''Somethings gotten into Angel. His friends just don't know what.''

Synopsis

The Short: An old man named Marcus casts a body-switching spell on Angel, and Marcus enjoys the many pleasures of being eternally young, handsome and bloodthirsty in Los Angeles while a dying Angel tries to get his body back. Marcus uses his new identity to seduce Lilah Morgan and break Fred's heart. After Marcus learns he will live forever in his new body, he goes to kill Angel, but the Angel Investigations crew figure out what's going on and knock him out and swap Angel back to his own body.

The Long: After a ''Previously on Angel'' segment (see

1. Fred: ''Oh. He's probably reading, too. He's so deep, you know? Thoughtful. I'm guessing The Brothers Karmazov, Joyce, a little Goethe to round things out.''
   The Brothers Karmazov is...
   Joyce is...
   Goethe is...
   
   
2. Angel: ''Charlton Heston. Double feature! At the Nuart. Soylent Green and The Omega Man.''
   Charlton Heston, born John Charles Carter in Illinois, 1924, has been acting in films ever since 1941. He was quoted by Xander in When She Was Bad and Oz in The Freshman.
   The Nuart Theatre is located in the heart of Los Angeles Westside on Santa Monica Boulevard just west of the 405 Freeway. The Nuart Theatre features an eclectic mix of programming, as detailed in the quarterly Nuart Filmcalendar. It is one of the country's most renown and prestigious epicenters for independent film, foreign language cinema, documentaries, animation festivals and restored classics. Having hosted many world premiere engagements as well as a number of highly anticipated film series over the past 25 years. The theatre is also Los Angeles home for The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which plays every Saturday at midnight.
   Soylent Green is a 1973 science fiction film staring Charlton Heston as Police Detective Thornn. Plot: In the year 2022, the starving masses depend upon the government manufactured food item Soylent Green to exist, but in the midst of a murder investigation, a cop named Thorn uncovers the chilling source of the product.
   The Omega Man is a 1971 science fiction film staring Charlton Heston as Robert Neville. Plot: Robert Neville, a doctor, due to an experimental vaccine, is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. The plague caused by the war has killed everyone else except for a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people calling themselves The Family. The plague has caused them to become sensitive to light, as well as homicidally psychotic. They believe science and technology to be the cause of the war and their punishment, and Neville, as the last symbol of science, the old world, and a "user of the wheel", must die. Neville, using electricity, machinery, and science attempts to hold them at bay.
   
   
3. Angel: ''Hey, did anybody else see this? Police found the body of a twenty-six year old Woodrow Raglan in a two-bedroom suite at the Elondria Hotel. Unnamed witness said it was as if his insides had just collapsed.''
   The Elondria Hotel is...
   
   
4. Phil: ''You know, I don't see anything that connects the three of them, except they were all in the evening Pilates class together.''
   Angel: ''Pilates, is that like Tae-bo?''
   Pilates is a unique method of physical and mental conditioning for strengthening and lengthening muscles, improving balance, and correcting muscular imbalances. In addition to increasing flexibility and coordination, Pilates is gentle on the body and emphasizes proper body mechanics and efficiency.
   Tae-Bo is...
   
   
5. Marcus in Angel's body: ''Hey, Angel. How's my head? Hope you put some ice on it. Sweet deal you've got going on here, pal. Love the hotel, and Cordelia, whoh! That's how I spell w-o-m-a-n!''
   This is probably a reference to the song...
   
   
6. Cordelia: ''If Julia Roberts ever makes a realistic movie about being an escort, I think it should be called pretty skanky woman.''
   Julia Roberts is...
   Pretty Woman is a 1990 romantic comedy film. Plot: Edward is a rich, ruthless businessman who specializes in taking over companies and then selling them off piece by piece. He travels to Los Angeles for a business trip and decides to hire a prostitute. They take a liking to each other and he offers her money if she'll stay with him for an entire week while he makes the rich and famous scene.
   
   
7. Fred: ''It's like something out of Fitzgerald. The man who can have everything but love. Well, maybe in some ways you're better off, because love is... Well, in a way it's everything, but it's also heartache and disappointment, and those are good things to avoid.''
   Fitzgerald is...

1. Cordelia: ''Previously on Angel.''
   Through The Looking Glass - Angel saves Fred in the hell dimension of Pylea.
   Heartthrob - Angel comments on how Fred doesn't go out into the world.
   That Vision Thing - Gavin Park says he's fighting Angel, but Lilah Morgan is unimpressed. Cordelia is left scared by Lilah's plot against Angel. Angel threatens to kill Lilah if she hurts Cordelia again.
   
   
2. Cordelia: ''Angel, Willow's on the phone... She's alive! Buffy's alive!''
   Bargaining Part 2 - Buffy was returned to life by a spell Willow cast.

Points Of View

Mathew:

I liked watching Marcus paying Gunn for food delivery, but I had a problem with him enjoying his food. Doesn't Angel dislike foods taste?

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