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Post by Gin on Feb 4, 2009 22:39:20 GMT 1
from imdb
#2.02 Are You Now or Have You Ever Been
Original Air Date: 3 October 2000 Directed by David Semel Writing credits: Tim Minear
Episode Cast David Boreanaz ... Angel Charisma Carpenter ... Cordelia Chase Alexis Denisof ... Wesley Wyndam-Pryce J. August Richards ... Charles Gunn Tony Amendola ... Thesulac Demon Julie Araskog ... Over the Hill sleeper Scott Thompson Baker ... Actor Terrence Beasor ... Older Man Tom Beyer ... Blacklisted Writer Tommy Hinkley ... C. Mulvihill - Private Investigator David Kagen ... Salesman John Kapelos ... Ronald Meeks J.P. Manoux ... Bellman Melissa Marsala ... Judy Kovacs Brett Rickaby ... Denver Bookstore Owner Eve Sigall ... Old Judy Kovacs
Plot: After running across it, Angel is vaguely familiar with an abandoned building, the Hyperion hotel. At his request, Wesley and Cordelia discover that Angel used to be a tenant in the hotel in the 1950s. At that time, Angel was pulled into a sticky situation with a woman hiding her past which lead to an unfortunate end. In the present day, Angel and the team attempt to rid the hotel of its demons. Meanwhile, Wolfram & Hart unleash a new plan to get to Angel.
Goofs: * A flashback to 1952 shows a woman who embezzled $11,000. When the money is shown, it is in the new $100 bill that wasn't issued until 1996. * In the brief flash edit that shows the salesman after his suicide, a single frame shows two crew members. * Angel's position in the old photograph is different in the close-up shot from how it appears in the shot showing the whole photograph.
Soundtrack: * "Hoop-De-Doo" Performed by Perry Como
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Post by Cynni on Feb 5, 2009 17:19:52 GMT 1
from http://www.cityofangel.com:
Episode 2, Season 2 Title: "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been"
Written by Tim Minear Directed by David Semel Original Air Date: 2 October 2000
Teaser~
At Cordelia's place, Angel is explaining their new assignment: researching the Hyperion Hotel. The hotel was built in the late 1920s, near what once was the heart of Hollywood. Cordy brings drinks and Angel finds that his glass of blood was sprinkled with cinnamon. That's our Cordy! Angel wants Wes and Cordy to investigate as much as possible: the hotel’s history, city records etc. There is no client, but Wes is clued in that it's something personal for Angel, who heads to the hotel.
Flashback to the 1950s. The Hyperion is a beautiful, elegant hotel. The hotel manager and the bellhop are discussing the tenants. The bellhop discovers he has to deliver the weekly bill to room 217 -- a tenant who gives him the heebie-geebies. He goes up to the room, hesitantly knocks and mumbles his presence. Glad to see no answer, he quickly leaves the bill on the floor and nervously runs to the elevator. The door opens and the bill is picked up by Angel.
Act I
Angel is visiting the hotel and remembering the past.
1952. The hotel in its prime. A young, upset woman walks out as Angel comes in. The bellhop nervously tells him there are no messages for 217. The hotel manager turns away a black family. Angel is walking the corridor to his room. A man is waiting in front of a door. Two men, obviously lovers, are saying good-bye. Angel goes into his room and takes out a bottle of O negative from his paper bag and then steps out to get ice. As he's getting ice, he spots a man with a briefcase talking to someone out of view. A man knocking on a door distracts Angel. He turns back, but the man with the briefcase is now gone. Angel returns to his room and locks the door; something is up with the tenants of Hyperion. He chills the blood in the ice bucket and is surprised by a young woman who pretends to be the maid. Angel finds her out and she explains that she’s running away from her boyfriend. Angel is annoyed at her presence. He's about to throw her out when someone tries to pick the lock. Angel opens the door to discover her boyfriend. The man flashes his gun and is about to step in when Angel glimpses at the girl's fearful face behind the door and instead slams the door into the man’s nose and then shoves him into the elevator, where a startled bellhop is going downstairs. Judy is grateful and tries to thank Angel, but he shuts the door on her.
Wes and Cordy are getting deeper into the mystery of the Hyperion Hotel. The hotel closed its doors in December 16, 1979, after the concierge, Roland Meeks, did the wake-up calls with a shotgun. The hotel is now a protective historical landmark; however, the company that owns it has been trying to sell for the last ten years — nobody has bought it, due to its tragic history. Apparently, the mayhem began during its construction in 1928, when a roofer jumped to his death and took two people with him. They ponder why Angel didn’t tell them why they are researching this old hotel. Cordy discovers a photo taken in 1952 with Angel in it! Angel had a personal connection to the place. Angel is ashamed of something that happened there, which may explain his secret mode about the assignment.
1952. Angel is smoking in his room. Music from next door can be heard. The candle salesman is talking to thin air as he handles a gun. Angel pours O negative into a glass. The man holds a pillow to his head. A shot is heard as Angel takes a drink.
Act II
Angel is going through the hotel, recalling all of his memories. He gets to his old room.
1952. The hotel manager and Frank go to check out the suicide. It’s the third one in three months! They discuss calling the authorities, but whispers start to feed on the manager’s insecurities, convincing him that the place would be shut down. He tells Frank to stuff the body in the meat locker instead.
Word gets around fast. In the lobby, three tenants -- an actor, a call girl and a screenwriter --are discussing the suicide of the candle salesman in 215 and the cover-up. An elderly man overhears them, and whispers begin to tell him that perhaps it was not a suicide.
At the Griffith observatory, Judy spots Angel outside taking a smoke. She walks up to him and tries to make conversation, but he tries to ignore her as much as possible. She had to leave the hotel after the suicide. He asks Judy about her boyfriend, but she goes blank, and then recalls. Judy thanks Angel's back for his help. He finally turns to watch her leave.
Flashes of photos of the arrest of Frank Gilnitz in his bellhop suit for the murder of the candle salesman in 1952 are collaged. He was executed in 1954 for his crimes. Wes and Cordy are surrounded by boxes of history and are solving the mystery, piece by piece.
1952. In the lobby, the elderly man now joins the discussion. He convinces them that it was not a suicide.
Angel is about to enter his room when Judy calls him over. She tells him it wasn't a suicide and warns Angel about the upcoming investigation. She felt she owed him. She is extremely nervous and Angel reveals that he knew the boyfriend was actually a private investigator. She finally comes clean: she was a teller at City Trust Bank in Salina, Kansas. She takes out a briefcase full of stolen money from beneath her bed. She was angry because she was fired for being part African-American. She can pass for Anglo, but her blood is considered "tainted." She can't fit in either place. Angel can relate. She spaces out for a few seconds and calls herself a thief. She's worried and Angel decides to help her.
Cordy has a newspaper clipping with Judy's photo. Federal authorities were after Judy for bank robbery. She checked into the Hyperion in 1952 and was never heard from again. Wes and Cordy are finding that 1952 is the key to unraveling Angel's history with the hotel.
Act III
1952. At the hotel, Angel and Judy are going downstairs into the basement. Angel hides the money. Judy is getting more nervous. She mentions that prison is like being buried alive. Angel notices the whispers and recognizes that there is something in the hotel that is making people crazy. Judy talks about forgiveness. Angel's eyes seem to flicker at the possibilities for himself, but it quickly dissipates.
In the present, Angel goes to the spot where he hid the money fifty years ago. It is still there. Angel hears the whispers.
Wesley has deduced that there was a force acting upon the hotel. Cordy tells him it's a Thesulac demon, a type of paranoia demon that feeds on people's insecurities and whispers to them to heighten their fears. When Wesley stares at her, surprised, she hands him the phone. It's Angel, calling from the hotel. He fills in Wes and tells him they need to raise the demon so they can kill it. Angel already knows the ritual. Angel works on the fuse box and manages to get electricity going.
1952. Angel is at a bookshop to do research. Denver, the owner, throws Angel a bible that burns his hands and turns his face vamp. With a stake and cross in hand, Denver runs out to the front of his shop and rants about his hatred of vamps. Angel surprises him from behind with a headlock and asks to see the books in the back.
Frank tells the hotel manager that he had to adjust the body in order to make it fit in the freezer. An argument explodes in the lobby. The tenants are accusing each other of murder, convinced it’s one of their own.
Judy is reading a book, while the Thesulac is whispering to her. She closes her window.
Angel is downstairs looking through rare books, and Denver is giving him the 411 on the Thesulac demon. Such a demon is very difficult to kill. If it becomes corporeal after a big feed, this offers an opportunity to kill it. The other way is to raise it through a ritual using an Orb of Ramjarin. Denver is surprised that a vamp is trying to help humans -- so is Angel. He leaves for the Hyperion with the necessary supplies.
In the lobby, the tenants' argument is escalating. They are accusing the call girl, when the private investigator, C. Mulvihill, walks in and holds up a picture of Judy. The crowd heads upstairs to Judy's room. Angel walks into an uncharacteristically empty lobby and heads upstairs as well.
Wes, Cordelia and Gunn walk into the hotel, ready to raise the Thesulac demon. Angel is waiting for them. Wesley starts the ritual, amid bickering with Gunn. Angel warns them not to pay attention to the demon, but Cordy steps in and explains that they've been that way since the car ride. The demon begins to corporealize.
1952. The group has Judy in their clutches out in the hallway. She breaks from their grasp as she sees Angel come up. He is about to help when she accuses him of being the murderer. A lynch mob forms. Mulvihill knocks Angel down and the others follow, beating him.
Act IV
The lynch mob hangs Angel from the hotel balustrades. Judy is frantic. Once he's hanged, everything gets quiet and the tenants disperse. The hotel manager quickly regrets it and questions what they have done. After they leave, Angel takes off the noose and jumps down. The Thesulac demon is fed and reveals himself to Angel. The demon is enjoying his moment of triumph. He thanks Angel for preparing Judy for him. The demon taunts his efforts at helping and for restoring Judy's faith in people only to bring her down even harder, making her more delicious. The demon offers a final opportunity to save the tortured souls in the hotel. Angry and hurt, Angel contemplates the possibility for a moment, but the pain is too much. Angel says, "Take 'em all" and walks out of the Hyperion for the last time.
Present time. The demon is fully raised and greets Angel with a smile. Angel realizes that it's still feeding. They battle the demon. Gunn fires an arrow, but he's thrown against the wall by one its tentacles. Angel grabs it and wraps it around the fuse box, electrocuting it. Angel walks up the stairs to Judy's room. She is still there, aged fifty years in room 214. She recognizes Angel and touches his face. He looks the same but isn't. She feels guilty because it was her fault; she "killed" Angel.She can go out now, because the whispering has stopped. Angel helps her to her bed, because she needs a little rest before she can go out. She asks for forgiveness for what she did. Angel, with teary eyes, forgives her. She's going to rest just for a minute and then she's going to go out . . . . . .
Downstairs Wes is analyzing the demon's comment that he was paranoid. Angel returns and declares the hotel their new place. Wesley tries to convince him otherwise but fails. Angel Investigations, Inc. has a new home.
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