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Reprise is the fifteenth episode of the second season of Angel, and the thirty-seventh episode overall. Angel attempts to find a way into the Senior Partners' "home office" and destroy them once and for all.

Guest Stars: Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald), Andy Hallett (Caritas Host), Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan), Sam Anderson (Holland), Brigid Brannagh (Virginia Bryce), Thomas Kopache (Denver)

Co-Stars: David Fury (First Worshipper), Chris Horan (Second Worshipper), Jolene Hjerleid (Singing Lawyer #1), Wayne Mitchell (Singing Lawyer #2), Marie Chambers (Mother), Eric Larson (Internal Affairs Guy), Shirley Jordan) (Internal Affairs Woman), Carl Sundstrom (Lieutenant), Kevin Fry (Skilosh Demon)

Uncredited: Elisabeth Rohm (Kate Lockley), Gerry Becker (Nathan Reed), Julie Benz (Darla)

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

• Senior Partner: The senior partner who appears in this episode is apparently a noncorporeal being that manifests itself in reality as a Kleynach demon with the band of Blacknil. Kleynach doesn't require an outside source to conjure it and can manifest itself without any aid. Angel apparently killed it with a blessed glove, but he may have only killed the demon shell and not the senior partner itself.

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1	Denver	Darla	Impaled	Bookstore
2	Francine	Demon	Snapped Neck	Francine's Home
3	Senior Partner	Angel	Incinerated	Wolfram & Hart

[edit] Music

No licensed music was used in this episode.

• Scott Nikoley & Jaime Dunlap - My Heart Doesn't Live Here Anymore
• Peaches & Herb - Reunited
• Daniel Stein - Poolside

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

• Wolfram & Hart: The 75 Year review is coming up at Wolfram & Hart, meaning that one of the senior partners is coming for a visit. In previous reviews, huge swaths of middle-management types were killed for being inadequate. Although Angel prevents this, it's revealed that several Wolfram & Hart lawyers have contracts that extend beyond death, including Holland.

[edit] Characters

• Kate: Kate is brought up on charges by Internal Affairs when the precinct captain from the previous episode accuses her of allowing Angel into the building to pummel him and stop his zombie cops. Although the repercussions aren't clear, it would appear that she's been suspended.

• Wesley and Virginia: Virginia breaks up with Wesley after his job becomes a little too "real" for her tastes. Apparently fighting a two-headed, fire-breathing monster is alright, but getting shot by a zombie cop isn't.

• Angel: After realizing that all of humanity has at least a little evil in it, Angel has apparently given up on his mission because "nothing matters."

[edit] Referbacks

• 2x14 - The Thin Dead Line: This episode picks up directly after the previous. Wesley is in a wheelchair because he was shot and the case that is solved by the gang was first introduced in the previous episode. There are also several mentions of "zombie cops" which were the prevailing evil from the last episode.

• 2x02 - Are You Now or Have You Ever Been: The owner of the bookshop that Angel visits is the same man who instructed him on how to defeat the paranoia demon at the Hotel. Because they hotel patrons turned on him and attempted to lynch him, he let the demon kill them all.

Denver: You know you changed my life that day. I mean, a vampire comes into my place looking to kill a demon to save human beings?

• 2x06 - Guise Will be Guise: Wesley saved Virginia from being sacrificed by her father to a demon who promised him ultimate power if he sacrificed a virgin on his 50th birthday.

Wesley: You forgetting how we met? You were strapped to a sacrificial altar while the goddess Yeska was called forth from the nether regions to consume you.

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

• Cameo: One of the men sacrificing goats in the opening part of the episode is played by Buffy/Angel writer David Fury.

[edit] Behind the Scenes

• Ratings: On its first airing, this episode scored a 4.3/6 in the overnight Nielsen ratings. It was ranked 4th out of the 16 WB shows which aired that week.
• Original Ending: Initially, Tim Minear wanted this episode to end with Angel staking Darla after they had sex and saying "Was it good for you?" This idea was vetoed by Joss Whedon, who wasn't ready to let Julie Benz go.

[edit] Allusions and References

• Rex Reed: Rex Reed is an American film critic who has acted as host of At the Movies, a syndicated review show. Reed's style of criticism has both been dismissed by other critics as lightweight and held by some as an important usage of "new journalism."

The Host: I think the general angst isn't so much about the review, but more about the reviewer. And let's just say it ain't Rex Reed.

• Andrew Lloyd Webber: Andrew Lloyd Webber is a musical theater composer who is responsible for many popular musicals including Cats, Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar. Despite his popularity, many musical theater afficianados consider his songs to be trite and unsophisticated.

The Host: Kinda the down side of being here. That and the so-called 'musicals' of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

[edit] Memorable Moments

[edit] Quotes

• Lindsey: Look, either we'll pass the review or we won't. You really think a few last minute dark rites and rituals are gonna make a difference now?
  Lilah: Everybody else seems to think so. I heard Henderson actually pulled her firstborn out of company daycare to offer it up to…brownnoser. My mother was right. I shoulda had children.

[edit] Reviews

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