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Supersymmetry - S4-E5

Trivia: To illustrate where her speech is placed on the itinerary, Fred compares it to a baseball player batting between Nomar Garciappara and Sammy Sosa, who both played with the Chicago Cubs. While Garciappara wouldn't join that team until well after the episode aired, and nobody could have known what would happen two years in the future, it's not a mistake; but as a Cubs fan, I find it an interesting choice of comparison.

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Waiting In The Wings - S3-E13

Trivia: The prima ballerina is played by Summer Glau, who also appeared on "Firefly". In addition to acting, Glau is a classically trained ballerina.

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Disharmony - S2-E17

Trivia: While it is mentioned numerous times, the shots of Willow in her dorm (on the phone with Cordelia talking about Harmony) mark the only appearance of Sunnydale on the show.

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Orpheus - S4-E15

Trivia: At the end of the episode, Cordelia reveals to Angel and co. that she is pregnant. Charisma Carpenter actually was pregnant at the time, and had been since Cordy's reappearance in "Slouching Towards Bethlehem".

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Heartthrob - S3-E1

Trivia: When James and Elisabeth are expressing their love for each other, Angelus comments "give it a century". This is the same thing The Master said about Angelus and Darla's relationship.

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Conviction (1) - S5-E1

Trivia: With this episode, David Boreanaz is the only remaining original cast member from season one. Glenn Quinn's character died in episode 9 (He died in real life 3 years later) , Charisma Carpenter was written out of the show at the end of season four, while Alexis Denisof and J. August Richards began as guest stars; Amy Acker and Andy Hallett weren't introduced until season two, and Vincent Kartheiser first appeared in season three.

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Season 3 generally

Trivia: By season's end, Darla has died four times: (1) in flashbacks to when she was sired by The Master, (2) when Angel dusted her in the Buffy episode "Angel", (3) when she was re-sired by Drusilla, and (4) when she dusted herself so that Connor could be born.

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Lineage - S5-E7

Trivia: In one scene, Spike comments "Sex with robots is more common than most people think." This refers to the Buffybot Spike had commissioned in Buffy's fifth season.

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Spin The Bottle - S4-E6

Trivia: Wesley duct-taping Lorne to a pouf in the hotel lobby was Amy Acker's idea.

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Redefinition - S2-E11

Trivia: Except for voice-overs, Angel's role is entirely silent.

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Soulless - S4-E11

Trivia: When Angelus taunts Connor about trying to kill him and then sleeping with Cordelia, he comments, "Screwing your mom and trying to kill your dad? There should be a play." This refers to the Greek tragedy "Oedipus," in which the eponymous character unwittingly marries his mother after killing his father.

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Season 5 generally

Trivia: Because they were both friends with Glenn Quinn, David Boreanaz and Christian Kane were uncomfortable filming the Lindsey-posing-as-Doyle arc.

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Season 5 generally

Trivia: Joss Whedon wanted Sarah Michelle Gellar to guest star as Buffy in "You're Welcome" (the show's 100th episode) and "Power Play" (the penultimate episode), but she was unavailable. She later became available for the series finale, but Whedon declined, wanting the series to end focused on Angel. Conversely, David Boreanaz was available for the Buffy finale, but only for a limited amount of time.

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Season 4 generally

Trivia: During the season's Angelus arc, a lot of David Boreanaz's dialogue was improvised.

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Why We Fight - S5-E13

Trivia: Sam Lawson was the only vampire Angel sired after he was ensouled. As pointed out in the episode, he only did so in order to save the submarine, not for personal pleasure.

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Home - S4-E22

Trivia: This was Charisma Carpenter's last appearance as a series regular. Her final appearance in season five is as a guest star.

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Spin The Bottle - S4-E6

Trivia: This was the only episode in which Angel was seen, in the present day, using his given name "Liam."

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You're Welcome - S5-E12

Trivia: David Boreanaz was suffering knee problems during production. To keep him off his feet, a lot of his scenes were shot with him sitting down.

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Trivia: By the series finale, Angel lost and regained his soul a total of three times: (1) in flashbacks to when he was sired and cursed, (2) after he slept with Buffy on her 17^th birthday and re-ensouled by Willow, and (3) when Angel Investigations battled The Beast in season four (again re-ensouled by Willow). And while he didn't lose his soul in the episode "Eternity," he did briefly turn into Angelus; he also pretended to become Angelus in the Buffy episode "Enemies."

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Lineage - S5-E7

Trivia: In one scene, Wesley's father mentions the destruction of the Watcher's Council building, which happened in the Buffy episode "Never Leave Me."

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