''For centuries he preyed on the weak. Now helping the hopeless is his last chance for redemption. Just connecting with the people who need him can turn deadly.''

1. Cordelia: ''Well, a couple of hundred years ago all you had to worry about was a hang over. Today, because of your curse thingy, you can't sleep with anyone or else you might feel a moment of true happiness, and lose your soul, become evil again, and kill everyone.''
   Angel: ''Thanks Cordelia, I always appreciate your perspective.''
   Cordelia: ''No problem. Hey, the last thing I want is to show up at the office and find that I'm working for a homicidal monster.''
   Cordelia, blunt as ever. Listen to the quote here.

1. Doyle: ''It's not like you have a signal folks can shine in the sky when ever they need help, you know?''
   The Batsignal is a device used by Gotham city to summon Batman, a costumed crime fighter from DC Comics that inspired several television shows, cartoons and films. Also referenced by Willow in Some Assembly Required. (Thanks to Victor for helping attain this picture.)
   
   
2. Sharon: ''Yeah, I had that. Only I had a him, where you had a her. Actually I just had a Ken and Barbie.''
   Ken and Barbie are a famous doll line by Kenner. Barbie has her own web site at http://www.barbie.com/. Also referenced by Willow in Welcome To The Hellmouth, Cordelia in Halloween and Pete in Beauty And The Beasts.
   
   
3. Cordelia: ''You see jazz-hands over there? Mama's boy. Peter Pan complex. Self-absorbed closet-dud, with a big the world owes me chip on her shoulder. Check out Sarah, Plain And Tall. Has or comes from big money.''
   Doyle: ''How do you know all that?''
   Cordelia: ''Well, you've got to be rich to snag the Calvin Kline model she's leaving with.''
   Peter Pan is a story by J.M. Barrie. The Plot: The three children of the Darling family receive a visit from Peter Pan, a boy who never grew up, who takes them to Never Never Land where an ongoing war with the evil pirate Captain Hook is taking place.
   
   Sarah, Plain And Tall is a book by Patricia MacLachlin about a 19th century mail order bride.
   Calvin Kline is a designer whose self-titled firm (founded 1968) was instrumental in the late 1970s-early 1980s designer jeans craze. In 1979-1980, television ads shot by Richard Avedon featured featherweight pubescent actress Brooke Shields purring ''You know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing.'' Klein has consistently prospered through provocative advertising. In the 1980s television and print ads for his fragrance Obsession and underwear line used images that were variously pretentious and erotic, but always talked about.
   
   
4. Kate: ''Anyway I don't expect to find him here at the International House of Posers.''
   The International House of Pancakes is a restaurant chain owned by IHOP Corp. IHOP restaurants feature moderately priced, high quality food and beverage items, and table service in an attractive and comfortable atmosphere. Although IHOP restaurants are best known for their award winning pancakes, omelettes and other breakfast specialties, IHOP restaurants are open throughout the day and evening hours and offer a broad array of lunch, dinner and snack items as well. There are over 800 IHOP restaurants located in 37 states, Canada and Japan. They have a web site at http://www.ihop.com/.
   
   
5. Cordelia: ''Plus, your visions are kind of lame. A bar? That's nice and vague! I mean they should send you one of those self-destructing tapes, you know, that come with a dossier?''
   The 1966 television series Mission Impossible featured self-destructing tapes used to send the main character on his assignment. Plot: An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture. An interesting fact is that Mission Impossible regulars Martin Landau and Barbara Bain are the real life parents of Juliet Landau, who played Angel's former love Drusilla during season 2 of Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
   
   
6. Angel ''What are you looking for?''
   Kate: ''Depends on how many Daiquiris I've had.''
   A Daiquiri is a cocktail of rum, lime juice and sugar.
   
   
7. Angel: ''No, I I mean, I'd really like to know. So how do you want to do this Twenty Questions?''
   Twenty Questions is a guessing game. One player has an object or topic in mind, and the other player tries to guess what it is by asking a maximum of twenty questions to which the answers are yes or no. (Thanks to Melissa Evans for this information.)
   
   
8. Angel: ''So Marcie from Barstow. That doesn't even rhyme or anything.''
   Barstow, California has a web-based guide to the city at http://www.exploring-barstow.com/.
   
   
9. Bartender: ''Ah, she was there just a minute ago, getting it on with some Screech.''
   Samuel ''Screech'' Powers is a character from the 1989 comedy television series about six students going to Bayside High School called Saved By The Bell. He was played by actor Dustin Diamond. Plot: Zack, the cool preppy, Slater, the athlete, Screech, the nerd, Lisa, the gossip queen, Kelly, the cheerleader, and Jessie, the honor student all group up at Bayside High. (Thanks to Poppedijn for the picture of Dustin Diamond.)
   
   
10. Cordelia: ''Cagney and Lacey Kate? I thought we were hiding from her.''
    Cagney and Lacey was a 1982 television series starring Sharon Gless as Christine Cagney and Tyne Daly as Mary Beth Lacey, two women police detectives. Plot: Two female police detectives cooperate with each other both in their professions and in their personal lives.

1. Angel: ''Previously on Angel.''
   City Of - Doyle tells the story of Angel. Angel kills some vampires in an alley. Angel meets Cordelia at a party. Doyle says he's been sent by the Powers That Be and he gets visions. Angel meets Tina. Margo calls Cordelia. Russell Winters attacks Cordelia. Angel fights Russell. Angel meets Lindsey McDonald of Wolfram & Hart. Doyle asks if Angel is game.
   Amends - Angel bites a man.
   Becoming Part 1 - The gypsies curse Angel.
   
   
2. Kate: ''Well, I'll tell you what. I can go where ever I want and ah, you can go to hell.''
   Angel: ''Been there, done that.''
   Becoming Part 2 - In order to save the world from being sucked into hell, Buffy had to send Angel there instead.
   Faith, Hope and Trick - Angel mysteriously returns to Earth several months later, but for him hundreds of years passed in hell.

1. Sharon Richler: In Kevin's bed, burrowed to death by Talamour/Kevin.
2. Neil: In Sharon's bed, burrowed to death by Talamour/Sharon.
3. Neil's Pick-Up Girl: In bed, burrowed to death by Talamour/Neil.
4. Talamour/Bartender: In an alley, burned by Angel and shot by Kate.

Points Of View

Mathew:

Episode #2, Lonely Hearts was just too predictable. The plot is obviously pulled from the film The Hidden, but on the plus side, The Hidden was one of my favorite films. Having Angel falsely accused of the murders was easily foreseen, and the fact that Kate was a cop was already known months before the series started. I was slightly surprised when the bartender jumped Kate, but that didn't last. It was nice to see that this demon could beat Angel in a fight, something we don't see often enough. Too bad the writers seemed to forget Cordelia was taking computer programming classes with Willow in the Buffy pilot when they decided she had almost no computer or typing skills. I'm sure Christine will see the obvious male hero and female victim roles, but at least some of the victims were male. The writers did make sure that whenever Angel fought the villain it was in a male form. In the end it was Kate who saved the day, but she remained clueless as to what really happened. I think this diminishes her character, by having her not see obvious things, like the fact that the bartender was at the club when she left it and found the victim with Angel, who supposedly had just fought the killer. If Angel had fought the killer then Angel should have known it was the bartender, who Kate left at the bar a few minutes before. I did enjoy seeing a little fun poked at bar scene, something I avoid because I can't stand it. Amazing how all these lonely beautiful women were hanging out just waiting to be picked up by any guy with a bad line. Cordelia was a bright spot in her usually matter-of-fact way of reminding us why Angel can't date and her reminiscing over her high-school days. Her presence there does remind me of the fact Charisma Carpenter just doesn't look like an 18 year old. As the last episode was meant to set up the show, this one seemed geared to enforce the basic Doyle-gets-a-vision Angel-goes-to-work pattern, as well as introduce Kate. Hopefully the show will get more interesting as it develops.

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