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Slouching Toward Bethlehem is the fourth episode of the fourth season of Angel, and the seventieth episode overall. Cordelia is back in the normal plane of reality, but her return isn't all joyous. Lorne reads her future and finds something terrifying in the coming days.

Special Guest Star: Andy Hallett (Lorne)

Guest Stars: Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan)

Co-Stars: David Grant Wright (Minivan Dad), Carol Avery (Minivan Mom), Steven Mayhew (Minivan Teen), Nynno Ahli (Carlo), Thomas Crawford (Eater 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

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

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1	Vampire	Connor	Staked	Street
2	Vampire	Connor	Set on Fire	Street
3	Demon	Connor	Stabbed	Hyperion

[edit] Music

Music is listed in order of appearance in the episode:

• Whitney Houston - The Greatest Love of All

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

• Big Bad: Lorne read Cordelia and discovered that something on a borderline apocalyptic scale is going to happen in the very near future.
• Wolfram & Hart: Lilah set up a diversion to send the Angel Investigations crew to protect Cordelia while Lorne was left alone. They went in and took everything he knew about Cordelia out of his brain.

[edit] Characters

• Wesley: Despite his attitude towards Angel and his relationship with Lilah, Wesley seems to be showing signs or returning to Angel's side.

[edit] Referbacks

• Waiting in the Wings: The Angel crew went to the ballet to see Giselle performed by a ballet company Angel once saw in the 1800s. When they realized something was amiss, Angel and Cordelia were possessed by the spirits of two lovers and were nearly carried away in the moment of their passion.

Angel: You remember that? You wore it when we went to the ballet.

• BtVS - 3x22 - Graduation Day (2): Sunnydale High was destroyed when the Mayor of the town transformed himself into a demon and was killed by the student population and a very big fireball.

Cordelia: "Cordelia, homeroom was fun. Too bad it burnt to the ground." What?

• BtVS - 1x09 - The Puppet Show: Cordelia sings "The Greatest Love of All" for her reading in this episode. She sang the song once before in the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer for a talent show at Sunnydale High.

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

[edit] Behind the Scenes

• Ratings: On its first airing, this episode scored a 3.3/4 in the overnight Nielsen ratings.

[edit] Allusions and References

• Slouching Toward Bethlehem: The title of the episode refers to a poem by William Butler Yeats called "The Second Coming." The poem is about the biblical second coming of Christ, in which humanity will be judged and either damned or allowed to ascend to heaven.

Lorne: Do the words "slouching towards Bethlehem" ring a bell?

• Black Russian: A Black Russian is a cocktail made with one shot of vodka and two shots of Kahlúa. The mixture is poured over ice in an old fashioned glass and served. It is the opposite of a White Russian, which combines vodka, Kahlúa and milk.

Cordelia: Black Russian.
Angel: That's a drink.

• Clobberin' Time: Gunn uses one of the Thing's catchphrases once in the episode. The Thing is a member of the Marvel superhero group, The Fantastic Four. He was transformed by cosmic rays into a large creature covered in rocks. Among the Thing's catchphrases are "What a Revoltin' Development" and "It's Clobbering Time."

Gunn: If Team Angel hadn't shown up with a little clobbering time, Wolfram and Hart would've nabbed her

[edit] Memorable Moments

[edit] Quotes

• Cordelia: I get it now. You're all spies. Probably all Russian. And you've brainwashed me, and want me to believe we're friends so I'll spill the beans about some nano-techno-thingy that you want.
  Gunn: So... I look Russian to you?
  Cordelia: Black Russian.
  Angel: That's a drink.
  Cordelia: Says the head spy.

[edit] Reviews

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