Billy Blim

"I don't hate women. I mean, sure, you're all whores who sell yourselves for money or prestige. But men are just as bad. Maybe worse. They're willing to throw away careers or families or even lives for what's under your skirt."

- Billy Blim

William "Billy" Blim was a dangerous half-demon, a client of Wolfram & Hart and a member of the prestigious Blim Family. He was portrayed by Justin Shilton.

Biography
Billy is first seen in "That Vision Thing" when Angel breaks him out of a prison dimension guarded by the amiable demon, Skip. His significance is not revealed until his second appearance.

In "Billy Cordelia has a vision of an old man murdering his wife at a grocery store. Angel and his team find out it happened a week ago and are puzzled. Billy is staying at Wolfram & Hart and is being entertained by Gavin. Lilah Morgan enters and is annoyed at this, viewing it as Gavin trying to steal the congressman's favor from her. Gavin then starts an argument with Lilah and severely beats her, leaving her with a black eye.

Angel stalks Billy and enters his house as the police arrive. Billy is taken away and touches one of the officers causing him to argue with his female partner. The lady cop shoots him and Billy is able to escape to an airport.

Cordelia, feeling responsible for the people Billy is killing, interrogates Lilah at her apartment and learns where Billy is. She confronts him at the airfield and hits him in the groin with a taser blast. Angel arrives and tells Cordelia he will handle Billy, and she replies since she is a woman, his power won't work on her.

Meanwhile, Wesley and Fred are analyzing some of Billy's blood under a microscope. As a result, Wesley accidentally touches some and is affected. Fred does not realize anything is wrong until Wesley strikes her, throwing her into some stairs. She runs into some of the hotel's rooms, Wesley following closely behind and insulting her. Fred locks herself in one of the rooms and barricades the door. She is spooked by Gunn and explains the situation. Gunn is horrified to learn about the powers of Billy's blood since he accidentally touched some earlier. He gives Fred a club and tells her to knock him out. Fred falters and Gunn starts yelling at her and threatens to beat her to deathr. Fred knocks him out and goes to cower in a corner.

A short time later, Wesley breaks in and menaces Fred some more. He then trips a trap Fred set for him, causing a fire extinguisher to hit him and knock him through a hole in the floor.

Billy then touches Angel's face and stands back to watch him kill Cordelia. Angel walks up to Cordelia and then spins around and punches Billy in the face, revealing he is unaffected. Billy and Angel fight, which ends abruptly when Billy is shot twice and falls to the ground, dead. We see a cut to Lilah who lowers her gun and walks away.

Later, Cordelia asks why Billy's touch did not affect Angel. Angel explains when he was Angelus he killed for sport or pleasure, but was never angry with his victims, and never hated them.

Powers
Due to his demon heritage, Billy has the power to bring out the primal mysogyny of any man who touches him or comes into contact with his body fluids (sweat, blood, etc.). His touch affects men differently: Wesley Wyndam-Pryce was still quiet and subdued, while Charles Gunn was extremely violent and angry due to his short temper. Angel, however, was immune to Billy's touch because, while he killed numerous innocents for sport or pleasure, he was never angry with his victims and never hated them.

Billy was also capable of using his power to make himself stronger. By striking against a solid surface, he could absorb the energy of the resulting reaction.

Trivia

 * In his first appearance, Billy was not named in the episode, shooting scripts or credits. He was merely credited as "Young Man".
 * In the audio commentary of "Billy", it is noted that the writers considered his birth to have been brought about by an evil human man raping a good demon woman.

Appearances

 * That Vision Thing
 * Billy