Episode Trivia
Assault on Precinct 13
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In 3.10 Dad, Gunn tells Wesley he’s feeling like:
“Austin Stoker, Assault on Precinct 13.”
Assault on Precinct 13 is a 1976 action movie, directed by John Carpenter. It is a homage to the 1959 film Rio Bravo by Howard Hawks, referenced by Wesley in 3.10 Dad.
DefCon and NORAD
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Faith says in 3.03 Faith, Hope And Trick:
“The vamps, they better get their asses to DefCon One.”
This term derives from ‘Defense Condition’ which has a rating level of 5 - DefCon Five is peace time and DefCon One is all out war.
In 6.02 Bargaining (Part Two), Xander says:
“This place is NORAD, and we’re at DefCon One.”
In 3.10 Dad, Lilah says:
“The boys upstairs are at DefCon like - a thousand.”
NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) protects the airspace of the US and Canada.
Demons, demons, demons
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The website Dawn uses in 7.03 Same Time, Same Place, called ‘Demons, Demons, Demons’, was first used by Cordelia on Angel in the episode 1.16 The Ring. The website is also used by Sahjhan and Cordy in 3.10 Dad.
Desk sex
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In 3.10 Dad, Wesley says to Angel:
“Of course. And seeing as you once nearly had sex on my desk I shouldn’t be surprised that now there is a baby on it.”
He is referring to 3.04 Carpe Noctem when Marcus Roscoe inhabited Angel’s body and almost had sex with Lilah.
Justine Cooper
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Justine’s twin sister Julia was killed by vampires, leaving her to seek vengeance for her loss. She was recruited by Holtz in his war against Angel, and became his right-hand woman, though he treated her roughly. Utterly devoted to Holtz, Justine aided him to kidnap Connor, even slitting Wesley’s throat in the process. She was devastated when Holtz escaped to a hell dimension with Connor without her, but aided him when he returned an old man. On his request she killed Holtz, making it look like a vampire bite, to set up Angel. She helped Connor to send his father to the bottom of the sea, but Wesley forced her to help him to find the vampire.
Karate Kid
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The following dialogue is from 3.10 Dad:
Justine: “What are we talking about. Some kind of Karate Kid Mr. Miyagi groove thing? Wax on, wax off.”
Holtz: “You’ll find your references to modern popular culture tend to be lost on me.”
This is a reference to the 1984 movie, The Karate Kid. There have been a few sequels. The fourth, The Next Karate Kid, starred Hilary Swank. Hilary was in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie.
Keith Szarabajka
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Keith Szarabajka played vampire hunter Holtz in season three of Angel. Born on December 2, 1952, in Illinois, he attended the University of Chicago, and Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He studied acting at the Organic Theater in Chicago between 1972-1978.
His has appeared in Charmed, 24, The Inside and Law & Order, and is probably best known for his role as Mickey Kostmayer in the 1980s show The Equalizer. He has also contributed his distinctive voice to several audio books, including Fear Nothing and Seize the Night by Dean Koontz.
Keith’s surname, pronounced “Sharah-bike-ah”, is Polish, meaning “dark fairytale”.
Laurel Holloman
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Laurel Holloman played vampire hunter Justine Cooper in Angel. Born on May 23, 1971 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina she is probably best known for playing the role of Tina Kennard on The L Word. Holloman made her film debut in Maria Maggenti’s The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love and appeared in The Myth of Fingerprints and Boogie Nights.
She is married to Paul Macherey since 2002; they have a daughter, Lola, who was born in November, 2004.
Lorne moves in
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Lorne moves into the Hyperion hotel in 3.10 Dad, after the destruction of Caritas in the previous episode 3.09 Lullaby.
Macbeth
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Lilah references Shakespeare’s Macbeth in 3.10 Dad when she says:
“Dusted during childbirth is more like it. According to our sources she staked herself, leaving the baby alive and kicking but never actually born. MacDuff was from his mother’s womb untimely ripped.”
In Shakespeare’s play the three witches’ prophecy read that “…none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.” Macbeth therefore believes that no man can kill him - until he discovered that MacDuff was “from his mother’s womb untimely ripped” (or born via caesarian section) and thus not born naturally.
Rio Bravo
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In 3.10 Dad, Wesley says:
“Trying to imagine myself as John Wayne in Rio Bravo. You?”
Rio Bravo is a 1959 western film, directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson.
Scourge again
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In 3.10 Dad, written on their list of possible threats to Angel’s baby, Connor, is The Scourge - the Nazi-like pure-blood demons from the first season episode Hero.