History Trivia / AngelS05E12YoureWelcome

* AuthorsSavingThrow: After Cordelia's much-maligned arc in season four which ended with her put into a coma, this was seen as a massive one for her character as it restored her to the person the fans loved and reaffirmed why she was important to the show and to Angel himself. This despite the fact that she died in the episode, because it was done so beautifully overall.

* EnforcedMethodActing: As Creator/DavidBoreanaz was uncomfortable remembering the late Glenn Quinn, Creator/ChristianKane says the plot point of Lindsey pretending to be Doyle helped add to the animosity between them on-screen.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Cordelia's role was originally meant for Buffy and you can see the end of the previous episode foreshadowing a Buffy appearance. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar had to cancel at the last minute, due to a death in her family. The episode plot would have revolved more around Buffy's conflicting feelings for Spike and Angel.

* EnforcedMethodActing: As Creator/DavidBoreanaz was uncomfortable remembering the late Glenn Quinn, Christian Kane says the plot point of Lindsey pretending to be Doyle helped add to the animosity between them on-screen.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/ChristianKane was legitimately offended by a line where Angel refers to Lindsey as a "tiny Texan" - which he claims Creator/JossWhedon put in there as a TakeThat to him.

* RecycledSet: The same set was used for the opening teaser, and Spike's apartment.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Cordelia's role was originally meant for Buffy and you can see the end of the previous episode foreshadowing a Buffy appearance. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar had to cancel at the last minute, due to a death in her family. The episode plot would have revolved more around Buffy's conflicting feelings for Spike and Angel.
** There were initially two endings penned for this episode, the real one, and another with Cordelia simply leaving rather than dying. This was an attempt to keep the real ending a secret from the spoiler leaks that occurred with most episodes. However, the real ending was leaked shortly before air, rendering the attempt unsuccessful.

* PropRecycling: The same set was used for the opening teaser, and Spike's apartment.

** A scene between Angel and Wesley driving to the hospital was scripted - where they talk about Cordelia possibly being left vegetative, only to reveal her up and well. It was never filmed, as they felt it would be too jarring.

* ActingInTheDark: Charisma Carpenter agreed to do the episode on the condition Cordelia wasn't killed off. She was initially furious when she found out that was going to happen, but upon seeing the script and how it would be done, she was moved to tears.
* TheCastShowoff: Christian Kane, who went through two-and-a-half months of sword training for his role in ''Film/SecondhandLions'', approached the writers to see if they could work his new skills into the episode. Kane ended up performing [[NoStuntDouble his own stunts]] for the sword fight sequence, including [[WireFu wire work]].
* CreatorBacklash: Christian Kane was legitimately offended by a line where Angel refers to Lindsey as a "tiny Texan" - which he claims Joss Whedon put in there as a TakeThat to him.
* EnforcedMethodActing: As David Boreanaz was uncomfortable remembering the late Glenn Quinn, Christian Kane says the plot point of Lindsey pretending to be Doyle helped add to the animosity between them on-screen.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: David Boreanaz was recovering from knee surgery at the time, so many scenes were written to have Angel sitting down.

* TheCastShowoff: Christian Kane, who went through two-and-a-half months of sword training for his role in ''Film/SecondhandLions'', approached the writers to see if they could work his new skills into the episode. Kane ended up performing his own stunts for the sword fight sequence, including [[WireFu wire work]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Cordelia's role was originally meant for Buffy and you can see the end of the previous episode foreshadowing a Buffy appearance. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar had to cancel at the last minute, due to a death in her family.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Was originally supposed to feature Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}} instead of Cordelia, but Creator/SarahMichelleGellar was unavailable.

* TheCastShowoff: Christian Kane, who went through two-and-a-half months of sword training for his role in ''SecondhandLions'', approached the writers to see if they could work his new skills into the episode. Kane ended up performing his own stunts for the sword fight sequence, including [[WireFu wire work]].