"Angel" Five by Five (2000)

User Rating:

8.9/10   

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

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)

Incredible

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

I've watched this episode so many times now, and i'm still not bored of it. It's impossible to get bored of this episode, it's amazing! First of all, Faith is in this episode, which automatically makes 'Five By Five' worth watching! When we first see Faith in this episode, she beats up this guy and takes his jacket, keys and wallet. That was just so cool. Then we see her dancing to the song 'Living Dead Girl' in a bar whilst punching a load of people.. wow, that just shows how crazy she is and how cool she is all at the same time. Plus, Eliza Dushku really is one of the most amazing actors of all time! We then see Faith talking to one of the evil lawyers (Can't spell her name or the companies name) and it just makes me laugh when I see how scared the law woman was and how small Faith looked. Faith was had the woman against the fence and she just looks so small, i'm not trying to bash peoples heights, it just made me laugh. I also love it when Faith says "I like Black" and gets into the limo... wow. Then we see Faith with a crossbow ready to shoot Angel and he turns around just as she shoots it and he catches it! Wes: "Oh my God, Faith" Angel: "I thought she was in a coma" Cordelia: "Pretty lively coma" wow, so cool. I love how then Angel walked up stairs and sees Faith standing there. Faith just makes me laugh, she's so funny but in a scary way.. Angel: "what's this? Wooden bullets?" Faith: "ooh, good idea, but no, this is for you, you know i'm gonna kill you slowly and inventively, so I'm gonna give you one chance to..." and with that Faith throws the gun to Angel and he shoots her in the leg, but, the gun has blanks. so cool. but, nothing is better than the end. It is actually scary how well Eliza acts in the torture scene... she is such a good actress and deserves much more than she gets and she should have got an award for this episode or something, like maybe an Oscar... serious. When Angel and Faith fight in the last scene, you just know something is going to happen and then the most unexpected thing happens.. Faith wants Angel to kill her. Which just makes you feel even more sorry for her. Faith is crying and she eventually breaks down in Angel's arms and begs him to end her life, but he doesn't and that was truly the most touching scene I have ever seen in the whole Buffy and Angel verse. I love this episode and it's my all time favourite. 'Sanctuary' continues this episode and that also is a touching episode. Over all, I loved Faith coming from Buffy the Vampire Slayer into Angel. It was an amazing episode.