Awakening (Angel)

"Awakening (Angel)"

"Awakening" is episode 10 of season 4 in the television show Angel.

Plot synopsis

In an attempt to locate the Beast and restore the sun to Los Angeles, Wesley brings in a dark mystic, named Wo-Pang, to extract Angel’s soul and release the evil Angelus who apparently knew the Beast centuries before and who may know how to kill it. The gang build a large cage in the basement where they tie Angel down and Wo-Pang creates an illusion reality. In it: Wo-Pang betrays the gang, and a vision from Cordelia shows the location of a sword that can kill the Beast. Angel, Cordelia, Connor and Wesley venture to a subterranean tunnel filled with lethal trip-wire devices where Angel acquires the sword, kills the Beast, restores the sun, and a happy moment leads him to make love to Cordelia...

Back in reality, the spell has had its intended effect. Angelus is back. His soul is trapped in a glass container.

Acting

Main cast

• David Boreanaz as Angel/Angelus
• Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase
• J. August Richards as Charles Gunn
• Amy Acker as Winifred Burkle
• Vincent Kartheiser as Connor
• Alexis Denisof as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce

Special guest star

• Andy Hallett as Lorne

Guest stars

• Vladimir Kulich as The Beast
• Roger Yuan as Wo-Pang

Co-star

• Larry McCormick as Himself

Production Details

Arc Significance

• Angel voluntarily gives up his soul and reverts to Angelus. He remains as such for the next several episodes.

Continuity

• Angel confronts Wesley, implying he hasn't seen Angelus before, although he did in "Eternity". [Edited to add]: This is often seen as a continuity error but is in fact not a continuity error. In the episode "Eternity", Wesley states that Angel has not really turned through the use of the drug, only that he is suffering from chemical suggestion. As such, when Wesley states that he has never met Angelus, he is technically correct as he never acknowledges the drugged-up Angel in "Eternity" as Angelus. Neither does Angel for that matter, who agrees that his actions were merely a drug-enhanced delusion and not an actual turning from Angel to Angelus. Therefore it is not a continuity error but rather a very good example of continuity being maintained.

• While having sex with Cordelia in the illusion created by Wo-Pang, Angel whispers "Buffy," alluding to the first time he lost his soul in "Surprise".

Translations

• Italian title: "Risveglio" ("Rewakening")
• German title: "Das Erwachen" ("The Awakening")

External links

• "Awakening" at IMDb