Untouched (Angel episode)
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| “Untouched” | |
|---|---|
| Angel episode | |
 Angel wakes up after a bad dream  Lilah talks to Bethany |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 4 |
| Guest stars | Daisy McCrackin Gareth Williams (actor) Stephanie Romanov |
| Written by | Mere Smith |
| Directed by | Joss Whedon |
| Production no. | 2ADH04 |
| Original airdate | October 17, 2000 |
| Episode chronology | |
| ← Previous | Next → |
| "First Impressions" | "Dear Boy" |
| List of Angel episodes | |
"Untouched" is episode 4 of season 2 in the television show Angel. See List of Angel episodes for a complete list.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
[edit] Summary
Another vision from Cordelia leads Angel to Bethany Chaulk, a runaway teen who possesses barely controlled telekinetic powers. Angel eventually discovers that Bethany is being groomed by Lilah as an assassin for Wolfram & Hart and that Bethany's powers are linked to being sexually abused by her own father. Lilah schemes to bring Bethany's father to Los Angeles as a "trigger," hoping that a child's terror and a woman's lust for vengence will drive Bethany to fully unleash her burgeoning power. Meanwhile, Darla continues to plague Angel’s dreams, trying to seduce him back to the evil side.
[edit] Expanded overview
Lilah sneaks into Lindsey's office and searches through some of his papers, but Darla is there and the two talk about dreams. Darla reveals that she has been using a drug called Calynthia powder keep Angel asleep while she manipulates his dreams. Angel wakes to find Cordelia and Wesley bickering as usual, but this time the root of their argument is whether Angel should extend an offer of payment to Gunn. Angel and Wesley begin to discuss Angel's sleeping habits, but Cordelia suddenly gets a vision that sends Angel out to save a young girl from two potential rapists. As two men are about to get to the girl, a large dumpster slides across the alleyway and smashes the men against a wall.
At the crime scene, Angel pretends to be a detective in order to get information about the crime from an officer. He wanders inside an old building and finds the young girl from the alley. She's scared and she sends a rebar through Angel's chest, although upon realizing that she didn't kill him, she seems a little less afraid. The girl returns to the apartment she's staying at, revealing her roommate to be Lilah. Gunn arrives to offer his help and Angel sends him out to find information on the men Bethany hurt.
As Bethany drifts to sleep, she dreams of her abusive childhood and unintentionally sends a bedside lamp flying into Lilah, who was watching her fitful sleep. Bethany seeks Angel's help and they talk about her power of telekinesis and her lack of control over it. Holland recommends that Lilah continue her work with Bethany but it is necessary for her to be successful as it could damage their other projects if she is not. After doing some reading, Wesley confronts Bethany and mentions her father, which makes her lose control, sending both him and Angel flying through the air. Wesley explains that he'd deducted, from various clues, that Bethany was abused as a child. This ties in to the many hints in previous episodes of Wesley's own childhood traumas. Angel still insists he leave for the night so as not to upset Bethany further.
That night, Bethany finds Angel in his bed and she offers herself to him. All the abuse she has suffered has led her to believe that she is just an object for use. He's not interested and after they talk, he sends her back to her own bed. After Angel helps Bethany work to control her power, he meets Gunn at the apartment of one of the potential rapists. He brings up the payment idea and Gunn agrees, meaning that Gunn is now officially part of Angel Investigations. They find evidence that someone paid for the attack on Bethany.
Cordelia talks to Bethany over lattes until several men working for Wolfram and Hart kidnap Bethany. Angel and Gunn go after the men and Angel is able to get Bethany back from them. At the hotel, Bethany's father is used as a weapon to set her off and, as her control breaks, she causes serious structural damage to the building and throws her father out of a window. Eventually, Bethany is able to control her power and keep from hurting anyone seriously. Later, she packs up her things in the apartment while Lilah and Angel have a chat on the doorstep. Angel comments that Lilah needs to find someone else's mind to play with, and as he leaves with Bethany, Lilah mutters that they already have, referring, of course, to him and Darla.
[edit] Writing and acting
[edit] Production details
[edit] Music
- Robert Kral - "Dreaming of Darla"
- Robert Kral - "Untouched - Darla's Fire"
- Sound Stage Music Library - At the fairground"
[edit] Quotes and trivia
Cordelia refers to the Buffy episode "Lovers Walk" when she was impaled by a bar.
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[edit] Arc significance
In recent previous episodes, we saw Angel having vivid erotic dreams about Darla, but it was not clear whether she was directly causing the dreams. In this episode we find that she has not only been causing the dreams, but she has been physically present in Angel's bedroom.
[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 |
[edit] External links
- Untouched at the Internet Movie Database
