"Angel" Five by Five (2000)

User Rating:

8.8/10   

Director:

James A. Contner

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Angel" (1999)

Original Air Date:

25 April 2000 (Season 1, Episode 18)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller

Plot:

This episode brings Faith to LA. She's still struggling with her darkness and fleeing her life in Sunnydale...

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Vampire Slayer | Redemption | Actress | Supernatural

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 24

7:00 AM

TNT

Five by Five

#1.18

Cast

David Boreanaz	...	Angel
Charisma Carpenter	...	Cordelia Chase
Alexis Denisof	...	Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
Julie Benz	...	Darla
Christian Kane	...	Lindsey McDonald
Thomas Burr	...	Lee Mercer
Tyler Christopher	...	Bret Folger
Stephanie Romanov	...	Lilah Morgan
Eliza Dushku	...	Faith
Rainbow Borden	...	Gangbanger
Francis Fallon	...	Dick
Adrienne Janic	...	Attractive Girl
Rodrick Fox	...	Assistant DA
Thor Edgell	...	Romanian Man
Jennifer Slimko	...	Romanian Woman

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Mutant Enemy

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Faith is torturing Wesley, Angel comes crashing through the door. He was never invited in and the man who owned the apartment was in the hospital, not dead. Angel never went to the hospital, Cordilia just told him where the apartment was.

Quotes:

Faith: I'm evil! I'm bad! I'm evil! Do you hear me? I'm bad! Angel, I'm bad!
[She begins to sob, grabbing a hold of Angel's shirt and shaking him]
Faith: I'm ba-ad. Do you hear me? I'm bad! I'm bad! I'm bad. Please. Angel, please, just do it.
[Wesley comes running out of the house]
Faith: Angel please, just do it. Just do it. Just kill me. Just kill me.

Soundtrack:

Living Dead Girl (Subliminal Seduction mix)

Angel Five by Five, A Hidden Gem

I can not say enough about the dramatic writing and directing ability of Jim Kouf in the "Five by Five" Angel Episode. It was a tremendous dramatic story, that lets one see the humanity of the evil Faith Lehane. Most of the Angel shows are gimmick filled. When I say gimmick filled, I mean, they have things like, why is Angel acting so sensitive or what are these people hiding. The same was true in this show. The title probably should have been the special gimmick. The title very intelligently clues one into the ending, because the meaning of the title (I read your signal loud and clear) ties into why Angel does what he does. However, when one discovers the tie in from the Title to the super dramatic ending, it does not look like a gimmick.

I was falling a sleep one night a few years ago, when this episode of Angel came on. About 4/5 of the way through, I suddenly heard Eliza Dushku shout, "You can't take me! No one can take me!" I realized, I never heard that kind of diologue in any TV show, except WWE wrestling. I woke up and started to sit on the edge of my seat. Jim Kouf did not let me down and Eliza gave the performance of a lifetime and the best performance from anyone from Buffy or Angel. I went out and bought the Angel first season DVD. I have watched this episode and especially the last 15 minutes of this episode over 200 hundred times and never get tired of it. It is always a powerful dramatic experience, despite the fact that I know the ending so well.