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Angel: Through the Looking Glass

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Angel and friends are trying to survive in a strange new world. Cordelia has inexplicably been made Princess of Pylea, but she begins to suspect that her guards may actually be her jailers. Wesley and Gunn search for a way to free Cordy from the castle, while Angel and Lorne get a very cold reception from the Deathwok Clan. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Tim Minear

Director:: Tim Minear

Stars:: Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase); J. August Richards (Charles Gunn); Alexis Denisof (Wesley Wyndam-Pryce); David Boreanaz (Angel)

Recurring Role:: Mark Lutz (Groosalugg); Andy Hallett (Caritas Host); Amy Acker (Winifred "Fred" Burkle)

Guest Star:: Tom McCleister (Deathwok Clan Mother); Andrew Parks (Priest 1); Joss Whedon (Numfar); Brian Tahash (Constable); Adoni Maropis (Rebel Leader); Brody Hutzler (Landok); Michael Phenicie (Silas); Danan Pere (Rebel #1)

In the last scene of the previous episode, Angel tells Lorne that they all heard something important about "someone with visions" to which Lorne replies "I don't like the sound of that", implying that he doesn't know exactly what is going on, but that it doesn't sound good. However, in this episode, when Cordelia explains that she was made a princess just after she had a vision, Lorne seems to know exactly what she is talking about in regards to the whole Pylean prophecy about their Chosen One. Seems kinda odd that Lorne wouldn't have mentioned that to Angel when he started talking about Cordy's vision getting her into trouble with the Pylean priests. edit »
Right after Angel saves Fred in the town square, Lorne gets up and starts singing in high pitch and turns around. Notice when the horse and carriage start coming at him, he says 'oh shit'. edit »
When Angel follows Fred back to her cave, Fred seems to have suddenly put on make up, which seems unlikely after living in a hell dimension for five years. edit »
Ok, watch carefully in the scene right after Angel first turns into the beast. As he jumps to attack the demons, you can clearly see someone in a blue shirt & sunglasses, like a stuntman, they toss him as if they were helping him through on a trampoline. edit »
Angel is really uptight about his hair since he can see his reflection - why's that? In "I Will Remember You" he sees his reflection and doesn't freak out. Granted he was a little overwhelmed about the whole being mortal thing, but you'd think he'd remember what his hair looked like then. edit »

This episode received a rating 4.6/7 in the overnight Nielsen ratings, ranking 4th out of 17 WB shows for that week. edit »
Charisma Carpenter does the "Previously on Angel" voiceover. edit »
Angel's story to the masses in the village square refers to the events in "To Shanshu in L.A." He even referrs to Lindsey as the evil lawyer. edit »
Landok makes reference to the episode "I Fall to Pieces" when he mentions the sorcerer who could detach his limbs. edit »
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'". edit »

Angel: You okay?
Fred: Handsome man. Saved me from the monsters. edit »
Lorne: See there? She had a vision. That explains it.
Gunn: It does?
Lorne: Well, see, there's this prophecy...
Angel: A prophecy. Great. Because those always go well... edit »
Lorne: (to Angel) Come on, Gorgeous, you can stare at yourself in my Grandmother's glass eye. Oh, and while we're here it's just Lorne, okay. To the people of Pylea, a host is just another thing to lay your eggs in. edit »
Constable: Shall we gut the cows now, that you might dine on their ignoble flesh, Oh Most High?
Cordelia: You're most high if you think that is gonna happen. edit »
Lorne's Mom: Each morning before I feed, I go out into the hills where the ground is thorny and parched, beat my breast and curse the loins that gave birth to such a cretinous boy-child.
Lorne: My mother!
Lorne's Mom: Your father was right, we ate the wrong son. edit »

Landok: It is time for the Bach-Nal.
Although the word Bach-Nal is made up, it's roots are obviously in the word "Bacchanalia" which was a very large celebration of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine. The celebration was brought to Rome in approximately 200 BCE. edit »
Lorne: Well, you're just the regular Hans Christian Tarentino, aren't you?
He refers to two great storytellers. The first is the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, who wrote fairy tales like Thumbelina, The Little Mermaid and The Ugly Duckling.
The other is director and writer Quentin Tarentino. Famous for Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill 1 & 2. edit »
Gunn: You having a Blair Witch moment?

"The Blair Witch Project" is a horror movie about three film students who are investigating the Blair Witch (a legendary creature believed to haunt the nearby woods) so they can film a documentary about her. All three disappeared, only their equipment was ever found. edit »
Cordelia: That's not a heart, that's a Bambi.
Created in 1942, Bambi is a classic animated film by Walt Disney about the birth and early life of the deer from which the film takes its name. The film was based on the 1923 book Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Austrian author Felix Salten. edit »
Title: Through the Looking Glass
Through the Looking Glass was a book by Lewis Carroll, in which the heroine, Alice, steps through a mirror into an alternate reality. Also, a "looking glass" is an old-fashioned name for a mirror, which is relevent to this episode, as Angel has a reflection. edit »

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