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Recap: Angel S 04 E 08 Habeas Corpses
The Fang Gang gets trapped inside Wolfram & Hart with the Beast.
- Aborted Declaration of Love: Well, Lilah meant to tell Wesley something when they parted in the sewer...
- Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Lilah's first instinct after the world doesn't end is to rush to Wesley's flat, and she's visibly relieved to find him alive. Subverted when Wes still breaks up with her.
- Bad Vibrations: The Beast's big stomping feet.
- Butt Monkey: Gavin is working in the You, Get Me Coffee role for Lilah Morgan. Then he gets necksnapped, zombified, and his head cut off by Gunn who finally takes pity on him.
- Captain ObviousGunn: What the hell was that?Wes: Zombies.Gunn: Yeah, thanks for the newsflash, Captain Obvious.
- Better to Die Than Be Killed: Wes agrees to kill Gunn if he becomes a Zombie Infectee and asks Gunn to do vice versa. Gunn's agreement is a bit too fervent for his liking.
- Big Blackout: Wolfram & Hart when the Beast arrives on the scene.
- Bloody Handprint: Plenty of these.
- Demon Ex Machina: The Conduit teleports everyone out of the White Void Room as the Beast stomps up to them, presumably as Angel's death is not in the Senior Partners' interest.
- Did the Earth Move for You, Too?: The morning after making love while the sky rained fire, Connor asks Cordy "Did the world end?"
- Disconnected By Death: Gavin calls the front desk on a security mook's radio. They tell him they're a bit busy right now, then start screaming as the Beast kills them.
- Everything's Deader with Zombies: The people killed inside Wolfram & Hart come to life as zombies, apparently as a last-ditch supernatural defense by the Senior Partners.
- Executive Suite Fight
- Eye Awaken: Gavin and all the other Not Quite Dead people.
- Gag Echo / Villainous DemotivatorLilah: (on the phone) Find that Beast, or I swear to God, I will...Gavin: (whispers to Lilah) Boil you alive.Lilah: (whispers to Gavin) Shut up! (to phone, slowly) Boil you alive.
- Get Out: Angel's last words to Cordy are to "take your boyfriend and get the hell out." Like the earlier "get the hell out of my house."
- Gory Discretion Shot
- Grey and Gray Morality: Lilah's famous Shut Up, Kirk! speech.Wesley: There is a line, Lilah; black and white, good and evil.Lilah: Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
- Hassle-Free Hotwire: Fred hotwires the elevator. It's not clear where she got the skills to do this.
- Killed Off for Real: Gavin Park, and the Conduit to the Senior Partners.
- Let's Split Up, Fang Gang
- Lock DownLilah: The building automatically shuts down under full scale attack.Wes: When you say "shuts down..."[Through the office's windows, metal shutters can be seen closing over the outside of the building.]Lilah: Windows, doors, air vents. Nobody gets in or out.
- Loved I Not Honor More: Wesley uses this excuse to break up with Lilah, saying that he's got to choose a side. Lilah points out that Fred just happens to be on the side he chose.
- Make Way For The New Villains: The Beast kills off the competition by wiping out the L.A branch of Wolfram & Hart.
- More Dakka: Wes uses a grenade to slow down the Beast.
- Modesty Bedsheet: Post-Coitus!Cordy.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Cordy's reaction after sleeping with Connor.
- Neck Lift / Neck Snap: Gavin's death.
- No More for Me: Lorne's reaction when the Gang suddenly teleport back into the Hyperion.
- Not So Different: Played for LaughsConnor: What's a zombie?Angel: It's an undead thing.Connor: Like you?Angel: No, zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh.Connor: (smirking) Like you.Angel: No! It's different. Trust me...
- Our Zombies Are Different
- Pietà Plagiarism: Wes carrying an injured Lilah.
- Percussive Therapy: After seeing Connor making love to Cordelia, Angel punches the door to the stairwell off its hinges and walks out, then we hear him doing the same to every other door he comes across.
- Photographic Memory: How Angel remembers the lift button combination to get to the White Void Room.
- Red Herring: The term Big Bad is used several times to refer to the Beast. It's revealed in later episodes that there's a Bigger Bad out there.
- Run or Die
- Secret Underground Passage: Lilah and Wes escape through a secret passage reserved for the top members of Wolfram and Hart.
- Sexy SpectaclesLilah: I could wear the glasses again...
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here!: Everyone in Wolfram & Hart — Lilah is the only one to make it.
- Single-Stroke Battle: Connor knocks out two Wolfram & Hart goons with one punch.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Wesley/Gunn, and Angel with Cordelia.
- They Would Cut You Up: Lilah cheerfully states she's going to do this to Connor...until he knocks out her mooks and throws her against the wall.
- Villainous DemotivatorLilah: Go downstairs, and check it out. [Gavin hesitates] Gavin, ask yourself this question — what are you more afraid of, a giant murderous demon... or me?
- Visual Pun: Gavin searching frantically through a shelf of toilet rolls for the escape exit. He still hasn't found it when the Beast opens the door.
- Wall Crawl: Gunn wonders how they're going to climb up the escape chute into Wolfram & Hart. Angel leaps into the air and clambers up the shaft, then chucks down a rope.Gunn: Show off.
- We Can Rule Together: The Senior Partners want to make a deal with the Beast, who unfortunately for them isn't interested.
- White Sheet of Death: All the dead Wolfram & Hart employees seem to be clutching bloody paperwork.
- Averted by Lilah, who wears a white cardigan and survives. Barely.
