The gang try to re-ensoul Angel, but his soul is missing, and they must find a way to get it back. Meanwhile, Lilah tries to strike a deal with Angelus.
Angelus: I've had time to think, and I've realized something important. Being evil is wrong. I wanna be good. I wanna be Angel again.
Behind the Scenes Trivia
Cordy’s secret
Cordelia’s role as the big bad in season four was revealed in Calvary. This was kept top secret - and the original script even had Angel killing Lilah instead of Cordy:
Lilah hightails it, round a corner, hurries down the long hallway, looks back over her shoulder when WHAM! She’s GRABBED by someone in an open doorway (and very much O.S.). Lilah gasps, real fear on her face.
Lilah: “He’s gonna kill us!”
REVEAL it’s ANGELUS
Angelus: “I know”
He spins Lilah around in one fluid motion - DRIVES the BEAST’S DAGGER into the side of Lilah’s THROAT, destroying her only chance to scream.
Cast and Crew Trivia
Character Trivia
Continuity
Chumash again
The Soul Eater seen in the Angel episode Calvary was buried by the Chumash. The Chumash featured in the Buffy episode Pangs.
Music Trivia
Mythology Trivia
Soul-Eater
In Calvary, Cordelia has a vision of how to (falsely) re-ensoul Angel. The spell needs ths skull of a Soul-Eater, and Gunn and Connor are sent to fetch it. The Soul-Eater was buried by the Chumash two hundred years ago but was still able to fight when unearthed. The Soul-Eater is incredibly fast but was decapitated by Gunn.
References
Capri-Sun
Lorne says of Lilah in Calvary (about the episode Slouching Towards Bethlehem in which his reading of Cordelia was stolen by Wolfram & Hart), “I haven’t forgotten how she poked my head open like a Capri-Sun”. He’s referring to the drink which comes in a foil pouch, often used in packed lunches.
Watchtower
Whilst she is picking out what to wear to go to the Bronze in Welcome to the Hellmouth, Buffy holds up a flowery dress saying, “Hello, would you like a copy of the Watchtower?” which is a reference to the Jehovah’s Witness magazine.
In Calvalry, Lilah says, “Don’t go Watchtower on me Saint Cordelia, I don’t think I could stomach it.”
Goofs
Quotes
Angelus: Lilah, I had such high hopes for us. Your devious mind, my killer instincts. What a team we would have made.
Lilah: Great — being locked in a cage.
Angelus: Yet managing to display better grooming habits than you.
Cordelia: I know. (Stabs Lilah in the neck, Lilah drops to the floor) Why do you think I let him out? You stupid bitch.
Connor: (on Gunn's killing of a demon) Nice.
Gunn: Yeah, sometimes ya just gotta keep wackin'..
Angelus: Evil doesn't have to mean sloppy.
Angelus: I have to go save the world.
Lilah: Can't believe we didn't crush you people years ago.
Lorne: Wesley, would you please warn this walking infection that I haven't forgotten how she poked my head open like a Capri Sun, and while my love for humanity allows me to tolerate her presence, if need be, I will smack her down!
Lorne: (Sees Lilah) ... and what the hell is succubitch doing here?
Lilah: It's my inner megalomaniac. I rebel at serving coffee.
Fred: There's only one bitch here and I'm looking at him.
Angelus: Look at you. Heroes. So tangled up in your own crap, you can't even find the world to save it.
Angelus: Morons. The big rock doesn't have minions. It is the minion.
Angelus: But there is a bright side. You have a devoted boyfriend who loves and cares for... oh, wait. You don't. Your life really is crap.
Lilah: The great Angelus...
Angelus: Oh, come on. You can do better than that, huh? Try playing up the awe and the reverence a bit. The Great Angelus!
Angelus: What happened to pedestrians? Human pedestrians? Is there no fast food left in Los Angeles?
Angelus: You're going to use black magic to restore my soul? People, this never goes well.
Angelus: All rugged and handsome. And brains! Man, he's damn near perfect.
Wes: Thank you.
Cordy: Do you know what Angelus would do if we let him out?
Lilah: Kill you all in a bloody shower of violence - but hey, greater good!
Gunn: That Shaman shoulda never been brought here. Now instead of worrying about the big, bad rock eater, we got Darth Vampire living in the basement.
Angelus: I've had time to think, and I've realized something important. Being evil is wrong. I wanna be good. I wanna be Angel again.
Wo-Pang: Must aquire better guards
Cordelia: Man, I would love to punch your face in.
Lilah: Are you trying to turn me on?