Angel

OVER THE RAINBOW

The Good;
A fun romp veering unpredictably from the ridiculous to the sublime, not so much the series changing direction as looping the loop and throwing in a barrel roll for good measure. Must be so nice for DB to be able to work in the sun for once.

The Bad;
Even the most imaginative set dressing can't hide the cheapness of some of the production qualities. The bit where Lorne goes to see his psychic friend is also blatantly filler (although I love her name, Persia White, sounds like a film noir heroine?)

Best line: Another Xena reference (see also Disharmony and Halloween on Buffy)
Gunn; (on being told that Pylea is rife with xenophobia) "Why are they afraid of Xena? I think she's kinda fly"

Jeez, how did they get away with that?
A lot of the Pylea stuff especially the hellbeast discecting the guy. We thankfully never see the AI group as a freakishly hybridinized siamese twin, as Gunn observes, horrified "That was a risk!!!?"

Apocalypses: 5

Angel Cliches

Inverting the Hollywood cliche;
The guys take on the villagers and for once they lose.

In disguise; 8

DB get's his shirt off; 12

Cordy's tattoo; 6,

Cheap Angel; 7

Fang Gang in bondage: Cordyx2 but the rest of the guys as well
Cordy: 7
Angel: 10
Wes: 5
Gunn; 2
Lorne; 1

Fang gang knocked out:
Cordy: 10
Angel: 12
Wes: 5
Doyle; 1
Gunn; 1
Lorne; 1

Kills:
Cordy: 5 vamps, 1 demons
Angel; 26 vamps, 33 and 1/2 demons, 3 humans
Doyle; 1 vamp
Wes; 3 demons
Kate; 3 vamps
Faith; 16 vamps, 6 demons, 3 humans.
Gunn; 7 vamps+ 2 demons.

Fang Gang go evil:
Cordy: 2
Angel: 2

Alternate Fang Gang:
Cordy: 2
Angel: 6

Characters killed:
37

Recurring characters killed;
6;

Total number of Angel Investigations:
4, Angel, Cordy, Wes and Gunn

Angel Investigations shot:
Angel: 11
Wes; 1

Packing heat;
Wes; 3
Doyle; 1
Angel; 1

Notches on Fang Gang bedpost:
Cordy: 2 ?+Wilson/Hacksaw Beast
Angel: 2; Buffy and Darla
Wes; 2; Virginia and the bleached blonde

Kinky dinky:
Cordy as a slave for the second time. If you enjoy seeing beautiful women enslaved, enchained and degraded this is the ep for you. Of course if you enjoy that you should be in deep, deep therapy rather than reading my reviews! Wes has handcuffs or at least knows someone who does (Mistress Spanksalot?). Once again, here's where they miss Kate who could have lent them some.

Captain Subtext;
Gunn likes Xena. Now this could either be classed as kinky dinky, he just likes hot dominant women in leather,(well who doesn't?) or it could have some deeper significance? Pylea strikes you as just the sort of place that Xena and Gabby would clean up.

Know the face, different character; 2

Parking garages;
5,

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

Questions and observations;
Angel was in the Tower of London at some stage. First real appearance for Fred and Amy Acker does a great job of portraying her impending madness. Also Gavin Parks oozes his Gucci clad self into the show. The scene where Angel leaves the tape for Gunn is very reminiscent of Kurt Russell in The Thing. Angel delighted in the daylight, his joy is lovely to behold.
Marks out of 10; 6/10, not great in itself but again, promising much

Over the Rainbow was a perfect and classic episode of Angel that has a lot of great character driven scenes. It was interesting and funny to see Cordelia shoveling Demon Cow Droppings. She made contact with Fred, the girl who went missing from the public library, though it was brief as she was caught by the constable. She seemed a bit crazy but who wouldn't be after living in that dimension. I really enjoyed watching the story unfold, seeing Lorne returning to his Home Dimension though he didn't want to. I thought it was cool that Gunn decided to come along too. Interesting that Angel can stand in the Pylian Suns lights. We also got to meet the Covenant shortly as they performed a test on Cordelia. I really like how the episode ended, it was a surprise. I can't wait to watch what happens in the next episode!!!!!!!

This was Literally the fist full episode of Angel I ever saw. I was a BIG Buffy fan at the time and really didn't plan on watching Angel since I never much cared for the character on Buffy. I obviously changed my mind but you can bet I was really confused when I seen this. I already knew Angel, Cordelia, and Wesley. Had no clue on the other characters I was seeing. Also was very confused in seeing all the green people with horns walking around. Since this was my first episode I fell In love with Lorne immediately. This was also the first full episode with Fred, who I thought was ok and same goes for Gunn. The night I seen this they played the trilogy all together. I was really glued to the Tv that night. So this episode and really Trilogy will always hold a big spot in my heart. I thought it all was really great and of course was really happy to see a BIG familer face at the very end. :)

Over the Rainbow is an excellent, fun episode that after so much darkness this season, is such a breath of fresh air. It's probably the weakeast of 3 parter Pylean arc but it's still excellent, highlighting the brilliance of other episodes. Some didn't like the Pylea arc because it felt shoved in and the Darla arc felt abandoned- now I am probably one of the Darla arc's biggest fans but I think it was right she left until next season- give her pregnancy time to grow. The Pylea arc did feel a little shoved in but I gotta hand it to the writers, the actors, the makeup people and whoever found the setting- I LOVED THIS ARC! The main story of Cordelia being captured as a slave and sold to a demon peasent woman was excellent. Her owner had some great lines and looked very real, as did the rest of the village. The real introduction to Fred was in this episode and you really felt for her- she's gone mad from being stuck in this hell dimension. It leaves us to wonder if that would be Cordelia if she had have remained there. Amy Acker is brilliant as her and a much welcome addition to the show. I was quite disappointed with Gunn in this episode- after all they've went through, he won't help Angel and Wes rescue Cordelia because he lost a member of his (annoying) crew. I understand he felt guilty but he shouldn't just abandon Cordelia like that when she needed him most. However, it was great to see Angel and Wes so determined to get her back- Angel especially seems to be frantic in her absence, making us realize how much she means to him.



Pylea itself is amazing. It's always nice to see new, grand locales but this completely outshines what is found in most T.V. The village looks and feels like a real village, every townsperson has something to do and looks authentic. The surrounding woods are amazing also- enchanting and beautiful. Whoever found this, I congratulate them- it gives an amazing otherwordly feel to it. I'm glad they put the whole different physical laws thing in so Angel wasn't bursting into flames the whole time- it enabled him to go as he pleased which is needed as having him to have to wait until nightfall would have been annoying.



The twist at the end was great; Cordelia becoming Princess of Pylea? Excellent. This further sets up the remaining two episodes and the castle itself is breathtaking. Plus, her outfit was droolworthy.



Over the Rainbow is an excellent change of pace for Angel and one of the handful of episodes in S2 that is just plain fun to watch. While it's outshined by most of the Darla arc, it's still brilliant and not to be missed. A true classic.

I love the scenes with Cordy in Pylea which start off with her all alone in the forest wearing her jean jumpsuit and looking so out of place that it is just funny. Then she is imprisoned and made into a slave and called a 'cow' which takes her so outside of her life into something completely scary and new that it's like going over the rainbow and ending up in hell instead of Oz (Sorry, I'm a really big Wizard of OZ fan). Then the rest of Angel Investigations is left trying to find a way to cross the dimensions to save her. I love how gung ho both Angel and Wes are as they try to save her with little concern to their own safety and Lorne and Gunn both have cold feet. When Gunn comes back at the end it is nice to see that he has decided his place in the world and it really shows the unity between these four and their loyalty to Cordelia that continues into the next two seasons.

Over The Rainbow-After being inadvertently sucked into a dimensional portal, Cordelia finds herself stuck in Lorne's home world, Pylea, a place where demons rule and human beings are slaves at best. Back in L.A., Angel is determined to find a way to rescue Cordelia, but when it seems that travelling to Pylea is the only answer, Lorne begins to get cold feet. After spending years in L.A., he is not at all happy at the idea of a homecoming.



A nice second offering from the Pylea arc. We get to see more of this mysterious dimension that is home to our lovable Lorne. Pylea is an intriguing and elaborate looking world that has a medieval setting with demons over running the land and humans as their slaves. Cordelia is just hilarious throughout this hour as she tries to get by in this new world and being called cow no less by demons, lol. We also get to see more of Fred this hour, she's very mysterious and cryptic this hour, which leaves more for her to do the next 2 episodes. It was great seeing Lorne, Wesley, Angel and Gunn roaming throught the streets of Pylea. I especially like the scene where they all 4 fight the villiage attackers just as Wesley delievers this line:



Wesley: "I think we're winning!"



Only the to be quickly replaced by a shot of all 4 of them captured just a beyond hilarious sequence. It's also interesting that Angel can't be harmed by sunlight in this world, but it's actually a bad thing which is explore the next 2 episodes. This episode also has a very clever and misleading ending where you believe Cordelia may be killed because of her visions are revealed, only for her to still on the throne of Pylea as the new world's ruler. All and all, a fine episode with some hilarious moments and stunning new setting. We also get a nice appearence by Persia White, who is one of the stars of long running hit show Girfriends, as Lorne's psychic friend Aggie.

Well, we find out Cordelia is in Lornes home dimension Pylea. It *looks* harmless enough until Cordy gets captured by one of the demons there and sold to the highest bidder as a cow/slave. Back in L.A. the guys (sans Gunn) are scrambling to find a way to get to Pylea and save Cordy. Gunns old crew suffers a loss and Gunn blames himself for not being there with them. When Angel, Wes and Lorne find a way to get to Pylea, Gunn tells them to go without him. Cordy has been being watched by Fred, the girl from her vision and Fred makes contact while Cordy is cleaning the demon "horse poo" from the stables of her new owner. Fred seems kind of, well, crazy from being there so long. She also ends up getting captured and taken away. The guys back in L.A. find the break they need and end up driving through a Portal (with Gunn who showed up at the last minute!) to Pylea. When they arrive, Angel is happy to find out he can be in the sun(s) in that dimension and they set off to find Cordy. It gets very interesting when Cordy has a vision in front of the townspeople and the guys get captured by the townspeople and are about to be sentenced to death by the new ruler. Well....guess who the new ruler is? Yep, Cordy.

Cordy is transported to Lorne's home place Pylea and that's not a good thing. When she gets there she taps her shoes together like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz but it doesn't work. Then you see Angel trying to re open the portakl and being really worried about Cordy. Then Cordy Is captured and sold as a slave. Wesley finds out that they need to find a new place to open the portal and Lorne finds out where. Gunn says he's not comming because he wannts to stay and protect his crew. Angel leaves a convincing message on his machine and he comes. In Pylea Angel can go out in the sun and he's so happy. Cordy has a vision and everyone says she's cursed. They do a test which proves it. Then Angel and the gang are captured and brought for sentencing. The guards open the door and sitting on the throne is...Cordy. This was a fast paced and exciting episode in the three part stay in Pylea.

this is the worst episode of the first four seasons!!! soo dissapointing!!!



it is so weird. it has cordelia as a princes. but i still do not like it! i hate the pylea. i wish they woud instead make a darla arc or handle cordys pain with her visions. everything but this!!!



this episode was boring and so slow! nothing happened. fred is introduced. wippee. just very boring. at the end cordelia is a princes and that was the only funny scene of the whole episode. i liked cordelias scenes but i prefer something else. not pylea!

I must say that while season 2 wasn't one of my favorites due to the splitting of the gang these last few episodes were stellar. Especially this one.



Our introduction to the world of Pylea was an excellent chance for us to get to know Lorne, long before he was made a series regular. The world itself was defenitely a sight to see and put together very well. Through this dimension we got to really see more into the characters of the series even more then we already had.



Angel's fears of the demon within were never more evident when his vampiric side is intensified in this world, we got a look as Wesley's true leaderships skills and his ability to make the hard decisions even when nobody else would (which would become important in the upcoming seasons), and Cordy's "I hate my life" syndrome was put in series perspective when she was thrown into several different roles over the course of a few days.

Over The Rainbow



This episode is pretty cool. I really loved the idea of taking them to another world. the sets were really well done and so was the make up. we also see a very important character for the future for the first time and at the end of the episode we see Cordy as a princess.



cut to the gang, they can't find Cordy so they panic. cut to Cordy waking up. she is scared and alone and then she sees a hell beast that comes running after her.



the credits start



cut to the gang. Angel needs Cordy back and reads the book but it doesn't work. he needs her back. Lorne says that it's better not to go there looking like humans. cut to Cordy, the beast jumps on her and licks her. then the boss says he got him a cow and he is selling her and he captures Cordy. cut to the office. Lorne says that it was a bad place and that there isn't any music. then Gunn comes and he says that he can't go. he lost someone of his crew and has to stay. he tells Angel to save her. then Lorne says he hates it but he will help them find a hotspot and leaves. Angel can't believe it. Wes says that Gunn has responsibilities and Angel says he does too and that's finding Cordy.



cut to Cordy being brought to a place and being sold to a woman. Cordy gets something around her neck that hurts. and the girl from her vision is watching. cut to Lorne going to a friend and he asks her where the hotspot is. she says that she can only help if he goes too and talks to him in a very vague way. cut to the office ad a lawyer comes and says that W&H are going to buy the apartment. Angel is pissed off and tells them to leave. cut to Cordy shovelling demon horse poo. then a girl talks to her, is that strange girl from Cordy's visions again. she tells Cordy about the dimension and that they use them as a slave until their body gives. then some guards see them and throw Cordy on the floor and take Fred with them.



cut to Angel leaving a message for Gunn and then Wesley has it and they leave with Lorne. cut to Cordy bringing some milk but he has a vision about one of the villagers and they all say she's cursed. cut to the gang going to leave. their in a movie studio. then Gunn comes and says that he's coming with them. then they read the book and the car roles and goes into the portal leaving the book behind. cut to the arriving in pylea. Angel doesn't burst into flames and he's happy. they come out and everything went well. Angel is not on fire because of the two suns. Lorne says that they need to find Cordy because he knows Pylea and she could use a friend right about now (beautiful and cool scene!)



cut to Cordy. all those people around say that she's cursed and they find the body of the guy so they need to know for sure and they use something on her that will hurt. cut to the gang leaving the car but then they realise they don't have the book and Lorne is very pissed off. They go anyway blaming each other. cut to Cordy, one of those things say that Cordy is cursed with the sight and they take her away. cut to the gang going to an old friend of Lorne but he says that Lorne is a traitor and they all run after them. they run but there are to any of them so they fight but loose. then the same green guy comes and takes Lorne away and puts the other three in a dungeon.



cut to the guys in the dungeons. Angel hears some guards talking about a girl with visions and that she screamed and then they come to take them away for sentence. together with Lorne. when they are inside Angel wants to escape but they suddenly see Cordy as a princes 'Hi, Guys!'



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Best episode quotes:



Cordelia: Angel? - Wesley! - Mr. Green-Mojo-Guy's cousin? - Help!! Right. Good one, Cor. Scream very loudly so the hellbeasts come to you. Worth a shot. - So. - Silver lining. - It's kind of a pretty place - when you look at it: woodsy woods, sunny and mild... Giant hairy hellbeast staring at me. That's - that's incredibly frightning. Good hellbeast. You're a lazy hellbeast, aren't you? Yeas. You're gonna stay right there while I run for my life.



ODM: Good boy. Good boy. You found me a cow.

Cordelia: Hey. Who're calling cow, mister! Uhm - Oh-oh.

ODM: A fine old cow. Good cow. She'll fetch a pretty price at the market.

Cordelia: Okay. But you're like Hindu, right? You don't eat the cows, right?



Angel: Start talking.

Lorne: About my dimension? Okay, sure. Lets see. I was there. I came here. I like here. I don't wanna go there. So, is that all? Because I have to clean up the club.

Angel: Sit. Let's start simple. How did you get from your world to here?

Lorne: Through a portal.

Angel: And how did you open that portal?

Lorne: I didn't.

Angel: You're not helping me here.

Lorne: Look, it's no secret that I hate Pylea.

Angel: Pylea.

Lorne: My home dimension. Back when I lived there I would have done anything to get out. Anything! So one day, five years ago, I'm in the woods when suddenly right in front of me, out of nowhere, a portal appears. It-it was like my prayers had finally been answered.

Angel: You knew it was a portal.

Lorne: Well, no. At first I didn't know what the heck it was. But when I went to take a closer look, the forest goes all bendy, big flashy light and whoosh! - through the portal and bang - I'm in another dimension. This dimension - which I love and adore and will never, never, never never leave.

Angel: But then who opened the portal?

Lorne: Gift horse. Mouth.

Angel: Alright. So where did you end up in this dimension?

Lorne: In an abandoned building, unlike any building I'd ever seen. And that's when I realized that I'd been delivered from hell. - I created Caritas in that very spot.

Angel: So you're saying that Pylea is a hell dimension, that Cordy is stuck in hell.

Lorne: Oh, not literally - but it runs a close second.

Angel: I find that hard to believe.

Host: Do you? - Well, try this: they have no music there. It doesn't exist. Do you know what that's like? No lullabies, no love songs. All my life I thought I was crazy. That I had ghosts in my head or something. Simply because I could hear music. Of course I didn't know it was music. All I knew was that it was something beautiful and - and painful - and right. And I was the only one who could hear it. - Then I wound up here and heard Aretha for the fist time... Well. Don't kid yourselves. Cordy's in a very bad place.

Wesley: It's cold!

Angel: What? Put on a sweater.

Wesley: No. No, no, no. The hotspot is cold. - Certain geographical areas are rife with psychic energy. These areas tend to function as - dimensional hotspots, natural gateways between worlds. I'm guessing Caritas is one such spot. But the catch is...

Angel: Oh god, got to have one of those.

Wesley: Creating a portal tends to deplete a hotspot of its psychic energy.

Angel: And since we already opened one...

Wesley: ...the hotspot is cold. That's why you couldn't open a second portal.

Angel: See, I was right. It was the batteries.

Wesley: The same probably applies to the one in the library.

Lorne: Oh, why not then wait until the portal recharges?

Angel: Because we've already wasted enough time. We have to find another hotspot and fast.

Wesley: That's not our only problem.

Angel: Of course it's not.

Wesley: When separate entities enter a dimensional portal they tend to - well - separate. Assuming we find another hotspot, and manage to open another portal, if we simply jump in, we could end up literally on opposite ends of the world.

Lorne: That means Landok and Cordy...

Wesley: ...didn't arrive together.

Angel: She really is alone.

Gunn: Hey.

Wesley: Gunn! Where have you been? We've been... We spoke hours ago.

Gunn: Sorry.

Wesley: No, it's okay. It's fine. Uh will you update him?

Angel: Yeah. We've got two problems. One: we got to find a dimensional hotspot, and two: we got to figure out how we can all get through the portal without...

Gunn: I'm not going.

Angel: What?

Gunn: Last night I lost one of my crew. - I should have been there, but... - I'm sorry but Wes said the trip was one way and-and I can't! - I know that makes me... I don't know what it makes me. But I figured I just owed to you to tell you face to face. - Wish you luck. - Please. Find her.

Gunn and Angel look at each other for a moment then Gunn turns and leaves.

Lorne: Hmm, tough decision. Poor kid. - But I'm right there with him.

Angel: Yeah. Me too, I guess.

Lorne: No, I mean about the not going part. You do know I'm not going, right?

Angel: What? - But it's your world. We need a guide.

Lorne: Remember when I said that I loved this dimension and I'm never, never, never gonna leave? Well, exactly which never did you not understand?

Angel: First Gunn and now... I-I can't believe this!

Lorne: I'm sorry guys, but, I tell you what, I've got an idea about finding your hotspot. Back in a jiff.

Wesley: Gunn does have - responsibilities - ties - people to take care of.

Angel: So do I. - Right now - you and I- have to figure out - how to save her.



ODM: She is a good cow. Strong. Maybe a little talkative, but you can whip it out of her.

Vakma: Skinny. Ugly, too. One pig.

ODM: Two pigs.

Vakma: For this old cow? She probably croak before I can get her home.

ODM: A pig and a pint then. Flip liquor.

Vakma: Fine. Put the collar on her. Ever since the last cow died we've mucking out the flehegna stables ourselves. You should see my rash.

Cordelia: Okay. Okay. Look. First of all - I'm a human being - not a cow. You can't just barter a human being! Second of all: one pig? One measly pig? Third of all there has been a huge misunderstanding. See, I am an American and I have rights. And right now I'd like to get right back to… That hurt!

Vakma: Cows aren't for talking they're for doing their job if they know what's good for them. You can come by tomorrow and pick up your stuff. Come on cow.

Cordelia: If you think I'm gonna follow you...Ow! You got another think... Ow! Coming.



Aggie: I'm getting all these ugly conflict vibes coming off you, Lorne. And they're all pointing at that portal.

Lorne: A-are you sure you're not just seeing the chili I had for lunch yesterday because, whohoo, you wanna talk about conflict! They need the hotspot because they're going to Pylea, my home dimension.

Aggie: And you're not going with them?

Lorne: Hey, I'd rather have a hydrochloric acid facial. I'd rather invite a hive of wasps to nest in my throat. I'd rather sit through a junior high school production of Cats! - You see where I'm going with this?

Aggie: Not Pylea.

Lorne: Exactamondo.

Aggie: Well, it's too bad then. Now they'll never rescue the girl.

Lorne: Come again?

Aggie: I can find your hotspot, Lorne, but on one condition: you've got to go with them. It's the only way you'll ever resolve all those issues that are clouding up your aura, I can see it! - And be honest. Deep down you've always known you'd have to take that one last trip home.

Lorne: It's the 'last' that scares me.

Aggie: Well, sometimes the journey is taken simply because - it must be taken. - Is that vague enough for you?

Lorne: Is that what I sound like? Eeesh. No wonder people complain.



Angel: Lawyers. Don't you people sleep during the day?

Park: I'm Gavin Park. This is my associate, Mr. Hayes. We represent Wolfram and...

Angel: Already bored.

Park: We've come to appraise the hotel.

Angel: What?

Park: Correct me if I'm wrong, but your lease expires in six months and Wolfram and Hart is interested in purchasing this building.

Angel: You got to be kidding me. You guys - couldn't get me to turn evil, so now you wanna evict me? You know, they're trying to annoy me to death.

Park: We'd like to take a walk around the place if you don't mind.

Angel: You think I mind?

Park: Very well. We'll notify the real estate company of your non-compliance. They should send you a notice of obligation. After that if you still refuse to cooperate, well, - I'm sure that somewhere in your lease agreement there must be one or two loop holes to be - exploited.

Angel: How quick can we get out of this world?



Cordelia: I wanna go home. I wanna be in my bed. I wanna - order some Thai food and read the latest issue of Marie Claire. I wanna be doing anything but shoveling demon horse poop! That woman has ears like a bat! There's got to be a way to get this thing off.

Fred: Don't do that!

Cordelia: Who's there? What do you want?

Fred: I forget. It's not important. But - but if you take the collar off, bad things will happen to your head. Like - it'll implode. So don't take the collar off, okay? Cause-cause I can't talk to you if you don't have a head, okay?

Cordelia: Okay. A-are you a human?

Fred: Keep-keep shoveling! Go shovel. Where did you come from?

Cordelia: Los Angeles. How long have you been here?

Fred: I was born here. I-I mean, not really. I j-just... some-sometimes I think I was. I mean, I don't think it was my thought. I forget certain words. How'd you get here?

Cordelia: Hold on. Why don't you tell me where here is first?

Fred: Pylea. Keep shoveling! Geez! Another dimension. You're lost. I can tell. So many of us are lost even there. But - but it's true. I'm not crazy. Well, crazy, but I'm not wrong.

Cordelia: So, how do I get out of here?

Fred: Oh. I forgot. Laughing. You don't. They use you as a slave. Then your body gives - zip! - Gone.

Cordelia: Well, that's not happening to me, okay? I have friends back in LA. They're gonna come rescue me. Any time now.



Angel: So as soon as Wes solves our scattering problem, we'll be leaving. Don't know if we'll be coming back. - It's eleven sixteen. Cordy's been gone for almost twenty-four hours now. - I think I covered everything. - Oh. The mortgage for the hotel - is under the company name. The lease is up on six months, at least that's what they tell me, so... I guess that's it. - Take care of yourself.

Lorne: How you're holding up?

Angel: I wanna go bad. I'm just waiting for Wes to have that Eureka moment.

Wesley: Eureka!

Angel: Oh, jeez. Thank god.

Lorne: You mean he actually really says Eureka?



Angel: The sun. Daylight. Quick. Hand me a blanket. Hand me a blanket or I'm gonna catch on fire! Hand me a blanket! I'm gonna catch on fire! Why am I not on fire?

Gunn: Yo, that was phat!

Wesley: Well, it is another dimension. Perhaps their sun...

Lorne: Back up, Copernicus. That's suns. Plural.

Wesley: Suns. Yes. Well, perhaps they don't have the same effect on vampires.

Angel: Hey! Watch it. Alright? Hey!

Wesley: Fascinating!

Gunn: Did you all see the street do that bendy thing?

Angel: So, we made it then. This is your world.

Lorne: Oh yes. Home sweet hell.

Angel: Ha! I'm not on fire.

Wesley: And we're together. And we didn't merge into some freakish, four-men Siamese twin!

Gunn: That was a risk? How come nobody told me that was a risk?

Angel: Can everyone just notice how much fire I'm not on?

Lorne: Yeah, it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood alright. Now, may I suggest we find some way to hide the car? It'll be a little conspicuous, seeing as we don't have convertibles in this world. Or you know, cars.

Gunn: Wonder if this is where Cordy came through.

Wesley: Could be.

Angel: Let's start gathering some branches, some brush. Anything to cover up the car. Oh, hey, look. There is some over in that patch of sun. I'll get them!

Gunn: Hey, I'll give it to you. Trip into an alternate universe? Pretty damn cool. But I wanna find Cordy, quick.

Lorne: Me too. Well, I-I mean for her sake of course. - If I know Pylea, she could probably use a friend right about now.



Angel: This should do it. Are you ready?

Lorne: Yeah. I think we're only a couple miles from town, but we'll have to walk it.

Angel: No problem here, walking in the sun. Hey, do it all the time.

Wesley: Yes, we're all heartily aware that you're not on fire. - Shall we go? Don't forget the book. What's wrong?

Angel: I just don't think that's funny.

Wesley: I wasn't trying to be... What?

Angel: Wesley, I don't have the book.

Lorne: What?!

Angel: You had the book.

Wesley: I don't have the book.

Gunn: Who had the book?

Angel: Wesley

Wesley: Angel.

Wesley and Angel: No, I didn't. - Yes you did!

Lorne: Whoa. Ho, ho, whoa. Did we look in the car?

Angel: There is nothing there. I checked it before we started hiding it to make sure we didn't leave anything.

Lorne: Oh! Like say the book!

Wesley: Hold on. The book was in the car. That much we know. But, but perhaps - perhaps its only function is to open portals to Pylea. In which case it would be useless in Pylea and therefore - it only exists in our own dimension.

Lorne: Oh. You know, ordinarily I handle bad news really well. I just drown my sorrows in an ice-cold gin and tonic, little squeeze of lime, except where they don't have them here!!



Lorne: Just remember, keep your heads down. Xenophobia kind of a watch-word where I'm from.

Gunn: I don't get it. Why're they afraid of Xena? I mean, I think she's kind of fly.

Wesley: Xenophobia. Fear of foreigners?

Gunn: Oh. Then can we pretend I didn't just say that?

Lorne: Now, right over there is Blix's house -- a boyhood chum of mine. Ah, we were the best of buds, always playing games, watching out for each other, close as a Torto demon and its parasite. I'll make the approach. You three stay here -- we gotta keep a low profile.

Angel: Why?

Lorne: Because otherwise you might get beaten to death with sticks. Be right back.

Blix: What?! - Traitor! Deserter! Betrayer!

Lorne: We should run. Now!



Gunn: I take the twenty on the left, you take the fifty on the right.

Angel: Okay.



Lorne: Oh. Am I glad to see you. - And so much less dead than I expected.

Angel: What did they do to you?

Lorne: Oh, well, first there was the welcome home parade thrown in my honor. Ticker tape, streamers. Honestly, I'm so touched, I almost wept. Locked me in a room, pushed me around, asked a bunch of questions. Your standard film noir.

Angel: I think we might have a lead on Cordy.

Lorne: You found her?

Angel: No. I overheard two guys talking about a girls with visions. Said she was cursed.

Lorne: Yikes. I don't like the sound of that.

Angel: They mentioned something about a covenant? Ah, something about performing tests on her?

Wesley: Angel, I hate to state the obvious, but we need to get out of here.

Narwek: Silence. Krevlorneswath of the Deathwok clan, you and the cow-trash are not to speak.

Lorne: Ah, de-bunch your panties, Narwek.

Narwek: You - are a traitor to your home. You abandoned your life-giver, betrayed your people and now you consort with these - animals. - I will take great pleasure in watching them kill you slowly.

Angel: They take us in separately or together?

Lorne: What?

Angel: Separately or together. Quickly. We don't have much time.

Lorne: I don't know! I've never been sentenced to death before - together?

Angel: Listen up.

Narwek: After that, drag the bodies to the village square. We will hang their corpses as a warning. - Prisoners! They day of judgement has arrived. Approach! The venerable monarch of Pylea, General of the Ravenous Legion, Eater of Our Enemy's Flesh, Prelate of the Sacrificial Blood Rites, and Sovereign Proconsul of Death, is prepared to pass sentence on upon you.

Angel: One.

Narwek: Open the doors.

Angel: Two.

Cordelia: Hi, guys.



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Story: 10

Acting: 10

Writing: 10

Picture: 10

Gripping: 9

My Rank: 10

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Total: 9.9