Angel

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

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!!!!!!!

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.

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.

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!

Loved it! Angel continues his campaign against W & H. He is on to the fact that something big is coming up (the 75 year review) and somebody important is coming (a senior partner). Angel is consumed with his mission and executes to his plan of attack against W & H. This earns him a trip to the home office with Holland Manners (the dead Holland Manners). After a long elevator ride where Holland and Angel discuss the home office, W & H role, good and evil and where evil exists (which Angel believes is the home office) they end up back at the same place the elevator ride started. Evil is on earth and in all people. Angel has the melt down that has been in the making for many episodes and he loses all hope. When Darla shows up, Angel in a fit of despair sleeps with her...hoping to lose his soul and stop feeling so cold.

In a side story, Angel hooks back up with Kate because he needs a connection with somebody as he tries to work this W & R issue and he ran his partners off. Kate is not interested...she is dealing with her own set of issues, the latest being a review by internal affairs based upon Angel attacking the police chief who raised the zombie cops. She is fired in the review and goes home to drink and overdose, she leaves Angel a desperate message blaming him, blaming herself...trying to connect with him before she dies.



In addition, it is explained that the absence of Darla and Dru were due to the burns they received several episodes back...it took time to heal. We learn that Dru found Lindsay so that he could nurse her back to health but has left for the moment. Darla is recovering but still in on a course of evil and power.



In parallel, Wes, Cordy & Gun follow through with the third eye demon from the last episode that was left hanging. They solve the problem, but the customers fail to pay them. This sets Cordy up to fall into the demons trip.



At the end of the episode the stories pull together where it appears Angel has lost his soul in his night with Darla, Kate has presumably killed herself and Cordy is off to the home of the customers which is a trap.

It seems there is alot of ritual sacrificing going on lately and Angel wants to know why. He tries to enlist some help from Kate Lockley but finds out she is on desk duty and is facing a hearing from Internal Affairs. She seems to know she is going to get the axe before it even happens.

We also drop in on Wes and co. and they are telling Mrs Sharp (the mother of the girl with the eye in back of her head) that they have cured her daughter. She is happy but refuses to pay. Seems her husband has blinders on about what happened to their daughter. We next drop in on W&H and alot of panicky employees. Seems their 75 year review is coming up and it is a very bad thing. Lilah is sweating it, but Lindsey seems to be pretty stoic about it and blows her off. Lindsey goes home and we see why he has been so close mouthed. He has Darla on his couch recuperating from her burning by Angel. She reads up on the W&H review while Lindsey goes to shower. Angel goes to Caritas and talks to the host and notices ALOT of lawyers there. Seems they are all needing guidance. The host tells Angel (in so many words) that a Senior Partner is coming for the review and something about the Band of Blacknil. Angel is at a dead end because he doesnt have the books to research this, sooo he goes to Wes and co and takes the book he needs. Yep, still a jerk! I wont write about all that happens next but Angel does end up getting the Band of Blacknil and going to the home office (which is hell!) He takes a magical elevator ride with dead Holland Manners to hell...and when the elevator door opens, we are right back on earth. Yes, hell is on Earth. Angel is most discouraged about this and in another weird twist he ends up practically raping Darla. Oh who are we kidding? She wanted it. After the "deed" is done, it shows Angel waking up gasping just as he did after sleeping with Buffy.....stay tuned!

season 2 was great good scripts and storylines but this episode was by far the best. after three fillers the writers decided to go back to darla and to write the most amazing episode of angel season 2 amd maybe of the entire show. at least it is in the top 5.



angel realises that he can never win because evil is everywhere and can never be stopped so why fight? he goes dark for the last time and uses darla to go with in bed.

one of the best scenes of the show is when angel kills a senior partner with his ring and falls out of a building. that was just class! lindsey and darla and lilah were at their best in this episode. absolutely amazing!

This episode is better thent he last! And did not disappoint! The arrval at the bottom of the lift was not anticlimactic in my opinion, but perfect! The acting was superb by all standards by all the cast in this episode. Most noteably Alexis Denisof and David Boreanaz! The special effects were fantastic and the ending was brilliant! Although I am totally confused by it since Angel did feel a pain in his side when he was with lilah during the episode! But I am interested to see what will happen next. Already knowing Angel rejoins his gang how the hell will it happen??! Anyway FANTASTIC episode!

this was probly the best episode ever it keeps the dark angel but still keeps the not so dark angel

i think this was a great ending for the whole angel staking darla story line

it also shows us how commited angel is to the misson and how close he is to hitting the bottom

earth is hell? didnt they cover that in buffy? or am i getting confused

so any way i think that it is hard to beat this episode we not only see the dark side of angel but also his crazy side after all how many guys actually want to go on a kamikaze mission to hell?

This episode is important for a lot of reasons. For one, we learn that Wolfram and Hart have been around for millenia and continue to pull the strings past death. The scene with Angel infiltrating Wolfram and Hart is slick and exciting. After the incident at the Manners abode, its fun seeing Lilah in genuine fear as she is being led around by Angel. She thought he would never kill humans or let humans be killed, and now she is truly scared for her life. The ending is frightening, as we see that Angel has regressed into darkness so much, he throws Darla around for a while only to end up sleeping with her.



DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Reprise



How can something be this good? this episode is perfect. what Holland tells Angel is such a great speech. the Lindsey/Lilah thing was amazing. and Kate getting fired. the Wes and Cordy thing and ofcourse Darla coming back and Angel having sex with her because he's tired of feeling the cold. just perfect episode.



cut to Angel going in a place, he finds a lot of goats. then two men that are going to sacrifice the goats. he forces them to speak and say that the only thing they know is if they don't do it something out there will be really pissed off and Angel thinks that's good and tears the place apart.



the credits start



cut to the gang with the girl. they took the third eye away but the mother says she can't pay them. she says that the bill is ridiculous and that it can't be true what happened and that it's a scam and she goes away. they get upset but let her leave. but they need to pay so Gunn goes to find if there is anything and Cordy says that evil will be there it's just probably stuck in traffic. cut to Lindsey and Lilah talking about the vampires that are lost. Lindsey says that he hasn't heard of them but nothing can happen in the next few days to screw it up.



cut to Kate and Angel, he is talking to her about what happened. he needs her to find out something but she says she can't do anything. they are gonna hear her and she can't live with a suspension. she is done talking to Angel now. cut to Lindsey coming home. Darla is there and she acts all beat up and says that he saved her he brought her blood and he needs to take a shower. she asks why and he says that he's always dirty. when he goes under the shower she stands up and reads the files and reads '75 review'.



cut to Angel going to the karaoke bar. he sees all those lawyers there and asks Lorne about what is going to happen. he says that he can't tell him anything but he can what he heard somewhere else. every 75 years W&H gets reviewed and it's not about the review but the reviewer, it's a senior partner. Lorne tells him that he's out of his league, Angel wants to stop W&H and Lorne says that they really want to see him dead. cut to Angel going for a book but Cordy doesn't want to give it to him. Wes tells her to give it and she's mad but gives it and then he goes. Wes stood up and now he's bleeding again and asks Cordy to call the ambulance.



cut to Kate and the review. she can't explain anything and they are going to fire her. she needs to take time to grieve and they tell her to leave and give them her badge. cut to Angel going back to Denver. Denver says that Angel changed his life and he wants to know what happened and Angel just walked away Denver says that he needs the ring and to get the ring he needs to kill the demon with a glove. he has the glove but then he will go to the home office, that's probably hell. then Denver says that things will go.. and then he gets stabbed by Darla with a sword and stabs Angel with it as well. she gets the glove and says tat the vengeance will come soon.



cut to Virginia and Wesley. she thinks it's creepy he got shot and she says that guns make things a little to weird. she says that sometimes she should be the one that had her insides falling out and he says it's difficult for her. she says she doesn't like to see him hurt. but he means braking up with him. cut to Kate going to her apartment. she is very upset and starts to drink and throws some pictures away and watchers her dad. cut to Lilah with bodyguards but Angel knocks them out and grabs her hand to come into the building, she sees he's hurt.



cut to Cordy, Wes calls her and he tells her he isn't feeling allright and isn't coming the next day, she says that she'll call him and then wants to leave but the phone rings the Mrs sharp and wants to pay her so gives Cordy the address and Cordy leaves and then we see sharp with a demon that then brakes her neck. cut to W&H. then suddenly Lilah comes with Angel but she hits him and escapes. Angel finds Darla and then some try to stake her but she fights and Angel grabs the glove. Lilah says to stake Darla but Lindsey hits her and Darla escapes while Angel kills the demon and falls out of the window with the ring.



Angel stands up and the door opens. it's Holland and hes dead but his contract is longer than that and takes Angel to the home office, it's a long ride. Angel says that they are not gonna win but Holland says that they are not planning to. they go on for ever. they always existed and then they arrive. it's just the same place. Holland says that everyone has evil in them or else they would be Angel's the earth works with evil and works because of them. then Angel walks outside and figures out that it's true.



cut to Kate taking some pills and then Angel comes home and he hears her on the phone that he made her trust him and believe him and that he's gonna think it's sad or not ever care about but Angel doesn't want to hear it and goes upstairs. Darla is waiting and she wants the ring but he grabs her and starts to kiss and then he hurts her and throws her on the bed. he takes her clothes off and then they have sex. cut to later. Angel wakes up and gasps.



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Best episode quotes:



Cordelia: It's LA. The evil's probably just tied up in traffic or something.



Lilah: Lindsey, I've been looking everywhere for you. Where're you going?

Lindsey: Lunch.

Lilah: Lunch? You really think now's the time for lunch?

Lindsey: You mean lunch time?

Lilah: The review is in two days.

Lindsey: I'm aware of that.

Lilah: So is everyone else. Look at them. It's like they've had the fear of... well, 'god' would probably be the wrong word.

Lindsey: They're just running scared.

Lilah: They should be. I dug up everything I could find on the last seventy-five year review. It's all in there. Makes the Christmas purge of sixty-eight look like fun old times. Nearly half of mid-management was sacked. And Lindsey, they use actual sacks.

Lindsey: I'll read it, Lilah.

Lilah: You better, because it's not just your ass on the line. It's mine, too. We're supposed to be running this division together, remember?

Lindsey: Right.

Lilah: I've included some suggestions on how we could plump up our portfolio before Friday.

Lindsey: Look, either we pass the review, or we won't. You really think that a few last minute dark rites and rituals are gonna make a difference now?

Lilah: Everybody else seems to think so. I heard Henderson actually pulled her firstborn out of company daycare to offer it up to... Brown noser. My mother was right. I should have had children.

Lindsey: We'll stand on our records. It's the only thing we've got.

Lilah: Then we're dead! Do I have to remind you of our collective screw-ups?! Two of which are still out there somewhere. - You haven't heard anything, have you? You would tell me if they contacted you.

Lindsey: He set them on fire, Lilah. Even vampires as strong as Darla and Drusilla need time to recover from something like that.

Lilah: Well, it would be just like them to pop up now!

Lindsey: I wouldn't worry.

Lilah: Someone's got to! We don't get a second shot at this, Lindsey. Nothing can happen between now and Friday to screw this up.



Angel: Blood sacrifices, black masses, totems... I don't know what it means, but it's happening all over town. I mean, it could be a raising, but, you know... I - I really don't know. I mean the prayers, the rituals, I think they're too generic for that, you know, boilerplate. They could be preparing the way for something.

Kate: Maybe they're just trying to make it rain. Why is this so important to you?

Angel: Because it's important to them.

Kate: Oh right! And therefore it must be stopped.

Angel: Kate, look, I need your help. I don't have the resources...

Kate: My help? You need my help?

Angel: Yeah. - At the very least they're butchering animals without a permit. You can get them on that.

Kate: No, I can't. I can't get them on anything, Angel. I'm on desk duty pending a hearing on Friday.

Angel: Hearing?

Kate: You remember Atkinson? The captain at the two-three? He's blaming me for granting access to some lunatic who broke into his office and beat the ever holy crap out of him. He's filed a formal complaint.

Angel: He was raising zombie cops and setting them loose on the streets.

Kate: And I'm sure once I explain that to Internal Affairs this will all just go away. - And they've just been looking for an excuse... And you know what they say about me. I am a cop. That is all I've ever... I can't take a suspension... I would just...

Angel: I'm sorry.

Kate: Are you? Because they might just want to know about this, too.

Angel: You had nothing to do with that.

Kate: Didn't I?

Angel: No.

Kate: Hmm, so it's funny how these dead people were threatened by an intruder at their offices. An intruder I picked up and released on the street three hours before the complainants were found massacred.

Angel: You know who's responsible for that.

Kate: Yeah. But I can't figure out though is why forensics is now telling me that it looks like the suspect or suspects didn't break in. - They had to brake out. - The victims were locked in that wine cellar with their attackers and I think I am done helping you now.



Lindsey: Sorry I'm late. I would have come home for lunch but - everything's crazy at the office with the review coming up. And I would have called, but I didn't want you to have to get up to answer the phone. How do you feel?

Darla: Stronger today, I guess.

Lindsey: Good. You're getting stronger everyday.

Darla: Only because you saved me. - I'd still be in that sewer if you hadn't found me. - I don't know how you did.

Lindsey: Drusilla. - She came to me. Remember I told you?

Darla: She's gone.

Lindsey: Yeah, she'll be back.

Darla: No. - You're the only one who hasn't abandoned me.

Lindsey: And I never will. Here.

Darla: It's cold.

Lindsey: Yeah. It's the only way to keep it fresh.

Darla: Not the only way. Hmm, at least it's human.

Lindsey: I'm gonna take a shower.

Darla: You always take a shower when you come back from that place. Don't know why. You're never dirty.

Lindsey: I'm always dirty.



Host: Substitute it with something. I don't care. Be creative. I know you can. Can you believe this? Not even ten o'clock and we've already run out of yak's bile.

Angel: We need to talk.

Host: And you should have booked in advance. I don't think we can get you on stage tonight.

Angel: I'm not here to sing.

Host: Oh, is that what we're calling it now?

Angel: Something's coming.

Host: Really? I thought it was just the complimentary nachos bringing in the morally ambiguous crowd.

Angel: Lawyers.

Host: Easy, big fella. I know what you're thinking. And the throwing yourself across six tables and twisting their necks off part? Not a good idea.

Angel: You've read them. You've seen it. You know what's coming.

Host: Now, Angel-cakes, you wouldn't appreciate it if I were to blab your personal stuff to every Tom, Dick and vampire that walked in the door, would you?

Angel: Is it bad?

Host: 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. It's coming Friday. And it's got all their legal briefs in a twist about it.

Angel: What?

Host: Well, every seventy-five years your friends over at Wolfram and Hart have this review. I think the general angst isn't so much about the review, but more about the reviewer. And let's just say it ain't Rex Reed.

Angel: What is it?

Host: 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?

Angel: Maybe you could just tell me in one word what it is.

Host: Not likely. But I can tell you in two. Senior - Partner.



Wesley: Good Lord.

Cordelia: Angel.

Wesley: May we - help you? Excuse me, that - that area is for employees only!

Angel: Yeah. You took all the books.

Cordelia: Yeah, well, you got the waffle iron. Hey! No! You can't take this, I-I-I'm in the middle of it. Here, take this one.

Angel: Don't make me move you.

Wesley: Give him the book, Cordelia. Just give him the damn thing! Let him get the hell out.

Cordelia: Here. I don't even know what you are anymore.

Angel: I'm a vampire. Look it up.

Cordelia: What a jerk.

Wesley: Cordelia...

Cordelia: I mean if it was anybody else I would just say 'get laid already!'

Wesley: Cordelia...

Cordelia: 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 stake him afterwards.

Wesley: Cordelia, ambulance?

Cordelia: Oh my god.



Man: If you have anything to offer in your defense, Detective Lockley, anything at all, now would be the time.

Lieu: For god's sakes, Kate, say something.

Kate: What am I supposed to say, Lieu? They've dredged out every ugly detail of the last eight months. Spill it out on the table as if nothing had a context and I'm supposed to explain? - I was doing my job.

Man: Actually what it appears you've been doing, detective, is isolating yourself. You've withdrawn from the stabilizing influence of your fellow officers, developed this morbid fascination for cases of a bizarre and macabre nature, and even you can't seem to give an explanation to why. - Now your father, he was a respected veteran of this department. And you were the one that discovered his body after he was murdered, is that right?

Kate: Yes.

Man: And the case was never solved?

Kate: No arrests have ever been made.

Woman: That must be very frustrating for you.

Kate: I dealt with it.

Woman: Did you? You took no personal time off after his death. You went right back on the job.

Kate: That is none of your business.

Man: It becomes our business when it affects performance.

Woman: It is very important when you suffer a loss of this nature to take the proper time to grieve. So, we understand. We want you to know, we're not judging you.

Kate: No, you're only firing me.

Man: You stopped being a part of the force a long time ago.

Kate: What am I supposed to do?

Woman: We will of course make available to you psychological counseling at the city's expense as part of your severance.

Kate: You people have no idea what's going on in this city.

Man: Is this the part where you start to talk about monsters? We'll need your gun and your badge.

Lieu: I'm just glad your father's not around to see this.



Angel: You Denver?

Denver: I don't believe it. 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? I figured if something like that could happen there really must be good in the world.

Angel: Right. So you never heard of that 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 he killed everyone.

Denver: Oh. - Well, point is, you tried.

Angel: Actually, I pretty much walked out and let the demon have the place and everyone in it. So we can't be sure where this home office is, but you think this Senior Partner is a Kleynach demon?

Denver: Right. Kleynach. A lot of dark entities use the form of a Kleynach to manifest because the Kleynach doesn't have to rely on being conjured or brought forth. They can come and go as they please with that ring.

Angel: Tell me about the ring.

Denver:The band of Blacknil. Simple thing, plain. You wouldn't give it a second glance in a pawnshop, but it's the source of its power to move between the dimensions, and that's what it'll use to get here... and get back.

Angel: Get back?

Denver: Well, sure.

Angel: Well, can anyone use this ring?

Denver: How do you mean?

Angel: Will it get me back to the home office or where ever it came from?

Denver: Might... if you're insane! - You realize what this home office probably is?

Angel: I think I have a pretty good idea.

Denver: Hell! Why the heck do you wanna go to hell? You're gonna try and go down there and destroy the whole lot of them, aren't you? Well, that'd certainly make up for the time that... Still, not a terrific idea. It's suicide, really.

Angel: Look, will the ring get me there or not?

Denver: Well, you got to get it first. And to get the ring you've got to kill the Kleynach.

Angel: How?

Denver: You happen to be looking at the one guy who can tell you how.

Angel: How?!

Denver: To kill the Kleynach and get the ring you need the glove.

Angel: Okay, now you're making this up.

Denver: Legend says that the Kleynach rose up from their demon world, raped and pillaged the villages of man and all who fought against them were incinerated, whether they struck with fist or sword. But one brave and worthy knight - he had a glove. Fashioned and blessed by all the powers of light. And whoever wore this glove could kill the Kleynach just by grabbing it at the throat. Picked up in seventy-five in a yard sale in Covina. Been using it as an oven mitt. Now, I give it to you. No charge. 'cause the truth is you did change my life. And I got a feeling this time things are gonna go [Darla puts a sword in him] better

Darla: That's right, Angelus, go towards the bleeding mortal, because that's smart. The ring's not about vengeance, Angelus, it's about power. We'll get to the vengeance part soon.



Wesley: And that's the important thing.

Virginia: But you couldn't have done it metaphorically? You know, in with a stern word? You had to do it in the actual I'm-standing-up-now-and-popping-six-stitches way? I guess - before all this happened I never really considered just how dangerous your work was.

Wesley: Well, of course what I do is dangerous. You forgetting how we met? You were strapped to a sacrificial altar while the goddess Yeska was called forth from the nether regions to consume you.

Virginia: But I grew up with all that sort of stuff. Creepy crawlies and scary monsters I can handle. - But guns? Kind of makes it all a little too real, you know?

Wesley: The gun was fired by a zombie, if it makes you feel any better.

Virginia: You know, strangely, it doesn't. Does it always seem like it's a battle worth fighting?"

Wesley: Some less than others.

Virginia: Collectively I mean. Most people, they don't even acknowledge the evil, let alone try to fight it. And they don't have to wrap themselves in bandages to keep their insides from falling out.

Wesley: That's true.

Virginia: I don't suppose you'd ever consider - maybe giving it up - for something else?

Wesley: Could you be with someone who would?

Virginia: I don't know. - But sometimes I feel like I should be wrapped in bandages - to keep my insides from falling out.

Wesley: This is difficult for you, isn't it?

Virginia: I just don't like to see you hurt.

Wesley: No. - I mean - I mean breaking up with me.



Lilah: You two stick close. Crap! I knew you guys were a waste of money.

Angel: I noticed you're not parking in the underground lot anymore Lilah.

Lilah: It's not safe. What do you want?

Angel: I want the same thing from you that I took from Lindsey.



Cordelia: Good evening. Angphlel Investigations, we help the helpless, how can we help you?

Wesley: What in god's name is Angphlel?

Cordelia: Oh, there are just some names I'm not saying at the moment. Well, what is it, Wesley?

Wesley: It's just... I'm not really feeling that great.

Cordelia: Oh, well, your guts opened up.

Wesley: Uh, I'm thinking maybe I'm not coming in tomorrow.

Cordelia: No big deal. It's not like they're beating down the door. No, you should stay home, spend time with Virginia.

Wesley: Yes. - Uh, and you. You should get out yourself. You're young, single. It's a Friday night in the city of... Angphleles. There must be someone you can call.

Cordelia: Ah, no, because then I'd actually have to have some friends. I don't.

Wesley: That's not true.

Cordelia: You don't count.

Wesley: Thank you.

Cordelia: You know what I mean.

Wesley: Things are gonna get better Cordelia... for all of us. You'll see.

Cordelia: I'll call you tomorrow. See how you're feeling.

Wesley: That'd be nice.

Cordelia: Good night, Wesley.

Wesley: Night.



Cordelia: Oh, geez, Wesley. Zippity duh-dah, alright?



Holland: Congratulations. Great victory.

Angel: You're...

Holland: Holland Manners.

Angel: ...not alive.

Holland: Oh, no. I'm quite dead. Unfortunately my contract with Wolfram and Hart extends well beyond that. Hop on in. You certainly earned it. No. Not a ghost here. No, it's just me. Dead me. See? - Home office, wasn't it? I should mention the trip is one way. Well, if there are no objections, I suggest we get going. It is rather a long ride. Well, this is exciting, isn't it? Going straight to the source. - So, what's the big plan, Angel? Destroy the Senior Partners, smash Wolfram and Hart once and for all?

Angel: Something like that.

Holland: Hm-mm, now tell me just what do you think that would accomplish? In the end, I mean.

Angel: It'll be - the end.

Holland: Well, the end of you, certainly. But I meant in the larger sense.

Angel: In the larger sense I really don't give a crap.

Holland: Now I don't think that's true. - Be honest. - You got the tiniest bit of 'give a crap' left. Otherwise you wouldn't be going on this Kamikaze mission. Now let me see, there was something - in a sacred prophecy, some oblique reference to you. 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 would then have the next one to look forward to, but, hey, it's always something, isn't it?

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.'

Angel: Then why?

Holland: Hmm? I'm sorry? Why what?

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 neighbour. 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. Welcome to the home office.

Angel: This isn't...

Holland: Well, 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. Have a nice day.



Kate: You did it, didn't you? You bastard... You made me trust you. -- You made me believe. -- No, it wasn't you. It was me, right? I couldn't take the heat... That's what they're gonna say. Then you're gonna feel all bad -- or you won't care. But then, then I won't care either. I won't feel a thing.



Angel: What do you want, Darla? You want this? Or maybe what you really want is this! That may be - what you really want, isn't it?

Darla: Don't play games with me.

Angel: I'm not playing. I just wanna feel something besides the cold. Why're you laughing? Don't you feel the cold?

Darla: What're you doing?

Angel: It doesn't matter. None of it matters.



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Story: 10

Acting: 10

Writing: 10

Picture: 10

Gripping: 10

My Rank: 10

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Total:10

The first time I watched this episode, I sat there basically biting my nails off. I found the entire situation very suspenseful; The 75 year review, finally meeting a Senior Partner, Angel taking the elevator ride to hell, and especially the dynamic between Angel and the new Angel Investigations when Angel decided to steal a book from them.



The episode developed almost every character. Angel hits rock bottom; we find that Cordelia is completely lacking in friends outside of work; Wesley gets broken up with; Kate takes a bunch of pills because she got fired; Lindsay once again takes the world by storm by helping Darla recover from her "being on fire" incident; Lilah shows that she's not the coward we... or, I... once assumed; even Darla gives in and decides to sleep with Angel.



It's a very productive episode and, though rather depressing, I found it to be exceptionally well-written. They didn't skimp on this episode; they decided to make everything happen at once after a few episodes of little happening. I can't help but give this episode a high grade because despite the down feeling of the episode, I found myself absolutely wowed by the events.