Welcome to Rewatching Angel, the part of the blog where I rewatch the Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off: Angel. Each Tuesday evening, you’re invited to join me as I attempt to rediscover what made me love these shows so many years ago.

Loyalty

• Wes fell asleep researching the prophecy about Connor.
• He dreams that Angel feeds on the baby, killing him, while Gunn ominously tells Wes he’s running out of time.
• Angel and Wes head to the pediatrician for Connor’s check up.
• The doctor gives the baby a clean bill of health.
• They drew some blood for some standard tests, for which they’ll have the results in a week.
• But when everyone leaves the exam room, someone sneaks in and switches out the vials of blood.
• Pretty irresponsible to just leave a vial of blood sitting out.
• Back at the hotel, Angel talks with the gang about how excited he’ll be to see what kind of person Connor will grow into.
• Wesley listens with an expression I can only describe as forlorn.
• Is that the correct usage of that word?
• A potential client walks in needing help.
• She tells a story of her son who went for a night out and returned home as a vampire.
• But this potential client is actually Aubrey, one of Holtz’s newest followers.
• Her visit to the hotel was just to gather intel on Team Angel.
• Justine can’t understand why anyone would work for Angel, a vampire.
• Sahjhan shows up and, once again, demands Angel’s death.
• The demon proceeds to taunt Holtz.
• So Holtz demands that Sahjhan leave, because even if he can’t kill Sahjhan, he can trap his non-corporeal essence in some kind of special urn.
• Over at Wolfram & Hart, Lilah is on the phone with her mother.
• From this side of the conversation, we can infer that her mother has dementia.
• Sahjhan interrupts and takes a meeting with the attorney.
• Lilah already knows why Sahjhan is there, because he wants help outside of Holtz to take out Angel.
• But Wolfram & Hart’s official policy is to leave Angel alone until he can become useful to them.
• She verbally refuses to help Sahjhan, but writes on a legal pad, “Count me in.”
• Sahjhan says he needs the blood of Angel’s son, which the firm already has, thanks to the thief we saw in the doctor’s office.
• Angel is playing with Connor when Wes walks through and says he needs to leave for a while.
• Angel mentions noticing that Wes has been on edge for a few days… it worries him.
• At the pier, Gunn and Fred track down the alleged vampire nest that allegedly turned Aubrey’s son.
• They find the next inside the carousel.
• Then they find themselves surrounded.
• Gunn takes on the vamps and gives Fred a chance to run.
• Justine records the whole thing…
• Gunn takes out one, but then the other two nearly take him out.
• Fred comes back and, together, they take down the last two vampires.
• Wes finds his way to a statue that a wizard sent him to for more information about the prophecy.
• It’s a talking hamburger at a fast food joint.
• It’s actually not horrible CGI for early 2000s television.
• The talking hamburger informs Wes that the prophecy cannot be stopped and that betrayal and agony await him.
• The hamburger also warns Wes to look for three signs: an earthquake, fire in the air, and the sky turned to blood.
• Sahjhan meets Lilah at a bar, where she tells him the plan is in motion.
• She wants to know why Sahjhan wants him dead, but he won’t open up about that.
• Aubrey stops back by the office to thank Wesley and pay for the team’s services.
• She pretends to be a friend to him… asks him out for coffee.
• But he sees through her.
• So does Angel.
• They already know she works for Holtz.
• Angel gives Aubrey a message for Holtz: if he ever tries to come at him through any of his people or tries to touch a hair on his son’s head, he’ll kill him and anyone who gets in his way.
• Cue the earthquake… The first prophetic sign.
• Aubrey heads back to Holtz’s hideout and is followed by Wesley.
• Wes tries to stand up for Angel, telling Holtz he’s fighting the wrong man.
• He argues that Angel is no more responsible for the crimes of Angelus than he is.
• Holtz sees through Wesley, though… he’s afraid that Angel is going to kill his own son.
• Wesley has a decision to make.
• He stops back in to see Angel and Connor.
• They have a talk about how much Angel loves Connor, and Wes begins to see that there’s no way Angel could ever hurt his son.
• Then another earthquake hits, causing the stove to break loose, igniting the gas (the second sign).
• Angel saves Connor from the fiery apartment, but gets some of his own blood on Connor’s blanket… which is a sky print design…
• The sky turning to blood was the third sign.
• Just when Wesley was convinced…
• Body count: Vampires – 3