The Price (Angel)
"The Price" | |
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Angel episode | |
Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 19 |
Directed by | Marita Grabiak |
Written by | David Fury |
Production code | 3ADH19 |
Original air date | April 29, 2002 |
Guest appearances | |
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"The Price" is episode 19 of season 3 in the television show is stunned when his lost infant son reappears, now an adolescent boy calling himself the Destroyer.
Plot
As Angel tries to deal with the loss of his son while cleaning up the earthquake damage upstairs, a potential
Meanwhile, at
After learning the creatures glow in the dark, Angel shuts off all of the lights in the hotel and tracks the slugs by sound to a large ballroom. Researching by the light of a lantern, Fred is attacked by one of the slugs, which slithers into her mouth. Realizing Fred has been infected, Gunn brings her to the rest of the gang in the abandoned ballroom, saying they need to get her to a hospital; Angel stands in the way, determined to keep more innocents from dying.
Angel takes the water away from Fred until the slug confesses that a vicious killer called The Destroyer has chased the slugs into this dimension in search of Angel. They try to press Fred for more information, but her condition worsens. Gunn shows up and directs Groo and Lorne to hold Fred down while they force her to drink alcohol. As it dehydrates her, she coughs up the slug and Groo stabs it with a sword. Meanwhile, the slugs close in on Cordelia and Angel in the kitchen. Cordelia suddenly begins to glow a bright white, illuminating the entire hotel. This kills all the slugs and leaves everyone stunned by her new power.
Lorne reminds the gang of the coming of "the Destroyer" and, almost immediately, lights flash and a big nasty demon appears, followed shortly by a young man who quickly slays the demon. He smiles and points a weapon at Angel, saying, "Hi Dad."
Production details
According to the DVD commentary, the kitchen scenes in this episode were shot in the Ambassador Hotel in the kitchen area that Robert F. Kennedy passed through right before he was shot.[1]
Vincent Kartheiser's name was placed at the end credits to keep his appearance a surprise.
Arc significance
After being raised by
Wesley warns Gunn not to come to him for help again, and the AI team resists calling him accordingly in the following episodes when his expertise would be useful.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer references
When Angel says that it never snows in Southern California, Cordelia responds that "it did once", in reference to the third season Buffy episode "Amends". In that episode, the Powers That Be send a snowstorm to Sunnydale on Christmas Eve in order to prevent Angel from committing suicide by exposure to sunlight.
The concept of thaumogenesis, a price for the use of magic, is also mentioned in the sixth-season episode "After Life" as the Scooby Gang deals with the ramifications of their decision to resurrect Buffy.
References
- ^ Bratton, Kristy, Angel Season 3 DVD Collection REVIEW, archived from the original on 2007-12-08
Further reading
- ISBN 9780786437559
External links
- "The Price" at IMDb