''Angel forsees a marriage where the groom and his family have a special tradition. A ritual one of the guests will not be prepared for.''

1. Uncle John: ''Let's see. First we greet the man of the hour. Then we drink. Then we bring out the food. Then we drink. Then comes the stripper, darts, then we have the ritual eating of the first husband's brains, and then charades.''
   Ben: ''Wait! What was that? Charades?''
   Demons do know how to have a good time. Listen to the quote here.

1. Cordelia: ''I'll have you know that Pierce has a lot more than money. He has a house in Montecito, he has a Mercedes CLK 320 and a place in the hills with a lap pool.''
   Mercedes-Benz is an automobile maker and part of the Daimler Chrysler company. They have a web site at http://www.mercedes-benz.com/.
   One of America's richest towns, Montecito is on the celebrity-stocked shoreline just east of Santa Barbara. (Thanks to Melissa Evans for this information.)
   
   
2. Angel: ''Out to dinner?''
   Pierce: ''Le Petite Renard.''
   Le Petite Renard translates from French to English as ''the little fox'', but it doesn't seem to be a real restaurant in Los Angeles. (Thanks to Melissa Evans for this information.)
   
   
3. Cordelia: ''Here I am at Le Petite Renard with Mr. Armani, who could keep me in blue boxes for the rest of my life...''
   Angel: ''Blue boxes?''
   Cordelia: ''Tiffany's!''
   Giorgio Armani was born on July 11, 1934, in Piacenza, Italy, and was the son of a shipping manager. Rising from humble origins, he intended to become a doctor but left medical school and worked as a buyer, beginning in 1957, for the Milan department store La Rinascente. In 1964, after a seven-year stint in that position, Armani pursued a career in fashion design, training in the atelier of Nino Cerruti. About 10 years later, with the help of his friend and business partner Sergio Galeotti, Armani launched his own label of ready-to-wear for men and women. Each year he added new offerings to his company, introducing perfume, accessories, a jeans line, the lower-priced diffusion line Emporio Armani, and sportswear.
   Tiffany's & Co. is a high cost retail sales company established in 1837. They have a web site at http://www.tiffany.com/.
   
   
4. Harry: ''Around. Uhm, Kiribati, Togo, Uzbekistan, a few spots that were a little less touristy.''
   The Republic of Kiribati is composed of three island groups in the central Pacific Ocean. The island groups, from west to east, are the Gilbert, Phoenix, and Line islands.
   
   The Republic of Togo is in western Africa is a narrow strip of land stretching about 320 miles northward from a coastline of about 32 miles on the Gulf of Guinea of the Atlantic Ocean.
   
   The Republic of Uzbekistan is in Central Asia and gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
   
   
5. Cordelia: ''So, it was a green card thing.''
   A Green Card is an official document issued by the U.S. government to aliens, allowing them to work legally in the Unites States. Marriage to a U.S. citizen is a fast way to a green card, because the applicant becomes an immediate relative. (Thanks to Melissa Evans for this information.)
   
   
6. Harry: ''I know it's wild, huh? I'm definitely the ying to his yang, but it works! He's got a good heart, Francis, just like you.''
   Yiny and yang is...
   
   
7. Angel: ''It's Angel. Where are you?''
   Cordelia: ''In the nether world know as the 818 area code. Why?''
   The 818 area code covers the area of the San Fernando Valley, which is considered the boonies to the people of the west side of Los Angeles. (Thanks to Marsia from the Watcher's Diary for finding this.)
   
   
8. Harry: ''Oh, please Uncle John! When is the last time you pried your self away from ESPN long enough to spill the blood of a she-goat?''
   ESPN is a sports cable television channel. When ESPN started in 1979 they were the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. The full name was dropped in February 1985 when the company adopted a new corporate name ESPN, Inc. They have a web site at http://www.espn.com/. (Thanks to Melissa Evans for the history of ESPN.)

1. Cordelia: ''I mean I swore when I went that road with Xander Harris, I'd rather be dead then date a fixer-upper again.''
   What's My Line Part One - Cordelia refers to her former boyfriend Xander Harris, who she started to see when they were trapped together by an assassin.
   Lover's Walk - Cordelia broke up with him when she discovered him kissing another girl, Willow Rosenberg.
   
   
2. The vision Doyle had at the end was a scene from the fight in the opening of Pangs, the next Buffy The Vampire Slayer episode.

1. When Harry walks in, watch the necklace Doyle is wearing. Every time the camera cuts away from him and comes back it changes from being under his shirt to on top of it and back again.
   
   
2. When Angel jumps Richard in the back room of the restaurant he raises his hands to defend himself, and you can clearly see how the red makeup on his hands stops at his wrists.
   
   
3. When Pierce and Cordelia are having dinner watch the background. A waitress walks up to the lady behind her, then they cut to Pierce for less then a second, and the same woman walks up again.
   
   
4. During the bachelor party, Angel walks into the kitchen, and you can see his reflection in the window of the kitchen door briefly.
   
   
5. You see Angel's reflection again in the glass shutters back in his office.
   
   
6. When Angel vamps out in the alley he has a cut on his forehead that magcially heals as he goes into vamp face, although this may just be an example of super-fast healing, it looks very odd.

You can download audio clips from this episode at http://www.glennquinn.com/multimedia/audio/angel_bachelor.html.

Buffy Summers is the second reoccurring non-star character on the show. She was last seen in City Of.

We learn Doyle's full name is Allen Francis Doyle.

Since Doyle states he married before he was 20, and Harry says it's ''four years later'', that would imply Doyle is at least 23 years old.

This is not the first Richard we've seen. The Mayor of Sunnydale was Richard Wilkins.

This is not the first Rachel we've seen. The girl Angel saved in In The Dark was named Rachel.

New name for Angel: Loser-Pineing-Guy (by Cordelia).

Points Of View

Mathew:

Probably my second favorite so far, and strangely another non-vision directed episode. The vision of saving the guy from the vamps was just a side note. The Anomovic restaurant owners were a different kind of demon. Generally human-like, but when you get deep down they are still demons. It was nice to see Cordelia try to warm up to Doyle, only to be shocked by meeting his wife. Another bonus was that the main plot was solved without any death, an uncommon surprise. I hope we see more of Harry and the Straley clan in the future.

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