Jamie Bergman

Jamie Bergman apperaed as the pregnant woman, Amanda, in the Angel episode Time Bomb, starring alongside her real life husband, David Boreanaz. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Jamie was the January 1999 Playboy Playmate of the Month. She has also appeared in Gone in Sixty Seconds, Any Given Sunday, Daybreak, Son of the Beach, Brutally Normal, Shasta McNasty, Beverly Hills, 90210, Dawson’s Creek and The Love Boat: The Next Wave.

Amanda

Amanda came to Wolfram & Hart to settle an agreement between herself and a group of demons called The Fell Brethren. Throughout Amanda’s pregnancy the Brethren had been taking care of her because they believed the child she was carrying was of importance to their kind. Amanda was initially brought to Wolfram & Hart to sign final documents to give up her child when it was born, as she felt they could offer the child a better life than she could. Angel and Gunn tried to persuade her not to give up her child, as he would be sacrificed when he turned thirteen. However, Angel had an inexplicable change of heart and aided the Brethren with their contract.

Illyria

Illyria was one of the legendary Old Ones - an original pure demon who ruled from her citadel (Vahla ha’nesh) in modern day Los Angeles. She was murdered by rivals and her corpse was placed in stone sarcophagus, with her powers drained and placed in jewels embedded on her coffin. Her sarcophagus was placed in a mystical graveyard known as the Deeper Well along with the coffins of other Old Ones. A warrior of good and his army were assigned to guard the Deeper Well to prevent anyone from extracting one of the coffins, as the Old Ones are capable of resurrection.

Illyria’s sarcophagus was teleported to Los Angeles, but was held up by customs officials, but Gunn was convinced into releasing the sarcophagus. Masterminded by Knox, Fred’s colleague and Illyria’s self-fashioned Qwa’ha Xahn (High Priest), the sarcophagus was delivered to Fred at the Wolfram & Hart labs. Illyria’s essence was released into Fred’s body after she touched one of the coffin’s embedded jewels.

Illyria’s essence acted as an infection that liquified Fred’s organs, hardened her skin and consumed her soul. After hours of agony, Fred’s body was completely taken over by Illyria, who in the process absorbed her memories. Illyria, with the aid of Knox, attempted to bring about the destruction of humans by resurrecting her vicious ancient army, but soon discovered that it had been destroyed long ago. Lost and without purpose, Illyria agreed to learn how to adjust to the modern world with the help of Wesley, who felt drawn to her due to his love of Fred. Spike was assigned to spend time with the Old One, to discover how powerful she was. Her powers included altering the flow of time, superhuman strength, agility and reflexes, and altering her physical appereance on a basic level.

Eventually, Illyria’s power became too much for her new body to hold. Illyria was thrown out of linear progression of the time line, altering her perspective as the power sought a way to escape. Wesley used a device called a “Mutari generator” to extract the power bleeding out of the shell, ending the threat, but this robbed the Old One of her former power. She was brutally beaten and humiliated by Marcus Hamilton, which fueled the her with anger and motivated her to join the final battle against the Senior Partners.

In the series finale, when Wesley was dying, Illyria comforted him in Fred’s form. Grieving for him, she joined the final battle against the Senior Partners.

Fell Brethren

The Fell Brethren came to Wolfram & Hart in Time Bomb to finalise a contract with Amanda, a young human woman who was pregnant with a child they believed to be the ‘Vessel’ - a holy child. The contract stated that Amanda would give over her child to the Brethren, and they would raise him with great reverence on a diet of berries, panda meat and consecrated urine. When the child was thirteen, they aimed to ritually sacrifice him in the Rights of Gordabach. Their leader was in the Circle of the Black Thorn, so Angel allowed the contract to go ahead. In the final battle in Not Fade Away, Spike destroyed the Brethren and returned the baby to Amanda. The Brethren wore hooded robes, and had wrinkled, mottled, green skin, large hooked noses and liked organic cola.

The Poseidon Adventure

In Tome Bomb, Gunn says, “This place just went Poseidon on my ass. I don’t know which way is up.” He’s referring to the movie The Poseidon Adventure in which a passenger ship capsizes upside down.