Judgment

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Judgement is episode 1 of season 2 of the television show Angel.

Another vision from Cordelia sends Angel on another mission where he accidentally kills the demonic protector of a pregnant woman named Jo. But when Jo disappears, Angel soon learns that the expectant mother is not only being hunted by evil bounty hunters, but she must face a mysterious tribunal in order to live through the night. Street gang member and amateur vampire slayer, Charles Gunn, helps Angel to retrieve a talisman needed for the trial while Angel himself faces his innermost fears: in a demon karaoke bar named Caritas where the kindly demon host looks into Angel's feelings with his on stage karaoke singing, or lack of it. Meanwhile, the evil lawyers Lindsey and Lilah from Wolfram & Hart are revealed to have brought back from the Raising: the long dead vampire Darla whom they plan to use to seek revenge against Angel. At the end, Angel visits Faith, now serving a long prison term, where they talk about salvation for each other.

Quotes and trivia

Eliza Dushku is credited in the closing credits of this episode instead of the opening ones. Although closing credits cast listings are usually reserved only for background characters with unimportant parts, or those with minimal or no speaking role, Dushku was placed here to keep Angel's visit to prison a surprise for the viewers. This same trick is used several other times in the series for the same effect.

When Angel and the gang first head to the gym at the opening of the episode and are walking down the aisle, Angel is not visible in the mirror walking with the group. However, if you look to the right of the screen, he's standing at the end of the screen and you can see him in the mirror, and watch him quickly join the group for the next shot. He is also visible briefly in the mirror as he leaves the hidden room.