Bachelor Party (Angel episode)
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| “Bachelor Party” | |
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| Angel episode | |
 Harry's fiance, Richard, in demon form |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 7 |
| Guest stars | Kristin Dattilo Carlos Jacott |
| Written by | Tracy Stern |
| Directed by | David Straiton |
| Production no. | 1ADH07 |
| Original airdate | November 16, 1999 |
| Episode chronology | |
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| "Sense & Sensitivity" | "I Will Remember You" |
| List of Angel episodes | |
"Bachelor Party" is episode 7 of season 1 in the television show Angel. See List of Angel episodes for a complete list.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
[edit] Summary
Doyle is knocked a little off balance when his estranged wife, Harrie, asks for a divorce so she'll be free to marry her new love, Richard. Though quite surprised to learn this piece of Doyle's past, Angel and Cordelia do all they can to support their friend. With the wedding a few days away, Cordelia accepts Harrie's invitation to her bridal shower. That night, Angel shadows Richard and discovers that the seemingly affable fiance is an Ano-Movic demon. Doyle, who believes that Harrie's rejection of his half-demon heritage caused their breakup, contends with his own pain and anger and accepts Richard's invitation to the bachelor party. Apparently, the wedding cannot proceed without Doyle's blessing on Harrie's second union. Little do either the bride-to-be or Team Angel know, a sacred Ano-Movic tradition involves ritualistically eating the first husband's brain.
[edit] Expanded Overview
Doyle tries to get Angel to go out, but Angel would rather read a book. Cordelia's rich date gets the third degree from Doyle and Angel, before she drags him out the door. After finding a picture of Buffy in the book Angel was reading, Doyle gets a vision of a guy who is going to be eaten by vampires, and they go off to save him. Cordelia's date turns out to be an incredible bore, but Angel and Doyle's evening is much more eventful as they kill off the vampires and rescue the guy from being killed.
One of the surviving vampires follows Doyle back to the office just as Cordelia's date is dropping her off early. The vampire attacks her, and after Cordelia's date runs off in fear, Doyle saves her and kills the vampire. Cordelia comes to the conclusion that Doyle might have some potential and goes to invite him out, but she doesn't get the chance to completely ask. Doyle's estranged wife, Harry returns, wanting a divorce so she can marry another man. Doyle tells Angel that after they got married, Doyle found out about the demon genes he inherited from his father.
At Doyle's request, Angel follows Harry's future husband and spots him make an exchange for money and then enters a restaurant. At the restaurant, Angel spies Richard as he turns into a demon then heads back to Harry. Angel breaks through a window and attacks Richard, before Harry stops him. She knows about and is okay with Richard being a demon, she even studies demons now. Richard's whole family is from the same demon clan, a nice clan that owns a chain of restaurants. Harry reveals that she freaked at first about Doyle being a demon, but then she accepted it, and it was him that had the problem with it.
Doyle finally convinces himself that it wasn't the demon that broke him apart from Harry and signs the divorce papers. Richard invites Doyle to his bachelor party, while Harry invites Cordelia to her wedding shower. Richard's family works on the party's events, which includes the eating of the first husband's brains. Doyle brings Angel along to the bachelor party. Richard asks about Doyle's marriage to Harry while at the wedding shower, Harry tells Cordelia about what a great guy Doyle used to be. She reveals that Doyle was a third grade teacher, and worked at a soup kitchen. After following some of Richard's family upstairs and stumbling upon one of their demonic rituals, Angel calls Cordelia to see if Harry can translate some of their chants.
Not expecting his appearance, and not needing any witnesses, Richard's family members beat up Angel and throw him out of a window. After Doyle gives his blessing to the wedding, he is locked into a box with just his head exposed. They numb his head and then inform him that they're going to cut it open and Richard will eat his brains to ensure that his marriage to Harry will be successful. Harry deciphers the text and she and Cordelia leave to save Doyle. Angel wakes up and then interrupts the demon family before they can harm Doyle. A huge fight breaks out, and Doyle finally turns to his demon for strength. Harry stops the fight and then Richard presents her with a choice. If the ritual isn't performed, they can't get married, and she hands over her ring and leaves.
At the office, Doyle mopes around and Cordelia attempts to cheer him up. It helps a little, and then Doyle gets a vision, and this time, he sees Buffy.
[edit] Bestiary
[edit] The Straleys - Ano-movic demons
Richard Howard Straley and his family are all Ano-movic demons. The Ano-movic were once a rather violent nomadic clan of demons, but around the XX century they gave up their orthodox teachings and language (Aratuscan) and were assimilated into western culture. However, they still practice certain rituals and beliefs, including a marriage tradition that dictates that if a male is to marry a divorcee, he must ingest the brains of the first husband in order to assimilate the love from the first marriage into the new union. The ritual includes the blessing of a ceremonial knife by a clan elder (like Richard's uncle John). Ano-Movic demons are humanoid in appearance, though they have red, scaly skin and small skin covered spines instead of eyebrows. They have the ability to shift human visage and their knees bend in two directions.
[edit] unnamed vampires
Angel and Doyle fight a small pack of punk vampires intending to feast on a young man.
[edit] Writing and acting
[edit] Production details
[edit] Quotes and trivia
Guest star Carlos Jacott is one of only four actors to appear on Buffy, Angel, and Firefly. He appeared as Ken in "Anne", the first episode of the third season of Buffy, and in the first two episodes of Firefly.
[edit] Translations
- Italian title: "Addio al Celibato" ("Bachelor Party", literally "Farewell to Bachelorhood")
[edit] Continuity
[edit] Arc significance
Crossover with Buffy: In the last scene, Doyle has a vision of Buffy in danger. Angel will go to Sunnydale in "Pangs".
[edit] Timing
- Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
| Location, time (if known) |
Buffyverse chronology: Fall 1999 - December 1999 (non-canon = italic) |
|---|---|
| L.A. 1999 | Angel comic: Doyle: Spotlight |
| L.A. 1999 | A1.01 City of |
| Sunnydale, 1999 | B4.01 The Freshman |
| Sunnydale, 1999 | B4.02 Living Conditions |
| L.A. 1999 | |
| L.A. 1999 | A1.02 Lonely Hearts |
| L.A. 1999 | A1.00 Unaired Angel pilot |
| L.A. 1999 | Angel book: Not Forgotten |
| Sunnydale, 1999 | B4.03 The Harsh Light of Day |
| L.A. 1999 | A1.03 In the Dark |
| Sunnydale, 1999 | B4.04 Fear, Itself |
| Sunnydale, 1999 | Buffy graphic novel: Blood of Carthage |
| L.A. 1999 | Angel graphic novel: Surrogates |
| L.A. 1999 | Angel comic: Strange Bedfellows story, Angel #4 |
| Sunnydale, 1999 | Buffy video game: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Game Boy Color) |
| Sunnydale, 1999 | Tales of the Slayer: All That You Do Comes Back.. |
| L.A. 1999 | A1.04 I Fall to Pieces |
| Sunnydale, 1999 | B4.05 Beer Bad |
| L.A. 1999 | A1.05 Rm w/a Vu |
| Sunnydale, 1999 | Buffy books: Lost Slayer series |
| Sunnydale, 1999 | B4.06 Wild at Heart |
| Sunnydale, 1999 | Buffy graphic novel: Oz |
| Sunnydale, 1999 | Buffy book: Oz: Into the Wild |
| L.A. 1999 | A1.06 Sense & Sensitivity |
| Sunnydale, 1999 | B4.07 The Initiative |
| L.A. 1999 | A1.07 Bachelor Party |
| L.A. 1999 | Angel book: Close to the Ground |
| L.A. 1999 | Angel book: Soul Trade |
| L.A. 1999 | Angel graphic novel: Earthly Possessions |
| L.A. 1999 | Angel book: Redemption |
| L.A. 1999 | Angel book: Shakedown |
| L.A. 1999 | Angel book: Hollywood Noir |
| L.A. 1999 | Angel book: Avatar |
| L.A. 1999 | Angel book: Bruja |
| L.A. 1999 | Angel book: The Summoned |
| Sunnydale, 1999 | B4.08 Pangs |
| L.A. 1999 | A1.08 I Will Remember You |
| Sunnydale, 1999 | B4.09 Something Blue |
| L.A. 1999 | A1.09 Hero |
| Sunnydale, 1999 | B4.10 Hush |
| L.A. 1999 | A1.10 Parting Gifts |
| Sunnydale, 1999 | B4.11 Doomed |
| L.A. 1999 | A1.11 Somnambulist |
