Episode Trivia
Angel Investigations AKA
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Nicknames for Angel Investigations throughout the seven seasons of Angel have been:
- “A bunch of proto-losers” by Cordelia in 4.06 Spin The Bottle
- “Fearless vampire killers” by Lorne in 4.06 Spin The Bottle
- “A bunch of superheroes” by Roger Burkle in 3.05 Fredless
- “A demon-hunting, helpless-helping, dysfunctional family” by Fred in 5.03 Unleashed
- “Bunch of pantywaists” by Skip in 4.17 Inside Out
- “Little gang of supernatural detectives” by Darla in 3.07 Offspring
- “One big happy Manson family” by Spike in 5.22 Not Fade Away
- “Plucky little boatload of good” by Hamilton in 5.19 Time Bomb
- “Team Angel” by Gunn in 4.04 Slouching Toward Bethlehem
- “Team Angel” by Faith in 4.13 Salvage
- “Suckers at Angel, Inc” by Angelus in 4.13 Salvage
Cordelia’s surnames
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Cordelia has a habit of giving people sarcastic new surnames.
She has called Angel:
- “Mr. I Was Alive for 200 Years and Never Developed an Investment Portfolio” in 1.01 City of.
- “Mr. I can’t tail the suspect during the day because I’ll burst into flames Private Eye” in 1.15 The Prodigal.
- “Mr. ‘oh, you’re my big, fat hero!” in 3.05 Fredless.
- “Mr. Distance” in 1.17 Eternity.
- “Mr. Killing Spree” In 3.02 Dead Man’s Party.
- “Mr. ‘I’m so tortured’” in 1.11 Somnambulist.
- “Angel? Mr. Bumpy-face? Hello?” in 4.04 Slouching Toward Bethlehem.
She has called Gunn:
- “Mr. I don’t take orders - now where do I stick my axe?” in 2.11 Redefinition.
- “Mr. Rationalization” in 2.03 First Impressions.
She has called Lorne:
- “Mr. Big Mojo-guy” in 2.11 Redefinition.
- “Mr. Green-Mojo-Guy” in 2.20 Over The Rainbow.
She has called Wesley:
- “Mr. Fussy Pants” in 2.05 Dear Boy.
- “Mr. Grouchy Pants” in 1.16 The Ring.
- “Mr. Don’t Talk to Me Before I’ve Had my Flagon of Oatbran in the Morning” in 1.16 The Ring
- “Mr. Star-schmoozer” in The 2.08 Shroud Of Rahmon.
- “Mr. Too-much-cologne” in 1.14 I’ve Got You Under My Skin.
Others have also been named by Cordy:
- To Xander: “Mr. Excitement” in 3.13 The Zeppo.
- To Devon: “Mr. I’m-the-lead-singer-I’m-so-great- I-don’t-have-to-show-up- for-my-date-or- even-call” in 2.06 Halloween.
- To Xander: “Mr. Faithful” in 3.01 Anne.
- To Wesley and Gunn: “Mr. and Mrs. Bickerson” in 3.05 Fredless.
- To Pierce: “Mr. Armani” in 1.07 Bachelor Party.
- To Barney: “Mr. Emotional Radar” in 1.10 Parting Gifts.
- To Kate and Angel: “Mr. and Mrs. Spock” in 1.06 Sense And Sensitivity.
Cordelia has also thrown in a few Misses in her name calling. She has called Buffy:
- “Little Miss Likes-to-fight” in 3.22 Graduation Day (Part Two).
- “Miss Not-Over-Yourself-Yet” in 3.07 Revelations.
- “Miss Save-The-World” in 2.13 Surprise.
Cordelia has even called herself a name:
- “Miss one-foot-in-the-grave” in 5.12 You’re Welcome.
Jeffrey Bell
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Jeffrey Bell wrote numerous Angel episodes. He also directed the episodes 5.22 Not Fade Away, 5.06 The Cautionary Tale Of Numero Cinco and 4.19 The Magic Bullet. Jeffrey has written episodes of The X Files and Alias
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.
Signed dollar
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Lilah and Wesley made a bet on who would call their situation a relationship first. A bet in which Wesley loses in 4.04 Slouching Toward Bethlehem:
Wesley: “That was different. So Angel knows about our relationship. Big deal.”
Lilah: “A dollar. You owe me a dollar.”
Wesley: “Oh, damn!”
Lilah: “You called this a relationship. You lost the bet. You said it first. Sign it first, as proof.”
Wesley: “Proof of what?”
Lilah: “Of now. Of this.”
Before Wesley decapitates Lilah in 4.13 Salvage, he imagines a conversation with her. In his fantasy, Lilah mentions the signed dollar:
Lilah: “So ease up on that furrowed brow. You’re free now. No longer encumbered with the secret shame of our relationship.”
Wesley: “It wasn’t a relationship.”
Lilah: “There’s a signed dollar bill in your wallet I think proves different. You knew how I felt.”
In 4.22 Home, Lilah’s return startles Wesley. She uses their bet to confirm to him that it’s her:
Angel: “What are you doing here, Lilah?”
Wesley: “She’s not here. It’s not her. It can’t be.”
Lilah: “There’s a signed dollar in your wallet that says different.”
The Greatest Love Of All
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Cordelia’s ‘talent’ in the school’s talent show (in 1.09 The Puppet Show) was singing “The Greatest Love Of All”. The song was written by Linda Creed and Michael Masser, and was a huge hit for Whitney Houston in 1986. Cordelia sang this song several years later on the season four Angel episode ‘Slouching Towards Bethlehem’ when Lorne wanted to ‘read’ her. Obviously, this is one of her favourite songs.
W. B. Yeats
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The title of the season four Angel episode 4.04 Slouching Toward Bethlehem comes from the poem ‘The Second Coming’ by William Butler Yeats, first printed in 1920. The poem is as follows:
The Second Coming
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?