Billy (Angel episode)
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| Angel episode | |
| "Billy" | |
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| Episode № | Season 3 Episode 6 |
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| Guest star(s) | Stephanie Romanov (Lilah) Daniel Dae Kim (Gavin) Justin Shilton (Billy) |
| Writer(s) | Tim Minear & Jeffrey Bell |
| Director | Marita Grablak |
| Production № | 3ADH06 |
| Airdate | October 29, 2001 |
| Episode chronology | |
| Previous episode | Fredless |
| Next episode | Offspring |
"Billy" is episode 6 of season 3 in the television show Angel. See List of Angel (series) episodes for a complete list.
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[edit] Summary
Angel and the gang investigate a wave of violence against women throughout Los Angeles which he soon discovers is the work of a partially demonic young man named Billy Blim (the same man Angel was forced to rescue from a fiery hell dimension by the lawyers of Wolfram & Hart in "That Vision Thing "). Billy is capable of infecting any normal man by mere touch with a murderous anger toward women. While Angel sets out to find Billy and stop him, Fred soon finds herself trapped at the hotel by Wesley, who's become infected by Billy’s misogynist mojo. Meanwhile, Cordelia tries to find Billy in her own way, seeking the aid of a battered and reluctant Lilah, also a victim of violence from Billy’s power.
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Angel teaches Cordelia about sword fighting so that she can defend herself if Angel isn't there to protect her. He doesn't realize what a fast study she is, but soon learns his lesson as she pins him against a wall with a sword to his throat. Lilah rushes to her office to find Billy (the man Angel rescued from Hell) talking with Gavin Park. Billy has been gone for three days, worrying his family and, more than likely, causing trouble. Congressman Blim, Billy's uncle, arrives to pick up the young man and take him home. After Billy and the congressman leave, Lilah tells Gavin to stay away from her clients. Gavin isn't interested in her suggestions and suddenly attacks her, smashing her head into a glass case and strangling her.
While Angel and Gunn play a video game, Cordy and Wesley get coffee and discuss Cordelia's training with Angel. Wesley suggests he work with Fred to train her as well, leading Cordelia to notice that his feelings for Fred are romantic. She suggests that he try his luck with her, but their conversation is cut short by a vision. In it, Cordelia sees a woman being beaten by her husband in a convenience store, but strangely, the event occurred a week ago and the woman is now dead. Wesley later provides information on the case, which he bought from a source. From the surveillance photos, they are able to recognize a familiar face in one of the pictures: Billy.
After learning who Billy is, Cordelia feels guilty for the woman's death, but Angel assures her she had nothing to do with it, saying the blame belongs to Lilah. He visits Lilah at her apartment and is shocked to find her badly beaten. She doesn't provide him with much information but says that Billy is untouchable and is not something Angel can just kill. Along with Wesley and Gunn, Angel then visits the home of Congressman Blim and enters the house (without an invitation) to have a chat with Billy. However, the police arrive first to take a willing Billy into custody for phoning in a tip on the location of a murder victim. Before he's taken away, Billy touches one of the officers, Sanchez, on the arm, which leaves a temporary glow on his flesh. Later in the squad car, Sanchez's female partner doesn't take the route he tells her to, causing him to get angry and hit her repeatedly.
Wesley finds out information about the victim Billy confessed to murdering, a woman killed three days before. Angel is ready to go to the police station before Lilah, but Fred relays information from a police scanner, saying that Billy got away before arriving at the station. It is later discovered that after being hit by her partner, the female cop shot him and is now resting in the hospital. At the scene of the crime, Angel realizes that some of the blood is from Billy, and Wesley takes a sample from a bloody hand print on a wall to examine at the hotel.
Cordelia packs up some weapons and leaves the hotel to pay a visit to Lilah. Wesley returns to the hotel and Fred helps him examine the blood found on the scene. Cordelia demands information from Lilah, saying that, "No woman strong enough to wear the mantle of 'vicious bitch' should ever put up with it." Lilah relents and explains that Billy's touch turns men into vicious women killers, though the effect varies from male to male. Angel questions a man in charge of a cab company about one of the drivers attacking a female passenger and demands information about the last stop the cab made before the incident.
Billy arrives as an unwanted guest at a party his cousin is throwing. Fred examines the blood cells through the microscope and observes that if his power is in his blood, saliva, and sweat. Wesley begins to ask Fred questions about Cordelia, acting ever-so hostile; he begins threatening and scaring her. He forces her to stay in the office and lectures her about flaunting her body around in front of him. Afterwards, he hits her and she runs from the office, but he catches her and tosses her face first into the stairs.
Angel later shows up at the party to kill Billy, and Billy's cousin Dylan eagerly invites him inside. Angel discovers that Billy's whole family is aware of his situation and have all learned to adjust to it. Dylan informs Angel that Billy came by for money, and that another brunette (who Angel realizes is Cordelia) also came by for information on Billy's destination. Wesley stalks Fred through the hotel with an ax in his hand. Breaking into one of the bedrooms, he finds her hiding under the bed. He starts to assault her again, but Fred fights back this time.
Cordelia finds Billy waiting for a private plane at the airport. He's not interested in talking with her, and she isn't either, debilitating him with a stun gun to his groin. Fred runs away from Wesley again, but he remains hot on her trail. As she runs, she is caught by Gunn and taken into one of the bedrooms. Cordelia prepares to kill Billy with a crossbow, but Angel arrives and stops her. Before he can do the job for her, Billy touches Angel's face.
In the bedroom, Gunn realizes that he too has been infected after touching the bloody paper down in the lobby. He tries to leave, but before he can Wesley starts to break in with an ax. Meanwhile, at the airport, Angel turns on Billy and hits him, explaining that Billy's power doesn't affect him. Gunn breaks a chair and hands one of the legs to Fred so she can knock him out with it. His anger grows as she hesitates, and she's forced to knock him out cold.
Angel and Billy fight and Cordelia tries to get a clear shot with the crossbow, but her opportunity is taken away by Lilah, who uses a gun to kill Billy. Wesley finally breaks into the room and persists with insulting remarks as he advances toward Fred. She pulls a rope which sends a fire extinguisher flying down to hit Wesley in the face and send him falling through a hole in the floor.
Days later, Cordelia and Angel continue with their training while discussing Billy and Angel reveals that the reason he wasn't affected by Billy's touch was because he left behind the capacity to hate long ago. Cordelia is confused, but Angel explains that when he was Angelus, he didn't hate his victims, he killed them for pleasure. Cordelia is fascinated and grossed out at the same time. Meanwhile, Wesley, who has kept to himself since the incident, receives a visit from Fred. She doesn't blame him for what happened, but he most certainly does. Concerned that that violence is a part of him, he doesn't know who he is or how to return to life as it was before. Fred says he's needed at the office and insists that she knows he had no control over what happened. Fred leaves when Wesley agrees to return to the office. As the door closes, she can hear him crying on the other side.
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- Elwood - "Slow".
- Gorillaz - "Clint eastwood".
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[edit] Continuity
[edit] Arc significance
Cordelia finally learnes how to fight after being around evil and danger for over six years.
[edit] Timing
- Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
| Location, time (if known) |
Buffyverse chronology: Fall 2001 - December 2001 (non-canon = italic) |
|---|---|
| L.A., 2001 | Buffy/Angel novel: Cursed |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.01 Heartthrob |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy UPN promos: Scooby Gang talk about Buffy |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.01 Bargaining, I |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.02 Bargaining, II |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.02 That Vision Thing |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.03 After Life |
| L.A., 2001 | Angel book: Sanctuary |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.03 That Old Gang of Mine |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.04 Flooded |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.04 Carpe Noctem |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy comic: Reunion |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.05 Life Serial |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.05 Fredless |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy graphic novel Willow & Tara: Wilderness |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy book: Blood and Fog |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.06 All the Way |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy graphic novel: Note from the Underground |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.06 Billy |
| L.A., 2001 | Angel anthology book:The Longest Night |
| Sunnydale, L.A., Monster Island, 2001 | Buffy/Angel novel: Monster Island |
| L.A., 2001 | Angel book: Endangered Species |
| L.A., 2001 | Angel book: Impressions |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.07 Once More, with Feeling |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.07 Offspring |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.08 Tabula Rasa |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.08 Quickening |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.09 Smashed |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.09 Lullaby |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.10 Wrecked |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.10 Dad |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.11 Gone |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.11 Birthday |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy graphic novel: Creatures of Habit |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy graphic novel: Death of Buffy: Withdrawal |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.12 Doublemeat Palace |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.12 Provider |
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