# Angel - 1/22/2002 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-1-22-2002/150380 "2003-01-23T04:53:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-1-22-2002/150380/41 "2003-01-24T16:32:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*[http://www.thewb.com/Shows/Episode/0,8201,||1088,00.html](http://www.thewb.com/Shows/Episode/0,8201,%7C%7C1088,00.html) > > Gwen was in one of the first couple of episodes while Cordy was still missing. She is a master thief who has the X-Men type mutation of being _highly_ electrically charged. Angel and Co. ran into her while both were trying to swipe a thingee that can locate people who are missing. > > They get into a fight and Gwen kills Gunn, but then revives him by jump-starting his heart. Later Angel and Gwen get into a one-on-one fight cum make-out session. Gwen’s electric powers make Angel’s heart start pumping. \*\* Also know as the episode where continuity took a beating. The effects of electricity of vampires was basically rewritten for this episode. Thus Connors use of a taser on Angel, and the Initiative’s use of electrical weapons to subdue Spike suddenly make no sense at all. Angel took massive shots of electricity from her to no effect (other then the absurd heart beating thing). She is pretty hot, in a X-men knock off sort of way. BTW: Who knew that Vampires with souls are as easy to control as mini-RC cars. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-1-22-2002/150380/42 "2003-01-24T16:40:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elf6c \* > \*\* > Random thought- who has to boink Angel to turn him bad? > > 😉 \*\* I have a feeling that’ll be Gwen, but not in the way you think. In her first episode, when she fought Angel, the sexual tension and her zappiness got his heart a’-pumpin’ resulting in a moment where he was “alive.” So I have a feeling that they’ll somehow use her to bring out Angelus. Some kind of artificial “moment of true happiness” or “awakening” kind of thing. He’s the only she can kiss without killing, and she sets his heart a-flutter, so there’ll probably be more to it (I see no other reason to really bring her back as a character, though she’s pretty cool.) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-1-22-2002/150380/43 "2003-01-24T16:46:58Z")
I’m guessing they’re going to go with the known temporary fix of giving some of whatever that actress chick gave him in the first season that brought the Angelus side of him out for a couple hours. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-1-22-2002/150380/44 "2003-01-24T16:55:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elf6c \* > \*\* The effects of electricity of vampires was basically rewritten for this episode. \*\* It was the … umm… er … _kind_ of electricity … Yeah! that’s it. Her power changes the … um … _voltage_ … while … let’s see, here … the _other_, Vampire controlling electricity, relies on the _amperage_. :smack: No, wait, without amps, she probably wouldn’t have melted that guy’s watch … So it’s the other way, she controls the amps, Vampire controlling devices control voltage. That’s my story and I’m sticking with it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-1-22-2002/150380/45 "2003-01-24T17:08:49Z")
OK, I remember seeing commercials about that episode, but I definitely missed it. Thanks for letting me know what happened! ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-1-22-2002/150380/46 "2003-01-24T17:33:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*Don’t know if you were being sarcastic or something, but [viola.](http://www.scoopme.com/news/news.asp?news_id=4062) \*\* Hmm, seems limited by what the article stated. Now all I gots to do is get a copy of that rulebook and a stake! ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-1-22-2002/150380/47 "2003-01-24T17:48:14Z")
Actually, Angel was on last night, here in Columbus. It’s advertised as having that as it’s new night, too. Odd. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-1-22-2002/150380/48 "2003-01-24T19:31:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thinksnow \* > \*\*Actually, Angel was on last night, here in Columbus. It’s advertised as having that as it’s new night, too. Odd. \*\* I guess the affiliates aren’t required to have the exact schedules throughout the country. But Thursday evenings seem like a better night than Wednesday. I mean, what’s on Thursday nights nowadays? ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-1-22-2002/150380/49 "2003-01-24T19:58:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kasuo \* > \*\*I guess the affiliates aren’t required to have the exact schedules throughout the country. But Thursday evenings seem like a better night than Wednesday. I mean, what’s on Thursday nights nowadays? \*\* Friends, Scrubs, and CSI. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-1-22-2002/150380/50 "2003-01-24T22:10:58Z")
Yay for catty Cordy! Ewwwwwwwwwww for Cordy and Connor as a couple. She held him when he was an infant, for Cripes sake! And it doesn’t help that she looks so maternal now. I literally felt a little sick when they showed that flashback of them getting it on in that loft where Connor’s been staying. Guk! I like Spandexia. She kind of reminds me of early chipped-Spike: “Will any of you gits try to make an effort to remember that I _don’t like you_.” She sure seems to like Angel alright, though… ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-1-22-2002/150380/51 "2003-01-24T23:04:58Z")
Okay, a bit of somewhat related gossip. Read that Alyson Hannigan (Willow from BtVS in case there’s a soul in this thread that doesn’t know that) is engaged to Alexis Denison (Wes from Angel). They’ve been dating for 2 years. He’s a major babe. Good for her. Oh, and where the hell have I been that I didn’t know that they were a couple? ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-1-22-2002/150380/52 "2003-01-25T08:34:44Z")
He’s a major babe, good for her? :eek: She’s the godess of sex. He’s the lucky one. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-1-22-2002/150380/53 "2003-01-27T17:09:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*Don’t know if you were being sarcastic or something, but [viola.](http://www.scoopme.com/news/news.asp?news_id=4062) \*\* Viola? A small stringed instrument like a violin, but bigger? It’s voila, English pig-dog! As in “See-there” ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-1-22-2002/150380/54 "2003-01-27T22:51:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Amp \* > \*\*Friends, Scrubs, and CSI. \*\* Hmm, do you think those shows have the same audience as **Angel**? ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-1-22-2002/150380/55 "2003-01-28T02:42:12Z")
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