an afraid little girl and Holtz offers comforts and a lullaby to her, even though he knows his daughter is now dead. He pulls her outside and throws her into the sunlight, where she shows her vampire face before she is destroyed.
In the present, Holtz reminisces about his pursuit of Angelus and Darla through the years. Angel wants to know how Holtz is alive two hundred years later, and tries to persuade Holtz that he now has a soul, but Holtz is uninterested. Lilah arrives at the hotel with intentions to do business with Holtz, but she's willing to wait until Angel has been sufficiently tortured. She informs Holtz of Angel's soul, which Holtz finds intriguing and confusing. Angel locates a hand grenade left by the military men and removes the pin. The resulting explosion sends Angel flying through the elevator doors and giving him an escape. Holtz informs Lilah of his claim on Angel's unlife, and Lilah mentions Darla, unlike Angel, is still evil. After Holtz leaves, Lilah discovers a burnt piece of the scroll, which she takes. Meanwhile, Holtz's minions have arrived to threaten Darla and the others, until Darla runs over the demons with Angel's car then takes off.
Angel leaves to find Darla while Lilah provides the piece of scroll and Wesley's notes to a translator at the law firm. After studying it, the translator informs Lilah that the prophecy does not predict birth, it predicts death at the time of the rain storm. Holtz discusses with Sahjhan how Angel's curse was wrongfully left out of the information Holtz was provided with. Sahjhan saw no importance in it, but Holtz explains that the game is different now as is the prey.
Angel finds Darla on a rooftop; she ponders the world and the reasons for bringing a child into it. Without a doubt, Darla loves her unborn child, but only feels that love because of the soul within her child. She knows there's nothing she has to give to the child and fears what will happen when it has left her. Meanwhile, Lorne is testing the mystical "no violence" security system at the rebuilt demon bar Caritas by having Fred slap Gunn, proving that it still needs work. Wesley calls Angel to tell him that Caritas is a suitable location for Darla to deliver. As a storm brews, the expecting vampire parents arrive at the club. As Darla is taken back to Lorne's bedroom, Fred notices blood on the seat the female vampire vacates.
A fired construction worker from Caritas reports to Holtz, recounting what he overheard at the bar. While Darla rests, Wesley tells Angel of the danger the baby is in and that Darla's dead body isn't meant to deliver the child; a Caesarean section is impossible due to the forces protecting Darla. Angel doesn't want anything to happen to Darla or the child and doesn't want to accept that the child could be evil. Gunn offers some brutal honesty, which upsets Angel even more, but when Cordy tries to slap him for it, the violence barrier finally works.
Angel tries to encourage Darla to keep fighting despite the weakening life force within her. Holtz arrives at the bar and starts to sing as he leaves which alerts Lorne to the future danger and he encourages everyone to get out, fast. A barrel of explosives and a grenade roll down the stairs entering the club and send the place up in flames. With the spell having no effect on explosives that didn't start inside of the club, the gang run downstairs and escapes through a passage hidden in Lorne's bedroom.
Darla is finally told about Holtz's renewed presence and recalls all she and Angelus did to hurt the man. She suspects that Holtz was probably brought back for revenge, and both Darla and Angel, as parents whose child is dying, realizing the irony. Outside, Darla collapses in the alleyway. Admitting that creating life with Angel was the only good thing they ever did together, Darla makes sure Angel will relay that to their child before she stakes herself through the heart, sacrificing her life for the baby. Darla turns to dust, but the baby remains and Angel picks it up, wrapping it in his coat. This fulfills the piece of the prophecy about death, as centuries ago a non-vaginal birth would not technically count as being born from a womb. Immediately after his son is brought into the world, Holtz is there with a crossbow pointed at Angel and others surround the vampire and Fred. Instead of killing them, Holtz lets them go, and Sahjhan is appalled until Holtz states that he intends to keep his promise of showing no mercy towards Angel.
Production[edit]
David Boreanaz became a father in real life several months after the filming of this episode. "My son is not going to be in that environment," he says. "He won't have broadswords hanging in the cabinet."[1]
Arc significance[edit]
Darla sacrifices herself so that her son, Connor, may be born. Connor will remain at the center of the storyline involving Sahjhan and Holtz this season.
This is the last episode that Caritas is seen. Lorne moves into the Hotel after it is destroyed a third time. The first was by Angel's car in the season 2 finale There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb, the second was by Gio and his gang in "That Old Gang of Mine," and now by Holtz.
Reception[edit]
Actress Julie Benz was delighted with how Darla's life ended. She says. "I really think it was one of the most beautiful gifts I’ve ever received as an actor. The last three episodes of her life are so wonderful. They were such a gift to play. It was really amazing." Benz felt this episode gave closure to the relationship between Darla and Angel.[2]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Angel Season Three Episode Guide: Lulluby, BBC, retrieved 2007-12-30
2.Jump up ^ Simpson, Paul, Darla Departed (4), Angel Magazine
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"Dad"
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Baby Connor

Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 10
Directed by
Fred Keller
Written by
David H. Goodman
Production code
3ADH10
Original air date
December 10, 2001
Guest actors

John Rubinstein as Linwood Murrow
Andy Hallett as Lorne
Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Daniel Dae Kim as Gavin Park
Jack Conley as Sahjhan
Laurel Holloman as Justine Cooper
Keith Szarabajka as Daniel Holtz
Kira Tirimacco as Doctor
Stephanie Courtney as Gwen

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"Dad" is episode 10 of season 3 in the television show Angel. After Darla sacrifices herself to save her baby, Angel takes the newborn back to the hotel where he tries to figure out how to be a good father. But Angel and the gang’s problems multiply when they are trapped at the hotel by several groups of enemies, including vampire cults, demon cults and satanic humans, bent on kidnapping his infant son. After brushing off Sahjhan, Holtz goes about Los Angeles recruiting new help for his quest to kill Angel by hiring humans whose families were also victims of vampires, starting with one bitter, working-class woman, named Justine Cooper, as his right hand person and recruiter.


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2 Production 2.1 Continuity
3 References
4 External links

Plot[edit]
The gang returns with the baby to find the hotel a mess. Lorne announces he'll be moving in on account of Caritas being destroyed...again. Although everyone wants to hold the baby, Angel holds his son protectively and keeps everyone at bay. Angel struggles with the father role when he cleans a cut on his son's face while the rest of the gang plan to keep the baby safe from the inevitable attackers looking to steal and kill him. A demon barges into the hotel but is quickly killed by Gunn and Wesley. Angel realizes his son is crying because he needs to be changed and attempts to change the diaper on Wesley's desk. Back at the underground lair, Sahjhan complains about Holtz's refusal to kill Angel, but Holtz is content with his behavior. They discuss Darla's pregnancy and suicide, and Holtz goes on about his plans despite Sahjhan's insistence that Angel just be staked quickly to stick with the prophecies. Sahjhan's temper rises as he discovers that Holtz poisoned all of the minions. They then use a computer to search for new minions by means of obituaries.
While the Furies set up a mystical barrier around the Hyperion Hotel, Angel continues to care for his fussy child and Cordelia and Fred investigate the demon websites offering bounties for the baby. Cordelia informs Angel that the newborn needs to see a doctor, and that he can't do everything for his child - for example, be outside in the sun - and needs to accept their help.
While watching the hotel via their spy cameras, the lawyers at Wolfram & Hart ponder how Angel's baby could have been born despite the prophecy's translation stating it would not happen (Lilah explains that because Darla staked herself, leaving the baby, that the child was "from his mother's womb untimely ripped"). Meanwhile, Angel can't get his son to stop crying until he changes to his vampire visage, which fascinates the baby enough to stop him from crying. In attempts to discover Holtz's identity, Lilah has "Files and Records," a W&H employee with near-infinite total recall, retrieve information about how Angelus and Darla killed Holtz's entire family back in the 18th century. Holtz tracks a young woman named Justine, whose twin sister was killed by a vampire six months before. She had been killing vampires on her own since then, and Holtz offers to be her mentor.
Gunn returns with weapons and news of the crowd forming outside waiting to break the barrier and claim the child. The Lilliad demons outside chant and break down the barrier around the hotel while inside, the gang prepares to defend themselves and retreat if necessary. Angel decides to leave with the baby, as Wolfram & Hart watch on television screens. They send their teams out to get the baby from him. The gang ready themselves for the attack as the barrier is broken down and demons are free to enter. Angel escapes through the sewers and drives away in his car. While the gang disposes of the demons and vampires who enter the hotel with a flame-thrower, Angel drives to an abandoned mine shaft. His pursuers demand the child, and surprisingly Angel throws it to them as he escapes to the surface. The demons unwrap the child to find that it's actually a teddy bear with a ticking time bomb strapped to it - the bomb destroys them and the mine shaft, as Cordelia, Wesley and Fred take the baby to the hospital for care.
At Wolfram & Hart, Linwood examines footage from the hotel and discovers a moment when Lorne slipped Angel a note into his coat and in the conversation, identifies a location where Angel could read the note without being seen by the cameras. Earlier, Lorne heard a humming noise and concluded that the gang was being spied upon. The vampire alarm goes off, and Angel barges in and attacks Linwood with a knife, giving him a cut equal to the one on his child's cheek. Angel promises that any harm that comes to his son will be equally repaid to Linwood. As appointed "godfather," Linwood is given the job of keeping everyone and everything away from the vampire's child unless he looks forward to revenge at Angel's hands. At the hospital, the doctors report that the baby is healthy, and Angel shows up in time to announce the name of his son, Connor. Gunn arrives with a stroller, and the gang head home where they hope to be safe for a while.
Production[edit]
Angel's son Connor - a traditional Irish name meaning 'counsellor' - is played by a set of triplets, Connor, Jake and Trenton Tupen, so that no individual baby would have to be on set for too long.[1]
Continuity[edit]
One of the names on the list of potential threats is The Scourge, the group of demons that appeared in "Hero".
Justine makes her first appearance on the show and joins forces with Holtz and Sahjhan.
Connor is named at the end of this episode.
The Angel Investigations team discovers they are being watched by surveillance equipment.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Angel Season Three Episode Guide: Dad, BBC, retrieved 2007-12-30
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"Birthday"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 11
Directed by
Michael Grossman
Written by
Mere Smith
Production code
3ADH11
Original air date
January 14, 2002
Guest actors

Andy Hallett as Lorne
David Denman as Skip
Patrick Breen as Nevin
Max Baker as Hotel Clerk
Heather Weeks as Tammy
Aimee Garcia as Cynthia

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"Birthday" is episode 11 of season 3 in the television show Angel. Written by Mere Smith and directed by Michael Grossman, it was originally broadcast on January 14, 2002 on the WB network. In "Birthday", Cordelia has a precognitive vision so painful that she goes into a coma. She is met by a demon guide who allows her to go back in time and choose a different path, so that she can avoid becoming afflicted with the visions that are killing her. Although in this alternate timeline Cordelia is a successful sitcom actress, she decides to accept the visions once again so that she can help people.


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Plot[edit]
During Cordelia's 21st birthday celebration at the Hyperion Hotel, Cordelia experiences a vision so painful that she is rendered unconscious. Fred and Gunn find Cordelia's prescription pain pills and the results of a CAT scan that reveals severe brain damage - Cordelia is dying. When Cordelia wakes, no one can see or hear her and she concludes that she has been knocked into an astral state. A friendly demon called Skip (the one that used to guard Billy) introduces himself as her guide, and says the visions which Doyle gave her were never intended for a human and that they are killing her. She has two options: go back in time and choose a different path, or return to her body and die when the next vision strikes. Skip tells Cordelia that if she hadn't reconnected with Angel at the party where she first ran into him, she would have instead become a famous actress - and she can choose to have that life instead.
Skip brings Cordelia's astral body along; when she overhears Angel call her "weak", she is hurt and decides to go back in time to become a famous actress. She is instantly transported to a luxurious life where she is a celebrity, an Emmy winner, and star of her own television show. However, she is haunted by the name of the Hyperion Hotel, and heads over there after the show wraps. She makes her way up to the room she recognizes as Angel's, which triggers her memory of the vision that knocked her unconscious earlier - a young girl in danger. She goes to the girl's house, Cynthia, who confesses she was trying to use magic. A demon materializes, and they try to defend themselves, until a one-armed Wesley and Gunn burst in to kill the demon. When Cordelia explains what has happened, they take her to see Angel, who - in this timeline - inherited Doyle's visions instead of Cordelia, which appear to have driven Angel insane. In truth - it was because he didn't have Cordelia. However, depressed and saddened by her friend in such a horrific state, Cordelia takes the visions back.
Skip appears, reminding her of their deal. He argues it's the fate she chose and that "it ain't so easy to shake it off." Cordelia disagrees, saying she is too valuable to the Powers. They come to an agreement: since the visions are going to kill her as a human, Skip turns her into a half-demon, so that she can keep the visions and not die. When Cordelia wakes up, she has another vision - and to everyone's astonishment she experiences no pain. The demon aspect becomes clear when Angel points out that Cordelia has accidentally begun levitating.
Production details[edit]
The theme song to Cordelia's television show Cordy! was written and sung by executive producers Marti Noxon and David Greenwalt,[1] who also sang in the Buffy musical episode "Once More, with Feeling". A 7-minute excerpt of Cordy! was filmed on the redressed set of Dharma & Greg, to give it a "true sitcom feel". Producer Tim Minear explains, "When you look at Charisma Carpenter, she does bear a resemblance to Mary Tyler Moore and she's so funny, and we all sort of had this fetish fantasy of seeing her on a brightly lit sitcom stage with people laughing at her jokes." However, the scene "wasn't quite as funny as we wanted it to be," admitted Mere Smith, and so all but the opening credits were ultimately cut from the final episode, although the clip is available as a Deleted Scene on the DVD release.[2]
"People are insane for Skip", says David Greenwalt of the enormous fan reaction after Skip was introduced in "That Vision Thing", which is why his character was brought back to be Cordelia's guide in this episode. David Denman, the actor who plays Skip, says that when Charisma Carpenter told him how excited she was to work with him "I thought she was kidding with me."[1]
Arc significance[edit]
Cordelia becomes part-demon. Her transformation, and the motivations behind it, play an important part in the events of season four.
Cordelia learns that her receiving the visions wasn't part of the Powers That Be's plans.
Continuity[edit]
Wesley says he lost the arm in an encounter with a Kungai demon, which refers to the first Angel episode he appeared in, "Parting Gifts".
The uprising of a demon in Reseda was actually predicted by Wesley in the finale of the first season.
Cultural references[edit]
Skip compares the shopping mall construct to the virtual reality "construct" of The Matrix and they have a small discussion about the movie.
Later on, he compares her to Russell Crowe's character in the movie Gladiator (2000 film).
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Stafford, Nikki (2004), Once Bitten: An Unofficial Guide to the World of Angel, ECW Press, pp. 251–253, ISBN 1-55022-654-1
2.Jump up ^ Bratton, Kristy, Angel Season 3 DVD Collection REVIEW
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"Provider"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 12
Directed by
Bill L. Norton
Written by
Scott Murphy
Production code
3ADH12
Original air date
January 21, 2002
Guest actors

Andy Hallett as Lorne
Laurel Holloman as Justine Cooper
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Sam Ryan
Eric Bruscotter as Brian
Sunny Mabrey as Allison
Tony Pasqualini as Harlan Elster
Keith Szarabajka as Daniel Holtz
Alan Henry Brown as Lead Nahdrah
David Ramirez as Pizza Chef
Brett Wagner as Nahdrah Prince
Benjamin Benitez as Tat Vamp #2

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"Provider" is episode 12 of season 3 in the television show Angel.
Plot synopsis[edit]
Fred works on the Angel Investigations website, while Cordelia talks to Angel about not losing sight of the mission – it is about helping the helpless, not making money. Gunn and Wesley return to report that they've distributed fliers all over town...with the wrong phone number. They correct and redistribute the fliers. Fred rocks Connor while Wesley and Gunn admire the adorable scenery. Angel comes in and starts issuing instructions, but can't figure out what comes first - making money, finding Holtz, or helping the helpless (in fact, his confusion is more than vaguely reminiscent of Monty Python's Flying Circus' The Spanish Inquisition sketch). Almost immediately the phones start ringing.
Holtz and Justine lurk underground, discussing Justine's failure to follow orders - she had dusted two vampires that Holtz had told her to stay away from. He questions her commitment, and the camera shifts to show her hand impaled on a spike. He tells her to take it out if she chooses – but that if she lasts until the morning they'll continue as partners.
Angel Investigations is flooded with customers. Everyone is busy, and Cordelia says they're being stretched a little thin, but Angel claims they can handle it. When Cordy tells him to answer the phones he seems more interested in the pocketbooks of the people on the other end than their problems. Gunn talks to a woman whose dead ex is stalking her, while Wesley and Lorne talk to three demons in chrome face masks who, Lorne says (translating), having read some of Wesley's work, want to buy his head. When he clarifies he tells Wes that they want him to solve a traditional puzzle for them. While they're talking Fred notices the complicated geometric pattern on the demons' tunics, and they leave suddenly to either consult their prince or eat a cheesemonkey.
Angel meets with a wealthy business owner, Harlan Elster, who is concerned about a nest of vampires. He asks if Angel has any experience with vampires - to which Angel replies "some". Elster says that these ones are different - they want money, not blood. Elster says they've been putting the squeaze on local businessmen, threatening their employees for money. They've demanded $5000.00, so he offers Angel $10,000.00 to get rid of them, with 50% up front. As Angel leaves, the real Mr. Elster walks in, and the man Angel has been speaking to punches him out.
Holtz returns to find Justine where he left her. He tells her to go out and find people who have the same rage they do. He pulls the spike out of her hand, and she punches him and leaves.
Angel returns to find the hotel nearly empty. Cordelia expresses concern that they might miss someone who really needs help in all their cases. Lorne and Fred return – Lorne quite drunk. Lorne says that Holtz has poisoned his previous minions, and is looking to replace them with humans. Before Lorne can leave, the chrome-faced demons return asking for Fred this time – they were impressed with her before, and they've brought $50,000.00. Lorne and Fred leave for the job – it should be a couple of days.
Gunn and Wesley help out the woman with the stalker ex-boyfriend. Their conversation indicates that both Wes and Gunn are interested in Fred. The boyfriend attacks, and they fight it off, confirming he's become a zombie. Fred and Lorne arrive at the boat where the demons are staying, and Fred immediately sets to work on their puzzle. Lorne is not feeling so well, and leaves to go throw up. On his way to the facilities he overhears a conversation which indicates that his original translation to Wesley was accurate - they really do want a head, to replace that of their prince, who appears unwell. They've decided on Fred's.
Angel cleans out the vampire nest, but when he returns to Elster he learns that the man who gave him the – forged – check for the first $5000.00 is an ex-employee of Elster's who lost a friend and developed a "crazy" belief that this building was full of vampires.
Angel surprises the fake Elster in the vampire's lair. He grabs the watch the guy is holding, which the guy says was worth more than the ten grand he had been planning to pay Angel – because it was the first thing he ever bought his friend. When Angel says he didn't kill the three vamps for nothing, the man corrects him on the number – there were seven vamps.
Cordelia, watching the baby, tries to float as she did in the last episode, while explaining to him how she became part demon to cope with the visions. While putting the money away she gets a vision of what the demons are planning to do to Fred. She whispers for Fred not to solve the puzzle, just as Fred says with satisfaction that it shouldn't be long. Wes and Gunn are in full swing fighting the zombie boyfriend, and Cordy knows Angel won't answer his phone, so she heads to the marina herself to return the money and save Fred. The girl and the Zombie boyfriend squabble about their relationship - and it comes out that she killed him. He says he'd forgive her if she took him back, and after some pleading she agrees to give it another shot.
The rest of the vamps attack Angel and the man, while Angel refuses to help because he hasn't been paid. The guy apologizes for lying to him, and Angel agrees to help him barricade the doors while they discuss payment options. Fred solves the puzzle, and they take her away while she asks nervously after Lorne. They take her to the room with the prince, where Lorne is tied up. He explains the plan, while the demons get ready to cut off Fred's head. Cordy shows up just in time to stop them, still holding baby Connor, and tries to give back the money in exchange for Fred, but Lorne, assuming the whole team is there, accidentally aggravates the situation in his translation.
Angel smashes a window to get the guy out before the vamps can break in, but the guy refuses to leave, saying if he runs now, after what happened to his friend, he'll be running the rest of his life. Angel reluctantly slays the vamps, grousing about the lack of payment, and walks off as the guy tries to thank him, stopping to answer his beeper, but unable to work it.
Cordelia tries to kick one of the demons in the groin, but a metallic clang indicates it is useless. Wesley and Gunn arrive, and take on the demons, saving Fred, temporarily, but also knocking off the prince's head. Angel arrives somewhat late and takes on the remaining demons before anyone is seriously hurt. Angel apologises to Cordelia for leaving her and Connor alone. Fred, released, quotes the first line of Kipling's "if": "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs" and tells Gunn and Wes she could kiss them both, but when they step forward Lorne draws their attention to the fact that he's still tied up on the floor. Angel tells the gang he got carried away with the money thing because he's never had anyone dependent on him the way Connor is now. Distracted by the pile of returned cash scattered over the floor, he continues that family, and the mission, come first. Cordelia, also looking at the money, declares that after what they tried to do to Fred the Angel team has earned it.
Angel and Cordelia are lying in bed feeding the baby while talking about what to spend their money on. Angel insists they use it for Connor's college fund and Cordelia half-jokingly tries to tell him to use it for a boat or a ski home.
Continuity[edit]
Taken together with "Doublemeat Palace" (aired a week later), this explores both Buffy and Angel dealing with the suddenly critical issue of money.
Angel Investigations suddenly becomes quite well known when a website is created and the team starts handing out fliers.
Gunn and Wesley both begin to display feelings for Fred.
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Waiting in the Wings (Angel)
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"Waiting in the Wings"
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Summer Glau as Prima Ballerina

Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 13
Directed by
Joss Whedon
Written by
Joss Whedon
Production code
3ADH13
Original air date
February 4, 2002
Guest actors

Andy Hallett as Lorne
Mark Harelik as Count Kurskov
Mark Lutz as The Groosalugg
Summer Glau as Prima Ballerina
Thomas Crawford as Manager
Don Tiffany as Security Guard

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"Waiting in the Wings" is the thirteenth episode of season 3 in the television show Angel. Written and directed by series creator Joss Whedon, it was originally broadcast on February 4, 2002 on the WB network. In "Waiting in the Wings", Angel takes the gang out for an evening at the ballet but becomes suspicious when the prima ballerina (Summer Glau) is the same one he saw dance more than 100 years ago. When Cordelia and Angel sneak backstage to investigate, they are consumed by overwhelming passion for each other as they are possessed by spirits of unrequited ballet lovers held captive by the sinister ballet troupe leader. Also, Fred finds that both Wesley and Gunn have feelings for her too, but she must eventually choose one of them.


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Plot[edit]
Wesley researches a demon from one of Cordelia's visions while Cordelia questions Wesley about his romantic feelings towards Fred. After Gunn and Fred return from breakfast, Angel announces he is taking them all to a ballet production of Giselle, by the same company he witnessed perform in 1890.
At the theater, the company's owner, Count Kurskov, promises the theater manager an unforgettable show while a shadowed figure watches from above the stage and laughs. In preparation for their glamorous night at the ballet, Fred and Cordelia shop for new dresses, which they intend to return after wearing them for the night. Subtly, Cordelia broaches the subject of Fred's romantic interests, but Cordelia thinks Fred's mind is on Wesley, when it's really on Gunn.
Compliments are directed to everyone as their attire is revealed at the hotel, and they depart together. At the theater, Cordelia is literally bored to sleep while the others enjoy the show. Angel finds the dancers familiar since he saw the same people perform the first time he saw the show. During intermission, Angel tells his friends about his revelation. He and Cordelia sneak backstage to investigate, where they discover they are mystically trapped in a maze of corridors.
Looking through the prima ballerina's dressing room, Angel observes that the dressing room hasn't changed in two hundred years as Cordelia examines a cross necklace from a table. Both feel the room warm, and Cordelia suddenly asks Angel to undress her. Soon they find themselves possessed by spirits in love and are unable to keep their hands off each other, until Cordelia accidentally burns Angel with the cross. Both come to their senses and leave the dressing room before things go too far.
Worried, Fred encourages the guys to help her look for the missing Angel and Cordelia. The Count directs his demon minions to deal with those sneaking around backstage. While trying to escape the backstage halls, Cordelia recalls an element of fear she felt while possessed. She convinces Angel to reenter the dressing room so that they can break the spell holding them backstage, where they are possessed by the spirits again with wild passion for each other. Cordelia calls Angel "Stefan" and confesses her fears of another man who is controlling her life. They kiss, and "Stefan" offers to take her away, but she wants him to help her deal with the problem instead. As Fred tends to a wound Gunn received in the battle with the Count's minions, he jokes about his injury, and Fred gets emotional because she thought he was seriously hurt. The two kiss as Wesley quietly discovers them and walks away sadly.
The ballet continues on stage as the gang gathers backstage. Wesley explains that the Count was a wizard who discovered the prima ballerina whom he adored had a lover. To repay her for her betrayal, the count forced her into a temporal shift where she would dance for only him, forever. As Angel searches for the Count's power center, he finds the prima ballerina waiting in the wings, resigned to perform the same dance for the rest of eternity. Angel tells her to break the magic holding her prisoner, she has to change the dance. She dances on stage using her own steps. Angel attacks the Count and, guessing the power center is in a medallion the count wears, smashes it with a powerful punch, finally releasing the ballet dancers. Wesley dresses Gunn's injury and watches on in emotional agony as Fred and Gunn exchange loving looks.
Angel and Cordelia agree that they are embarrassed about what happened between them while they were possessed. As Angel is about to declare his feelings for Cordelia, the Groosalugg from Pylea appears on the stairs, drawing Cordelia's attention. Groo and Cordelia kiss as Lorne comes downstairs to inform Angel that Pylea has formed a republic; with no need for a monarch, Groo returned for his true love, Cordelia. Angel goes upstairs to check on Connor while Fred and Wesley watch on. Wesley realizes the path of love is not something that can be foretold.
Production[edit]
In the DVD commentary, writer/director Joss Whedon revealed that the main impetus for this episode was learning that Amy Acker danced ballet for fifteen years,[1] although he also was excited to see the group dressed up.[2]
Whedon filmed a scene in which Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof dance in the ballet. The scene, which was ultimately cut, was a fantasy of Wesley's during the performance. In the scene, Amy Acker - who danced fifteen years - dances properly, while Alexis Denisof dances farcically.[3] The scene is included on the DVD as a bonus feature.[4]
This episode was shot on location at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles.[2]
Acting[edit]
This episode features Summer Glau in her first acting role as a Prima Ballerina cursed to carry out the same performance over and over again. Glau, who is also a classically trained ballerina, would go on to star in Angel co-creator Joss Whedon's Firefly later that year as River Tam,[5] and later have a recurring role in his show Dollhouse.
Reception[edit]
In her essay examining the maturation of Wesley's character over time, Stacey Abbott writes, "Denisof delivers a fearless comedic performance as he...prances across the stage with little grace and elegance", undercutting the romantic atmosphere of the ballet - which ultimately resulted in the scene being cut to maintain the more serious tone of the episode.[6]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Angel DVD: Extra Ballet, BBC, 27 January 2003
2.^ Jump up to: a b Bratton, Kristy, Angel Season 3 DVD Collection REVIEW
3.Jump up ^ Whedon, Joss, "Waiting in the Wings (Commentary with Joss Whedon). Angel: Season Three on DVD, Twentieth Century Fox, 2003.
4.Jump up ^ "Deleted Scene With Optional Commentary by Joss Whedon", Angel: Season Three on DVD, Twentieth Century Fox, 2003.
5.Jump up ^ Biographies: Summer Glau
6.Jump up ^ Abbott, Stacey (2005), "Nobody Scream... Or Touch My Arms: The Comic Stylings of Wesley Wyndam-Pryce", in Stacey Abbott, Reading Angel: The TV Spin-off With a Soul, I.B.Tauris, p. 203
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"Couplet"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 14
Directed by
Tim Minear
Written by
Tim Minear
Jeffrey Bell
Production code
3ADH14
Original air date
February 18, 2002
Guest actors

Andy Hallett as Lorne
Mark Lutz as The Groosalugg
Bernard K. Addison as Monster
Steven Hack as Lionel
Fanshen Cox as Anita
Marisa Matarazzo as Susan
Scott Donovan as Jerry
Bob Rumnock as Businessman
Vanie Poyey as Pillow Fight Woman
Michael Otis as Pillow Fight Man

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"Couplet" is episode 14 of season 3 in the television show Angel.


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Plot synopsis[edit]
At her apartment, Cordelia changes into something comfortable while Groo explains how he was dethroned in Pylea. They kiss, but after Cordelia sees a demon in Groo's place as a vision painlessly hits her, she's no longer in the mood.
The next morning, Angel carries Connor around and talks with Wesley about investigating prophecies about Connor. Cordelia arrives with Groo in tow. She informs them about the demon from her vision and that it will be surfacing later that day. When the topic returns to Cordelia's lack of a sex life, she tells her friends about her worry of losing her visions to Groo if they did actually have sex. Meanwhile, Gunn and Fred have breakfast together and talk. As they lean in for a kiss, their beepers go off with calls from Wesley.
While a picture of the demon, a Senih'd, is passed around, Wesley explains the plan. As Groo raises the subject of Cordelia's obvious sadness, Angel explains Cordelia's fear of losing something if she gets too close to Groo. Following a trail of blood, the two demon hunters find the demon and battle with it. The Senih'd breaks through a wall into the daylight, and only Groo can follow to destroy it. Cordelia and the others arrive just in time to congratulate him.
While Groo recounts his battle to the others, Angel talks with a Ms. Frakes about investigating a witch who is supposedly seducing her fiancé. Wesley assigns the job to Gunn, but Fred tags along too, much to Wesley's dismay. Wesley and Angel go to a bookstore for a supposedly rare text of commentaries on the scrolls about Connor. Back at the office, Groo agrees to let Cordelia give him a complete makeover, thinking that it will make her love him more. She explains that she already has strong feelings for him, and he then understands Cordelia is concerned about losing her visions.
Jerry, the fiancé, is tailed by Gunn and Fred who videotape the man as he waits beside a large tree. The two start kissing and distractedly miss the moment when Jerry disappears. Cordelia asks Angel for the favor of escorting Groo to a demon brothel where a magic potion is held which will allow her to have sex with Groo without losing her visions.
Gunn and Fred refer to the videotape for evidence of Jerry's disappearance and watch him get sucked into the ground by the tree's roots a few seconds before they're sucked down as well. At the brothel, Angel and Groo follow Anita past tempting sights into a room where cash is exchanged for the potion. When Anita questions Angel's presence there, he gets a phone call from Gunn and Fred who are bound by tree roots underground. They explain that it is a living flesh tree with an internet connection which lures victims in order to suck the life out of them. Naturally, they avoid contacting Wesley and instead request the Groosalugg.
Before reaching the underground spot where Gunn and Fred are held, Groo has Angel keep the potion safe and then rushes into battle, despite Angel's suggestions. The tree quickly sticks one of its fleshy roots deep into Groo's chest. The tree gets stronger as it feeds on Groo, so Angel questions the tree as he pounds Groo into unconsciousness. The tree impales Angel instead, and suddenly the tree begins to die as it feeds off of Angel's dead heart. The others break free, and Gunn finishes the tree demon off.
Later that night, Wesley talks with Ms. Frakes on the phone, confirming that Jerry survived. Fred goes to get cleaned up while Gunn stays to talk with Wesley. Wesley expresses his concern for Fred and her feelings and although it takes a few moments, Gunn realizes the real reason for Wesley's worry. Cordelia tends to Groo's wounds, and Groo confesses his reckless behavior earlier that evening, but Cordy is only turned on more by his honesty.
Eager for sex, Cordelia is about to rush out, when Angel stops her. He insists that she accept some money he has saved up so that she can take a sunny vacation with Groo. Lorne lays Connor down for bed and as soon as Angel arrives, leaves him to be alone with his son. Angel carries Connor downstairs and finds Wesley working in the office. As the two leave, Wesley looks down on his notepad where he has translated, "The Father will kill The Son."
Writing[edit]
Arc significance[edit]
Wesley translates the text that will become pivotal in the future. "The Father Will Kill the Son" will lead Wes to eventually betray Angel and kidnap Connor.
Cordelia and the Groosalugg depart in this episode, and will not appear again until Double or Nothing.
Continuity[edit]
During the teaser, Groosalugg is describing how he got deposed. He mentions a "charismatic leader who did the dance of revolution." This harkens back to Joss Whedon's minimal, comedic role of Numfar, a family member of Lorne from the Season 2 Pylean arc. He did numerous funny "dances."
While in the bookstore, a copy of the "Wolf" book from the "Wolf, Ram, and Hart" book collection seen on Pylea can immediately be seen on the shelf nearest the camera.
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"Loyalty"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 15
Directed by
James A. Contner
Written by
Mere Smith
Production code
3ADH15
Original air date
February 25, 2002
Guest actors

Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Laurel Holloman as Justine Cooper
Jack Conley as Sahjhan
Wendy Davis as Aubrey Jenkins
Enrique Castillo as Doctor
Keith Szarabajka as Daniel Holtz
Susan Martino as Mother #1
Annie Talbot as Mother #2
Marci Hill as Nurse
Chris Devlin as Holtzian Man
Thom Scott II as Holtzian Man #2

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Gunn and Fred arrive at the office to find Wesley asleep at his desk and wake him as they try to touch the papers he's been working with. Angel cheerfully comments about teaching Connor to die before he vamps and leans in to bite his son while the others watch on. Wesley sees his hands coated with blood against the book, and then he wakes up. Angel and Wesley take Connor to the doctor and while in the waiting room, Angel offers advice to some of the mothers waiting there. During the examination, the doctor informs Angel that his son is healthy and blood tests should be returned within the week to confirm nothing is wrong. After the room is cleared, one of the women from the waiting room enters and exchanges Connor's blood sample with a fake before a nurse discovers her.
At the hotel, Angel unpacks a box of miniature hockey equipment and a personalized jersey for Connor. With Cordelia away, business is slow. Angel and Gunn play hockey together until Angel breaks a window with the puck. A woman in need of help, Aubrey, comes to Angel Investigations about her son who had run away and been turned into a vampire. Aubrey returns to Holtz, Justine and others, reporting back on the members of the Angel Investigations team. Human members of Holtz's team practice fighting vampires that are chained up in the hideaway. Sahjhan appears and questions the progress of Holtz's efforts to kill Angel. Holtz, however, refuses to speed up his timetable and isn't remotely concerned by Sahjhan's threats due to the fact he is immaterial and Holtz happens to be in possession of a special urn that can contain his essence. Sahjhan isn't happy, but leaves.
Wesley talks on the phone with a wizard and directs him to do his job for the money he was paid. Fred shows up and suggests that Wesley hook up with Aubrey, but Wesley brushes it off and says the job is their purpose, not dating. Lilah talks with her sick mother on the phone until, Sahjhan shows up at Wolfram and Hart in Lilah's office. She's not shocked to see him, and she knows quite a bit about him already, right down to his need for the law firm's help in destroying Angel. Lilah states that she won't go against firm policy which is to keep Angel alive, but she writes on a piece of paper that he has her support.
Sahjhan explains that he needs Connor's blood, and Lilah surprises him by explaining that it's already possessed by the firm since they stole it from the hospital where Connor was cared for. At a carnival on the pier, Fred tries to concentrate on work while Gunn is more interested in playing around and spending time with her. Wesley's knowledge of their relationship is discussed, and Gunn finds out that Wesley said something to Fred that led her to question the appropriateness of their relationship. Upset by that, he stresses that he won't let Wesley impede his efforts at a good personal and working relationship with Fred.
Wesley drops in to check on the two of them. The vampire drinks from a glass of blood while his attention is divided between his son and his friend. Looking troubled, Wesley leaves for a little while. Back at the carnival, Fred spots a man breaking into a building and Gunn leads the way to follow him. Inside the building is a carousel, which turns on and as Gunn prepares for battle, he and Fred suddenly find themselves completely surrounded by vampires. Holtz's protégé, Justine, films the events with a man at her side.
Fred runs away at Gunn's insistence and he takes all of the vampires on alone. Justine and the man watch, commenting on Gunn's chance at survival. Gunn holds his own for a short while before he's grabbed by a vampire and Fred returns in time to stake the vampire and save Gunn. As Justine and her friend depart, Gunn and Fred appreciate the fact that they're both alive.
Wesley follows a GPS unit to a precise location where he finds a hamburger-shaped speaker outside of a fast food restaurant. He performs a ritual, calling on Alegba, and the plastic cartoonish hamburger comes to life. The Loa, as Wesley calls it, confirms his suspicion that Angel will "devour" his son and informs him that the prophecy cannot be stopped. It predicts a future of betrayal and agony for Wesley. The Loa finally reveals that when the earth shakes, the air burns and the sky turns to blood, the prophecy will come true. Lilah meets Sahjhan at a bar and ignores Sahjhan's attempts at small talk, informing him that arrangements have been made to deal with their Angel problem.
Aubrey returns to the office and thanks Wesley for his help in destroying the monsters. Wesley is thrown by her identification of "monsters" and accepts her check in return for their services. She tries to come onto him and Wesley calls her on her attempt to play him. Angel appears behind her and makes it clear that he knows who she's working for and that no one will be harming Connor. As she runs away, a small earthquake shakes the ground and Wesley realizes that the first portent has come true.
Holtz directs the humans to study the video of Fred and Gunn by the carousel. Aubrey returns, but much to her surprise, Wesley has followed her. Wesley explains that he is there in peace and tries to persuade Holtz that Angel is not the same vampire as Angelus. Holtz knows too much pain at Angelus's hands to care about the difference; he also knows why Wesley is there and suggests he prepare for what he'll feel when Connor is killed. Gunn and Fred have their regular meal together and talk about how right their relationship really is. He is worried that they can't do so many things at once and is worried about the consequences if things don't work out. She wonders what his decision would be if he had to choose between her and work, and he admits to choosing her.
Wesley finds Angel with Connor in his room, preparing a meal for his child. They talk about Aubrey and her reasons for joining with Holtz and Angel's unconditional love for Connor. Wesley realizes that Angel would never harm his son, and finally feeling released from the prophecy, begins to laugh at the oddity that is life, and then a powerful earthquake begins to shake all of Los Angeles. The room goes up in flames as the gas stove explodes and beams come down from the ceiling. Angel rescues Connor and gets all three of them out of the room. A large cut on his forehead drips blood onto Connor's blanket, which is patterned with a blue sky and clouds. As the third of the portents comes true, Angel smiles and comments that if they had been trapped in there, he would have had a snack. Wesley, who a few seconds ago had dismissed the prophecy, is left more paranoid than ever.
Continuity[edit]
Given Cordelia's absence, this is the first episode of the series not to feature any founding members of Angel Investigations from the first season with the exception of Angel himself.
Arc Significance[edit]
Wesley approaches Holtz and his team to address his fears about the prophecy that "The Father Will Kill the Son".
Sahjhan turns to Lilah, after being threatened by Holtz.
Production[edit]
Charisma Carpenter does not appear in this episode, despite featuring in the title credits.
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Sleep Tight (Angel)
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"Sleep Tight"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 16
Directed by
Terrence O'Hara
Written by
David Greenwalt
Production code
3ADH16
Original air date
March 4, 2002
Guest actors

Andy Hallett as Lorne
Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Laurel Holloman as Justine Cooper
Jack Conley as Sahjhan
Marina Benedict as Kim
Keith Szarabajka as Daniel Holtz
Jeff Denton as Lead Guitar
Jhaemi Willens as Drummer
J. Scott Shonka as Commando #1
Robert Forrest as Warrior #2

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"Sleep Tight" is episode 16 of season 3 in the television show Angel.
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Wesley has been studying the prophecies regarding Angel and Connor, and his findings over the last few days have left him more convinced than ever that Angel will indeed kill his son. Angel enters Wesley's office, strangely cheerful and trying to comfort Connor, who is fussing. Angel pours himself a glass of pig's blood, and the two of them watch Lorne listen to a female client sing. Fred talks on her cell phone with Gunn who walks into the hotel during the conversation. Angel talks of baby proofing the hotel while Wesley holds Connor, and decides to take Connor out for a day to play. Lorne asks the gang to watch the woman sing; as she does, her face suddenly twists and becomes a horrific demon face. The woman blurts out horrible words about eating eyeballs before her face reverts to human form.
The singing woman, Kim, talks about the odd behavior and appearance of a band she'd been playing with. Angel continues to drink blood and draws attention with his unusual behavior. Fred and Wesley discover Kim has just been infected with the demon and that a mystical medication can cure it. Kim tells the others about the demons and where they can be found and killed. Angel is enthusiastic about the fight and Wesley sends a group out while he pursues business of his own.
Justine teaches Holtz's minions how to kill vampires. She expresses worry to Holtz about killing the humans associated with Angel but eventually comes to believe that they deserve to die. Wesley again appears at Holtz's lair to talk about Connor.
Angel, Gunn and Fred find and kill the demonic band.
Wesley talks with Holtz about ending the fight before it really begins and Justine accuses Wesley of trying to betray them. After sympathizing with her loss of family, Wesley grabs Justine to emphasize that he doesn't stab people in the back. Holtz gives Wesley one day to deal with the problem of Angel killing Connor before Holtz gets involved. Angel and the others return to the hotel and Angel starts chugging blood and shouting about how annoying Connor is. As he throws a glass of blood against the wall, the rest of the gang go into defense mode and Angel realizes something's very wrong with him.
Lorne notices Angel's obsession with the blood and offers the possibility that the blood has been spiked. Wesley walks the streets until he finds that Justine has been following him. Wesley lectures her about the difference between Holtz and Angel. As Wesley leaves, Holtz shows up behind Justine, surprising her. Fred studies the pig's blood under a microscope, but Angel already knows that the blood's been spiked with Connor's own blood, giving Angel a desire for more. Angel finds Lilah at the bar and she shares a short version of her life story. They discuss their working methods and etiquette. Sahjhan appears, and although Angel doesn't recognize him from his past, Angel figures out that Sahjhan brought Holtz back. Sahjhan's upset that Angel doesn't remember him and promises retribution before disappearing.
Wesley packs Connor's bag as he prepares to take Connor. Lorne watches, concerned that Angel never mentioned anything about Wesley taking Connor for the night, but he brushes it off. As Wesley begins to hum a lullaby to Connor, Lorne reads Wesley's intentions and realizes the man is going to take the child. Wesley reacts immediately and after putting Connor down, he chases Lorne into the office and knocks him unconscious. Angel returns to find Wesley and agrees to let Wesley take Connor for the night so they can go to the park in the morning. Angel wonders where Lorne is, but Wesley explains that he went out for a little while.
Angel says his goodbyes to Connor, drills Wesley on the necessary facts and asks Wesley to investigate Sahjhan. Offering to do research at his own place, Wesley takes Connor and leaves the Hyperion on foot. Gunn and Fred offer to keep Angel company through the night without Connor, when the three of them hear moaning coming from Wesley's office.
Holtz and several of his men show up armed at the hotel. Holtz wants to know where Connor is, but since he's not there, Holtz directs his men to attack, but keep Angel alive.
As the battle ensues, Lorne wakes up and uses a high-pitch note to debilitate some of the attackers. Holtz and some of his men retreat, and Lorne reveals that Wesley has been seeing Holtz and has kidnapped Connor.
Wesley packs up his car and begins to leave with Connor, but a badly beaten Justine stumbles upon him and explains that Holtz turned his back on her. When Justine gets close enough, she slits Wesley's throat with a knife and takes Connor, driving away in Wesley's car. Angry because of his lost son and Wesley's betrayal, Angel lets loose on his co-workers, attacking Gunn. Fred breaks up the confrontation and suggests they focus on the real problem: Connor. The vampire threatens some of Holtz's wounded minions until one of them reveals the location of Holtz's lair.
Lilah talks with some military types and then goes with them to Holtz's expected location. Angel takes out a couple of them and steals a truck so he can follow them. Holtz gets into the car with Justine and identifies himself and Justine to Connor as the baby's new parents.
Lilah's group, Angel and Holtz all arrive at the bridge at the same time and Sahjhan appears soon after. Lilah explains that she wants the baby alive despite her deal with Sahjhan.
Angel tells Holtz to take Connor so that Connor will live. Sahjhan opens a dimensional rift to Quor'Toth — a very dark dimension — and explains that either the child dies or everyone is sucked into the portal. In the interest of survival, Holtz runs with Connor into the rift. Angel tries to follow, but he's thrown back and the rift is mended. The others leave, and a devastated Angel is left lying on the ground, crying for his lost son.
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Forgiving (Angel)
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"Forgiving"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 17
Directed by
Turi Meyer
Written by
Jeffrey Bell
Production code
3ADH17
Original air date
April 15, 2002
Guest actors

John Rubinstein as Linwood Murrow
Andy Hallett as Lorne
Laurel Holloman as Justine Cooper
Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Jack Conley as Sahjhan
Kay Panabaker as Girl
Kenneth Dolin as Bum
Tripp Pickell as Holtzian
Sean Mahon as Truck Driver

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"Forgiving" is episode 17 of season 3 in the television show Angel.


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1 Plot synopsis
2 Production 2.1 Acting
2.2 Arc significance
2.3 Continuity
3 External links

Plot synopsis[edit]
Shortly after Daniel Holtz's abduction of baby Connor to the Hell dimension of Quor'Toth, Fred, Gunn and Lorne try to sort out why Wesley betrayed them and how to get Connor back.
Angel is not interested in sympathy or pity, however, and already mentally unbalanced and vengeful resulted by his loss. When it proves impossible to open a portal to Quor'Toth, he abducts Linwood, a lawyer with Wolfram & Hart, to force him to tell where Sahjhan is and how to open a dimensional rift to Quor'Toth. In an attempt to open a rift, Angel and Lilah use dark magic; this opens a tear in the fabric of reality.
Sahjhan is revealed to have been a demon knight who had been made non-corporeal by an ancient curse hundreds of years ago, and who is now able to wander through time at will. When Sahjhan uncovered a prophecy that he would be killed by ‘the one sired by a vampire with a soul’ he brought vampire hunter and Angel's old nemesis Daniel Holtz to the 21st century to kill Angel, Darla and the baby. However, Holtz did not follow Sahjhan's plan, so Sahjhan, using his time-shifting abilities, altered the prophecy to trick Wesley into believing that Angel would kill Connor.
In the final confrontation, Angel makes Sahjhan corporeal once again to fight him, but discovers that he is more physically powerful than any of them had anticipated. Justine ends up trapping him in a special urn that Holtz had obtained previously.
Wesley is later found and taken to a hospital. Angel pays him a visit, saying he would never kill his own son. He tells Wesley it's important that he knows it's not Angelus talking, but Angel. When Wesley nods, Angel simply says "good" then suddenly grabs a pillow and tries to smother Wesley with it. Filled with fury and rage, Angel screams that he will never forgive his former friend, and that he'll kill him for stealing his son. An alarm is tripped, and Angel is dragged away by Gunn and some orderlies. As he is pulled away, Angel maniacally screams death threats at Wesley, screaming:"You're a dead man, Pryce! You're dead! Dead!"
Production[edit]
Acting[edit]
Charisma Carpenter does not appear in this episode, despite featuring in the title credits.
Arc significance[edit]
Angel's search for redemption seems to have taken a back seat as he seeks vengeance on Holtz and Wolfram & Hart for conspiring to kidnap his son. His relationships with the other members of his team begin to fall apart.
The bonds of trust and friendship that have developed between Angel and Wesley over the years are violently severed when Angel doesn't forgive Wesley for what he has done, and then attempts to murder him.
Continuity[edit]
This episode is the first that features the "White Room." It is described as an interdimensional gateway. It will play a significant role in the next two seasons.
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Double or Nothing (Angel)
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"Double or Nothing"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 18
Directed by
David Grossman
Written by
David H. Goodman
Production code
3ADH18
Original air date
April 22, 2002
Guest actors

Andy Hallett as Lorne
Mark Lutz as The Groosalugg
Jason Carter as Repo Man
Patrick St. Esprit as Jenoff
John David Conti as Male Elderly Demon
P.B. Hutton as Female Elderly Demon
Nigel D. Gibbs as Doctor

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"Double or Nothing" is episode 18 of season three in the television show Angel.


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2 Production details 2.1 Arc significance
2.2 Continuity
2.3 Music
3 External links

Plot synopsis[edit]
Fred and Gunn work at the office searching through files for current cases and try to get by without Wesley. Lorne joins them and a discussion arises about Angel, who is upstairs alone. As they continue to discuss whether Angel would actually kill Wesley, Cordelia returns to the hotel with Groo in tow. The sight of her friends quickly dampens her mood. Upstairs, a depressed Angel watches Connor's crib. At a demon-populated casino, a demon by the name of Jenoff meets with another, the "Repo-Man." The Repo-Man is given instructions to collect someone's soul and hands over a card to Angel Investigations to guide the collection demon. Back at the hotel, the next day, Angel rests silently in his room. Lorne packs Wesley's belongings into boxes while Groo tries to carry on a conversation about the recent events affecting the agency and group of friends. Meanwhile, a couple of elderly demons talk with Gunn and Fred about their case. They explain that there is an uninvited demon staying at their lair, then begin to bicker. Gunn recognizes the type of demon, a Skench, and agrees to battle the phlegm projecting demon to rid the couple of their problem. Gunn and Fred admire the couple's long relationship while Groo appreciates Fred and Gunn's concern for each other. Lorne leaves for a private reading while Fred takes the box of Wesley's belongings to him at the hospital. There, she fills him in on the whole story and everyone's knowledge of his true motivations as well as their feelings of betrayal. She reveals that the prophecy was a fake and warns him never to return to the hotel or Angel really will kill him.
Gunn investigates the demon lair and finds the grotesque Skench demon. He fights with the demon and eventually manages to slay it without getting hit by phlegm. His luck changes however when the Repo-Man appears at the lair after receiving directions from Groo at the hotel. Seven years before, Gunn visited Jenoff at the casino and assuming he didn't have a future, sacrificed it in exchange for something he wanted badly. The Repo-Man advises Gunn that since Gunn was preparing to offer his soul to a girl (Fred), Jenoff wanted to ensure he collected before that happened. Gunn is given 24 hours to show up at the casino to pay and any failure to go through with it will not only cost Gunn his soul, but also Fred's.
Back at the hotel, Gunn is disconnected and preoccupied with his thoughts, which Cordelia picks up on. She assumes he's feeling guilty about being happy with Fred when Angel's so down, and advises him to enjoy life and seize the day. The following day, Gunn follows that advice and brings Fred breakfast in bed and announces he has planned the day for them to spend together. A doctor at the hospital informs Wesley that he'll be released soon, and asks if he has anyone who can pick him up. Wesley is left with the stark reality that he has no friends left. Angel muses over Connor.
Gunn treats Fred to a fun day all over town, with excessive amounts of her favorite foods. Fred gets tired and full of food and then realizes that something is wrong with Gunn because he's trying to live the day like it's his last. She pressures him for the truth and he explodes. He throws insults and rudeness at her and ends their relationship brutally, leaving Fred in tears. Back at the hotel, Cordelia is distracted by crying that she hears out in the hallway. A tearful Fred stands out in the hallway and tells them there's something wrong with Gunn.
Meanwhile, Gunn shows up at the casino to pay his debt to Jenoff. Fred tries to explain the situation with Gunn, but her story is confusing to the others. Trusting Fred's judgment, Angel assures his friends that they will rescue Gunn as the family will not be losing another member. As they plan to search for Gunn, Groo reveals a business card from the Repo-Man and tells the gang about the demon's visit. Just before Jenoff can suck Gunn's soul, Angel and the gang break into the casino and start fighting the demons. Gunn is detained and dozens of demons surround the gang.
Angel puts his soul on the line along with Gunn's in order to get Jenoff to agree to a challenge. Angel instructs Cordelia to stake him quickly if he loses, and she assures him she will. Jenoff allows Angel to pick the game and he suggests the winner be determined by cutting the deck for a high card. His plan doesn't work however and he loses the game. Cordelia reacts quickly and stakes Jenoff's hand to the table while Angel decapitates him. Gunn breaks free, but he knows the terror is not over as the parasitic soul-sucking creature within Jenoff's body emerges from where his head was and starts emitting horrible, high-pitched screams.
Thinking quickly, Angel questions whether anyone else in the crowd is in Jenoff's debt and the customers all jump on Jenoff while the Angel Investigations team escapes. In his truck, Gunn apologizes repeatedly to Fred for breaking up with her and she accepts after many repetitions. With her prompting, he reveals that he traded his soul not for a girl, but for his truck, which served him and his fellow vampire hunters (first seen in "War Zone") well in their years of protecting their neighborhood; at the time, he valued such a resource far more than his life, since he presumed he would be killed in action long before Jenoff could claim his soul anyway. At the hotel, Angel begins to dismantle the crib in his bedroom.
Production details[edit]
Arc significance[edit]
Angel is put back in charge of Angel Investigations after the fallout between Wesley and the rest of the team.
Angel accepts that Connor is gone, that he is never coming back, and that he did everything he could to bring him back.
Continuity[edit]
Gunn's demon clients assure him there are no such things as leprechauns. This is a running gag in the Buffyverse: In Faith, Hope and Trick, Buffy tells Giles "There are two things I don't believe in: coincidence and leprechauns," and Giles concurs that, as far as he knows, she is correct about the latter. In Unleashed, Gunn sarcastically asks evil restauranteur Crane if he serves (as food, not as patrons) leprechauns along with werewolves, and Crane disdainfully informs him that leprechauns do not exist.
In an earlier episode, Guise Will Be Guise, Gunn, having rarely ventured out of the neighborhood he had sworn to protect from vampires, expressed surprise upon learning of Los Angeles' hidden demon community and its haunts, such as Caritas. However, this episode depicts him, in flashback, visiting precisely such an establishment, Jenoff's casino, long before meeting Angel and company.
Music[edit]
"Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio (featuring L.V.).
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The Price (Angel)
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"The Price"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 19
Directed by
Marita Grabiak
Written by
David Fury
Production code
3ADH19
Original air date
April 29, 2002
Guest actors

Andy Hallett as Lorne
Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Daniel Dae Kim as Gavin Park
Mark Lutz as The Groosalugg
John Short as Phil Spivey
Vincent Kartheiser as Connor
Wayne Ford as Kid
Waleed Moursi as Manager

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"The Price" is episode 19 of season 3 in the television show Angel, originally broadcast on the WB network. In this episode, the Hyperion Hotel is infested with silicone slug-like parasites that dry up their human hosts. When Fred becomes infected, Gunn turns to the angry and reclusive Wesley for help. Angel is stunned when his lost infant son reappears, now an adolescent boy calling himself the Destroyer.


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1 Plot
2 Production details 2.1 Arc significance
2.2 Buffy the Vampire Slayer references
3 References
4 External links

Plot[edit]
As Angel tries to deal with the loss of his son while cleaning up the earthquake damage upstairs, a potential Angel Investigations client is infected by a transparent slug-like parasite in the hotel lobby. He goes to the juice bar across the street, where he chugs glass after glass of juice, saying, "We are thirsty." When Lorne informs him of the disturbance at the juice bar, Angel brings the infected man back to the hotel, where he collapses into a pile of human dust. When a slug-creature exits from the dust, the gang realizes the man was actually a parasitic host. The hotel is locked up tight and Angel sends everyone out with weapons to hunt for the slug. As they search, they realize that the hotel is teeming with the parasites, which suck their human hosts dry. Angel suspects that the infestation is a result of "thaumogenesis", a price for the dark magics that Angel conjured to try to find his son.
Meanwhile, at Wolfram & Hart, Lilah and Gavin once again quarrel with each other over their handling of Angel. Lilah and Gavin receive a top-secret e-mail about the consequences of Angel's dark magic at the hotel, which Lilah may also have to deal with since she was involved in the spell. She plans to rid the hotel of the slugs, until Gavin relays the message that Linwood wants Angel and the others to die for the torment he was put through.
After learning the creatures glow in the dark, Angel shuts off all of the lights in the hotel and tracks the slugs by sound to a large ballroom. Researching by the light of a lantern, Fred is attacked by one of the slugs, which slithers into her mouth. Realizing Fred has been infected, Gunn brings her to the rest of the gang in the abandoned ballroom, saying they need to get her to a hospital; Angel stands in the way, determined to keep more innocents from dying. Groosalugg, hearing the slugs under the floor, breaks through the wood with an ax. Below, there is a hidden swimming pool, filled with the glowing slugs. They begin chasing after the gang. Everyone retreats to a kitchen and barricade themselves there, except for Gunn, who slips out to ask Wesley for help. Wesley is very bitter about his exile from the group and refuses until Gunn reveals that Fred has been infected. He tosses Gunn a bottle of alcohol and tells him he'll help this time, but he never wants to see any of his former friends again.
Angel takes the water away from Fred until the slug confesses that a vicious killer called The Destroyer has chased the slugs into this dimension in search of Angel. They try to press Fred for more information, but her condition worsens. Gunn shows up and directs Groo and Lorne to hold Fred down while they force her to drink alcohol. As it dehydrates her, she coughs up the slug and Groo stabs it with a sword. Meanwhile, the slugs close in on Cordelia and Angel in the kitchen. Cordelia suddenly begins to glow a bright white, illuminating the entire hotel. This kills all the slugs and leaves everyone stunned by her new power.
Lorne reminds the gang of the coming of "the Destroyer" and, almost immediately, lights flash and a big nasty demon appears, followed shortly by a young man who quickly slays the demon. He smiles and points a weapon at Angel, saying, "Hi Dad."
Production details[edit]
According to the DVD commentary, the kitchen scenes in this episode were shot in the Ambassador Hotel in the kitchen area that Robert F. Kennedy passed through right before he was shot.[1]
Vincent Kartheiser's name was placed at the end credits to keep his appearance a surprise.
Arc significance[edit]
After being raised by Holtz for years in the hell dimension Quor-Toth, Connor has returned as a teenager.
Wesley warns Gunn not to come to him for help again, and the AI team resists calling him accordingly in the following episodes when his expertise would be useful.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer references[edit]
When Angel says that it never snows in Southern California, Cordelia responds that "it did once", in reference to the third season Buffy episode "Amends". In that episode, the Powers That Be send a snowstorm to Sunnydale on Christmas Eve in order to prevent Angel from committing suicide by exposure to sunlight.
The concept of thaumogenesis, a price for the use of magic, is also mentioned in the sixth season episode "After Life" as the Scooby Gang deals with the ramifications of their decision to resurrect Buffy.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Bratton, Kristy, Angel Season 3 DVD Collection REVIEW
External links[edit]
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A New World (Angel)
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"A New World"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 20
Directed by
Tim Minear
Written by
Jeffrey Bell
Production code
3ADH20
Original air date
May 6, 2002
Guest actors

Vincent Kartheiser as Connor
Andy Hallett as Lorne
Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Mark Lutz as The Groosalugg
Erika Thormahlen as Sunny
Anthony Starke as Tyke
Deborah Zoe as Mistress Meerna
Keith Szarabajka as Daniel Holtz

Episode chronology

← Previous
 "The Price" Next →
 "Benediction"

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"A New World" is episode 20 of season 3 in the television show Angel. Written by Jeff Bell and directed by Tim Minear, it was originally broadcast on May 6, 2002 on the WB television network. In "A New World", Angel's son Connor returns from the demon dimension Quor'Toth. Raised by Holtz to a feral teenage warrior, Connor seeks to kill Angel for his murderous past. Failing to do so, Connor flees from the hotel with Angel one step behind him. Lorne tracks down a sorceress to try to close the dimensional rift to Quor'Toth before other monsters emerge. Also, Wesley, living as a recluse in his apartment, gets an offer from Lilah for a job at Wolfram & Hart.


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1 Plot
2 Production 2.1 Continuity
2.2 Cultural References
3 References
4 External links

Plot[edit]
Connor fires stakes at Angel, but Angel dodges them. Everyone takes on a defensive position, and a fight breaks out between Angel, the Groosalugg, Gunn and Connor. Angel tries to reason with his son and end the violence, but Connor simply knocks Gunn and Groo out of the way and continues to fight with Angel. Focused on the fight, Angel gets the upper hand on Connor, but before he can do anything harmful to Connor, Angel stops himself. Connor takes the opportunity to run, and Angel tries to follow, but the daylight and his friends stop him.
Gunn and Groo chase after Connor as he runs across a busy street and eventually escapes on the top of a city bus. The gang gathers again at the hotel and discusses their plans for following Connor. After Fred discovers the bus's route, Angel rushes off for the tunnels and tells the rest of the gang to search on the surface. They notice that the Quor-Toth portal is still open and sparking lighting, and decide it would be a great idea to find a way to close the rift before something new shows up. Fred suggests Wesley, but Gunn firmly knocks that suggestion down because he already went to Wesley and they can't go again. Fred eventually realizes that Gunn went to Wesley for information on how to save her from the slugs in "The Price".
Groo and Cordelia stay to watch the hotel, while Gunn and Fred head out to follow the bus Connor left on top of, and Lorne leaves to hunt down a solution to their portal problem. Meanwhile, Lilah shows up at Wesley's place and invites herself in. She gives him a copy of Dante's first book of Divine Comedy. Wesley, realizing that Lilah is there to offer him a job, refuses and tells her to get out. She turns and asks about a part of the book where Dante describes the nine circles of hell. Cruelly proving a point, she asks Wesley who is in the ninth circle, to which Wesley whispers "Judas Iscariot". She smiles, stating that the worst place in hell is reserved for those who betray, so Wesley should stop acting as if he is too good for Wolfram and Hart.
Connor watches the city around him as he rides the bus then jumps off to continue on foot. Angel and Gunn communicate by cell phone and talk about the Connor sightings Gunn is hearing about. Connor stumbles upon a woman named Sunny trying to buy drugs from a man. The dealer, Tyke, starts to hurt Sunny, and Connor shows himself, refusing to leave. Tyke calls his men out, and one knocks Connor out with a crowbar. Tyke steals Connor's necklace of trophy teeth from things he has killed and directs his men to kill Connor. Before the men can carry out the order, Connor wakes up and attacks them. A fight ensues and turns ugly when Tyke tries to shoot Connor and fails. Sunny takes Tyke's jacket and the drugs and money within, while Connor gets his necklace back and cuts off Tyke's ear for a memento.
Groo stands alert waiting for something to fall from the portal, but Cordy distracts him with talk and kisses. While they kiss, a bolt of electricity hits them from above, sending them flying apart. Gunn gets information from the police about the scene where the drug deal went badly and reports back to Fred and Angel in the shadows. Sunny leads Connor around an old abandoned motel and into a deserted room. Sunny pockets some drugs from Tyke's jacket and gives Connor some more normal clothes to change into. She shows him some of the finer things in life like chocolate and then tries to describe the drugs she takes (probably heroin).
Gunn and Fred return to the hotel and find Cordy and Groo unconscious on the floor. Connor and Sunny talk about their families and future plans, then Sunny starts to kiss him, but she stops and leaves for a moment. At his apartment, Wesley works on his laptop and briefly checks out the book Lilah left for him. Connor awakes to the sound of sirens outside and searches the room for Sunny. He finds her dead in the bathroom after she overdosed on drugs. Connor turns and runs into Angel, who immediately checks Connor for drug use. Angel wants to help him and communicate, but Connor isn't interested and would rather hunt and kill Tyke. The father and son begin to fight with each other, and Angel is forced to continuously stop Connor from trying to escape. Connor tells Angel to stop calling him Connor because his name is Steven. Angel tries to accept that.
Desperate for a solution to the portal problem, the gang try to consider options for information, and the only alternative they can think of is Wesley. Lorne finally shows up with a Mistress Meerna who is expected to help close the portal to Quor-Toth. Angel tries to talk to Connor and apologizes for everything that happened, but Connor really isn't interested in talking. He considers Holtz to be his real father and doesn't consider a vampire or Angel to be good. Tyke and his boys show up at the motel with intentions of killing Connor. Angel tries to talk rationally with Tyke and solve the problem without violence. Angry about his ear, Tyke doesn't want to talk; he just wants to kill.
Mistress Meerna explains that it's not a portal, but a tear in reality, and it concerns her. She repairs it though and leaves quickly to avoid meeting anything else that may have escaped. The police gather around the motel as Angel and Connor take on all of Tyke and his men. Tyke holds Connor as a hostage for a moment, but Angel volunteers to take his son's place, and the police distract Tyke enough for Connor to get free. The police fire numerous shots into the room, and Angel and Connor dodge them on the floor.
An officer enters the room and aims for Connor, but Angel takes the shot in his back. Connor pauses in his escape out of a window as Angel struggles to get up, and finally the two escape together. While hiding from the police on the streets, Angel tells Connor he has somewhere to go if he needs it, and he will always be there whenever Connor needs him. Connor knows he's not alone: he runs off down an alleyway where he greets a much older Holtz - the only father he has ever known.
Production[edit]
Series creator Joss Whedon explains his decision to instantly bring Connor to adulthood: "What are you going to do? Have a baby running around? I don't think so...That's the beauty of it being a fantasy show."[1]
The Wilhelm scream can be heard when Connor throws a knife into the arm of one of Tyke's henchmen.
Keith Szarabajka's name was placed at the end credits to keep his appearance a surprise.
Continuity[edit]
Connor uses the name Steven, given to him by Holtz in "Sleep Tight".
When Sunny brings Connor to the abandoned motel, they enter a room that has "GIO" spray-painted on the wall, a reference to the character Gio from the earlier episode "That Old Gang of Mine".
Cultural References[edit]
Lilah gives Wesley the book Dante's "Inferno" and they have a small discussion about the ninth circle of hell.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Havens, Candace (2003), Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy, BenBella Books, p. 114, ISBN 1-932100-00-8
External links[edit]
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Benediction (Angel)
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"Benediction"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 21
Directed by
Tim Minear
Written by
Tim Minear
Production code
3ADH21
Original air date
May 13, 2002
Guest actors

Vincent Kartheiser as Connor
Laurel Holloman as Justine Cooper
Mark Lutz as The Groosalugg
Andy Hallett as Lorne
Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Keith Szarabajka as Daniel Holtz

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 "Tomorrow"

List of Angel episodes
"Benediction" is episode 21 of season 3 in the television show Angel.


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2 Production details 2.1 Arc significance
2.2 Buffy the Vampire Slayer reference
3 External links

Plot synopsis[edit]


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Unable to contact Angel, the gang starts to plan a search, but it's unnecessary as he returns to the hotel. He informs them that he found Connor and they talked, but Angel's battle wounds tell a much more violent tale to his friends. He adds that Connor wants to be known as Steven and that he has an open invitation to come back. They worry about something other than Connor escaping from the portal before it was closed. Meanwhile, Connor gets a room at a motel for Holtz and himself.
Connor gets a newspaper and then forces food from a vending machine before returning to the motel room and Holtz. Holtz takes the paper and realizes how little time has passed since his departure to Quor-Toth. They talk about how Connor found the way to this dimension by forcing the slug demons to lead the way and Holtz following his son through the dimensional tear. Holtz accepts that Connor wanted to see his real father and reminds Connor that he has never been anything but truthful with his son.
Holtz instructs Connor to go spend time with Angel so he can learn Angel's dark tricks. Lorne brings Fred a crystal for a Geiger counter to be used to search for any traces of something that may have escaped from Quor-Toth. Lorne talks with Groo about Angel's behavior with Connor and Groo relates Lorne's comments about Angel and Connor to his own situation with Cordelia.
Wesley fixes himself a meal, but is distracted when his computer signals that he has a new message. The message includes only an address and instructions to come alone. Fred leads the way around the hotel with the Geiger counter and the gang following her as she searches for hot spots. The tool leads her directly to Connor who's standing at the front doorway. Cordy gets a vision about a woman in danger at a bar and starts to shout at Angel as she feels as if she's actually in the bar and trying to talk over the crowd. Angel gets her to quiet down and give him the directions
Wesley looks down at people dancing at a bar and finds that Lilah sent him the invitation. She informs him that she's arranged for Justine and a group of vampires to be at the bar at the same time so Wesley could see her killed. Wesley starts to leave and he discovers that it was all a setup to test him and his loyalties. Angel tells Connor how to handle the fight as they enter the bar and look for the vampires. Angel and Justine spot each other and Justine tries to bolt, but several vampires grab her and the fight begins. Connor rushes to Justine's rescue at the bar while Angel fights with others. From upstairs, Wesley and Lilah realize that it's Connor accompanying Angel in the fight. Angel and his son take on several vampires together while a crowd watches, but one tries to escape and Connor sneaks outside into an alley after it.
Angel shows up in time stake the vampire Connor followed and reminds his son that vampires are capable of being very quiet. Angel is proud that his son can handle himself so well in a fight. The two play fight together while Holtz watches from a balcony above. Back at the hotel, Angel brags about Connor's skills. Holtz tells Connor that he needs to be with Angel because Connor can only find answers to his questions through Angel. Connor is not happy with the idea and leaves angry. Fred and Gunn follow the Geiger counter in Gunn's truck to a motel where they spot Connor leaving the motel and then see a much-older Holtz shut the door after him.
Connor shows up at the hotel and Lorne tries to escort him to Angel, but Connor refuses to go anywhere with a demon. Lorne has a hard time controlling himself when Connor insults him but Cordelia shows up in time to break it up. She sits Connor down and tries to explain that some demons are good, but when she confesses to being part-demon herself, Connor jumps on her and raises a knife threateningly. In response, Cordelia starts to glow white, enveloping Connor with the glow as well. The blade of his weapon dissolves and she comforts him as he suddenly breaks down into tears. Later, she reveals that she released the darkness and Quor-Toth from Connor.
Angel talks with Connor and talks him into staying at the hotel. Connor subtly informs Angel that Holtz came with him and the return of Fred and Gunn confirms that. Angel asks Gunn and Fred to take Connor out to someplace that isn't dark for a few hours. Cordelia talks to Angel and while she doesn't care if he kills Holtz, she tries to convince him that he shouldn't lie to Connor about where he is going. Justine finds Holtz at the motel and the two talk about his time at Quor-Toth. He reveals his love for Connor and asks her to do him one last favor.
Gunn and Fred introduce Connor to the ocean and let him have a little bit of time alone at the water's edge. They talk about Angel going to visit Holtz and what he might do to the man. Although he was a good distance away, Connor suddenly turns around after his super hearing allowed him to hear their conversation and then runs off, leaving a shocked Gunn and Fred behind at the beach. Cordelia closes up at the hotel and prepares to leave when a figure descends the stairs. She goes on about how happy she is to see him.
Angel pays Holtz a visit at the motel and is quick to threaten violence. Holtz reminds him though that he took good care of Connor and didn't kill him in the name of vengeance and Angel relaxes a bit. They talk about their crimes against each other and the reasons for it. Holtz explains that Connor should be with Angel because Holtz is too old to offer what Connor needs. He gives Angel an envelope with a letter in it for Connor and Angel to read. Angel accepts the letter and leaves as Holtz warns him that Connor will protest, but he'll never be able to find Holtz if he tries.
While Connor runs to the motel, Angel parks his car and reads Holtz's words. The letter explains Holtz's need to let go of Connor because it is the best thing to do and Connor will hopefully appreciate it later in life. In the parking lot outside the hotel, Justine begs Holtz to change his mind, but he insists she go through with what he wants. She uses an ice pick to stab him twice in the neck and he dies with his final word, "Steven." Connor finally reaches the motel, but instead of finding Holtz in the room, he finds him lying dead in Justine's lap, two puncture marks in his neck. With great confidence, Connor assumes, "Angelus."
Production details[edit]
Arc significance[edit]
Cordelia and Groosalugg's relationship takes a more noticeable downturn in this episode.
The possibility of Angel and Connor having a deeper connection/relationship is shown in this episode. But, as seen through the rest of this season and season 4, other people's agendas cause interference.
First appearance of Connor's super hearing is shown. This power is used other times in season 4.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer reference[edit]
In the nightclub, Lilah refers to vampires as 'undead Americans', echoing Buffy's words in Season Two of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in which Buffy sarcastically asks Angel if 'vampire' was offensive, and if she should use the term 'undead American'.
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Tomorrow (Angel)
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"Tomorrow"
Angel episode
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 22
Directed by
David Greenwalt
Written by
David Greenwalt
Production code
3ADH22
Original air date
May 20, 2002
Guest actors

John Rubinstein as Linwood Murrow
Vincent Kartheiser as Connor
Laurel Holloman as Justine Cooper
Mark Lutz as The Groosalugg
Andy Hallett as Lorne
Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Daniel Dae Kim as Gavin Park
David Denman as Skip
Keith Szarabajka as Daniel Holtz

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"Tomorrow" is the 22nd and final episode of season 3 in the television show Angel. The episode was written and directed by executive producer David Greenwalt. The narrative of the season three finale deals with Angel's complex relationship with his son (made worse by the evil law firm Wolfram & Hart). The episode and season is left on a cliffhanger of Angel being thrown to the bottom of the ocean. This is the last episode written by Greenwalt, as he left the show after this season and was no longer an executive producer or the showrunner. He would return to direct an episode in the show's fifth and final season.


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2 Writing 2.1 Arc significance
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3 External links

Plot synopsis[edit]
After the events of the last episode, Connor has come to live with Angel. Angel is happy in his newfound relationship with his son, but Connor is secretly waiting for revenge, mistakenly believing Angel killed Holtz - just as Holtz had planned as his final revenge on Angel. They train together at the hotel before going to a drive-in movie, where the pair fight off an armed hit group, sent by Linwood and Gavin at Wolfram & Hart to abduct Connor. Meanwhile, Lilah continues to try to recruit Wesley by manipulation and seduction, and shows him that he is now very much like her: a human without a soul.
The Groosalugg awaits Cordelia as she arrives to her apartment. He tells her he is leaving town because he knows that Angel is her priority. He tells her he will never be the man she loves, and she needs to go be with Angel. As they are having this conversation, Lorne and Angel are having a mirror conversation, where Lorne tells Angel Cordelia feels the same way about him as he does her. The scene cuts back to Cordelia, confused by what the Groosalugg has told her. She experiences a vision of herself, saying "I'm in love!" to which present day Cordelia questions "With Angel?" to which vision Cordelia replies "With Angel!" After the vision ends, Cordelia calls Angel to arrange a meeting at the beach "to talk about us". Angel tells Connor he has to leave so that he can meet Cordelia, and Connor gives him his loving approval to be with her. As Cordelia is fighting traffic to meet Angel, everything freezes. She gets out of the car and is confronted by the demon guide, Skip, who tells her that as a higher being, it’s now time for her to leave Earth’s plane of existence and move on to another. In this scene we see the conversation from her earlier vision take place, as she declares her love for Angel to Skip. As she is having this conversation, Connor confronts Angel at the beach and they fight. Connor mocks Angel by saying the same thing Angel said when they sparred earlier in the season. Using a stun gun on Angel, Connor overpowers him. He flashes his flash light into the ocean and then a boat, commanded by Justine, flashes back. As they show Cordelia ascending, Angel is waylaid by a vengeful Connor and Justine who seal him in a metal coffin and throw it off a boat to sink down to the ocean floor.
Writing[edit]
Arc significance[edit]
Skip reappears to guide Cordelia's ascension, telling her that she can do more good as a higher being.
Connor believes Justine's lie that Angel killed Holtz and seeks revenge by sealing Angel in a steel coffin and sinking him to the bottom of the ocean.
Lorne departs for Las Vegas.
Wesley and Lilah's sexual relationship begins and will be a significant plot point well into the next season.
Continuity[edit]
This episode marks the last appearance of both the Groosalugg and Daniel Holtz.
Connor refers to Angel as the "Prince of Lies" a name also used in the fifth season episode "Why We Fight".
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