"Angel"
Happy Anniversary (2001)

Director:

Bill L. Norton

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator) &
David Greenwalt (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Angel" (1999)

Original Air Date:

6 February 2001 (Season 2, Episode 13)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

Gene is a brilliant physicist, smitten with love, who is on the verge on discovering a method of manipulating the time and space relationship...

Plot Keywords:

Cult Hero | Good Versus Evil | Vampire Detective | Physical Abuse | Attempted Murder

Cast

David Boreanaz	...	Angel
Charisma Carpenter	...	Cordelia Chase
Alexis Denisof	...	Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
J. August Richards	...	Charles Gunn
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brigid Brannagh	...	Virginia Bryce
Matt Champagne	...	Gene Rainey
Geremy Dingle	...	Student Clerk
Michael Faulkner	...	Guy on Stage
Mike Hagerty	...	Bartender
Andy Hallett	...	Lorne
Bob Jesser	...	Torto Demon
Victoria Kelleher	...	Val (as Victoria L. Kelleher)
Eric Lange	...	Sad Eyed Demon
Al Le Brun	...	Man
Norma Michaels	...	Aunt Helen (as Norma Micheals)
Frank Novak	...	Curdmudgeonly Father
Darby Stanchfield	...	Denise
Brendan Wayne	...	Mike (as Danny LaCava)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

Quotes:

[first lines]
Wesley Wyndam-Pryce: When they went out of business, they just left these here.
Cordelia Chase: Yep. Also the desk. We'll share.
Wesley Wyndam-Pryce: And when we go out of business, we can just leave our stuff for the next guy.

Movie Connections:

References "Star Trek" (1966)

Soundtrack:

Hey Baby

A very bad moment for Fox TV.

One of the worst episodes in TV history it could be added to the list of episodes such as the one on Miami vice when the vice squad went on a alien hunt.This episode totally deviated from the series original concept, it just did not make any sense: geeky scientists, time freezing devices, i mean whats next, the angel crew busting ghosts with proton packs in downtown L.A? The main reason for this mediocrity in my opinion n is that joss and the fox crew were running out of ideas.They even tried to turn angel in to a carbon copy series from Buffy.They sent things in motion to make angel return to his prior role on Buffy,a muscle head(sorry a champion).Promoting Wesley as the leader you know former watcher, British scholar(Giles).Introducing Gun,loudmouth(Xander) and the most obvious one, Fred brainy,nerdy(willow)But this just did not work for 3 reasons:1-Buffy was still on the air,therefore why would anyone watch a Buffy formated series when you could just watch buffy.2-angel was for to a more adult audience.3-angel was the star of the show and he just could not have a secondary role.Fortunatly they were able to recognize the mistakes and correct them on early season 3.Mainly by reinstating angel as leader and boss and relegating Wesley to his real role(a brainy scholar).Let,s see:freezing yourself in time while you having sex with your lover that you already know is going to dump you?What ever happened to the old cinema break up reactions clichés(stalking,harassment, etc).Well it seems that the fox crew preferred time manipulation instead.The story line of this episode could have work on other series(weird science,quantum leap) but does not belong on Angel.Conclusion:Idiotic,absurd,ridiculous,senseless, and pointless.The only thing worth seeing on this episode is the Denise character played by Darby Stanchfield, but still waste of air time.