"Angel" The House Always Wins (2002)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Marita Grabiak

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Angel" (1999)

Original Air Date:

20 October 2002 (Season 4, Episode 3)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller

Plot:

Angel, Gunn and Fred head to Las Vegas to see Lorne only to find that he is being forced to steal people's destinies. Once Angel's is stolen, only Cordelia can help. Meanwhile a friend unexpectedly shows up at the hotel. |

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Vampire Slayer | Redemption | Actress | Supernatural

Cast

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
Andy Hallett	...	Lorne
Clayton Rohner	...	Lee DeMarco
Morocco Omari	...	Spencer
Jennifer Autry	...	Lornette #2
Matt Bushell	...	Security Guard #3
Tom Schmid	...	Well Dressed Man
Sven Holmberg	...	Delivery Guy
Brittany Ishibashi	...	Vivian
Diana Saunders	...	Bejeweled Woman

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Mutant Enemy

Trivia:

CAMEO:(David Fury and Kelly A. Manners) In the front row of Lorne's Las Vegas concert.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: As the gang enters Las Vegas and they're trying to figure out where Lorne is performing, they see a billboard for Lorne playing at the Tropicana. When Gunn and Fred successfully sneak Lorne out of the casino, they state that they came out "by Glitter Gulch." Glitter Gulch is downtown on Fremont Street. The Tropicana is on "The Strip" on S Las Vegas Blvd. over 5mi away so there is no way they could walk out of the Tropicana and end up by Glitter Gulch.

Quotes:

Angel: I know you're there. Watching me.
Cordelia: Oh, my God! Angel, you can hear me? I so love you! You don't know what it's been like.
Fred: We weren't spying.
Cordelia: Oh, for crap's sake.

Soundtrack:

Lady Marmalade

Viva Las Vegas

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Viva Las Vegas - And yet another excellent season 4 episode, this time 'Angel' and what's left of his gang go to Las Vegas, the episode we had all been waiting for. Andy Hallett has such a great voice and so much charisma, it's always a treat to watch him perform, especially with the Lornettes, god, i loved the Lornettes, especially when 'Fred' dressed up as one. This episode revealed what the hell 'Lorne' meant with Fluffy, apparently he meant it as a code to say that he was in trouble, he had to read his audience's future so that they would play a game where they would lose and become futureless. 'Angel' gets himself into trouble again and looses his future after accidentally playing that game, nice to see Angel being the one who needs to be rescued for once. 'Cordelia' also got a few more scenes than in the previous episodes, she watches her friends screw up like they always do from above but she couldn't do a thing about it, i'm still not sure if she made 'Angel's coin machine win 3.000 dollars but if she did, then she was the one that saved the day. When 'Angel' saw that his friends were going to be executed he automatically vamped to save them, so even if 'Angel' didn't have a future anymore, seeing the people that he loved in trouble woke something up in him and made him save them because those people are also a part of his destiny and nothing can take that a way, which is kinda pretty. Both 'Connor' and 'Wesley' only had one scene but I enjoyed both, especially Wes' having phone sex with 'Lilah'. Another humorous thing was 'Angel' talking about playing tennis with Bugsy Siegel having drinks with the Rat Pack and being at Elvis Presley's wedding. A very fun episode that brings back the beloved 'Cordy' at the end, only without her memories. GUNN: Something starting to feel a lot not right about this. FRED: That's what I've been saying, only with better grammar. (9.0 out of 10)