David Boreanaz |
Angel |
Alexis Denisof |
Wesley Wyndam-Pryce |
J. August Richards |
Charles Gunn |
Charisma Carpenter |
Cordelia Chase |
Brigid Brannagh |
Virginia |
Guest Star |
David Fury |
First Worshipper |
Guest Star |
Thomas Kopache |
Denver |
Guest Star |
Christian Kane |
Lindsey |
Recurring Role |
Andy Hallett |
Caritas Host |
Recurring Role |
Stephanie Romanov |
Lilah Morgan |
Recurring Role |
When Denver is talking about the glove and hands Angel the book, it's the same Glove of Myneghon entry from the Buffy episode "Revelations," as is the prop they use. They've slightly altered the prop, removing the studs on the back of the hand and the spider-like claw.
The first three paragraphs of Lindsey's paper on the 75 year review simply repeat themselves.
When Angel barges into the new agency to grab a book, Cordy takes it away and gives him a phone book. He puts that back. But when Wesley instructs her to give him the book, she gives him a different book than the one he had choosen before. Either he doesn't notice, doesn't care, or someone goofed.
When Angel spots Darla with the black wig, he puts the holy water on her to reveal her vamp face, right? Well, if you look closely, you'll see that she was already in vamp mode before the water actually hits her face. This is definitely a goof because if she was already in vamp mode, the people standing right next to her would have noticed.
If you look closely, when Angel pulls the top off the bottle of holy water, a little spills on his hand. Shouldn't he be like "Ouch!"
Angel pulls Darla's dark wig off, but during the fight there's a brief shot in which you can see her wearing the wig.
In the previous episode Angel was shot 3 times in the abdomen. In this one, he was stabbed clean through by Darla. Yet, when he wakes up after that night of passion with Darla, none of those wounds are visible. We know Angel doesn't heal that fast.
Why didn't the shamans alert security when they sensed
Darla? They alert security for Angel, but Darla was clearly there before he was. Does Lindsey control security single handedly?
Holland: Something you're supposed to prevent. Now, what was that?
Angel: The apocalypse.
Holland: Yes, the apocalypse, of course. Another one of those. Well, it's true, we do have one scheduled. And I imagine if you were to prevent it you would save a great many people. Well, you should do that, then. Absolutely, I wasn't thinking. Of course, all those people you save from that apocalypse will then have the next one to look forward to, but hey, it's always something, isn't it?
Virginia: Creepy crawlies and scary monsters I can handle. But guns? Kinda makes it all a little too real, you know?
Wesley: The gun was fired by a zombie, if it makes you feel any better.
Denver: To kill the Kleynach and get the ring, you need the glove.
Angel: Okay, now you're making this up.
Denver: You know, you changed my life that day. I mean, a vampire comes into my place looking to kill a demon to save human beings? Well, I figured if something like that could happen there really must be good in the world.
Angel: Right, so you never heard of this term before, "Home Office"?
Denver: Hey, how'd that go, anyway? It was a Thesulac paranoia demon, if I recall.
Angel: Yeah, I don't know. I think it killed everyone there.
Denver: ...Oh. Well, the point is, you tried.
Angel: Actually, I pretty much walked out and let the demon have the place and everyone in it.
Wesley: Clearly it's easier for the Sharps to cast us as con artists rather than accept the grim reality that Skilosh spawn nearly hatched full-grown out of their child's skull.
Gunn: Gee, wonder why?
Holland: Welcome to the Home Office.
Angel: This isn't...
Holland: Oh, you know it is. You know that better than anyone. Things you've seen. Things you've -- well, done. You see, if there wasn't evil in every single one of them out there --why, they wouldn't be people. They'd all be angels.
Angel: Why fight?
Holland: That's really the question you should be asking yourself, isn't it? See, for us, there is no fight. Which is why winning doesn't enter into it. We go on no matter what. Our firm has always been here... in one form or another. The Inquisition. The Khmer Rouge. We were there when the very first cave man clubbed his neighbor. See, we're in the hearts and minds of every single living being. And that, friend, is what's making things so difficult for you. See, the world doesn't work in spite of evil, Angel. It works with us. It works because of us.
Angel: You're not gonna win.
Holland: Well... no. Of course we aren't. We have no intention of doing anything so prosaic as "winning." (laughs)
Angel: You're...
Holland: Holland Manners.
Angel: ...not alive.
Holland: Oh, no. I'm quite dead. Unfortunately my contract with Wolfram & Hart extends well beyond that.
Angel: Is it bad?
The Host/Lorne: Oy. But I really can't divulge to you what I read in another being. But I can tell you what I overheard in the men's restroom.
Cordelia: (about Angel) I mean if it was anybody else I would just say 'get laid already!
Wesley: Cordelia...
Cordelia: (pacing) But, no, not him. One decent boff and he switches to evil psycho vamp. Which, in a way, would be better for everyone. Better for him because he'd get some, and better for us because then we could (makes a staking motion) stake him afterwards.
(Darla drives the sword through Denver and into Angel)
Darla: That's right, Angelus, go towards the bleeding mortal, because that's smart.
Darla: You always have a shower when you come back from that place. I don't know why... you're never dirty.
Lindsey: I'm always dirty.
Angel: You know... I've... Well, I really couldn't help but notice the goats. Yeah, a lot of goats. Goats, many. Those are goats, guys!
Denver: Do you realize what this Home Office probably is?
Angel: I think I have a pretty good idea.
Denver: Hell. Why the heck would you want to go to Hell?
Lindsey: Either we pass the review or we won't. You really think a few last-minute dark rites and rituals are going to make a difference now?
Lilah: Everyone else seems to think so. I heard Henderson actually pulled her firstborn out of company day care to offer it up to... Brownnoser, my mother was right. I should have had children.
Lorne: Look, all these messy rites and rituals crashing all over town? They don't mean anything. Nervous children trying to score as many brownie points as they can before daddy gets home. I got news – Daddy? Not impressed.
The Host/Lorne: Almost anything that can manifest, in order to move in this dimension, can be killed. Kinda the downside to bein' here. That, and the so called musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The Host/Lorne: I think the general angst is not so much about the review, but more about the reviewer. And, let's just say it ain't Rex Reed.
Angel: What is it?
The Host/Lorne: It's evil... it's dark... it's merciless. Actually, now that I say it out loud, it sounds an awful lot like Rex, doesn't it?
Lilah: I dug up everything I could find on the last seventy-five year review. It's all in there. Makes the Christmas purge of '68 look like fun old times. Nearly half of mid-management was sacked. And Lindsey, they used real sacks.
Angel: In the larger sense, I really don't give a crap.
Holland: Now, I don't think that's true. Be honest. You've got the tiniest bit of "give a crap" left.
Both times Angel loses his soul, in "Buffy" season 2 and in "Angel" season 4, he says Buffy's name. He does not do that in this episode.
Elisabeth Rohm (Kate Lockley), Gerry Becker (Nathan Reed) and Julie Benz (Darla) are all uncredited in this episode.
Music:
Karaoke in Caritas -- "My Heart Doesn't Live Here Anymore" by Scott Nikoley & Jaime Dunlap
In the elevator -- "Poolside" by Daniel Stein
Karaoke in Caritas -- "Reunited" by Peaches & Herb
This episode received a rating of 4.3/6 in the overnight Nielsen ratings, ranking 4th out of 16 WB shows for that week.
Tim Minear originally wanted this episode to end with Angel to stake Darla after having sex with her and him to say: "Was it good for you?" However, Joss Whedon wasn't ready just yet to let Julie Benz and her character go.
J. August Richards does the "Previously on Angel" voiceover.
We find out that Holland's contract with Wolfram and Hart extends beyond his death (something we also find out happens with Lilah in Season 4's finale). In that episode we also learn it is impossible to destroy the contract, so effectively Holland and Lilah are owned by them for ever.
Wesley and Virginia Bryce break up in this episode.
We find out in this episode that Wolfram and Hart (or at least the power behind it) has been around since the time of cavemen.
The lightning storm after Angel and Darla have sex is reminiscent of the scene after Angel and Buffy had sex in Buffy Surprise (1) (2x13), when Angel loses his soul. In this episode, we are supposed to think that he has lost his soul again, and the similarity between the two scenes is supposed to help that assumption along.
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" writer, David Fury, plays the role of the man sacrificing the goats in the first scene of this episode.
The Host/Lorne: That, and the so called musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Andrew Lloyd Webber is a well-known composer for musical theater. Many of his works have been nominated for/won various awards. Some of of his more well known compositions include Phantom of the Opera and Jesus Christ Superstar.
The Host/Lorne: I think the general angst is not so much about the review, but more about the reviewer. And, let's just say it ain't Rex Reed.
Rex Reed is a long-time movie critic, known for co-hosting At The Movies in the early '80s. He currently writes reviews for the New York Observer.
S 5 : Ep 22
Aired 5/19/04 (43:45)
S 5 : Ep 21
Aired 5/12/04 (43:41)
S 5 : Ep 20
Aired 5/5/04 (42:36)
S 5 : Ep 19
Aired 4/28/04 (42:15)
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