Angel/Recap/S04 E10 Awakening

The Fang Gang decide that the only way to discover what the Beast is up to is to bring back Angelus.

"ANGEL: How is it a sword from the 3rd Century is conveniently located here in Los Angeles?
 * All's Well That Ends Well
 * Barehanded Blade Block: Well it's easy when your skin is made of rock.
 * Booby Trap
 * Building Is Welding: Constructing Angelus' cage.
 * Continuity Nod: The mystic used to remove Angel's soul is dressed in a similar fashion to the one used for the same purpose in BTVS "Enemies".
 * Contrived Coincidence
 * Contrived Coincidence

CORDELIA: I don't think it is. I mean, I get the impression that somehow it's accessible from like a hundred points all over the world.

CONNOR: How's that work?

CORDELIA: I don't know. I just get the visions, not the Cliff's Notes."

"ANGEL: You're saying Angelus is smarter than me.
 * Conveniently-Timed Attack From Behind: Connor turning up to help Angel fight the Beast.
 * Driven to Suicide: Wo-Pang kills himself so he can't be made to talk.
 * Dynamic Entry: Wo-Pang is having a nice quiet incantation when some rude limey chucks one of his mooks onto his ceremonial circle.
 * Evil Laugh:
 * Evil Sounds Deep: Errr, not any more. What happened to the Beast's gravelly voice?
 * Friendship Moment: Wes apologizing to Angel.
 * From Dress to Dressing: After bandaging Wesley when he gets an Impaled Palm from a Booby Trapped door, Cordelia points out that she doesn't have enough shirt for the rest of them.
 * Good Is Dumb: Apparently

CORDELIA: No, I mean....you're smart. He's just--

ANGEL: Ingenious.

CORDELIA: But in that twisted, sadistic, ruthless kind of way.

ANGEL: Like the Beast.

CORDELIA: Yes. Exactly. They think alike, always a step or two ahead of us. I mean, what is it about evil that jacks up the I.Q. points?"

"Angel: Did you hear that? There's a sword. A sword to kill the Beast. And you wanted to turn me into Angelus by having an evil shaman cut off my head, not that that wasn't a swell plan, too."
 * Heroes Prefer Swords

"LORNE: Is there any part of this guy that doesn't have writing all over it? Scratch that; I don't want to know."
 * Human Notepad: Wo-Pang

"ANGEL: I gotta do this. I gotta find the Beast-- (the Beast bursts through the front door and walks into the lobby) Oh, there it is."
 * Impaled Palm: Wesley presses a symbol to activate the door -- a stake pierces his palm.
 * Inadvertent Entrance Cue

"ANGEL: If anything should go wrong with Angelus, you're gonna have to kill me.
 * Indy Hat Roll
 * Ironic Echo: Angel repeats Cordy's "Deal with it" to Connor. Plus Connor repeating back Angel's words to him from the season premiere.
 * It's All About Me: Angel's words to Connor "It's not all about you. What you want isn't always what other people need."
 * Let's Split Up, Gang!
 * Love Confession: Cordelia finally tells Angel what he wants to hear.
 * Malevolent Masked Men: Wo-Pang
 * Neck Lift: The Beast to Angel.
 * One True Love:
 * Only Smart People May Pass: Wesley works out the letter combination to raise the stone wall. Eventually.
 * Orbital Kiss: Cangel
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: Wo-Pang when he turns evil.
 * Rousing Speech: Angel's "pep talky thing". His The Power of Friendship speech is a lot more convincing.
 * Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Gwen's reaction, apparently. She doesn't return until the sun is shining again.
 * Shout-Out: To Indiana Jones (lampshaded in the next episode).
 * Soul Jar
 * Staking the Loved One: Spoofed

CONNOR: (too quickly) OK.

ANGEL: If...anything goes wrong."

"Angel: Wood. Why'd it have to be wood?"
 * Spikes of Doom / Why Did It Have To Be Stakes?

"WESLEY: Fred, would you mind brewing some tea for our guest?
 * Spot of Tea

FRED: Oh, um, sure. Right this way, Mr. Pang. Any special tea you...

WO-PANG: How about Orange Zinger?"

"Cordelia: This is it, you did-- (the wall lowers back down) You didn't."
 * Suggestive Collision: Cangel again. This one leads to a Big Damn Kiss.
 * Tempting Fate: Wesley is working out the code to raise the wall.

"Connor: Everything's going to hell because of you. You're the reason that the sun is gone, that I don't have a home to go back to. You're the reason that she-- It's you. You're the reason my life sucks."
 * Angel removes the sword and says that things are starting to look-- then the glowy ball thing turns red and giant stone support pillars start crashing to the ground.
 * Wangst:

"BEAST: We could rule this world. Why do you oppose me?
 * We Can Rule Together

ANGEL: Rain of fire, blocking out the sun, and you just kinda piss me off."


 * Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Gunn chopping a table in half while trying out the Sword of Bosh M'ad.