David Boreanaz |
Angel |
Alexis Denisof |
Wesley Wyndam-Pryce |
J. August Richards |
Charles Gunn |
Charisma Carpenter |
Cordelia Chase |
Julia Lee |
Anne Steele |
Guest Star |
Mark Rolston |
Boone |
Guest Star |
Jeffrey Patrick Dean |
Dwight |
Guest Star |
Matthew James |
Merl |
Recurring Role |
Stephanie Romanov |
Lilah Morgan |
Recurring Role |
Christian Kane |
Lindsey McDonald |
Recurring Role |
Anne's driver's license lists her height as 5 feet, 88 inches, which would make her over 12 feet tall.
When Wesley,Gunn, and Cordelia are celebrating after defeating the dragon, they are drinking 24 oz cans of Steel Reserve, High Gravity Lager.
It seems unlikely that something twenty feet tall could fit in the sewers.
Angel: I have to talk to you.
Anne: Oh boy, You're not... stalking me, are you?
Angel: Actually, I am.
Boone: You Merl?
Merl: Uh, Merl? Um, Merl who? Uh, the name's Ed, uh... Silverman.
Cordelia: Fun as it is having you guys over day and night, it's getting kind of late.
Wesley: It's only 7:30.
Cordelia: Really? Oh, in that case... get out!
Gunn: Our new agency.
Wesley: Wyndam-Pryce Agency.
Cordy and Gunn: The what?
Wesley: You don't like it? - It's classy.
Cordy: It's stuffy. The Chase Agency! That has the right ring.
Wesley: Why?
Cordy: Because it's my name.
Gunn: Uh, Wes, Ms. Chase, alright, there is only one player here with a name that strikes dread in the demon heart. (points at himself)
Cordy: Gunn?
Gunn: Uh-huh.
Cordy: Oh, yeah, that is so original. (starts to dance and sing) I got a gun and my name is Gunn...
Wesley: Wyndam-Pryce says everything you need to know...
Cordy and Gunn: Shut up!
Wesley: (about the dragon) It's the biggest thing you've ever seen.
Gunn: And me and English here are just getting stomped, just ducking flames.
Wesley: It hurls me into the outflow drain...
Gunn: And then you come crawling back, stinking, screaming curses. The mouth on this boy!
Wesley: And Gunn hits him form behind, yelling "look at us when we kill you!" and both its heads turn...
Gunn: Then "shronk!" Wes buries his axe in the head number one.
Wesley: And Gunn is running him through, pulling out intestines the size of your leg!
Gunn: We turned him inside out!
(Wes and Gunn laugh and high five)
Cordy: You weren't scared?
Wesley: Oh, mother in heaven.
Gunn: Pants wetting, praising the lord to save me kind of scared. All right?
Cordy: But you did it.
Gunn: No. We did it. All of us.
Anne: (about Angel's donation) Now lets see. What have you got? (Pulls out a flowered blouse) Well, that's - not what I expected. What's the matter, it doesn't fit you anymore?
Angel: Cuts me across the bust. A friend - left her clothes at my place. I won't be seeing her anytime soon, so I figured...
Anne: Ex-Girlfriend?
Angel: God, no.
Wesley: Right, I'll tell you the first thing we're scrapping: These stupid calling cards.
Cordelia: They are not stupid. I designed them. That's an angel.
Wesley: The universal symbol of the one thing we don't have.
Gunn: That's an angel? Looks like a lobster with a growth or... We'll make our own logo.
Wesley: Yes, something sleek, but edgy.
Gunn: Something that says: "You need help, we're there".
Wesley: Exactly. "Danger is our business. We'll catch you when you fall". (Cordelia has a vision and falls down but no one notices)
Gunn: Yeah, I like that.
Cordelia: Guys...
Woman: Serena, I have to know. This thing with making your character gay, is that like... all about ratings? Because I don't get it.
Anne: (about the money) What's this?
Angel: Blood.
Anne: It'll wash.
Lilah: We've heard you do favors for Angel. We'd like to know what those favors are.
Merl: Hey, I don't go sellin' out my pals. (pause) How much you gonna pay?
Merl: Hey, what about my hundred bucks?
Angel: You know what, I'll owe ya. Just make sure you use it for some new furniture.
(looks around)
Angel: Beanbag chairs? Merl.
Gunn: So it's big.
Wesley: Big.
Gunn: And fire breathing.
Wesley: Breathing.
Gunn: Big, two-headed, fire-breathing...
Wesley: I think we all have the picture, Gunn. It's not a teddy bear and it probably shouldn't be attending the Kenyard School for Girls.
Gunn: You know, right about now I wouldn't mind...
Wesley: Don't say it! We don't have him and it's not going to do any good wishing we did!
Gunn: I was gonna say some dynamite.
Angel: What did Lindsey say about me?
Anne: That you were a bad man.
Angel: Bad man.
Anne: A psychotic vampire who cut of his hand, harassed his firm and is borderline schizophrenic. - I was giving you the short version.
Angel: Do you believe that?
Anne: Well, I'd say for sure you're a vampire. Human being would be in the hospital, the beating you took.
Angel: And that doesn't frighten you.
Anne: A few years ago it would have been a big turn on. I thought vampires were the coolest.
Angel: What happened?
Anne: I met one.
Angel: You're not afraid of me.
Anne: Well, I've seen worse things since. A fourteen-year-old girl sitting in her own blood after a rough trick and dozens of people just walking right by, so no, vampires, demons, even lawyers pretty much don't impress me.
Lindsey: Angel is an obstacle to everything that we do. Give me one good reason why we can't just kill him!
Nathan: Because Angel - is a major player.
Lilah: In business?
Nathan: In the apocalypse.
Lilah: Oh. That.
(playing Risk)
Gunn: And now I rule Europe, Australia and South America.
Wesley: I've still got Kamchatka.
Gunn: Three-fifths of the world covered in water, the rest covered in me. Who's your ruler, baby. What's my name. Come on English, say it, dog.
Angel: You screw with me, and you screw with me... and you screw with me. And now, I get to screw with you. (laughs) It's gonna be great!
Lilah: Angel, please--
Angel: No. No, no, no, the begging -- that comes later.
Anne: Hey, guy I ran over.
Angel: Hey, girl who ran over me.
Lilah: So, what if this guy's actually as good as he says and actually kills Angel?
Lindsey: Boo hoo, let me wipe away the tears with my plastic hand.
Merl: What do you want, man? I ain't inviting you in.
(Angel walks in)
Angel: Demon lairs. No invitation necessary.
Merl: Yeah, but it's polite.
Angel: You avoiding me Merl? I asked you for a favor and you're avoiding me. That's impolite.
Merl: Well, nearly drowning me and leaving me hanging in a sewer ain't exactly Emily Post either.
This episode marks a turning point in Wesley and Gunn's relationship. Hitherto, they have competed with each other for position of primary sidekick. In this episode they bond over the vanquishing of the two-headed monster in the sewer. In fact, all three, Wesley, Gunn and Cordy, become family.
Music:
When Angel visits the shelter -- "Legion" by Junkie XL
At the charity benefit -- "Let 'Er Rip" by The Dixie Chicks
This episode received a rating of 4.5/7 in the overnight Nielsen ratings, ranking 4th out of 17 WB shows.
Alexis Denisof does the "Previously on Angel" voiceover.
During the original airing of this episode, they showed a "Got Milk?" ad featuring David Boreanaz. Coincidentally, Cordelia made references to the "Got Milk?" campaign in this episode.
Anne says she used to be obsessed with vampires until she met one. She is mostly likely referring to Spike who she met in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Lie to Me" (2x07).
Anne appears to have had the very large and obvious half-heart tattoo we saw in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Anne" (3x01) removed from her arm.
Anne and Angel have met before, but neither recognizes the other. Anne did recognize Buffy, however, when they met again in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Anne" (3x01).
Julia Lee (Anne) was also on Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the episodes "Lie to Me" (2x07) -- as Chanterelle -- and "Anne" (3x01) -- as Lily. She took the name "Anne" at the end of that episode.
Anne: A few years ago it would have been a big turn-on. I thought vampires were the coolest.
This refers to a second season episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lie To Me, in which Anne (then using the name Chanterelle) was part of a cult of teenagers who romanticized and idolized vampires.
Board Game
Risk is a popular world conquest board game where opponents wage war with dice and miniature 18th century figurines. The game has amused would-be dictators for decades, and has spawned many knock-offs.
Merl: Well, nearly drowning me and leaving me hanging in a sewer ain't exactly Emily Post either.
Emily Post (1873-1960) was a wealthy author that wrote a series of books on proper etiquette and good manners.
Woman: Serena, I have to know. This thing with making your character gay, is that like... all about ratings? 'cause I don't get it.
A reference to the fact that Willow has been revealed as a lesbian over on Buffy, and some accusations it was an attempt to grab ratings by Joss Whedon.
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