Episode Trivia
Angel’s love metaphor
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Angel’s original depressing love metaphor was more extended in 2.13 Happy Anniversary, before being deleted:
“Well, you know, love… it’s a fire. It burns you. Alive. Down to the bone. Then it turns the bone to ash and the cold wind just–”
Bill Norton
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Bill Norton directed the Buffy episode 6.21 Two To Go, and the Angel episodes 2.13 Happy Anniversary, 3.02 That Vision Thing, 3.12 Provider, 4.05 Supersymmetry, 4.12 Calvary and 5.05 Life Of The Party.
He has also directed episodes of John Doe, Hack, The Fugitive, Roswell, Them and The Invisible Man.
Brigid Brannagh
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Brigid Brannagh played Virginia Bryce during season two of Angel. She was born August 3, 1972 and raised in San Francisco, California., Brigid comes from a large Irish family - she has eight brothers and sisters. She is also sometimes credited as Brigid Walsh and Brigid Conley Walsh.
When she was 17, she landed the role of Katie Davis on the TV series True Colors, and played Sasha in the vampire-based Kindred: The Embraced with Channon Roe (Jack O’Toole in Buffy’s 3.13 The Zeppo) and Jeff Kober (Buffy’s Rack and Zachary Kralik). She has also guest-starred in Ally McBeal, C.S.I, 24, Bull, Cold Case and West Wing.
Gene Rainy
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Gene Rainy was a gifted university student studying physics, and a frequent customer at Caritas. After learning his girlfriend was going to dump him on their anniversary, he planned to freeze himself with her while they were being intimate using a time paradox machine. His formula was completed by a group of Lubber demons, who believed that Gene would bring about an apocalypse. However, the time paradox machine overloaded causing all time to begin to stop. Angel destroyed the machine, aided by Lorne.
Lakers
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Lorne says in 2.13 Happy Anniversary:
“This garden hue and the horns have kept me out of some key public performances - just once I’d love to ring in a Laker’s game with our national anthem.”
He’s referencing the Los Angeles NBA team.
Matt Champagne
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Matt Champagne played Gene Rainey in 2.13 Happy Anniversary. He has also appeared in Ghost Whisperer, Boston Legal, Eyes, Monk, CSI: Miami, Will & Grace, Miss Match, Providence, Dragonfly, The Tick, The Specials, The Pentagon Wars and The Client.
Norma Michaels
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Norma Michaels, who played the ‘Older Woman’ in 3.16 Doppelgangland, appeared in the Angel episode 2.13 Happy Anniversary as Aunt Helen.
Sea-breeze
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Lorne’s favourite drink is a sea-breeze (Vodka, cranberry and grapefruit), especially if it’s made by his bartender, Ramone (who later left).
In 2.05 Dear Boy:
Host: “Hey, Rico! Top off my sea-breeze, earn my everlasting devotion, huh?”
Lorne: “Thank you, Ramone. I was just thinking I’d rather be drinking. (to Angel) He’s a treasure.”
In 2.09 The Trial:
Host: “People try to kill you everyday. I’m talking about Ramone. Over heard us, betrayed me. The man was a world-class bartender. He made a sea-breeze that took you to Tahiti. Mmm. He’s off the menu now.”
In 2.13 Happy Anniversary he says:
Lorne: “Fairly typical Wednesday crowd. A Torto demon and his parasite were murdering the Everly Brothers, which is nothing compared to what Elian had done to my sea-breeze!”
(Flashback to Lorne and the bartender)
Lorne: “Is this a difficult concept? Were we absent the day they taught sea-breeze in bartender school? Vodka, cranberry, fresh grapefruit juice. Which requires a real live grapefruit. One
you must cut and squeeze, not pour from a can.”
Host: “…Oh. The man is such a moron. You have no idea how I’m suffering since Ramone left.”
In 3.11 Birthday:
Lorne: “Oh, for the love of god, somebody get me a sea-breeze.”
Lorne: “I got a sea breeze that’s gonna up and leave with someone else if I don’t get to her soon.”
Lorne: “Well, ever tried a Sea Breeze?”
We also see him drinking this drink in 4.04 Slouching Toward Bethlehem, 5.05 Life Of The Party and 5.16 Shells.
Snoresville
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In 2.19 Belonging, Lorne says to Angel:
“Call me crazy, but I’m getting the weirdest sense of déjà vu here. How come every time you and me hit the big city we end up in a library? Snoresville. Next time why don’t we do something fun?”
He is referring to 2.13 Happy Anniversary in which the two researched a case together in a library.
[Goof] Beer glass
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When time starts freezing in 2.13 Happy Anniversary, we see a man pouring a glass of beer. When we first see him there is a small amount of beer in the glass but when we see him again at 37:09 there is a lot of foam in the glass and the beer froths over.