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Post by Gin on Feb 4, 2009 22:49:10 GMT 1
from imdb
#2.17 Disharmony
Original Air Date: 17 April 2001 Directed by Frederick King Keller Writing credits: David Fury
Episode Cast: David Boreanaz ... Angel Charisma Carpenter ... Cordelia Chase Alexis Denisof ... Wesley Wyndam-Pryce J. August Richards ... Charles Gunn Rebecca Avery ... Caged Girl Luis Chávez ... Mexican Vampire Andy Hallett ... Lorne Alyson Hannigan ... Willow Rosenberg Pat Healy ... Doug Sanders Mercedes McNab ... Harmony Kendall Marcus Shirock ... Tibor Roger Stoneburner ... Vampire Adam Weiner ... Caged Guy Candice Cook ... Vampire (uncredited) Freda Nelson Evans ... Woman in Cage (uncredited)
Plot: Cordelia is shocked when old friend Harmony unexpectedly shows up in Los Angeles. Cordelia invites her to stay at her apartment and catch up on old times. After a strange midnight encounter, Cordelia contacts Willow and is surprised to learn that Harmony is a vampire, not a lesbian as she initially thought. Wesley is not as accepting of Harmony's condition as the others and fears the worst. After a brief encounter with Lorne in which he tells her to stick with Cordelia, Harmony tags along with the gang as they investigate the kidnapping of humans. The investigation leads to a vampirical motivational speaker and his following that Harmony must infiltrate for reconnaissance. Once inside, the team learns Harmony betrayed them and led them into a trap. Once the battle subsides, Cordelia spares Harmony but tells her never to return.
Goofs: * Anachronisms: The book that Harmony damages is supposedly 'twelve centuries old'. However, a close-up seems to show an antique printed book, which must be less than six centuries old.
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Post by Cynni on Feb 5, 2009 17:11:34 GMT 1
from http://www.cityofangel.com:
Episode 17, Season 2 Title: "Disharmony"
Directed by: Fred Keller Written by: David Fury Original AirDate: 17 April 2001
Teaser
"She said we're not friends." At the Hyperion Hotel, Wesley is giving a pep talk to Angel on his new beginnings at the revamped Angel Investigations. Angel is willing to make changes in attitude and personality, meaning self-inflicted torture as Wes will now be sitting behind the big desk. Angel steps out of his boss's new office to find his other two bosses have arranged a small desk for his use. Angel is their errand boy and he's sent to get two coffees and a mochaccino. Welcome back soul boy.
Act I
A couple is parked in a secluded area, making out by a Lafayette Park as two hooded figures approach and break their car window.
At Angel Investigations, the crew is moving back in, organizing files and cleaning up the place a bit. Angel comes down and tries to make small talk with Cordelia, trying to reconnect, but things aren't going to be easy. He offers help with a box of files, she refuses, but she is ready to "help the helpless." She quickly shoots down Angel by reminding him, "You and I? We're not friends." A second later a vision hits her: Men in blue robes are pulling a girl from a car in Lafayette Park near the fountain. And she sees a building with a big red bird. The guys run out to help but Angel hangs behind and tells Cordy to go home.
Later, Cordy is closing up, but she feels she's not alone. Harmony jumps out of the dark and startles Cordy. She quickly breaks a smile in relief at seeing one of her old high school friends and a former Cordette! The last time these two saw each other was at the Sunnydale graduation blowout. Harmony checks out the office as Cordy describes her job as office manager of an investigative agency. Harmony reveals she's in L.A. because she just got out of a "smothering relationship." Cordy, unaware that Harmony is a vamp, invites her to stay over at her home while she's in L.A.
Across town, the three rescuers arrive at Lafayette Park and find a mangled empty car. In the distance, a woman cries for help and they run to her aid. She is struggling against a vamp in a green robe. He sees help is coming and attempts to flee but Gunn stops him as Angel surprises him with a stake through the heart. Wes comforts the homeless woman who almost became a victim of the night. Gunn points out the robe is green and not blue like Cordy had mentioned, but Angel quickly comes to her defense. Gunn takes a look around, while Wes discovers a symbol of a snake within a triangle sewn on the robe. He reaches for his cell phone to get Cordy on it, but Angel reveals he gave her the night off because the vision was just so tough on her. Angel asks Wes if he should send her some flowers to show his appreciation. Wes sarcastically suggests, "While your at it pick me up a sorry-you-were-shot-in-the-gut bouquets!" Angel can't use his money to buy her trust, but what truly bothers him is that she said they were not friends. Wes advises him to give their vision girl some time because "Cordelia has a lot of pain to work through."
"you're so... luscious..." At Cordy's apartment, she and Harmony are having a girls' night on the couch, reminiscing over old high school times over wine. Cordy has been talkative all night, while Harmony has been tight-lipped, repeating only that she's getting over a bad relationship. Cordy notices Harmony hold her stomach with a painful expression but Harmony only says, "Hungry" as she stares longingly at Cordy's neck. Cordy reaches for the phone to order pizza and Harmony's face turns vamp, but quickly returns to human. Cordelia's former Cordette is not hungry for pizza.
Act II
Cordy is asleep in her room, but unknown to her, Harmony quietly walks in and sits on the bed. Dennis has the sense to warn her and shuts the door loudly. The sound startles Cordy awake. Harmony quickly spills, "I'm sorry! I thought I could control myself. I thought I could resist these urges. . . .I mean seeing you there looking so . .lucsious." Cordy realizes her friend's personal revelation. "Oh, you're a . ." but Harmony cuts her off, "I was scared that if you found out what I was that you'd kill me!" Cordy reassures her friend that she will not hold it against her. Harmony returns to the couch to ensure that she doesn't give in to temptation.
It's morning and Cordy is on the phone with Willow back in Sunnydale. Cordy reveals that Harmony is staying over and that she almost "jumped" her in the middle of the night, but Cordy makes it clear that she "shot her down" because she doesn't "go for that sort of stuff." Willow's confused and makes it clear to Cordy that Harmony now has fangs. Now it all makes sense to Cordy because she thought Harmony was a "great big lezbo!" Willow makes another revelation about herself. She warns Cordy that Harmony is very dangerous. She's going to follow her advice and get to somewhere safe just as Harmony walks into the room.
At the Hyperion, Wes is researching the symbol found on the robes. Angel is pacing with impatience having nothing to do. He wants to go out to gather information, but it's daytime and Wes has Gunn already working on it. Willow calls to warn Angel of what's going on with Cordy.
Hello? Soon after, Wes and Angel break through Cordy's door with crossbows in hand expecting the worst; instead, they find Harmony painting Cordy's toenails. Cordelia explains, "She came to me for help!" Angel takes her side in an effort to reconcile their friendship and keeps Wes, who isn't happy with the situation, from dusting Harmony. Wes needs Cordelia in the office so she follows them out and so does Harmony because she refuses to stay in the apartment with a ghost.
Once at the office, Wes resumes researching through his books but Harmony continuously pops her gum as she looks over his shoulder. Wes is perturbed and moves away from Harm to ask Cordy about her vision. All are trying to find more info on the symbol, but nothing has yet to be found. Harm pops her gum, but it's one time too many for Wes, "Someone put a stake through that woman's heart if she persists in popping her bloody chewing gum!" Harmony apologizes. She thought the gum would help with the cravings and drives Wes over the edge when she tears off a page from a 12th century old book to dispense with her gum. He reaches for a stake and tries to use it but Cordy stops him. Angel gives Harm a cup of pig's blood; her face turns sour at the taste. She doesn't understand how Angel can deprive himself of the real thing. Angel thinks about her words, but Gunn walks in with some news distracting him for the reality of the precarious line he walks each day. He checks out the cute blonde, but Wes lets him know she's a vamp. According to Gunn, vampires have been kidnapping people off the street for a month. The crew hadn't been aware of it because they were distracted by other important events in their lives and secondly, because not many bodies were turning up. The vamps aren't feeding they are recruiting, but they wonder, for what?
Across town, inside an old movie theatre, vamps dressed in robes are listening to a vampire speaker on the stage, "It's time to get the most out of your after-life!" How? Through Doug Sanders' multi-level exponential flow cooperative. Key word is cooperative. Through a pyramid illustration, one vampire turns two humans into vamps and those two turn two more humans each. To be a member in the cooperative you only have to bring three humans. The program is color-coded and the robes signify the level reached. By the end of his talk, every walking fang is chanting, "Turn two, the rest is food!" Doug reveals a cage filled with people, a.k.a. food, that were hidden behind a screen. The crowd goes wild.
At headquarters, Gunn and Wes are mapping out the location of the kidnappings. Cordy hits bingo on the Department of Justice website. She finds a similar symbol associated with a shut down pyramid scheme run by a motivational speaker named Doug Sanders. She finds a list of the known meeting places and a picture. Harmony leans over to take a look and spills her sugar laced blood coffee on the keyboard and shorts out the computer. Cordy brings Harmony to the couch away from Wes as she cries out in desperation--"I don't have anyone who understands what I'm going through." Cordy gets an idea and tells the guys their going out.
Will this song never end?! Appearing at Caritas is Harmony singing "Memories", well kiddies it's more like Disharmony! She sits with The Host and Cordy to receive her reading. He knows she wants to find her destiny, but only offers a glass of plasma and that Harmony is already on the right path. Turns out, Cordy is her path as long as she sticks by her side. The guys drop by with a plan. Their mapping idea revealed that all the kidnappings happened within a ten-block radius. So, they want to take Cordy on a drive to see if she can pick up anything, visual or psychically. They walk out on the street but Harmony sticks to them because she believes that being one of the "good guys" is her destiny.
Act III
The crew plus one-very-happy-undead-to-have-found-her-destiny are driving around town in the hopes Cordy will recognize something from her vision. They stop when she spots a stone bird above the closed down Palace Theatre. Once they are sure it's the bird, Wes quickly limps to the trunk, still recovering from his gunshot wound, to retrieve their weapons as he yells out orders to the rest except for Harmony. The gang is about to leave for battle, when Harmony eagerly awaits orders. Wes gives her the job of car protector, and she assures them that she will maim anyone who comes near it! Cordy stays behind to talk to her, but Angel quickly stops her. He believes that Harmony is the enemy, siding with Wes. Harmony will turn on her because it's a vampire's nature. Angel feels he's different because he has a soul, but Cordy points out that it didn't help when it came to betraying her. But, Cordy goes further, "You didn't just betray me, Angel. You didn't just hurt me. You gave away my clothes!." Despite this, she was more afraid that he would turn into Angelus by sleeping with Darla. To this, Angel assures her that he would never do that. Wes and Gunn return because there was no way to see inside. Angel volunteers to go in, but he has a soul and will be quickly spotted. Cordy volunteers Harmony. No one knows her and she doesn't have a soul. Perfect. She turns vamp face, "Watch out evil! Here comes Harmony."
Harmony is welcomed by yellow robed vampire presiding over a table with books by Doug Sanders. She's handed one entitled, "Selective Slaughter: Turning a Blood Bath into a Blood Bank." She takes a seat and watches one of the members ascend to yellow robe status and is rewarded by feeding on one of the captives in the cage. Harmony applauds along with the others.
In the back of the theatre, the crew is impatient. Harmony comes out and lets them know that there's a hundred vamps and a dozen captives. She walks them in through the back into the backstage area. She's very appreciative for helping find her destiny. Suddenly, lights are turned on and vampires surround the crew. Harmony points out, "I belong with them!"
Act IV
Harmony is smiling from fang to fang. Doug congratulates Harm on her coup. Harmony reaches blue robe status by delivering three humans and the famous Angel, well known amid vampire circles. Cordy realizes that Wes and Angel were right. Countless vamps surround them but the four are armed and willing to fight. Wes gives the order, "Kill 'em all!" An attack ensues and Doug is decapitated by Angel but not before Doug appeals to him to maximize his inner potential by leaving the humans. Wes frees the humans in the cage and Angel and Gunn kill as many vamps as possible. The attackers quickly realize they are against a formidable enemy and the ones left begin to run away. Harmony has Cordy on the floor but Cordy surprises her with a crossbow to the neck and another to the heart. Harmony is afraid, "We're still friends right?" Cordy sympathizes with Harmony and lets her flee into the night with a warning to leave L.A.
The next day, Wes calls Angel into his office to talk about Cordy. Angel agrees with Wes about giving Cordy some time for the healing process. Suddenly, a screech is heard from behind the door and Cordy comes in clutching two armfuls of new clothes! Angel finally found her soft spot. She is beyond delighted, "You have a gay man's taste!" Which every girl knows, is the best when it comes to clothes. She hugs and jumps for joy, kissing an equally happy Angel on the cheek. Cordy doesn't need any more time for healing. She leaves to try on her clothes and Angel is finally glad to be her friend again. Wes is upset, being boss isn't all that it's cracked up to be.
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