History Recap / AngelS05E22NotFadeAway

* BadassLongcoat: Lorne wears an uncharacteristic leather trenchcoat when he leaves to join up with Lindsey. The Brown Coat of Burgeoning Moral Qualms?

* NeckSnap: Hamilton's demise.
* NothingPersonal: Gunn is assigned to take out Senator Brucker at her campaign headquarters in West L.A. Angel mentions that Brucker "tends to surround herself with vampires", making Gunn uniquely suited for the job.

** Lindsey's boredom over Angel's speech matches Angel's boredom over Lindsey's FreudianExcuse speech in the first season.

* EigenPlot

->''For five ([[{{Buffy}} or more]]) years, [[StoicWoobie his life has been hell]]''.

-->"Gunn is dead. Illyria keeps fighting. Angel [[AnArmAndAleg loses an arm]]. Spike gets Shanshu. And [[{{Buffy}} Xander loses another eye]], which is funny, because he isn't even there."

-->'''Spike:''' So what do you think this means about that Shanshu bugaboo? We make it through this, does one of us get to [[{{Pinocchio}} be a real boy?]]

** At Brucker's campaign headquarters, Brucker is on the phone with a reporter. She says, "If Mr. Conley's recent confession is true, then he's a very sick man." This is in reference to "Time Bomb", in which Brucker hired Angel to smear her political opponent as a pedophile.

* FakeDefector: Wesley is selected to kill Cyvus Vail for three reasons: he knows the layout of Vail's place ("Origin"), he's the team's magic expert, and Vail already predicted that he'd usurp Angel at some point.

-->'''Harmony:''' Good luck! Umm... may the best man win?

-->"[[DialogueReversal You care about THAT]], Dress-For-Less?"

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Wesley tells her that he missed her, and she kisses him, reassuring him that they will be together again soon. Wesley tells her that he loves her. Weeping, she tells him that she loves him too; he dies in her arms a few seconds later.

** Illyria offers to take Fred's form, but Wesley refuses because he knows Fred is gone and to accept anything else would be a lie. "And since I don't actually intend to die tonight, I won't accept a lie."

* YourHeadAsplode: As Illyria (still in Fred guise) mourns over Wesley, Vail recovers behind her and hisses, "How very touching his meaningless death was." Illyria/Fred turns to face Vail, who spreads his arms out and chuckles, "[[TemptingFate Take your best shot, little girl.]]" Illyria winds back a punch, reverts to her true form, and smashes her fist through Vail's head.

* YouHaveNoChanceToSurive: Near death, Hamilton tells Angel that he cannot win his war against Wolfram & Hart.

* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: After a beat of the pair staring each other down, Angel punches Hamilton in the stomach. Hamilton barely flinches under the impact. Angel shakes his fist in pain and sighs, "Did that hurt at all?" Hamilton replies, "Lil' bit," and then lifts Angel [[NeckLift off the ground by his neck]]. -->"But it's all part of the job."

** With his last words, Marcus Hamilton tells Angel that he cannot win his war against Wolfram & Hart: "We are Legion, we are forever." This is a reference from Mark 5:9 and Luke 8:30 in the Bible, when the devils (demons) refer to themselves as "Legion."

* NeckSnap: Near the end, Hamilton asks if Angel really thinks that he can defeat the Senior Partners, saying "We are Legion. We are forever." Unimpressed, Angel punches Hamilton so hard his neck snaps and says, "I guess "forever" just got [[BondOneLiner a hell of a lot shorter]]." as Hamilton falls to the floor dead.

* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: After a beat of the pair staring each other down, Angel punches Hamilton in the stomach. Hamilton barely flinches under the impact. Angel shakes his fist in pain and sighs, "Did that hurt at all?" Hamilton replies, "Lil' bit," and then lifts Angel [[NeckLift off the ground by his neck]]. "But it's all part of the job."

* TrashTheSet: Hamilton hauls Angel to his feet, mentions how much effort the Senior Partners have put into Angel, and tosses him up into a wall. But it's the wall with the "Wolfram & Hart" logo on it, so it's a wall-smash [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic with symbolism]]! Presumably, the entire building gets leveled once the Senior Partners sense that Hamilton's been killed.

* AsTheGoodBookSays:Lindsey makes light of Angel's chronic speechifying when he paraphrases the Ten Commandments: "This is not about coveting your neighbor's ass, your buddy's job, the last Mallomar in the box."

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: After signing away the Shanshu Prophecy, Angel reminisces with Harmony about how it felt to be human. "Not so great!," Harmony says supportively. "Zits, dandruff, mortality..."

** Though there were enough cryptic hints dropped to make it ambiguous. Angel mentions that as long as Connor's alive, the Senior Partners can't harm him. It's also left unclear whether or not consuming Hamilton's blood made Angel just as invincible.

* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: Angel is lying broken on the floor as Hamilton strolls over and finds a handy makeshift stake amongst the debris. He bends down to stake Angel, and is suddenly punched by Connor, causing Hamilton to go sailing through the windows lining Angel's office.
-->'''Angel:''' What the hell are you doing here?
-->'''Connor''' C'mon. You drop by for a cup of coffee and the world's ''not'' ending? [[GenreSavvy Please]].