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"You're Welcome" is the twelfth episode of season five of the television show Angel. Written and directed by David Fury, it is the 100th episode of the series, and originally broadcast on February 4, 2004 on the WB network. In "You're Welcome," former series regular Charisma Carpenter returns as a guest star, when the character of Cordelia Chase miraculously awakens from her coma. It is her duty to put Angel, who has recently been feeling ineffective at fighting the powers of darkness, back on the right path. Meanwhile, Angel's old enemy Lindsey McDonald has resurfaced and is plotting revenge. This episode features the death and final onscreen appearance of Cordelia.

"You're Welcome"
Angel episode
Episode no.Season 5
Episode 12
Directed byDavid Fury
Written byDavid Fury
Production code5ADH12
Original air dateFebruary 4, 2004 (2004-02-04)
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The episode was written to reinforce the show's earlier themes, and examine the evolution of the characters in the show's one hundred episodes. The original plan was for Sarah Michelle Gellar to return as Buffy Summers, but when she could not appear due to the death of her aunt[1] and work obligations, it instead focused on rounding off the character of Cordelia. The episode proved generally popular with critics, who praised Charisma Carpenter's final performance as Cordelia and the sense of resolution for the character.

Plot edit

Cordelia emerges from her coma after experiencing a vision of the symbols painted on Eve's apartment door and tattooed on Lindsey's chest. After Angel and Wesley collect Cordelia from the hospital, she reveals that the vision which woke her from the coma showed Angel in peril. She finds the symbols from her vision in a book, and Wesley recognizes them as runes to protect and conceal, effective against surveillance. Cordelia apologizes to Wesley for killing Lilah while under Jasmine's control.

Spike complains to Lindsey (who is impersonating Doyle) that the deranged slayer chopped off his hands. Lindsey reveals he also had one of his hands severed. Spike bites Cordelia until Angel fights him off. Spike explains he was tasting whether she was evil, as his source claimed. Angel questions the source, and Spike says it was Doyle. Angel confronts Eve, suggesting she is working with the Doyle impersonator manipulating Spike. Eve confesses that Lindsey is activating a fail-safe left by the Senior Partners to destroy Angel. When Spike mentions "Doyle" had a hand chopped off, Angel deduces that "Doyle" is Lindsey. Angel battles Lindsey, who is strengthened by his runes. While Angel and Lindsey fight, Cordelia disables the fail-safe. Wesley and Fred perform a spell that causes Lindsey's tattoos to disappear, making him visible to the Senior Partners. Lindsey is sucked into a portal.

Angel and Cordelia say their goodbyes and share a kiss. Angel receives a phone call informing him that Cordelia has died. He realizes, with teary eyes, that Cordelia never awoke from her coma.

Production edit

The fight scene between Lindsey and Angel in the underground chamber, which took three days to film, was written by Steven S. DeKnight.[2] Christian Kane, who went through 2+1⁄2 months of sword training for his role in Secondhand Lions, approached the writers to see if they could work his new skills into the episode;[3] Kane ended up performing his own stunts for the sword fight sequence, including wire work.[4] He also did his own stunts for the scene when Lindsey moves through the lasers in the tunnel, which were not CGI, but actual lasers.[2] During the fight scene between Eve and Harmony, Sarah Thompson says Mercedes McNab slapped her accidentally. "She was... so worried she'd hurt me but it actually worked well for the take because I reacted by really screaming," Thompson says.[2]

David Boreanaz had just had knee surgery prior to filming, so writer David Fury did his best to keep Angel sitting down as much as possible.[5] Fury used tight camera angles during Spike's apartment scene with Lindsey to disguise the fact that the same set was used earlier for the opening teaser. "Everything is a bit contained; the reason is if I turn around, this is where they found the dead nuns," Fury explains.[2]

Writing edit

Joss Whedon says he used the 100th episode to reinforce the "mission statement" of the show,[6] as well as assess where the characters are now compared to how they began. Whedon explains this episode presents an ideal opportunity to - through Cordelia, who was "there at the beginning" - ask of Angel, "Where are you now? Where were you when you started and where are you now and how do you feel about that?"[7] The return to the show's "original concerns" is echoed by the flashback to Doyle's first season advertisement; Sara Upstone points out aerial images of Los Angeles reappear at the same time Cordelia tells Angel "You forgot who you are," bringing back the show's link to the city.[8] This episode, written as a stand-alone as per the network's request, also sets up a critical plot-thread for the season arc that "will begin to reveal itself toward the end of the season," Whedon says.[9] The character of Buffy Summers was originally intended to appear in the 100th episode, focusing on the rivalry between Angel and Spike and their feelings for Buffy, but Sarah Michelle Gellar was unavailable. Writer/director David Fury explains that since "we couldn't get Sarah," the episode was instead written for Cordelia Chase. He adds, "This turned out to be a Godsend because Charisma was fantastic."[10] In the original script, Fury wrote a conversation between Wesley and Angel while driving to the hospital that set up Cordelia as a possible vegetable. The scene was never shot because "the shock of seeing her up and around after a 9-month coma was enough. We just didn't want to tip it too soon," says Fury.[2]

Christian Kane was genuinely upset when an addition by Joss Whedon in the script called for Angel to refer to Lindsey as a "tiny Texan." Although born in Texas, Kane identifies as a "Sooner" and "I'm stronger than David, bigger than David, I'm just shorter." Kane says Joss "likes to take shots at me. He's like, 'I can't build this character up too much without cutting his nuts just a little bit.'"[3]

Cast edit

Carpenter says she was satisfied with the way her character left the show, as she feels Cordelia's story has been fully resolved.[11] Creator Joss Whedon agreed, saying, "In seven years, we'd sort of run through our course of [the] character and didn't want to start just doing hollow riffs on what we'd done."[12] Since Whedon suspected this season would be the last, Carpenter says, "we didn't want to just leave Cordelia in a coma..this would be a very big story left untold."[13] Carpenter says the 100th episode was a momentous time to have her character die,[11] calling it "bittersweet...a love letter to Cordelia"[6] and the story "one of the sweetest they'd ever told."[14] David Fury agrees: "It's a beautiful farewell to Charisma for the series"[2] and it gives "Charisma a send off that was respectful to her and Cordelia Chase. I was very proud to have my name on it."[15]

Actor Christian Kane says he had a difficult time calling himself 'Doyle' because he felt on some level he was masquerading as deceased Glenn Quinn. "It was a very awkward situation for me and David because we were close to Glenn," says Kane. "I didn't know how the fans were going to react to it."[2] Kane says the memory of Quinn upset Boreanaz: "I could see it in his eyes... it’s got to be a tough deal for him." However, Kane thinks that "Joss is brilliant because he used that. How do you turn me and David against each other? You really can’t because we’re such close friends. So to use that for Angel and Lindsey, I think has a little bit of brilliance to it. It’s kind of sick...but it did the job."[16] David Fury adds, "I think [the fans] appreciated it from the standpoint that we were honoring him. That Doyle's not a forgotten piece of this world."[2]

Reception edit

This episode was rated as one of the series' top five episodes in a poll done by Angel Magazine.[17] TV Guide praised Charisma Carpenter's "blithe comic delivery";[18] the BBC noted that Carpenter's return elevated the script from "merely great to something close to awesome," but griped because the show's tight budget left Lindsey's activation of the fail-safe an "unfulfilled promise."[12]

Reaction to the death of long-time character Cordelia was generally positive. After being disgusted by Cordelia's fourth season arc, which she claims "destroyed Cordy's character and viewer trust", author Jennifer Crusie applauds this episode. "The writers play fair," she says, "foreshadowing the Gotcha to come" - Cordelia is in a private room, yet hastily draws the curtains around a bed-ridden roommate, and remarks to Angel that she understands why Doyle used his "last breath to make sure [Angel] kept fighting." Rather than undercutting the emotional impact of the story, the twist of Cordelia's tragic ending reinforces and honors her character. "She is...our Cordy again," Crusie says.[19] Cordelia exits the series "needed, loved, and wanted"; her final words are "You're welcome," Janine R. Harrison argues, because "she knows her worth."[20]

References edit

  1. ^ Gary Susman (March 5, 2004). "Gellar may appear in Angel's final episodes". Entertainment Weekly. She backed out of a proposed appearance earlier this year, though she says she wasn't trying to distance herself from her signature role; rather, she was mourning the death of an aunt.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Bratton, Kristy, , archived from the original on 2007-10-20, retrieved 2007-10-16
  3. ^ a b O'Hare, Kate (May 7, 2004), 'Angel's' Kane Rocks Chicago, Zap2It, retrieved 2007-10-16
  4. ^ Christian Kane - About his Career - Globalpop.com Interview, GlobalPop.com, 2006-03-26, retrieved 2007-10-16
  5. ^ Fury, David, "You're Welcome" (Commentary with David Fury), Angel: Season Five on DVD, Twentieth Century Fox, 2004.
  6. ^ a b Lee, Patrick (February 2, 2004), , Sci Fi Weekly, archived from the original on 2007-11-26, retrieved 2007-09-26
  7. ^ Pierce, Scott D. (Feb 4, 2004), , Deseret Morning News, archived from the original on 2007-11-26, retrieved 2007-10-04
  8. ^ Upstone, Sara (2005), ""LA's got it all": Hybridity and Otherness in Angels Postmodern City", in Stacey Abbott (ed.), Reading Angel: The TV Spin-off With a Soul, I.B.Tauris, p. 110, ISBN 1-85043-839-0, retrieved 2007-10-11
  9. ^ Villanueva, Annabelle (Jan 30, 2004), Angel 100th episode: Hell's Angel, Hollywood Reporter, retrieved 2007-10-29
  10. ^ Jozic, Mike, "" Meanwhile... (September, 2004).
  11. ^ a b , E! News, 2004-02-06, archived from the original on 2004-07-16, retrieved 2007-09-26{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. ^ a b Angel Season Five Episode Guide: You're Welcome, BBC, retrieved 2007-09-26
  13. ^ Coleridge, Daniel R. (2004-02-05), , TV Guide, archived from the original on 2007-10-13, retrieved 2007-09-26
  14. ^ . January 13, 2004. Archived from the original on July 16, 2005.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. ^ "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DAVID FURY IS NOT GAY!". January 22, 2009.
  16. ^ Christian Kane - Horror-web.com Interview, 2004-04-18, retrieved 2007-09-20
  17. ^ , BBC, 18 January 2005, archived from the original on 2005-03-19, retrieved 2007-10-16
  18. ^ Roush, Matt, "Roush Dispatches", TV Guide, retrieved 2007-09-26
  19. ^ Crusie, Jennifer (2004), "The Assassination of Cordelia Chase", in Glenn Yeffeth (ed.), Five Seasons of Angel, Dallas: Benbella Books, pp. 194–196, ISBN 1-932100-33-4
  20. ^ Harrison, Janine R. (2005), "Gender Politics in Angel: Traditional vs. Non-Traditional Corporate Climates", in Stacey Abbott (ed.), Reading Angel: The TV Spin-off With a Soul, I.B.Tauris, p. 128, ISBN 1-85043-839-0, retrieved 2007-10-08

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You re Welcome is the twelfth episode of season five of the television show Angel Written and directed by David Fury it is the 100th episode of the series and originally broadcast on February 4 2004 on the WB network In You re Welcome former series regular Charisma Carpenter returns as a guest star when the character of Cordelia Chase miraculously awakens from her coma It is her duty to put Angel who has recently been feeling ineffective at fighting the powers of darkness back on the right path Meanwhile Angel s old enemy Lindsey McDonald has resurfaced and is plotting revenge This episode features the death and final onscreen appearance of Cordelia You re Welcome Angel episodeEpisode no Season 5Episode 12Directed byDavid FuryWritten byDavid FuryProduction code5ADH12Original air dateFebruary 4 2004 2004 02 04 Guest appearancesCharisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase Christian Kane as Lindsey McDonald Mercedes McNab as Harmony Kendall Sarah Thompson as Eve Glenn Quinn as Doyle archive footage Episode chronology Previous Damage Next Why We Fight Angelseason 5List of episodes The episode was written to reinforce the show s earlier themes and examine the evolution of the characters in the show s one hundred episodes The original plan was for Sarah Michelle Gellar to return as Buffy Summers but when she could not appear due to the death of her aunt 1 and work obligations it instead focused on rounding off the character of Cordelia The episode proved generally popular with critics who praised Charisma Carpenter s final performance as Cordelia and the sense of resolution for the character Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 2 1 Writing 3 Cast 4 Reception 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksPlot editCordelia emerges from her coma after experiencing a vision of the symbols painted on Eve s apartment door and tattooed on Lindsey s chest After Angel and Wesley collect Cordelia from the hospital she reveals that the vision which woke her from the coma showed Angel in peril She finds the symbols from her vision in a book and Wesley recognizes them as runes to protect and conceal effective against surveillance Cordelia apologizes to Wesley for killing Lilah while under Jasmine s control Spike complains to Lindsey who is impersonating Doyle that the deranged slayer chopped off his hands Lindsey reveals he also had one of his hands severed Spike bites Cordelia until Angel fights him off Spike explains he was tasting whether she was evil as his source claimed Angel questions the source and Spike says it was Doyle Angel confronts Eve suggesting she is working with the Doyle impersonator manipulating Spike Eve confesses that Lindsey is activating a fail safe left by the Senior Partners to destroy Angel When Spike mentions Doyle had a hand chopped off Angel deduces that Doyle is Lindsey Angel battles Lindsey who is strengthened by his runes While Angel and Lindsey fight Cordelia disables the fail safe Wesley and Fred perform a spell that causes Lindsey s tattoos to disappear making him visible to the Senior Partners Lindsey is sucked into a portal Angel and Cordelia say their goodbyes and share a kiss Angel receives a phone call informing him that Cordelia has died He realizes with teary eyes that Cordelia never awoke from her coma Production editThe fight scene between Lindsey and Angel in the underground chamber which took three days to film was written by Steven S DeKnight 2 Christian Kane who went through 2 1 2 months of sword training for his role in Secondhand Lions approached the writers to see if they could work his new skills into the episode 3 Kane ended up performing his own stunts for the sword fight sequence including wire work 4 He also did his own stunts for the scene when Lindsey moves through the lasers in the tunnel which were not CGI but actual lasers 2 During the fight scene between Eve and Harmony Sarah Thompson says Mercedes McNab slapped her accidentally She was so worried she d hurt me but it actually worked well for the take because I reacted by really screaming Thompson says 2 David Boreanaz had just had knee surgery prior to filming so writer David Fury did his best to keep Angel sitting down as much as possible 5 Fury used tight camera angles during Spike s apartment scene with Lindsey to disguise the fact that the same set was used earlier for the opening teaser Everything is a bit contained the reason is if I turn around this is where they found the dead nuns Fury explains 2 Writing edit Joss Whedon says he used the 100th episode to reinforce the mission statement of the show 6 as well as assess where the characters are now compared to how they began Whedon explains this episode presents an ideal opportunity to through Cordelia who was there at the beginning ask of Angel Where are you now Where were you when you started and where are you now and how do you feel about that 7 The return to the show s original concerns is echoed by the flashback to Doyle s first season advertisement Sara Upstone points out aerial images of Los Angeles reappear at the same time Cordelia tells Angel You forgot who you are bringing back the show s link to the city 8 This episode written as a stand alone as per the network s request also sets up a critical plot thread for the season arc that will begin to reveal itself toward the end of the season Whedon says 9 The character of Buffy Summers was originally intended to appear in the 100th episode focusing on the rivalry between Angel and Spike and their feelings for Buffy but Sarah Michelle Gellar was unavailable Writer director David Fury explains that since we couldn t get Sarah the episode was instead written for Cordelia Chase He adds This turned out to be a Godsend because Charisma was fantastic 10 In the original script Fury wrote a conversation between Wesley and Angel while driving to the hospital that set up Cordelia as a possible vegetable The scene was never shot because the shock of seeing her up and around after a 9 month coma was enough We just didn t want to tip it too soon says Fury 2 Christian Kane was genuinely upset when an addition by Joss Whedon in the script called for Angel to refer to Lindsey as a tiny Texan Although born in Texas Kane identifies as a Sooner and I m stronger than David bigger than David I m just shorter Kane says Joss likes to take shots at me He s like I can t build this character up too much without cutting his nuts just a little bit 3 Cast editCarpenter says she was satisfied with the way her character left the show as she feels Cordelia s story has been fully resolved 11 Creator Joss Whedon agreed saying In seven years we d sort of run through our course of the character and didn t want to start just doing hollow riffs on what we d done 12 Since Whedon suspected this season would be the last Carpenter says we didn t want to just leave Cordelia in a coma this would be a very big story left untold 13 Carpenter says the 100th episode was a momentous time to have her character die 11 calling it bittersweet a love letter to Cordelia 6 and the story one of the sweetest they d ever told 14 David Fury agrees It s a beautiful farewell to Charisma for the series 2 and it gives Charisma a send off that was respectful to her and Cordelia Chase I was very proud to have my name on it 15 Actor Christian Kane says he had a difficult time calling himself Doyle because he felt on some level he was masquerading as deceased Glenn Quinn It was a very awkward situation for me and David because we were close to Glenn says Kane I didn t know how the fans were going to react to it 2 Kane says the memory of Quinn upset Boreanaz I could see it in his eyes it s got to be a tough deal for him However Kane thinks that Joss is brilliant because he used that How do you turn me and David against each other You really can t because we re such close friends So to use that for Angel and Lindsey I think has a little bit of brilliance to it It s kind of sick but it did the job 16 David Fury adds I think the fans appreciated it from the standpoint that we were honoring him That Doyle s not a forgotten piece of this world 2 Reception editThis episode was rated as one of the series top five episodes in a poll done by Angel Magazine 17 TV Guide praised Charisma Carpenter s blithe comic delivery 18 the BBC noted that Carpenter s return elevated the script from merely great to something close to awesome but griped because the show s tight budget left Lindsey s activation of the fail safe an unfulfilled promise 12 Reaction to the death of long time character Cordelia was generally positive After being disgusted by Cordelia s fourth season arc which she claims destroyed Cordy s character and viewer trust author Jennifer Crusie applauds this episode The writers play fair she says foreshadowing the Gotcha to come Cordelia is in a private room yet hastily draws the curtains around a bed ridden roommate and remarks to Angel that she understands why Doyle used his last breath to make sure Angel kept fighting Rather than undercutting the emotional impact of the story the twist of Cordelia s tragic ending reinforces and honors her character She is our Cordy again Crusie says 19 Cordelia exits the series needed loved and wanted her final words are You re welcome Janine R Harrison argues because she knows her worth 20 References edit Gary Susman March 5 2004 Gellar may appear in Angel s final episodes Entertainment Weekly She backed out of a proposed appearance earlier this year though she says she wasn t trying to distance herself from her signature role rather she was mourning the death of an aunt a b c d e f g h Bratton Kristy ANGEL Season Five DVD Collection REVIEW archived from the original on 2007 10 20 retrieved 2007 10 16 a b O Hare Kate May 7 2004 Angel s Kane Rocks Chicago Zap2It retrieved 2007 10 16 Christian Kane About his Career Globalpop com Interview GlobalPop com 2006 03 26 retrieved 2007 10 16 Fury David You re Welcome Commentary with David Fury Angel 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