Awakening (Angel)

Infobox Television episode
Title = Awakening
Series = Angel


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Season = 4
Episode = 10
Airdate = January 29, 2003
Production = 4ADH10
Writer = David Fury
Steven S. DeKnight
Director = James A. Contner
Guests = Andy Hallett
(Lorne)
Vladimir Kulich
(The Beast)
Roger Yuan
(Wo-Pang)
Episode list = List of "Angel" episodes
Prev = Long Day's Journey
Next = Soulless

"Awakening" is episode 10 of season 4 in the television show "Angel". See List of "Angel" episodes for a complete list.

Plot synopsis

In an attempt to locate the Beast and restore the sun to Los Angeles, Wesley brings in a dark mystic, named Wo-Pang, to extract Angel’s soul and release the evil Angelus who apparently knew the Beast centuries before and who may know how to kill it. The gang build a large cage in the basement where they tie Angel down and Wo-Pang creates an illusion reality. In it: Wo-Pang betrays the gang, and a vision from Cordelia shows the location of a sword that can kill the Beast. Angel, Cordelia, Connor and Wesley venture to a subterranean tunnel filled with lethal trip-wire devices which Angel acquires the sword, kills the Beast, restores the sun, and a happy moment leads him to make love to Cordelia...

Back in reality, the spell has had its intended effect. Angelus is back. His soul is trapped in a glass container.

Acting

Main cast

*David Boreanaz as Angel
*Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase
*J. August Richards as Charles Gunn
*Amy Acker as Winifred Burkle
*Vincent Kartheiser as Connor
*Alexis Denisof as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce

pecial guest star

*Andy Hallett as Lorne

Guest stars

*Vladimir Kulich as The Beast
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0950619/ Roger Yuan] (links to IMDB profile) as Wo-Pang

Co-star

*Larry McCormick as Himself

Cultural references

The booby traps in the cave; such as leather straps with bells on triggering wooden spikes, bear similarities to Indiana Jones. Additionally, Angel's line "Why did it have to be wood?" recalls the line "Why did it have to be snakes?" spoken by Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Translations

*Italian title: "Risveglio" ("Rewakening")
*German title: "Das Erwachen" ("The Awakening")

References

External links

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