''With no allegiance to good or evil he's a danger to everyone.''

Synopsis

The Short: From the

1. Gunn: ''...and now I rule Europe, Australia and South America!''
   Wesley: ''I still got Kamchakta.''
   Gunn: ''Three fifths of the world covered in water, the rest covered in me!''
   According to it's creators ''Risk is the classic game of strategy and world domination. Part of the Parker Brothers stable of exciting games, Risk is the ultimate in global warfare.'' Risk has an official web site at http://www.hasbro.com/risk/original/.
   
   
2. Cordelia: ''It, it has two heads, and it breathes fire. It's gigantic, and it's rising up in the sewers, beneath Kenyard School For Girls.''
   Kenyard School For Girls is...
   
   
3. Merl: ''Well, nearly drowning me and leaving me hanging in the sewer ain't exactly Emily Post either.''
   Emily Post authored a number of books on etiquette.
   
   
4. Merl: ''Ow. Surveillance, you know? Dig up dirt. Check people out for him. Not that he appreciates it. Who the hell are you anyway? I.R.S.?''
   The I.R.S. is the Internal Revenue Service, who are the agency under the Department of The Treasury in charge of collecting income taxes in the United States. The Internal Revenue Service has a web site at http://www.irs.gov/. Also referenced by Cordelia in City Of and The Ring.
   
   
5. Boone: ''Haven't seen Angel since Juarez in the twenties. We had a little disagreement over a senorita. I called him out. We fought for three and a half hours.''
   Ciudad Juarez, in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, lies across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. Much of fighting of the Mexican Revolution took place there in 1911. Prohibition in the U.S. brought a boom to Juarez in the '20s. It currently benefits from the twin-plant program with American companies. (Thanks to Melissa Evans for this information.)
   
   
6. Lilah: ''Hey, Napoleon, we are co-vice-presidents. This plan of yours explodes and we both end up in tiny pieces.''
   Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821, was a Corsican who rose to become Emperor of France. He is both an historical figure and a legend. A great military commander and superb civil administrator, he was also accused of being a power-hungry conqueror.
   
   
7. Liza: ''Serena, I have to know, this thing with making your character gay, is that like all about ratings? Because I don't get it.''
   This could be a sly reference to the small controversy over Willow's relationship with Tara on Buffy The Vampire Slayer after years of dating men.
   
   
8. Cordelia: ''mmm milk. mmm milk. mmm milk. milk.''
   Cordelia is reenacting from the series of ad campaigns for milk, which had celebrities saying ''mmm milk'' or wearing a milk moustache. Among the celebrities who have done this are Sarah Michelle Gellar and David Boreanaz.
   
   
   
   
9. Wesley: ''Price. Wesley Wyndham-Pryce.''
   James Bond (a.k.a. Agent 007) is the main character in a string of secret agent movies, who often introduced himself the way Wesley did. The character, who has been played by such actors as Sean Connery and most recently Pierce Brosnan, is notoriously suave, sophisticated, and popular with the ladies. Also referenced by Cordelia in The Prom, who was referring to Wesley at the time, Xander in Fear, Itself and Buffy in Out Of My Mind. (Thanks to the BuffyGuide for this entry.)

1. Wesley: ''Previously on Angel.''
   To Shanshu In L.A. - Angel cuts off Lindsey's hand.
   Reunion - Lilah asks for help, Holland says people are going to die, Angel says he doesn't care, Darla and Drusilla eat the party guests. Wesley, Gunn and Cordelia confront Angel about him doing wrong. Angel fires his crew.
   Redefinition - Lindsey says Holland is dead. Angel confronts Darla and Drusilla and burns them.
   
   
2. Wesley: ''He's not going to call, is he? Right. I tell you the first thing we're scrapping. These stupid calling cards.''
   Cordelia: ''They're not stupid. I designed them. That's an Angel!''
   Lonely Hearts - Cordelia had calling cards of her own design made for Angel Investigations.
   
   
3. The driver's license says ''Anne Steele''.
   Anne - Anne got her current name from Buffy when she helped her out.
   
   
4. Merl: ''Well, nearly drowning me and leaving me hanging in the sewer ain't exactly Emily Post either.''
   Redefinition - Angel tortured Merl for information on the whereabouts of Darla and Drusilla.
   
   
5. Angel: ''Lilah. I just had to drop by and congratulate you on your big promotion. Co-vice-president Special Projects. Wow. That's super. You deserve it. Yeah. That and so much more.''
   Redefinition - Lindsey and Lilah were both promoted to Holland Manner's old job after he died.
   
   
6. Lilah: ''Aren't you forgetting something? The senior partners want Angel alive.''
   Redefinition - Lindsey and Lilah were informed that Angel was not to be killed.
   
   
7. The events of the later episode Birthday would imply that Cordelia turned 20 just before this episode took place.
   
   
8. Anne: ''A few years ago it would have been a big turn on. I thought vampires were the coolest.''
   Lie To Me - Anne met Angel when she went by the name Chantarelle and was a vampire groupie, but they don't seem to recognize each other.
   
   
9. Serena: ''Isn't that the guy that's dating Virginia Bryce?''
   Guise Will Be Guise - Wesley met, protected and started dating Virginia.

During the first broadcast of this episode there was a commercial for the film Valentine starring David Boreanaz, who plays Angel.

Anne works for the East Hills Teen Center on Crenshaw street.

There is a inconsistency in the closed captioning when Merl talks to Boone. Although he says ''Dig up dirt.'' the captions say ''Pick up dirt.'' There is another problem near the end where Lindsey runs to catch Anne before she plays the tape. Lindsey's lips move and the captions say ''No. Something happened.'' but you hear nothing.

If Boone's story is to be believed, he fought Angel in Juarez in the 1920's.

Anne's Drivers license appears to say ''ANNE STEELE, 5692 WILLOUSKY AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90001, SEX: F HAIR: BNL, HT: 5-09, WT: 119, RSTR: NONE''

The video played at the charity event states Holland Manners was born in 1951 and died in 2000.

New name for Wesley: English (by Gunn).

Points Of View

Mathew:

I enjoyed seeing Anne again. She was a character with potential. It's also nice to see she's grown from the little lost girl she was on Buffy. Boone was an interesting demon, with a very different sort of power. It was good to see how they worked in Holland appearing after his demise. The inside jokes were welcome. I honestly didn't see it coming that Boone was working with Angel, they got me. I hope we'll be seeing more of Anne.

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