''An ancient prophecy tells of a child. From darkness will be born a great power. The battle for Angel's unborn child begins.''

Synopsis

The Short: In the second of a four part series Angel must do everything in his power to protect Darla and their unborn child when Wolfram & Hart launches a full attack to take mother and baby, in addition to a vampire cult who believe the baby is The Miracle Child.

The Long: After a ''Previously on Angel'' segment we open in 1764 York, England as Holtz and his men think they have found a house where Angelus and Darla are hiding (see

1. Fred: ''You freaks make one move and I'll slice the miracle kid into triplets.''
   Cordelia: ''It's always the quiet ones.''
   Vampire: ''Wait!''
   Fred: ''They don't know the knife can't hurt the baby.''
   Darla: ''They do now. Vampires have great hearing. Here we go.''
   Well, it was a good idea. Better luck next time Fred. Listen to the quote here.

1. York, England, 1764
   York is...
   
   
2. Sahjhan: ''I know it seems like only a moment to you, but two hundred and twenty seven years have passed since our agreement. Empires have risen and fallen. Mankind has harnessed the power of the sun, walked on the moon, and turned arid desserts into fields of green.''
   Harnessing the power of the sun is probably a reference to the invention of the atom bomb.
   Walking on the moon...
   
   
3. Sahjhan: ''Yes. It went through a rough patch about sixty years ago, but it's mostly unchanged. Warm beer, boiled meat, bad teeth. That's why I moved to L.A. Have you followed this part of the history? American Revolution, manifest destiny, westward expansion, the Beach Boys?''
   The rough patch England went through about 60 years ago is probably...
   The American Revolution is...
   Manifest destiny is...
   Westward expansion is...
   The Beach Boys are...
   
   
4. Linwood: ''Oh, god. If they've heard about this in Berlin, Singapore and Muncie can't be far behind. Now listen, if the Senior Partners are looking to assign blame, the buck stops here, you understand me?''
   Berlin is...
   Singapore is...
   Muncie is...
   
   
5. Gunn: ''Human as is in humanoid? As in cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers?''
   Gunn obviously has seen the 1984 horror film C.H.U.D. which featured cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers.
   
   
6. Lilah: ''Gentlemen, may I introduce Doctor Fetvanovich from our satellite office in the Balkans.''
   The Balkans are...
   
   
7. Darla: ''Sorry, darling. I'm gonna have to be Switzerland and sit this one out. Now, you did say you were just gonna kill the humans, right?''
   Switzerland is...
   
   
8. Angel: ''Vegas? Sorry, Gunn, too high profile, but I agree we need to get out of Dodge.''
   Las Vegas is a city of southeast Nevada near the California and Arizona borders. It is a major tourist center known for its casinos. Also referenced by Buffy in Surprise, Gunn in Heartthrob and Fred in Fredless.
   Dodge city is...

1. Wesley: ''Previously on Angel.''
   Reprise - Angel has sex with Darla.
   The Offspring - Wesley speaks of the Niazian prophecies. Darla arrives at Angel Investigations pregnant. Cordelia asks how Darla is feeling, and Darla attacks her. Angel vows to kill her. Angel learns the baby has a soul. Fred says the Tro-clon is arriving now. Holtz wakes up and wants to know where Angelus is.
   Disharmony - Cordelia imagines what would happen if Angel slept with Darla. Angel says he would never do that.
   
   
   
2. Cyril: ''Remember those exterminators he sent to Angel's hotel? They don't kill bugs. They plant them.''
   That Vision Thing - Someone sent exterminators to Angel Investigations.
   
   
3. Gavin: ''Blackmail? No one cares. From what I've hear, bumping uglies with an old man that body-jumped into a vampire is the closest thing you've had to a meaningful relationship in years.''
   Carpe Noctem - Lilah got drunk and almose had sex with Marcus, who had taken over Angel's body.

The official WB photo gallery for this episode is at http://www.thewb.com/Popups/PhotoGallery/0,8200,29341,00.html.

You can download the official trailer for this episode at http://www.thewb.com/Popups/Trailers/0,8204,25575,00.html.

Angelus and Darla killed Holtz family in York England 1764. Holtz makes the deal with Sahjhan nine years later, so it was probably in 1773.

The twin psychics are the 47th and 48th reoccurring non-star characters on the show. They were last seen in Blind Date.

New name for Angel: Doctor Angel (by Cordelia).

New name for Cordelia: Female One (by the technician).

Sahjhan is the 46th reoccurring non-star character on the show. He was last seen in The Offspring.

Points Of View

Mathew:

I liked Fred in this episode. Too bad this was mostly filler. I wish they could fill us in a little more on that cool assassin guy.

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