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Eternity - 1ADH17
The Short: From the WB11 home
page: Wesley and Angel endure a painful experience: attending Cordelia's
first stage appearance. As they stretch the truth to spare potential hurt
feelings, Cordelia spots Oliver Simon, a top talent agent, and one of his
clients, Rebecca Lowell, a former soap opera star, leaving a
paparazzi-filled event. While Cordelia lists the many accomplishments of
Rebecca Lowell, Angel notices Rebecca is in apparent danger and rescues her
from an ongoing car. The next day, Rebecca pays a visit to Angel Investigations and tells
Angel she is being stalked by a celebrity fan. She asks Angel for his help,
but he turns down the case. Wesley deduces Angel has feelings for Rebecca
and has rejected the case to prevent himself from obtaining the true
happiness that would unleash his evil vampire within. Cordelia is beside
herself with disappointment, after all, this Rebecca woman could be a
serious networking opportunity! Later that evening, Rebecca has a gathering.
As she ascends the stairs she hears noises. Angel bursts in and chases out
the stalker. When Rebecca glances into the mirror, she notices Angel does
not have a reflection. She asks him about this, and he tells her the truth.
The next day, Rebecca asks Angel to attend a premiere with her. After they
make their grand entrance, they enter a secret alleyway and encounter
Rebecca's stalker. Angel manages to drag him down. When
Rebecca realizes the stalker is a stuntman and former client of Oliver's,
she confronts him. When Oliver mentions no one stays young forever,
Rebecca glances at Angel and gets an idea. The next day, she and Cordelia
go shopping and Rebecca pumps her for information. That night, she comes
over in a sexy number and gives Angel a bottle of champagne to thank him
for his valiant efforts. She slips a drug into his
drink and moments later, tells him she wants to become a vampire. The
drugs begin to affect Angel's judgement, and moments later, the persona of
Angelus emerges. After an exchange of evil pleasantries, Cordelia and Wesley
manage to knock him out and keep him contained until the drugs wear off. The
next day Angel apologizes to Cordelia and Wesley for his behavior.
Although some people wonder about the mechanics of Angel's curse, I would
guess that it was never lifted, and the effects of the drug merely made
Angel less inhibited, letting his demon side which is always just below
the surface, rise to dominance. One interesting note is that Angel displays
superhuman leaping ability. We get a well done example of vampires not
having reflections in this episode.
Bela Lugosi (1882-1956)
played the part of the vampire Count Dracula in the 1931 film Dracula, which
is probably the most famous rendition of Dracula in history.
He became known for the roll and played Dracula numerous times including
the 1948 comedy Abbott And
Costello Meet Frankenstein.
Gary Oldman
played the part of the vampire Count Dracula in the 1992 film Dracula. An interesting bit of
trivia is that regular watchers of Buffy heard him in the episode
Lover's Walk, he was the guy singing My Way on Spike's
radio as he left town!
Frank Langella played
the part of the vampire Count Dracula in the 1979 film Dracula. One of his recent works
is the 1998 film Small
Soldiers, where he supplied a voice to Archer along side Buffy's
Sarah Michelle
Gellar.
David Boreanaz as Angel
Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase
Alexis Denisof as Wesley Wyndham-Pryce
Tamara Gorski as Rebecca Lowell
Michael Mantell as Oliver Simon
Robin Meyers as the Masseuse
Tamara Gorski, who
played Rebecca, played the part Megan on Poltergeist: The Legacy and of
Morigan in season 5 of Hercules,
The Legendary Journies. Her other roles include parts on Forever Knight, Dracula: The Series, Highlander and Friday The 13th: The Series. One
of her earliest starring roles was playing Jenny Nielson in the 1992 film Return To The Lost World, seen
to the right. One of her latest starring rolls was playing Casey Roper
in the 1999 film Striking Poses, seen far right.
She has an official fan web site at http://www.homestead.com/tamaragorski/homepage.html.
