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+ | |number = 21 |
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+ | |image = A4x21 Guardian Keeper.jpg |
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+ | |airdate = April 30, [[2003]] |
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+ | |writer = [[David Fury]] |
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+ | |director = [[Jefferson Kibbee]] |
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+ | |series = ''[[Angel (series)|Angel]]'' |
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| + | |next = "[[Home]]" |
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| + | |series2 = ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' |
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| + | |previous2 = "[[Empty Places]]" |
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| + | |next2 = "[[Touched]]" |
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| + | |stars = [[David Boreanaz]] — [[Angel]]<br>[[Charisma Carpenter]] — [[Cordelia Chase|Cordelia]]<br>[[J. August Richards]] — [[Charles Gunn|Gunn]]<br>[[Amy Acker]] — [[Winifred Burkle|Fred]]<br>[[Vincent Kartheiser]] — [[Connor]]<br>[[Andy Hallett]] — [[Lorne]]<br>[[Alexis Denisof]] — [[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce|Wesley]] |
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| + | |costars = [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869951 Robert Towers] — [[Guardian of the Word|High Priest]]<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295041 Bonita Friedericy] — [[Patience]]<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0699374 Eliza Pryor Nagel] — [[Susan]]<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675949Bob Pescovitz] — News Producer<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1087164 Gerry Katzman] — Technician<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2201076 Audrey Kearns] — Young Woman<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932514 Kristin Richardson] — [[Tracy Bellows|Female Reporter]]<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1237962 Kyle Ingleman] — [[Jeremy]]<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1483890 Jeff Scott Bass] — [[Brent]]<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420647 Kimble Jemison] — Cop #1<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382602 Blair Hickey] — Male News Reporter<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1163738 Angelica Castro] — Telemundo Reporter<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103153 Brian Bradley] — Grizzled Reporter |
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| + | |uncredited = [[Erik Betts]] — [[Keeper of the Name]]<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1996793 Niki Latrese] — Screaming Woman |
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| − | + | "'''Peace Out'''" is the twenty-first episode of the [[Angel season 4|fourth season]] of ''[[Angel (series)|Angel]]'' and the eighty-seventh episode in the series. Written by [[David Fury]] and directed by [[Jefferson Kibbee]], it was originally broadcast on April 30, [[2003]], on [[The WB]] network. |
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| − | [[Connor]], having captured [[Lorne]], [[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce|Wesley]], [[Charles Gunn|Gunn]] and [[Winifred Burkle|Fred]], takes them back to the hotel where they are imprisoned in the basement and soon learn the full extent of [[Jasmine]]'s power. Meanwhile, [[Angel]] tries to navigate himself through a hell dimension and has a brutal encounter with a spider-demon high priest in his quest for information on how to vanquish Jasmine from Earth which will be granted when he finds her true name. Also, Connor finally finds the comatose [[Cordelia Chase|Cordelia]] lying in a state of stasis in an abandoned church where he tries to confide with his uncertainty and role in the universe. |
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==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
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| + | [[Angel]] goes on a mission to find proof that his son [[Connor]] wasn't simply a vessel designed to bring the evil [[Jasmine]], who is hell-bent on destroying everyone, into the world. Meanwhile, Connor goes in search of the missing [[Cordelia Chase|Cordelia]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040828001932mp_/http://www.thewb.com/Shows/Episode/0,8201,||1412,00.html "angel: Peace Out."] ''TheWB.com''. Archived from [http://www.thewb.com/Shows/Episode/0,8201,||1412,00.html the original] on August 28, 2004.</ref> |
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| − | The gang, minus Angel, are fighting Connor and his band of Jasminites in the mantis demons lair. Angel and the blue orb are in the demon world, where he’s spotted a bridge to a city that holds a temple. Connor takes Wesley, Fred, Gunn, and Lorne captive and announces that he has to kill them. He says that the heroes are all alone and don’t belong there. Gunn is happy not to belong, since everyone else is worshiping a false god. Before Connor can kill anyone, a guard speaks in Jasmine’s voice and tells him to bring the others back to the [[Hyperion Hotel|Hyperion]]. As Angel climbs a cliff to the temple, Jasmine thanks some of the Jasminites for being loyal followers. Connor brings in the gang and Jasmine tells them that they’ve caused themselves pain by abandoning her. She asks where Angel is and Wesley taunts her, saying she should know since she’s omniscient. Wesley asks about mantis demon and she compares his past world to the humans’ world. She says that when she came along, she “kicked their evolution up a few ticks,” but it obviously didn’t work out (also that she has a better chance in this world as it can be taken over quickly). She adds that Angel is wasting his time in the demon world, but Wesley says that if she really believed that, she would have killed them already. Jasmine tells a follower to tell the media that she’ll be down soon; Wesley realizes that she’s about to beam out her “love” to everyone. Fred tries to get Connor to stop her, telling him that Jasmine will enslave everyone, but he says that she’ll bring everyone together. Fred says that they tried to show him what Jasmine really is; he tells her that he knows. He looks at Jasmine, and we see that he sees what they have been seeing - her maggot-infested flesh. “She’s beautiful,” Connor says. Jasmine heads for her press interview, telling Connor that she won’t be able to keep an eye on everyone while it’s going on, so he’ll have to do that for her. Connor asks what Angel has gone after and Jasmine replies, “The unattainable.” |
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| + | ==Summary== |
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| − | Angel makes it to the temple, where he encounters the high priest. The priest says that he’s come this far only to die. He calls himself “guardian of the word, caretaker of her most blessed temple” and Angel notes that there don’t seem to be any other followers. The high priest is sure that Jasmine will return when she’s done with the human world. Angel tries to get the priest to say Jasmine’s real name, but the priest won’t say it. Angel tries to intimidate him and the priest tells him, “You can take away her power, but you’ve already lost…everything.” Connor sticks Wesley and company in Angelus’ cage in the basement and Wesley notes that the blood ritual didn’t work on Connor because he’s seen Jasmine’s true face all along. Connor says that appearance doesn’t matter to him, since he grew up in Quor-toth. Fred tries to get Connor to feel badly about Cordelia; Connor tells her that Cordelia has been moved. Wesley asks Connor what Jasmine eats, since the demon called her “the devourer.” Connor denies that he knows, but Wesley has already figured out that she eats her followers. Gunn worries that Cordelia has already been eaten. Angel demands that the priest give him Jasmine’s true name, but the priest reveals that he can’t - only the Keeper of the name has it. The priest is the guardian of the word, but the guardian of the word is not the keeper of the name. The word is the name, so the priest is the guardian of the Keeper - the keeper of the Keeper. The Keeper happens to be in the corner of the room, but the priest warns that he’ll only speak Jasmine’s real name with his last breath. Turns out he’s right, since the Keeper’s mouth is sewn shut. |
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| + | [[Winifred Burkle|Fred]], [[Charles Gunn|Gunn]], [[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce|Wesley]], and [[Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan|Lorne]] fight Connor and his band of [[Body Jasmine|Jasmaniacs]] in the sewers. In the [[zealot's dimension|demon world]], Angel spots a bridge to a mountain that holds a temple. |
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| + | Connor takes Wesley, Fred, Gunn, and Lorne captive and announces that he has to kill them. He says that the heroes are all alone and don't belong there. Gunn is happy not to belong, since everyone else is worshiping a false [[higher being|god]]. Before Connor can kill anyone, a guard speaks in Jasmine's voice and tells him to bring the others back to the [[Hyperion Hotel]]. |
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| + | As Angel climbs a cliff to the temple, Jasmine thanks some people for being loyal followers. Connor brings in the gang and Jasmine tells them that they've caused themselves pain by abandoning her. She asks where Angel is, and Wesley says she should know since she's omniscient. Wesley asks about the [[Messenger]], and she compares the [[zealot]]'s world to the [[human]]s' world; when she came along, she "kicked their evolution up a few ticks," but it didn't work out, and she has a better chance in this world as it can be taken over quickly. She adds that Angel is wasting his time in the [[demon]] world, but Wesley says that, if she really believed that, she would have killed them already. |
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| + | Jasmine tells a follower to tell the media that she'll be down soon; Wesley realizes that she's about to beam out her influence to the world. Fred tries to get Connor to stop her, telling him that Jasmine will enslave everyone, but he says that she'll bring everyone together. Fred says that they tried to show him what Jasmine really is; he tells her that he knows. He looks at Jasmine, and, looking at her maggot-infested flesh, he declares: "She's beautiful." Jasmine heads for her press interview, telling Connor that she won't be able to keep an eye on everyone while it's going on, so he'll have to do that for her. Connor asks what Angel has gone after, and Jasmine replies: "The unattainable." |
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| − | Connor finds a church (with a sign reading, “God is nowhere. Jasmine is the way”) and tries to get past the police officers outside. Connor knocks the cops out and goes into the church, where he finds Cordelia. Back at the banquet hall, Jasmine eats a large group of people and then prepares for her press conference. At the church, Connor gives a little impassioned speech to Cordelia about needing a reason to fight. He says that he doesn’t have one now and wants to just stop. He admits that he never believed in Jasmine but went along because everyone else did and he wanted to belong. She’s bringing peace to everyone and helping them get rid of their hatred, but it’s not working for him. He says that his whole life has been built on lies, but he thought this one was better than the other ones. In the lobby of the Hyperion, the media prepares for the press conference. Upstairs, one of the men Connor attacked for info on Cordelia alerts Jasmine. Jasmine heads to the press conference and starts talking about love, her image broadcast around the world. From the basement, Wesley and company hear the audience cheering and realize that Jasmine has started her world broadcast. They realize that they really are alone now. Back at the conference, Jasmine tells everyone that they don’t have to give her anything, just show her love along with a large temple to stand as a beacon of hope. |
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| + | Angel makes it to the temple, where he encounters the high priest. The demon says that Angel has come this far only to die. The demon calls himself "[[Guardian of the Word]], caretaker of [[Her Most Blessed Temple]]," and Angel notes that there don't seem to be any other followers. The high priest is sure that Jasmine will return when she's done with the human world. Angel tries to get the priest to say Jasmine's real name, but the priest won't do it. Angel tries to intimidate him, and the priest tells him: "You can take away her power, but you've already lost everything." |
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| − | As Angel suddenly appears during her speech she orders her followers to attack him. They do but Angel cuts the sewn mouth of the Keeper and a long hissing sound is heard. With her name revealed, Jasmine glows and screams are heard as her face switches between her beauty and true form until it settles in the middle. Now with purple eyes and covered in boils Jasmine begs her followers to calm down as they erupt into chaos and despair. Convinced that something has gone terribly wrong Gunn kicks open the door to the cage and they head upstairs. Out in the streets of L.A., everything is chaotic and Jasmine is upset that no one is worshiping her anymore. She contacts Connor through one of the cops at the church; Connor runs off to find her. Angel catches up to Jasmine and tells her that she lost. She replies, “There are no absolutes. No right and wrong. Haven’t you learned anything working for the Powers? There are only choices. I offered paradise. You chose this!” He counters that he chose this world because he could; she had taken choice away from everyone. “And look what free will has gotten you,” Jasmine says. Angel responds that free will is what makes humans human; Jasmine points out that he’s not human. “Working on it,” he says. She heads off, wanting to be alone, and Angel says that he’s not going to let her hurt anyone else. He lists the things she’s done, pointing out that thousands of people are dead because of her. Jasmine asks how many people will die because Angel stopped world peace. She argues that she murdered thousands in order to save billions, but now the world has to fend for itself. “The price was too high, Jasmine,” Angel says. “Our fate has to be our own, or we’re nothing.” He tells her that everyone has done horrible stuff, but they can make up for it; she doesn’t have the world she wanted, but she can still try to make it better. Jasmine doesn’t want to. She punches Angel off of a bridge and then uses a car as a weapon. She tells him that she loved the world and sacrificed everything to be there. Angel counters that she did so in order to run the world. Jasmine says that the other [[The Powers That Be]] didn’t care enough unlike her and he knows it. |
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| + | Connor sticks the [[Angel Investigations]] team in the basement cage, and Wesley notes that the [[blood]] ritual didn't work on Connor because he's seen Jasmine's true face all along. Connor says that, because he grew up in [[Quor'toth]], appearance doesn't matter to him. Fred tries to get Connor to feel badly about Cordelia; Connor tells her that Cordelia has been moved. Wesley asks Connor what Jasmine eats, since the demon called her the Devourer. Connor denies that he knows, but Wesley has already figured out that she eats her followers. Gunn worries that Cordelia has already been eaten. |
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| − | The fighting continues and Jasmine reminds Angel of the prophecy that said he would play a role in the apocalypse. He never knew which side he would be on, but now he does - she’s going to wipe out the human race with the last of her energy, and the blood will be on his hands. He tells her to go to hell; she replies, “You first, baby,” then kisses him. Connor arrives, noting that once again Angel is involved with a girl who was Connor’s first. Jasmine is thrilled that Connor is finally there. Wesley, Gunn and Fred search the hotel but find that everyone has taken off. Lorne notes that all of the TV stations are off the air, which means that something big happened. Wesley realizes that Angel came back and that they need to find him and Cordelia before Jasmine does. Before the gang can get out the door, they’re met by something - or someone - surprising. On the bridge, Jasmine tells Connor that Angel can’t defeat both of them. “You still believe in me, don’t you?” she asks. “You still love me?” “Yes,” Connor replies, before punching her through her maggoty head and killing her. Angel tries to comfort Connor, but he runs off. Angel heads back to the Hyperion, where he’s shocked to see that the others are still alive. He tells them that Jasmine is dead and Connor killed her. As Wesley tries to interrupt and tell him something, Angel says that he’s never seen Connor like that before. “I think he’s gonna do something,” Angel says. “You know, he might--.” “End world peace?” a woman replies. Angel looks over to see [[Lilah Morgan|Lilah]] in the office doorway. “Well, you already took care of that,” she says. “Congratulations.” |
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| + | Angel demands that the priest give him Jasmine's true name, but the priest reveals that he can't — only the [[Keeper of the Name]] has it. The priest is the Guardian of the Word, but the Guardian of the Word is not the Keeper of the Name. The word is the name, so the priest is the guardian of the Keeper — the keeper of the Keeper. The Keeper happens to be in the corner of the room, but the priest warns that he'll only speak Jasmine's real name with his last breath. The Keeper's mouth is sewn shut. |
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| − | ==Cast== |
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| + | Connor heads to the banquet hall, where Jasmine is chatting with some of her followers, who are about to be eaten. Connor pulls her aside and asks where she took Cordelia. Jasmine assures him that she didn't eat Cordelia; Connor tries to pretend that he didn't think that, but he's relieved. However, Jasmine won't tell him where she took Cordelia. |
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| − | *[[David Boreanaz]] as [[Angel]] |
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| − | *[[J. August Richards]] as [[Charles Gunn]] |
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| − | *[[Vincent Kartheiser]] as [[Connor]] |
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| − | *[[Andy Hallett]] as [[Lorne]] |
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| ⚫ | Angel fights the Keeper, and the Guardian taunts that his friends are probably dead by now, so there's no reason for Angel to try to fight for his world. The Guardian points out that his world doesn't care about him or want him, but Angel counters that it needs him. The Guardian says that he's actually fighting for Connor; he's already lost Cordelia, and he's going to lose Connor as well. |
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| − | ===Guest Starring=== |
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| + | In the human world, the press sets up for the conference, excited to be sharing Jasmine with the rest of the world. A reporter tries to get an interview with Connor, but he's not up for it. He finds a couple of followers who moved Cordelia and demands to know where she is. |
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| − | ===Co Starring=== |
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| − | *Robert Towers as High Priest |
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| − | *Bonita Friedericy as [[Patience]] |
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| − | *Eliza Pryor Nagel as [[Susan]] |
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| − | *Bob Pescovitz as News Producer |
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| − | *Gerry Katzman as Technician |
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| − | *Audrey Kearns as Young Woman |
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| − | *Kristin Richardson as Female Reporter |
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| − | *Kyle Ingleman as [[Jeremy]] |
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| − | *Jeff Scott Bass as [[Brent]] |
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| − | *Kimble Jemison as Cop #1 |
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| − | *Blair Hickey as Male News Reporter |
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| − | *Angelica Castro as Telemundo Reporter |
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| − | *Brian Bradley as Grizzled Reporter |
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| + | Back at the temple, while Angel fights the Keeper of the Word, the Guardian wonders why Angel keeps trying to make things right with Connor. The priest points out that Connor was only brought about to bring Jasmine into the world and will never love his father. Angel says that it doesn't matter. He ducks a swing from the Keeper and let the priest get knocked into a wall instead. |
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| ⚫ | In the basement of the Hyperion, Gunn is kicking the cage to try to break out of it, but he's mostly just succeeding at annoying Lorne. Fred notes that Connor left them unguarded. Wesley wonders why Jasmine had Cordelia moved, since the gang were the only people using her blood to turn others. He asks why Jasmine doesn't just kill Cordelia. Fred thinks that she can't, and Wesley agrees that Jasmine is dependent on Cordelia — she can't hurt her without hurting herself. However, Cordelia might be able to hurt Jasmine. The gang decide that they should figure out how to wake up Cordelia, though first they'll have to find her. |
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| + | Connor finds [[church (Peace Out)|a church]] (with a sign reading "God is nowhere. Jasmine is the way") and tries to get past the police officers outside. Connor knocks the cops out and goes into the church, where he finds Cordelia. Back at the banquet hall, Jasmine eats a large group of people and then prepares for her press conference. |
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| + | At the church, Connor talks with Cordelia about needing a reason to fight. He says that he doesn't have one now and wants to just stop. He admits that he never believed in Jasmine but went along because everyone else did and he wanted to belong. She's bringing peace to everyone and helping them get rid of their hatred, but it's not working for him. He says that his whole life has been built on lies, but he thought this one was better than the other ones. |
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| + | In the Hyperion, one of the men Connor attacked for info on Cordelia alerts Jasmine. She heads to the press conference and starts talking about love, her image broadcast around the world. From the basement, the AI team hear the audience cheering and realize that Jasmine has started her world broadcast. They realize that they really are alone now. Back at the conference, Jasmine tells everyone that they don't have to give her anything, just show her love along with a large temple to stand as a beacon of hope. |
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| + | Angel suddenly appears during her speech, and Jasmine orders her followers to attack him. They do, but Angel cuts the sewn mouth of the Keeper. A long hissing sound is heard from the demon's mouth. With her name revealed, Jasmine glows and screams are heard as her face switches between her beauty and true form until it settles in the middle. Now with purple eyes and covered in boils, Jasmine begs her followers to calm down as they erupt into chaos and despair. Convinced that something has gone wrong, Gunn kicks open the door to the cage, and the AI team head upstairs. |
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| + | In the chaotic streets of [[Los Angeles]], Jasmine is upset that no one is worshiping her anymore. She contacts Connor through one of the cops at the church, and Connor runs off to find her. Angel catches up to Jasmine and tells her that she lost. She replies that, while there are no absolutes of right and wrong, only choices, he chose that reality over her offer of paradise. Angel counters that she she had taken choice away from everyone, so he chose this world because he could. Jasmine pointed what free will has gotten him, and Angel responded that free will is what makes humans human. Jasmine points out that he's not human, and he says he's "working on it." |
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| + | Jasmine heads off, wanting to be alone, and Angel says that he's not going to let her hurt anyone else. He lists the things she's done, pointing out that thousands of people are dead because of her. Jasmine asks how many people will die because Angel stopped world peace; she argues that she murdered thousands in order to save billions, but now the world has to fend for itself. Angel says that the price was too high, and their fate has to be their own, or they are nothing. He tells her that everyone has done horrible stuff, but they can make up for it; she doesn't have the world she wanted, but she can still try to make it better. Jasmine doesn't want to. She punches Angel off of a bridge and then lifts a car against him. She says that she loved the world and sacrificed everything to be there. Angel counters that she did so in order to run the world. Jasmine says that the other [[Powers That Be]] didn't care enough, unlike her, and he knows it. |
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| + | The fighting continues and Jasmine reminds Angel of the prophecy that said he would play a role in the [[apocalypse]]. He never knew which side he would be on, but now he does: she's going to wipe out the human race with the last of her energy, and the blood will be on his hands. Angel tells her to go to hell; she replies, "You first, baby," then kisses him. Connor arrives, noting that once again Angel is involved with a girl who was Connor's first. Jasmine is thrilled that Connor is finally there. |
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| + | Wesley, Gunn, and Fred search the hotel but find that everyone has taken off. Lorne notes that all of the TV stations are off the air, which means that something big happened. Wesley realizes that Angel came back and that they need to find him and Cordelia before Jasmine does. Before the gang can get out the door, they're met by something surprising. |
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| + | On the bridge, Jasmine tells Connor that Angel can't defeat both of them. She asks Connor if he still believes in and loves her. Connor says he does and punches her through her head, killing Jasmine. Angel tries to comfort Connor, but the teenager runs off. |
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| + | Angel heads back to the Hyperion, where he's shocked to see that the others are still alive. He tells them that Jasmine is dead and Connor killed her. As Wesley tries to interrupt and tell him something, Angel says that he's never seen Connor like that before and thinks Connor is going to do something. In the office doorway, [[Lilah Morgan|Lilah]] completes that Connor might "end world peace," but Angel already took care of that. She congratulates Angel for it. |
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==Continuity== |
==Continuity== |
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| − | *When Angel says he's "working on" being human, he's referring to the |
+ | *When Angel says he's "working on" being human, he's referring to the [[Shanshu Prophecy]], first mentioned in "[[To Shanshu in L.A.]]" |
| + | *Lilah returns, now [[undead]], to set Angel on the path of [[Wolfram & Hart]] ("[[Home]]"). |
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| + | *The events of this episode occur at approximately the same time as Buffy and her allies are preparing to fight the [[First Evil]] ("Home"). Jasmine's broadcast doesn't influence [[Sunnydale]] because, by this time, few are left in town ("[[Empty Places]]") and there is no electricity to watch television ("[[Touched]]"). |
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| + | *Angel argues with Jasmine over taking away the free will of others, stating that it is the wrong way to do things. After witnessing the [[Fall of Los Angeles]], Angel will take upon the identity of the masked Twilight to help complete the prophecy of a "perfect world," where many would be sacrificed (''[[Twilight, Part Two]]''). |
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| + | ==Appearances== |
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| + | ===Individuals=== |
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| + | *[[Angel]] |
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| + | *[[Tracy Bellows]] |
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| + | *[[Brent]] |
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| + | *[[Connor]] |
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| + | *[[Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan]] |
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| + | *[[Charles Gunn]] |
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| + | *[[Guardian of the Word]] |
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| + | *[[Jasmine]] |
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| + | *[[Jeremy]] |
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| + | *[[Keeper of the Name]] |
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| + | *[[Messenger]] <small>(Only corpse)</small> |
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| + | *[[Patience]] |
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| + | *[[Susan]] |
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| + | ===Organizations and titles=== |
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| + | *[[Angel Investigations]] |
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| + | *[[Los Angeles Police Department]] |
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| + | *[[Powers That Be]] {{Om}} |
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| + | *[[Demon]] |
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| + | **[[Deathwok Clan]] |
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| + | **[[Zealot]] |
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| + | *[[Half-demon]] |
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| + | *[[Higher being]] |
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| + | *[[Human]] |
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| + | *[[Vampire]] |
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| + | ===Locations=== |
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| + | *[[Earth]] |
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| + | **[[Los Angeles]] |
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| + | ***[[Church (Peace Out)|Church]] |
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| + | ***[[Hyperion Hotel]] |
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| + | *[[Quor'toth]] {{Om}} |
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| + | *[[Zealot's dimension]] |
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| + | **[[Her Most Blessed Temple]] |
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| + | ===Objects=== |
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| + | *[[Blood]] |
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| + | *[[Zealot's key]] |
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| + | ==Death count== |
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| − | *The keeper of the word foreshadows Angel losing Connor in the following episode. |
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| + | *Guardian of the Word, inadvertently impaled on something sticking out of a wall by the Keeper of the Name. |
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| + | *Dozens of humans, eaten by Jasmine. |
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| + | *Keeper of the Name, beheaded by Angel. |
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| + | *Jasmine, punched by Connor. |
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| + | ==Behind the scenes== |
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| + | ===Production=== |
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| + | *In this penultimate episode of season 4, the [[Big Bad]], Jasmine, is defeated. This is reminiscent of the [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 4|''Buffy'' season 4]] episode "[[Primeval]]," in which the Big Bad, [[Adam]], was defeated before the season finale. |
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| + | *The Telemundo reporter says in Spanish: "La bendita Jasmine entregará su mensaje en todos los idiomas conocidos. Dependiendo de sus comentarios, esta transmisión podrá continuar durante este fin de semana." (Blessed Jasmine will deliver her message in all known languages. Depending on her comments, this broadcast may continue this weekend.) |
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| + | ===Broadcast=== |
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| + | *"Peace Out" had an audience of 2.6 million households upon its original airing.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080706174350/http://home.insightbb.com/~wahoskem/angel4.html "Nielsen Ratings for Angel's Fourth Season."] ''Nielsen Ratings for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, & Firefly''. Archived from [http://home.insightbb.com/~wahoskem/angel4.html the original] on July 6, 2008.</ref> |
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| + | *Lorne mentions ''[[Wikipedia:Night of the Comet|Night of the Comet]]'' when describing the deserted hotel. [[Joss Whedon]] has cited the film as one of his influences for the creation of [[Buffy Summers]].<ref>Ken P., [http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/06/23/an-interview-with-joss-whedon?page=6 "An Interview with Joss Whedon."] ''IGN'', Jun 23, 2003.</ref><ref>[http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/05/31/joss-whedon-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/ "EW's 100 Greatest Characters: Joss Whedon reveals his recipe for Buffy."] ''EW'', May 31, 2010.</ref> |
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| + | *Jasmine says she wants to make this the "[[Wikipedia:Best of all possible worlds|best of all possible worlds]]," a phrase coined by [[Wikipedia:Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz|Gottfried Leibniz]] in his 1710 work ''[[Wikipedia:Théodicée|Essays of Theodicy on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil]]''. |
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| + | *Once they understand that Jasmine's worldwide broadcast has started, Lorne says "[[w:c:looneytunes:That's all Folks!|That's all, folks]]," which is the famous ''[[w:c:looneytunes:Looney Tunes|Looney Tunes]]'' closing sequence. |
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| + | *As Gunn is trying to kick his way out of the cage, Lorne refers to him as [[w:c:pinkpanther:Cato Fong|Cato]], Inspector Clouseau's Chinese flat mate. |
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| + | *Upon learning that Jasmine eats people, Gunn is reminded of ''[[Wikipedia:The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' episode "[[Wikipedia:To Serve Man (The Twilight Zone)|To Serve Man]]." |
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| + | *Angel calls the Guardian of the Word "[[Wikipedia:Bugsy Siegel|Bugsy]]." |
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| + | *[[Robert J. Kral]] — original score |
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| + | *'''Czech:''' "Sbohem" (Goodbye) |
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| + | *'''Finnish:''' "Rauha maan päälle" (Peace on Earth) |
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| + | *'''French:''' "La paix universelle" (The Universal Peace) |
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| + | *'''German:''' "Die Hüter des Wortes" (The Guardians of the Word) |
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| + | *'''Hungarian:''' "Békétlen" (Restless) |
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| + | *'''Italian:''' "Pace" (Peace) |
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| + | *'''Portuguese (Brazil):''' "Paz Para Todos" (Peace to All) |
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| + | *'''Russian:''' "Умиротворение" (Pacification) |
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| + | *'''Spanish (Latin America):''' "Se acabó la paz" (Peace Is Over) |
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| + | *'''Spanish (Spain):''' "Adiós a la paz" (Goodbye to Peace) |
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| + | *'''Turkish:''' "Barış Yapmak" (Making Peace) |
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| + | Peace Out Angel Keeper of the Name.jpg |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| + | ===Behind the scenes=== |
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| + | ===Advertisement=== |
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Latest revision as of 04:01, 15 February 2024
"Peace Out" is the twenty-first episode of the fourth season of Angel and the eighty-seventh episode in the series. Written by David Fury and directed by Jefferson Kibbee, it was originally broadcast on April 30, 2003, on The WB network.
Synopsis
Angel goes on a mission to find proof that his son Connor wasn't simply a vessel designed to bring the evil Jasmine, who is hell-bent on destroying everyone, into the world. Meanwhile, Connor goes in search of the missing Cordelia.[1]
Summary
Fred, Gunn, Wesley, and Lorne fight Connor and his band of Jasmaniacs in the sewers. In the demon world, Angel spots a bridge to a mountain that holds a temple.
Connor takes Wesley, Fred, Gunn, and Lorne captive and announces that he has to kill them. He says that the heroes are all alone and don't belong there. Gunn is happy not to belong, since everyone else is worshiping a false god. Before Connor can kill anyone, a guard speaks in Jasmine's voice and tells him to bring the others back to the Hyperion Hotel.
As Angel climbs a cliff to the temple, Jasmine thanks some people for being loyal followers. Connor brings in the gang and Jasmine tells them that they've caused themselves pain by abandoning her. She asks where Angel is, and Wesley says she should know since she's omniscient. Wesley asks about the Messenger, and she compares the zealot's world to the humans' world; when she came along, she "kicked their evolution up a few ticks," but it didn't work out, and she has a better chance in this world as it can be taken over quickly. She adds that Angel is wasting his time in the demon world, but Wesley says that, if she really believed that, she would have killed them already.
Jasmine tells a follower to tell the media that she'll be down soon; Wesley realizes that she's about to beam out her influence to the world. Fred tries to get Connor to stop her, telling him that Jasmine will enslave everyone, but he says that she'll bring everyone together. Fred says that they tried to show him what Jasmine really is; he tells her that he knows. He looks at Jasmine, and, looking at her maggot-infested flesh, he declares: "She's beautiful." Jasmine heads for her press interview, telling Connor that she won't be able to keep an eye on everyone while it's going on, so he'll have to do that for her. Connor asks what Angel has gone after, and Jasmine replies: "The unattainable."
Angel makes it to the temple, where he encounters the high priest. The demon says that Angel has come this far only to die. The demon calls himself "Guardian of the Word, caretaker of Her Most Blessed Temple," and Angel notes that there don't seem to be any other followers. The high priest is sure that Jasmine will return when she's done with the human world. Angel tries to get the priest to say Jasmine's real name, but the priest won't do it. Angel tries to intimidate him, and the priest tells him: "You can take away her power, but you've already lost everything."
Connor sticks the Angel Investigations team in the basement cage, and Wesley notes that the blood ritual didn't work on Connor because he's seen Jasmine's true face all along. Connor says that, because he grew up in Quor'toth, appearance doesn't matter to him. Fred tries to get Connor to feel badly about Cordelia; Connor tells her that Cordelia has been moved. Wesley asks Connor what Jasmine eats, since the demon called her the Devourer. Connor denies that he knows, but Wesley has already figured out that she eats her followers. Gunn worries that Cordelia has already been eaten.
Angel demands that the priest give him Jasmine's true name, but the priest reveals that he can't — only the Keeper of the Name has it. The priest is the Guardian of the Word, but the Guardian of the Word is not the Keeper of the Name. The word is the name, so the priest is the guardian of the Keeper — the keeper of the Keeper. The Keeper happens to be in the corner of the room, but the priest warns that he'll only speak Jasmine's real name with his last breath. The Keeper's mouth is sewn shut.
Connor heads to the banquet hall, where Jasmine is chatting with some of her followers, who are about to be eaten. Connor pulls her aside and asks where she took Cordelia. Jasmine assures him that she didn't eat Cordelia; Connor tries to pretend that he didn't think that, but he's relieved. However, Jasmine won't tell him where she took Cordelia.
Angel fights the Keeper, and the Guardian taunts that his friends are probably dead by now, so there's no reason for Angel to try to fight for his world. The Guardian points out that his world doesn't care about him or want him, but Angel counters that it needs him. The Guardian says that he's actually fighting for Connor; he's already lost Cordelia, and he's going to lose Connor as well.
In the human world, the press sets up for the conference, excited to be sharing Jasmine with the rest of the world. A reporter tries to get an interview with Connor, but he's not up for it. He finds a couple of followers who moved Cordelia and demands to know where she is.
Back at the temple, while Angel fights the Keeper of the Word, the Guardian wonders why Angel keeps trying to make things right with Connor. The priest points out that Connor was only brought about to bring Jasmine into the world and will never love his father. Angel says that it doesn't matter. He ducks a swing from the Keeper and let the priest get knocked into a wall instead.
In the basement of the Hyperion, Gunn is kicking the cage to try to break out of it, but he's mostly just succeeding at annoying Lorne. Fred notes that Connor left them unguarded. Wesley wonders why Jasmine had Cordelia moved, since the gang were the only people using her blood to turn others. He asks why Jasmine doesn't just kill Cordelia. Fred thinks that she can't, and Wesley agrees that Jasmine is dependent on Cordelia — she can't hurt her without hurting herself. However, Cordelia might be able to hurt Jasmine. The gang decide that they should figure out how to wake up Cordelia, though first they'll have to find her.
Connor finds a church (with a sign reading "God is nowhere. Jasmine is the way") and tries to get past the police officers outside. Connor knocks the cops out and goes into the church, where he finds Cordelia. Back at the banquet hall, Jasmine eats a large group of people and then prepares for her press conference.
At the church, Connor talks with Cordelia about needing a reason to fight. He says that he doesn't have one now and wants to just stop. He admits that he never believed in Jasmine but went along because everyone else did and he wanted to belong. She's bringing peace to everyone and helping them get rid of their hatred, but it's not working for him. He says that his whole life has been built on lies, but he thought this one was better than the other ones.
In the Hyperion, one of the men Connor attacked for info on Cordelia alerts Jasmine. She heads to the press conference and starts talking about love, her image broadcast around the world. From the basement, the AI team hear the audience cheering and realize that Jasmine has started her world broadcast. They realize that they really are alone now. Back at the conference, Jasmine tells everyone that they don't have to give her anything, just show her love along with a large temple to stand as a beacon of hope.
Angel suddenly appears during her speech, and Jasmine orders her followers to attack him. They do, but Angel cuts the sewn mouth of the Keeper. A long hissing sound is heard from the demon's mouth. With her name revealed, Jasmine glows and screams are heard as her face switches between her beauty and true form until it settles in the middle. Now with purple eyes and covered in boils, Jasmine begs her followers to calm down as they erupt into chaos and despair. Convinced that something has gone wrong, Gunn kicks open the door to the cage, and the AI team head upstairs.
In the chaotic streets of Los Angeles, Jasmine is upset that no one is worshiping her anymore. She contacts Connor through one of the cops at the church, and Connor runs off to find her. Angel catches up to Jasmine and tells her that she lost. She replies that, while there are no absolutes of right and wrong, only choices, he chose that reality over her offer of paradise. Angel counters that she she had taken choice away from everyone, so he chose this world because he could. Jasmine pointed what free will has gotten him, and Angel responded that free will is what makes humans human. Jasmine points out that he's not human, and he says he's "working on it."
Jasmine heads off, wanting to be alone, and Angel says that he's not going to let her hurt anyone else. He lists the things she's done, pointing out that thousands of people are dead because of her. Jasmine asks how many people will die because Angel stopped world peace; she argues that she murdered thousands in order to save billions, but now the world has to fend for itself. Angel says that the price was too high, and their fate has to be their own, or they are nothing. He tells her that everyone has done horrible stuff, but they can make up for it; she doesn't have the world she wanted, but she can still try to make it better. Jasmine doesn't want to. She punches Angel off of a bridge and then lifts a car against him. She says that she loved the world and sacrificed everything to be there. Angel counters that she did so in order to run the world. Jasmine says that the other Powers That Be didn't care enough, unlike her, and he knows it.
The fighting continues and Jasmine reminds Angel of the prophecy that said he would play a role in the apocalypse. He never knew which side he would be on, but now he does: she's going to wipe out the human race with the last of her energy, and the blood will be on his hands. Angel tells her to go to hell; she replies, "You first, baby," then kisses him. Connor arrives, noting that once again Angel is involved with a girl who was Connor's first. Jasmine is thrilled that Connor is finally there.
Wesley, Gunn, and Fred search the hotel but find that everyone has taken off. Lorne notes that all of the TV stations are off the air, which means that something big happened. Wesley realizes that Angel came back and that they need to find him and Cordelia before Jasmine does. Before the gang can get out the door, they're met by something surprising.
On the bridge, Jasmine tells Connor that Angel can't defeat both of them. She asks Connor if he still believes in and loves her. Connor says he does and punches her through her head, killing Jasmine. Angel tries to comfort Connor, but the teenager runs off.
Angel heads back to the Hyperion, where he's shocked to see that the others are still alive. He tells them that Jasmine is dead and Connor killed her. As Wesley tries to interrupt and tell him something, Angel says that he's never seen Connor like that before and thinks Connor is going to do something. In the office doorway, Lilah completes that Connor might "end world peace," but Angel already took care of that. She congratulates Angel for it.
Continuity
- When Angel says he's "working on" being human, he's referring to the Shanshu Prophecy, first mentioned in "To Shanshu in L.A."
- Lilah returns, now undead, to set Angel on the path of Wolfram & Hart ("Home").
- The events of this episode occur at approximately the same time as Buffy and her allies are preparing to fight the First Evil ("Home"). Jasmine's broadcast doesn't influence Sunnydale because, by this time, few are left in town ("Empty Places") and there is no electricity to watch television ("Touched").
- Angel argues with Jasmine over taking away the free will of others, stating that it is the wrong way to do things. After witnessing the Fall of Los Angeles, Angel will take upon the identity of the masked Twilight to help complete the prophecy of a "perfect world," where many would be sacrificed (Twilight, Part Two).
Appearances
Individuals
- Angel
- Tracy Bellows
- Brent
- Winifred Burkle
- Connor
- Cordelia Chase
- Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan
- Charles Gunn
- Guardian of the Word
- Jasmine
- Jeremy
- Keeper of the Name
- Messenger (Only corpse)
- Lilah Morgan
- Patience
- Susan
- Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
Organizations and titles
- Angel Investigations
- Body Jasmine
- Los Angeles Police Department
- Powers That Be (Only mentioned)
Species
Locations
- Earth
- Quor'toth (Only mentioned)
- Zealot's dimension
Objects
Death count
- Guardian of the Word, inadvertently impaled on something sticking out of a wall by the Keeper of the Name.
- Susan, eaten by Jasmine.
- Dozens of humans, eaten by Jasmine.
- Keeper of the Name, beheaded by Angel.
- Jasmine, punched by Connor.
Behind the scenes
Production
- In this penultimate episode of season 4, the Big Bad, Jasmine, is defeated. This is reminiscent of the Buffy season 4 episode "Primeval," in which the Big Bad, Adam, was defeated before the season finale.
- The Telemundo reporter says in Spanish: "La bendita Jasmine entregará su mensaje en todos los idiomas conocidos. Dependiendo de sus comentarios, esta transmisión podrá continuar durante este fin de semana." (Blessed Jasmine will deliver her message in all known languages. Depending on her comments, this broadcast may continue this weekend.)
Broadcast
- "Peace Out" had an audience of 2.6 million households upon its original airing.[2]
Pop culture references
- Gunn quotes: "Never give up, never surrender," from the movie Galaxy Quest.
- Lorne mentions Night of the Comet when describing the deserted hotel. Joss Whedon has cited the film as one of his influences for the creation of Buffy Summers.[3][4]
- Jasmine says she wants to make this the "best of all possible worlds," a phrase coined by Gottfried Leibniz in his 1710 work Essays of Theodicy on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil.
- Once they understand that Jasmine's worldwide broadcast has started, Lorne says "That's all, folks," which is the famous Looney Tunes closing sequence.
- As Gunn is trying to kick his way out of the cage, Lorne refers to him as Cato, Inspector Clouseau's Chinese flat mate.
- Upon learning that Jasmine eats people, Gunn is reminded of The Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man."
- Angel calls the Guardian of the Word "Bugsy."
Music
- Robert J. Kral — original score
International titles
- Czech: "Sbohem" (Goodbye)
- Finnish: "Rauha maan päälle" (Peace on Earth)
- French: "La paix universelle" (The Universal Peace)
- German: "Die Hüter des Wortes" (The Guardians of the Word)
- Hungarian: "Békétlen" (Restless)
- Italian: "Pace" (Peace)
- Portuguese (Brazil): "Paz Para Todos" (Peace to All)
- Russian: "Умиротворение" (Pacification)
- Spanish (Latin America): "Se acabó la paz" (Peace Is Over)
- Spanish (Spain): "Adiós a la paz" (Goodbye to Peace)
- Turkish: "Barış Yapmak" (Making Peace)
Gallery
Promotional stills
Behind the scenes
Advertisement
References
- ↑ "angel: Peace Out." TheWB.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2004.
- ↑ "Nielsen Ratings for Angel's Fourth Season." Nielsen Ratings for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, & Firefly. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008.
- ↑ Ken P., "An Interview with Joss Whedon." IGN, Jun 23, 2003.
- ↑ "EW's 100 Greatest Characters: Joss Whedon reveals his recipe for Buffy." EW, May 31, 2010.