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Epiphany is the sixteenth episode of the second season of Angel, and the thirty-eighth episode overall. Angel has a moment of clarity and attempts to reconnect with his friends, but they're not as eager to see them as he is.

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

Co-Stars: Marie Chambers (Mother), Kevin Fry (Skilosh Demon)

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

• Skilosh: The Skilosh is a tribe of asexually reproducing demons that are notoriously violent. They're recognizable from their third eye in the back of their head. In order to reproduce, the demons inject something into the head of a human host, which causes them to grow a third eye. The human's head later explodes from the expulsion of the demon from their cranium.

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1	Skilosh	Angel	Hacked to Pieces	Wesley's Apartment
2	Skilosh	Wesley	Shot	Wesley's Apartment

[edit] Music

No licensed music was used in this episode.

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

• Angel Investigations: The Angel Investigations team is completed once again when Angel returns to the business. However, this time he's not the boss, he's just an employee.

[edit] Characters

• Angel: Despite her best efforts, Darla failed at removing Angel's soul. Instead of turning him evil, all she managed to accomplish was causing him to have a moment of clarity that pushes him towards reconnecting with his ex-employees.

[edit] Referbacks

• 2x10 - Reunion: Although Angel didn't really kill the lawyers in Holland's wine cellar, he allowed Drusilla and Darla to go to town on them. He certainly didn't make things easier for the victims by locking them in with the two vampires. Incidentally, the powers did attempt to stop him several times, including waylaying him with a vision at one point.

Host: But you didn't kill those lawyers, Angel. That was slated to happen with or without you.

• 1x12 - Expecting: Cordelia was impregnated by a man she met at a party who happened to be acting as a proxy for a bigger demon. After sleeping sleeping with him, she became eight months pregnant overnight.

Cordelia: Listen, I've been impregnated by demon spawn before. Let's just say, didn't really work out.

• 2x14 - The Thin Dead Line: Wesley attempted to save Gunn from a zombie police officer, but instead of preventing the cop from doing something violent, he wound up getting shot by the very man he was trying to reason with.

Gunn: This man took a bullet for me!

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

• Final Apperance: This episode marks the last appearance of Elisabeth Rohm as Kate Lockley. All their conversation at the end seems to imply that she's dead and that's why Angel could come in, that likely isn't the case and is more that a higher power allowed him to enter despite the rules in place against vampires.
• Déjà Vu: The opening sequence where Angel and Darla have sex is an almost shot for shot remake of when he lost his soul in Surprise, an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

[edit] Behind the Scenes

• Ratings: On its first airing, this episode scored a 5.2/8 in the overnight Nielsen ratings. It was ranked 3rd out of the 17 WB shows which aired that week.

[edit] Allusions and References

• Zuzu's Petals: In It's a Wonderful Life, George Bailey is a bank manager who contemplates suicide after all of the money is stolen. But, he is pushed away from suicide when his guardian angel, Clarence, shows him how much worse off the town would be if he didn't exist. After deciding that he wants to live, George pulls the petals of a flower given to him by his daughter Zuzu out of his jacket pocket.

Host: Well, yay you. Zuzu's petals. It's about time.

[edit] Memorable Moments

[edit] Quotes

• Angel: Guys, does it make sense that she would go there in the middle of the night without calling either one of you?
  Gunn and Wesley: They owe us money.
  Angel: Let's go.

[edit] Reviews

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