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Disharmony is the seventeenth episode of the second season of Angel, and the thirty-ninth episode overall. An old friend of Cordelia's shows up and attempts to be part of the team. But can Angel Investigations handle another vampire?

Guest Stars: Andy Hallett (Caritas Host), Mercedes McNab (Harmony Kendall), Pat Healy (Doug Sanders)

And: Alyson Hannigan as Willow

Co-Stars: Adam Weiner (Caged Guy), Rebecca Avery (Caged Girl)

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

• Doug Sanders: Doug was once a motivational speaker who ran a pyramid scheme much like the one being pulled in this episode. He was then turned into a vampire and disappeared before the Department of Justice could put him in jail.

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1	Vampire	Angel	Staked	Park
2	Caged Girl	Vampire	Blood Drained	Warehouse
3/4	Vampire	Angel	Staked	Safehouse
5/6	Vampire	Gunn	Staked	Warehouse
7	Doug	Angel	Decapitated	Warehouse

[edit] Music

Songs are listed in order of appearance in the episode:

• Study of the Lifeless - The Evening Comes
• Barbara Streisand - The Way We Were
• Baba Googie & Rex - Don't Say It

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

[edit] Characters

• Wesley: It appears that Wesley has fallen into the role of defacto leader at Angel Investigations. He's even taken Angel's office as his own.

• Cordelia: After much consideration and free clothes, Cordelia has forgiven Angel for abandoning the Angel Investigations crew and giving away the clothes she left at the hotel.

[edit] Referbacks

• BtVS - 3x22 - Graduation Day: Sunnydale High School was blown up during the Mayor's attempt at becoming a demon. The resulting giant fireball was what ultimately killed the Mayor and saved the world.

Harmony: Our high school blew up.

• BtVS - 5x14 - Crush: Harmony's description of her relationship was far from correct. In actuality, she was dumped by Spike, who was just using her for sex. If anyone was clingy and obsessive in that relationship, it was her. The aftermath of Spike breaking it off with Harmony was shown in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Harmony: I just broke up with someone. Real smothering relationship. You know, the kind where they just can't live without you?

• 2x12 - Blood Money: Angel gave away some of Cordelia's clothes after firing her and the others from Angel Investigations. He figured that they wouldn't be seeing each other anytime soon, so he used the clothes as a way of getting closer to Anne and suckering her into his scheme to make Wolfram & Hart look like fools. She later found out that he gave them away in The Thin Dead Line.

Cordelia: You didn't just hurt me. You gave away my clothes.

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

• First Appearance: This episode marks the first appearance of both Willow Rosenberg and Harmony Kendall on Angel. Both characters have previously appeared on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Willow has been mentioned once before when she was directing Cordelia on how to crack Wolfram & Hart's encryption.
• Crossover: Although it isn't mentioned in this episode, Angel went to Sunnydale in order to console Buffy at her mother's funeral in Forever.

[edit] Behind the Scenes

• Ratings: On its first airing, this episode scored a 4.4/6 in the overnight Nielsen ratings. It was ranked 6th out of the 17 WB shows which aired that week.

[edit] Allusions and References

• Big Bird: One of the most iconic characters on Sesame Street is Big Bird, an eight-foot-tall yellow bird. The character is a giant puppet (or, rather, a giant muppet because he is a Jim Henson creation) rather than a person in a suit. He was originally controlled by Caroll Spinney.

Gunn: Big Bird?

Cordy: Not the muppet, you dumbass.

[edit] Memorable Moments

[edit] Quotes

• Cordelia: So, you just thought you'd bust into my house and kill my friend without giving her a chance to explain herself?
  Wesley: Yeah.
  Angel: Pretty much.
  Wesley: That was our plan.

[edit] Reviews

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