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Dear Boy is the fifth episode of the second season of Angel, and the twenty-seventh episode overall. Angel becomes aware of Darla's prescence and confronts her.

Guest Stars: Elisabeth Rohm (Kate Lockley), Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald), Andy Hallett (Caritas Host), Juliet Landau as Drusilla, Julie Benz as Darla

Co-Stars: Stewart Skelton (Harold Jenkins), Sal Rendino (Man), Cheryl White (Claire), Matt North (Stephen), Derek Anthony (Hotel Security Guy), Darren Kennedy (Cop #1), Rich Hutchman (Detective Carlson)

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

• The only "monsters" in this episode are the Thrall, which is quickly killed off and not expanded upon, and Darla.

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1	Thrall	Gunn	Axe to the Head	Water Tank
2	"Stephen"	Vampire	Blood Drained	"Stephen"'s Home

[edit] Music

Music listed in order of appearance in the episode:

• Damn! - Stinky Stinky Ashtray
• Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

• Angel Investigations: Angel's private investigation business has apparently changed its slogan from "We help the helpless" to "We solve big problems for small prices."
• Wolfram & Hart: Lindsey's plan is still unclear, but his first stage apparently involved pushing Angel into becoming evil once again by destroying his faith in humanity and getting Darla to seduce him.

[edit] Characters

• Angel: Angel is finally let onto the fact that Darla is alive and well. Angel also comments that he's 247 years old.

• Kate: Kate has been demoted to desk work outside of the main precinct downtown due to her obsession with the unnatural.

• Drusilla: A majority of Drusilla's insanity appears to come from the trauma she suffered from Angel killing her family and transforming her into a vampire. The remainder of it likely came from her inherent abilities to see visions of the future.

• Darla: The fact that Darla came back as a human and not a vampire is confirmed in this episode. In her previous appearances, it was left ambiguous.

[edit] Referbacks

• BtVS - 1x07 - Angel: Angel staked Darla at the Bronze.

Wesley: What you're saying is impossible, you staked her to dust three and a half years ago.

• 1x22 - To Shanshu in L.A.: Wolfram & Hart brought Darla back to life in a huge crate while Angel fought with another demon they hired to cause him trouble.

Angel: So you're what Wolfram and Hart brought back in that box.

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

• First Apperance: This episode marks the first episode in which Drusilla crosses over from Buffy the Vampire Slayer into the spin-off series.

[edit] Behind the Scenes

• Ratings: On its first airing, this episode scored a 4.5/6 in the overnight Nielsen ratings. It was ranked 4th out of the 17 WB shows which aired that week.
• Uncredited: Despite not being in the credits for writing the episode, Marti Noxon wrote several scenes in this episode, including Angel's confrontation with Darla in the water tank.

[edit] Allusions and References

• Fictional Detectives: Wesley gives the names of two fictional detectives. Sherlock Holmes was a character created in the late 1880s by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The detective was notoriously talented and only applied his skill to cases of extreme difficulty. Philip Marlowe was a private eye created in the 1930s by Raymond Chandler who was notably pessimistic and cynical.

Wesley: Oh he's eccentric, all the great are. Sherlock Holmes, Phillip Marlowe...

• Bonnie & Clyde: Bonnie and Clyde were two notorious criminals who plagued the central United States during the 1930s. The Barrow Gang was most well known for their bank robberies up until 1934 when Texas and Louisana police ambushed Bonnie and Clyde and shot them dead.

Cordelia: Imagine Bonnie and Clyde if they'd had a hundred and fifty years to get it right.

[edit] Memorable Moments

[edit] Quotes

• Cordelia: According to my figures, if we are frugal and garner some paying clientele soon, we're financially sound through last Wednesday.
  Wesley: What? Where's it all going?
  Cordelia: Well, there's the fixed costs—the mortgage on the giant hotel, my salary—there's lots of other...
  Wesley: What about my salary? That's fixed, too.
  Cordelia: What if every time you identified the demon in one of your big old books, we gave you ten bucks. Or a chicken pot pie.
  Wesley: Oh wait, I have another idea... No! Get a vision.
  Cordelia: It's not like you just hit me in the head and wham it happens.
  Wesley: What if we test that theory with one of my big old books?

[edit] Reviews

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