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Redefinition is the eleventh episode of the second season of Angel, and the thirty-third episode overall. Angel has gone off the deep end and the former employees of Angel Investigations attempt to continue their fight for the good of humanity.

Guest Stars: Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald), Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan), Andy Hallett (Caritas Host), Brigid Brannagh (Virginia Bryce), Nicolas Survoy (Hunt Acrey), Julie Benz as Darla, Juliet Landau as Drusilla

Co-Stars: Matthew James (Merl), Joel Stoffer (Vampire #1), Brad Kalas (EMT), Jamie McShane (Demon), David Wolfson (Bartender)

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

• There is no monster of the week in this episode.

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1/2/3	Vampires	Angel	Staked	Sewer Tunnels
4	Vampire	Angel	Decapitated	Sewer Tunnels
5	Demon	Gunn	Stabbed in the Head	Abandoned House

[edit] Music

Music is listed in order of appearance in the episode:

• Patti LaBelle - Lady Marmalade
• Queen - We are the Champions

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

• Wolfram & Hart: The massacre in Holland's wine cellar from the previous episode had two survivors: Lindsey and Lilah. Darla kept them alive on purpose so that she has a connection inside Wolfram & Hart. She hopes that one will be spared by the senior partners and be promoted into Holland's job. Instead, they are both promoted to acting co-vice presidents of special projects.

[edit] Characters

• Angel: Angel is back to smoking cigarettes, or at least he is temporarily so that he can try to kill Darla and Drusilla with fire. He spent most of the episode training himself and becoming something wholely different from anything that he has been before. He's become exceedingly grim now.

• Drusilla: After being set on fire by Angel, Drusilla leaves Los Angeles for Sunnydale, intending to return with Spike. However, he doesn't want to leave Sunnydale, so she decides to stick with him instead of coming back.

[edit] Referbacks

• 2x06 - Guise Will Be Guise: Wesley took on Angel's identity when Magnus Bryce sent armed goons to kill Cordelia if he didn't agree to help him protect his daughter. It turned out that she was supposed to be sacrificed for a demon he worships and the two parted ways from there.

Virginia: You had to impersonate him to rescue me and you're too good an Angel.

• 1x21 - Blind Date: When Lindsey decided that he wanted out of Wolfram & Hart, he stole several disks worth of files for Angel in order to stop a blind assassin from killing a few kids.

Lilah: Look. I've heard the rumors. We both know that it worked for you once before. You knew just what to take.

• 2x08 - The Shroud of Rahmon: While Angel impersonated a flashy Las Vegas vampire named Jay-Don, Gunn disobeyed his orders and decided to impersonate his cousin, who was hired as a driver for a group of demons on a heist for the Shroud of Rahmon.

Wesley: You've never been very supportive of Angel's leadership role. I remember a certain shroud.

• 2x04 - Untouched: A telekinetic woman named Bethany Chaulk, who was tangentally acquainted with Lilah, was driven away when she discovered that the men who attempted to rape her were only hired thugs from Wolfram & Hart, brought in to push her into controlling her powers.

Ms. Morgan, when you drove away the telekinetic Bethany Chaulk, you lost for us a powerful potential assassin.

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

• Silent Treatment: Angel doesn't speak to anyone in this episode. He only gives an internal monologue that the viewer hears.

[edit] Behind the Scenes

• Ratings: On its first airing, this episode scored a 3.9/6 in the overnight Nielsen ratings. It was ranked 5th out of the 17 WB shows which aired that week.
• Rewrite: This episode's script was heavily doctored by Joss Whedon, who used the episode to retool all of the main characters. If there was a pivoting point in the series, this would be the episode. This, of course, fits in well with the title of the episode.

[edit] Allusions and References

[edit] Memorable Moments

[edit] Quotes

• Cordelia: Can someone explain to me what just happened here?
  Wesley: I believe we were fired.
  Gunn: Canned.
  Wesley: Let go.
  Gunn: Axed.
  Wesley: Shown the door.
  Gunn: Booted.
  Cordelia: Alright! I get it!
• Lilah: One of is gonna die, Lindsey.
  Lindsey: Everybody dies, Lilah.
  Lilah: But not everybody ends up in a dog food processing plant in San Pedro.

[edit] Reviews

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