Buffy arrives in L.A., furious that Angel did not tell her that he was in Sunnydale. While they are talking, they are attacked by a Mohra demon, and some of its blood gets onto Angel. After a brief hunt, they kill the demon, but its blood is having a strange effect on Angel. He feels short of breath, dizzy, and disoriented, and then suddenly his heart begins to beat. Now fully human, Angel must decide how this will affect his relationship with Buffy and whether or not he can still be a champion.
| Airdate: | 23 November 1999 |
| Writer: | David Greenwalt and Jeannie Renshaw |
| Director: | David Grossman |
Buffy: "You're human for like a minute and already there's cookie dough fudge mint chip in your fridge."
Behind the Scenes Trivia
Casting the Oracles
Both Carey Cannon and Randall Slavin, who played the Oracles in Angel had auditioned for roles on Buffy before. In an interview with Buffy Magazine, they said:
Carey Cannon: “I actually had met casting director Amy Britt when I auditioned for another role on Buffy, so when this role on Angel came around, they thought of me. They have a great casting team that does both shows.”
Randall Slavin: “I had read for Angel and Buffy so many times in the past, for various parts on Buffy, and for Spike. I´d gone in for so many parts that when this came up, I knew the casting director. I just auditioned like any other sort of thing. It must have been my sixth or seventh audition for that show.”
The story thus far
The following conversation was cut from the Angel episode I Will Remember You. It references the Buffy episodes Surprise, Innocence, Becoming (Part 2), Faith, Hope and Trick and Graduation Day (Part 2):
Doyle: “So Buffy and Angel? It’s always been pretty volatile?”
Cordelia: “That was nothing. One time they kicked the daylights out of each other at the mall… I was too embarassed to shop there for, like, weeks”.
Doyle: “It must have been good sometime”
Cordelia: “At first he was just hanging around in the shadows, spying on us - boy, a lot’s changed there huh? I was seeing someone at the time so I guess he just fixated on her”.
Doyle: “And eventually they got together?”
Cordelia: “Did they ever, on her seventeenth birthday. Which kicked in his ‘knowing a moment of true happiness’ curse and then it really got ugly.”
Doyle: “He went bad, tried to kill her”.
Cordelia: “He tried to kill everybody. You weren’t really going out much after dark in these days…..then she ran him through with a sword, sent him to Hell. He popped out four months later which was like a hundred years of torment in demon time or something… his hair’s never really been the same”.
Doyle: “And then?”
Cordelia: “Then they were on-again, off-again - you sort of need a score card at this point - but finally they broke up for real last spring. That’s when he took off for LA. The story thus far”.
Doyle: “Great. So what happens now?”
Cast and Crew Trivia
Carey Cannon
Carey Cannon played the female Oracle in I Will Remember You, Parting Gifts and To Shanshu in L.A. She also played Katya in The Secret, as well as numerous stage productions.
Randall Slavin
Randall Slavin played the male Oracle in I Will Remember You, Parting Gifts and To Shanshu in L.A. He has also been in Zoolander, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Sleepy Time Gal, Auggie Rose, Shakespeare in… and Out, The Practice, Beverly Hills, 90210, Cybill and Beethoven’s 2nd. Randall was Kevin Spacey’s assistant for Swimming with Sharks. Randall was a friend of Glenn Quinn, and they appeared in Roseanne at the time.
Character Trivia
The Oracles
The Oracles were one of the channels through which the “Powers That Be” communicated with “lesser” beings. The Oracles were difficult to locate and expected gifts in exchange for answers. They enabled Angel to turn back time in I Will Remember You, in order for him to stay a vampire. Slain by the demon Vocah, the female Oracle spirit offered a final guidance for Angel towards his prophetic destiny - the Shanshu prophecy.
Continuity
Not seeing each other
In I Will Remember You, Buffy says to Angel, “What is it? You can see me, but I can’t see you? What are we playing here?” This is similar to what Giles says to Angel in Pangs when he tells him, “It’s not fair. You know that’s what she’d say. You can see her and she can’t see you”.
Remembering you
When originally shown, the Buffy episode Pangs was immediately followed by an episode of Angel called ‘I Will Remember You‘, where Buffy shows up in LA, angry at Angel for not telling her he’d come back to town. In Something Blue, Buffy mentions having seen Angel in L.A. for five minutes (seen in ‘I Will Remember You‘) though fans will remember that she actually saw him for much longer. Angel became human again, and he and Buffy became a couple, realising they had everything they wanted. When Angel realised the consequences (he wouldn’t be able to brood as much) he asked the Powers That Be to make him a vampire again. They reversed time so that only Angel would remember the events of that day.
Music Trivia
Mythology Trivia
Mohra demons
We see in I Will Remember You that the Book of Kelsor says Mohra demons are assassins who take out warriors on the side of good. They need vast quantities of salt to live and their “veins run with the blood of eternity”. If they’re killed, they regenerate and are bigger and stronger. “To slay the beast, one must bring darkness to the thousand eyes” - which means the red jewel in the centre of their forehead needs to be smashed to kill the Mohra. The blood of a Mohra has regenetative properties which can make a vampire human.
References
Mork and Mindy
In I Will Remember You, Doyle says “Orson, we’re in a situation here!” This is a reference to the TV show Mork and Mindy, starring Robin Williams, in which Mork reported to his leader Orson.
Goofs
Seen at 02.02 minutes:
When Buffy first arrives at Angel’s office, just after she says, “a little upset”, you can see Angel’s reflection in the office door behind her.
Quotes
Cordelia: "Batten down the hatches, here comes hurricane Buffy."
Cordelia: "Well this is Doyle and he gets visions of people in trouble and this is us leaving you two alone."
Cordelia: "Oh yeah, the Buffy and Angel show. First they talk out their differences, then they punch them out."
Angel: "I feel weird."
Buffy: "I know I do, too. I mean I only came so I could tell you face-to-face not to see me face-to-face anymore and I know there s a fly in that logic ointment somewhere the next thing I know we re being attacked by that mutant ninja demon thing, then we're on the floor on top of each other... It s just really confusing being around you."
Angel: "I meant I feel weird from the demon's blood. It's powerful."
Cordelia: "She killed him! She Killed him! Oops, my bad! That's just dust I forgot to sweep under the rug."
Cordelia: "Oh please they've got the forbidden love of all time. They've been apart for months. Now he's suddenly human. I'm sure they're down there just having tea and crackers. Let me explain the lore here, okay? They suffer, they fight, that s business as usual. They get groiny with one another, the world as we know it falls apart."
Buffy: "You're human for like a minute and already there's cookie dough fudge mint chip in your fridge."
Cordelia: "I am good for exactly two things. International superstar or helping a vampire with a soul to rid the world of evil."
Buffy: "Angel, this is the first time I've ever really felt this way... Just like I've always wanted to. Like a normal girl falling asleep in her normal boyfriend's arms."
Sister Oracle: "This one is willing to sacrifice every drop of human happiness and love he has ever known for another. He is NOT a lower being."
Buffy: "It was rude. We should go kill it."
Angel: "The gateway for lost souls, its under the post office?"
Doyle: "Yeah, kinda makes sense when you think about it."
Buffy: "You know, it's a good thing I didn't fantasize about you turning human about ten zillion times...because today would have been a real let-down."
Doyle: "I'll finally be free to go out and make me own mark in the world."
Cordelia: "We had a cat that used to do that."