Sanctuary (Angel episode)
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| “Sanctuary” | |
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| Angel episode | |
 Angel steps out of the shower  Buffy arrives and is shocked that Angel is protecting Faith |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 19 |
| Guest stars | Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy) Eliza Dushku (Faith) Christian Kane (Lindsey) Stephanie Romanov (Lilah) Elisabeth Röhm (Kate) Alastair Duncan (Collins) Thomas Burr (Lee Mercer) |
| Written by | Tim Minear Joss Whedon |
| Directed by | Michael Lange |
| Production no. | 1ADH19 |
| Original airdate | May 2, 2000 |
| Episode chronology | |
| ← Previous | Next → |
| "Five by Five" | "War Zone" |
| List of Angel episodes | |
"Sanctuary" is episode 19 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
Buffy comes to Los Angeles seeking vengeance against Faith after learning of her whereabouts, and finds Angel letting a conflicted Faith stay at his place in an attempt to redeem her violent nature, much to Buffy's shock and chagrin. Meanwhile, Wesley is faced with a crisis of loyalties when the Watcher's Council assassins arrive and offer him a chance at reinstatement if he gives Faith over to them. Also, the evil Wolfram & Hart lawyers Lindsey, Lilah, and Lee, hire another demon assassin to take down Angel and Faith. Unsuccessful, Lindsey turns to Kate to help them take revenge on Faith and Angel.
[edit] Expanded overview
Picking up where "Five by Five" left off, Angel and Faith go to his apartment and try to recover from the fight. In a brief, but violent vision, Faith charges at Angel with a knife and cuts up his face. Cordelia and Wesley check out each other's wounds and both share the same negative feelings about Faith. Angel comes up for food to feed Faith and argues with Wesley about giving Faith another chance. Cordelia gets Angel to sign several checks, which will fund her vacation so she can be gone for as long as Faith is around.
The police check over the apartment where Faith was staying and the fight occurred. Another officer accuses Kate of being "Scully" from X-Files, but she says she's the "Mulder", Scully is the skeptic but she believes. Angel finds Faith leaning against a concrete supporter and talks to her about redemption, and that the first thing to do is to give him the knife she's holding. She hands it over, seemingly not knowing she had it in the first place. The lawyers at Wolfram and Hart are very upset that Faith is now teaming up with Angel and plan to have her killed. Haunted by visions of her violent past in Sunnydale, Faith tries to leave, but Angel talks her into staying. Wesley plays darts at a bar, and encounters Weatherby, a member of the Watcher's Council's Special Operations team on the hunt for Faith.
The council members talk with Wesley and give him an opportunity to come back to the Council if he's willing to turn in Faith. They give him a syringe that, if injected will sedate Faith and let them take her back to England. Angel talks with Faith and tells her she has to make amends for her crimes, no matter how hard it is. She accidentally lets it slip that she slept with Buffy's new boyfriend. Faith sees herself on the news and that the police are looking for her. A demon hired by Wolfram and Hart sneaks into Angel's apartment and attacks. Faith kills it with a knife, and then is frightened by the sight of the demon's blood on her hands.
Without warning, Buffy arrives at Angel's place and finds Angel hugging Faith. Buffy is shocked, and is determined to turn Faith in to the police. Angel sends Faith upstairs and when Buffy objects, the two come to blows. Upset about their failed attempts to destroy Faith and Angel, Lindsey MacDonald goes to Detective Lockley for her help. Buffy and Angel argue over Faith and then Wesley arrives downstairs with Faith, informing them all about the team hunting for Faith. Wesley trusts Angel and is doing what he can to save Faith from the Council.
The two Slayers escape to the roof and argue about everything that has happened. Buffy is not willing to forgive Faith for all the damage she has done despite the fact that she is genuinely sorry. While Weatherby keeps Angel and Wesley in the apartment, Collins attacks Buffy and Faith on the roof. Armed, the third member of the team, Smith, hovers above the roof in a helicopter. Wesley distracts Weatherby, and later stabs him with the syringe while Angel escapes to the roof. Buffy battles with Collins, and Angel jumps through a roof window and attacks the Smith inside.
Angel orders the helicopter to land and then Kate arrests him when he won't give up Faith's location. Wesley and Buffy go to save Angel at the police station while Buffy won't allow Angel to take the fall for Faith. They are all surprised to see Faith is at the station where she voluntarily confesses to her crimes. Angel and Buffy talk about how hard it was for her to see Faith with him. Angel counters that and tells her it was not about her (Buffy), it was about saving Faith's soul. Buffy lashes out by telling Angel she has someone else in her life, and it's different from what she had with Angel because the other guy (Riley), she can trust. Angel then tells her it's good she can move on because he can't, and he has no one to share his pain with but himself. Angel then tells her that she doesn't know him anymore and to leave L.A. She descends the stairs and even though he regrets their argument, he lets her leave. Meanwhile, Faith manages to find some sort of peace in a jail cell.
[edit] Writing and acting
- Usually, Joss Whedon's name is listed first in episodes he has co-written and is credited for. Tim Minear's name is listed first because he approached the editor and (jokingly) told him that his name comes first.
- Minear admitted to being nervous writing Buffy's scenes because of the challenge of writing to her character and tone. He convinced Whedon to come in and write all of Buffy's scenes.
- Joss Whedon has said that he explained the process of writing one of his scenes: "The last scene between Buffy and Angel in the crossover where she comes to Angel, that stumped us for a long time. And I finally realised when I was working on it that it's because they need to fight now. They can't be just like, 'Oh, we're swell pals and we get along.' They really are at very different places in their lives and it's very difficult for them to see each other.. So it really helped define how the shows are different and it ends up with Angel laying into Buffy a little bit and saying, 'I've got my own show now, and it's different from your show, so get off my show!' That's basically what he's saying. And the moment I wrote that scene, I got very excited and I said, 'I get it now. I understand what Angel is and it's not Buffy,' and I felt like the training wheels came off."[1]
[edit] Production details
[edit] Quotes and trivia
- This is the final time Sarah Michelle Gellar appears on Angel, though the Back of Buffy's head is seen twice in two separate season 5 episodes of Angel.
- This is the only episode where Buffy (Gellar) and Kate (Röhm) have a scene together.
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[edit] Continuity
[edit] Arc significance
Crossover with Buffy: After this episode, Angel will visit Sunnydale in "The Yoko Factor".
[edit] Timing
- Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
| Location, time (if known) |
Buffyverse chronology: January 2000 - Spring 2000 (non-canon = italic) |
|---|---|
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.12 A New Man |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.12 Expecting |
| L.A., 2000 | Angel graphic novel: Hunting Ground |
| L.A., 2000 | Angel comic: Strange Bedfellows/Love for sale |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.13 The I in Team |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.13 She |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.14 Goodbye Iowa |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy video game: Wrath of the Darkhul King |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.14 I've Got You Under My Skin |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.15 This Year's Girl |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.15 The Prodigal |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.16 Who Are You |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.16 The Ring |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy comic: Giles |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy comic: Jonathan (by Jane Espenson) |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.17 Superstar |
| Sunnydale, L.A., 2000 | Buffy/Angel graphic novel: Past Lives |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy graphic novel: Out of the Woodwork |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy book: These Our Actors |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.17 Eternity |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.18 Where the Wild Things Are |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.18 Five By Five |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.19 New Moon Rising |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.19 Sanctuary |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.20 The Yoko Factor |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.20 War Zone |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.21 Primeval |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.21 Blind Date |
| Sunnydale, L.A., 2000 | B4.22 Restless |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.22 To Shanshu in L.A. |
| L.A., 2000 | Angel comic: Cordelia special |
| Sunnydale, L.A., 2000 | Buffy/Angel books: Unseen [Trilogy] |
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Bassom, David, "Meet the Master", from Buffy the Vampire Slayer magazine #11 (UK, August 2000), page 7-8.
[edit] External links
- Sanctuary at the Internet Movie Database
