Episode Trivia
Ben Edlund
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Ben Edlund was a supervising producer on Angel, and a producer and writer on Firefly. He wrote the Angel episodes 5.19 Time Bomb, 5.14 Smile Time, 5.05 Life Of The Party, 5.02 Just Rewards and 4.20 Sacrifice, and directed the episode 5.14 Smile Time. Ben has also written episodes of Supernatural, The Venture Bros., Point Pleasant, The Inside, The Tick (which he also created), Titan A.E., and Crawley.
Jeff Ricketts
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Jeff Ricketts played Weatherby in 4.15 This Year’s Girl and 4.16 Who Are You?. A regular member of the Buffyverse, he has appeared in Angel as Weatherby, and he also played the Spider Monster in Angel’s season four episode 4.20 Sacrifice. Jeff played Malcolm in Amber Benson’s movie Chance. He also appeared in a couple of episodes of Joss Whedon’s Firefly. He has also appeared in Holes and Clockstoppers.
Team betrayal
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In 5.16 Shells, Gunn became the latest team member to betray the gang, when we found out the form he signed to allow a shipment in exchange for his legal upgrade, is what caused Fred’s death.
Other betrayals include:
- Angel betrayed the group whe he fired them in season two.
- Wesley betrayed the group when he kidnapped Connor.
- Connor betrayed the group in season four when he sided with Jasmine.
The Stepford Wives
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The ‘Stepford’ mention in the Buffy episode 2.11 Ted refers to The Stepford Wives, a 1975 movie about a town in Connecticut where all the women seem to live perfect lives as housewives but turn out to be robots. The entire episode is a slightly different take on the movie. The movie was remade in 2004, starring the ubiquitous Nicole Kidman.
In the Angel episode 4.20 Sacrifice, Lorne says:
“Does anyone else feel like the last fiesty wife in Stepford?”
[Goof] Open jacket
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In the episode 4.20 Sacrifice, when Gunn and Fred come through the grate out of the sewers to look for Matthew, Fred’s jacket is fastened, but then when we see them turn the corner, her jacket is now open.