Sanctuary (2 May 2000)

The second half of Faith's appearance in LA has her bonding with Angel. She's utterly drained and has no more fight left in her. Angel takes her in and become her redemption "sponser." He ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Lange

Writers:

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

Stars:

David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Alexis Denisof

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
David Boreanaz	...	Angel
Charisma Carpenter	...	Cordelia Chase
Alexis Denisof	...	Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
Elisabeth Röhm	...	Detective Kate Lockley (as Elisabeth Rohm)
Christian Kane	...	Lindsey McDonald
Thomas Burr	...	Lee Mercer
Stephanie Romanov	...	Lilah Morgan
Alastair Duncan	...	Collins
Eliza Dushku	...	Faith
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers
Jeff Ricketts	...	Weatherby
Kevin Owers	...	Smith
Adam Vernier	...	Detective Kendrick

Storyline

The second half of Faith's appearance in LA has her bonding with Angel. She's utterly drained and has no more fight left in her. Angel takes her in and become her redemption "sponser." He promises to help her find a way to forgive herself and start over. But, there are still a lot of problems to overcome. Wes and Cordy aren't too happy that Angel's forgiven Faith. The Watcher's Council goons are still after Faith. Lila, Lindsey and Lee are hiring another assassin. Kate wants to arrest Angel. And, oh yeah, Buffy's on her way to LA looking for payback on Faith. In the end, it's up to Faith to choose a new path and save herself.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 May 2000 (USA)

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mutant Enemy, Greenwolf, Kuzui Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

41 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the only episode of the series in which both Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers) and Eliza Dushku (Faith) appear.

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Goofs

In the pub, the close-up shot of the no smoking sign says "Please No Smoking", but in the distant shots, it says "Thank You For Not Smoking".

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Quotes

[last lines]
Wesley Wyndam-Pryce: [about Faith] I hope she's strong enough to make it... Peace is not an easy thing to find.
Angel: She has a chance.

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Crazy Credits

While Faith flips channels, credits for something run on the TV consisting of friends and/or crew members. TV-Host: Lisa Lassek Nik's Secretary: John Charson Rick Henn: Phillip Geoffrey Hough Female Dancers: Mere Smith Tamara Lewis Golda Savage Marilyn Adams aka Marilyn McMahon Adams Elyse Smith Elisabeth James Jesse Stern Unit Production Manager: Robert D. Nellans First Assistant Director: Ian Woolf

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Connections

Features Superman (1941)

User Reviews

I once told you that you didn't have to go out in that darkness. Remember? That it was your choice. Well, you chose

I once told you that you didn't have to go out in that darkness. Remember? That it was your choice. Well, you chose - An excellent episode quality-wise, but of course it has it's down-sides. For starters, I really hate those three-council guys that also appeared on the BTVS episode 'Who Are You?', could they have been more flat and annoying? Another character that I couldn't stand was miss 'Buffy Summers', although she can be pretty annoying, this was by far her most unbearable episode... but at least 'Angel' punches her in the face. Now on to the good stuff, 'Faith's scenes are obviously the best as she tries to redeem herself and eventually goes to the police and confesses everything that she's done. I also loved the triple LM's (Lindsey, Lee and Lilah) working together, they made a great team of villains. 'Kate' was also great, I loved the scene where she discusses The X-files with another agent and her scene with 'Lindsey', both actors are extremely hot and had a great chemistry, too bad they never shared a scene again. Excellent episode and great ending, although I think they should have made the 'Faith'-arc longer. KENDRICK: Come on, Kate. Everybody knows you've gone all Scully. Anytime one of these weird cases crosses anyone's desk you're always there. What's going on with you? KATE: Scully is the skeptic. KENDRICK: Huh? KATE: Mulder is the believer. Scully is the skeptic. KENDRICK: Scully is the chick, right? KATE: Yes. But she's not the one that wants to believe. KENDRICK: And you wanna believe. KATE: Oh, I already believe. That's the problem. (9.5 out of 10)