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The Shroud of Rahmon is the eighth episode of the second season of Angel, and the thirtieth episode overall. Angel and Gunn attempt to stop the theft of a mystical shroud from the inside, but they don't know that the shroud makes people insane.

Guest Stars: Elisabeth Rohm (Kate Lockley), W. Earl Brown (Menlo), Dwayne L. Barnes (Lester), R. Emery Bright (Detective Turlock), Tom Kiesche (Detective Broomfield)

And: Tony Todd (Vyasa)

Co-Stars: Robert Dolan (Bob), Michael Nagy (Jay-Don), Jim Hanna (Surveillance Cop #1), Danny Ricardo (First Cop)

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

• Rahmon: Although he is long dead and doesn't appear in the episode, Rahmon's essence was imbued into the shroud made for him. Rahmon had the ability to cause insanity in the people and things near him.

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1	Jay-Don	Angel	Staked	Bus Station
2	Ed	Spiny Demon	Decapitated	Museum
3	Spiny Demon	Other Demon	Shot	Safehouse

[edit] Music

No licensed music was used in this episode.

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

[edit] Characters

• Angel: In this episode, Angel fed on human blood for the first time in a very long time. Wesley and Cordelia fear that his bloodlust has returned.

• Kate: Angel attacks Kate and drains some of her blood. Although she isn't killed by this, it certainly adds further confusion to their relationship. Although he did attack her, he did it in order to protect her from something that would kill her.

[edit] Referbacks

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

[edit] Behind the Scenes

• Ratings: On its first airing, this episode scored a 3.9/6 in the overnight Nielsen ratings. It was ranked 3rd out of the 17 WB shows which aired that week.

[edit] Allusions and References

• Chow Yun-Fat: Chow Yun-Fat is a Chinese actor who is most famous for starring in films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hard Boiled and The Killer.

Angel: What, you met Chow Yun-Fat?

• Rat Pack: In the 1950s and 1960s, the Rat Pack was a group of celebrities who regularly appeared in movies and on stage together. Although originally gathered around Humphrey Bogart, the group eventually shifted focus onto Frank Sinatra. They were notoriously stylish and, as Angel suggests, had a great deal of imitators.

Angel: Well, he ran with the whole Sinatra rat pack thing. Never got over it.

• MacArthur Park: MacArthur Park is a song about the park of the same name in western Los Angeles. Originally written by Jimmy Webb and performed by Richard Harris, the seven-minute song managed to reach #2 on the US singles charts despite its bizarre and nearly nonsensical lyrics.

Angel: Don't you know anything else, like say MacArthur Park?

[edit] Memorable Moments

[edit] Quotes

• Gunn: And what I'm supposed to do, sit home and knit?
  Angel: I could use a sweater. Something dark.
• Spiny Demon: He's funny. You're funny. You'll be even funnier when I crush your head.
  Angel: Funny 'ha, ha' or funny peculiar?

[edit] Reviews

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