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Just Rewards is the second episode of the fifth season of Angel, and the ninetieth episode overall. Spike returns to the mortal plane in order to antagonize Angel until the end of time. Can Angel find a way to return Spike's corporeal body, or is he cursed to be stuck with him forever?

Guest Stars: Mercedes McNab (Harmony Kendall), Victor Raider-Wexler (Magnus Hainsley)

Co-Stars: William Utay (Manservant), Bill Escudier (Hainsley Demon), Joshua Hutchinson (Novac)

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

• Magnus Hainsley: Hainsley is an immensely powerful necromancer whose main practice involves putting the essence of a demon inside a dead body. He has complete and total control over the dead, including corpses and vampires. After Angel froze his assets, he attempted to install Spike into Angel's body. However, this was just a ruse so that Spike could take control of his body, allowing Angel to kill him.

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1	Demon	Angel	Snapped Neck	Wolfram & Hart
2	Butler	Angel	Spoon Lodged in Face	Hainsley's Home
3	Hainsley	Angel	Broken Neck & Decapitated	Hainsley's Home

[edit] Music

There is no licensed music in this episode.

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

[edit] Characters

• Spike: Spike may be back in this plane of reality, but he's non-corporeal. He isn't exactly a ghost, but does have most of the common physical properties of a ghost. Spike is also bound to Los Angeles due to the amulet being under the control of Wolfram & Hart. He asks Fred to figure out how to bring him back at the end of the episode.

[edit] Referbacks

• BtVS - 7x22 - Chosen: The clip in the teaser of this episode in which Spike is killing vampires using an amulet is directly from the series finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It's also, incidentally, the last time Buffy will be seen in the series.

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

• Meta-Reference: Angel killing Hainsley's butler with a spoon is likely a reference to The Tick, a comic book character created by episode writer Ben Edlund. The Tick's battle cry is "Spoon!"

[edit] Behind the Scenes

• Ratings: On its first airing, this episode scored a 4.7/7 in the overnight Nielsen ratings. The episode was watched by an average of 5.2 million viewers.

[edit] Allusions and References

• Casper: Casper the Friendly Ghost is a cartoon ghost created for Paramount Pictures in the 1940s. He enjoyed relative success in short animated films until the studio sold the rights to the character were sold in the 1950s. The old cartoons were later syndicated on television under the name of The New Casper Cartoon Show.

Angel: You're not in the world... Casper.

• Patrick Swayze: Patrick Swayze played Sam Wheat in the movie Ghost. In the movie, Wheat was murdered in an alley but is trapped between dimensions as a ghost. He must find a way to warn his widowed wife of the danger she faces before he can ascend to heaven.

Harmony: Why should now be any diff, just 'cause you've gone all Patrick Swayze?

[edit] Memorable Moments

[edit] Quotes

• Butler: Do you have an appointment with Mr. Hainsley?
  Spike: Let's just say he sent us an invitation.
  Angel: We're—I'm from Wolfram & Hart.
  Spike: I'm his date.
  (Angel rolls his eyes)

[edit] Reviews

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