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I've Got You Under My Skin is the fourteenth episode of the first season of Angel, and the fourteenth episode overall. Angel discovers a demon possessing a boy and must attempt to remove the demon without harming its host.

Guest Stars: Elisabeth Rohm (Kate Lockley), Will Kempe (Seth Anderson), Katy Boyer (Paige Anderson), Anthony Cistaro (Ethros Demon), Jesse James as Ryan

Co-Stars: Ashley Edner (Stephanie Anderson), Patience Cleveland (Nun), Jerry Lambert (Rick the Clerk)

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

• Ethros Demon: The demon that inhabits the body of Ryan is an Ethros demon. Ethros demons possess a human host and excrete plakticine, a bright yellow goo. The demon has a penchant for mass murder, it once possessed Lizzie Bordon and forced her to kill her parents with an axe. The demon can only be removed through an exorcism. After the demon is removed, it is sent into a chaotic state where it attempts to possess the nearest human. To prevent this, an Ethros box is required, which the demon is drawn to. Alternatively, the demon, given the proper resources, can take corporeal form. The effects of the demon on the inhabited host are much like what happens with Pazuzu in The Exorcist, particularly the body disfiguration, the unnaturally deep voice and the telepathic abilities.

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1	Ethros	Angel	Decapitated	Cave

[edit] Music

There is no licensed music in this episode.

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

[edit] Characters

• Wesley: Wesley apparently has a turmulous relationship with his father. This is evident in his line, "A father doesn't have to be possessed to terrorize his children." Additionally, the demon taunts Wesley, saying that he was never good enough for his father and also mentions something about being locked beneath the stairs. This is not expanded upon in the episode, but gives a brief glimpse into Wesley's past.

[edit] Referbacks

• 1x09 - Hero: Doyle gave his life to save the lives of a group of refugee Lister demons from the Scourge. One of his last lines ("The good fight, yeah?") is heard in the episode.

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

[edit] Behind the Scenes

• Ratings: On its first airing, this episode scored a 5.9/9 in the overnight Nielsen ratings. It was ranked 2nd out of the 15 WB shows which aired that week.

[edit] Allusions and References

• Lizzie Borden: Lizzie Borden was tried for the murder of her father and stepmother in the late 19th century in Fall River, Massachusetts. Despite the evidence proving her guilt, theatrics in the court room garnered enough sympathy to gain an acquittal. The rhyme that Cordelia refers to is: Lizzie Borden took an axe / And gave her mother forty whacks. / When she saw what she had done / She gave her father forty-one.

Wesley: You've heard of Lizzie Borden? She killed her parents with an axe?

• The Exorcist: Many of the events in the episode parallel concepts used in The Exorcist, a 1973 horror movie starring Max von Sydow and Linda Blair. This includes the appearance and mannerisms of Ryan while possessed, the attempt to find a priest and Cordelia's comment about "big vomit." After the demon is expelled, Ryan takes on a persona closer to The Omen, a movie about the Antichrist.

Cordelia: Angel, are you expecting any big vomiting here? Because I saw the movie.

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[edit] Quotes

• Wesley: Well, then I guess you have to do it.
  (Wesley throws a cross at Angel, who catches and quickly drops it as it burns his hands.)
  Angel: That was vulgar.

[edit] Reviews

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