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{{Episode
|season     = 2
|number     = 20
|image      = A2x20 Over the Rainbow.jpg
|airdate    = May 8, [[2001]]
|writer     = [[Mere Smith]]
|director   = [[Fred Keller]]
|length     = 42
|series     = ''[[Angel (series)|Angel]]''
|previous   = "[[Belonging]]"
|next       = "[[Through the Looking Glass]]"
|series2    = ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
|previous2  = "[[Spiral]]"
|next2      = "[[The Weight of the World]]"
|stars      = [[David Boreanaz]] — [[Angel]]<br>[[Charisma Carpenter]] — [[Cordelia Chase|Cordelia]]<br>[[Alexis Denisof]] — [[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce|Wesley]]<br>[[J. August Richards]] — [[Charles Gunn|Gunn]]
|gueststars = [[Andy Hallett]] — [[Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan|Host]]<br>[[Amy Acker]] — [[Winifred Burkle|Fred]]<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088964 Susan Blommaert] — [[Vakma of the Gathwok Clan|Vakma]]<br>[[Persia White]] — [[Agnes Bellfleur|Aggy]]<br>[[Daniel Dae Kim]] — [[Gavin Park|Gavin]]<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0309605 Michael Phenicie] — [[Silas]]
|costars    = [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0846663/ Brian Tahash] — [[Narwek|Constable]]<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628309/ William Newman] — [[Trensiduf of the Gathwok Clan|Trensiduf]]<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1053452/ Drew Wicks] — [[Blix]]<br>
|uncredited = [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0404693 Brody Hutzler] — [[Landokmar of the Deathwok Clan|Landok]]<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1357257 Jackson Bolt] — Pylean<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662904 Andrew Parks] — [[Barshon|Priest #1]]<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734614 Rachelle Roderick] — Slave<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924121 Lee Whittaker] — [[Seekul]]
}}

"'''Over the Rainbow'''" is the twentieth episode of the [[Angel season 2|second season]] of ''[[Angel (series)|Angel]]'' and the forty-second episode in the series. Written by [[Mere Smith]] and directed by [[Fred Keller]], it was originally broadcast on May 8, [[2001]], on [[The WB]] network.

==Synopsis==
[[Cordelia Chase|Cordelia]] is accidentally sucked through a [[magic]]al portal and transported to a [[demon]] [[dimension]], finding herself all alone in a strange new land where [[human]]s are considered inferior and sold into slavery. [[Angel]], [[Charles Gunn|Gunn]], [[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce|Wesley]] and the [[Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan|Host]] jump through the portal in search of her and end up shackled by an angry mob of villagers and sentenced to death.<ref>[https://www.angelfire.com/tv2/craigstrans5/angelstrans.html "Angel Season 2."] ''Craig's BuffyVERSE 4ever''. Retrieved on March 19, 2023.</ref>

==Summary==
Cordelia finds herself in a new dimension, where she is chased down by a green demon who captures and declares her a "cow," or human slave. She is sold at the market, and [[Vakma of the Gathwok Clan|her demon owner]] forces her into [[Pylean collar|a collar]] that can be used to shock her when she doesn't obey. As she later mucks out the stables, wondering aloud if she can remove the collar, a runaway slave warns her through a hole in a wall that she shouldn't bother fighting. Cordelia is unable to see that the woman is [[Winifred Burkle|Fred]] from her [[visions]]. Before any more information can be exchanged, Fred is caught and taken away. Later, Cordelia follows her owner, carrying purchases from the market, until visions causes her to fall and drop everything. She reveals she foresaw a villager being attacked by a [[Drokken beast]], and a crowd gathers and declares her to be cursed. Cordelia is brought before Constable [[Narwek]] and explains she has precognitive visions.

Meanwhile, in [[Los Angeles]], the remaining [[Angel Investigations]] team realizes Cordelia has been sucked into the Host's home dimension of [[Pylea]], which the Host says he was glad to leave and will never go back to; he also cannot provide information on how to access Pylea from [[Earth]], since his coming from the former to the latter was mostly unintentional on his part. [[Caritas]], the bar he runs, was once the abandoned building where the portal from Pylea deposited him. Angel, desperate to save Cordelia, reads from the book to reopen the portal, but nothing happens; Wesley's research discovers that portals can only be opened so many time before they become "cold". This means that the gang must find a new hot spot to open the portal.

The Host seeks help from [[Agnes Bellfleur|a psychic friend]] in order to find a hot spot, but she won't provide the information until he agrees to go with the others to finish his business in Pylea. Wesley finds out that the portal scatters multiple people who go through, and they realize that Cordelia won't have arrived in Pylea with [[Landokmar of the Deathwok Clan|Landok]].

[[Gavin Park]], a lawyer from [[Wolfram & Hart]], appears at the [[Hyperion Hotel]] with a colleague and informs Angel that the law firm plans to buy the hotel when the current lease expires. Angel vamps out, and Gavin takes his leave, but not before promising to make Angel's life difficult. Angel leaves a message on an answering machine for Gunn, who has elected to go reconcile with [[Gunn's crew|his old gang]], with key information in case they don't make it back from Pylea.

Angel pulls [[NKO714|his car]] up to the gate of Paramount Studios, following the Host's information that it is a psychic hot spot. Wesley's research revealed that if the gang use the car to travel through the portal it should allow them to stay together. Although Gunn had initially stated that [[George (Gunn's crew)|George]]'s death made him realize he's needed in this dimension, Angel's distressing phone message persuaded him to join the mission. Wesley reads from the book, and with final good-byes to L.A., Angel drives his car through the portal however the book is left behind.

As the car arrives in daytime Pylea, Angel rushes to cover himself, but he realizes that the two suns are not fatal to vampires. Enjoying the opportunity to be in sunlight, Angel goes off to gather branches to hide the car. After covering the car, the guys realize that the book is gone, and Lorne is horrified. Wesley realizes the book must have been bound to Earth, and Angel points out that they can't return home without Cordelia anyway, so finding another way to open a portal will have to wait until after she's rescued.

Cordelia is taken before a tribunal to see if she is afflicted with a curse. They test her using hot pokers and sharp needles. They unanimously decide that she is indeed cursed and take her away.

In town, the Host advises Wesley, Angel, and Gunn to stay to the shadows, as humans are treated as slaves. He tries to get help from an old friend but is met with a hostile reception, as he is considered to have deserted his people. Chased by villagers, the gang is eventually caught and tied up in the middle of town. They are taken to a dungeon and chained up, and eventually taken to be sentenced to death by the Monarch. They charge to try to escape, but, sitting in the throne, they find a very contented looking Cordelia wearing a sequined bikini and many jewels.

==Continuity==
*This episode marks the first appearance of Gavin Park.
*When the gang is surrounded, the dialogue "I'll take the 20 on the left, you take the 50 on the right" is very similar to the final scene of Angel when they are up against impossible odds.

==Appearances==
===Individuals===
*[[Angel]]
*[[Barshon]]
*[[Agnes Bellfleur]]
*[[Blix]]
*[[Winifred Burkle]]
*[[Cordelia Chase]]
*[[Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan]]
*[[Landokmar of the Deathwok Clan]]
*[[Trensiduf of the Gathwok Clan]]
*[[Vakma of the Gathwok Clan]]
*[[George (Gunn's crew)|George]] {{Om}}
*[[Charles Gunn]]
*[[Hayes]]
*[[Narwek]]
*[[Gavin Park]]
*[[Seekul]]
*[[Silas]]
*[[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]]
===Organizations and titles===
*[[Angel Investigations]]
*[[Covenant of Trombli]]
*[[Cursed One]]
*[[Gunn's crew]]
*[[Imperial Guard]]
*[[Seer]]
*[[Wolfram & Hart]]
**[[Real Estate Division]]
===Species===
*[[Human]]
*[[Demon]]
**[[Deathwok Clan]]
**[[Drokken beast]] {{OV}}
**[[Flehegna]]
**[[Gathwok Clan]]
**[[Hellbeast]]
**[[Torto demon]] {{Om}}
*[[Vampire]]
===Locations===
*[[Earth]]
**[[Los Angeles]]
***[[Caritas]]
***[[Hyperion Hotel]]
*[[Pylea]]
**[[Pylean castle]]
===Objects===
*[[926MEA]]
*[[Aura (magic)|Aura]] {{Om}}
*[[NKO714]]
*[[Pylean collar]]
*''[[SCRSQWRN]]''
*[[Stake]]

==Death count==
*None.

==Behind the scenes==
===Production===
*The title of this episode and the following two, "[[Through the Looking Glass]]" and "[[There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb]]," all reference children's stories in which the protagonist travels from their world into a wondrous, mystical one. "[[Wikipedia:Over the Rainbow|Over the Rainbow]]" is a song in the 1939 film ''[[Wikipedia:The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''.
*[[Persia White]], who portrays Agnes in this episode, also portrayed [[Aura (Sunnydale)|Aura]] in "[[Welcome to the Hellmouth]]."

===Broadcast===
*"{{PAGENAME}}" had an audience of 3.2 million households upon its original airing.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080719163556/http://home.insightbb.com/%7Ewahoskem/angel2.html "Nielsen Ratings for Angel's Second Season."] ''Nielsen Ratings for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, & Firefly''. Archived from [http://home.insightbb.com/%7Ewahoskem/angel2.html the original] on July 19, 2008.</ref>
*The first few moments of the opening sequence of the crew searching Caritas for Cordelia from the broadcast version is missing on the DVD.

===Pop culture references===
*Cordelia taps her heels three times in an attempt to return home, something the main character does in ''[[Wikipedia:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''.
*Lorne reminisces when he first heard [[Wikipedia:Aretha Franklin|Aretha Franklin]].
*Listing hypothetical unpleasant experiences, Lorne mentions watching a junior high school production of the musical ''[[Wikipedia:Cats (musical)|Cats]]''.
*Cordelia says she wants to read the latest issue of the women's magazine ''[[Wikipedia:Marie Claire|Marie Claire]]''.
*Lorne mentions the then couple formed by the actors [[Wikipedia:Brad Pitt|Brad Pitt]] and [[Wikipedia:Jennifer Aniston|Jennifer Aniston]].
*Gunn compares Angel with being "the captain of the [[Wikipedia:Titanic|Titanic]] getting ready to go down with the ship," referring to the sinking disaster in 1912.
*Lorne quotes the opening song for ''[[Wikipedia:Mister Rogers' Neighborhood|Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'', saying: "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood all right."
*When Wesley comments on Pylea's suns, Lorne calls him "[[Wikipedia:Nicolaus Copernicus|Copernicus]]" in reference to the astronomer who formulated the heliocentric model in the Renaissance.
*Gunn misunderstands xenophobia as fear of the character [[Wikipedia:Xena|Xena]], who he thinks is "kinda fly."

===Goofs===
*When Angel is in the patch of sunlight gathering brush, the microphone boom can be seen on the right side of the screen.

===Music===
*[[Robert J. Kral]] — "Welcome to Pylea"
*Robert J. Kral — "Cordy Meets Fred"
*Robert J. Kral — original score

===International titles===
*'''Czech:''' "Tam, za duhou" (There, Over the Rainbow)
*'''Finnish:''' "Sateenkaaren taa" (Over the Rainbow)
*'''French:''' "De l'autre côté de l'arc-en-ciel" (Over the Rainbow)
*'''German:''' "Gefangene der Dimension" (Prisoners of the Dimension)
*'''Hungarian:''' "Túl a fellegeken" (Over the Clouds)
*'''Italian:''' "Ritorno a Pylea" (Return to Pylea)
*'''Portuguese (Brazil):''' "A Outra Ponta do Arco-Íris" (The Other End of the Rainbow)
*'''Russian:''' "За радугой" (Over the Rainbow)
*'''Spanish (Latin America):''' "Otra dimensión" (Another Dimension)
*'''Spanish (Spain):''' "Otra dimensión" (Another Dimension)
*'''Turkish:''' "Bilinmeyene Gidiş" (Going into the Unknown)

===Adaptations===
*Fred Keller provided the [[audio commentaries]] for the episode.
*This episode is included in ''[[The Vampire Anthology: Fred]]'' DVD.
*The [[Angel action figures|''Angel'' action figure]] Slave Cordelia was based on Cordelia in this episode.

==Gallery==
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==References==
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[[Category:Angel Season 2]]
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