Lullaby

Season 3, Episode 9, Aired
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With Darla's contractions getting closer together, the Angel Investigations gang is surprised when she flies into a frenzy and runs away from them. Now Angel must track her down in time to safely deliver their baby. However, their old nemesis -- the vampire hunter, Holtz -- is now in present day L.A., and after hundreds of years he is finally closing in on his quarry.moreless
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  • Here's Holtz!

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By joxerlives, Jan 21, 2012 Report Abuse
    LULLABY

    The Good;
    All of it, pretty damn brilliant, especially love Holtz raiding the club. The Lilah and the interpreter scene is also great, no such thing as a minor character on Angel.
    Interpreter (horrified); "You highlighted an ancient gushundi text?"
    Lilah (defensively); "In yellow"

    The Bad;
    Even if it's just a stun grenade wouldn't Lilah and Holtz be deafened for hours afterwards? Why can't they just resoul Darla?

    Best line:
    Sahjahn; "He's using product but he's the same guy"

    Jeez, how did they get away with that?
    Darla and Angelus slaughtering Holtz's family is beyond horrible. Holtz's killing his sired daughter is the strongest and most tragic act in the series, your heart just bleeds for him.

    Apocalypses: 5

    Angel Cliches
    In disguise; 8

    DB get's his shirt off; 12
    9,

    Cheap Angel; 7

    Fang Gang in bondage: Angel pinned
    Cordy: 5
    Angel: 12
    Wes: 6
    Gunn; 3
    Lorne; 2

    Fang gang knocked out: Wes by Darla
    Cordy: 11
    Angel: 14
    Wes: 6
    Doyle; 1
    Gunn; 1
    Lorne; 2

    Kills:
    Cordy: 5 vamps, 3 demons
    Angel; 28 vamps, 41 and 1/2 demons, 3 humans
    Doyle; 1 vamp
    Wes; 7 demons+2 vamp
    Kate; 3 vamps
    Faith; 16 vamps, 6 demons, 3 humans.
    Gunn; 8 vamps+ 6 demons.
    Fang Gang go evil:
    Cordy: 2
    Angel: 2

    Alternate Fang Gang:
    Cordy: 2
    Angel: 7

    Characters killed:
    45

    Recurring characters killed; Goodbye Darla, she'll appear again but she's finally dead this time
    8;

    Total number of Angel Investigations:
    5, Angel, Cordy, Wes, Gunn and Fred

    Angel Investigations shot:
    Angel: 11
    Wes; 1

    Packing heat; Lilah threatens her lackey with her gun. Angel uses the stun grenade (which Holtz is obviously impressed by and uses one later at Caritas) and Wes wishes he had a shotgun.
    Wes; 4
    Doyle; 1
    Angel; 1
    Gunn; 1

    Notches on Fang Gang bedpost:
    Cordy: 3 ?+Wilson/Hacksaw Beast+Phantom Dennis
    Angel: 5; Buffy, Darla and The Transcending Furies
    Wes; 2; Virginia and the bleached blonde

    Kinky dinky:
    Way to much going on for that

    Captain Subtext;
    Or that.

    Know the face, different character; 4

    Parking garages;
    5,

    Buffy characters on Angel; 16
    Wetherby, Collins and Smith. Angel, Cordy, Oz, Spike, Buffy, Wes, Faith, Darla, Dru, The Master, Anne, Willow and Harmony

    Questions and observations;
    Holtz is one pretty damn tough guy to take on WR&H's commando team. Note Angel doesn't even try to tell Holtz he has a soul, he knows he'd be wasting his time. Goodbye Caritas, after this Lorne won't bother trying to rebuild again.
    The end of the Angel/Darla relationship and it's EPIC! And hello Connor (for good or ill).
    Marks out of 10; 9/10
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  • Lullaby

    10
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    By TrueTvWatcher, Dec 12, 2010 Report Abuse
    Lullaby was a really great episode of Angel and really makes a great begining to the midseason spectacular. I think this episode ties together many story lines and really starts to bring every thing closer together. There was some good character development in this episode as well as action, intrigue, mystery, and drama. I really look forward to finding out what happens next. The characters really have been through a lot and this episode show cases their struggles. I can't wait to find out what Darla's baby has in store for the future, and for Angel. This was a very entertaining episode with lots of possibilities and I can't wait to see what happens next!!!!!!!moreless

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  • Goodbye Darla.

    9.8
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    By TwistedConverse, Jul 19, 2008 Report Abuse
    Lullaby is an outstanding episode and my personal favourite of Season 3. Everything about it was marvellously done and it contains the death of my favourite character; Darla. The entire episode was so beautiful. Darla, after all the destruction and pain she has caused, sacrifices her life for her son. The last scene was such a tearjerker and I had to contain myself from howling with misery. Julie Benz completely outshines every member of the cast here and the scene on the rooftop and the scene in the alley was Emmy-award worthy. This Darla reminds me so much of the human Darla in The Trial- finally accepting death and atoning for her sins. This baby was the only thing she had ever loved in 400 years alive and to watch her so scared of killing it when it leaves her is gut wrenching but nothing compared to her last speech to Angel. "You died in an alley.. remember?" just made me think of the huge length of time that has passed since Angel became a vampire. The bit where she actually stakes herself was shocking and even after watching it for a fourth time, I still feel emotionally numb afterwards. She finally redeemed herself and gave life when she has previously only given death. Her end is so fitting and perfect- I wouldn't change it for anything. A truly memorable scene.

    However while this scene was the clear highlight of the episode, the rest of the episode was outstanding even without it. I loved the flashbacks into Holtz's past, particularly the scene where he kills his little girl. I truly felt for him here and felt a surge of hatred for Darla but that disappeared when I saw how much she had changed. I actually found Holtz pretty menacing here as he was walking through Caritas, which he has just blown up. He finally felt like a threat this episode and I do think he is one of the most complex villains in the entire series- he's going after our main character but some small part wants him to get his revenge. It makes the whole storyline more interesting. However, the less said about the awful Sahjhan the better.

    The Wolfram and Hart scenes were also great and I enjoyed seeing how Lilah has so much power at her disposal- she's so self-confident and is more than a match for Angel investigations. Linwood is OK but not as good as Holland and Gavin is suitably annoying and makes me want Lilah to kill him. Gunn's speech about Angel's baby wasn't all that wrong IMO- the gang weren't to know that Angel's baby wasn't evil and if they had have been right, they needed someone to step up and say that it has to die. Angel was clearly blinded by love (which unfortunately continued into S4 even though Connor pretty much does everything possible to hurt him). I hate Connor as a character but his annoyingness isn't enough to make me dislike this episode- he was going to be there no matter what. I was quite sad to see the end of Caritas- I loved the karaoke club and thought it was a great set but they needed to pull Lorne into the group more and this was a great sendoff for a place that's seen some.. erm interesting thing.

    Lullaby is an absolutely heartbreaking episode and is in my Top 10 Angel episodes. It was near enough perfect and Darla's death is one of my favourite scenes of TV ever. A fitting sendoff for an amazing character and a great way to introduce a new one. Unmissable.moreless

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  • In this episode, the previous lifetaker has been made lifegiver. Quite unexpected.

    10
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    By rubysadie27, Jun 23, 2008 Report Abuse
    This is wonderful. It shows a whole new side to Darla's character, in that she finally and for once regrets what they've done together. Even when she was human, she never cared about the destruction she caused. Yes, she remains an uncaring person (or vampire) but she spills her fears about this inherent flaw in her vamp nature to Angel. And, unpredictable as always, she stakes herself, which is something viewers probably never anticipated. Angel's last stand in the rain tenderly wrapping up his very-much-alive baby and staring with an utterly vulnerable and take-me-as-i-am look at the guy who wants to kill him really communicated to me that Angel was transformed by both Darla's transformation and self-sacrifice (while unknowing) and his new role as father.moreless

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  • The Good, The Bad and The Birth!

    9.6
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    By lenzinoH20, Jul 31, 2007 Report Abuse
    Lullaby-With Darla's contractions getting closer together, the Angel Investigations gang is surprised when she flies into a frenzy and runs away from them. Now Angel must track her down in time to safely deliver their baby. However, their old nemesis -- the vampire hunter, Holtz -- is now in present day L.A., and after hundreds of years he is finally closing in on his quarry. The Good: One of the best episodes of the season with Julie Benz's fine performance and some nice direction. The scene where Darla breaks down about loving her child so much and knowing she will not be able to love it after it's born is heartbreaking. It would make sense that since the baby has a soul that Darla would too, since it's inside of her. The Bad: Holtz is an mediocre villian at this point, I mean I get the revenge and him playing the part of in this prophecy, but I find him more of an annoyance than an actually threat. I mean, his just a human after all. And Sahjin is comletely useless throughout this hour besides taunting Hotlz about killing Angel, boring.

    The Birth: The birth scene is stunning with a touching farwell to Darla as she gives up her life for her unborn child. It's really suspenseful and powerful as she dusts herself and the baby lies in the rain crying with Angel slowly picking him up and embracing his son.

    All and All, a superb episode with great acting and powerful dialogue which is a pivotal moment as Angel is now a father!moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • Holtz says "For two hundred years I dreamt of nothing but this moment." However, in the previous episode, "Quickening" (3x08) Sahjhan says to Holtz, "I know it seems like only a moment to you." This implies that Holtz would not have actually "dreamt" of anything, unless he was simply being poetic. Edit
    • When the Union Demon tells Sahjhan and Holtz about Darla coming to Caritas, his mouth keeps moving after Lorne's voice stops and the camera pulls out. Edit
    • Lilah: They don't crucify here - it's too Christian. Incidently, Christians have never crucified. It was a method of execution used by the Roman Empire and banned when Christianity became the state religion. Edit

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    • This episode marks Connor's birth. Edit
    • When the gang is fighting in the alleyway with Darla in the car, you see her sitting and mumbling to herself. In a cut away shot, you see her climbing out of the car. Then you see her sitting in the car again. Edit
    • This episode scored a rating of 4.6/7 in the overnight Nielsen ratings, ranking 4th out of 16 WB shows for that week. Edit

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    • Gunn: I think we need a bunch of Vaseline and a catchers mitt. Edit
    • Wesley: Angel is not back with the scrolls yet. I'd feel a lot better if we had the ancient prophecies to guide us. Cordelia: Please! Women have been giving birth without ancient prophecies for years. Gunn: What we could really use right about now is some Vaseline and a catcher's mitt. Edit
    • Darla: Angel, I don't have a soul. It does. And right now that soul is inside of me, but soon, it won't be and then.. I won't be able to love it. I won't even be able to remember that I loved it. (Starts to cry) I want to remember. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Lilah: Harvey? It's Lilah. I got a job for you... Angel Investigations. Yeah, full cleaner service.
      The writers may be giving a nod to Harvey Keitel's character from the film "Point of No Return." Mr. keitel played a character called Victor the Cleaner who cleaned up messes similar to the one Lilah refers to in her phone call to Harvey. A year later Keitel played a character similar to his "Cleaner" role in a little old movie titled... Pulp Fiction. Edit
    • Holtz: Sleep my love, and peace attend thee...
      This is the first line of an ancient Welsh folk song "Ar Hyd y Nos". Its English lyrics are believed to have been written by Amelia Opie. Edit

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