The Buffy and Angel Trivia Guide // Zap!

Angel’s unexpected reaction to Gwen’s powers in Ground State was written in the stage directions as follows:

ZAP! CGI SPARKS leap from her hands, and we go into a SPECIAL FX SHOT: AN INTERNAL-ORGAN VERSION OF ANGEL’S BODY, as we see his SHRIVELLED DEAD HEART CONVULSE, as though zapped with electricity, before FILLING WITH BLOOD and beginning to BEAT. We HEAR: THA-DUMP, THA-DUMP.