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This article is about the Angel episode from the second season. For the character, see Darla (character).

Darla is the seventh episode of the second season of Angel, and the twenty-ninth episode overall. Darla's story is told through a series of flashbacks while Angel attempts to track her down in the present.

Guest Stars: Mark Metcalf (The Master), Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald), Sam Anderson (Holland), Julie Benz as Darla, Juliet Landau as Drusilla

And: James Marsters (Spike)

Co-Stars: Zitto Kazann (Gypsy Man), Bart Petty (Security Guard)

Contents 1 Plot Overview 2 Notes 2.1 Monster of the Week 2.2 Body Count 2.3 Music 3 Arc Advancement 3.1 Happenings 3.2 Characters 3.3 Referbacks 4 Trivia 4.1 The Show 4.2 Behind the Scenes 4.3 Allusions and References 4.4 Memorable Moments 5 Quotes 6 Reviews

[edit] Plot Overview

[edit] Notes

[edit] Monster of the Week

• Other than Darla, there is no significant "monster of the week."

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1	Gypsy	Darla	Snapped Neck	Gypsy Camp

[edit] Music

No licensed music was used in this episode.

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

• Wolfram & Hart: Darla is wise to Wolfram & Hart's motivations for bringing her back. Although his superiors tell him to get rid of Darla, Lindsey refuses and she winds up "killing" a security officer. She's taken out to an abandoned bank to be killed, but Angel saves her life. However, all of the events that transpired were set up by Holland to send Darla into Angel's arms and turn him evil.

[edit] Characters

• Darla: Darla's vampire origin is shown in this episode. In the Virginia colony, Darla was dying of Syphilis (stated in Angel S02E11) when she was transformed into a vampire by The Master. Like Angel, her real name isn't Darla. It was likely given to her by her sire.

[edit] Referbacks

• 2x05 - Dear Boy: Angel kidnapped Darla out of the home that she was using under her alias in a previous episode. He attempted to turn her over to his side but failed entirely.

Cordelia: This won't involve kidnapping again, will it?

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

• Buffy Crossover: Technically this episode is the second part of a story started in Fool for Love. However, the story from the Buffy episode isn't technically continued, instead several of the flashbacks are shown from the perspective of Spike rather than Darla.
• First Appearance: Although he's Buffy's first big bad (from the first season of the series), this is the first appearance of The Master chronologically.

[edit] Behind the Scenes

• Ratings: On its first airing, this episode scored a 4.8/7 in the overnight Nielsen ratings. It was ranked 4th out of the 17 WB shows which aired that week.

[edit] Allusions and References

[edit] Memorable Moments

[edit] Quotes

• Angel: Come on guys. We are a detective agency. We investigate things. That's what we're good at.
  Cordelia: That's what we suck at. Let's face it, unless there's a website called www.Oh-By-the-way-we-have-Darla-stashed-here.com, we're pretty much out of luck.

[edit] Reviews

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