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I've Got You Under My Skin - 1ADH14
The Short: From the WB11 home
page: Angel accidentally calls Wesley 'Doyle' while he is arguing with
Cordy, who has just made inedible brownies. We later learn Angel feels pangs
of guilt over Doyle's untimely death. Suddenly, Cordelia receives a vision
about a young family. When Angel and Wesley visit the residence, they notice
a boy sleepwalking in the street. Angel saves the boy, named Ryan, from an
ongoing car. When Angel goes inside the house to get cleaned up, Wesley
takes a look around and deduces one of the members of the family is
possessed by a demon. Meanwhile, to show their undying gratitude for Angel's
bravery, the family invites him over for dinner the following evening.
Wesley informs Angel about the demon presence and the next day, they create
a brownie recipe that will reveal the demon's presence. During desert, Ryan
puts on a demon face and Angel brings the to family Angel Investigations to exorcize it. While
Cordy stays with the family, Wesley and Angel go to the local church to find
the priest to exorcize the demon, but they soon learn from the nun that the
priest died six months earlier. Wesley decides he will perform the exorcism
and begins the ritual. The strength of the Ethros demon is such that he will
most likely kill whomever is performing the exorcism because of its need to
inhabit another body, so Cordelia travels into town to purchase a box to
contain it. However, the box is too small, and the Ethros demon escapes
after its expulsion. Angel and Wesley track him and kill him, but not before
learning Ryan was evil before the demon ever entered his soul. They go to
the house and rescue Stephanie, Ryan's sister, from a fire he had started.
Ryan is taken into police and social services custody, and the family thanks
Angel for his work.
The demon of the week is an Ethros demon. They appear to be pale humanoids with
large wrinkles on their faces and yellow eyes. They have pointed teeth
and deep inhuman voices. Although they have a physical body, they can turn
to energy and possess people. They have a tendency for mass murder, and try
to corrupt the souls of those they possess and kill those around them. They
can scan the surface thoughts of those near them, imitate voices, and
possess some level of telekinetic power. They are vulnerable to the cross
and holy water and can be bound by certain circles. They secrete a green glowing fluid called plakticine both in
normal form and when possessing others. The possessed victims have enhanced
strength and can manifest a demonic appearance. If the host of an Ethros
demon ingests eucalipsis powder they manifest their demon aspect and go into
a fit. The demon can be forced out by an exorcism ritual. When an Ethros is
cast out it immediately seeks another body to inhabit. The demon is expelled
with such force that the newly inhabited rarely survives. When wounded an
Ethros demon seeks primordial volcanic basalt to aid in it's regeneration.
In order to trap an Ethros demon an Ethros box must be used, an item made of 600 species of virgin
woods and hand crafted by blind Tibetan monks. This box will hold an Ethros
demon for 1000 years.
We have mention of a Shorshack demon, who seems similar to an Ethros demon.
A Shorshack box is pieced together by mute Chinese nuns, and although it
attracts an expelled Ethros demon, it cannot hold one.
What I found most interesting was the nun's ability to tell Angel was a
vampire on sight and her knowledge of demons in general. This indicates
the church is not as oblivious to the demon world as most people and that
certain people may have demon detection abilities.
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(Thanks to Melissa Evans for this information and to Poppedijn for the picture of Miami.)
David Boreanaz as Angel (Also did some of the voice for demon Ryan.)
Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase
Alexis Denisof as Wesley Wyndham-Pryce (Also did some of the voice for demon Ryan.)
Elisabeth Rohm as Detective Kate Lockley
Will Kempe as Seth Anderson
Katy Boyer as Paige Anderson
Anthony Cistaro as the Ethros Demon
Jesse James as Ryan Anderson
Ashley Edner as Stephanie Anderson
Patience Cleveland as the Nun
Jerry Lambert as Rick The Clerk
Glenn Quinn as Allen Francis Doyle (Uncredited, voice heard coming from Ryan.)
Jeremy Renner as Penn (Uncredited, seen fighting Angel in a flashback to Somnambulist.)
Anthony Cistaro, who played the Ethros demon also had a part of Trask in Hero.
Although you probably don't recognize her, Katy Boyer, who played Paige
Anderson, played the part of 01 (right) in the Star Trek: The Next Generation
episode 11001001 1.15.
