Judgment (Angel episode)
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| Angel episode | |
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| “Judgment” | |
 Angel meets Lorne |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 1 |
| Guest star(s) | Julie Benz (Darla) Andy Hallett (The Host) Christian Kane (Lindsey) Eliza Dushku (Faith) Justina Machado Rob Boltin |
| Writer(s) | David Greenwalt |
| Director | Michael Lange |
| Production no. | 2ADH01 |
| Original airdate | September 26, 2000 |
| Episode chronology | |
| ← Previous | Next → |
| "To Shanshu in L.A." | "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" |
Judgment is episode 1 of season 2 of the television show Angel. See also List of Angel (series) episodes.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
[edit] Short overview
Another vision from Cordelia sends Angel on another mission where he accidentally kills the demonic protector of a pregnant woman named Jo. But when Jo disappears, Angel soon learns that the expectant mother is not only being hunted by evil bounty hunters, but she must face a mysterious tribunal in order to live through the night. Street gang member and amateur vampire slayer, Charles Gunn, helps Angel to retrieve a talisman needed for the trial while Angel himself faces his innermost fears: in a demon karaoke bar named Caritas where the kindly demon host looks into Angel’s feelings with his on stage karaoke singing, or lack of it.
Meanwhile, the evil lawyers Lindsey and Lilah from Wolfram & Hart are revealed to have brought back from the Raising: the long dead vampire Darla whom they plan to use to seek revenge against Angel.
At the end, Angel visits Faith, now serving a long prison term, where they talk about salvation for each other.
[edit] Expanded overview
A demon sings karaoke and talks to a crowd at a demon karaoke bar. Cordelia is at acting class until she gets a "911" message on her beeper and has to leave. Wesley is throwing darts to impress a young woman when he also gets a message on his beeper. The two meet with Angel at a gym where they put an end to a Carnyess demon performing a Praetorian sacrificial ritual in a room behind one of the gym mirrors.
Cordelia and Wesley discuss demons while the prospect of someday being human has Angel distracted and thinking about joining a gym. Cordelia has an attack of the sneezes and then has a vision about an unknown demon. Lilah visits Lindsey's office where Darla is enjoying classical music. She talks of how she can feel Angel, and slowly her memory begins to return. Angel tries to draw the demon Cordelia saw in her vision and when they identify it, Wesley informs them of a very odd location that may hold some answers for them.
The three go to Caritas, the demon karaoke bar, and ask around for information. A demon source of Wesley's, Merl, informs Angel about where they can find the demon. Wesley and Cordelia try to get Angel to sing, but he won't do it. Angel finds the Prio Motu demon along with a pregnant woman. He kills the demon, but then the woman tearfully informs him that the demon was protecting her and her unborn child. Feeling guilty about killing the demon, Angel tracks down Merl and is informed of the location the Prio demon was living at as well as the importance of the child.
Angel finds Gunn hunting vampires in a bad part of town and asks for help in finding the hideout of the Prio Motu demon. The two patrol an underground building and find where the pregnant woman is staying. They search the place and when Angel finds a talisman that may be of use, he sends Gunn to deliver it to Wesley and Cordelia. The woman returns to her home, revealing that she just wants her daughter to survive. Angel offers his help, but she's not eager to accept it as he has done her nothing but harm so far. After saving her from a demon attack, Angel leads her to safety.
When Gunn arrives at Cordelia's there is quite a bit of confusion in regards to his name, but Wesley quickly gets to work to find out the talisman's purpose. Angel leads the woman to an old building, which brings up old memories from his past. As demons attack, he sends the woman to Cordelia's place while he takes a beating from the demons. When he gets to Cordelia's he finds that the woman isn't there and she's out there alone.
The woman needs someone to champion her in front of the Tribunal. In order to get information, Angel is forced to sing karaoke at Caritas. The Anagogic demon running the bar can offer psychic predictions after hearing someone sing. He tells Angel where the woman's trial will take place. The woman finds herself alone, with no champion and no talisman as the trial begins to take place. Just as the tribunal announces that her life is to be taken, Angel arrives to fight for her.
Angel fights in a jousting match that quickly turns into a sword fight when Angel is knocked off his horse. As Angel is a vampire, being stabbed with a sword does not kill him and Angel is able to destroy his demonic opponent. After a chat with Wesley and Cordelia, Angel goes to visit Faith in jail. They talk about her time in jail and how he had to sing in public. They both have some hope for survival.
[edit] Music
- Barry Manilow – "Mandy" Angel chooses to sing this song at Caritas.
- Billy Ray Cyrus - "Achy Breaky Heart"
- Chopin - "Prelude in C minor"
- Garth Brooks - "Friends In Low Places"
- Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive"
- Marvin Gaye - "Sexual Healing"
- Pointer Sisters - "I'm So Excited"
[edit] Quotes and trivia
Eliza Dushku is credited in the closing credits of this episode instead of the opening ones. Although closing credits cast listings are usually reserved only for background characters with unimportant parts, or those with minimal or no speaking role, Dushku was placed here to keep Angel's visit to prison a surprise for the viewers. This same trick is used several other times in the series for the same effect.
When Angel and the gang first head to the gym at the opening of the episode and are walking down the aisle, Angel is not visible in the mirror walking with the group. However, if you look to the right of the screen, he's standing at the end of the screen and you can see him in the mirror, and watch him quickly join the group for the next shot. He is also visible briefly in the mirror as he leaves the hidden room.
This episode features the first appearance of The Host aka Lorne the empath demon.
[edit] Timing
- Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
| Location, time (if known) |
Buffyverse chronology: Fall 2000 - December 2000 (non-canon = italic) |
|---|---|
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.01 Buffy vs. Dracula |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.01 Judgment |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy graphic novel: Haunted (by Jane Espenson) |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.02 Real Me |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.02 Are You Now or Have You Ever Been |
| L.A., 2000 | Angel book: Image |
| L.A., 2000 | Angel book: Stranger to the Sun |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.03 The Replacement |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy graphic novel: False Memories |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy Graphic novel story: Willow & Tara: Wannablessedbe |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.03 First Impressions |
| L.A., 2000 | Angel graphic novel: Long Night's Journey |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.04 Out of My Mind |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.04 Untouched |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.05 No Place Like Home |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.05 Dear Boy |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.06 Family |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy graphic novel: Autumnal |
| L.A., 2000 | Angel graphic novel: Autumnal |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.06 Guise Will Be Guise |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.07 Fool for Love |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.07 Darla |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.08 Shadow |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.08 The Shroud of Rahmon |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.09 Listening to Fear |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.09 The Trial |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.10 Into the Woods |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.10 Reunion |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.11 Triangle |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.11 Redefinition |
