Will the big bad be back?
Wesley fetches a shaman who can remove Angel's soul, but during the ritual he attacks Angel and is killed. Just then, Cordelia has a vision of a mystical blade which can defeat the Beast.
After braving booby-trapped passages, Angel acquires the sword. He learns from Fred's research that must pierce the Beast's skull with the sword to restore the sun - only he can do it as the resulting energy would kill a human.
He is nearly defeated in the ensuing fight, but succeeds with Connor's help. The two share a moment of understanding, and Connor conceeds that Cordelia is not for him. Joyful at the sun's return, Angel and Cordelia fall into each other's arms.
Just for a moment, Angel experiences perfect bliss. As his soul departs, all that has happened is revealed as a dream - the product of the shaman's ritual. Angelus is back.
- ten quick questions.
Trivia: Roger Yuan, here playing the shaman, has appeared in many martial arts movies as an actor or stunt man, including Bulletproof Monk. This isn't his first time working with vampires - he was one of the stunt men in the 1998 movie Blade.
Angel sings The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia. It's a very sad ballad about a man who believes his wife's been playing around, goes out to kill her lover, but finds him already dead. He's hung for the crime, which actually his sister committed. It's probably a little dark for fun-bunny Lorne.
What does Angel shout at his moment of passion? Buffy. Now that seems a little hard on Cordelia.
