Angel’s continued restless nights take him all the way back to 1860 London and his first encounter with Drusilla, but when he sees Darla in his waking life, Cordelia, Wesley and Gunn fear he has gone off the deep end and may revert to his evil ways.
| Airdate: | 24 October 2000 |
| Writer: | David Greenwalt |
| Director: | David Greenwalt |
Cordelia: ... And the outfit that seemed to say 'pet me, I'm a whore.'
Behind the Scenes Trivia
Still a man
In the script for Dear Boy, Lindsey compliments Darla on her ability to manipulate Angel with the following exchange, some of which was cut due to length:
Lindsay: “We’re counting on that. You’ve given us more information on Angel than we had when he first got here. Nobody knows him like you do, especially the side we’re interested in.”
Darla: “Which is…..?”
Lindsay: “The particular set of hairs you have the boy by. Angel may be a vampire, but he’s still a man.”
Cast and Crew Trivia
Derek Anthony
Derek Anthony, who played the ‘Imposing Demon’ in the episode Potential, has also been in two episodes of Angel: as a hotel security guard in ‘Dear Boy‘ and “Dying Black Man” in ‘Blind Date‘. He’s also been in Frasier, The Drew Carey Show and The Practice.
Character Trivia
Harold Jeakins
Harold Jeakins went to Angel Investigations to ask for help in Dear Boy, as he naively thought his wife was abducted by aliens, when she was actually simply having an affair. Angel confronted Harold’s wife and told her to make up with her husband or leave him.
Continuity
Hurting Darla
In the Buffy episode Angel, Angel grabs Darla and she says “That’s good. You’re hurting me. That’s good, too.” When Angel grabs her in the Angel episode Dear Boy, she says “You’re hurting me. I like it.”
Music Trivia
Wang Chung
In Dear Boy, Angel sings Wang Chung’s “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” at Caritas.
Mythology Trivia
Turfog
The demon Turfog in Dear Boy is described by Cordelia as a “mush monster”. The slimy demon grows between pillars, unable to move. It’s acolytes battle endlessly over how best to worship it.
References
Bonnie and Clyde
Cordelia says in Dear Boy about Angel and Darla, “Imagine Bonnie and Clyde if they had a hundred and fifty years to get it right”. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were notorious robbers and criminals who traveled the central United States during the Great Depression between 1931 and 1935.
Goofs
Seen at 19.26 minutes:
In Dear Boy, Wesley loosens his tie, but in the next shot, from the side, he loosens it again.
Quotes
Cordelia: Aw, you must be all worn out from sleeping for the last three days. It's like living with the worlds oldest teenager.
Cordelia: If I sit, I'll throw up in my head.
Angel: This is why personally I rarely go to church. (Silence) I thought it was funny.
Angel: I got thing for convents.
Husband: Do you think my wife is cheating on me?
Angel: Probably.
Cordelia: Personal bubble! Personal BUBBLE!
Angel: I did and I saw her. I'm not crazy.
Wesley: Where?
Angel: Right between the clowns and the big talking hot dog.
Angel: Guess you didn't take that whole 'Dust to Dust' thing to heart, did you?
Cordelia: ... And the outfit that seemed to say 'pet me, I'm a whore.'
Wesley: Angel you can't just sniff a person and know.
Angel: You had sex last night with a bleached blonde.
Cordelia: Imagine Bonnie and Clyde if they had 150 years to get it right.
Angel: Convents, they're just a big cookie jar.
Angel: It's been a long time since I've said this to anyone. But, you can scream all you want.
Angel: You took me places, showed me things, you blew the top off my head. But you never made me happy.
Darla: But that... that cheerleader did? We were together 150 years. We shared everything! Your saying never... ?
Darla: There was a time in the early years when you would have said, I was the definition of bliss. Buffy wasn't happiness. She was just new.
Darla: What a poster child for soulfulness you are.
Darla: Well my boy's still in there and he wants out!
Angel: Darla, you hurt anyone else and I'll kill you.
Darla: Will you? Isn't that against your cub scout code?
Darla: See? No matter how good a boy you are, God doesn't want you... but I still do.
Cordelia: Oh, I was never worried about that, Boss. Of course, Mr. Fussypants always assumes the worst.
Angel: There's gonna be a lot of trouble and I say bring it on!