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
Angelus’s call
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At some point during the episode 7.13 The Killer In Me, Dawn receives a phone call from Angelus that was made in the Angel episode 4.13 Salvage (when he wants to find out if Buffy is after him in L.A - she’s not but Faith is). This event is never mentioned in Buffy.
Faith’s affection requests
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These are three similarities in dialogue before Faith’s altercations with Buffy, Angel, and Angelus.
In 3.21 Graduation Day (Part One):
Faith: “Ready to cut loose?”
Buffy: “Try me.”
Faith: “Okay then. Give us a kiss.”
Faith: “Hey, baby! Come give us a hug.”
Angel: “I was hoping you’d stop by. Always good to see old friends. What’s this? Wooden bullets?”
In 4.13 Salvage:
Angelus: “Hey, Faith. Nice to see you again. You’re looking choice as ever. Oh, that’s right. We’ve never really met, have we?”
Faith: “So what are you waiting for? Come out and give me a kiss.”
Angelus: “No, no, no. You come to me. That’s it… getting warmer.”
Faith’s entrance
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Faith’s entrance on Angel in season four’s 4.13 Salvage is described in the script as:
CLOSE ON THE STEEL DOOR, sliding open, allowing in sunlight, hitting the slightly bowed head of a prisoner. As she looks up…..
PUSH IN, POWER SHOT on the lovely face of
FAITH.
Jefferson Kibbee
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Jefferson Kibbee directed the Angel episodes 5.11 Damage, 5.07 Lineage, 4.21 Peace Out and 4.13 Salvage. He has also directed episodes of many TV shows including Baywatch, Melrose Place, Beverly Hills, 90210, Models Inc., Burke’s Law, They Came from Outer Space, Booker, Hunter and Superboy.
Payphones
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The following instances are when characters needed to use payphones in order to contact someone.
- 3.22 Graduation Day (Part Two) - Angel called the Scoobies to let them know Buffy was in hospital.
- 4.02 Living Conditions - Willow warned Giles that Buffy was on her way to his apartment.
- 4.03 The Harsh Light Of Day - Buffy warned Giles of Spike’s return to Sunnydale. As well, she called her voicemail to hear if Parker had called.
- 5.03 The Replacement - First, Xander had a conversation about his quarter with the operator. Then he hung up on Buffy as ‘Suave Xander’ passed him.
- 5.08 Shadow - Buffy warned Giles that Glory had raised Sobek.
- Listening to Fear - Willow called Riley’s cellphone to tell him about the Queller demon.
- 5.15 I Was Made To Love You - Buffy called Ben to cancel their coffee date.
- 5.20 Spiral - Buffy had Willow magically fix the phone to call Ben.
- 6.09 Smashed - Spike called the Magic Box to speak with Buffy.
- 4.13 Salvage - Angelus spoke with Dawn to find out if Buffy was in LA.
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.”
Spice Williams
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Spice Williams played Patrice the demon assassin policewoman in 2.10 What’s My Line? (Part Two) and Debbie in the Angel episode 4.13 Salvage (the woman who tries to kill Faith in prison). She played a vampire in From Dusk Till Dawn. Spice is a stuntwoman who has done stunts for Spider-Man, Galaxy Quest, For the Love of the Game, Spawn, Batman and Robin, Natural Born Killers, Liar, Liar and The Lost Boys. Spice is married to Gregory Crosby, who is a screenwriter and the oldest grandson of Bing Crosby.
She was not credited for her role in Buffy as (in her words in an email to the Buffy and Angel Trivia Guide):
“I wasn’t credited for this part because I was brought into casting by the stunt coordinator, Jeff Pruitt, and not by casting. Casting wouldn’t give me credit because of this.”
Spice also appeared in the episode 3.13 The Zeppo as a member of the Sisterhood of Jhe. She says:
“I also played 3 different demons where I fought with Faith and was hit by a car driven by Xander stunt double (Mark Aaron Wagner), stabbed to death by Buffy and thrown over a bar by Angel and Faith…all in the same episode, directed by James Whitmore, I believe.”
The Beast
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The Beast was a huge demon who was constructed entirely from rock. It had two distinct curved horns and bright yellow eyes. Cordelia began to see visions of The Beast, who eventually clawed it’s way up through the Earth, emerging at the very spot where Connor was born. The Beast was brought to Earth from a Hell dimension where it was previously banished in order to pave the way for Jasmine’s entrance to the Earth. A killing machine, The Beast easily beat Angel, Gunn and Lorne and massacred many residents of L.A. - including most of Wolfram & Hart. The Beast conjured a rain of fire over Los Angeles, during which Cordelia and Connor made love - resulting in Jasmine’s conception.
By order of it’s master - who was secretly Cordelia - The Beast killed the Mesekthet, a member of an order of mystical beings known as the Ra-Tet, who was disguised as a little girl at W&H. It then hunted down and killed other members of the Ra-Tet - Ma’at, Ashet and Semkhet. The final Ra-Tet, Manjet, was killed by a possessed Cordelia in secret. The Beast pieced together the remains of the Ra-Tet - the metal wings from Ashet and Semkhet, the heart of Ma’at, the orb from Manjet’s head and the dark energy of Mesekthet in order to block out the sun.
Believing that their only hope was in Angel’s evil alter ego Angelus, who had known The Beast in the past, Angel Investigations had a shaman remove Angel’s soul and turn him into his true vampire form. Angelus stabbed The Beast with a knife made from its own bones, as the only thing that could kill the Beast was the Beast itself. The death of the Beast undid the spell to eclipse the sun.
Vladimir Kulich
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Vladimir Kulich played The Beast during season four of Angel. Born in Prague, he began his acting career at the State Theatre of Czechoslovakia. Kulich speaks several languages fluently. He moved to to Canada and then the US, where he was cast in guest-starring television and feature roles. His most notable performance to date is as Buliwyf in The 13th Warrior.