Season 1
1. City Of
gs: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers (Voice)) Tracy Middendorf (Tina) Vyto Ruginis (Russell Winters) Christian Kane (Wolfram & Hart Lawyer) Jon Ingrassia (Stacy) Renee Ridgeley (Margo)
Angel moves to L.A., unaware of his purpose in the City of Angels. There, he meets Doyle, his half-man, half-demon spiritual advisor, who gives him direction. Doyle leads Angel to Russell Winters, a rich and powerful vampire, preying on aspiring actresses. Winters sets his eyes on Cordelia. Angel saves Cordelia, confronts Winters at his lawyer's office, Wolfram & Hart, and does some major re-vamping there. This is the first of many confrontations Angel will have with Wolfram & Hart.
b: 05-Oct-1999 pc: 1ADH01 w: David Greenwalt , Joss Whedon d: Joss Whedon
NOTE: Angel drives a black 1968 Plymouth GTX convertible. You can purchase a 1:18th scale replica of a 1969 version here.
Stacy's gun was an Essential Arms Witness pistol.
Tina's gun was a Smith & Wesson 38 revolver.
Obsessive Star Trek fans may recognize both Tina and Russell for their small parts as Trek actors. Vyto Ruginis (Russell) played Chief Engineer Lt. Logan in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Arsenal Of Freedom". Tracy Middendorf (Tina) played Tora Ziyal (Gul Dukot's daughter) in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "For The Cause".
Christian Kane originally auditioned for the part of Riley Finn in Buffy. Joss Whedon was so impressed he offered him the part of Lindsey.
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2. Lonely Hearts
gs: Elisabeth Rohm (Detective Kate Lockley) Lillian Birdsell (Sharon Richler) Obi Ndefo (Bartender)
Doyle receives a new vision that sends the group to the club scene. They soon learn they are looking for a serial killer who seeks his prey from D'Oblique, a chi-chi singles bar. While perusing the crowd, Angel meets Kate, an LA police detective and D'Oblique regular. Though they initially bond, Angel is preoccupied by his mission and devotes his efforts to pursuing the killer. After a violent confrontation, Angel discovers the suspect is a demon parasite. Doyle and Cordelia bond as they learn more about the identity and behaviors of the demon and Kate and Angel soon work together to catch the killer.
b: 12-Oct-1999 pc: 1ADH02 w: David Fury d: James A. Contner
NOTE: Angel's telephone number is 555-0162 and his business is called Angel Investigations.
Tracy Stone, who played the Pretty Girl (Marcie), also played on Malibu Shores with Charisma Carpenter in the episode 'The Fall' in 1996.
The two newspapers Doyle found the murders in were the West Hollywood Courier and the Los Angeles Globe Register.
Doyle explains that the invitation rule for vampires only stays in effect while the owner of the home is alive.
Cordelia invites Angel into her apartment.
Obsessive Star Trek fans may recognize Neil's pick-up girl for her small part as a Trek actress. Jennifer Tung played the Female Ensign in the 1998 film Star Trek: Insurrection.
This episode was a replacement for an original David Fury script called 'Corrupt'. Intending Angel to be much darker in tone, Fury wrote the script which involved Kate taking drugs and prostituting herself and Angel licking blood off a murder victim. Understandably, when WB read this they were horrified and production was closed down and David Fury had to write a whole new script, which became this episode
Featured Music: 'Touched' by Vast
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3. In The Dark
gs: Seth Green (Daniel "Oz" Osborne) James Marsters (Spike) Kevin West (Marcus) Malia Mathis (Rachel)
Oz pays a visit to Angel and gives him the Gem of Amarra, the vampire's holy grail that grants eternal protection. Doyle wants Angel to wear it with pride, but Angel opts to play it safe and hides it in the underground tunnels. He is soon kidnapped by Spike and tortured by a child-eating vampire named
Marcus.
While Angel is enduring the torture, Cordelia and Doyle locate the gem in the tunnels and quickly conspire Angel's rescue. The rescue goes almost according to plan, but in the scuffle, Marcus manages to obtain the gem and heads for the beach. The group follows him and Angel battles with him to the death. Deciding that no vampire deserves to see the light of day, Angel destroys the gem.
b: 19-Oct-1999 pc: 1ADH03 w: Douglas Petrie d: Bruce Seth Green
NOTE: The name Spike gives Angel, the White Hat, is the name of the group of vampire-killers in the Buffy episode 'The Wish,' who save Cordelia from vamp Willow and Xander. The group consists of Larry, Giles and Oz (who appeared in this ep).
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4. I Fall To Pieces
gs: Elisabeth Rohm (Detective Kate Lockley) Tushka Bergen (Melissa Burns) Andy Umberger (Doctor Ronald Meltzer) Carlos Carrasco (Doctor Vinpur Narpudan)
As Cordelia and Angel continue the debate of whether or not to charge for their services, Doyle receives a vision of yet another woman in distress. Angel pays a visit to her workplace and learns that the woman is being terrorized by her neurosurgeon who is somehow mysteriously able to watch her every move. After some detective work, Angel and Cordelia discover that the doctor is able to disconnect appendages from his body and prey on his victims. But when the doctor pays a visit to Angel's apartment, Angel separates him - permanently.
Grateful for the protection, the young woman pays the agency for its service, and a very joyous Cordy and Doyle go out to celebrate.
b: 26-Oct-1999 pc: 1ADH04 w: David Greenwalt s: Joss Whedon & David Greenwalt d: Vern Gilum
NOTE: The title "I Fall To Pieces" was a hit song by Patsy Cline in 1962.
Andy Umberger, who played Ronald, also played D'Hoffryn in many episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode 'Prophecy Girl', Xander listened to this title song in his room after Buffy refused to go to a dance with him.
Doyle mentions he has an aunt Judy.
Star Trek fans may not recognize Carlos Carrasco's face, but he has played three different alien characters on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and one on Star Trek: Voyager.
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5. Rm W/a Vu
gs: Elisabeth Rohm (Detective Kate Lockley) Beth Grant (Maude Pearson)
Cordelia Chase lives in the projects, and she's not happy about it. When she returns one evening to her roach-infested digs, she decides that desperate times calls for desperate measures and moves into Angel's apartment. Angel, unthrilled by his new roommate situation, makes a pact with Doyle: if Doyle can find Cordelia new digs, Angel will help him out with his debt negotiations.
Doyle holds up his end of the bargain and finds a stunningly beautiful one-bedroom apartment. At first, Cordy's on top of the world, but she soon gets the willies. Drawers open and close, furniture moves, and the wind blows to and fro. After some research, Angel learns that the apartment was owned by a woman who mysteriously died in the 1950s.
Even more compelling is the number of single-woman suicides that have occurred in the apartment since her occupation. He and Doyle figure out that there is a ghost that is somehow murdering the women. While Angel is away doing research, Cordelia is lured back to the apartment and is confronted by the apparition. At first she is overwhelmed, but she later gathers her moxie and sends the ghost back to her rightful place.
b: 02-Nov-1999 pc: 1ADH05 w: David Greenwalt , Jane Espenson d: Scott McGinnis
NOTE: Angel is invited into Cordelia's new apartment. He is seen inside Doyle's home, so must have been invited in at one time. Of course Doyle was part demon and the not-wholly-human quirk been used to skirt this issue in other episodes.
Greg Collins, who played Keith, had a part in the 1998 film 'Enemy Of The State', which also had Seth Green in it, who was a regular on Buffy The Vampire Slayer and appeared in the Angel episode 'In The Dark'. Greg played the FBI supervisor and Seth played Selby.
Presumably, Aura is the same Aura who found an "extreme dead guy" in her locker in the Buffy episode 'Welcome To The Hellmouth'.
Right as the ghost says ''this is my house!'' in the big fight at the end, Cordelia gets up and runs from the camera and you get a glimpse of the tattoo on the small of Charisma's back.
Angel listens to Beethoven's ''Ode To Joy'' in his apartment, which is also the song he was whistling when he visited the hospital in the Buffy episode 'Killed By Death'.
Doyle's telephone number is 555-0189.
Cordelia's old apartment is #4B, her new apartment is #212 Pearson Arms.
This is the first "appearance" of recurring "character" phantom Dennis.
Maybe a coindidence, but one of Darla?s traits was that she always liked a room with a view, later said by Angel in the second season episode "Darla" and others.
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6. Sense & Sensitivity
gs: Elisabeth Rohm (Detective Kate Lockley) Michael Beardsley (Accident Onlooker) John Capodice (Little Tony Papazian) John Mahon (Trevor Lockley) Ron Marasco (Allen Lloyd)
Kate, hardened by years of police work, enrolls in sensitivity training with her fellow police officers. At first the training appears to be innocuous, but Angel and others begin to notice her excessive emotions. It becomes especially obvious when she pours her heart out at her father's retirement party. Then, the entire police station goes awry.
Angel and Doyle figure out that Kate is in danger because of a recent arrest, and make the connection that the sensitivity teacher is responsible. But after a brief encounter with the teacher, it's Angel who's the new nice guy on the block. At first, Cordelia and Doyle can't deal with the pleasantries, but Angel soon manages to pull himself together and seals the fates of the evil hitmen!
b: 09-Nov-1999 pc: 1ADH06 w: Tim Minear d: James A. Contner
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7. Bachelor Party
gs: Kristin Dattilo (Harry) Rib Hillis (Pierce) Carlos Jacott (Richard Howard Straley)
Just as Doyle is inches away from finally making a connection with Cordy, his estranged wife shows up at Angel Investigations begging for a divorce so she can marry the new love of her life. After the initial shock of it all, Doyle agrees to consent to the divorce.
Meanwhile, Angel discovers that the fiancee comes from a long line of pacifist demons, but this doesn't seem to rock anyone's boat. After Doyle consents to the divorce, the fiancee invites Doyle to join his bachelor party.
Unbeknownst to Doyle, the fiancee's family has a ritual to fulfill: the fiancee needs to eat Doyle's brain in order to have a successful marriage. As the party proceedings begin, Angel gets suspicious and wanders upstairs. There he discovers these demons may not be as pacifist as they seem. He is ejected from the restaurant by the family.
Downstairs, Doyle is about to be eaten with a shrimp-fork, but Angel and Cordy and the fiance arrive on the scene and come to the rescue.
b: 16-Nov-1999 pc: 1ADH07 w: Tracey Stern d: David Straiton
NOTE: Carlos Jacott has also appeared in Buffy. Playing Ken in the season three episode 'Anne'.
The ending of this episode briefly sets the stage for the first two-parter Buffy/Angel crossover, as Doyle has a vision of Buffy in trouble. Odd how the visions always limit to people of L.A. in trouble, maybe this was because Buffy was the slayer, or because Angel loved her, maybe even because the forces DID intend the series of events which turned Angel into a human to happen.
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8. I Will Remember You
gs: Carry Cannon (Oracle) Randall Slavin (Oracle) Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers)
When Angel tells Cordy and Doyle that he did not contact Buffy during his visit to Sunnydale, Buffy pays a visit and expresses her displeasure. Sparks fly. As they are about to part their separate ways, a medieval demon charges into Angel's office and a violent brawl ensues.
The demon escapes, and Buffy and Angel decide to pursue it separately. When Angel makes contact and kills him, he observes that he has human characteristics. The Powers that Be confirm that Angel is indeed human again. Angel pursues Buffy and they share a passionate night of romance. But the next day, they are confronted by a stronger version of the medieval demon, and Angel is unable to fight in his human form.
After hearing that Buffy would perish if he were to remain human, he begs the Powers That Be to transform him into a vampire so that he can protect her. They do so, and Angel breaks the news to a heartbroken Buffy. However, their blessed reunion will remain only in Angel's memory.
b: 23-Nov-1999 pc: 1ADH08 w: David Greenwalt , Jeannine Renshaw d: David Grossman
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9. Hero
gs: Tony Denman (Rieff) Michelle Horn (Rayna) Lee Arenberg (Tiernan) Anthony Cistaro (Scourge Commander) Sean Gunn (Lucas)
Angel tells Doyle of his human experience, and meeting the Powers that Be, but Doyle doesn't have much time to react because work beckons. They soon find a group of half-breed demons and learn the demon racist group, The Scourge, are in town and out for blood. They conspire to rescue the half-demons: Angel goes undercover for the Scourge, and Cordelia and Doyle arrange the half-demons' safe passage to an island. When one of the half demons runs away, Doyle follows him and this delays the departure.
While Doyle is away, Cordelia learns of his true identity. Meanwhile, on the inside, Angel learns the strategy to eliminate
the half-demon breed population: The Scourge have built a machine whose rays can wipe out any human within a 1/4 mile radius. Angel soon escapes the Scourge and goes to the ship to warn Doyle and Cordelia. He is followed by the soldiers, who place the deadly machine on the ship. With the lives of dozens in jeopardy, Angel and Doyle realize that one of them will have to die in order to disconnect the beams. Though Angel protests, Doyle decides to make the sacrifice. He engages Cordelia in a passionate embrace, then meets the machine. He successfully disconnects it, then dies.
b: 30-Nov-1999 pc: 1ADH09 w: Howard Gordon , Tim Minear d: Tucker Gates
NOTE: This is the last regular episode featuring Doyle.
Doyle's death was planned early on in the development in the series and Glenn Quinn was fully aware of this when he signed on. He left on good terms contrary to some popular myths.
Actor Glenn Quinn passed away almost exactly three years after this episode aired.
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10. Parting Gifts
gs: Maury Sterling (Barney) Carry Cannon (Oracle) Randall Slavin (Oracle) Alexis Denisof (Wesley Wyndham-Pryce)
Angel pays a visit to the PTB (Powers That Be) and begs them to return Doyle. They refuse and when he protests that he no longer has access to the visions, they reply that when a door closes, another one opens.
Meanwhile, a schwarmy telepathic demon named Barney approaches Angel Investigations for help, claiming that he is being followed by a demon-assassin. Later that day, Cordelia is in the middle of an audition, and receives a vision. She soon realizes there was more to Doyle's kiss than she originally thought. Assuming that she can be rid of the visions by kissing someone else, she kisses Angel, and the new client. After a brief interview with Barney, Angel visits his apartment to see if he can learn anything. While he is there, he encounters Wesley, a watcher he had briefly known in Sunnydale. Wesley was kicked out of the Watcher's Council and is now a rogue-demon hunter in hot pursuit of a dangerous and powerful demon. They soon discover that the demon that was most recently attacked by the killer is of Asian origin.
Angel heads over to Koreatown to get more information and Wesley later joins him. After speaking to the dying demon, they deduce that Barney is involved, and Cordelia is is in danger. Meanwhile, Barney kidnaps Cordelia and bids her visionary powers at an auction. When the deal goes to the highest bidder, Cordelia's fate is to have her eyes gouged out. Moments before the first incision, Angel and Wesley rush in and save the day. The next morning, Angel invites Wesley for breakfast. Is Wesley here to stay?
b: 14-Dec-1999 pc: 1ADH10 w: David Fury , Jeannine Renshaw d: James A. Contner
NOTE: Although still credited as a regular cast member Glenn Quinn (Doyle) Only appears in the teaser of this episode.
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11. Somnambulist
gs: Elisabeth Rohm (Detective Kate Lockley) Jeremy Renner (Penn)
A girl is murdered by a vampire during the early morning hours. Later that day, Wesley notices an article about the murder in the newspaper and leaves immediately. Angel pays a visit to Kate about some other business, but while he is there, he observes the crime scene photos on her desk. He recognizes the modus operandi, and immediately realizes that there is a connection between his recent nightmares and the murders.
Meanwhile, Wesley returns to Angel Investigations and clues Cordelia in on the situation at hand. He tells her in the past, Angelus marked his victims' left cheek with a cross. That night, Angel has a dream. He realizes that Penn, someone he sired, is responsible for the current murders.
That afternoon, Angel brings a drawing of Penn to Kate and instructs her to stake out an area. Later that day, Penn strikes, but before he can complete the kill, the police arrive. Penn escapes in a nearby abandoned building. Kate comes in after him and soon finds Angel at the scene. He dons his vampire face and the two begin to fight. After learning Angel's true identity, Kate initially freaks out, but then hits the library to learn more about vampires. She discovers that Penn struck two times in LA earlier that century, in 1928 and 1963. Wesley and Angel figure out where he resides and pay a visit to his apartment.
Meanwhile, Penn pays a surprise visit to the police department. Angel catches wind of the situation climbs down into the tunnels and gets into a big brawl with Penn. However, it's Kate who saves the day when she locates a wood scrap and stakes Angel and Penn. Due to her great aim, only Penn is dusted.
b: 18-Jan-2000 pc: 1ADH11 w: Tim Minear d: Winrich Kolbe
NOTE: Alexis Denisof joins the regular cast from this episode as Wesley Wyndham-Price
Somnambulist means 'Sleepwalker'
This is the first episode that Kate becomes aware of the existence of demons as well as Angel's true past.
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12. Expecting
gs: Daphne Duplaix (Selene) Ken Marino (Wilson Christopher) Josh Randall (Bartender)
Cordelia prepares for a night on the town with William Christopher, a prominent LA photographer, but right before her friends whisk her away to meet him, she receives a vision and gives the information to Angel. Angel and Wesley check out the address and slay a demon spawn.
At the club, Cordelia chats it up with William and invites him to spend the night. The next morning, she realizes she's expecting! Angel and Wesley pay a visit to her apartment and observe her pregnant state. They try to contact Wilson but are unable to reach him. They form a plan: Angel will track down Cordelia's friend Serena, while Wesley will take Cordelia to the doctor. When the doctor observes she is carrying 7 babies, the panic sets in.
Meanwhile, Angel meets with Serena and discovers she's pregnant as well. She clues him to Wilson and his cronies' hangout: a local gun club. Meanwhile, Cordelia and Wesley return to Angel's pad and Wesley observes her new attitude towards her spawn. She is suddenly very attached to them. Wesley deduces she is under some kind of telepathy.
After a brief reconnaissance, Angel heads for the gun club, and Wesley researches and identifies the demon species. Cordelia, now fully under the influence, escapes from the apartment and heads to a local industrial park to prepare for the birth. Meanwhile, William fesses all after a brutal thrashing from Angel in vamp form. Wesley heads over to the industrial park and challenges the demon to a duel to the death. Angel enters the scene and brings a giant canister of liquid nitrogen as an offering. They freeze the demon and Cordelia, no longer pregnant and under the influence of the telepathy, destroys it.
b: 25-Jan-2000 pc: 1ADH12 w: Howard Gordon d: Dave Sernel
NOTE: Though we could probably assume that Cordelia has had past relations - (btw - NOT with Xander as we know that Faith took his virginity AFTER he and Cordy broke up) this is the first time it is confirmed that she has enjoyed "pleasures of the flesh" so to speak.
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13. She
gs: Ling Bai (Jheira) Colby French (Tay) Heather Stephens (Demon Girl) Sean Gunn (Mars the Spa Worker)
Cordelia throws a happenin' soiree. While Wesley attempts to mingle, Angel spends most of the time brooding in the kitchen. The next morning, Angel officially hires Wesley, and Cordelia receives a vision of a murder in an ice factory. Angel locates the corpse and encounters a demon named Tay, who tells him his mission is to stop the bringer of chaos. Angel tells his findings to Wesley and Cordelia, and they get right into the research. That night, Angel pays a visit to the corpse's office and encounters a female demon. She sends him a powerful jolt then leaves. Angel recovering quickly, jumps into his car and follows her to a museum.
There, he discovers the demon is attempting to help other females escape their homeland via a portal in the museum. Back at A.I., Wesley discovers Tay is a Vigorie, a herbivore species from Oden Tal that enslaves its female members of the race. Back at the museum, the rescue is a bust after Tay and his cronies burst in. Angel and the demon (who soon introduces herself as Jheira) manage to get rid of them, but not before they take the runaway captive. They unmake her by removing her 'ko.'
Jhiera later explains to Angel that the ko is located in the spine and controls a female's physical and sexual power. Meanwhile, Cordelia and Wesley pay a visit to the California Flower Mart to spy on the Vigories. They discover the demons know of Jheira's whereabouts and report back to Angel. We soon learn the other female runaways are at a spa called Palm Ridge. Angel figures out the location, and together they high-tail it to the mansion to warn Jheira.
After assisting the escape of the women, Wesley and Cordelia are trapped by the Vigories. Jheira abandons them, but they manage to fight on their own. Jheira pays one final visit and Angel warns her not to hurt any more civilians.
b: 08-Feb-2000 pc: 1ADH13 w: Marti Noxon d: David Greenwalt
NOTE: The credits of this episode do not appear with the standard black background. But with Wesley and Angel both dancing. The theme music was also replaced with another song.
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14. I've Got You Under My Skin
gs: Elisabeth Rohm (Detective Kate Lockley) Will Kempe (Seth Anderson) Katy Boyer (Paige Anderson) Anthony Cistaro (Ethros Demon) Jesse James (Ryan Anderson)
Angel accidently calls Wesley 'Doyle' while he is arguing with Cordy, who has just made inedible brownies. We later learn Angel feels pangs of guilt over Doyle's untimely death. Suddenly, Cordelia receives a vision about a young family. When Angel and Wesley visit the residence, they notice a boy sleepwalking in the street. Angel saves the boy, named Ryan, from an oncoming car. When Angel goes inside the house to get cleaned up, Wesley takes a look around and deduces one of the members of the family is possessed by a demon.
Meanwhile, to show their undying gratitude for Angel's bravery, the family invites him over for dinner the following evening. Wesley informs Angel about the demon presence and the next day, they create a brownie recipe that will reveal the demon's presence. During desert, Ryan puts on a demon face and Angel brings the family AI to exorcize it. While Cordy stays with the family, Wesley and Angel go to the local church to find the priest to exorcize the demon, but they soon learn from the nun that the priest died six months earlier.
Wesley decides he will perform the exorcism and begins the ritual. The strength of the Ethros demon is such that he will most likely kill whomever is performing the exorcism because of its need to inhabit another body, so Cordelia travels into town to purchase a box to contain it. However, the box is too small, and the Ethros demon escapes after its expulsion. Angel and Wesley track him and kill him, but not before learning Ryan was evil before the demon ever entered his soul. They go to the house and rescue Stephanie, Ryan's sister, from a fire he had started. Ryan is taken into police and social services custody, and the family thanks Angel for his work.
b: 15-Feb-2000 pc: 1ADH14 w: David Greenwalt , Jeannine Renshaw d: Robert David Price
NOTE: You'll note the spelling of Majick with a 'k'. Those who are actual Witches (or those who practice Wicca) spell Majick with a 'k' to seperate real Majick with that which you might see at a Magic show.
It could be said that this episode is a tribute to the movie "The Exorcist", which it strongly resembles both in concept and in content.
It is stated that not only Sunnydale is weird or has public knowledge of demons, since Cordelia just buys a box (or similar at least) specifically made to catch demon souls in a normal shop.
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15. The Prodigal
gs: Elisabeth Rohm (Detective Kate Lockley) Christina Hendricks (Bar Maid) Julie Benz (Darla) John Mahon (Trevor Lockley) Henri Lubatti (Suit #1)
Angel has a memory of an altercation between him and his father in 1753, but his mind quickly returns to the present when he kills a demon who escaped from a moving subway train. When Kate enters on the scene, he tells her to cover up the truth to her fellow officers. Though she is disturbed by the demon factor, she becomes distracted after seeing her father enter the station. Later that morning, Wesley identifies the deceased demon as a Kwaini species and remarks it is atypical for this type of demon to be violent. They deduce the demon had an incentive to attack one of the passengers. Angel then tries to obtain a list of passengers from Kate, but she's unwilling to give it to him.
Despite this, he manages to locate the passenger in question and follows him on one of his deliveries: to Mr. Lockley's apartment. When Angel confronts Mr. Lockley, he denies any involvement. Angel, reminded of his painful past with his father, has another memory from his past: he meets Darla and is sired.
Back at A.I., Wesley conducts some tests and discovers the Kwaini demon was addicted to a substance similar to street PCP. Angel deduces that Kate's father is somehow involved with the drug trafficking. He then has another memory, this time of his own funeral, his first meeting with Darla as a vampire, and his first kill. That afternoon, Kate approaches Angel, gives him a list of the passengers and tells him she wants to be involved with the case. She changed her mind after having a conversation with her father.
Suddenly, two Kwaini demons attack Wesley and Cordelia, seeking more of the drug. While this is happening, the drug traffickers pay a visit to Mr. Lockley. Meanwhile, Angel has another memory of killing his entire family. Angel tries to save Mr. Lockley from the traffickers but can't enter his apartment because he was not invited. Standing by the door entrance, he watches the vampires kill Mr. Lockley. After his death, Angel enters in and kills one of them. Kate arrives and is devastated by the death. She obtains the address of the traffickers and manages to slay one of the killers. As the rest of the gang prepares for attack, Angel bursts in and slays the lot of them. He has one final memory from his past: Darla informs her that he will carry the painful memories of his father for a lifetime.
b: 22-Feb-2000 pc: 1ADH15 w: Tim Minear d: Bruce Seth Green
NOTE: Cordelia's Birthday is May 22
Angel's real name is Liam. After becoming a vampire, Liam goes back home to murder his family. His sister, seeing him alive again, proclaims that he must be an "angel". Thus the new name.
"Liam" is an Irish form of "William", so basically, Angel and Spike have the same name.
Liam's tombstone reads: "1727-1753 Beloved Son"
This episode is unusually short clocking in at only 40 minutes rather than the usual 44 minutes.
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16. The Ring
gs: Marcus Redmond (Tom Cribb) Douglas Roberts (Darin Macnamara) Scott William Winters (Jack Macnamara) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan)
As Wesley and Cordelia exchange banter, Angel is paid a visit by a strange man, claiming his brother Jack was kidnapped by demons affiliated with a bookie. While Cordy and Wesley consult their demon database, Angel pays a visit to the bookie. The bookie refers him to a place in beechwood canyon. Angel goes to the canyon and gets information from the bookie, then begins investigating an underground fight club.
We later learn the man who pays a visit to Angel, is the organizer of the fight club, and Wolfram and Hart is a major sponsor. Angel soon discovers he was set up in a trap. He is expected to fight other slave demons to the death.
The next morning, after Cordelia and Wesley get suspicious about Angel's whereabouts, Wesley pays a visit to the bookie and obtains the address of the fight club. That night, Angel kills a demon, but his heart isn't into the battle. Wesley and Cordelia spot him in the ring, and Wesley explains the meaning behind the slave bracelets which Angel and the other demons are wearing. They rush back to AI to find a way to open the bracelets.
Meanwhile, Jack pays a visit to Angel and tells him of his disappointment in his fighting and Angel threatens to kill him unless the slaves are set free. His brother decides to kill Jack, rather than agree to Angel's terms. Angel is knocked out, and later wakes up in the offices of Wolfram and Hart. When he finds out the associate from W&H has ulterior motives, he returns to the fight club and learns his next opponent is Trepkos, the toughest demon in the lot.
The next morning, Wesley and Cordelia successfully make a key to unlock the bracelets. That evening, Angel begins to fight Trepkos. The battle is brutal. Cordelia and Wesley break into the slave area with the special key, but it falls into the hands of one of the demons. While Angel and Trepkos continue to fight, the demons set themselves free. After Angel has the opportunity to kill Trepkos, but doesn't take it, Trepkos walks away. The demons burst in and a giant battle ensues. One of the demons slips a bracelet onto the fight's organizer, Trepkos throws him into the air,and he promptly disintegrates. The demons are set free.
b: 29-Feb-2000 pc: 1ADH16 w: Howard Gordon d: Nick Marck
NOTE: The X-Files episode Firewalker also featured a character named 'Daniel Trepkos'. That episode and this one were both written by Howard Gordon.
The sketches of demons in the database are from Joss Whedon, who used them to give his ideas to the make-up folks on Angel and Buffy. They include the demons from Gingerbread and The Wish, a Kaliff from Rm W/a Vu, a Kawaini from The Prodigal, and a Brachen demon from Hero.
This is the first appearance of Wolfram and Hart beauty Lilah Morgan.
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17. Eternity
gs: Tamara Gorski (Rebecca Lowell) Michael Mantell (Oliver Simon)
Wesley and Angel endure a painful experience: attending Cordelia's first stage appearance. As they stretch the truth to spare potential hurt feelings, Cordelia spots Oliver Simon, a top talent agent, and one of his clients, Rebecca Lowell, a former soap opera star, leaving a paparazzi-filled event.
While Cordelia lists the many accomplishments of Rebecca Lowell, Angel notices Rebecca is in apparent danger and rescues her from an ongoing car. The next day, Rebecca pays a visit to AI and tells Angel she is being stalked by a celebrity fan. She asks Angel for his help, but he turns down the case. Wesley deduces Angel has feelings for Rebecca and has rejected the case to prevent himself from obtaining the true happiness that would unlease his evil vampire within. Cordelia is beside herself with disappointment, after all, this Rebecca woman could be a serious networking opportunity!
Later that evening, Rebecca has a gathering. As she ascends the stairs she hears noises. Angel bursts in and chases out the stalker. When Rebecca glances into the mirror, she notices Angel does not have a reflection. She asks him about this, and he tells her the truth. The next day, Rebecca asks Angel to attend a premiere with her. After they make their grand entrance, they enter a secret alleyway and encounter Rebecca's stalker. Angel manages to drag him down. When Rebecca realizes the stalker is a stuntman and former client of Oliver's, she confronts him. When Oliver mentions no one stays young forever, Rebecca glances at Angel and gets an idea.
The next day, she and Cordelia go shopping and Rebecca pumps her for information. That night, she comes over in a sexy number and gives Angel a bottle of champagne to thank him for his valiant efforts. She slips a drug into his drink and moments later, tells him she wants to become a vampire. The drugs begin to affect Angel's judgment, and moments later, the persona of Angelus emerges. After an exchange of evil pleasantries, Cordelia and Wesley manage to knock him out and keep him contained until the drugs wear off. The next day Angel apologizes to Cordelia and Wesley for his behavior.
b: 04-Apr-2000 pc: 1ADH17 w: Tracey Stern d: Regis Kimble
NOTE: The character that Rebecca plays is called "Raven," which may be an in-joke reference to either the Highlander spin-off "The Raven," or the name of the vampire club in the TV series Forever Knight.
Angel's loses his soul for a short period of time.
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18. Five By Five
gs: Julie Benz (Darla) Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald) Thomas Burr (Lee Mercer) Tyler Christopher (Wolfram & Hart Lawyer) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Eliza Dushku (Faith)
Angel and Wesley catch, find and convert a prime witness that is involved in a case against Wolfram & Hart. Knowing that Angel is behind the reappearance of the witness that foiled a major case, W&H are ready for payback. Enter Faith. Seems she's had enough of Sunnydale and is searching for darker pastures.
Not five minutes off the Greyhound and the rouge Slayer knocks out a lecherous man and takes his wallet and keys. With some cash and a place to stay, the sky's the limit.
We're taken back to Romania, circa 1898, as Angel's past is revealed. We see the transformation of Angelus to Angel as his soul is restored by a gypsy. And we see the pain Angel first endures as he now feels the 140 or so years of killing and is now neither part of the vampire nor the human world.
The evil folks at Wolfram & Hart find Faith and commence hiring her to do away with their nemesis, Angel. It's obviously no problem for her. She immediately attempts to shoot our hero in public with a crossbow, but Angel catches it mid-flight. Wesley warns Angel that Faith is not a demon but just a sick girl and there may be a chance to reach her still.
Wesley changes his mind when Faith kidnaps and tortures him, nearly to death. Angel and Cordelia follow Faith's path of destruction and locate her new hide-out. Faith and Angel fight but as Faith begins to get stronger physically, declaring herself "evil," she appears to be losing it mentally. As they fight, they both go flying out the window to the alley below. Wesley cuts himself loose, picks up a knife and heads downstairs--ready to do whatever he has to, to save Angel.
Faith continues to weaken mentally and as she and Angel brawl in the alley, she collapses into his arms, begging him to kill her. To be continued...
b: 25-Apr-2000 pc: 1ADH18 w: Jim Kouf d: James A. Contner
NOTE: This is the only episode to date, that is rated 18. All the others have been a 15.
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19. Sanctuary
gs: Elisabeth Rohm (Detective Kate Lockley) Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald) Thomas Burr (Lee Mercer) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Alastair Duncan (Collins) Eliza Dushku (Faith) Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers)
Buffy comes to Los Angeles seeking vengeance under the guise of protecting Angel from Faith's violent nature, but Buffy is shocked and hurt to discover her former love siding with her nemesis as he attempts to shelter her.
Meanwhile, Wesley is faced with a crisis of loyalties when the Watcher's Council offers a chance at reinstatement if he gives up Faith.
b: 02-May-2000 pc: 1ADH19 w: Tim Minear & Joss Whedon d: Michael Lange
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20. War Zone
gs: J. August Richards (Charles Gunn) Michele Kelly (Alonna) Maurice Compte (Chain) Mick Murray (Knox) Joe Basile (Lenny Edwards) David Herman (David Nabbit)
Angel tracks down a nerdy millionaire's blackmailer, but gets caught in the middle of a gang war between street kids and vampires and meets the leader of the vampire hunters, Charles
Gunn. Although Gunn is suspicious of Angel, he soon realizes Angel may be a valuable ally in the cleaning up of the City of Angels.
b: 09-May-2000 pc: 1ADH20 w: Gary Campbell d: David Straiton
NOTE: Gunn was named after actor Sean Gunn (who guest starred in the previous episodes "Hero" and "She") and his brother writer James Gunn, who, like Joss Whedon, is a comic book afficionado. James also wrote the film Scooby Doo which starred Buffy's Sarah Michelle Gellar.
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21. Blind Date
gs: Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald) Thomas Burr (Lee Mercer) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Sam Anderson (Holland) J. August Richards (Charles Gunn)
Angel agrees to help legal but not so ethical whiz kid Lindsey McDonald crack the secret files of Wolfram & Hart to save a group of children from a demonic assassin. Said assassin also happens to be legally blind, quite the lethal weapon and on the Wolfram & Hart's payroll. Angel asks vampire hunter, Gunn to help him break into the Wolfram & Hart building and along with the assistance of Lindsey, our undead hero makes it in successfully even though the firm is full of traps.
Along his journey through the law firm's secret vaults Angel finds himself attracted to an ancient scroll and he grabs it as he runs out the door. Little does Angel know, the scroll holds a prophecy about the "vampire with a soul". Ultimately, Lindsay isn't quite sure if he can stick by his decision to betray the firm and sabotage the deadly mission. In the end, he chooses to stay with the firm, getting himself a nice raise and a much bigger office.
b: 16-May-2000 pc: 1ADH21 w: Jeannine Renshaw d: Tom Wright
NOTE: The abilities of the blind woman in this episode are simular to that of the Marvel comic book character Matt Murdock, a blind man who becomes a superhero known as Daredevil. The Daredevil comic has now been turned into a film starring Ben Affleck.
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22. To Shanshu In L.A.
gs: Elisabeth Rohm (Detective Kate Lockley) Julie Benz (Darla) Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Sam Anderson (Holland) Todd Stashwick (Vocah) Carey Cannon (Female Oracle) Randall Slavin (Male Oracle) David Herman (David Nabbit) J. August Richards (Charles Gunn)
Wesley is searching for the translation of the Scrolls of Obearsain and the prophecy of the "vampire with a soul". He is finding the process difficult as the scrolls are over 4,000 years old and translated into a dozen languages. Unfortunately, when Wesley does realize what the pivotal word, "shanshu" means, he must tell Angel that the prophecy means the vampire with a soul will die. Angel greets this news with an uninterested shrug. Wesley and Cordy believe Angel's non-reaction is a result of not living, growing and changing as the rest of the world does. The gang discovers that Lindsey has been promoted to Jr. Partner at Wolfram and Hart. He made his choice to stay with the dark side.
Meanwhile, the folks at W&H are conjuring up a demon who has come to separate Angel and the "Powers That Be." This of course, means separating Angel from his friends as well as the Oracles.
The next day, as Cordy walks through a flea-market, the same demon brushes up against her. She's hit with a vision but it doesn't stop. Screaming in pain, she collapses on the ground.
The evil demon also pays a visit to Angel's home where he plants a bomb and easily walks out with the scrolls. Seems he needs the scrolls himself for a surprise incantation that will further bring woe to our heroes. Wesley arrives just in time to see the bomb and hightail it around a brick wall that ultimately saves his life.
While looking after Wesley in the hospital, Angel visits Cordelia and notices a symbol on her hand. Angel heads to the Oracles to find out what it means only to find them slain. Lucky for him the spirit of the female Oracle is able to tell Angel that the mark belongs to a warrior of the underworld named Vocah, as well as filling him in on how to save Cordy. Angel enlists his new friend Charles Gunn to watch over his injured friends while they are in the hospital.
Meanwhile the team from W&H are in a mausoleum, surrounding a crate, and watching an incantation lead by Vocah. Angel attacks
the demon but as the two brawl, Lindsey takes over with the ritual. Angel kills Vocah but the ritual is complete. Lindsey attempts to burn the ancient scroll but Angel slices off his hand before he gets the chance and rushes to save his friends.
Back at Cordy's apartment, Wesley discovers the real meaning of "shanshu" is to live. Angel will eventually become human.
And back at the basement of Wolfram & Hart, the crack team of lawyers gather around the crate. Holland tells Lindsey they will even the score with the very item that sits in the crate. Lilah welcomes the disheveled creature that turns out to be Darla.
b: 23-May-2000 pc: 1ADH22 w: David Greenwalt d: David Greenwalt
NOTE: Since we eventually learn that "shanshu" means both life and death, the title of this episode would translate to "To Live and Die in L.A." which is also the title of a 1985 film directed by William Friedkin (French Connection) about a cop who's willing to do anything to avenge his partner's death, breaking the law and risking his own life to catch the killer.
Final appearance of the Angel Investigations office, and Angel?s house.
23. Judgement
gs: Andy Hallett (Caritas' Host) Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Justina Machado (Pregnant Woman) Julie Benz (Darla) Eliza Dushku (Faith)
The well-oiled, demon-fighting machine of Angel, Cordelia and Wesley is back in full force and joined by the streetwise vampire hunter Charles Gunn. After a case of mistaken identity leads Angel to slay a demon protecting an innocent girl, karaoke is the only way to make things right. Meanwhile, Angel struggles with the discovery that he may not always be eternal and Darla recovers from her resurrection from Hell.
b: 26-Sep-2000 pc: 2ADH01 w: David Greenwalt s: Joss Whedon & David Greenwalt d: Michael Lange
NOTE: J August Richards joins the regular cast as of this episode.
Faith's Prisoner Number is 43100
First appearance of recurring character Lorne, here called The Host.
Apparently sets the rule of adding to the title credits a character introduced 3 or 4 episodes prior to the last season finale. It happened with Gunn, Fred and with the adult version of Connor.
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24. Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been
gs: Melissa Marsala (Judy) Julie Araskog (Over the Hill Whore) J.P. Manoux (Bellman) John Kapelos (Hotel Manager) Tommy Hinkley (Detective) Scott Thompson Baker (Actor) Brett Rickaby (Denver) Tony Amendola (Hotel Demon)
Angel directs Cordelia and Wesley to investigate a mysteriously abandoned hotel in Hollywood and as they piece together the building's dark history, they discover that his interest is that of a personal nature. In a flashback to 1952, Angel is not the atoning vampire of present day, but a recluse who is detached from the tortured humans around him, until one fateful day.
b: 03-Oct-2000 pc: 2ADH02 w: Tim Minear d: David Semel
NOTE: Cordelia uses an iBook
You may notice that the Apple Logos on Cordelia's iBook are covered up, on the back with a pink post-it note, and on the front with a small piece of paper.
Are you now, or have you ever been... is the introductory line to the McCarthy era quest for communists.
This episode represents the first time Angel evers calls Cordelia "Cordy."
John Kapeolos, the hotel manager, formerly played Donald Schanke, Nicholas Knight's partner for two seasons on "Forever Knight". Possibly as part of an in-joke, there is polka music playing in the hotel in one scene: Schanke was a big fan of polka music in FK.
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25. First Impressions
gs: Andy Hallett (Caritas' Host) David Herman (David Nabbit) Chris Barber (Henry) Cedrick Terrell (Jameel) Edwin Hodge (Keenan) Lucas Babin (Joey) Alan Shaw (Deevak) Angel Parker (Veronica) Ray Campbell (Desmond) Christopher Babers (Gunn's Acquaintance) Julie Benz (Darla)
When Cordelia has a particularly disturbing vision of Gunn is in grave danger, she elects herself as his new protector. When she discovers that he may be his own worst enemy, she has to face the fact that she can't save him without the help of Angel and Wesley.
b: 10-Oct-2000 pc: 2ADH03 w: Shawn Ryan d: James A. Contner
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26. Untouched
gs: Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Sam Anderson (Holland) Daisy McCrackin (Bethany Chaulk) Gareth Williams () Julie Benz (Darla)
Angel unknowingly crosses paths with Wolfram and Hart when he comes to the aid of a young woman, Bethany , who possesses telekinetic powers far beyond her control, a situation Angel has had to contend with in his own life. Meanwhile, Angel is somewhat off his game due to the fact that he has been sleeping weird, but has no idea his fitful nights are the result of nocturnal visits by Darla.
b: 17-Oct-2000 pc: 2ADH04 w: Meredyth Smith d: Joss Whedon
NOTE: Cordelia makes refference to Buffy 3x08 in where she fell through an old staircase and becomes impaled on a piece of reebar. The incident was taken from a real indicent in the life of actress Charisma Carpenter (who plays Cordelia) when she was a small girl
This is the first time series creator/executive producer Joss Whedon has directed an episode he hasn't written
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27. Dear Boy
gs: Andy Hallett (Caritas' Host) Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald) Darren Kennedy (Cop #1) Elisabeth Rohm (Detective Kate Lockley) Julie Benz (Darla) Juliet Landau (Drusilla) Stewart Skelton (Harold Jenkins) Cheryl White (Claire) Matt North (Stephen) Sal Rendino (Man)
Angel's continued restless nights takes him all the way back to 1860 London and his first encounter with Drusilla , but when he sees Darla in his waking life, Cordelia, Wesley and Gunn fear he has gone off the deep end and may revert to his evil ways.
b: 24-Oct-2000 pc: 2ADH05 w: David Greenwalt d: David Greenwalt
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28. Guise Will Be Guise
gs: Andy Hallett (Caritas' Host) Brigid Brannagh (Virginia Bryce) Art LeFleur (T'ish Magev) Patrick Kilpatrick (Paul Lanier) Todd Susman (Magnus Bryce)
Angel travels to a mystical swami to help him understand his haunting dreams and get in touch with his inner demon, but while he is away Wesley assumes Angel's identity to try to save a young girl and sort of enjoys playing the role of a vampire with a soul.
b: 07-Nov-2000 pc: 2ADH06 w: Jane Espenson d: Krishna Rao
NOTE: Charisma Carpenter does the 'Previously on Angel' Voiceover
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29. Darla
gs: Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald) Elisabeth Rohm (Detective Kate Lockley) Julie Benz (Darla) Juliet Landau (Drusilla) James Marsters (Spike) Mark Metcalf (The Master) Sam Anderson (Holland)
Angel is desperate to rescue Darla from the clutches of Wolfram & Hart and flashbacks reveal what a dangerous and powerful relationship they shared as history weirdly seems to be repeating itself. The trip down memory lane begins with Darla's sire by the Master and ends with the gang of Spike, Drusilla, Darla and Angel being torn apart when he gets a soul.
b: 14-Nov-2000 pc: 2ADH07 d: Tim Minear
NOTE: Alexis Denisof does the 'Previously On Angel' Voiceover
This episode is the second part of a two-parter episode started in Buffy's "Fool For Love". Even if the episode's individual stories are different, some flashbacks about Spike from Buffy and the ones about Darla and Angelus do repeat in both episodes, showing Spike's POV in Buffy and Darla's and Angelus' POV in this one.
This episode features Mark Metcalf as The Master (during a flashback from before he got trapped in The Hellmouth), making this his second onscreen appearance after he died in Buffy's "Prohecy Girl". The first is in Buffy's "The Wish", which shows an alternate outcome for Buffy's season 1 in which The Harvest did succeed and The Master has risen and conquered Sunnydale.
This is the first Angel episode to be named after a character. Disharmony (Harmony) could be included as the next one, but Billy is the next ep to be fully named after a character. Angel was the first in BtVS.
Drusilla says to Darla "I could be your mummy someday". At face value typical Drusilla craziness, but in actuality it's some bizarre foreshadowing for "The Trial".
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30. The Shroud Of Rahmon
gs: Tom Kiesche (Detective Broomfield) Elisabeth Rohm (Detective Kate Lockley) W. Earl Brown (Menlow) Dwayne L. Barnes (Lester) Michael Hagy (Jay-Don) Tony Todd (Vyasa) Robert Dolan (Bob)
Angel poses as a flashy vampire hoodlum, and with the help of Gunn prevents a mind-altering shroud from falling into the wrong hands.
b: 21-Nov-2000 pc: 2ADH08 w: Jim Kouf d: David Grossman
NOTE: Elisabeth Rohm performs the 'Previously on Angel' voiceover.
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31. The Trial
gs: Andy Hallett (Caritas' Host) Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald) Juliet Landau (Drusilla) Sam Anderson (Holland) Jim Piddock (Trial Overseer) Julie Benz (Darla)
Angel is still haunted by flashbacks of his 150-year love affair with Darla and has Gunn help track her down, but he soon discovers that he is faced with an impossible choice: watch her die from a terminal illness or use his dark powers to turn her back into a vampire and give her eternal life.
b: 28-Nov-2000 pc: 2ADH09 w: Douglas Petrie & Tim Minear s: David Greenwalt d: Bruce Seth Green
NOTE: This episode includes a reference to Holtz, a vampire hunter who will become the Big Bad of Season 3
Juliet Landau is mentioned in the closing credits instead of the opening ones, in order to maintain the surprise at the end.
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32. Reunion
gs: Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald) Elisabeth Rohm (Detective Kate Lockley) Erik Liberman (Erik) Juliet Landau (Drusilla) Julie Benz (Darla) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Sam Anderson (Holland) Stephanie Manglaras (Landlord) Karen Tucker (Female Shopper) Katherine Ann McGregor (Catherine) Michael Rotondi (Burly Guy)
Angel goes on a frantic search after Drusilla turns Darla back into a vampire, and he must catch them before she rises again and the two go back to their old ways and paint the town red. Meanwhile, as Angel goes off the deep end, his staff worries they are the only ones standing between Angel and real darkness.
b: 19-Dec-2000 pc: 2ADH10 w: Tim Minear & Shawn Ryan d: James A. Contner
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33. Redefinition
gs: Juliet Landau (Drusilla) Matthew James (Merl) Andy Hallett (Caritas' Host) Brigid Brannagh (Virginia) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Nicolas Survoy (Hunt Acrey) Julie Benz (Darla) Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald)
After firing his staff and cutting himself off from all help, Angel begins intense physical and mental training to become strong enough to stop Darla and Drusilla before they destroy the City of Angels. Meanwhile, Cordelia, Wesley and Gunn try to continue the fight for the innocent on their own now that Angel's gone commando.
b: 16-Jan-2001 pc: 2ADH11 w: Meredyth Smith d: Michael Grossman
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34. Blood Money
gs: Gerry Becker (Nathan Reed) R. Martin Klein (Husband) Sam Anderson (Holland) Julia Lee (Anne) Mark Rolston (Boone) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Matthew James (Merl) Jeffrey Patrick Dean (Dwight) Jason Padgett (Holden) Jennifer Roa (Serena) Deborah Carson (Liza)
Angel threatens to expose Wolfram & Hart's criminal activities when he discovers that they are stealing large contributions that were made to a teen shelter but an old adversary has other plans for Angel.
b: 23-Jan-2001 pc: 2ADH12 w: Shawn Ryan & Meredyth Smith d: R.D. Price
NOTE: Anne (Julia Lee) was also in Buffy the Vampire Slayer's "Lie to Me" as Chanterelle and in "Anne" as Lily/Anne.
Cordelia's milk ad on tape is probably an in-joke reference to David Boreanaz's doing a Got Milk? ad for TV Guide.
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35. Happy Anniversary
gs: Andy Hallett (Caritas' Host) Brigid Brannagh (Virginia) Matt Champagne (Physicist) Darby Stanchfield (Denise) Michael G. Hagerty (Bartender) Victoria L. Kellember (Val) Danny LaCava (Mike)
Angel and the Host search for a physicist they fear will cause the end of the world---and who unknowingly has help from two apocalypse-lovin' Lubber demons. Wesley, Cordelia and Gunn settle into their new digs, where Virginia brings them their first official case.
b: 06-Feb-2001 pc: 2ADH13 w: David Greenwalt s: Joss Whedon & David Greenwalt d: Bill L. Norton
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36. The Thin Dead Line
gs: Darris Love (George) Elisabeth Rohm (Detective Kate Lockley) Julia Lee (Anne) Matthew James (Merl) Mushond Lee (Jackson) Jarrod Crawford (Rondell) Cory C. Hardrict (Ray) Kyle Davis (Kenny) Camille Mana (Les) Brenda Price (Callie)
Angel investigates rumors of renegade cops out for blood, while Cordelia, Wesley and Gunn carry out their own fact-finding mission that results Wesley being seriously wounded by a police gunshot.
b: 13-Feb-2001 pc: 2ADH14 w: Jim Kouf & Shawn Ryan d: Scott McGinnis
NOTE: The song playing in the shelter when the two kids show up past curfew is Ms Jackson, by Outkast.
The title of this episode likely comes from a combination of two things. Police are often referred to as the Thin Blue Line, and there was a film called the Thin Red line, which is based on a novel about the disenchantment of soldiers during World War II.
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37. Reprise
gs: Christian Kane (Lindsey) Elisabeth Rohm (Kate Lockley) Gerry Becker (Nathan Reed) Sam Anderson (Holland) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Julie Benz (Darla) Andy Hallett (Caritas' Host) Brigid Brannagh (Virginia)
Angel learns of the impending visit of Wolfram & Hart's "senior partner," an evil and merciless demon from hell, and he plans a kamikaze mission to destroy the powerful beast that will sacrifice his own life in the process.
b: 20-Feb-2001 pc: 2ADH15 w: Tim Minear d: James Whitmore Jr.
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38. Epiphany
gs: Elisabeth Rohm (Kate) Julie Benz (Darla) Christian Kane (Lindsey) Andy Hallett (Caritas' Host)
After an empty night of passion with Darla, Angel surprisingly wakes up with his soul still intact and has an epiphany. His moment of clarity brings him back to the land of the living and while he tries to reunite with his crew, Cordelia, Wesley and Gunn aren't ready to forgive him, even when their very lives are at stake.
b: 27-Feb-2001 pc: 2ADH16 w: Tim Minear d: Thomas J. Wright
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39. Disharmony
gs: Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg) Mercedes McNab (Harmony Kendall) Andy Hallett (Caritas' Host) Pat Healy (Doug Sanders) Adam Weiner (Caged Guy) Rebecca Avery (Caged Girl)
Angel Investigations may be together again, but that doesn't mean the family is ready to add a new sister. While the crew tracks down a cult of vampires led by a former motivational speaker with a wicked pyramid scheme, Cordelia gets a surprise visit from her old high-school buddy Harmony. Unaware her flaky pal's a bloodsucker, Cordy mistakes Harm's strange behavior for lesbianism---until the truth comes out, so to speak, in a call to Willow. Much to the dismay of her co-workers, the ever loyal Cordelia resolves to give her undead friend a chance at fighting for the good guys.
b: 17-Apr-2001 pc: 2ADH17 w: David Fury d: Fred Keller
NOTE: Mercedes McNab's character Harmony was a recurring character on Buffy the Vampire Slayer who crossed over onto Angel.
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40. Dead End
gs: Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Andy Hallett (Caritas' Host) Gerry Becker (Nathan Reed) Pete Gardner (Joseph Kramer)
The search for a man Cordelia saw in a vision stabbing his own eye leads the gang's path to cross with Lindsey's---whose new right hand seems to have a life of its own. Back at Wolfram & Hart, Lilah fumes and frets over the extra attention that her partner's receiving. Cordy begins suffering from continously bad and painful visions. The trauma afflicting Cordy puts one of the gang in intense worry-mode.
b: 24-Apr-2001 pc: 2ADH18 w: David Greenwalt d: James A. Contner
NOTE: The song that Lindsey sings in Caritas (titled 'L.A.') was written by David Greenwalt
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41. Belonging
gs: Andy Hallett (Caritas' Host) Amy Acker (Winifred Burkle) Jarrod Crawford (Rondell) Darris Love (George) Brody Hutzler (Landok) Kevin Otto (Seth) Maureen Grier (Woman) Lynne Maclean (Claire)
Angel and his crew must find a way to kill a bloodthirsty demon who has arrived in town from another dimension through a mysterious, magical portal in the karaoke bar. With the help of Cordelia's visions, they are able to locate someone who can help destroy the snarly beast; however, when it's time to return their source to his home dimension, Cordelia discovers a whole new world.
b: 01-May-2001 pc: 2ADH19 w: Shawn Ryan d: Turi Meyer
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42. Over The Rainbow
gs: Amy Acker (Fred) Brody Hutzler (Landok) Andy Hallett (Caritas' Host) Susan Blommaert (Vakma) Persia White (Aggie) Daniel Dae Kim (Gavin Park) Michael Phenicie (Silas) Brian Tahash (Constable) William Newman (Old Demon Man) Drew Wicks (Blix)
After being inadvertently sucked into a dimensional portal, Cordelia finds herself stuck in the Host's home world, Pylea, a place where human beings aren't exactly treated as such. While Cordy struggles to endure the hardships of otherworldly existence - which include being treated as a slave and referred to as "cow" - Angel, Wesley, the Host and Gunn work on how to get her back. They decide that the only acceptable, but nonetheless risky, plan is to go to Pylea themselves. Of course, the only way to get there is to first locate another functional portal. And the Host is none too excited about the idea of a homecoming.
b: 08-May-2001 pc: 2ADH20 w: Mere Smith d: Fred Keller
NOTE: Persia White (Aggie) also played Aura the girl "who found the extreme dead guy in her locker" in "Welcome to the Hellmouth", also Cordelia and Aura were talking on the phone in "Rm w/a Vu."
Fans have noticed that the other entrance to the dimension is at the front of the gates of the Paramount lot.....a nice in-joke by the writers as "Buffy" has moved over to the UPN network this year. (or insult depends on your angle!!)
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43. Through The Looking Glass
gs: Tom McCleister (Deathwok Clan Mother) Amy Acker (Fred) Andy Hallett (Caritas' Host) Mark Lutz (Groosalugg) Michael Phenicie (Silas) Brody Hutzler (Landok) Adoni Maropis (Rebel Leader) Brian Tahash (Constable) Andrew Parks (Priest 1)
Angel and friends work overtime to survive in a foreign dimension. Cordelia discovers her dirty duty as Princess of Pylea is to mate with a creature called the Groosalugg. She's unable to escape the palace with Wesley and Gunn, and the priests keeping watch over her also prove to be less than trustworthy. Meanwhile, Angel gets himself into trouble with the Host's family when he refuses to kill a human woman who went missing from L.A. years before.
b: 15-May-2001 pc: 2ADH21 w: Tim Minear d: Tim Minear
NOTE: Numfar is played by Joss Whedon, series creator, who probably shouldn't quit his day job to become a dancer...
Just in case you're wondering, that is David Boreanaz in the AngelBeast make-up
Joss Whedon had a conversation with Tim Minear & David Greenwalt over the creation of Numfar: [Joss] "There should be a guy in the background doing a stupid dance like this'. Finally Greenwalt and Minear said, 'Why dont you do the stupid dance? You already look stupid, we've just gotta put make-up on'".
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44. There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb
gs: Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg) Tom McCleister (Deathwok Clan Mother) Andy Hallett (Caritas' Host) Amy Acker (Fred) Lee Reherman (The Captain) Brody Hutzler (Landok) Mark Lutz (Groosalugg) Michael Phenicie (Silas) Jamie McShane (Rebel 2) Adoni Maropis (Rebel Leader) Danan Pere (Rebel 1) Andrew Parks (Priest)
Angel struggles with the inner beast that the demon dimension brings out in him, while Cordelia learns that her role as princess involves mating with a demon, and Wesley and Gunn band with rebel forces to overthrow the government and Her Majesty. The Host looses his head--literally--but as long as his body stays in tact, the head lives on. It's up to Cordelia to save him while Angel calls upon Fred to help rescue everyone so they can all go home.
b: 22-May-2001 pc: 2ADH22 w: David Greenwalt d: David Greenwalt
NOTE: Season Finale
Willow crosses over from Buffy the Vampire Slayer at the end of the episode to tell Angel that Buffy died.
45. Heartthrob
gs: Kate Norby (Elisabeth) Ron Melendez (James) Andy Hallett (Lorne) Julie Benz (Darla) Keith Szarabajka (Holtz) Matthew James (Merl) Koji Kataoka (Pilgrim) Sam Littlefield (Young Man Hostage) Dalila Brown-Geiger (Randy) Bob Morrisey (Dr Gregson)
On a routine patrol, Angel stakes a female vampire he recognizes from his past, but a moment too late. Her grief-stricken lover, Angels old fighting buddy, is out for revenge for the present killing and a betrayal Angelus committed over 200 years ago.
b: 24-Sep-2001 pc: 3ADH01 w: David Greenwalt d: David Greenwalt
NOTE: Starting with this episode, Angel now airs in a widescreen format.
Most likely as a nod to the fact its sister show moved to UPN while Angel remained on WB and there'll be no future crossovers, the characters are written so as to go to great lengths to awkwardly not mention "Buffy" by name, until the very end.
Amy Acker joins the regular cast and is now credited in the opening.
First onscreen appearance of Holtz who has been mentioned and had some influence in various flashbacks between Angelus and Darla on season 2.
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46. That Vision Thing
gs: David Denman (Skip) Justin Shilton (Billy Blim) Andy Hallett (Lorne) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Julie Benz (Darla) Daniel Dae Kim (Gavin Park)
Cordelia's already painful visions start to have more serious physical side effects. Through telepathy, the Host attempts to track down why The-Powers-That-Be see fit to harm her. Meanwhile, the tenacious, Angel-hating servants of evil (lawyers at Wolfram & Hart) rear their ugly heads yet again
b: 01-Oct-2001 pc: 3ADH03 w: Jeffrey Bell d: Bill L. Norton
NOTE: Lilah Morgan's printer is an Epson 740i (Special iMac edition)
There's a lot of (supposedly) adult sexual innuendo and puns in this episode. Fred compares Cordy to Lassie (which was a bitch), Fred talks about "forking" Gunn, Wesley uses the word 'dick', and the name of the herbal shop is "Van Hoa Duong".
Billy Blim is not named in this episode
This episode was intended to be the third episode of the season as indicated by the production number but was switched to be the second.
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47. That Old Gang Of Mine
gs: Andy Hallett (Lorne) Jarrod Crawford (Rondell) Khalil Kain (Gio) Matthew James (Merl) Giancarlo Carimona (Gang Kid) Steve Niel (Huge & Horrible) Josh Kayne (Cowering Demon) Sam Ayers (Tough Guy Demon)
Gunn finds himself stuck between old and new allegiances when he learns that a string of brutal and indiscriminate demon murders is the work of members of his former gang. Even the Host's usually peaceful club isn't immune to the violence. Cordelia, meanwhile, attempts to help Fred readjust to the world.
b: 08-Oct-2001 pc: 3ADH02 w: Tim Minear d: Fred Keller
NOTE: This episode was intended to be aired as the second episode of the season but was switched and aired as the third instead.
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48. Carpe Noctem
gs: Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Daniel Dae Kim (Gavin Park) Rance Howard (Marcus) Paul Benjamin (Retirement Home Resident) Misty Louwagie (Christina) Marc Brett (Health Club Phil) Paul Logan (Woody) Steven W. Bailey (Ryan)
An old man casts a body-switching spell on Angel, and the old man enjoys the many pleasures of being eternally young, handsome and bloodthirsty in Los Angeles while a dying Angel tries to get his body back.
b: 15-Oct-2001 pc: 3ADH04 w: Scott Murphy d: James A. Contner
NOTE: This amazingly mysterious-but-youthful title, "Carpe Noctum" is Latin for "Seize the night" just as the well-known term "Carpe Diem" means "Seize the day".
In this episode we learn that Buffy is alive.
Rance Howard was married to Jean Speegle Howard before her death, who played the 'Real Miss French' in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode 'Teacher's Pet'. The couple had two sons, one actor Clint Howard, and famous director Ron Howard.
In the beginning of the episode, when the gang is resting in the hotel doing nothing, Gunn is seen playing a Nintendo Game Boy, later seen again through the series.
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49. Fredless
gs: Andy Hallett (Lorne) Gary Grubbs (Roger Burkle) Jennifer Griffin (Trish Burkle)
Fred's parents make a surprise visit to Angel Investigations. However, when their inexplicably frightened daughter gets wind of their arrival, she flees the scene. Not trusting Mr. and Mrs. Burkle, the gang prepares to protect Fred from them---providing she can be found. Meanwhile, a strange, insectile demon stalks the crew.
b: 22-Oct-2001 pc: 3ADH05 w: Mere Smith d: Marita Grabiak
NOTE: Fred's mother notes that her husband watched all the Alien movies except the last one when he dozed off. Alien: Resurrection (1997) was written by Buffy and Angel creator Joss Whedon.
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50. Billy
gs: Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Daniel Dae Kim (Gavin Park) Justin Shilton (Billy) Richard Livingston (Congressman Blim) Jennifer Brooke (Clerk) Cheri Rae Russell (Female Officer) Gwen McGee (Detective) Kristoffer Polaka (Dylan) Rey Gallegos (Sanchez) Charlie Parker (Guy) Joy Lang (Amber) Timothy McNeill (Cab Driver)
Angel's loyalty to his friends comes back to haunt them in this chilling episode, an unsettling blend of the series' usual horrors with the more realistic issue of violence against women.
Angel and Cordelia both knew there would be consequences when he freed the partially demonic (but totally evil) Billy from a fiery prison in hell in order to save her. Those fears are realized when a wave of violence against women is traced back to Billy, whose mere touch has the power to bring out the worst in otherwise good men. The crew rushes to prevent another brutal attack, unaware that Wesley has already been infected---and he's alone in the hotel with Fred.
b: 29-Oct-2001 pc: 3ADH06 w: Tim Minear & Jeffrey Bell d: David Grossman
NOTE: On the back of the UK video release, David Greenwalt is accidentally credited as writing this episode
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51. Offspring
gs: Julie Benz (Darla) Andy Hallett (Lorne) Keith Szarabajka (Holtz) Jack Conley (Demon) Steve Tom (Stephen Mills) Robert Peters (Arney) Sergio Premoli (Monsignor) Van Epperson (Bus Driver) Peyton Miller (Johnny) Christian Miller (Johnny) Theresa Arrison (Johnny's Mother) Kathleen McMartin (Mom)
As the crew researches a prophecy predicting the imminent arrival of a being who may have a profound impact on the world, Darla arrives at the hotel---pregnant and angry, looking for the daddy. Cordelia, hurt by Angel's dishonesty, takes Darla's side in the matter. Baffled by how the pregnancy is even possible, Angel and company turn to the Host for some insight.
b: 05-Nov-2001 pc: 3ADH07 w: David Greenwalt d: Turi Meyer
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52. Quickening
gs: Julie Benz (Darla) John Rubinstein (Linwood) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Daniel Dae Kim (Gavin Park) Jack Conley (Sahjhan) Jose Yenque (Vampire Leader) Keith Szarabajka (Holtz) Matt Casper (Cyril) Michael Robert Brandon (Psychic) William Ostrander (Commander) Kasha Kropinski (Sarah) John Durbin (Dr Petraovich) Angelo Surmelis (Tech Guy) Bronwen Bonner-Davies (Caroline)
Angel must do everything in his power to protect Darla and their unborn child when Wolfram & Hart launches a full attack to take mother and baby, in addition to a vampire cult who believe the baby is The Miracle Child.
b: 12-Nov-2001 pc: 3ADH08 w: Jeffrey Bell d: Skip Schoolnik
NOTE: The demon Sahjhan is played by Jack Conley, who also appeared in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Phases". He played Cain, the werewolf hunter.
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53. Lullaby
gs: Julie Benz (Darla) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Andy Hallett (Lorne) John Rubinstein (Linwood) Daniel Dae Kim (Gavin Park) Jack Conley (Sahjhan) Jim Ortlieb (Vampire Hunter) Keith Szarabajka (Holtz) Robert Peters (Arney) Bronwen Bonner-Davies (Caroline) Kasha Kropinski (Sarah)
Vampire hunter Holtz's rekindled crusade to wreak fiery vengeance upon Angel and Darla complicates the impending birth of the expecting couple's baby.
With Darla's contractions getting closer together, even the Angel Investigations gang is surprised when she takes off without them for places unknown. Angel finds her, only to learn how truly conflicted Darla is with the fact that she, a demon, actually loves something: her child. Her heartbreaking fear is that once the foreign soul leaves her womb, she won't be able to love it anymore. As the crew seeks sanctuary at Caritas, Lilah discovers an ominous prophecy concerning the baby.
b: 19-Nov-2001 pc: 3ADH09 w: Tim Minear d: Tim Minear
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54. Dad
gs: Andy Hallett (Lorne) Keith Szarabajka (Holtz) Laurel Holloman (Justine) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Daniel Dae Kim (Gavin Park) Jack Conley (Sahjhan) Kira Tirimacco (Doctor) Stephanie Courtney (Gwen)
Still trying to figure out how to be a good father, Angel's problems multiply when he and the gang are trapped by several groups of enemies bent on kidnapping his son. Barricaded in the hotel, the group prepares for an inevitable attack. Meanwhile, Holtz goes about recruiting new help for his quest to destroy Angel.
b: 10-Dec-2001 pc: 3ADH10 w: David H Goodman d: Fred Keller
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55. Birthday
gs: Michael Burgess (II) (Vampire) Andy Hallett (Lorne) David Denman (Skip) Heather Weeks (Tammy) Aimee Garcia (Cynthia York) Patrick Breen (Assistant) Max Baker (Hotel Desk Clerk)
On her birthday, Cordelia's visions become so painful that they propel her into an astral state and a life-threatening coma. Visited by a demon guide, astral Cordy is mystically granted the opportunity to live her dream of a rich and famous actress if she is willing to give up her history with Angel and her visions.
b: 14-Jan-2002 pc: 3ADH11 w: Mere Smith d: Michael Grossman
NOTE: The theme tune to 'Cordy' was wrote by David Greenwalt and sang by Marti Noxon
Here we see a rather alternate outcome to "Hero", in which Angel inherited (dont wanna know how...) Doyle?s visions. But they made him crazy. We also see Wes and Gunn joined him but Wes has lost a hand.
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56. Provider
gs: Andy Hallett (Lorne) Sunny Mabrey (Allison) Laurel Holloman (Justine) Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Sam Ryan) Keith Szarabajka (Holtz) Alan Henry Brown (Lead Nahdrah) David Ramirez (Pizza Chef) Brett Wagner (Nahdrah Prince) Benjamin Benitez (Tat Vamp 2)
Unprepared for the flood of business brought in by advertising, the Angel Investigations crew splits up to cover more ground---and ends up being spread too thin for its own good. Also, Fred is offered big bucks to solve a demonic puzzle; Angel goes to work for a high-paying businessman; and Gunn and Wesley protect a woman whose zombie ex-boyfriend is stalking her.
b: 21-Jan-2002 pc: 3ADH12 w: Scott Murphy d: Michael Grossman
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57. Waiting In The Wings
gs: Andy Hallett (Lorne) Mark Harelik (Count Kurskov) Mark Lutz (Groosalugg) Summer Glau (Prima Ballerina) Thomas Crawford (Manager) Don Tiffany (Security Guard)
Angel takes the gang out for an evening at the ballet, but becomes suspicious when the prima ballerina is one he saw dance more than a century ago. When Angel and Cordelia sneak backstage to investigate, they find themselves consumed with an overwhelming passion for one another as the spirits of unrequited lovers take over.
b: 04-Feb-2002 pc: 3ADH13 w: Joss Whedon d: Joss Whedon
NOTE: Angel refers to Buffy 2x19 'I only have eyes for you', when he talks about being inhabited by the spirits of old lovers.
The first ep of Angel written by creator Joss Whedon since the pilot. Expect Buffy references and rejected musical ideas
It's interesting to note that Summer Glau, who plays the Prima Ballerina, goes on to star in 'Firefly', another Joss Whedon created show
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58. Couplet
gs: Andy Hallett (Lorne) Bob Rumnock (Businessman) Mark Lutz (Groosalugg)
Angel feels isolated, obsolete and even a bit jealous when Groosalugg arrives in town from Pylea, and immediately saves the gang in battle and is welcomed into the loving arms of his former princess, Cordelia.
b: 18-Feb-2002 pc: 3ADH14 w: Tim Minear , Jeffrey Bell d: Tim Minear
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59. Loyalty
gs: Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Jack Conley (Sahjhan) Laurel Holloman (Justine) Keith Szarabajka (Holtz)
Wesley preoccupies himself with protecting Connor and foiling the prophecy about Angel and his son - he is given the three signs to look for before Angel devours his own son. When an earthquake shakes Los Angeles, all three signs come true. Meanwhile, Gunn and Fred investigate a purported vamp nest, unaware that the woman who hired them is one of Holtz's lackeys. Gunn and Fred also encounter a stumbling block in their burgeoning relationship.
b: 25-Feb-2002 pc: 3ADH15 w: Mere Smith d: James A. Contner
NOTE: Although credited Charisma Carpenter does not appear in the body of the program.
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60. Sleep Tight
gs: Andy Hallett (Lorne) Keith Szarabajka (Holtz) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Jack Conley (Sahjhan) Laurel Holloman (Justine)
Angel's angry behavior and sudden cravings for human blood frighten Wesley enough for him to kidnap the baby to keep him safe. Unfortunately, Wesley's plan to protect Connor falls apart when Holtz takes the child for revenge against Angel.
Angel begins to crave human blood because he's been unknowingly sampling the blood of his own son. Courtesy of Wolfram and Hart who've been tainting the vamp's usual suply with some of Connor's blood sample from the hospital.
b: 04-Mar-2002 pc: 3ADH16 w: David Greenwalt d: Terrence O'Hara
NOTE: Although credited, Charisma Carpenter does not appear in this episode.
David Greenwalt wrote the song that Kim sings in this episode, making this the third time he has wrote a song for the show
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61. Forgiving
gs: Jack Conley (Sahjhan) John Rubinstein (Linwood) Michael Burgess (II) (Vampire) Laurel Holloman (Justine) Andy Hallett (Lorne) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Kay Panabaker (Girl In Red Dress) Kenneth Dolin (Bum) Tripp Pickell (Holtzian) Sean Makon (Truck Driver)
While Wesley remains alone in the park, bleeding to death, his friends question his motivations for betrayal and look into the one way to rescue Connor: materializing Sahjan.
Angel is a man out for revenge to get back at Wesley for kidnapping Connor and turning him over to their enemies. While Fred and Gunn try to reason with him, Angel conjures dark magic and risks ripping right through the fabric of reality to find his lost son.
b: 15-Apr-2002 pc: 3ADH17 w: Jeffrey Bell d: Turi Meyer
NOTE: Ratings - 3.4/5 (46% Below the Seventh Heaven lead in)
Charisma Carpenter does not appear in this episode.
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62. Double Or Nothing
gs: Andy Hallett (Lorne) Jason Carter (Repo-Man) Mark Lutz (Groosalugg) Michael Burgess (II) (Vampire) Patrick St. Esprit (Jenoff) John David Conti (Male Elderly Demon) P.B. Hutton (Female Elderly Demon)
A deal Gunn made years ago where he offered his soul in trade comes back to haunt him in the form of a demon who comes to collect. Making matters worse, the demon wants to hold Fred until Gunn makes good on his deal. Cordelia finally returns with Groo and she does her best to offer sympathy to Angel, who's still unable to come to grips with the loss of Connor. Wesley, who survived, finds himself on his own in light of his actions that cost Angel his son.
b: 22-Apr-2002 pc: 3ADH18 w: David Goodman d: David Grossman
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63. The Price
gs: Vincent Kartheiser (Connor) Andy Hallett (Lorne) Mark Lutz (Groosalugg) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Daniel Dae Kim (Gavin Park) John Short (Mr Spivey) Wayne Ford (Kid) Waleed Moursi (Manager)
Angel must pay for using powerful dark magic in his failed attempt to bring back his son, and the hotel becomes infected with deadly slug-like creatures who invade Fred's body, leaving Wesley as Gunn's only hope to turn to save her. Meanwhile, Cordelia experiences a new and shocking power and they learn of the coming of The Destroyer determined to kill Angel.
b: 29-Apr-2002 pc: 3ADH19 w: David Fury d: Marita Grabiak
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64. A New World
gs: Vincent Kartheiser (Connor) Andy Hallett (Lorne) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Mark Lutz (Groosalugg) Keith Szarabajka (Holtz) Erika Thormahlen (Sunny) Anthony Starke (Tyke) Deborah Zoe (Mistress Meerna)
Angel's son Connor is brought back from the Hell dimension a feral teenage warrior, and is hellbent on vengeance against his father for Angel's bloody past. When he fails, the confused teen escapes to the mean streets of L.A. Determined to set things straight, Angel searches for his son, who in the interim befriends a troubled but kind homeless girl. Meanwhile, the dimensional rift through which the young man traveled continues to cause trouble at the hotel.
b: 06-May-2002 pc: 3ADH20 w: Jeffrey Bell d: Tim Minear
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65. Benediction
gs: Vincent Kartheiser (Connor) Laurel Holloman (Justine) Mark Lutz (Groosalugg) Andy Hallett (Lorne) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Keith Szarabajka (Holtz)
Angel and Connor successfully engage in some much-needed father-son bonding when they find themselves fighting side-by-side. Then foster-father Holtz stirs things up by suggesting Connor should leave him to live with Angel. Meanwhile, Lilah continues to work on recruiting Wesley for the bad guys; and Cordelia's closeness with Angel causes a rift in her relationship with Groosalugg.
b: 13-May-2002 pc: 3ADH21 w: Tim Minear d: Tim Minear
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66. Tomorrow
gs: Vincent Kartheiser (Connor) John Rubinstein (Linwood) Laurel Holloman (Justine) Michael Burgess (II) (Vampire) Andy Hallett (Lorne) Mark Lutz (Groosalugg) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Daniel Dae Kim (Gavin Park) David Denman (Skip) Keith Szarabajka (Holtz)
The joyful reunion between Angel and his now teenage son Connor is short-lived when the enraged Connor comes seeking revenge against Angel for murder. Meanwhile, just at the moment when Cordelia and Angel are finally ready to face their feelings for each other, she is sent a message that it's time for her to leave this world and to move on to another.
b: 20-May-2002 pc: 3ADH22 w: David Greenwalt d: David Greenwalt
NOTE: Season Finale
The drive-in movie appears to be "Courage Under Fire", starring Meg Ryan and Denzel Washington. Of course, we only see some generic combat footage.
This season finale somewhat parallels the end of the season finale of Buffy. In both someone professes their love for someone in the process of killing them. In Angel's case, though, it doesn't work, while for Xander dealing with Evil Willow, it did.
This is David Greenwalt's last episode before he left the series to work on Miracles for ABC. David Simkins was brought in as executive producer but he left after a couple of months and the position was given to Jeffrey Bell
67. Deep Down
gs: Andy Hallett (Lorne) Laurel Holloman (Justine) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Daniel Dae Kim (Gavin Park) John Rubinstein (Linwood)
With Angel and Cordy missing for three months, Fred and Gunn are frustrated at the lack of clues regarding their friends' disappearance, especially after Connor is forced to kill the only eyewitness to Angel.
Of course, actually Connor knows all about where Angel is and disposes of the vampire witness to cover his tracks.
Meanwhile, Wes has captured Justine and while maintaining a sexual relationship with Lilah, is searching for Angel's sunken box.
He eventually finds Angel, whose brain may be damaged from lack of blood. Giving up his own blood and letting Justine go, Wes tells Fred and Gunn about Connor's betrayal. They capture him and he escapes to confront Angel, who tells him he loves him but he has to get out.
Meanwhile, Lilah arranges to get ahead in the ranks of Wolfram & Hart and Cordy is bored.
b: 06-Oct-2002 pc: 4ADH01 w: Steven S. DeKnight d: Terrence O'Hara
NOTE: Vincent Kartheiser joins the regular cast.
Andy Hallett (Lorne) is now credited as 'Special Guest Star Andy Hallett'
In-joke time: in the board meeting Linwood twice mentions his "corner of the sky". Actor John Rubinstein played Pippin in the Broadway production of Pippin and the first song he sings in the musical is "Corner of the Sky". You can hear him on the album/CD soundtrack still available.
Vincent Kartheiser now listed in the opening credits.
Despite initial plans to have continuing character Gwen Raiden appear in the first episode of the new season, her first appearance was deferred to a later date.
Alexis Denisof is now listed last in the credits as opposed to third place where he has been in previous seasons, he is also credited as "and Alexis Denisof".
This episode marks the death of Linwood (John Rubinstein).
Lilah now becomes Head of the Special Projects Division following the death of Linwood.
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68. Ground State
gs: Megan Corletto (Young Gwen) Tom Irwin (Elliot) Alexa Davalos (Gwen Raiden) Rena Owen (Dinza) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Megan Corletto (Young Gwen)
When Wesley advises Angel to visit Dinza, a dark "goddess of the lost" who has valuable information on how to find Cordelia, he learns that a certain mystical antiquity called the axis can locate souls across dimensions.
Angel, Fred and Gunn break into an auction house to retrieve the object only to discover that an electrifying cat burglar has the same intentions.
b: 13-Oct-2002 pc: 4ADH02 w: Mere Smith d: Michael Grossman
NOTE: This is the first time Angel's heart has beat since he was turned into a vampire about 240 years ago, with exception to the time when he was mortal due to the powers that be, but since that time only exists in the memory of angel, it doesn't count.
This episode is full of comic book references. Aside from the references made to Batman and Superman comics we also see young Gwen sent to what seems like an academy for gifted children.
In the X-Men comics from Marvel, young mutants with special abilities are sent to Professor Xavier's School for the Gifted.
Gwen's last name is Raiden. In some languages "Rai" means thunder and "den" means lightning. Raiden is also the name of the mytholigical Japanese god of thunder and lightning.
Gwen's appearance and attitude, down to the equipment are also very similar to Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider games.
Actually, giving Gwen the last name "Raiden" could be seen as a pun - "Raiden" - "Raidin'" - "Raiding" - which is a synonym for stealing... Nice last name for a career thief
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69. The House Always Wins
gs: Andy Hallett (Lorne) Morocco Omari (Spencer) Clayton Rohner (Lee DeMarco) Jennifer Autry (Lornette #2) Matt Bushell (Security Guard #1) Tom Schmid (Well-Dressed Man) Sven Holmberg (Delivery Guy) Brittany Ishibashi (Vivian) Diana Saunders (Bejeweled Woman) John Colella (Croupier) Rod Tate (Bruiser)
Angel, Fred and Gunn take a road trip to Las Vegas to enlist Lorne's help in finding Cordelia, but get caught up in a supernatural?and literal?"futures" trading scheme.
A ruthless casino owner holds Lorne hostage, exploiting the popular entertainer's psychic abilities to steal unsuspecting patrons' destinies. It is Angel's future, however, that is of more interest...
b: 20-Oct-2002 pc: 4ADH03 w: David Fury d: Marita Grabiak
NOTE: This was more or less a 'Lorne-centered' episode.
How could Angel say he's been to Las Vegas. Before he met Whistler, he was in NY alleys laying low. When exactly did he travel to Las Vegas and meet the famous people he talked about?
It was certainly possible for Angel to visit Las Vegas in the 50's. That was before Angel got his soul back. He didn't live in the alleyways until after he got his soul back.
It's not true. Angel had gotten his soul back in the 50's. Remember the episode Have you now or have you ever been (or what it was called) about the hotel where Angel stayed in the 50s? He was a loner then, and he had his soul. So it doesn't make sense that he would stop being a loner and start hanging with famous people in Las Vegas.
As Orpheus revealed, Angel did not retreat to live alone in the back alleys until after Barry Manilow released Mandy in 1975.
Nothing about Whistler's and Doyle's comments deny this. And he DOES state he was very drunk and beligerent, so he may not have been ENTIRELY committed to his angsty-loner-phase. He probably just happened to pass through on his way to New York.
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70. Slouching Toward Bethlehem
gs: Andy Hallett (Lorne) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) David Grant Wright (Minivan Dad) Carol Avery (Minivan Mom) Steven Mayhew (Minivan Teen) Nynno Ahli (Carlo) Thomas Crawford (Eater Demon)
After months of existing on a higher plane, Cordelia inexplicably appears back at the hotel - with no idea why or even how she arrived there.
Sadly, a serious case of amnesia prevents Cordy from remembering either her friends or her past. Believing the full truth may scare her off, the gang attempts to hide the freaky facts about their lives.
Unfortunately, that secrecy leads to mistrust on Cordy's part when the reality of their situation is revealed. Things get even more complicated when Lorne reads her mind and sees a terrifying vision of the future.
Meanwhile, outcast Connor struggles to find his place in the world.
b: 27-Oct-2002 pc: 4ADH04 w: Jeffrey Bell d: Skip Schoolnik
NOTE: The title of this episode comes from a poem by William Butler Yeats 'The Second Coming'.
Does anyone else notice that Cordelia and Connor have almost the exact same haircut? Studio stylist must be running out of ideas.
When Lorne asks Cordelia to sing so he can do a reading, she sings the same horribly off-key version of "The Greatest Love of All" that she did in the BTVS episode Puppet Show.
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71. Supersymmetry
gs: Andy Hallett (Lorne) Randy Oglesby (Professor Seidel) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Jennifer Hipp (Laurie Drummond) Jerry Trainor (Jared)
After Fred's physics article is published; she's invited to speak at a symposium where a portal opens, bringing her face to face with a demon and a dark secret about her old professor.
Meanwhile Angel visits a comic book store to try and solve the mystery and find out why someone would want Fred out of the way. While doing so, he discovers that he is a very popular character in online chatrooms.
b: 03-Nov-2002 pc: 4ADH05 w: Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain d: Bill L. Norton
NOTE: Again we see Angel making rather idle threads against Lilah/Wolfram & Heart. This time, Lilah tells him that shes not really intimidated by his threats since she knows hes not going to hurt her.
When Angel and Gunn are in the comic book store, Gunn pushes the guy up against a spinning rack of comic books. The comic book guy says that they the "Dark Horses." "Dark Horse" is the company that publishes the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic books.
Having watched this episode with a string theorist, I've found that the episode is remarkably well researched physics wise. A suprising amount of what Fred says actually makes sense, and Ed Witten and Brian Green are, in fact, really reknowned theorists as well. (Not to mention you would be wetting yourself if you had to speak between them.)
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72. Spin The Bottle
gs: Vladimir Kulich (Demon In Cordelia's Vision) Andy Hallett (Lorne) Kam Heskin (Lola) Sven Holmberg (Delivery Guy)
When Lorne performs a spell on Cordelia to restore her memory, it inadvertently causes the gang to revert back to their high school personas and leaves them with no memories of each other. Eventually, they discover that the only way to reverse the spell is to kill a vampire, just as Angel realizes that he is one.
b: 10-Nov-2002 pc: 4ADH06 w: Joss Whedon d: Joss Whedon
NOTE: Buffy the Vampire Slayer had an episode very simular to this one during it's sixth season called "Tabula Rasa." In it Willow tried to perform a magic spell to make Buffy forget about her afterlife but instead the spell backfired and made everyone forget who they were.
"Hello salty goodness" was the first thing Cordelia said when she first saw Angel in BTVS 1x5 'Never Kill a Boy on the First Date'.
Wesley refers to the test given to slayers when they turn 18, this is the same test that was given to Buffy
Fred mentions taking a personality test where they ask you "If you want to be a florist?" In the Buffy episode, Doppelgangland, Buffy and Willow talk about an insanity test that asks "if you ever hear voices or if you ever wanted to be a florist"
Wes takes an interesting turn here. As he transforms from the cool attitude Wes, to geeky nerd Wes as he was in Buffy season 3. He even gets scared in here just like he did in "Dopplegangland", when he stumbles upon Cordelia.
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73. Apocalypse, Nowish
gs: Andy Hallett (Lorne) Vladimir Kulich (The Beast) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Daniel Dae Kim (Gavin Park)
Angel and company brace for the imminent arrival of a hellish beast and toil to stave off Judgment Day.
Although the creature's coming was initially revealed through Cordelia, she is unable to dredge up the ghastly specifics about the otherworldly visitor from her spotty memory. Only one thing is certain - the demon will bring about the end of the world if no one stops it. With no other choice, Angel partners with Lilah to fight the common threat.
Meanwhile, Fred and Gunn get sidetracked by a bump in their relationship. Cordy and Connor, on the other hand, pair up to hunt down the menace themselves.
b: 17-Nov-2002 pc: 4ADH07 w: Steven S. DeKnight d: Vern Gillum
NOTE: The Beast is the one Cordelia saw at the end of 4x06 'Spin The Bottle' just before she ran to her room after she got her memory back.
Although Daniel Dae Kim has an up-front guest listing, he has no dialogue and barely moves during his appearance in this episode.
Charisma Carpenter looked visibly pregnant in the scenes with Connor, as she paced the floor.
This episode was heavily promoted with the title "Rain of Fire" due to legal issues with The Wb and the distributor of the film "Apocolypse, Now."
Gunn is afraid of rats.
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74. Habeas Corpses
gs: Vladimir Kulich (The Beast) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Andy Hallett (Lorne) Kay Panabaker (Girl In Red Dress)
When Angel realizes that there may be some connection between Connor and the Beast, he learns that Connor is trapped within Wolfram & Hart where the building is under lock-down and the Beast is on a brutal killing spree.
Angel, Wesley, Gunn and Fred break into the building, only to be encountered by zombies of dead lawyers. After finding Connor, the gang try to escape in an elevator. They are taken to the very top floor, 'The White Room'.
They see The Beast standing in front of the little girl in the red dress, she tells the gang that 'the answer is among them'. The Beast destroys her and the gang are magically transported to the hotel.
After arriving back, Angel angrily reveals to Cordelia that he knows about her and Connor.
b: 15-Jan-2003 pc: 4ADH08 w: Jeffrey Bell d: Skip Schoolnik
NOTE: Begining with this episode Angel moves to Wednesday nights at 9 PM.
This episode marks the death of Gavin Park, and also the other lawyers of Wolfram & Hart
This episode marks the apparent death of the little girl in the White Room, and is strange parallel to the Oracles' death at the hands of the Vocah in "To Shanshu in L.A.".
"...the other lawyers of Wolfram & Hart" excluding Lilah, who Wesley saves.
This episode has a Resident Evil theme during the Wolfram and Hart massacre scenes
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75. Long Day's Journey
gs: Alexa Davalos (Gwen Raiden) Vladimir Kulich (The Beast) Andy Hallett (Lorne) Jack Kehler (Manny) Michael Chinyamurindi (Ashet)
The Beast is searching for 5 mystical Totems, he has slaughtered 3 of them, plus the little girl in Wolfram & Hart. The last Totem is a guy named Manny, he seeks help from Gwen Raiden and Angel Investigations.
He hides out in Gwen's panic room, guarded by Angel and Cordelia. When Angel and Cordelia are mysteriously drugged, Manny meets a nasty fate at the hands of The Beast, this causes the sun to disappear from Los Angeles.
After trying to learn more about The Beast's connection, the gang accuse Connor. It is only when Cordelia has a vision, that she discovers who the culprit really is.
b: 22-Jan-2003 pc: 4ADH09 w: Mere Smith d: Terrence O'Hara
NOTE: In loving memory of Glenn Quinn
This begins the forever night.
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76. Awakening
gs: Vladimir Kulich (The Beast) Andy Hallett (Lorne) Roger Yuan (Wo-Pang)
Cordelia reveals that The Beast and Angelus used to be a team.
She had a vision which let her sample the past of Angel's alter-ego. Wesley arrives at the hotel, he brings a Shaman with him named Wo-Pang. He has the ability to extract and replace souls.
After much discussion, the gang decide that the only way to find information on The Beast is to ask his 'partner in crime'. Wo-Pang sedates Angel and inserts a simulation into his mind where everyone is happy and The Beast is dead, Angel and Cordelia make love and Angel wakes up in reality, minus one soul.
b: 29-Jan-2003 pc: 4ADH10 w: David Fury and Steven S. DeKnight d: James A. Contner
NOTE: Just as Angel is waking up as Angelus, he mutters, "Buffy?", which is exactly what he said at the moment he turned from Angel to Angelus in season two of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Wo-Pang's attire is reminiscent of the sorcerer in the Buffy episode Enemies.
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77. Soulless
gs: Vladimir Kulich (The Beast) Andy Hallett (Lorne)
With Angel's soul locked away in a safe, the gang begin interrogation. Angelus has the gang arguing after he reveals the truth behind their recent actions.
Cordelia makes a deal with Angelus, providing he can give the gang the information they need. He agrees and tells them that in 1789, The Beast needed his help while trying to kill a group of Nordic Svea Priestesses. Angelus declined to help and the Svears successfully banished The Beast fom Earth. Angelus reveals the Svears' current location, but when the gang find them, they are dead.
The gang decide that they have enough information from Angelus and prepare to restore his soul, but there is just one problem.... the safe is empty.
b: 05-Feb-2003 pc: 4ADH11 w: Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain d: Sean Astin
NOTE: This episode is directed by Sean Astin, who is better known for playing Samwise in the Lord of the Rings Films
Everyone finds out about Cordy and Connor
Wesley and Fred kiss
Conner eats McDonalds. We see his cup in the background when he and Cordelia exchange words.
The play Angel refrences, "Oedipus Rex" is the same play performed by Buffy, Willow and Xander at the end of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "The Puppet Show"
In more than one detail, this episode could be based on or tribute "Silence Of The Lambs". The plot is about Angel (Hannibal Lector) being pumped for info on The Beast (Buffalo Bill) inside a cage, by the characters (Clarice..s).
Many of Angelus? manners, while still loyal to the character, are quite much like Hannibal?s (Such as standing calm in the cage, sexual remarks, messing up those who talk to him (obviously being able to eat them), a quid-pro-quo-ish style, and sitting in the dark.
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78. Calvary
gs: Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Andy Hallett (Lorne) Vladimir Kulich (The Beast) Roger Yuan (Wo-Pang)
The gang rush to confront Wo-Pang about the missing soul, but he doesn't have it.
When they arrive home they find Lilah on the cameras, talking to Angelus about 'taking care of The Beast'.
They follow her and discover the information that Wolfram & Hart stole from Lorne's head.
Cordelia has a vision. Angelus continues to reveal embarrasing secrets, while Gunn and Connor retrieve the head of a soul eater seen in Cordelia's vision. The gang perform a spell using the head and Angel returns.
Cordelia opens Angel's cage a little too eagerly, but Angelus comes out, throws her against the bars and escapes. The gang set out to find him, while Cordelia and Lilah stay at the hotel. Angelus returns, knocks Cordelia out and chases Lilah. After a long chase, she bumps into Cordelia. "He's going to kill us!" Lilah says. Cordelia stabs her in the neck and replies... "Why do you think I let him out, you stupid bitch?"
b: 12-Feb-2003 pc: 4ADH12 w: Jeffrey Bell , Stephen S. DeKnight and Mere Smith d: Bill L. Norton
NOTE: This episode marks the 'much anticipated' death of Lilah Morgan.
The funny eyed glow that Cordelia takes on is the same as Principle Wood has near the end of Buffy 7x16 when he is controlled by the seal - are they both being controlled by the first?
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79. Salvage
gs: Eliza Dushku (Faith) Andy Hallett (Lorne) Vladimir Kulich (The Beast) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan) Joel Moore (Vamp Henchman Karl) Billy Rieck (Vamp Henchman Paco) Joshua Grenrock (Demon at Bar) Brett Wagner (Bong'dar Demon) Kara Holden (Young Woman)
The gang discover Angelus feeding on Lilah. After Angelus escapes Wesley says he will take care of the body, while Connor vows to kill his father.
Lilah's spirit haunts Wesley until he decapitates her fully, keeping his anger well hidden.
He then pays Faith a visit and tells her about everything, she smashes her security glass and escapes with Wesley.
Angelus and the Beast hear about Faith's arrival and lure her and Wesley to a place where they can meet.
Some vampires keep Wesley busy, while Angelus and The Beast take on Faith. Just as The Beast is about to kill Faith, Angelus stabs him and sunlight returns to Los Angeles.
It is secretly revealed that Cordelia was controlling The Beast. As the sun sets, Cordelia confronts Connor and tells him that she is carrying his child.
b: 05-Mar-2003 pc: 4ADH13 w: David Fury d: Jefferson Kibbee
NOTE: Faith returns, after spending 2 1/2 years in jail.
The knife that the fellow convict used in attempting kill Faith is of the same design used by the Harbingers to kill potential slayers, this season on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This sheds light on who or what put out the contract on Faith.
The actress playing the woman who attempted to kill Faith in jail also played the assasin cop in What's My Line (2) [BTVS]
The scene where it appears that Angelus has just fed off Lilah is highly reminiscent of the scene in the Buffy season 1 episode "Angel" where Buffy walks in and her mother is in Angel's arms.
This is Stephanie Romanov's (Lilah) final appearance on the show after recurring for the past four seasons.
This episode marks the death of The Beast.
The Beast is killed with his own weapon. It is not the first time the writers have used this. In Buffy episode "Pangs" she finally defeats the Indian Spirit by stabbing him with his own weapon. Angel was there due to a crossover.
This ends the forever night.
When Angelus says "That was Angel's retarded fnatasy" regarding the sun coming back, he is referring to the episode, "Awakening."
Everyone thought this was Stephanie Romanov's last episode but she comes back to life in 4x22 Home to guide Angel and the gang.
Faith's assassination attempt occured in this episode, and in the BTVS episode 'Dirty Girls' Faith refers to it when telling Willow that Buffy "could have given her a head's up."
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80. Release
gs: Eliza Dushku (Faith) Christopher Neiman (Frotor Demon) Paul Tigue (Reg) Catalina Larranaga (Vamp Waitress)
Wesley takes Faith to his appartment, where she has a shower and cleans herself up. Wesley wants Faith to be more powerful and tries to make her angry by calling her a 'rabid dog', but she doesn't enjoy the violence as much as she used to.
Angelus visits a bar where he discovers that other demons and vampires are not happy about the sun returning to Los Angeles, so he has become very unpopular.
He hears a voice of the Beast's master, it keeps pestering him about it's plans for him and informs him that it has his soul.
At the same time Cordelia is in bed talking in secret to Angelus. Connor walks in and she stops, but reminds Connor to keep their child a secret.
Angelus later enters the hotel looking for a book. He is immune to Lorne's recent sanctuary spell, because of an amulet that he is holding. Fred notices that the amulet is fake and hits him. Angelus grabs Wesley and threatens to kill him, but then he just exits the hotel.
Faith and Wesley later visit a bar where Angelus was last seen, they question a girl about his current location. When she refuses to talk, Wesley stabs her in the shoulder. This makes Faith surprisingly upset. When the girl finally talks, they discover where Angelus is, and that whoever the Beast worked for now has control of Angelus.
Wesley and Faith go to a warehouse, where they see Angelus. He plays with Faith's emotions, he says that she will always be a killer, she could never change. After a very long battle, Faith says "I'm not like you". Angelus gets the upper hand, leans towards her neck and says "soon you will be".
b: 12-Mar-2003 pc: 4ADH14 w: Steven S. DeKnight , Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain d: James A. Contner
NOTE: As of this episode Andy Hallett (Lorne) is now a series regular and appears in the opening credits.
The Song that comes on when Faith is in the shower and in the Demon bar is a song that was featured in the unaired promo for the Angel series premeire
This may have been mentioned before: In "To Shanshu in L.A.", Wesley reads in the prophecy that "the vampire with a soul" will become human many years from now, after many trials, one of which is "the coming darkness." Could the recent blocking out of the sun be the "darkness" this referred to?
All the other vampires seem to still treat Angel like a rock star even though he brought the sun back.
Gunn and Winifred kiss again after they broke up.
Angelus mentions choices and consequences to Faith, a possible reference to two episode titles from season three of BtVS.
Wesley makes mention of Faith's torture session from season one's "Five by Five".
The bar that Angelus hangs out at is quite like the warehouse from the Buffy episode 5x10 'Into the Woods' where then-cast member 'Riley' would go and have vampires feed off of him
There are many strong shadows of season one episode "Five by Five." We have Wesley asking Faith if she's "In the game". Faith of course was concerned to get Angel "in the game" in the season one episode, now the roles are reversed.
Once again Wesley is gets drawn into the Angel/Faith duel. Faith: "This is between you and me" Angel: "It's never between you and me, Wes is always in the middle".
Andy Hallett's joining of the main cast marks the first time since Wesley replaced Doyle in Season 1 that a cast member has joined mid-season
In 7x03 "Same Time, Same Place", Spike said "Button, Button, Who's got the button?" Cordy puts a twist on this by saying "Soul, Soul, Who's got your soul?" to Angelus.
The name of the song that plays when Faith is in the shower and it cuts to the demon bar is "Here" by VAST.
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81. Orpheus
gs: Eliza Dushku (Faith) Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg) Adrienne Wilkinson (Flapper) Peter Renaday (Master's Voice)
Angelus is feeding on Faith when suddenly he faints. Faith had earlier injected a drug into her blood, making it very lethal.
Faith is very near death. She is brought back to the hotel along with a now captured Angelus, who is locked in his cage. Faith is in a coma state, and Angelus is unconscious. The gang are watching over Faith, while keeping an eye on Angelus.
We are taken into Angelus' mind, where he and Faith are watching Angel perform good deeds.
Willow arrives at the hotel, ready to restore Angel's soul. She performs a spell which requires concentration, Cordelia is countering the spell from her room, but Willow overpowers her and the soul is set free.
Everyone is still clueless about Cordelia, including Willow.
After being released, Angel is now able to commune with Faith and Angelus in the dream. He and Faith take on Angelus together, but Faith gets badly beaten. She is close to giving up, when Angel gives her some pep talk.
As we are taken back to reality, we can see Faith shaking and crying in her coma. Suddenly, she gets up and walks down to the basement of the hotel.
She stops Connor from staking a sleeping Angelus, right before the spell registers.Angel wakes up, dazed and confused.
Willow tells Faith and the gang about the recent events in Sunnydale, then she leaves, taking Faith with her.
Cordelia comes downstairs and tells them the worst isn't behind them, as she reveals her pregnant form.
b: 19-Mar-2003 pc: 4ADH15 w: Mere Smith d: Terrence O'Hara
NOTE: Alyson Hannigan (Willow) guest starring on "Angel" puts an end to WB & UPN's rule of not having main cast members from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" on "Angel" and vice versa.
The Buffy episode, Dirty Girls, will pick up where the Faith storyline left off in Orpheus.
This is the 2nd time Faith goes into a coma due to loss of blood (the first time being in the Buffy The Vampire Slayer episodes "Graduation Day Parts 1 & 2")
This episode will supposedly be postponed, because the Buffy Episode "Lies our Parents Told Us" comes first in the timeline.
This episode finally explains what happened to Angel to make him a big mess living off of rats in the 90's, when we've seen him in other flashbacks (from the 20's and 70's) looking much better.
Orpheus is what the drug is called that Faith injected to put down Angelus.
Angel listens to Barry Manilow's "Mandy" in his flashback. This is the same song he sang in "Judgement" because he "thinks it's pretty."
The gang in LA now knows about Willow turning bad at the end of Buffy Season 6. Also, Willow knows that Angel has a son.
The line "No, but I ate her with it" could be a reference to the episode of Buffy "Lies my parents told me."
Willow asking Cordy how she has been (Higher being) and responding herself (Ultimate evil) is reminiscent of Amy and Buffy catching up (Amy had been Rat and Buffy had been Dead) in Buffy, season 6 "Smashed".
Because many viewers missed the end of the episode due to breaking news on March 19, the episode was scheduled for rebroadcast on Sunday, March 23, at 9pm eastern/8pm central, replacing the previously scheduled airing of the movie "Blade."
The connection between Faith and Angel seems to resemble the connection between Buffy and the Master after he fed on her in "Prophecy Girl".
Angelus' line "What did you do?" after drinking Faith's Orpheused blood, resembles Lestat's line after Claudia poisened the blood of two children in order to disable him in Ann Rice's 1994 classic "Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire chronicles"
The line "No, but I ate her with it" is a reference to Angelus having killed his whole family shortly after being sired by Darla. Similar references have appeared in both series in the past.
The role of the murdered donut shop cashier is played by Nate Dushku, Eliza's brother.
Wouldn't you think that Willow, just in passing, might have mentioned to Angel that there is now another vampire with a soul (Spike)?
Alyson Hannigan is credited as a Special Guest Star and so is Eliza Dushku. In the past, Eliza was just credited under the Guest Starring list.
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82. Players
gs: Dana Lee (Takeshi Morimoto) Alexa Davalos (Gwen Raiden) David Monahan (Garrett)
After discovering that Cordelia is pregnant, the gang research what type of demon the offspring could be.
Meanwhile, Gunn helps Gwen rescue a girl named Lisa from a posh house party, but realises that he has been tricked when L.I.S.A. turns out to be Gwen's latest stolen item.
b: 26-Mar-2003 pc: 4ADH16 w: Jeffrey Bell , Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain d: Michael Grossman
NOTE: In an interview, series-creator Joss Whedon stated that he has hidden several dirty jokes throughout many of the episodes this season. One such joke occurs in this episode, when Angel attempts to rememer what was written about the Beast's Master in a demon book, and it translates into "strangling poultry."**(choking chicken)**
The gang finally discover that Cordy is evil although it isn't revealed how or why yet.
Gwen and Gunn appear to get very intimate with one another at the end of this episode.
According to the closed captions at the end, Cordy says definitely when it shows up on the 8 Ball.
Charisma Carpenter (Cordy) gave birth March 24th, two days before this episode aired, to her son Donovan Charles Hardy.
Gwen loses her virginity... to Gunn.
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83. Inside Out
gs: Julie Benz (Darla) David Denman (Skip) Gina Torres (Cordelia's Offspring)
Desperate to find out why Cordelia has turned to the dark side, Angel goes to demon Skip for answers. Forcing the truth out of him, Angel learns that all that's transpired; Connor's birth, Cordelia's ascension to the higher plane, Angel turning into Angelus and Cordelia's pregnancy, were all a part of a higher being's plan to create something even more powerful than itself.
Meanwhile, Cordelia and Connor go into hiding in order to protect their unborn child. After Cordelia feeds Connor a few lies, he is forced to make a decision, which leads him to a confrontation with his dead mother.
b: 02-Apr-2003 pc: 4ADH17 w: Steven S. DeKnight d: Steven S. DeKnight
NOTE: TV Guide recognized this episode by doing a Close-up on it the week it aired.
Skip says to Angel that "nobody comes back from paradise". Then he added "maybe a slayer once". Obviously he's refering to Buffy who was being brought back by the Scooby gang in the beginning episodes of BtVS season six, after she died saving the world in the season five finale.
This is the first time Connor meets Darla, his mother, since she died the same second he was 'born'.
For a brief second, you see the drawing Angel drew of Cordelia in "Ground State".
When Skip is killed, his line "No, thats not right" (or something similar to that) is kinda similar to the line Mr. Trick had when killed in Buffy's Season 3 episode Consequences. His line right after Faith stakes him was, "Oh, no. No, this is no good at all."
Somebody on the writing staff must really like buffalo wings - they seem to be the appetizer of choice for demons and vampires, since Clem and Spike over on Buffy like them too.
Skip says "Those things never work" regarding the gun firing at him is the same thing Buffy said in "Flooded" regarding guns against demons.
The appearance of Connor's mother, Darla, trying to help him is similar to the appearance of Joyce to Buffy and Dawn.
The choice Angel made over killing Cordelia parallels the choice Buffy made over killing Angelus.
This is the first time Angel admits his love for Cordelia infront of everyone.
This episode marks the death of Skip
Angel actually stops short of saying he loves Cordelia. 'She's still Cordelia, she's still the woman...'
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84. Shiny Happy People
gs: Gina Torres (Jasmine) Lyle Kanouse (Counter Guy)
Cordelia lies unconcious while her offspring stands next to her.
Angel and the gang are suddenly clueless and think that the woman has just arrived, assuming she is in trouble. She tells them that she needs help destroying the extra demons that have been surfacing since the darkness came. She tells the gang that if they want Cordelia to wake up, they will need to help her.
They follow her around town, where everyone appears to be kneeling before her and praising her. One man named John calls her a monster, saying she isn't as good as she claims and attacks her. >Angel viciously intervenes and beats him within an inch of his life.
Afterwards, Fred is frantically trying to get the woman's blood out of her shirt from where she was attacked. Fred scrubs so hard that her fingers bleed, but still cant get it out. When she goes to break the bad news to the woman, she sees her perfect face has been replaced by maggots. Fred keeps this to herself.
A week later, Fred visits John in Psychiatric hospital. He tells her that it is Angel's mission to destroy the being.
Fred rushes back to the hotel, which is full of people worshipping the woman. She tells Wesley about John's suspicions, but he and the rest of the gang have been brainwashed by the woman.
As Fred leaves, Wesley tells Angel and the woman what she said. They prepare to hunt her down, as she is now a threat.
b: 09-Apr-2003 pc: 4ADH18 w: Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain d: Marita Grabiak
NOTE: Gina Torres recently played a starring role in Firefly, also by Joss Whedon. And on Buffy, the actor who played the Firefly's captain, Nathan Fillion, is Caleb, the season's final villain. I guess Joss felt bad about their show being cancelled.
The story Jasmine tells the crew about her being around before there were men was simular to the story of the First Slayer told in a seventh season episode of Buffy called "Get It Done" where it was told that before there were men there were demons.
The suggestion of the name 'Helen' could be a reference to Gina Torres in Cleopatra 2525 when she had this name
When Jasmine says to Connor, "You can tell me anything," and he says back, "Cordelia used to say that to me," the show is slyly hinting at the fact that Cordelia was being controlled by Jasmine when she was pregnant so it was really Jasmine saying it all along and the gang is too hypno-happy to remember.
Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia) does not speak in this episode.
'Helen' is not the only suggested name that is a reference to the Trojan War. 'Iphagenia' (check spelling) was the daughter of Agamemnon, and she was sacrificed by her father so that his ships would safely make it to Troy.
Gunn's Grandmother's name is Helen.
Cordelia has no dialogue and does not move at all despite being billed as a regular.
In the two-parter series premier of Buffy, Giles also mentions that demons once roamed a humanless Earth and that it was hoped humans would bring a balance to the good and evil. But before the demons were cast out one fed of a human mixing their blood and creating the first vampire.
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85. The Magic Bullet
gs: Gina Torres (Jasmine) Zakk Wylde (Himself) Patrick Fischler (Ted) Danny Woodburn (Creature)
With everyone looking for her, Fred hides out in a demon's lair. When she discovers that he isn't a vegetarian, she kills him with an axe.
She visits a bookstore to try and make some sense of what's happening. The owner gives her a gun, but they are interrupted by Jasmine and her followers. Fred aims the gun so that it will pass through Jasmine then Angel and shoots. After being shot, Angel looks at Jasmine and sees her true form.
The followers begin to attack Fred, but Angel grabs her and they escape. Fred explains that in order for anyone to see Jasmine's true form, they must share their blood with hers. Angel comes up with an idea. They sneak back into the hotel, where Cordelia is lying in one of the rooms. Angel cuts her hand and takes some of her blood, as it is maternally the same as Jasmine's blood.
Lorne comes into the room and sees them, but Angel quickly cuts him and mixes the blood. Angel, Fred and Lorne search for Gunn and Wesley. When they find them, they repeat the mixing process. When the gang find Connor, they cut his chest and rub in the blood. Connor looks shocked, but then calls out to Jasmine to let her know they are there.
b: 16-Apr-2003 pc: 4ADH19 w: Jeffrey Bell d: Jeffrey Bell
NOTE: When Lorne says, "You know what they say about people who need people." And Connor replies, "They're the luckiest people in the world." This is similar to what Doyle said to Cordy in I Fall to Pieces.
the name of the book store Fred goes into is called "the magic bullet books"
Fred talks about the shiny happy people - the name of the last episode.
This is the second episode Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia) does not speak.
Fred and Angel share a kiss
Once again, we get to know that Jasmine controlled Cordelia before when she says Connor: "My sweet boy"
In the previews for this episode, the WB completely misled the audience by playing it up like the kiss between Angel and Fred was something serious and not just a ploy to avoid attention.
The creature who Fred encounters underground was played by Danny Woodburn who's played nummerous memerable roles such as Mickey on Seinfeld.
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86. Sacrifice
gs: Gina Torres (Jasmine) Micah Henson (Matthew)
Angel and the gang escape from the hotel, decide to hide out in the sewers in order to escape from Jasmine and her followers. While walking around, they encounter a large group of teenagers. They tell the gang about a bug-like creature dwelling in the sewers. Wesley is captured by the creature and takes him to it's lair, where it is piling up bodies for a sacrifice.
The creature tells Wesley that Jasmine was originally their God and they loved her first. She had a name that had power over her, but only one creature knows it. The creature lives in Jasmine's dimension. Wesley asks how they get to the dimension, but the creature tells him that there is no oxygen in the dimension and the only way to get there is by using his orb.
Angel finds Wesley and brutally kills the creature. Wesley picks up the orb and smears blood on it, opening a portal. Since Angel is the only one who can live without oxygen, he jumps in...
b: 23-Apr-2003 pc: 4ADH20 w: Ben Edlund d: David Straiton
NOTE: This is at least the third time this season Angel/Angelus has won a tough fight with a demon using the new "kill it with it's own parts" theory.
In this episode we find out Jasmine?s real name is top secret. Skip referred to it in Inside Out when se said he only called her Master or "hey..."
Although he's a "self appointed slayer" Gunn is apparently very afraid of rats.
Music from the blissful opening scene is "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by The Beach Boys.
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87. Peace Out
gs: Gina Torres (Jasmine) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan)
While Lorne, Wesley, Fred and Gunn are being held captive in the hotel basement, Angel finds himself in Jasmine's previous dimension. There he encounters a High Priest and a giant demon, who can reveal Jasmine for who she really is. However, Angel must kill the priest and behead the demon in order to bring the head back to Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, Jasmine is preparing for a giant broadcast to the world, where she will declare peace. She refuses to tell Connor where Cordelia is and orders him to guard Angel's crew. Instead, he sneaks off to a nearby church and finds Cordelia lying unconcious.
When Angel arrives back in Los Angeles, he brings out the head and Jasmine becomes her true self. Most of her followers and Angel try to kill her, but it is Connor who finally ends her existence, allowing a lot of pain to be released back into the world. The Senior Partners of Wolfram and Hart like what they see and send Lilah to plan a meeting with Angel Investigations.
b: 30-Apr-2003 pc: 4ADH21 w: David Fury d: Jefferson Kibbee
NOTE: This episode marks the death of Jasmine
This episode marks the return of Lilah Morgan.
A sign in front of the church reads: 'God is nowhere. Jasmine in the way.' "God is nowhere" was an important part of the plot to David Greenwalt's ('Angel' consulting producer and writer) ill-fated ABC series 'Miracles'. Greenwalt left the executive producer role of 'Angel' at the end of season 3 to be an executive producer at 'Miracles'.
The temple were Angel is to find Jasmine's real names looks a bit like the location where the Beast offers its (off-camera) master a knife forged of his bones from "Calvary".
The episode of Buffy that aired the same week as this one ("Empty Places") similarly featured police officers acting strangely as if under a strange hold.
Gunn's line "Never give up, never surrender" is Commander Taggart/Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen)'s catchphrase in the film Galaxy Quest.
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88. Home
gs: Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan)
Angel Investigations are made an offer they can't refuse, when a newly opened Wolfram and Hart give them the opportunity to work there, allowing them access to every secret file and rewarding Angel with a file on the Sunnydale apocalypse.
Meanwhile, Connor realises he has no future with a loving family and goes on an insane rampage, taking hostage families from a nearby mall. When Angel discovers what's going on, he is offered a chance to give Connor what he desires, even if it means giving him up.
b: 07-May-2003 pc: 4ADH22 w: Tim Minear d: Tim Minear
NOTE: Season Finale.
This season finale airs the week before the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "End of Days" airs. That will be the first of the two-part BtVS Series Finale in which David Boreanaz will return as Angel.
Angel leaves Los Angeles to help Buffy in Sunnydale.
Connor's memories of Angel and his past are replaced with memories of growing up with a different loving family. As a result of this, everyone else's memories are changed apart from Angel's.
Lilah has a contract with Wolfram & Hart which goes through into the afterlife.
Seems Angel has to live with a lot of memories others don't have. He also has the memory of his brief stint as a human, when he was with Buffy.
Jonathan M. Woodward, who plays Fred's science guide, also apeared on an episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" this season. He played Buffy's vampire "psychiatrist", Holden, in the episode "Conversations with Dead People."
The season finale of Angel: Season 4 and the season finale of Buffy: Season 4 are quite similiar. 1) Both seasons ended with the 'big bad' dying not in the finale, but the episode before 2) Both finales separate the characters through most of the show 3) Both feature a jaguar (not the car) 4) Both set up the plot for the next season 5) Both end on a melancholy note
Wes didn't seem to surprised that the Watchers Council is no more.
This episode was written so that it would double as both a new beginning for the next season and as a series finale if the show didn't get renewed.
Rutherford tells Wesley that there is no council. This is a reference to the Buffy episode "Never Leave Me" where the entire Watchers Council was destroyed in an explosion.
In the scene where Angel and Connor are talking in the mall, in the background of Angel's shots are some black jerseys that say "Angels" on them.
The last scene of this episode is similar to the toast scene in the first episode of season 4.
I really do think Wesley knew the council was no more, he's well informed, there could have been phone calls, they don't show it all... He was in n o way surprised, eh even said it in that way..
Lilah more-or-less repeated the same speech to Angel that he said to Connor in "Deep Down", the Season 4 premere.
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