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| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 5 |
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| Directed by | Bill L. Norton | ||
| Written by | Elizabeth Craft Sarah Fain |
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| Production code | 4ADH05 | ||
| Original air date | November 3, 2002 | ||
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"Supersymmetry" is episode 5 of season 4 in the television show Angel. Written by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain and directed by Bill L. Norton, it was originally broadcast on November 3, 2002 on the WB network.
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Fred's article on superstring theory is published in an academic journal, and she is asked to present it at a physics symposium by her old college professor Seidel. Her presentation takes a sudden turn when a dimensional portal opens and snake-like creatures emerge to kill her. Angel had spied Lilah during the speech and at first thinks she is behind it, but she was simply keeping an eye on Wesley. Gunn and Angel suspect another member of the audience, a comic book fanatic who seemed to be expecting the portal's appearance, but it turns out he's just following stories of strange disappearances, as well as reading about Angel on internet forums. Fred learns that Professor Seidel is the one responsible and the one who had sent Fred into the Pylea dimension six years earlier. He felt Fred as well as other missing colleagues were competing for his job. Against Angel and Gunn's advice, Fred pursues vengeance against her former mentor. She asks for Wesley's help, and in the process is almost sucked into another portal, opened by a text message from Seidel; Wesley agrees to help. Meanwhile, Cordelia is staying with Connor at his vast empty loft. He trains her to slay vampires while a possible romance between them blossoms. Angel confronts Seidel (largely to protect him from Fred's vengeance), but Seidel releases a demon from a portal to attack Angel; as Seidel tries to escape, he encounters Fred, who opens her own portal, intending to send him to a hell dimension as punishment. As he is being sucked in, Gunn arrives and, when unable to convince Fred to close the portal, snaps Seidel's neck to save him from the torment, which upsets Fred. Fred and Gunn tell the others that Seidel accidentally sucked himself into a portal meant for Fred, keeping the true events secret.
UGO Networks calls this episode "one of the more interesting looks at murderous intent to come along in a while."[1]
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