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98. Soul Purpose
gs: Mercedes McNab (Harmony Kendall) Sarah Thompson (Eve) Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald(Uncredited))
A mysterious stranger approaches Spike claiming responsibility for recorporealizing him in a mission to guide Spike in supplanting Angel as the new vampire champion. Meanwhile, Angel is racked by intense fever dreams and hallucinations of his worst fears intensifying his worries that he will lose authority to Spike.
b: 21-Jan-2004 pc: 5ADH10 w: Brent Fletcher d: David Boreanaz
NOTE: Sarah Michelle Gellar's voice is used in sound clips from BTVS's 'The Prom', the episode where Angel breaks up with Buffy. She says, "Everytime I say the word 'prom' you get all grouchy," and "Can you say jumping the gun? I kill my goldfish!"
In Angel's dream, he takes Numero Cinco's place as the mailman when Spike becomes human, a small reference from 'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco' as to what could happen to Angel if his heart was not in the mission.
The shot of Spike killing two vampires with wrist stakes in an alley is EXACTLY the same way Angel killed the vampires in the teaser of "City of", further implying that Spike is taking Angel's place in the world.
Spike likes the Sex Pistols. Also mentioned in season 4 of Buffy.
This is the first time David Boreanaz directs an episode.
Lindsey is masquerading as Doyle, who was Angel's link to The Powers That Be in season 1, to Spike.
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99. Damage
gs: Mercedes McNab (Harmony Kendall) Tom Lenk (Andrew) Navi Rawat (Dana)
When an emotionally unstable woman, Dana, escapes from a psychiatric ward, Angel learns that she was tortured as a child and is now searching for her tormentor. Andrew, a watcher-in-training, arrives from Sunnydale with surprising information about Buffy and to inform the group that Dana is also a vampire slayer.
b: 28-Jan-2004 pc: 5ADH11 w: Steve S. DeKnight & Drew Goddard d: Jefferson Kibbee
NOTE: We learn that Buffy and Dawn is in Rome, Xander's in Africa and Willow's in Brazil with Kennedy.
The song playing when Dana walks out of the grocery store is "Blood, Milk and Sky" by White Zombie.
When Andrew is talking to team Angel and narrating the Tale of the "Slayer of the Vam-pyres", that is the same phrasing and same tone of speaking that he used to narrate Buffy 7x16 'Storyteller'.
"Sorry, love. I don't speak Chinese" was the same thing Spike said to the Chinese slayer before he killed her during the Boxer Rebellion in the Buffy episode "Fool For Love" (5x7). This incident was also mentioned in an episode of Angel called 'Darla'(2x7).
Nikki and Robin are mentioned during Spike's confontation with Dana. Nikki Wood was a slayer that Spike killed in 1970's New York in the Buffy episode 'Fool For Love' and Robin Wood was her son who eventually grew up to become the principal of the newly rebuilt Sunnydale High during Buffy's seventh season.
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100. You're Welcome
gs: Mercedes McNab (Harmony Kendall) Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase) Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald) Sarah Thompson (Eve)
Cordelia wakes up from her coma and is shocked and unhappy to discover that Angel and the gang are no longer fighting Wolfram & Hart, they're running it. When she realizes that Angel has lost his conviction to be a hero, she gives him the information and support he needs to get back on track.
Meanwhile, while Angel has security keeping an eye on Eve, her partner Lindsay prepares to bring about Angel's demise.
b: 04-Feb-2004 pc: 5ADH12 w: David Fury d: David Fury
NOTE: The 100th Episode.
The video with Doyle is seen again in this episode, a nod to the late Glenn Quinn and to Doyle's role on the series. The tape was last scene in the season 1 episode Hero.
Cordelia dies in this episode.
Spike owns an Xbox which plays the original Donkey Kong game.
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101. Why We Fight
gs: Eyal Podell (Lawson) Bart McCarthy (Nostroyev) Camden Toy (Prince of Lies)
Lawson, a mysterious man from Angel's past, arrives at Wolfram & Hart and takes the gang hostage. Through flashbacks to World War II, it is revealed that Angel worked with the U.S. Navy to recover a captured German submarine with American sailors on board. The ship also has a secret cargo, a dangerous trio of vampires, including Spike, who were kidnapped by the Germans and forced to help the Nazis. When the sub comes under attack, Angel saves Lawson's life by turning him into a vampire. Now, sixty years later, Lawson has arrived at Wolfram & Hart seeking revenge.
b: 11-Feb-2004 pc: 5ADH13 w: Steven S. DeKnight & Drew Goddard d: Terrence O'Hara
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102. Smile Time
gs: Mercedes McNab (Harmony) Jonathan M. Woodward (Knox) Jenny Mollen (Nina)
When a popular children's show begins to steal the life forces of children by hypnotizing them, Angel goes directly to the studio to uncover the evil doings. Upon entering the building, Angel triggers a spell that transforms him into a puppet. In a race against time, puppet-Angel and company must find a way to reverse the spell, save the lives of hundreds of children and return Angel to his normal vampire state. Meanwhile, Nina, the werewolf Angel befriended, returns to declare her romantic intentions, but puppet-Angel is too embarrassed to reciprocate.
b: 18-Feb-2004 pc: 5ADH14 w: Ben Edlund d: Ben Edlund
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103. A Hole in the World
gs: Sarah Thompson (Eve) Jonathan M. Woodward (Knox) Jennifer Griffin (Trish) Gary Grubbs (Roger)
When Fred opens up an ancient sarcophagus that was anonymously sent to her, she is infected by a mysterious parasitic demon called Illyria. Angel and Spike learn that Illyria is an ancient demon who existed before recorded time, and they must race to return her to an ancient demon burial ground before she kills Fred and thousands of other innocent victims.
b: 25-Feb-2004 pc: 5ADH15 w: Joss Whedon d: Joss Whedon
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104. Shells
Angel and Spike return from England defeated, knowing that the ancient demon Illyria has completely taken over Fred's body and soul. Upon learning that Knox and Gunn have each contributed to her demise, Wesley is bent on revenge and Angel tries everything to restore Fred, including calling on an old friend from Sunnydale. Meanwhile, Illyria tries to locate an ancient temple where she believes she will find an army ready to help her destroy mankind.
b: 03-Mar-2004 pc: 5ADH16
