History Recap / AngelS01E19Sanctuary

** This divergence between Buffy and Angel is also reflected in the Buffyverse ContinuityOverlap moving forward. Despite our heroes patching things up the following week in "The Yoko Factor", ''Buffy'' and ''Angel'' will never again be so closely entwined as they were during the 1999-2000 broadcast season (though part of this will also be be cause of ''Buffy'' moving to UPN). While there is still some overlap for the remainder of their runs, both the Scoobies and the Fang Gang will be on separate paths from hereon out.

* BittersweetEnding: While Faith is ultimately taken into police custody, Angel's efforts were ''not'' in vain and she's ready to begin the process of atonement and redemption. But because they ''were'' harboring a wanted fugitive, relations between Angel Investigations and Kate Lockley are left even more strained than they were before the crossover. Relations between Angel and Buffy also all but collapse thanks to their respective positions on the Faith issue; the Vampire all but exiles her from Los Angeles for the remainder of the spinoff's run (though the two [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E20TheYokoFactor will patch things]] up over on ''Buffy''). Wesley also gives up a chance to rejoin the Watchers, choosing to help Faith and reject (although given events over on ''Buffy'' prove Collins was lying to Wesley about Faith's ultimate fate in Watcher custody, the offer was likely not genuine in any case).

* BittersweetEnding: While Faith is ultimately taken into police custody, Angel's efforts were not in vain and she's ready to begin the process of atonement and redemption. But because they ''were'' harboring a wanted fugitive, relations between Angel Investigations and Kate Lockley are left even more strained than they were before the crossover. Relations between Angel and Buffy also all but collapse thanks to their respective positions on the Faith issue; the Vampire all but exiles her from Los Angeles for the remainder of the spinoff's run (though the two will patch things up over on ''Buffy''). Wesley also gives up a chance to rejoin the Watchers, choosing to help Faith and reject (although given events over on ''Buffy'' show Collins was lying about Faith's ultimate fate in Watcher custody, the offer was likely not genuine in any case).

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Neither Cordelia nor Wesley are amused that Angel gives Faith a second chance after they both were badly injured. Cordelia asks for paid time off, which Angel grants because he's sympathetic towards her (and she tricked him into signing the checks while he was distracted), while Wesley points out they either need to lock her up or execute her because Faith is dangerous with her powers and lack of morals. It says something that Buffy, when she comes to get revenge on Faith, agrees with Wesley, whom she disliked, about this point. (They get their wish when Faith turns herself into the cops who have an arrest warrant, though Buffy and Angel have a huge fight about how he defended Faith from her righteous fury over Faith stealing her body and sleeping with her boyfriend.)
** For all intents and purposes, Faith raped Buffy and Riley indirectly. Buffy might have forgiven Faith for the other crimes -- killing the sheriff's deputy, becoming TheMole for the Mayor, trying to remove Angel's soul, and taking Willow hostage-- but her body and boyfriends are ''very'' off-limits and she has a trauma response, suffering EmotionalRegression to the time when Faith poisoned Angel and only a slayer's blood would cure him. She does aptly note that Faith isn't going to jail for rape, meaning she gets no closure. Angel notes that Buffy is NotHimself because Buffy isn't a spirit of vengeance, but his BrutalHonesty and exiling Buffy causes her to point out that Faith "won" and got away with a crime where the victims live with it forever. Angel himself realizes that he fudged it after Buffy leaves.

** After getting beaten up by Faith, Cordelia is hardly blameless in wanting nothing more to do with her. So she hightails it out of there and leaves Angel and Wesley to clean up the Slayer mess.

** Buffy has more than enough reason to believe that Faith is using Angel to get away from the consequences of her actions. After all, that's what Faith did in the arc on ''Buffy'' that led up to this: switching bodies with Buffy and using her body to try and take over her life. Kate has the added bonus that Faith is a wanted fugitive and Angel is breaking the law by housing her. On the other hand, Angel knows that Faith is in a bad place and needs help to start redemption, and he can take care of himself if she tries any funny business.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: {{Subverted}}. Buffy is hunting Faith and intending to kill her, however, Angel is protecting her so Buffy punches him. After he ignores the first blow Buffy tries to punch him again, but Angel blocks and punches her back. Buffy is almost too shocked to speak, but when she later tries to throw the fact that he hit her in his face during a different argument, Angel calls her out on this trope, pointing out that she both threw the first punch, and is stronger than he is.

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Lampshaded by Creator/JossWhedon in writing the Buffy/Angel fight scene--while not ShipSinking, it does establish the two StarCrossedLovers have moved on with their lives and are two different people, just as ''Series/{{Angel}}'' has now forged a separate identity from its [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer parent series]].

* ShipSinking: Angel and Buffy have broken up for a few months, but this episode confirms that their bond is torn to shreds. Even when Buffy is dealing with the apocalypse several times over, and Angel has to deal with his problems, they never involve each other again.

* MundaneSolution: After Faith does a HeelFaceTurn, and she ends up killing the next assassin Wolfram & Hart send (see ContractOnTheHitman above), Lindsay decides they've been doing things all wrong; instead of trying to kill Angel, they'll sic Kate on him by telling her she's harboring a murderer; Faith. As it happens, Faith ends up confessing to the crime and allowing the police to take her in.

** Buffy and Wesley have their reasons in wanting Faith dead, but Angel thinks trying to reform her is better. While the two have a point, and as we saw on ''Buffy'' Faith did what tantamounts to rape Buffy's body, the show is about ''Angel'', who was one of the biggest bastards ever when he was evil, and for him or the show to accept Buffy and Wesley's views of death over redemption as valid would be hypocritical to the max.

* HeroAntagonist: Buffy is the "villain" in this episode, as Angel wants to save Faith and Buffy wants to kill her. When she calms down she wants Faith to go to jail instead, but as Angel notes it's touch and go.

* EntertaininglyWrong: Buffy at first mistakenly believes that Faith is trying to seduce Angel again when she catches him hugging, since she heard from Giles that Faith tried to kill Angel. Angel clarifies, but it doesn't soften Buffy's murderous rage.

** Buffy's anger over Angel helping Faith needs to be understood not only in the context of "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E16WhoAreYou Who Are You?]]", but also the ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer BtVS]]'' episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E17Enemies Enemies]]" where Faith went to Angel for help (also involving LastSecondChance, TheseHandsHaveKilled and a CooldownHug) as a ploy to seduce him so he would turn evil. Buffy naturally assumes Faith is playing Angel this time as well.

** Wesley and Angel's argument about Angel housing Faith. As Wesley points out, Faith has a reputation for killing or attempting murder, just ''tortured'' him and Cordelia the night before and can't be trusted. The most sensible thing would be to lock her up with restraints that can hold a Slayer, something the police lack. Angel retorts that their investigation doesn't play judge and jury, and Faith has the potential to become a good person. After all, Angel was once worse than she was, when he lacked a soul. Ultimately the point becomes moot when Faith willingly surrenders to the police at the end of the episode, removing the moral dilemma from both parties. Wesley admits that in the end that Angel did the right thing in believing in Faith.
** Buffy has more than enough reason to believe that Faith is using Angel to get away from the consequences of her actions. After all, that's what Faith did in the arc on Buffy that led up to this: switching bodies with Buffy and using her body to try and take over her life. Kate has the added bonus that Faith is a wanted fugitive and Angel is breaking the law by housing her. On the other hand, Angel knows that Faith is in a bad place and needs help to start redemption, and he can take care of himself if she tries any funny business.

** The spec ops team claim they're going to take Faith back to England to be rehabilitated. Anyone who's seen "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E16WhoAreYou Who Are You?]]" would know they've already received the Council's approval to kill Faith, as getting her out of the country is too difficult.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Another addiction metaphor, with Faith as the rehabilitating junkie, Angel as her sponsor, and Buffy, Cordelia and Wesley as the victims of the addict's actions.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Another addiction metaphor.

* CantYouReadTheSign: Collins lights up in front of the [[AC:NO SMOKING]] sign.

** Despite her anger at Angel, Buffy starts to freak out when Kate tells them Anhel's prison cell faces east, obviously threatening him with a fiery death if he doesn't cooperate before dawn.

* BullyingADragon: The special operations team tries to fight Angel, Buffy, Faith, and Wesley. Predictably, they do not do well.

* RedemptionEarnsLife: What Angel is pushing for.

* ContractOnTheHitman: Their attempt to kill Angel having failed, Wolfram & Hart hire a second assassin to try and clean up both loose ends. That one doesn't work out either.

* DownerEnding: Buffy and Angel's AmicableExes status is shattered when Buffy tries to murder Faith, and Angel exiles her from the city for rubbing her new relationship in his face. Wesley has also alienated the Watchers Council once and for all, while Faith has only found peace in prison. Even though Angel and Buffy could have helped each other with their problems, this episode confirms that they are in different worlds now. [[spoiler:They do eventually reconcile over a year later when Joyce dies and he immediately comes to be with her.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: The Council tries to get Wesley to perform one, helping them to kill Faith. He trusts Angel more than he trusts them, however, and aids Faith in escaping. Buffy does this for this episode, going to LA out of a purely personal vendetta and attacking those who are the good guys on this show, although it doesn't last and she ends up joining their cause (begrudgingly).
* FakeDefector: Wesley

* HeroAntagonist: Buffy is the villain in this episode, as Angel wants to save Faith and Buffy wants to kill her. When she calms down she wants Faith to go to jail instead, but as Angel notes it's touch and go.

* ItsPersonal: Buffy has handled a lot of Faith's betrayals and attempts to hurt her in Season Three... until Faith tried to kill Angel back in "Graduation Day" and slept with Riley. Then she learns from Giles that Faith tried to kill Angel again after running from Sunnydale. By the time she arrives in Los Angeles, she has murderous intent.

** Buffy and Wesley have their reasons in wanting Faith dead, but Angel thinks trying to reform her is better. While the two have a point, the show is about ''Angel'', who was one of the biggest bastards ever when he was evil, and for him or the show to accept Buffy and Wesley's views of death over redemption as valid would be hypocritical to the max.

* FaceHeelTurn: The Council tries to get Wesley to perform one, helping them to kill Faith. He trusts Angel more than he trusts them, however, and aids Faith in escaping. Buffy does this for this episode, going to LA out of a purely personal vendetta and attacking those who are the good guys on this show.

* DownerEnding: Buffy and Angel's AmicableExes status is shattered beyond repair when Buffy tries to murder Faith, and Angel exiles her from the city for rubbing her new relationship in his face. Wesley has also alienated the Watchers Council once and for all, while Faith has only found peace in prison. Even though Angel and Buffy could have helped each other with their problems, this episode confirms that they can't go back.

* WouldHitAGirl: Angel decks Buffy in the face in a knee-jerk reaction to Buffy punching him in the face. She's immediately shocked at what he did.

* MeleeATrois: Mélée à quatre, more like. Buffy, Faith, Wesley, and Angel make up Team Hero. The Wolfram & Hart assassin is Team Villain. The Watchers Council elite operations squad make up Team Anti-Hero. The reason for quatre? Because Buffy and Wesley are very, ''very'' unhappy about helping Faith and spend a good chunk of the episode heavily antagonistic to her.