History Recap / AngelS04E02GroundState

-->Look out! (punches guard) Tried to warn ya.

-->'''Lilah:''' Look, Angel, I know you've been out of loop for a while, but I'm still evil. I don't do errands unless they're... (grins) evil errands.

-->'''Angel:''' A heist like this, I've done it a million times. (beat) [[OnSecondThought OK, maybe twice]], but I'm good at it, I swear.

'''Gwen:''' (to Elliot) What are you, ComicBook/LexLuthor?\\

* HelloNurse: The reaction of any red-blooded human to Gwen.

-->'''Lilah:''' I heard. (whispers in his ear, then nibbles it) I'm betting she heard a few things, too.

-->'''Angel:''' What should I do, then? Send [Dinza] a gift? Sacrifice? (beat) Unholy fruit basket?

-->'''Gunn:''' Hey baby, I liked your...[[BedsheetGhost ghost guy]].

* PapaWolf: Angel catches Lilah watching Connor, and explains that if she tells him who hired Gwen he'll "ignore the fact that you were within 50 yards of my son. ''(beat. whispers)'' Just this once."

-->'''Gunn:''' I think my lungs (cough) have coffee.

* TouchOfDeath
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Angel tries making up with Wesley, but [[AFriendInNeed realising his true agenda]] Wes just hands over his file on Cordelia's disappearance and walks off.

* MagicalDefibrillator

* TheCaper

* OperaGloves: Worn so Gwen can't touch anyone.

* ShadowArchetype: [[AntiHero Wesley]] now has his own demon-fighting team; it's not clear if they're ex-followers of Holtz. Especially [[HufflepuffHouse since they're never seen again]] after Wes returns to the fold later in the season.

'''Gwen:''' (to Elliot) What are you, LexLuthor?\\

** Assuming he isn't counting that one, the other two occasions were in "[[Recap/AngelS01E21BlindDate Blind Date]]" and ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer BtVS]]'' "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E18Choices Choices]]".

-->'''Gwen''': Now it's [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SalvadorDali surrealism]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: "We could have gone to Vegas." Which they do in the next episode. Dinza says she could keep Angel with her for eternity, "but you have so much more to lose."

* FlashbackEcho: Gwen Raiden electrocutes and kills Charles Gunn. She immediately flashes back to an event in her childhood in which she accidentally kills a boy she was making friends with. [[IncrediblyLamePun Shocked]] with herself, she revives Gunn within twenty seconds or so.

* CelibateHero: The opportunity for two characters who can't normally have sex to get [[YouNeedToGetLaid some much-needed relief]] is averted because Angel thinks it would mean being unfaithful to Cordelia. Come on Angel, you're supposed to help the hopeless!

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Angel assuming Cordy must be happy in her FluffyCloudHeaven, when actually she's bored to tears.

-->'''Wesley:''' Fighting people like you. ([[FoeYay leans in for a kiss]])

* FoeYay: Lilah and Wes, Angel and Gwen.

* BraidsOfAction: Gwen has a [[TombRaider Lara Croft]]-style ponytail while carrying out her heist.

'''Elliot:''' What do you think, I'm gonna stand here and duke it out with Electro Girl? No, don't worry. Uh, I'm told that the gas is very fast-acting. You'll be dead within... ''[Looks down at his wrist, where his watch was until Gwen fried it] uh, whoops. [[YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive Where does the time go?]]

-->'''Gwen:''' Professionals are discreet, young lady. You, on the other hand, are a freak. A dangerous freak. Which is why I had them remodel the elevator you're standing in. More of a retrofit, really. Low-teched the whole thing with six inches of Plexiglas separating you from any available current. (Gwen goes for the bars, but they don't conduct) Tempered Lucite.\\

'''Elliot:''' What do you think, I'm gonna stand here and duke it out with Electro Girl? No, don't worry. Uh, I'm told that the gas is very fast-acting. You'll be dead within... uh, whoops. [[YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive Where does the time go?]]

* AloofAlly: Lilah calls Wesley on his supposed indifference to Angel's fate.

** Assuming he isn't counting that one, the other two occasions were in "[[Recap/AngelS01E21BlindDate Blind Date]]" and BtVS "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E18Choices Choices]]".

* ShadowArchetype: [[AntiHero Wesley]] now has his own demon-fighting team; it's not clear if they're ex-followers of Holtz.

* BedsheetGhost: Fred draws an adorable "Boo!" ghost on her flipchart, and is rather put out when Angel produces a detailed sketch of Cordelia.

* LectureAsExposition: Fred keeps getting upstaged by Angel's intricate sketches.

* MacGuffin: The Axis of Pythia, which Angel can use to find what dimension Cordelia is hiding.

* MindOverMatter: Unhappy that the gang are packing up Cordelia's stuff as they can no longer afford the rent on her apartment, Phantom Dennis teleports her books back onto the shelf, causing Fred to lose her temper and shout at him that [[ElephantInTheLivingRoom Cordy's not coming back]].

* PutOnABus: Phantom Dennis.

* ShadowArchetype: AntiHero Wesley now has his own demon-fighting team; it's not clear if they're ex-followers of Holtz.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Justified for a woman who CantHaveSexEver, so MaleGaze is the only sexual attention she can receive.

'''Elliot:''' What do you think, I'm gonna stand here and duke it out with Electro Girl? No, don't worry. Uh, I'm told that the gas is very fast-acting. You'll be dead within... uh, whoops. Where does the time go?