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.

Blood Money

• Wes and Gunn are at Cordelia’s figuring out their new business model when Cordy has a vision about a giant demon with two heads that breathes fire.
• Angel, walking at night, runs into Anne, who’s carrying a box of donated clothes for the shelter where she works.
• Anne, you may remember, from the third season premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Or from a second season episode where she wanted to become a vampire.
• Oh… Angel running into Anne was not a coincidence. He’s got tons of pictures of her.
• Kind of makes him look like a serial killer with a shrine to his next target.
• But the reason is clear when the camera pans over to a picture of Anne standing next to Lindsey, Wolfram & Hart’s newest co-vice president in charge of special projects.
• Angel visits Merl again. He needs more information. At least he’s not dunking him upside down in sewer water.
• Merl has info about why Anne’s shelter is connected to Wolfram & Hart.
• The place was about to lose its lease when Wolfram & Hart cleared it all up pro bono.
• Angel donates some of Cordelia’s clothes (that she left behind at the hotel) to the shelter.
• So Anne gives him the tour.
• Anne also talks about how Wolfram & Hart bailed the shelter out of the eviction thing and has defended some of the kids that have lived at the shelter, and they’re putting on a charity event to raise money for the shelter.
• A big blue demon breaks into Merl’s place and wants to know how he’s helping Angel.
• Apparently Angel and this blue demon have history.
• Angel, meanwhile, waits for Lilah in the back seat of her car.
• Nice little chat. More threatening than informative.
• The next day, the blue demon, who introduces himself as Boone, visits Lilah and Lindsey at their office.
• Boone knows that Angel is after them and wants to be there waiting for him when he comes for them.
• While Gunn and Wes recount their victory over the two headed demon, Cordelia reveals that she’s looked into a new office space for their new agency.
• They can’t agree on a name.
• Lilah and some lackeys visit Merl.
• He’s pretty popular this week.
• Merl lets her know that he’s been following Anne for Angel.
• Angel shows back up at the shelter and tells Anne the truth about following her and what he knows about Wolfram & Hart.
• Lindsey shows up, too. With Boone in tow.
• Boone and Angel fight and pretty much tear apart the shelter’s common room.
• Angel gets away and Lindsey stops Boone from going after him. For now.
• Anne confronts Lindsey about the proof that Angel claimed to have that Wolfram & Hart is gonna steal the money from the charity event.
• Angel comes back to ask Anne to help him get into the charity ball. She refuses to help him.
• Angel manages to sneak into the ball anyway.
• But Boone is waiting for him when he gets there.
• Their fight carries down into the main party.
• Wolfram & Hart goons grab Angel but he doesn’t have the incriminating tape revealing the charity scam.
• Boone reveals he’s been working with Angel the whole time.
• Anne plays the tape and it’s not anything damaging… except maybe to Cordelia’s career.
• But the damage has been done, because Lilah and Lindsey looked like a couple crazy people chasing after Anne to stop her from playing the tape.
• Boone got away with all the money from the charity event.
• Anne is angry with Angel for keeping her in the dark. Again.
• Lindsey and Lilah are in trouble with one of their bosses. Lindsey wants to know why they can’t just kill Angel.
• It’s revealed that Angel is prophesied to be a key player in the coming apocalypse. What side he’ll fight for is a gray area.
• The Senior Partners want to continue making that as gray as possible.
• Boone shows up at the hotel with all the money from the ball. Roughly $2.5 million.
• He wagers that money on who would win in a fight between him and Angel.
• Angel then takes all of the money to Anne. Guess we know who won the fight.
• Body count: 2-headed demons – 1 (2?)