"Angel"
Power Play (2004)

Director:

James A. Contner

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Angel" (1999)

Original Air Date:

12 May 2004 (Season 5, Episode 21)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

The Team have reason to believe that Angel has been utterly corrupted with power when they find evidence...

Plot Keywords:

Cult Hero | Cult TV | Redemption | Attempted Murder | Neo Noir

Cast

David Boreanaz	...	Angel
James Marsters	...	Spike
J. August Richards	...	Charles Gunn
Amy Acker	...	Illyria
Andy Hallett	...	Lorne
Mercedes McNab	...	Harmony Kendall
Alexis Denisof	...	Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Adam Baldwin	...	Marcus Hamilton
Dennis Christopher	...	Cyvus Vail
Mark Colson	...	Izzy
Leland Crooke	...	Archduke Sebassis
Christian Kane	...	Lindsey McDonald
Jenny Mollen	...	Nina Ash
Elimu Nelson	...	Ernesto
Alec Newman	...	Drogyn
Stacey Travis	...	Senator Helen Brucker

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

Mention is made of a Boretz Demon; this is a reference to Michael Boretz, assistant to Joss Whedon.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Drogyn and Illyria are left in Spike's apartment for protection, they are playing Crash Bandicoot on an X-Box. The game doesn't exist for that console.

Quotes:

Drogyn: I came to find you.
Spike: Oh, so you tacked up a sign on your tree, waved bye to the Keeblers, hopped the puddle and somehow managed to sniff me out in a city of ten million?

Movie Connections:

References How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

So this whole evil Angel thing has been a big scamola? Hmm. I smell Oscar

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So this whole evil Angel thing has been a big scamola? Hmm. I smell Oscar - With only two episodes to go, the show builds up the ultimate series finale. You know, I actually fell for it, I really thought 'Angel' had crossed over to the dark side. And I think he did a bad thing for killing 'Drogyn', but he did it to save the world. Still, it bugged me, poor Drogyn. I love 'Hamilton' - he's badass and kicked the blue bird's flat-ass. Good to see some old faces re-apear as well, like 'Cyvus', 'Lindsey' and 'Nina' who was sleeping with 'Angel'. I loved the end when 'Angel' tells his gang about the plan and about 'Cordy' giving him her visions (Which made the kiss even more meaningful), the last scene gets me teared up every time. DROGYN: Old one... you have no right to walk this Earth. Your time is past. You belong to the well. ILLYRIA: Truly. I wish now I had never been brought out of it. DROGYN: Do You?. ILLYRIA: I don't know. I play this game... it's pointless and annoys me... and yet, I'm compelled to play on. (9.5 out of 10)