History Recap / AngelS05E20TheGirlInQuestion

* VillainDecay: The Immortal turns feared SoftspokenSadist Angelus into a ButtMonkey, Spike having already decayed into that a long time ago.

* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Darla changing from a bedsheet to her dressing gown. During shooting the sheet kept getting caught on the camera dolly

** Fred!Illyria taunting Wesley that he's attracted to the idea of having sex with her is similar to Lilah's taunts about their DatingCatwoman relationship in Season 4.

* FoeCooties: A flashback reveals that The Immortal had sex with both Darla and Drusilla ''at the same time''.

* TheGhost: The Immortal only appears on camera once barely visible through the crowd on a dance floor, as does Buffy herself. Out-of-universe, this is because the Immortal represents Angel and Spike's feelings of inadequacy and is better left spoken of rather than seen.

* TheGhost: The Immortal only appears on camera once barely visible through the crowd on a dance floor, and Buffy herself, who fills a similar role throughout the season.

* MoodWhiplash: In edition to the episode being a dramatic change in mood from the previous and following episodes, the episode itself cuts between Angel and Spike having wacky screwball hijinks in Italy and Wesley being tramautized by Illyria suddenly taking on the appearance of the recently murdered Fred. The episode does not appear on any "Best of" lists.

* FlashbackCut: Angel asks Spike if he remembers what happened last time they were in Italy. Spike says he remembers it like it were yesterday. Cut to a [[MonochromePast black-and-white scene]] of Spike and Drusilla in an ultra-hip nightclub in Italy, dressed in late 1950s fashions, saying [[OverlyLongGag nothing but "Ciao" to each other]].

* FlashbackCut: Angel asks Spike if he remembers what happened last time they were in Italy. Spike says he remembers it like it were yesterday. Cut to a [[MonochromePast black-and-white scene]] of Spike and Drusilla in an ultra-hip nightclub in Italy, dressed in late 1950's fashions, saying [[OverlyLongGag nothing but "Ciao" to each other]].

-->'''Spike:''' Where you think you're going with our head, [[TheJeeves Jeeves]]?
-->'''Thug:''' (WalkInChimeIn) Anywhere he wants.

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-->'''Angelus:''' Blood vengeance. I'm sure we're on the list. Is there anything under blood vengeance?
-->'''Bouncer:''' You're not in here. You're not going in there. Piss off!

* BuxomIsBetter: The CEO of the Italian branch of Wolfram & Hart has a rack to write home about. The actress even worked for ''Penthouse''.

-->"Oh, come on. Have you seen him? With the eyes and the chest and the...(sighs blissfully) [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow immortality]]."

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Mostly played for laughs, but the head of the Italian Wolfram & Heart branch has a lot of spite towards gypsies. To be fair, they showed spite when trying to assist Angel, who was cursed by gypsies.

* SpitefulSpit: The head of the Italian branch spits whenever Gypsies are mentioned. "We shall mention them no more!" (which [[HypocriticalHumor she does anyway]]).

* TheAce: Taken UpToEleven with The Immortal. Total badass, had a threesome with Darla and Drusilla, then right after tortured both Angelus and Spike, climbed mount Everest several times and wrote a self-help book that is a "life-changer". The Immortal is, simply put, everything Spike and Angel want to be ''only better''. And he ''always'' beats them. And he's apparently also sleeping with Buffy, though this was retconned in [[ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer the comic series]] as a practical joke on Angel and Spike by Andrew; the "Buffy" glimpsed in Rome is actually one of two other Slayers acting as decoys for Buffy.

* BaitAndSwitch: Spike and Angel portray the Immortal as an UltimateEvil who's threatening Buffy's life -- turns out all he's ever done is shag their women, foil their {{Evil Plan}}s and make them look stupid.