Episode Trivia
Anne and Angel
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Writer Mere Smith had the following to say about the Anne and Angel debate in 2.12 Blood Money:
“That was actually a big debate. Does Anne recognise Angel? Does Angel recognise Anne? Because they had a brief exchange in 2.07 Lie To Me, second season. And so we had this, does he recognise her, does he not recognise her. And we were like, okay, it was three years ago, they said two sentences to each other, he’s totally not gonna recognise her. So we went with that angle. I was sort of on the fence. I was like, you can’t neglect the mythology. And Joss was like, ‘Do you remember everybody you met three years ago, and shared three sentences with?’ And I was like, ‘Oh, fine, use logic.’ I was kind of excited to get to take a Buffy character.”
Celebrity Bandits
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Wolfram & Hart hired celebrities from the fictional show Life Lessons to work at the charity event in 2.12 Blood Money. They acted as bandits who held up the guests for their donations. The celebrity bandits’ names were Serena Tate, Holden Rayne, C.J. McCard, and Jordan Johns.
Chantarelle/Lily/Anne
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Chantarelle was a member of Ford’s vampire wannabe group in 2.07 Lie To Me. She later turned up again in L.A., this time calling herself Lily (in 3.01 Anne). There she met Buffy who politely informed her that Chantarelle was actually a mushroom. Later still, and using the name Anne (which she ‘borrowed’ from Buffy), she appeared in Angel, where she had become more confident and was running a shelter for the homeless.
Cordelia’s clothes
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The following is from 2.04 Untouched:
Cordelia: “Top of the middle of the day to you, too. And no, no leads worth mentioning. Of course we lost a little time during my 45 minutes of sleep. Good thing I left some clothes here, or you would be smelling me even now.”
Some of these clothes are lent to Bethany later in the episode.
In 2.12 Blood Money, Angel donates some of Cordelia’s clothes to Anne at the East Hills Teen Center. Cordy notices one of her shirts being worn in 2.14 The Thin Dead Line:
Cordy: “Hey! That’s my… Sorry. - I have a shirt just like that. (To Anne) The crook at the store said it was one of a kind! Big fibber!”
Cordelia was seen wearing this shirt in 2.10 Reunion. She confronts Angel about the donation in 2.17 Disharmony:
Cordy: “*And* you know, you didn’t just betray me, Angel. You didn’t just hurt me. You gave away my clothes.”
Angel: “To the needy.”
Cordy: “I am the needy!”
Emily Post
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The following exchange is from 2.12 Blood Money:
Angel: “Are you avoiding me, Merl? I ask you for a favour and you’re avoiding me. - That’s impolite.”
Merl: “Well, nearly drowning me and leaving me hanging in the sewer ain’t exactly Emily Post either.”
Emily Post was an author who wrote books on proper etiquette.
Gay ratings
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At the charity event in 2.12 Blood Money, celebrity bandits pretended to hold up guests in order to collect donations. One of the guests asked the following to the character Serena Tate:
“Serena, I have to know, this thing with making your character gay, is that like all about ratings? Because I don’t get it.”
This could be directed towards some viewers who questioned the motives for making character Willow gay.
Julia Lee
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Julia played the character Chantarelle in 2.07 Lie To Me, who later appeared as Lily in 3.01 Anne. Lily took Buffy’s middle name, Anne, and moved to L.A, where she appeared in the Angel episodes: 2.12 Blood Money, 2.14 The Thin Dead Line and 5.22 Not Fade Away. Julia has also been in Charmed, Ophelia Learns to Swim and A Man Apart.
Matthew James
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Matthew James played snitch-demon Merl in Angel. He also played The Dude in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, with Eliza Dushku, and has appeared in Clean and Til Night.
Recognizing Cordelia and Wesley
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In 2.12 Blood Money, Angel gives Anne a tape to play at the charity event. Anne, Lindsey, and Lilah believe this tape is evidence that Wolfram & Hart are pocketing money raised for the shelter. As it turns out, the tape is embarrassing footage of Wesley and Cordy.
Two episodes later in 2.14 The Thin Dead Line, Anne seeks Gunn for help with the renegade police officers. Anne is introduced to Wesley and Cordy, but doesn’t appear to recognize them, even after she mentions her altercation with Angel. That or she does not wish to embarrass them.
Risk
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Gunn and Wesley play the game of world domination - ‘Risk’ - at the start of the episode 2.12 Blood Money.
Sam Anderson
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Sam Anderson played Holland Manners in Angel. Hailing from North Dakota, his numerous television credits include WKRP in Cincinnati, St. Elsewhere, T.J. Hooker, Hill Street Blues, Dallas, Magnum, P.I., The Golden Girls, 21 Jump Street, Growing Pains, Perfect Strangers, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Alien Nation, Picket Fences, Millennium, The X-Files, Friends, Ally McBeal, ER and Lost.
Anderson is married and is the father of twins.