A wave of unexplained and extreme violence against women is traced back to Billy, the young man that Angel was forced to free from a demonic prison a few weeks earlier. Billy’s merest touch can cause an otherwise good man to become violently misogynistic, and the results can be deadly. The crew rushes to prevent another brutal attack, unaware that Wesley has already been infected — and he’s alone in the hotel with Fred.
| Airdate: | 29 October 2001 |
| Writer: | Jeffrey Bell & Tim Minear |
| Director: | David Grossman |
Cordelia: Angel feels responsible for this guy because he brought him back from hell. I fell responsible because he did it to save me. You, who are actually responsible for the entire thing, feel nothing at all, because you are a vicious bitch.
Behind the Scenes Trivia
Cast and Crew Trivia
Daniel Dae Kim
Daniel Dae Kim played W&H lawyer Gavin Park in Angel. Born in Pusan, Korea, his family immigrated to the US when he was two years old, and he grew up in Pennsylvania. Daniel earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Haverford College in Theatre & Political Science, and spent a semester studying at the National Theatre Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut. In 1993, Daniel started the MFA acting program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and graduated with a Masters in Acting in 1996. While in New York, he performed in original comedies that he co-wrote and performed in while part of an improv group.
After moving to Los Angeles in 1997, he has appeared in Lost, Crash, Spider-Man 2, 24, ER, Enterprise, Miss Match, Hulk, Cradle 2 the Grave, CSI, Charmed, Star Trek: Voyager, For Love of the Game, Party of Five, Seinfeld, The Jackal, Beverly Hills, 90210, Addicted to Love and Law & Order.
Daniel is married and has one son.
Justin Shilton
Justin played the cop named Munroe in Empty Places, and appeared in the Angel episodes ‘That Vision Thing‘ and ‘Billy’ as Billy Blim. He has also been in The Aviator, Paper Cut, 60 Seconds and Don’t Let Go.
Character Trivia
Billy Blim
Billy was the nephew of Congressman Nathan Blim, with powerful people supporting him. He had the ability to draw male’s misogynistic feelings out through his touch or his blood. Billy took great pleasure in watching women get hurt. He was locked away in a hell dimension until Angel freed him in a deal with Lilah. He caused Wesley and Gunn to nearly kill Fred and unsuccessfully attempted to control Angel. After being hurt by his power, Lilah shot Billy at the airport as he tried to board a plane to Santa Monica.
Continuity
Music Trivia
The Gorillaz
When Billy goes to his cousin’s apartment in Billy, we hear “Clint Eastwood” by The Gorillaz.
Mythology Trivia
References
The Shining
In The Puppet Show, Xander holds up Sid the Dummy and says, “Redrum, Redrum”. Redrum is from Stephen King’s novel The Shining, and for those not in the know, it’s ‘murder’ spelt backwards. The Shining was made into a movie starring Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance.
In Gone, Buffy says, “All work and no play makes Doris a dull girl”. This is a reference to The Shining in which the main character, Jack Torrance, writes the words “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” when he starts to go crazy from cabin fever.
In Normal Again, Jonathan says, “I’m going all Jack Torrance here, you know?” referring to the main character in The Shining.
In Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?, Angel is staying in room 217 in the hotel. This is the same room number in The Shining in which young Danny Torrance finds a dead woman in the bathtub.
In Billy, the scenes of Wesley chasing Fred through the hotel with an axe are reminiscent of the move version of The Shining, in which Jack Torrence does the same thing.
The Terminator
The conversation in Living Conditions about Parker’s interest in Buffy, (Xander says “Hasta” and “Buffinator” and Oz says “He’ll be back”) is a reference to The Terminator movies, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by Jame Cameron.
In This Year’s Girl, Buffy called Adam “the Terminator without the bashful charm” and in When She Was Bad, Willow and Xander referenced the movie when playing “Guess the Movie”. In Primeval, Adam has an arm-gun (”I’ve been upgrading”). This is reminiscent of the gun the Terminator has in the movie trilogy. In All the Way, Janice calls her mother “The Mominator”.
In Billy, Cordelia says, “You can’t barge into a police precinct and go all Terminator.” At one point in the original Terminator movie, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character drives into a police station and shoots up the place killing most of the police inside.
Goofs
Quotes
Cordelia: Angel, I didn t ask you to train me so I could stave. I already know how to stave. Now, I need to learn how to fight.
Cordelia: Then why were you crying five minutes ago? (Lilah looks surprised) There's not a thing about badly re-applied mascara that I don't know.
Cordelia: Angel feels responsible for this guy because he brought him back from hell. I fell responsible because he did it to save me. You, who are actually responsible for the entire thing, feel nothing at all, because you are a vicious bitch.
Cordelia: Please, I was you. With better shoes.
Lilah: These are Boracci.
Cordelia: Fall collection?
Lilah: Next spring.
Cordelia: He's widened the heel.
Cordelia: Actually I'm feeling superior because I have an arrow aimed at your jugular. And the irony of using a phallic shaped weapon? Not lost on me.
Wesley: How can you know that? Something inside me was forced to the surface. Something primal. Something...
Fred: Do you want to kill me?
Wesley: Oh, God, no.