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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: A RunningGag with Sahjahn.
-->"The buildings [in the 21st century] are taller, machines more powerful, and you can get really great Thai food at two in the morning."
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* SoundOnlyDeath: Linwood decides to avert the WhyDontYouJustShootHim trope and orders the Spec Ops team to shoot the mysterious sword-wielding figure who's turned up looking for 'Angelus'. The [[InsecurityCamera cameras choose that moment to go on the fritz]], but everyone smirks at the sound of fighting, gunshots and then a loud scream. Linwood picks up the radio and calls the Spec Ops team. [[OhCrap No-one answers.]]

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* SoundOnlyDeath: Linwood decides to avert the WhyDontYouJustShootHim trope and orders the Spec Ops team to shoot the mysterious sword-wielding figure who's turned up looking for 'Angelus'. The [[InsecurityCamera cameras choose that moment to go on the fritz]], but everyone smirks at the sound of fighting, gunshots and then a loud scream. Linwood picks up the radio and calls the Spec Ops team. [[OhCrap No-one No one answers.]]
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The hidden cameras showing the hotel lobby conveniently go on the fritz just as Holtz armed with a sword begins fighting several black ops operatives pointing guns at him, and he wipes the floor with them.
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* DramaticIrony: The first question Holtz asks is how no-one has managed to kill Angelus or Darla yet. Sahjhan doesn't mention it, but both of them ''have'' been killed.

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** He's later shown binge-watching news videos on OminousMultipleScreens.



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* CatchingUpWithThePast: Holtz asks if England has changed over the centuries.

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* CatchingUpWithThePast: CatchingUpOnHistory: Holtz asks if England has changed over the centuries.
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* BritishTeeth: Holtz asks if England has changed over the centuries.
-->'''Sahjhan:''' "It went through a [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII rough patch about sixty years ago]], but it's mostly unchanged. Warm beer, boiled meat, bad teeth. That's why I moved to LA."

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* BritishTeeth: CatchingUpWithThePast: Holtz asks if England has changed over the centuries.
-->'''Sahjhan:''' "It went through a [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII rough patch about sixty years ago]], but it's mostly unchanged. Warm beer, boiled meat, [[BritishTeeth bad teeth.teeth]]. That's why I moved to LA."

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* HumanSacrifice: A vampire cult wants to worship Darla's baby, and intend sacrificing everyone in the room to it, including Darla. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Fred holds a knife to Darla's stomach and threatens to kill the child]] even though it's protected by a spell that prevents harm, as Fred whispers in Darla's ear. It's a good thing those vampires don't know that, eh?
-->'''Darla:''' They do ''now''. Vampires have great hearing.



* {{Married to the Job}}: Gavin doesn't hesitate to snark at Lilah for trying to boff Marcus!Angel in "Carpe Noctem".

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* {{Married to the Job}}: MarriedToTheJob: Gavin doesn't hesitate to snark at Lilah for trying to boff Marcus!Angel in "Carpe Noctem"."[[Recap/AngelS03E04CarpeNoctem Carpe Noctem]]".

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Holtz seeks his revenge on a modern day Angel. Darla's pregnancy attracts the attention of various factions including Wolfram & Hart.

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In York, England, 1764, vampire hunter Daniel Holtz seeks rides with a posse to trap Darla and Angelus. But the two vampires have evaded his revenge on trap and are instead at his own house, killing his wife and two children. They taunt him with a modern note in their supposed hiding place: "How do you expect to stop us if you can't even protect your own."

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day Angel. Darla's pregnancy attracts Los Angeles, Angel shares a tender moment with the attention very pregnant Darla, who tells him that their baby is protected by some kind of various factions including powerful forces, because she has tried to get rid of it and can't. Darla goes into labor and the crew take her to the hospital, where they commandeer a labor and delivery room and equipment in order to deliver her baby.

And in an underground lair, the being that brought Daniel Holtz back to life catches him up on the history of the world. They made an agreement 227 years earlier, when the creature visited Holtz in 1773 and told him he would never see Angel or Darla again, but that if he promised to kill them both, he would transport Holtz into the future to do the deed and finally get the vengeance he wants. Holtz agrees.

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Wolfram & Hart.
Hart, Gavin Park engages in some machinations against Lilah. The exterminators he sent to the Hyperion planted bugs throughout the hotel, and he has footage of Angel (being possessed by the old man from Carpe Noctem) making out with Lilah on a desk. Lilah looks through Gavin's notes and footage and discovers that Darla is pregnant and staying at the hotel. The two lawyers join forces and alert one of the partners, Linwood Morrow, to the pregnancy, and the firm gets to work figuring out what is happening. They gather together psychics and telepaths. Their plan is to grab Darla and the baby and then dissect them to find out what it means.

At the hospital, the Angel Investigations team use an ultrasound machine to view Darla's unborn child. Wesley discovers that the child is human and a boy. A vampire cult that worships "The Miracle Child" interrupts the proceedings. Their leader says their goal is to protect Darla's child. At this point an assassin in Ninja costume leaps from the balcony, apparently intending to kill Darla and the child. The vampires make short work of him.

The vampire cult leader then says he intends to kill all of the humans and feed their blood to Darla to nourish the Miracle Child. This pleases Darla, who is very hungry.

At Wolfram & Hart, Gavin Park briefs a paramilitary team on the firm's plan to capture Darla, whom they believe is at the Hyperion Hotel. The question of how to take the child from Darla's body arises. Lilah introduces Dr. Fetvanovich, from Wolfram & Hart's Balkan office, who is an expert in paranormal obstetrics. He looks forward to dissecting both Darla and her child.

At the hospital, Darla says she intends to sit out the coming fight between the AI team and the vampire cult. She changes her mind when the leader of the vampire cult explains that his group intends to rip her apart as well. The AI team, with Darla, fight their way out of the hospital.

At the Hyperion Hotel, the Wolfram & Hart paramilitary team prepares for action, and Dr. Fetvanovich prepares for dissection. He has cages for both Darla and her child.

Angel drives away with the AI team and Darla. He thinks they should leave Los Angeles, but he is not sure where to go. Wesley says they should return to the Hyperion Hotel long enough to retrieve the Nyazian Scrolls.

Also at the hotel is Daniel Holtz, who manages to kill of the entirety of Wolfram & Hart's team. Angel arrives at the hotel to get the scrolls with the prophecy, and barely has he taken in the carnage and dead bodies around him before Holtz appears, ready for battle. The rest of the team waits in the car for Angel to return, but before he does, Darla's water breaks.




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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Lampshaded by Cordelia when Fred borrows a knife off Gunn, grabs Darla and [[HumanShield threatens to kill her baby]] if the vampire cult doesn't back off.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: BewareTheQuietOnes: Lampshaded by Cordelia when Fred borrows a knife off Gunn, grabs Darla and [[HumanShield threatens to kill her baby]] if the vampire cult doesn't back off.



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* ScreamingBirth

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* ScreamingBirthScreamingBirth:



* ShoutOut: When the Ultrasound reveals that the baby is human, Gunn asks, "Humanoid? As in, [[Film/{{CHUD}} cannibalistic humanoid underground dweller]]?"

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When the Ultrasound reveals that the baby is human, Gunn asks, "Humanoid? As in, [[Film/{{CHUD}} cannibalistic humanoid underground dweller]]?"dweller]]?"
** The term 'quickening' refers to the first time an expectant mother feels her child move inside her. It is also a reference to ''Film/{{Highlander}}''.



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* WildCard: Why the Senior Partners are upset over Darla's birth -- it's completely unpredicted, so they don't know how it fits in with their plans for the apocalypse.

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* WildCard: Why the Senior Partners are upset over Darla's birth -- it's completely unpredicted, so they don't know how it fits in with their plans for the apocalypse.apocalypse.
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* NeverBringAGunToAKnifeFight: Holtz makes his big entrance at the Hyperion by wiping out an entire team of Wolfram & Hart soldiers, all of them armed to the teeth with assault rifles and grenades, with nothing but a sword.
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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: The first thing Holtz does is study the history he had missed until he thinks he's ready to step out into the world, questioning how with all the war and conflict Angelus and Darla were not killed by it.
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-->'''Sahjhan:''' "It went through a [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo rough patch about sixty years ago]], but it's mostly unchanged. Warm beer, boiled meat, bad teeth. That's why I moved to LA."

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-->'''Sahjhan:''' "It went through a [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII rough patch about sixty years ago]], but it's mostly unchanged. Warm beer, boiled meat, bad teeth. That's why I moved to LA."

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* BaitAndSwitchComment: Darla appears to be going to tell Angel to "be careful", but then she tells him to "Just get out of here."

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* BaitAndSwitchComment: BaitAndSwitchComment:
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Darla appears to be going to tell Angel to "be careful", be careful, but then she tells him to "Just get out of here."



* BattleDiscretionShot: Overlaps with SoundOnlyDeath. Notable since part of the reason the battle wasn't shown was presumably to avoid the FridgeLogic of a single BadassNormal with a sword killing a dozen men with automatic weapons who have him surrounded.

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* BattleDiscretionShot: Overlaps with SoundOnlyDeath. Notable since part of the reason the battle wasn't shown was SoundOnlyDeath, presumably to avoid the FridgeLogic of a single BadassNormal with a sword killing a [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat dozen men with automatic weapons who have him surrounded.surrounded]].
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Holtz seeks his revenge on a modern day Angel. Darla's impending birth attracts the attention of various factions including Wolfram & Hart.

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Holtz seeks his revenge on a modern day Angel. Darla's impending birth pregnancy attracts the attention of various factions including Wolfram & Hart.

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Vampire Invitation was renamed per TRS decision.


* MustBeInvited: Angelus and Darla get around this by greeting Holtz's daughter by name, claiming to be friends and asking if they can come in; when Sarah nods Angelus says, "Is that a yes, then?" causing her to state it verbally.



* VampireInvitation: Angelus and Darla get around this by greeting Holtz's daughter by name, claiming to be friends and asking if they can come in; when Sarah nods Angelus says, "Is that a yes, then?" causing her to state it verbally.

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