1x18 Five by Five

[Spuffy]

First aired: 4/25/2000
Writer: Jim Kouf
Director: James A. Contner
Guest star: Jennifer Slimko (Romanian Woman), Rodrick Fox (Assistant District Attorney), Adrienne Janig (Attractive Girl), Francis Fallon (Dick), Rainbow Borden (Gangbanger), Tyler Christopher (Wolfram & Hart Lawyer), Thomas Burr (Lee Mercer), Laura Silverman (Girl in car)

Angel and Wesley catch, find and convert a prime witness that is involved in a case against Wolfram & Hart. Knowing that Angel is behind the reappearance of the witness that foiled a major case, W&H are ready for payback. Enter Faith. Seems she's had enough of Sunnydale and is searching for darker pastures. Not five minutes off the Greyhound and the rouge Slayer knocks out a lecherous man and takes his wallet and keys. With some cash and a place to stay, the sky's the limit. We're taken back to Romania, circa 1898, as Angel's past is revealed. We see the transformation of Angelus to Angel as his soul is restored by a gypsy. And we see the pain Angel first endures as he now feels the 140 or so years of killing and is now neither part of the vampire nor the human world. The evil folks at Wolfram & Hart find Faith and commence hiring her to do away with their nemesis, Angel. It's obviously no problem for her. She immediately attempts to shoot our hero in public with a crossbow, but Angel catches it mid-flight. Wesley warns Angel that Faith is not a demon but just a sick girl and there may be a chance to reach her still. Wesley changes his mind when Faith kidnaps and tortures him, nearly to death. Angel and Cordelia follow Faith's path of destruction and locate her new hide-out. Faith and Angel fight but as Faith begins to get stronger physically, declaring herself "evil," she appears to be losing it mentally. As they fight, they both go flying out the window to the alley below. Wesley cuts himself loose, picks up a knife and heads downstairs--ready to do whatever he has to, to save Angel. Faith continues to weaken mentally and as she and Angel brawl in the alley, she collapses into his arms, begging him to kill her. To be continued...

[Spuffy]

This episode's on right now DB looks so different now that I'm used to seeing him on Bones. hehe...

Poor Wes, Faith's in the midst of her torture of him

[Spuffy]

Oh, and Faith's voice sounds weird. Just thought I'd add that.

[JamesMFan]

That was probably during the period when she had some trouble with her vocal chords and had to learn to speak in a less throaty way. She sounds different in the later seasons of Angel and Buffy

[Dementis]

That show was a bit distrubing, but I loved it, poor wes and then poor Faith

[Spuffy]

jamesmfan said:

That was probably during the period when she had some trouble with her vocal chords and had to learn to speak in a less throaty way. She sounds different in the later seasons of Angel and Buffy

I knew about that I just never actually noticed a difference until now

[ScoobyGroupie]

Eliza Dusku is hot.

[JamesMFan]

scoobygroupie said:

Eliza Dusku is hot.

Once again you manage to boil things down to the simplest form.

But you're also very, very right.

[Spuffy]

I love that Giles line! heheh

[Sunrise]

I love how she throws a little hissy fit in the end And then just starts wailing on Angel hehehe

[Dementis]

scoobygroupie said:

Eliza Dusku is hot.

I agree with you 100.9999999999999999999999[ this continues for about a million years ] % ^^ she's damn sexie

[ScoobyGroupie]

She's one hot sexy minx.

[JamesMFan]

She's almost as FIERCE as me.

[ScoobyGroupie]

Almost.