History Recap / AngelS02E01Judgment

* VillainTeamUp: Darla is now working with Wolfram & Hart. In particular, [[UnholyMatrimony Darla and Lindsey seem to have gotten closer]].

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Lilah. Justified because Darla and Lindsey recently discussed Chopin. When Darla suddenly exclaims "He´s here!", Lilah concludes that Darla meant the composer. Lindsey corrects her.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Lilah greets Darla in the darkened office, she remarks on the "beautiful day" before being interrupted by Lindsey. You will note that Lilah was about to invite Darla outside ''in the daytime''.

* ProphecyTwist: Courtesy of yet another opaque vision from the PTB.

* VillainTeamUp: Wolfram & Hart and Darla.
** UnholyMatrimony: In particular, Lindsey and Darla seem headed in this direction.

* CallBack: Darla reiterates that Angel killed her - it didn't take. Actually, he staked her all the way back in Episode 7 of ''Buffy'' Season One (entitled "Angel"). She continued to [[PosthumousCharacter appear in flashbacks]], however.

Wesley says he’s been "broadening the contact base", and knows an informant named Merl who hangs out at a popular demon hot spot, Caritas. Cut to a demon singing "I'm So Excited" by the Pointer Sisters to an audience of both demons and humans. Kumbaya, indeed. Cordy questions why a stool pigeon would ever feel safe in a Karaoke bar, and Wesley explains that it is a violence-free zone. Wesley sits next to Merl, a greenish demon who gets all nervous because he knows Angel's rep. Wes lays out an envelope with money and asks about the location of the Prio Motus demon from Cordelia's vision. Merl asks for more money, explaining that "Prios" are dangerous stone cold killers. Wesley obliges, and Merl tells them the Prio is probably traveling in the L.A. sub-tunnels.

* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: PlayedForDrama in case of the mother-to-be. Angel has just spotted the pregnant woman from Cordelia's vision when, out of nowhere, a crazed Prio Motu demon appears. A fight ensues and Angel breaks the demon’s neck. He reassures the woman that's it's dead. She starts to cry and kneels by the dead Prio's body. Whoops.

* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Let's give a big to Mr. J. August Richards, now appearing in the Season Two credits! He doesn't formally join Angel Investigations until later, however.

* SeekingSanctuary: The Tribunal has been summoned to determine whether Jo's unborn baby is eligible for asylum. If Jo passes the trial, they will grant protection to the child until it "comes of age".

* UnwittingPawn: Merl intentionally led Angel to believe that Kamal was a threat, thereby removing the obstacle preventing other demons from collecting the bounty on the unborn baby and seeking to profit from it. Keeping this in mind, Angel's [[ButtMonkey mistreatment]] of Merl throughout the season seems justified.

* VisibleBoomMic: When Angel is snapping Prio Motu's neck, you can see a microphone at the top of the screen.
* WickedCultured: Lindsey soothes Darla by playing Chopin's Prélude no. 20 in c minor, and the pair of them shoot the breeze about classical music. Lindsey tells Lilah that she's nuts about Chopin and Brahms, but isn't "too fond of the Russians".

* VanHelsingHateCrime: Angel kills the last defender of a pregnant woman, who was a Buddhist monk to boot. Until he takes up the role himself (protector, not Buddhist monk).

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Angel is the obvious one but Kamal is at least as much at fault, blindly attacking Angel without confirming he's a threat to his ward. To be fair the Kamal is aware of the massive bounty on his ward's head and could tell Angel was a vampire so reacted accordingly. Unaware that like [[{{Irony}} himself Angel was a former multiple murderer turned champion.]]

* AvengersAssemble: The episode begins with the PowerTrio at Angel Investigations dropping their various off-duty activities to stop a HumanSacrifice. A sign of CharacterDevelopment is Cordelia walking out of an acting class to do so, just after she's been paid a compliment (in the first season her desperation to get into Horrible Hollywood despite her BadBadActing is a RunningGag).