Angel : The Trial

Season 2, Episode 9

Teleplay by Douglas Petrie and Tim Minear

Story by David Greenwalt

Directed by Bruce Seth Green

Original Airdate: 26 November 2000

"Okay, I know I'm probably going to regret this. In fact, being prescient, I'm actually sure of it."
Lorne

REGULAR CAST

GUEST CAST

CO-STARRING

SYNOPSIS

TRIVIA

Juliet Landau returns to the present day for the first time since Buffy season two's finale. She's credited in the end titles to keep her return at the climax a surprise.

CONTINUITY

Darla off course has been back since the season one finale, To Shanshu in LA.
It seems that Darla was a prostitute when she was alive and dying of syphilis in 1609 when the Master sired her. We saw it all happen earlier this season in Darla. We're also reminded that Angel was sired in an ally (seen in flashback in Becoming (Part 1) and again in The Prodigal) and we're also reminded of Darla's first death from Angel.
Angel is still angry with Lorne from his encounter with the swami in Guise Will Be Guise.

GOOFS

In the scene between Angel and Lorne, the Host gets handed the same drink twice in consecutive scenes.
When Angel bisects the demon during the trial, the stunt harness used is pretty obvious.
As the third trial begins and Angel is chained, there is blood all over his mouth. In the next shot, it's gone.
Drusilla cuts her chest with a fingernail to feed blood to Darla, but the cut appears a little bit above her fingernail.
Angel burns his right arm to fetch the key in the holy water--he uses the same hand to unlock the door, but the close up shows him unlocking the door with his left hand.