Ground State (13 Oct. 2002)

Angel is desperate to find Cordy, unaware that she's become a Higher Power. Angel also wants to mend fences with Wes, who remains bitter. Still, Wesley points Angel on the track of magical ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Grossman

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator), David Greenwalt (creator),

Stars:

David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, J. August Richards

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
David Boreanaz	...	Angel
Charisma Carpenter	...	Cordelia Chase
J. August Richards	...	Charles Gunn
Amy Acker	...	Winifred 'Fred' Burkle
Vincent Kartheiser	...	Connor
Alexis Denisof	...	Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
Stephanie Romanov	...	Lilah Morgan
Alexa Davalos	...	Gwen Raiden
Rena Owen	...	Dinza
Tom Irwin	...	Elliot
Belinda Waymouth	...	Lydia Thorpe
Heidi Fecht	...	Mrs. Raiden
Michael Medico	...	Mr. Raiden
Jessica Kiper	...	Nick (as Jessica M. Kiper)
Easton Gage	...	Young Boy

Storyline

Angel is desperate to find Cordy, unaware that she's become a Higher Power. Angel also wants to mend fences with Wes, who remains bitter. Still, Wesley points Angel on the track of magical arch thing that can help locate Cordelia. Unfortunately, someone else is about to steal it right out from under them.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to jimmy hoffa

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 October 2002 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mutant Enemy, Kuzui Enterprises, Sandollar Television

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Gwen fuses her client's watch, he cries, "That's a $12,000 watch," to which she coolly replies, "Now it's Surrealism." This is a reference to Salvador Dalí's famed painting "The Persistence of Memory," which depicts melted clocks and watches.

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Goofs

In the opening scene, which is supposed to take place in 1985, the young Gwen Raiden is wearing a red coat with "Old Navy" clearly written on its zipper. Old Navy was not founded until 1994.

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Quotes

Angel: Who are you?
Gwen: Who are you?
Angel: I asked you first.
Gwen: What are you seven?

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Connections

References The Graduate (1967)

User Reviews

So you're a freak, Boo-Hoo

So you're a freak, Boo-Hoo - Not as mind blowing as the season opener, but still pretty damn neat. This episode has my favorite teaser of the entire series, it's a flashback of little 'Gwen' going to a special school where she accidentally fries a little kid when she takes off her gloves. 'Gwen' is like a wonderful mix of 'Faith', the X-men character 'Rogue' and the Mortal Kombat character 'Raiden', she would have been an excellent add to the credits, too bad she was only used for three episodes. The scenes where she kills 'Gunn' and then revives him and makes 'Angel's heart beat followed by a hot kiss were reasons enough for me to love her. Also we get another very hot 'Wesley/Lilah' scene, it's a shame they weren't used as much as in the previous episode but still, when he goes down on her cost enough attention from critics to make it extremely memorable. I also loved the scene where 'Lilah' was watching 'Connor' and then got threatened by 'Angel' - Just this once, I'll ignore the fact that you're within fifty yards of my son. Just this once. The only thing that bothered me a little was that phantom 'Dennis' got written out, even though he was invisible and never said anything, I really loved the ghost, poor 'Dennis' now has to live (or whatever you call it) without ever knowing what happened to his beloved 'Cordy'. The absence of 'Cordy' is once again forgiven by her closing the episode, it was just exactly what you'd expect her to say. ANGEL: All those months, under the water, I kept thinking to myself I gotta get home... to Cordelia. I get back and I find out that she's gone. I keep thinking, I gotta get Cordy back home. Finally I find her, and I realize she already is home. Where she belongs. CORDELIA: What are you? Deficient? Get me out of here! (9.5 out of 10)