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|number = 19
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|image = Sanctuary Buffy Angel Faith 02.jpg
|airdate = May 2, 2000
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|airdate = May 2, [[2000]]
|writer = [[Tim Minear]]<br />[[Joss Whedon]]
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|writer = [[Tim Minear]]<br />[[Joss Whedon]]
|director = [[Michael Lange]]
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|director = [[Michael Lange]]
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|series = ''[[Angel (series)|Angel]]''
|previous = "[[Five by Five]]"<br />Buffy the Vampire Slayer<br />"[[New Moon Rising]]"
 
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|previous = "[[Five by Five]]"
|next = "[[War Zone]]"<br />Buffy the Vampire Slayer<br />"[[The Yoko Factor]]"
 
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|next = "[[War Zone]]"
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|series2 = ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
| starring = {{CastGroup|{{CastActor|name=David Boreanaz|character=Angel}}
 
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|previous2 = "[[New Moon Rising]]"
| {{CastActor|name=Charisma Carpenter|character=Cordelia Chase|billed=Cordelia}}
 
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|next2 = "[[The Yoko Factor]]"
| {{CastActor|name=Alexis Denisof|character=Wesley Wyndam-Pryce|billed=Wesley}}}}
 
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|stars = [[David Boreanaz]] — [[Angel]]<br />[[Charisma Carpenter]] — [[Cordelia Chase|Cordelia]]<br />[[Alexis Denisof]] — [[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce|Wesley]]
| gueststarring = {{CastGroup|{{CastActor|name=Elisabeth Röhm|character=Kate Lockley|billed=Kate}}
 
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|gueststars = [[Elisabeth Röhm]] — [[Kate Lockley|Kate]]<br />[[Christian Kane]] — [[Lindsey McDonald|Lindsey]]<br />[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123026 Thomas Burr] — [[Lee Mercer|Lee]]<br />[[Stephanie Romanov]] — [[Lilah Morgan|Lilah]]<br />[[Alastair Duncan]] — [[Collins]]<br />[[Eliza Dushku]] — [[Faith Lehane|Faith]]<br />[[Sarah Michelle Gellar]] — [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]]
| {{CastActor|name=Christian Kane|character=Lindsey McDonald|billed=Lindsey}}
 
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|costars = [[Jeff Ricketts]] — [[Weatherby]]<br />[[Kevin Owers]] — [[Smith]]<br />[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0894599 Adam Vernier] — [[Kendrick|Detective Kendrick]]
| {{CastActor|name=Thomas Burr|imdb=0123026|character=Lee Mercer|billed=Lee}}
 
 
|uncredited = [[Jack Plotnick]] — [[Allan Finch|Deputy Mayor]]
| {{CastActor|name=Stephanie Romanov|character=Lilah Morgan|billed=Lilah}}
 
| {{CastActor|name=Alastair Duncan|character=Collins}}
 
| {{CastActor|name=Eliza Dushku|character=Faith Lehane|billed=Faith}}
 
| {{CastActor|name=Sarah Michelle Gellar|character=Buffy Summers}}}}
 
| costarring = {{CastGroup|{{CastActor|name=Jeff Ricketts|character=Weatherby}}
 
| {{CastActor|name=Kevin Owers|character=Smith}}
 
| {{CastActor|name=Adam Vernier|imdb=0894599|character=Kendrick|billed=Detective Kendrick}}}}
 
| uncredited = {{CastGroup|{{CastActor|name=Jack Plotnick|character=Allan Finch|billed=Deputy Mayor}}}}}}
 
 
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"'''Sanctuary'''" is the nineteenth episode of the [[List of Angel season one episodes|first season]] of ''[[Angel (series)|Angel]]'' and the nineteenth episode overall. Co-written by Tim Minear and series creator Joss Whedon and directed by Michael Lange, it was originally broadcast on May 2, 2000 on the WB network.
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"'''Sanctuary'''" is the nineteenth episode of the [[Angel season 1|first season]] of ''[[Angel (series)|Angel]]'' television show and the nineteenth episode in the series. It was written by [[Tim Minear]] and [[Joss Whedon]], and directed by [[Michael Lange]]. it originally broadcast on May 2, [[2000]] on [[The WB]] network.
 
Convinced that [[Faith Lehane|Faith]] is capable of changing her ways, [[Angel]] continues to try to help her even as [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]], the [[Watchers Council]], [[Wolfram & Hart]], and the L.A.P.D. all try to hunt her down. Meanwhile, [[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce|Wesley]] faces a crisis of loyalties when the [[Watchers Council Special Operations Team]] offers to reinstate him if he helps them capture Faith.
 
   
 
==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
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[[Sarah Michelle Gellar|SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR]] GUEST-STARS — [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] comes to Los Angeles seeking vengeance under the guise of protecting [[Angel]] from [[Faith Lehane|Faith]]'s violent nature, but Buffy is shocked and hurt to discover her former love siding with her nemesis. Meanwhile, [[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce|Wesley]] is faced with a crisis of loyalties when the [[Watchers Council|Watcher's Council]] offers a chance at reinstatement if he gives up Faith.
Picking up where "[[Five by Five]]" left off, Angel takes Faith to [[Angel Investigations offices|his apartment]]. In a brief, violent vision, Faith charges at Angel with a knife and cuts up his face. When Angel comes up for food to feed Faith, Wesley argues about giving Faith another chance, and [[Cordelia Chase|Cordelia]] gets Angel to sign several checks to fund her vacation, so she can be gone for as long as Faith is around.
 
   
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==Summary==
After Faith starts reliving her past crimes, she attempts to leave Angel's. However, he extends the same invitation to help her as he did in "[[Consequences]] " and she returns. Downstairs, Faith confesses to Angel that she is haunted by visions of her violent past in [[Sunnydale]] and inadvertently reveals that Buffy is dating [[Riley Finn|someone else]]. Angel talks to Faith about redemption, saying she has to make amends for her crimes, no matter how hard it is. Meanwhile, Wesley plays darts at a bar, and encounters [[Weatherby]], a member of the Watchers' Council's Special Operations Team on the hunt for Faith. The council members give Wesley an opportunity to come back to the [[Watchers Council]] if he's willing to turn in Faith. They give him a syringe that, if injected, will sedate Faith and let them take her back to England. Wesley agrees to the plan on the condition that Angel remains unharmed, and Weatherby reluctantly agrees.
 
 
Angel takes Faith to [[Angel Investigations offices|his apartment]], tucking her into bed. As Angel retreats, Faith has a brief, violent vision where she charges at him with a knife and cuts up his face. When Angel comes up to get Faith food, Wesley argues about giving Faith another chance, and [[Cordelia Chase|Cordelia]] gets Angel to sign several checks to fund her vacation, so she can be gone for as long as Faith is around.
   
 
After Faith starts reliving her past crimes, she attempts to leave Angel's. However, he extends another invitation to help her and she returns. Downstairs, Faith confesses to Angel that she is haunted by visions of her violent past in [[Sunnydale]] and inadvertently reveals that Buffy is dating someone else. Angel talks to Faith about redemption, saying she has to make amends for her crimes, no matter how hard it is. Meanwhile, Wesley plays darts at a bar, and encounters [[Weatherby]], a member of the [[Watchers Council Special Operations Team]], on the hunt for Faith. The council members give Wesley an opportunity to come back to the Watchers Council if he's willing to turn in Faith. They give him a syringe that, if injected, will sedate Faith and let them take her back to England. Wesley agrees to the plan on the condition that Angel remains unharmed, and Weatherby reluctantly agrees.
[[Lindsey McDonald]], [[Lilah Morgan]] and [[Lee Mercer]], upset that Faith has teamed up with Angel, hire a [[Unidentified demon assassin (Sanctuary)|demon]] to have her killed. In Angel's apartment, he comforts Faith after she hears a warrant for her arrest on the news. Suddenly, the demon sneaks into Angel's apartment and attacks. Faith kills it with a knife, and then is frightened by the sight of the demon's blood on her hands. Without warning, Buffy arrives at Angel's place and is shocked to find Angel hugging Faith.
 
   
 
[[Lindsey McDonald]], [[Lilah Morgan]], and [[Lee Mercer]], upset that Faith has teamed up with Angel, hire [[Unidentified demon assassin (Sanctuary)|a demon]] to have her killed. In Angel's apartment, Angel comforts Faith after she hears a warrant for her arrest on the news. Suddenly, the demon sneaks into Angel's apartment and attacks. Faith kills it with a knife, and then is frightened by the sight of the demon's blood on her hands. Without warning, Buffy arrives at Angel's place and is shocked to find Angel hugging Faith.
Buffy is determined to turn Faith in to the police as revenge for all the trouble [[Who Are You|she recently caused]] in [[Sunnydale]] , but Angel objects and the two come to blows. Buffy hits Angel and when he hits her back, both she and Angel are in utter shock and Buffy is offended that he would punch her for Faith. He immediately apologizes to her. Wesley arrives with the news that the Council is looking for Faith, and Buffy confirms that they'll kill her if they get their hands on her. The two Slayers escape to the roof, where they argue about everything that has happened. Though Faith is genuinely sorry for what she has done and asks for another chance, Buffy is unwilling to forgive her for what happened claiming that all she's ever done is screw up her life by targeting Angel and then Riley and made her feel helpless. [[Collins]] attacks Buffy and Faith as [[Smith]] hovers above the roof in a helicopter. Inside the apartment, Wesley stabs Weatherby with the syringe while Angel runs upstairs and as the two Slayers seek cover against their attackers, Angel bursts through the roof skylight and gets inside the helicopter, throwing Smith out on the roof and ordering the pilot to take the helicopter down.
 
   
 
Buffy is determined to turn Faith in to the police as revenge for all the trouble she recently caused in [[Sunnydale]], and is eager to dole out some physical payback in particular for what Faith did to Riley, but Angel refuses to allow this. Buffy hits Angel and when he hits her back, both she and Angel are in utter shock and Buffy is offended that he would punch her for Faith. He immediately apologizes to her. Wesley arrives with the news that the Council is looking for Faith, and Buffy confirms that they'll kill her if they get their hands on her. The two Slayers escape to the roof, where they argue about everything that has happened. Though Faith is genuinely sorry for what she has done and asks for another chance, Buffy is unwilling to forgive her for what happened. She claims that all Faith has ever done is screw up her life by targeting Angel and then Riley, bitterly stating that while she's lost fights before Faith is the only person who ever made her feel so helpless. All of a sudden, [[Collins]] attacks Buffy and Faith as [[Smith]] hovers above the roof in a helicopter. Inside the apartment, Wesley stabs Weatherby with the syringe while Angel runs upstairs and as the two Slayers seek cover against their attackers. Angel bursts through the roof skylight and gets inside the helicopter, throwing Smith out on the roof and ordering the pilot to take the helicopter down.
Detective [[Kate Lockley]] - guided by Lindsey's information - arrests Angel for harboring the fugitive Faith. When Angel and Kate, with Wesley and Buffy in tow, arrive at the police station, they are surprised to see Faith is voluntarily confessing to [[Bad Girls|her crimes]]. Later, Buffy admits to Angel how hard it was for her to see Faith with him. Angel counters by saying it was not about Buffy, it was about saving Faith's soul. Buffy proceeds to explain that she had come because he was in danger, but Angel is not fooled and accuses her of looking for revenge on Faith, which she does not deny. Buffy lashes out by telling Angel she has someone else in her life, and unlike her relationship with Angel, she can actually trust her new boyfriend.
 
   
 
Detective [[Kate Lockley]] guided by Lindsey's information arrests Angel for harboring the fugitive Faith. When Angel and Kate, with Wesley and Buffy in tow, arrive at the police station, they are surprised to see Faith is voluntarily confessing to her crimes. Later, Buffy admits to Angel how hard it was for her to see Faith with him. Angel counters by saying it was not about Buffy it was about saving Faith's soul. Buffy claims that she had come because he was in danger, but Angel is not fooled and accuses her of looking to get revenge on Faith. She does not deny his accusation, and Buffy lashes out by telling Angel she has someone else in her life. Unlike her relationship with Angel, she can actually trust her new boyfriend.
Infuriated and hurt, Angel launches a tirade against Buffy, reminding her that, while it's great that she has moved on he himself cannot and has no one to share his pain, climaxing when he informs Buffy that she doesn't know him anymore and that she has no right to just show up with her "great new life" and tell him how to do things before harshly demanding that she go back to Sunnydale immediately. Buffy complies after a slight hesitation, complaining that "Faith wins again." As soon as she is gone, Angel regrets his harsh words and decides to head to Sunnydale to make his own amends while Wesley assures him that he believes Angel was right when he said that Faith could still be redeemed despite everything that had happened. Meanwhile, Faith manages to find peace in her jail cell.
 
   
 
Infuriated and hurt, Angel launches a tirade against Buffy, reminding her that, while it's great that she has moved on, he himself cannot and has no one to share his pain, climaxing when he informs Buffy that she doesn't know him anymore and that she has no right to just show up with her "great new life" and tell him how to do things before harshly demanding that she go back to Sunnydale immediately. Buffy complies after a slight hesitation, complaining that "Faith wins again." As soon as she is gone, Angel regrets his harsh words and decides to head to Sunnydale to make his own amends. Wesley assures him that he thinks Angel was right in believing Faith could still be rehabilitated. Meanwhile, Faith manages to find peace in her jail cell.
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==Continuity==
 
==Continuity==
*This is the first time that [[Angel]] sees [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] after the events of "[[I Will Remember You]]", which probably contributes to his reaction to her presence.
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*This is the first time that Angel sees Buffy after the events of "[[I Will Remember You]]".
 
*This also marks the first time that Angel learns that Buffy has actually moved on from him, showing genuine surprise and pain when Faith mentions that Buffy has a [[Riley Finn|new boyfriend]]. His visible hurt is also seen when Buffy confirms she has a new boyfriend and she can actually trust him.
 
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*Buffy and Wesley had last seen each other in "[[Graduation Day, Part Two]]". They won't meet again after this episode.
*This also marks the first time that Angel learns that Buffy has actually moved on from him, showing genuine surprise and pain when Faith mentions that Buffy has a [[Riley Finn|new boyfriend]]. His visible hurt is also seen again when Buffy confirms she has a new boyfriend and she can actually trust him.
 
 
*This is also the last episode in which both Buffy and Cordelia appear, although they do not actually meet in the episode. The last time that they had interacted was in "I Will Remember You".
 
 
*When having a confrontation with Buffy, Faith questioned "You gonna throw me off a roof? Again?", a reference to Buffy's near-kill of Faith in "[[Graduation Day, Part One]]".
*This is the last time that Buffy and Wesley meet and interact onscreen as well as the only episode of ''Angel'' in which both characters appear. It is also the first time they have been onscreen together since the ''Buffy'' Season Three finale "[[Graduation Day, Part Two]]".
 
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*Faith briefly visualizes hurting Angel in much the same way that she visualized hurting [[Willow Rosenberg]] in the episode "[[Who Are You?]]".
 
 
*This episode has the largest amount of crossover characters in a single episode of ''Buffy'' or ''Angel'' at five: Buffy, Faith, Collins, Smith, and Weatherby. In total, eight characters in this episode made their first appearances in ''Buffy; ''namely Angel, Cordelia, Wesley and the aforementioned five crossovers characters.
*This is also the last episode in which both Buffy and Cordelia appear, although they do not actually meet in the episode. The last time that they interact is "[[I Will Remember You]]".
 
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*This is the last time Buffy will appear on the show, except as [[Buffy Summers (Rome decoy)|a decoy]] ("[[The Girl in Question]]"), archive footage ("[[Just Rewards]]"), and visions ("[[Soul Purpose]]").
 
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*Faith behaves with Angel in the same way she had with Buffy in "[[Revelations]]", in which Faith seemed ready to talk to Buffy, called her name, and then saying instead: "Nothing."
*When having a confrontation with Buffy, Faith questioned "You gonna throw me off a roof? Again?". This was a reference to Buffy's near-kill of Faith in "[[Graduation Day, Part One]]".
 
 
*Wesley and Angel's argument about protecting Faith mirrors elements of Giles and Buffy's conversation regarding Angel in "Revelations". Buffy was attempting to shield Angel from harm, just as Angel is now attempting to protect Faith. In both cases, the person opposed to the action issues a reminder that they were tortured by the person being protected — Angelus tortured Giles, and Faith tortured Wesley.
 
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*Angel tells Buffy it was her idea that they stay away from each other; in reality, in "I Will Remember You" Buffy had pointed he shouldn't have broken the plan as he did in "[[Pangs]]" to allow her to forget him, but it was ultimately his idea that they shouldn't have a relationship ("The Prom").
*'''Crossover with Buffy:''' Buffy comes to LA to help Angel deal with Faith in this episode. After this episode, Angel visits [[Sunnydale]] in "[[The Yoko Factor]]" to sort things out with Buffy.
 
 
*Buffy's belief that Faith was merely playing Angel calls back to the events of "[[Enemies]]", in which Faith went to Angel for help as a ploy to seduce him in order to make him lose his soul.
 
*This episode has the largest amount of crossover characters in a single episode of ''Buffy'' or ''Angel'' at five: Buffy, Faith, Collins, Smith and Weatherby. In total, eight characters in this episode made their first appearances in ''Buffy'', namely Angel, Cordelia, Wesley and the aforementioned five crossovers characters.
 
 
*This is the last time that [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]] appears on the show; though Angel and [[Spike]] glimpse a girl whom they believe to be Buffy in "[[The Girl in Question]]", it is revealed in the canonical [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight]] comics that the person they saw was a [[Buffy Summers (Rome decoy)|decoy]]. She was supposed to appear in the season 5 episode "You're Welcome" to help Angel back on track, but since she was unable to, the episode was re-written and Charisma Carpenter was used instead.
 
 
*At the beginning of the episode, as Angel leaves Faith to rest, she calls out his name as if to thank him, but when he turns back she changes her mind and simply says "Nothing." This echoes a scene between Faith and Buffy in "[[Revelations]]" in which Faith seems ready to thank Buffy, calls her name and then changes her mind, saying "Nothing."
 
 
*In a argument with Buffy, Faith had emotionally declared: "You're all about control! You don't know what it's like to be full of ''pain'' and ''hate''. That nothing you do means ''anything''!". Two years later, Buffy would understand what a lack of control and to have only pain/hate in life like Faith did when she was ripped from [[Heaven]], falling into all-consuming depression.
 
 
*Wesley and Angel's argument about protecting Faith mirrors elements of Giles and Buffy's conversation regarding Angel in "[[Revelations]]". Buffy was attempting to shield Angel from harm, just as Angel is now attempting to protect Faith. In both cases, the person opposed to the action issues a reminder that they were tortured by the person being protected — [[Angelus]] tortured Giles, and Faith tortured Wesley. This parallel strengthens the connection between Angel and Faith in their rediscovery of humanity, which was a focus of the previous episode in the flashbacks to Romania.
 
 
*Buffy's belief that Faith was merely playing Angel calls back to the events of "[[Enemies]]," in which Faith went to Angel for help as a ploy to seduce him in order to turn him back into Angelus.
 
 
 
*Angel references his attempt to rehabilitate Faith in "[[Consequences]]", reminding her he told her she didn't have to go into the darkness.
 
*Angel references his attempt to rehabilitate Faith in "[[Consequences]]", reminding her he told her she didn't have to go into the darkness.
 
*The Watchers Council special ops team sent to retrieve Faith is the same team that tried to capture her in "[[This Year's Girl]]" and "Who Are You?". Wesley correctly surmises that Faith defeated an earlier attempt to capture her, but is not aware that at that time it was actually Buffy in Faith's body who escaped.
 
*Initially, enemies, this episode marks the beginning of a real friendship between Angel and Faith which would peak in season four and in ''[[Angel & Faith]]''.
 
*Lilah talks about how Angel can't be killed, even by a Slayer, before mentioning "rumor has it he used to actually date one". This signifies that word of his relationship with Buffy has extended beyond Sunnydale.
 
*After this episode, Angel visits Sunnydale in "[[The Yoko Factor]]" to sort things out with Buffy.
   
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==Appearances==
*The Watchers special ops team sent to retrieve Faith is the same team that tried to capture her in "[[This Year's Girl]]" and "[[Who Are You]]". Wesley correctly surmises that Faith defeated an earlier attempt to capture her, but is not aware that at that time it was actually Buffy in Faith's body who escaped.
 
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===Individuals===
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*[[Angel]]
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*[[Cordelia Chase]]
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*[[Collins]]
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*[[Allan Finch]] {{FBO}}
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*[[Riley Finn]] {{Om}}
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*[[Rupert Giles]] {{Om}}
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*[[Kendrick]]
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*[[Faith Lehane]]
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*[[Kate Lockley]]
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*[[Lindsey McDonald]]
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*[[Lee Mercer]]
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*[[Lilah Morgan]]
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*[[Smith]]
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*[[Buffy Summers]]
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*[[Weatherby]]
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*[[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]]
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*[[Unidentified demon assassin (Sanctuary)|Unidentified demon assassin]]
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*[[Head vampire|Unidentified vampire]] {{Om}}
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===Organizations and titles===
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*[[Alchemist]]
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*[[Angel Investigations]]
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*[[Los Angeles Police Department]]
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*[[Slayer]]
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*[[Watcher]] {{Om}}
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*[[Watchers Council]] {{Om}}
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*[[Watchers Council Special Operations Team]]
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*[[Wolfram & Hart]]
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===Species===
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*[[Demon]]
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*[[Human]]
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*[[Vampire]]
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===Locations===
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*Los Angeles
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**[[Angel Investigations offices]]
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**[[Third and Long]]
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**[[Wolfram & Hart Los Angeles branch]]
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*[[Sunnydale]] {{Om}}
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===Weapons and objects===
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*[[N909WA]]
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*[[NKO714]]
   
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==Death count==
*Initially enemies, this episode marks the beginning of a real friendship between Angel and Faith which would peak in season four and in ''[[Angel & Faith]]''.
 
 
*Angel, killed by Faith (only in visions).
 
*Demon assassin, killed by Faith with a knife.
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
*Lilah talks about how Angel can't be killed, even by a [[Vampire Slayer]] before saying "rumor has it he used to actually date one", meaning word of his relation with Buffy has extended beyond [[Sunnydale]].
 
 
===Production===
 
*Production designer Stuart Blatt says that filming this episode was challenging due to scheduling problems with Sarah Michelle Gellar. Just a few days before shooting, they learned Gellar would not be available to work outside on the night the scene was supposed to be filmed. "We had to take our rooftop setting and split it into two and shoot everything on the rooftop looking out towards the city in one direction with the real helicopter on the rooftop. Then on the stage, recreate the exact rooftop looking the other direction, shoot everything there, and marry them seamlessly," he explains. "It was one of the more impressive things we ever pulled off."{{Cite}}
   
 
*Usually, Joss Whedon's name is listed first in episodes he has co-written and is credited for. In this episode, Tim Minear's name is listed first because he approached the editor and (jokingly) told him that his name comes first.{{Cite}}
== Body Count ==
 
*Angel, killed by Faith (only in her imagination)
 
*Demon assassin, killed by Faith with a knife
 
   
 
*Writer Tim Minear says the script for this episode was difficult, because "it was Faith as we had never seen her before. It was sort of easy when it was evil Faith, which was a lot of fun. The problem was trying to make her turn realistic." He admitted to being nervous about writing Buffy's scenes because of the challenge of writing to her character and tone. He convinced Whedon to come in and write all of Buffy's scenes.{{Cite}}
== Behind the Scenes ==
 
===Production===
 
*Production designer Stuart Blatt says that filming this episode was challenging due to scheduling problems with [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]. Just a few days before shooting, they learned Gellar would not be available to work outside on the night the scene was supposed to be filmed. "We had to take our rooftop setting and split it into two and shoot everything on the rooftop looking out towards the city in one direction with the real helicopter on the rooftop. Then on the stage, recreate the exact rooftop looking the other direction, shoot everything there, and marry them seamlessly," he explains. "It was one of the more impressive things we ever pulled off."
 
   
 
*Joss Whedon made this comment on the confrontation between Buffy and Angel: "The last scene between Buffy and Angel in the crossover where she comes to Angel, that stumped us for a long time. And I finally realized when I was working on it that it's because they need to fight now. They can't be just like, 'Oh, we're swell pals and we get along.' They really are at very different places in their lives and it's very difficult for them to see each other. So it really helped define how the shows are different and it ends up with Angel laying into Buffy a little bit and saying, 'I've got my own show now, and it's different from your show, so get off my show!' That's basically what he's saying. And the moment I wrote that scene, I got very excited and I said, 'I get it now. I understand what Angel is and it's not Buffy,' and I felt like the training wheels came off."<ref>Bassom, David, "Meet the Master", from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Magazine]]'' #11 (UK, August 2000), page 7-8.</ref>
*Usually, [[Joss Whedon]]'s name is listed first in episodes he has co-written and is credited for. In this episode, [[Tim Minear]]'s name is listed first because he approached the editor and (jokingly) told him that his name comes first.
 
   
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===Pop culture references===
*Writer Tim Minear says the script for this episode was difficult, because "it was [[Faith Lehane|Faith]] as we had never seen her before. It was sort of easy when it was evil Faith, which was a lot of fun. The problem was trying to make her turn realistic." He admitted to being nervous about writing [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]]'s scenes because of the challenge of writing to her character and tone. He convinced Whedon to come in and write all of Buffy's scenes.
 
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*An officer accuses Kate of being "Scully" from ''[[Wikipedia: The X-Files|The X-Files]]'', and she corrects him saying she is the "Mulder"; unlike the skeptical Scully, she believes.
 
*The film ''[[Wikipedia: The Lost Weekend (film)|The Lost Weekend]]'' (1945) and the ''[[Wikipedia: Superman (1940s cartoons)|Superman]]'' 1940s cartoons appear on the TV in Angel's apartment.
   
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===Music===
*Joss Whedon made this comment on the confrontation between Buffy and [[Angel]]: "The last scene between Buffy and [[Angel]] in the crossover where she comes to Angel, that stumped us for a long time. And I finally realized when I was working on it that it's because they need to fight now. They can't be just like, 'Oh, we're swell pals and we get along.' They really are at very different places in their lives and it's very difficult for them to see each other. So it really helped define how the shows are different and it ends up with Angel laying into Buffy a little bit and saying, 'I've got my own show now, and it's different from your show, so get off my show!' That's basically what he's saying. And the moment I wrote that scene, I got very excited and I said, 'I get it now. I understand what Angel is and it's not Buffy,' and I felt like the training wheels came off."<ref>Bassom, David, "Meet the Master", from ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' magazine #11 (UK, August 2000), page 7-8.</ref>
 
 
*[[Christophe Beck]] and [[Robert J. Kral]] original score
   
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===International titles===
=== Pop Culture References ===
 
 
*'''Czech:''' "Svatyně" (Sanctuary)
*'''[[Wikipedia: The X-Files|The X-Files]]:''' When [[Kate]] investigates the apartment where Angel and Faith fought, an officer accuses Kate of being "Scully" from X-Files. She corrects him: she is the "Mulder". Unlike the skeptical Scully, she believes.
 
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*'''Finnish:''' "Turvapaikka" (Sanctuary)
*'''[[Wikipedia: The Lost Weekend (film)|The Lost Weekend]]''': Appears on the TV in Angel's apartment.
 
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*'''French:''' "Sanctuaire" (Sanctuary)
*'''[[Wikipedia: Superman (1940s cartoons)|Superman:]]''' Appears on the TV in Angel's apartment.
 
 
*'''German:''' "Gehetzt" (Haunted)
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*'''Hungarian:''' "A figyelő" (The Listener)
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*'''Italian:''' "Vendetta" (Vengeance)
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*'''Portuguese (Brazil):''' "O Santuário" (The Sanctuary)
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*'''Russian:''' "Убежище" (Sanctuary)
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*'''Spanish (Latin America and Spain):''' "Santuario" (Sanctuary)
   
===International Titles===
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===Adaptations===
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*The book ''[[Scriptbook: Sanctuary]]'' includes an illustrated script of this episode.
*'''German:''' Gehetzt ''(Haunted)''
 
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*An unreleased [[Angel action figures|''Angel'' action figure]] was based on Faith in this episode.
*'''French:''' Sanctuaire ''(Sanctuary)''
 
   
===Music===
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==Gallery==
 
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*[[Christophe Beck]] and [[Robert J. Kral]] - original score
 
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==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
 
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|Faith| Are you saying I got to apologize?
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|Faith|"Are you saying I got to apologize?"
|Angel| Think you can?
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|Angel|"Think you can?"
|Faith| I don't know. How do you say, "Gee, really sorry that I tortured you nearly to death"?
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|Faith|"I don't know. How do you say, 'Gee, really sorry that I tortured you nearly to death'?"
|Angel| Well, first off I think I'd leave off the "Gee"...
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|Angel|"Well, first off I think I'd leave off the 'Gee'..."
 
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|Faith| God, it hurts. I hate that it hurts like this.
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|Faith|"God, it hurts. I hate that it hurts like this."
|Angel| Oh well, it's supposed to hurt. All that pain, all that suffering you caused is coming back on you. Feel it! Deal with it! Then maybe you've got a shot at being free.
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|Angel|"Oh well, it's supposed to hurt. All that pain, all that suffering you caused is coming back on you. Feel it! Deal with it! Then maybe you've got a shot at being free."
|Faith| I've got to be the first Slayer in history sponsored by a vampire.
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|Faith|"I've got to be the first Slayer in history sponsored by a vampire."
 
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|Faith|"All my life there was only one person that tried to be my friend, went out of her way when I had no right or reason to expect her to - and I screwed her. Not to mention her boyfriend, only him literally."
|Angel| Is everything okay in there?
 
 
|Angel|"Faith, you and I never actually..."
|Faith| It was touch and go for the four minutes you left me alone, but somehow I got through it.
 
 
|Faith|"No, not you. The new one. "Oh, my god. Angel, I'm so sorry I..."
 
|Angel|"No, there. You can say it. That's good. Good."
 
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|Faith|"Angel said there was no way you were gonna give me a chance."
|Faith| All my life there was only one person that tried to be my friend, went out of her way when I had no right or reason to expect her to - and I screwed her. Not to mention her boyfriend, only him literally.
 
 
|Buffy|"I gave you every chance! I tried so hard to help you, and you spat on me! My life was just something for you to play with. Angel, Riley... anything that you could take from me, you took! I've lost battles before, but nobody else has ever made me a victim."
|Angel| Faith, you and I never actually...
 
|Faith| No, not you. The new one. (Angel stares for a moment then looks down) Oh, my god. Angel, I'm so sorry I...
 
|Angel| No, there. You can say it. That's good. (Turns away to leave) Good.
 
 
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|Buffy|"Do you have any idea what it was like for me to see you with her? That you went behind my back..."
|Lee| This is getting ridiculous. The first assassin kills the second assassin sent to kill the first assassin, who didn't assassinate anyone until we hired the second assassin to assassinate her.
 
 
|Angel|"Buffy, this wasn't about you! This was about saving somebody's soul. That's what I do here, and you're not a part of it. That was ''your'' idea, remember? We stay away from each other."
 
|Buffy|"I came here because you were in danger!"
 
|Angel|"I'm in danger every day. You came here because of Faith. You were looking for vengeance."
 
|Buffy|"I have a right to it!"
 
|Angel|"Not in my city."
 
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|Buffy| She tried to kill you.
 
|Angel| That was just - That was just a cry for help.
 
|Buffy| A cry for help is when you say "help" in a loud voice.
 
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|Faith| Angel said there was no way you were gonna give me a chance.
 
|Buffy| I gave you ''every chance''! I tried so hard to help you, and you ''spat'' on me! My life was just something for you to play with. Angel, Riley... anything that you ''could'' take from me, you took! I've lost battles before, but nobody else has ''ever'' made me a victim.
 
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|Buffy| Do you have ''any'' idea what it was like for me to see you with her? That you went behind my back...
 
|Angel| Buffy, this wasn't about you! This was about saving somebody's soul. That's what I do here, and you're not a part of it. That was ''your'' idea, remember? We stay away from each other.
 
|Buffy| I came here because you were in danger!
 
|Angel| I'm in danger every day. You came here because of Faith. You were looking for vengeance.
 
|Buffy| I have a right to it!
 
|Angel| Not in ''my'' city.
 
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|Buffy| I have [[Riley Finn|someone]] in my life now. That I love. It's not what you and I had. It's very new. You know what makes it new? I ''know'' him. I ''trust him''.
 
|Angel| That's great. It's nice, you moved on. I ''can't''. You found someone new. I'm not ''[[Ritual of Restoration|allowed]]'' to, remember? I see you again, it cuts me up inside and the person I share that with is ''me''! You don't know me anymore, so don't come down here with your great new life and expect me to do things your way! ''Go [[Sunnydale|home]].''
 
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Revision as of 03:09, 29 December 2019

Note: This article is about the episode. For the novel, see Sanctuary (novel).

"Sanctuary" is the nineteenth episode of the first season of Angel television show and the nineteenth episode in the series. It was written by Tim Minear and Joss Whedon, and directed by Michael Lange. it originally broadcast on May 2, 2000 on The WB network.

Synopsis

SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR GUEST-STARS — Buffy comes to Los Angeles seeking vengeance under the guise of protecting Angel from Faith's violent nature, but Buffy is shocked and hurt to discover her former love siding with her nemesis. Meanwhile, Wesley is faced with a crisis of loyalties when the Watcher's Council offers a chance at reinstatement if he gives up Faith.

Summary

Angel takes Faith to his apartment, tucking her into bed. As Angel retreats, Faith has a brief, violent vision where she charges at him with a knife and cuts up his face. When Angel comes up to get Faith food, Wesley argues about giving Faith another chance, and Cordelia gets Angel to sign several checks to fund her vacation, so she can be gone for as long as Faith is around.

After Faith starts reliving her past crimes, she attempts to leave Angel's. However, he extends another invitation to help her and she returns. Downstairs, Faith confesses to Angel that she is haunted by visions of her violent past in Sunnydale and inadvertently reveals that Buffy is dating someone else. Angel talks to Faith about redemption, saying she has to make amends for her crimes, no matter how hard it is. Meanwhile, Wesley plays darts at a bar, and encounters Weatherby, a member of the Watchers Council Special Operations Team, on the hunt for Faith. The council members give Wesley an opportunity to come back to the Watchers Council if he's willing to turn in Faith. They give him a syringe that, if injected, will sedate Faith and let them take her back to England. Wesley agrees to the plan on the condition that Angel remains unharmed, and Weatherby reluctantly agrees.

Lindsey McDonald, Lilah Morgan, and Lee Mercer, upset that Faith has teamed up with Angel, hire a demon to have her killed. In Angel's apartment, Angel comforts Faith after she hears a warrant for her arrest on the news. Suddenly, the demon sneaks into Angel's apartment and attacks. Faith kills it with a knife, and then is frightened by the sight of the demon's blood on her hands. Without warning, Buffy arrives at Angel's place and is shocked to find Angel hugging Faith.

Buffy is determined to turn Faith in to the police as revenge for all the trouble she recently caused in Sunnydale, and is eager to dole out some physical payback in particular for what Faith did to Riley, but Angel refuses to allow this. Buffy hits Angel and when he hits her back, both she and Angel are in utter shock and Buffy is offended that he would punch her for Faith. He immediately apologizes to her. Wesley arrives with the news that the Council is looking for Faith, and Buffy confirms that they'll kill her if they get their hands on her. The two Slayers escape to the roof, where they argue about everything that has happened. Though Faith is genuinely sorry for what she has done and asks for another chance, Buffy is unwilling to forgive her for what happened. She claims that all Faith has ever done is screw up her life by targeting Angel and then Riley, bitterly stating that while she's lost fights before Faith is the only person who ever made her feel so helpless. All of a sudden, Collins attacks Buffy and Faith as Smith hovers above the roof in a helicopter. Inside the apartment, Wesley stabs Weatherby with the syringe while Angel runs upstairs and as the two Slayers seek cover against their attackers. Angel bursts through the roof skylight and gets inside the helicopter, throwing Smith out on the roof and ordering the pilot to take the helicopter down.

Detective Kate Lockley — guided by Lindsey's information — arrests Angel for harboring the fugitive Faith. When Angel and Kate, with Wesley and Buffy in tow, arrive at the police station, they are surprised to see Faith is voluntarily confessing to her crimes. Later, Buffy admits to Angel how hard it was for her to see Faith with him. Angel counters by saying it was not about Buffy — it was about saving Faith's soul. Buffy claims that she had come because he was in danger, but Angel is not fooled and accuses her of looking to get revenge on Faith. She does not deny his accusation, and Buffy lashes out by telling Angel she has someone else in her life. Unlike her relationship with Angel, she can actually trust her new boyfriend.

Infuriated and hurt, Angel launches a tirade against Buffy, reminding her that, while it's great that she has moved on, he himself cannot and has no one to share his pain, climaxing when he informs Buffy that she doesn't know him anymore and that she has no right to just show up with her "great new life" and tell him how to do things before harshly demanding that she go back to Sunnydale immediately. Buffy complies after a slight hesitation, complaining that "Faith wins again." As soon as she is gone, Angel regrets his harsh words and decides to head to Sunnydale to make his own amends. Wesley assures him that he thinks Angel was right in believing Faith could still be rehabilitated. Meanwhile, Faith manages to find peace in her jail cell.

Continuity

  • This is the first time that Angel sees Buffy after the events of "I Will Remember You".
  • This also marks the first time that Angel learns that Buffy has actually moved on from him, showing genuine surprise and pain when Faith mentions that Buffy has a new boyfriend. His visible hurt is also seen when Buffy confirms she has a new boyfriend and she can actually trust him.
  • Buffy and Wesley had last seen each other in "Graduation Day, Part Two". They won't meet again after this episode.
  • This is also the last episode in which both Buffy and Cordelia appear, although they do not actually meet in the episode. The last time that they had interacted was in "I Will Remember You".
  • When having a confrontation with Buffy, Faith questioned "You gonna throw me off a roof? Again?", a reference to Buffy's near-kill of Faith in "Graduation Day, Part One".
  • Faith briefly visualizes hurting Angel in much the same way that she visualized hurting Willow Rosenberg in the episode "Who Are You?".
  • This episode has the largest amount of crossover characters in a single episode of Buffy or Angel at five: Buffy, Faith, Collins, Smith, and Weatherby. In total, eight characters in this episode made their first appearances in Buffy; namely Angel, Cordelia, Wesley and the aforementioned five crossovers characters.
  • This is the last time Buffy will appear on the show, except as a decoy ("The Girl in Question"), archive footage ("Just Rewards"), and visions ("Soul Purpose").
  • Faith behaves with Angel in the same way she had with Buffy in "Revelations", in which Faith seemed ready to talk to Buffy, called her name, and then saying instead: "Nothing."
  • Wesley and Angel's argument about protecting Faith mirrors elements of Giles and Buffy's conversation regarding Angel in "Revelations". Buffy was attempting to shield Angel from harm, just as Angel is now attempting to protect Faith. In both cases, the person opposed to the action issues a reminder that they were tortured by the person being protected — Angelus tortured Giles, and Faith tortured Wesley.
  • Angel tells Buffy it was her idea that they stay away from each other; in reality, in "I Will Remember You" Buffy had pointed he shouldn't have broken the plan as he did in "Pangs" to allow her to forget him, but it was ultimately his idea that they shouldn't have a relationship ("The Prom").
  • Buffy's belief that Faith was merely playing Angel calls back to the events of "Enemies", in which Faith went to Angel for help as a ploy to seduce him in order to make him lose his soul.
  • Angel references his attempt to rehabilitate Faith in "Consequences", reminding her he told her she didn't have to go into the darkness.
  • The Watchers Council special ops team sent to retrieve Faith is the same team that tried to capture her in "This Year's Girl" and "Who Are You?". Wesley correctly surmises that Faith defeated an earlier attempt to capture her, but is not aware that at that time it was actually Buffy in Faith's body who escaped.
  • Initially, enemies, this episode marks the beginning of a real friendship between Angel and Faith which would peak in season four and in Angel & Faith.
  • Lilah talks about how Angel can't be killed, even by a Slayer, before mentioning "rumor has it he used to actually date one". This signifies that word of his relationship with Buffy has extended beyond Sunnydale.
  • After this episode, Angel visits Sunnydale in "The Yoko Factor" to sort things out with Buffy.

Appearances

Individuals

Organizations and titles

Species

Locations

Weapons and objects

Death count

  • Angel, killed by Faith (only in visions).
  • Demon assassin, killed by Faith with a knife.

Behind the scenes

Production

  • Production designer Stuart Blatt says that filming this episode was challenging due to scheduling problems with Sarah Michelle Gellar. Just a few days before shooting, they learned Gellar would not be available to work outside on the night the scene was supposed to be filmed. "We had to take our rooftop setting and split it into two and shoot everything on the rooftop looking out towards the city in one direction with the real helicopter on the rooftop. Then on the stage, recreate the exact rooftop looking the other direction, shoot everything there, and marry them seamlessly," he explains. "It was one of the more impressive things we ever pulled off."[citation needed]
  • Usually, Joss Whedon's name is listed first in episodes he has co-written and is credited for. In this episode, Tim Minear's name is listed first because he approached the editor and (jokingly) told him that his name comes first.[citation needed]
  • Writer Tim Minear says the script for this episode was difficult, because "it was Faith as we had never seen her before. It was sort of easy when it was evil Faith, which was a lot of fun. The problem was trying to make her turn realistic." He admitted to being nervous about writing Buffy's scenes because of the challenge of writing to her character and tone. He convinced Whedon to come in and write all of Buffy's scenes.[citation needed]
  • Joss Whedon made this comment on the confrontation between Buffy and Angel: "The last scene between Buffy and Angel in the crossover where she comes to Angel, that stumped us for a long time. And I finally realized when I was working on it that it's because they need to fight now. They can't be just like, 'Oh, we're swell pals and we get along.' They really are at very different places in their lives and it's very difficult for them to see each other. So it really helped define how the shows are different and it ends up with Angel laying into Buffy a little bit and saying, 'I've got my own show now, and it's different from your show, so get off my show!' That's basically what he's saying. And the moment I wrote that scene, I got very excited and I said, 'I get it now. I understand what Angel is and it's not Buffy,' and I felt like the training wheels came off."[1]

Pop culture references

  • An officer accuses Kate of being "Scully" from The X-Files, and she corrects him saying she is the "Mulder"; unlike the skeptical Scully, she believes.
  • The film The Lost Weekend (1945) and the Superman 1940s cartoons appear on the TV in Angel's apartment.

Music

International titles

  • Czech: "Svatyně" (Sanctuary)
  • Finnish: "Turvapaikka" (Sanctuary)
  • French: "Sanctuaire" (Sanctuary)
  • German: "Gehetzt" (Haunted)
  • Hungarian: "A figyelő" (The Listener)
  • Italian: "Vendetta" (Vengeance)
  • Portuguese (Brazil): "O Santuário" (The Sanctuary)
  • Russian: "Убежище" (Sanctuary)
  • Spanish (Latin America and Spain): "Santuario" (Sanctuary)

Adaptations

Gallery

Quotes

Faith: "Are you saying I got to apologize?"
Angel: "Think you can?"
Faith: "I don't know. How do you say, 'Gee, really sorry that I tortured you nearly to death'?"
Angel: "Well, first off I think I'd leave off the 'Gee'..."
Faith: "God, it hurts. I hate that it hurts like this."
Angel: "Oh well, it's supposed to hurt. All that pain, all that suffering you caused is coming back on you. Feel it! Deal with it! Then maybe you've got a shot at being free."
Faith: "I've got to be the first Slayer in history sponsored by a vampire."
Faith: "All my life there was only one person that tried to be my friend, went out of her way when I had no right or reason to expect her to - and I screwed her. Not to mention her boyfriend, only him literally."
Angel: "Faith, you and I never actually..."
Faith: "No, not you. The new one. "Oh, my god. Angel, I'm so sorry I..."
Angel: "No, there. You can say it. That's good. Good."
Faith: "Angel said there was no way you were gonna give me a chance."
Buffy: "I gave you every chance! I tried so hard to help you, and you spat on me! My life was just something for you to play with. Angel, Riley... anything that you could take from me, you took! I've lost battles before, but nobody else has ever made me a victim."
Buffy: "Do you have any idea what it was like for me to see you with her? That you went behind my back..."
Angel: "Buffy, this wasn't about you! This was about saving somebody's soul. That's what I do here, and you're not a part of it. That was your idea, remember? We stay away from each other."
Buffy: "I came here because you were in danger!"
Angel: "I'm in danger every day. You came here because of Faith. You were looking for vengeance."
Buffy: "I have a right to it!"
Angel: "Not in my city."

References

  1. Bassom, David, "Meet the Master", from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Magazine #11 (UK, August 2000), page 7-8.