"Angel" Hell-Bound (2003)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Steven S. DeKnight

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator) &
David Greenwalt (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Angel" (1999)

Original Air Date:

22 October 2003 (Season 5, Episode 4)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller

Plot:

Fred faces technical and budgetary setbacks in her project to make Spike corporeal. Meanwhile, Spike is beset by grisly apparitions that only he can see.

Plot Keywords:

Cult Hero | Attempted Murder | Vampire Detective | Neo Noir | Physical Abuse

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Oct. 18

7:00 AM

TNT

Hellbound

#5.4

Cast

David Boreanaz	...	Angel
James Marsters	...	Spike
J. August Richards	...	Charles Gunn
Amy Acker	...	Winifred 'Fred' Burkle
Andy Hallett	...	Lorne
Alexis Denisof	...	Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
Willow Geer	...	Glass Woman
Peter Kanetis	...	Lawyer #1
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Allison Barcott	...	Armless Woman
Dorie Barton	...	Claire the Medium
Elliott Grey	...	Hanging Man
Judson Pearce Morgan	...	Bloody Lawyer
Simon Templeman	...	Matthias Pavayne
Sarah Thompson	...	Eve

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Quotes:

Spike: So that's it, then. I really am going to burn.
Angel: Welcome to the club.
Spike: Well, least I got company, eh? You and me, together again. Hope and Crosby. Stills and Nash. Chico and the ...
Angel: Yeah, are we done?
Spike: Never much for small talk, were you? Always too busy trying to perfect that brooding block of wood mystique. God, I love that.
Angel: Not as much as I loved your nonstop yammering.
Spike: The way you always had to be the big swingy, swaggerin' around, barkin' orders.
Angel: Never listening.
Spike: Always interrupting.
Angel: And your hair. What color do they call that? Radioactive?
[...]

Is this the part where I say "Who's there?" and something creepy happens?

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Is this the part where I say "Who's there?" and something creepy happens? - ANGEL is a dark, horror show but when it comes to horror episodes I think that it didn't have enough of those, so this episode was a hoot seeing as it had almost everything that makes horror, horror. It had lots of blood, disturbing images, lots of nakkidness (Amy in the shower and James getting stripped) and plenty of jumpy moments. Seeing as I don't usually like the 'Spike' character and think that he brings down the episodes he's in, I found myself actually liking him in this one, which I guess is a good thing. The episode is also one of the goriest episodes of the show, the teaser has a creepy guy with cuts all over his face cutting off his fingers, other pretty disturbing moments were the sweet lady without arms asking 'Spike' to hold her, the woman with a piece of glass in her eye and the medium that got killed by Payvayne and threw up blood on 'Fred's face. The episode ends with 'Payvayne' made solid and ending up in his own private hell in W&H. It's a pretty dark episode that made me like 'Spike' even for just a little while. SPIKE: Never much for small talk, were you? Always too busy trying to perfect that brooding block-of-wood mystique. God, I love that. ANGEL: Not as much as I loved your nonstop yammering. SPIKE: The way you always had to be the big swingy, swaggerin' around, barkin' orders... ANGEL: Never listening... SPIKE: Always interrupting... ANGEL: And your hair. What color do they call that, radioactive? (9.5 out of 10)