The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco

Plot
On the Mexican Day of the Dead, Angel has a run-in with a masked Wolfram and Hart employee who's connected to an Aztec warrior demon named Tezcatcatl, who preys on the hearts of heroes. This leads Angel to wrestle with some personal issues when he learns about 'Los Hermanos Numeros', a family of five Mexican wrestlers who helped the helpless until one day they were slain by Tezcatcatl, except for the fifth brother. Angel helps the last member, 'Number Five' discover the hero inside, which he lost when his family were killed.

Meanwhile, Spike researches the Shanshu Prophecy (from the first season) about a vampire becoming human and thinks that he, not Angel, may be the vampire who will become human.

Production
Writer/director Jeffrey Bell explains that he always wanted to work Mexican wrestling into one of his The X-Files scripts, but it wasn't until he pitched the idea to creator Joss Whedon that he was able to realize his "lifelong dream - to tell a story about Mexican wrestlers."

Main cast

 * David Boreanaz as Angel
 * James Marsters as Spike
 * J. August Richards as Charles Gunn
 * Amy Acker as Winifred Burkle
 * Andy Hallett as Lorne
 * Alexis Denisof as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce

Guest star

 * Danny Mora as Number Five

Co-stars

 * Bruno Gioiello as Security Guard

Trivia

 * This episode has the longest "intro" (before showing the opening theme) in the whole series so far (confirmation of intros that are in the episodes after this one needs citation) at 6 minutes and 18 seconds!