Angel tries to reason with Faith in 3.15 Consequences, which he does again later in season one of Angel (1.18 Five By Five) when Faith “cries for help” by torturing Wesley.
Related episodes: 3.15 Consequences
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anniec on July 1st, 2005 at 4:31 am
Seems too simple to claim Faith’s turn as a torturer was supposed to be her cry for help. She was pretty twisted when she arrived in Sunnydale, and her story all along was the story of her disintegration as a human being. The mayor, who was even more twisted than she was (it was ironic that he constantly harped on so-called family values), speeded her along her path. By the time she came out of her coma, she was barely human.
After that, Faith meted out what, in her ruined mind, passed for justice. The little bit of humanity left inside her had been repressed and stuffed too far down inside to do her any good. This bit of humanity made her see herself as disgusting. (She said “You’re disgusting” to “herself” in the church when Buffy was wearing Faith’s body, as they fought.) But by the time she got to L.A., she’d hardened herself again.
When she and Angel fought in the alley, it looked to me as if she was prepared to kill him (and had been ready pretty much since she arrived in L.A.). When she realized he was too strong for her to kill, and yet was refusing to kill her, she cracked enough that her humanity rose inside her again–and wanted to die. I think that was the cry for help, when she begged him to kill her.
HarFang on April 15th, 2008 at 1:27 am
I agree with anniec ; torturing people, especially as cheerfully as Faith does, hardly qualifies as a cry for help. It’s only when she faces Angel that she realises how low she has fallen and breaks down.
I think her fight with Angel goes pretty much the same way as Willow’s fight with Xander at the end of Grave : gradually you can see they’re less and less effective and finally they just keep on hitting blindly.