Somnambulist (Angel episode)

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Contents

0.1 Summary
0.2 Expanded

1 Writing and acting

1.1 Cast

2 Production details

2.1 Music

3 Quotes and trivia
4 Continuity

4.1 Arc significance
4.2 Timing

5 External links

5.1 Reviews

Summary

Angel worries that he might be sleep-killing when a string of murders turn out to be identical to his dreams.

Expanded

A girl is running away when she runs right into the vampire that was chasing her. He drains her and then is revealed to be Angel. Angel wakes up in his bed, the dream he just woke from, too real for him. Kate enters a crime scene where the girl Angel killed in his dream is really dead and has a cross carved into her cheek.

Cordelia practices lines on an empty chair, but is interrupted by Wesley when he appears at the office. He wants to compare notes with them about demons, when he really doesn't have anything himself. While looking at the newspaper, the front page catches Wesley's attention and leaves quickly, just as Angel gets up, looking even deader than usual. After asking Kate to check a license plate number, Angel sees photos from crime scene, and recognizes the sight of the cross carved into the victims faces. Kate briefs other officers on the situation, trying to prepare them for what this killer is capable of and how to catch him.

After realizing the murders resemble a streak of killings Angelus committed in the late 1700's, Wesley returns to the office to kill Angel. Cordelia is not convinced until Angel, who had been listening to the conversation confirms Wesley's information. Angel reveals that he's been having dreams of these killings happening, but he doesn't remember actually killing these people for real. Cordelia and Wesley chain Angel to his bed to ensure that he isn't committing these crimes. Angel dreams about his past, where he chases after a woman and kills her after carving a cross into her cheek. The front page shows that there was another killing, and despite the fact that Angel was chained to the bed all night, he says that he did commit the murders.

It turns out that a vampire named Penn that Angelus made and trained 200 years ago is the one committing the murders. Worried about how they're going to stop this vampire, Angel visits Kate and they talk privately. He gives Kate a drawing of the man who is doing the killings and tells her exactly who the next victim will be. A young boy solicits people to buy him beer and he is lured into an alleyway by Penn. The boy is bitten, but police cars surround him and he is forced to fly through a boarded up window of an abandoned building.

Having stolen a police radio, Angel and Wesley arrive at the scene around the same time as Kate and many other officers. Inside the building, Penn approaches Kate and she fires at him. The bullets don't harm him much, and he sends her flying across the room. Angel drops down from the ceiling and beats up on his former protege. After they fight, Penn gets away and Kate is shocked to see Angel's true face. Angel talks to Kate and despite all that she's seen, she is not willing to admit that vampires are real.

Penn shows up at the office, and gets information out of Cordelia before she realizes who he is. Angel walks into the room, but a beam of sunlight separates him from Penn. After Penn leaves, everyone does research of their own kind to learn how to defeat their enemy. Angel goes to Kate, and after she's studied up on vampires, she refuses to let him in, and tells him off. After some searching, Angel and Wesley find his lair and pictures that hint that he will kill children at a school next. At the station while Kate briefing other officers, Penn shows up and attacks. He kidnaps Kate and drags her down into the sewers.

Not fooled by Penn's attempt to distract him, Angel finds them in the sewers and fights with Penn. The two fight until Penn manages to grab Angel and hold him. With a large piece of wood, Kate stabs Angel in the stomach, but angles the wood so that she stabs Penn in the heart. Later, on the roof of their building, Cordelia tells Angel to stop obsessing about the demon inside him. She knows he's good now, and he's fighting for the right team and if he ever does become evil, she'll stake him in a heartbeat.

Writing and acting

Cast

Production details

Music

Lunatic Calm - "Leave You Far Behind"

Quotes and trivia

Continuity

Arc significance

Kate learns that Angel is a vampire, permanently altering their relationship.

Timing

Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:

Location, time (if known)	Buffyverse chronology: Fall 1999 - December 1999 (non-canon = italic)
L.A. 1999	Angel comic:
L.A. 1999	A1.01 City of (Angel episode)>City of
Sunnydale, 1999	B4.01 The Freshman (Buffy episode)>The Freshman
Sunnydale, 1999	B4.02 Living Conditions (Buffy episode)>Living Conditions
L.A. 1999	~~A1.02~~ Corrupt (unaired Angel episode)>Corrupt (unaired)
L.A. 1999	A1.02 Lonely Hearts (Angel episode)>Lonely Hearts
L.A. 1999	A1.00 Unaired Angel pilot
L.A. 1999	Angel book: Not Forgotten (Angel novel)>Not Forgotten
Sunnydale, 1999	B4.03 The Harsh Light of Day (Buffy episode)>The Harsh Light of Day
L.A. 1999	A1.03 In the Dark (Angel episode)>In the Dark
Sunnydale, 1999	B4.04 Fear Itself (Buffy episode)>Fear Itself
Sunnydale, 1999	Buffy graphic novel: Blood of Carthage (Buffy comic)>Blood of Carthage
L.A. 1999	Angel graphic novel: Surrogates (Angel comic)>Surrogates
L.A. 1999	Angel comic: Strange Bedfellows (Angel comic)>Strange Bedfellows story, Angel #4
Sunnydale, 1999	Buffy video game: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Game Boy Color)
Sunnydale, 1999
L.A. 1999	A1.04 I Fall to Pieces (Angel episode)>I Fall to Pieces
Sunnydale, 1999	B4.05 Beer Bad (Buffy episode)>Beer Bad
L.A. 1999	A1.05 Rm w/a Vu (Angel episode)>Rm w/a Vu
Sunnydale, 1999	Buffy books: Lost Slayer (Buffy novel)>Lost Slayer series
Sunnydale, 1999	B4.06 Wild at Heart (Buffy episode)>Wild at Heart
Sunnydale, 1999	Buffy graphic novel: Oz (Buffy comic)>Oz
Sunnydale, 1999	Buffy book:
L.A. 1999	A1.06 Sense & Sensitivity (Angel episode)>Sense & Sensitivity
Sunnydale, 1999	B4.07 The Initiative (Buffy episode)>The Initiative
L.A. 1999	A1.07 Bachelor Party (Angel episode)>Bachelor Party
L.A. 1999	Angel book: Close to the Ground (Angel novel)>Close to the Ground
L.A. 1999	Angel book: Soul Trade (Angel novel)>Soul Trade
L.A. 1999	Angel graphic novel: Earthly Possessions (Angel comic)>Earthly Possessions
L.A. 1999	Angel book: Redemption (Angel novel)>Redemption
L.A. 1999	Angel book: Shakedown (Angel novel)>Shakedown
L.A. 1999	Angel book: Hollywood Noir (Angel novel)>Hollywood Noir
L.A. 1999	Angel book: Avatar (Angel novel)>Avatar
L.A. 1999	Angel book: Bruja (Angel novel)>Bruja
L.A. 1999	Angel book: The Summoned (Angel novel)>The Summoned
Sunnydale, 1999	B4.08 Pangs (Buffy episode)>Pangs
L.A. 1999	A1.08 I Will Remember You (Angel episode)>I Will Remember You
Sunnydale, 1999	B4.09 Something Blue (Buffy episode)>Something Blue
L.A. 1999	A1.09 Hero (Angel episode)>Hero
Sunnydale, 1999	B4.10 Hush (Buffy episode)>Hush
L.A. 1999	A1.10 Parting Gifts (Angel episode)>Parting Gifts
Sunnydale, 1999	B4.11 Doomed (Buffy episode)>Doomed
L.A. 1999	A1.11 Somnambulist (Angel episode)>Somnambulist

External links

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