Lilah Morgan
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Lilah Morgan first appeared in the episode The Ring of the Angel Series in season one, and would appear regularly in the seasons one and two. After Lindsey McDonald left, Lilah would become much more important, and figures largely into the season three and four story arcs. She guest starred in more Angel episodes than any other recurring character.
History
Season one
Lilah was a lawyer for the evil law firm Wolfram and Hart. In her first appearance, she tried (and failed) to persuade Angel to work for her employers. Since then, Lilah worked to kill Angel; she was co-architect of a plan to hire renegade slayer Faith Lehane in order to do just that. Over time she and another lawyer Lindsey McDonald became rivals, competing for the favor of their superiors.Season two
The vampire Darla was returned to life and ultimately re-sired by Drusilla. Darla & Drusilla massacred a group of Wolfram & Hart lawyers in the wine cellar of Holland Manners. Only she and Lindsey were spared, and with only her and Lindsey left of the Special Projects Team, their rivalry reached an all-time high as the two started a power struggle for vice-presidency of the Special Projects Team, as well as staying alive. Eventually, Lindsey left and Lilah was promoted.Season Three
In the third season, Lilah upted the ante in her vendetta with Angel, and blackmailed him into freeing the demonic Billy by torturing his friend Cordelia Chase. In the episode Billy, the effects of these actions were felt. Billy, a mysognist, was able to have Lilah's newest rival Gavin Park to beat her, thanks to Billy's powers. Lilah hid in her apartment for a time, when she was approached by Cordelia, who was planning to kill Billy.Lilah was unconvinced and threw Cordelia out, but when it counted, in the final conflict between Billy, Cordelia and Angel, it was Lilah who fired the fatal shot, killing Billy and regaining her own sense of self-worth. It was around that time that she also received a new boss, Linwood Murrow, who joined Lilah in trying to manipulate Angel, and to that ends, try and kidnap Connor.
Lilah herself investigated the return of Daniel Holtz, an old enemy of Angel. Holtz had had broken away from his partnership with the demon Sahjhan, who wished to eliminate Angel for his own reasons, and he sought out Wolfram & Hart. He brokered a deal with Lilah, a deal that would ultimately result in the sending of baby Connor into the Quor'Toth dimension.
At the end of third season, she began sleeping with Wesley Wyndam-Pryce after his betrayal of Angel and ejection from the core group. She tried to convince him to join Wolfram & Hart but he continued to refuse those advances.
Season Four
That relationship with him, which seemed to begin as a series of one night stands, continued throughout fourth season, through the emergence of The Beast and the destruction of the Los Angeles branch of Wolfram and Hart, that resulted in the death of all Wolfram & Hart employees present but Lilah, who was able to escape. Shortly before that time, she had killed her boss Linwood Murrow and had once more risen in power.Lilah was killed shortly after the release of Angelus. Wesley believed that Angelus was responsible and was forced to behead Lilah, as he believed she would rise again as a vampire (erroneously, though, as it was revealed to the audience that Cordelia Chase; under the possession of the deity eventually known as Jasmine; had killed Lilah, leaving the body for Angelus to drink). When Wesley prepared to decapitate Lilah, she appeared before him, and it is not certain if she was a hallucination, or some other form of entity (ghost, undead, demon, etc. Some believe that it might've even been The First Evil, the Big Bad of Buffy's final season).
As shown earlier in the series with Holland Manners, an employment contract with Wolfram & Hart does not terminate with death, and Lilah returned at the end of fourth season wearing a scarf around her neck to hide the scar from Wesley's axe (an allusion to folklore). She offered Angel a tempting offer: full control of the Los Angeles branch of Wolfram and Hart with all the resources (and all the troubles).
Angel took the offer in an attempt to save his son Connor from a life of misery, and Lilah apparently returned to the Hell division of Wolfram and Hart. In the fifth season, Eve takes over as liaison for the senior partners.
Characteristics
Lilah appears to be cold-hearted, ruthless, self-serving, and deceitful. Cordelia once called her a "vicious bitch," a title she liked. This is unusual given the overall themes of feminism and woman power in Joss Whedon's universe. However, as the show goes on we learn more about Lilah, the logic behind the choices she has made, and the circumstances of her life. Some critics have speculated that Lilah's evil tendencies are simply the result of being an ambitious female in a world where rules are made by men and for men, comparing how she fared in the environment of Wolfram & Hart to how she might have fared as a member of Angel Investigations.Romantic Relationships
- Marcus Roscoe: While in Angel's body, Marcus Roscoe made a move on Lilah and kissed her. She responded and the two would likely have had sex on Angel's desk, had Marcus not bitten her.
- Wesley Wyndam-Pryce: After Wesley was estranged from the rest of Angel Investigations, Lilah took an immediate interest in him in an attempt to seduce him into sharing his knowledge and resources with Wolfram & Hart. Though Wesley saw through her ploy, the two eventually embarked on a secretive, distrusting relationship that would haunt Wesley as much as it would give him solace. Lilah's true motives can still be debated, but the general consensus is that she really did care about Wesley despite her evil occupation.
Appearances
Lilah has appeared in:
- Angel
- Appearing in 34 episodes in total, Lilah appeared in the following episodes
- *Season 1 - The Ring, Sanctuary, To Shanshu in L.A..
- *Season 2 - Judgment, Untouched, Reunion, Redefinition, Blood Money, Reprise, Dead End.
- *Season 3 - That Vision Thing, Carpe Noctem, Billy, Quickening, Lullaby, Dad, Loyalty, Sleep Tight, Forgiving, The Price, A New World, Benediction, Tomorrow.
- *Season 4 - Deep Down, Ground State, Slouching Toward Bethlehem, Supersymmetry, Apocalypse, Nowish, Habeas Corpses, Calvary (dies), Salvage, Peace Out, Home.
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