Gargoyles: Vows
Episode score
8.1
Great
Vows
- 21.
- Season: 2
- Episode: 8
- First Aired: 9/14/1995
- Prod Code: 021
Xanatos and Fox are getting married, and the groom asks Goliath to be his best man. Unsurprisingly, it turns out to be another of Xanatos's schemes, this time to obtain an piece of an artifact Goliath has - the Phoenix Gate, capable of opening doorways trough time. Add a recap »
- Writers:
- Shari Goodhartz
- Director:
- Frank Paur
- Stars:
- Salli Richardson-Whitfield (Elisa Maza)
- Keith David (Goliath)
- Jeff Bennett (Brooklyn/Owen Burnett)
- Marina Sirtis (Demona)
- Jonathan Frakes (David Xanatos)
- Edward Asner (Hudson)
- Recurring Role:
- W. Morgan Sheppard (Petros Xanatos)
- Frank Welker (Bronx)
- Kath Soucie (Princess Elena)
- Guest Star:
- Roger Rees (Prince Malcolm)
- David Warner (Archmage)
- Trivia: The judge who marries Xanatos and Fox is named Ian Roebling. edit »
- The penny Petros gives David is colored gold and doesn't even have the design of a typical American penny. edit »
- When Goliath parts with Demona after the group return to the present time, she isn't seen in the subsequent shot when he climbs the wall to glide away from them. edit »
- Although Brooklyn has a line at the end of this episode, Jeff Bennett is only credited for voicing Owen. edit »
- The ending with Goliath and Demona embracing at the Clock Tower was used on the DVD Version of "Vows" by mistake. edit »
- Though it is not considered canon, Petros Xanatos makes his first appearance in Marvel Comic's shortlived Gargoyles comic series. His appearance is #7, in which he is seen in Xanato's dream sequence. edit »
- Broadway and Lexington appear briefly at the beginning of this episode, when the Gargoyles are all turning to stone for the day. However, neither of them speak. edit »
- Greg says: "The ending of this episode is a mistake that we couldn't get corrected in time for its first airing. That scene was supposed to be a flashback of Goliath and Demona embracing at the castle, and not at the Clock Tower." edit »
- Demona: You may have prevented me from altering the past. But you failed, too. You see, I have clear memories of your little inspirational about keeping my vows of love. I never forgot it, and it changed nothing. Obviously, history is immutable.
Goliath: More's the pity. edit » - Goliath: If I didn't fear the damage you would do to the time stream, I'd gladly leave you here.
Xanatos: But you won't because you didn't. Time travel's funny that way. edit » - Demona: You must know I'm right. Can't you see? I am what you will become.
Past-Demona: I will never be like you!
Demona: I do not wish to hurt you.
Past-Demona: And I do not wish to be you! edit » - Xanatos: That's how I knew how to set this all up. I received instructions from myself last week. So you see, Pop, I am indeed a self-made man. edit »
- Eye in the Pyramid
The "Eye in the Pyramid" design on Xanatos's Illuminati pin is the symbol of the Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria. This one-eyed pyramid shows up on the Great Seal of the United States and the back of the one-dollar bill. edit »
Vows
The Bottom Line: "Exactly why I watch this series"01/07/06 02:26pm | report abuseXanatos asks Goliath to attend his marriage with Fox, revealing that Demona will take part in this, too. Hoping to reach his former love he decides to accept Xanatos's offer. Yet his meeting turns out to be a a further trap of Demona, this time to alter t ...Continue »
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