Reprise

Season 2, Episode 15, Aired
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Angel learns of the impending visit of one of Wolfram & Hart's demonic "Senior Partners," and he plans to use the visit to launch a kamikaze mission to the beast's home dimension to take on evil at its very source.
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  • Action overload!

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By joxerlives, Jan 19, 2012 Report Abuse
    REPRISE

    The Good;
    Hell of a shock when Darla makes the Angel/Darla shish kebab. Good scenes at WR&H and the Darla/Lindsey stuff is great.

    The Bad;
    How come Angel can sense Darla at the Hyperion but not when she's evesdropping on him and Denver?

    Best line:
    Lilah; "Stake the bitch!"

    Jeez, how did they get away with that?
    One of the WR&H employees pulls their child out of daycare as a sacrifice? Killing the mom and her family is horrible! Kate's suicide attempt also ain't nice.

    Apocalypses: 5

    Angel Cliches
    Damsel in distress; 17

    In disguise; 8

    DB get's his shirt off; at the end Darla rips it off
    12

    Cordy's tattoo;4

    Cheap Angel;
    6

    Fang Gang in bondage:
    Cordy: 5
    Angel: 9
    Wes: 3

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

    Kills:
    Cordy: 5 vamps, 1 demons
    Angel; 22 vamps, 31 and 1/2 demons, 3 humans
    Doyle; 1 vamp
    Wes; 1 demon
    Kate; 3 vamps
    Faith; 16 vamps, 6 demons, 3 humans.
    Gunn; 5 vamps+ 2 demons.

    Fang Gang go evil:
    Cordy: 2
    Angel: 2

    Alternate Fang Gang:
    Cordy: 2
    Angel: 6

    Characters killed: Denver plus the family
    35

    Recurring characters killed; byebye Denver
    5;

    Total number of Angel Investigations: 3/1
    4, Angel, Cordy, Wes and Gunn

    Angel Investigations shot:
    Angel: 10
    Wes; 1

    Packing heat;
    Wes; 2
    Doyle; 1
    Angel; 1

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

    Kinky dinky:
    The Claimac demons apparently 'raped' the villages of man in addition to laying them waste. Speaking of which Angel 'taking' Darla at the end is about as close to rape as you'll ever see from a heroic character on TV. Their foreplay is him chucking her through a glass door!

    Know the face, different character; 2

    Parking garages;
    5,

    Buffy characters on Angel; 14
    Wetherby, Collins and Smith. Angel, Cordy, Oz, Spike, Buffy, Wes, Faith, Darla, Dru, Master, Anne

    Questions and observations;
    Why no commentary on all these great eps? Why do people sacrifice goats? They're the nicest animals out but they always seem to be associated with evil. Must have been fun to have them on the set that day. David Fury of course is one of the sacrificers. First mention of Lilah's mum. Lorne doesn't like Lloyd Webber, not even 'Memory'? Wes and Virginia breaking up, awwwww! Cordy remarks she has no friends in LA, I guess she didn't keep up with the girls from 'Expecting' or 'She' (you'd think being knocked up against their will by a demonic entity and ending up in his breeding hot tub together would have bound them closer?). Darla with the glove rather reminds me of the old TV series Witchblade. Last appearance of Holland, not a nice guy but a great character. He's right of course, supernatural evil depends on human weakness. Poor Kate!
    Marks out of 10; 9/10, truly great
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  • Reprise

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    By TrueTvWatcher, Dec 10, 2010 Report Abuse
    Reprise was a perfect and classic episode of Angel. I really enjoyed watching this episode because it had a lot of character development and action, intrigue and humor. I was glad to see the Host tell Angel how it really is, and to see the rest of the gang going about their paths without Angel. I really enjoyed when Angel thought he was going to the home office, and found out that it is right here in everyday reality. This episode had a lot of character building as well as plot buulding. I can't wait to find out what happens next!!!!!!!moreless

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  • Angel tries to kill the Senior Partners.

    9.6
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    By TwistedConverse, Jul 12, 2008 Report Abuse
    After 3 somewhat pointless filler episodes, the ball finally gets rolling again with Reprise. Reprise is an excellent episode and probably one of the darkest in the entire series. Angel goes on a suicide mission, Cordelia is about to walk into a demon's trap, Wesley gets dumped and Kate attempts to kill herself. This episode is the beginning of the end of the magnificent Darla arc, which ends until S3 next episode. Reprise and Epiphany feel like a two parter as they're about finishing the season arc and getting the characters back on track.

    The story of a Senior Partner moving onto our plane of existence was excellent and W&H itself was finally hurt- as they've said before, their employees are expendable, so killing them isn't hindering them hugely. One complaint is that the Senior Partner went down pretty fast and didn't even attempt to fight, which is a bit weird. Darla finally made a reappearance in this episode, back to evil, conniving self. Her manipulation of Lindsey was well done- he's in love with her so her using this to keep safe and get a fresh supply of blood is a good idea on her behalf. I don't think she got enough screen time however and was hugely underused in this episode- they could have got rid of some of the Caritas scenes. However what we did see of her was brilliant as always. Her attempt to achieve power was interesting if not explained well- why would she want the ring? Anyway, despite only being in a handful of scenes, what we seen was excellent as always. The Cordy/Wesley scenes were good and Cordelia's character has evolved so much and it's very clear in this episode. She says she doesn't have any friends (she counts Wes and Gunn as family) and it doesn't seem to particularly bother her, a massive step up from the girl who's friend's opinions used to be everything to her. I was sad to see Virginia go. As far as I'm concerned she's a good character and has some great lines.

    Kate was shockingly likeable in this episode, thankfully seeing as most of this season she's been the Uber Bitca. Her getting fired was very sad- as she's said, a police officer is all she's ever been. Her breakdown was heartwrenching and her suicide bid shocking yet believable. Elisabeth Rohm was excellent in this episode.

    I felt sorry for Angel in this episode. He just doesn't care anymore and it's hard to watch our main character go on this self destruct mission. The montage of scenes at the end, before he sleeps with Darla, was excellent and really helped us feel what he was feeling as the music was so sad and beautiful.

    The final scene was a shocker. After sleeping with Darla, Angel wakes up gasping in pain while a storm brews outside. This entire scene is almost the exact same as the end of "Surprise" (BtVS 2.13), leading us to believe Angelus has returned. It was a good twist.

    Reprise is an excellent episode. It's sad, dark and exciting and a massive step up from the last 3 episodes. Definitely not to be missed.moreless

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  • Welcome to the Home Office

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    By addict666, May 27, 2008 Report Abuse
    This is an excellent episode. I love the interactions in this episode between Darla and Lindsey and he tries to protect her even though she doesn't need and is playing him in order to get what she wants. One of my favorite scenes is when Angel storms into the new Angel Investigations and demands for the book and Cordy tells him no but Wes stands up and tells him to take it and injures himself in the process. Then the moment of truth occurs when Angel breaks into Wolfram and Hart and then steals the ring so he can go to the home office, only to realize that the home office is earth and that evil is inescapable and unavoidable. When he has nothing left he finally turns to Darla in a moment of weakness and their passion and hate is so great to watch. At the end of the episode and Angels' soul hangs in the balance you kind of just want him to go evil.moreless

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  • The Partners Are Coming! The Partners are Coming!

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    By lenzinoH20, Aug 22, 2007 Report Abuse
    Reprise-Angel learns of the impending visit of one of Wolfram & Hart's demonic "Senior Partners," and he plans to use the visit to launch a kamikaze mission to the beast's home dimension to take on evil at its very source.

    The last episode of the Darla arc that raises up some impressive revelations. Angel is still driven by his passion to destroy Wolfarm and Hart and the upcoming meeting with the senior partners doesn't help. One thing that annoyed about this episode is they build up this reveal of one of the senior partners and we get a slight glimpse only to disappearance when Angel attacks it. It just sucks because we never get to see any of the senior partners for the rest of the series. Anyway, Darla's invovlment is mysterious and brings some shocking moments like killing the librarian from Angel's past and stealing the gaunlet. But her plan and purpose seems so vague throughout this hour besides the last 5 mintues. There are other amazing scenes like Angel walking into Welsey's office and just not' giving a damn. I just love these lines delievered:

    Cordelia: "I don't know what you are anymore."
    Angel: "I'm a vampire, look it up!"

    Kate gets fired by Internal Affairs and you feel kinda bad for her...only a bit, not like I'm gonna start to like her again. Brigid Bannagh makes her last appearence as Wesley's girlfriend and it never made sense why she just broke up with Wesley after only a few episodes. Sam Anderson gives a brilliant performance when he returns as Holland Manners and his elevator scene with Angel is excellent, also when Angel appears back in L.A. when he realizes that his living in hell. It's a really powerful statement as we see the world is hell because it can't exist without evil and when Angel realizes that, he knows he has nothing to fight for. But it only gets better from there how Darla appears at the hotel and Angel has sex with her! Completely unexpected and when Angel wakes up from it all, it looks like his about to lose his soul again! All and All, a superb episode that's one of the best episodes of the season!moreless

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    • The first three paragraphs of Lindsey's paper on the 75 year review simply repeat themselves. Edit
    • 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. Edit
    • 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. Edit

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    • 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. Edit
    • Elisabeth Rohm (Kate Lockley), Gerry Becker (Nathan Reed) and Julie Benz (Darla) are all uncredited in this episode. Edit
    • 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 Edit

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    • 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? Edit
    • 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. Edit
    • Denver: To kill the Kleynach and get the ring, you need the glove. Angel: Okay, now you're making this up. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • 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.

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    • 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. Edit

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