The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco
Series = Angel


Caption = {Caption|}
Season = 5
Episode = 06
Airdate = November 5, 2003
Production = 5ADH06
Writer = Jeffrey Bell
Director = Jeffrey Bell
Guests = Danny Mora
(Number 5)
Episode list = List of "Angel" episodes
Prev = Life of the Party
Next = Lineage

"The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco" is episode 6 of season 5 in the television show "Angel". Written and directed by Jeffrey Bell, it was originally broadcast on November 5, 2003 on the WB network. See List of "Angel" episodes for a complete list.

Plot

On the Mexican Day of the Dead, Angel has a run-in with a masked Wolfram and Hart employee. He is connected to an Aztec warrior demon named Tezcatcatl, who preys on the hearts of heroes. This leads Angel to wrestle with some personal issues when he learns about 'Los Hermanos Numeros', a family of five Mexican luchadores who helped the helpless until one day four were slain by Tezcatcatl, Angel helps the last member, 'Number Five', the aforementioned employee, discover the hero inside, which he lost when his family were killed. Five, Angel and the four brothers, temporarily back from the dead, battle and kill the demon. Unfortunately, this leads to the death of Number Five, who is escorted into the afterlife by his brothers.

Meanwhile, Spike researches the Shanshu Prophecy (from the first season) about a vampire becoming human and thinks that he, not Angel, may be the vampire who will become human.

Production

Writer/director Jeffrey Bell explains that he always wanted to work Mexican wrestling into one of his "The X-Files" scripts, but it wasn't until he pitched the idea to creator Joss Whedon that he was able to realize his "lifelong dream - to tell a story about Mexican wrestlers."Citation |url=http://www.whedon.info/Jeff-Bell-Cult-Times-Magazine.html |title=Jeff Bell - Cult Times Magazine Interview |first=Deborah |last=M. |date=2003-12-17 |publisher=Cult Times Magazine Special Edition |issue=28 ] The inspiration for the episode came partly from the real life Mexican wrestler Santo whose career included film roles as masked "luchador" fighting vampires and other supernatural foes, one of whose films was used in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode "Samson And The Vampire Women". [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/buffy/angel/episodes/five/page6.shtml]

When Number 5 is in the bar and a "Wolfram and Hart" attorney holds out a business card, there is a grammatical error on the multi-dimensional law-firm's calling card. It reads 'Attorney's at Law' as opposed to 'Attorneys at Law.'

The Wilhelm scream can be heard approximately one minute into the episode.

Acting

Main cast

*David Boreanaz as Angel
*James Marsters as Spike
*J. August Richards as Charles Gunn
*Amy Acker as Winifred Burkle
*Andy Hallett as Lorne
*Alexis Denisof as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce

Guest star

*Danny Mora as Number Five

Co-stars

*Bruno Gioiello as Security Guard

Continuity

*In the non-canonical comic "," Spike reveals that he actually met Los Hermanos Numeros in 1947, and chose not to tell the others.

Music

*Calexico - "Guero canelo"

Translations

*Italian title: "La triste storia di Numero Cinco" ("The Sad Story Of Numero Cinco")

References

External links

*imdb episode|id=0512909|episode=The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco

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