In Unleashed, Royce uses Calendula to block Lorne from reading him whilst singing. Calendula is in fact a flower with yellow or orange flowers - related to the Marigold. In medicine, it has properties that reduce inflammation, control bleeding and soothe irritated tissue.

In Unleashed, Fred says of Angel, “Girls, guys… puppies. He’s pretty much an equal-opportunity saver.” This could be a reference to the episode Orpheus, when Faith witnessed Angel’s past life - including saving a puppy.

David Boreanaz is a hockey fan - he even took part in a celebrity game when the NHL All-Star game was held in Los Angeles. In Loyalty, Angel buys Connor a mini hockey shirt and sticks, and he can be seen watching a game in Life of the Party.

In The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco, Spike says to Angel, “If wishes were horses…” In Not Fade Away, after Illyria says, “I wish to do more violence”, Spike says, “Well, wishes just happen to be horses today”.

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 …

Knox worked in the Wolfram & Hart science lab under Fred’s management. A geeky but seemingly non-evil type, he had a crush on Fred, who (eventually) made it clear that she has no romantic intentions towards him. He was a devoted follower of Illyria, one of the old ones, …

Lush have a beauty product called Buffy the Backside Slayer for sale. It contains “a combination of ground grains to exfoliate your legs and backside which give you a right good scrubbing, plus wonderfully smoothing oils and stimulating fragrances.”

In “I Robot, You Jane,” Buffy makes a big deal out of how her hair looks after she was electrocuted. She then goes to the computer lab and discovers Dave’s body, but when she comes back, her hair’s back to normal. Surely she didn’t stop to brush it in the …

Spike calls Buffy “Betty” in Superstar, either to tease her or because he might not know her name (since she gets so little limelight in the Jonathan-centric alternative universe). Given his special interest in hunting Slayers, however, one could certainly argue Spike knows her name and is razzing her. In …

All of the TV shows Spike watches or references are soap operas: Passions, Dawson’s Creek, and Falconcrest.

Jenny Mollen played Nina in season five of Angel. Born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1979, Jenny attended UCLA’s school of theatre, film, and television. While at UCLA, she wrote and produced a one woman show called Not A Pretty Girl. She has also studied and lived in Paris, France and …

Nina was attacked by a werewolf whilst out jogging, in the Angel episode Unleashed. She managed to escape but had been bitten, and so became a werewolf herself. Angel found her before she attacked her niece, and kept safe at Wolfram & Hart. She bonded with Angel as they both …

Lorne says to Wesley and Fred in A Hole in the World, “Get a balcony you two, eh?” This is most likely a reference to the famous balcony scene in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet.

Many of the main Angel cast have been killed or near death. Angel was killed and vamped in 1753; Doyle was killed in Hero; Gunn was electrocuted by Gwen and revived in Ground State; Wesley’s throat was slashed in Sleep Tight, he was shot in The Thin Dead Line and …

Wesley likes to attack the women in his life with axes - in Billy, he chased after Fred with an axe; he beheaded Lilah with one in Calvary; and attempted to kill Illyria with one in Shells.