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*The guitarist backing up Angel and Connor's performance of "Jasmine" (to the tune of Barry Manilow's "Mandy") was Ozzy Osbourne lead guitarist and Black Label Society frontman Zakk Wylde. According to the DVD commentary by episode director Jeffrey Bell, Wylde and his entourage were so enthusiastically and persistently foul-mouthed that Bell felt compelled to remove all the children from the set while they were shooting the scene. |
*The guitarist backing up Angel and Connor's performance of "Jasmine" (to the tune of Barry Manilow's "Mandy") was Ozzy Osbourne lead guitarist and Black Label Society frontman Zakk Wylde. According to the DVD commentary by episode director Jeffrey Bell, Wylde and his entourage were so enthusiastically and persistently foul-mouthed that Bell felt compelled to remove all the children from the set while they were shooting the scene. |
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*The episode title, "The Magic Bullet," has multiple meanings. It refers to the bullet that Fred uses to expose Angel to Jasmine's blood, but it also refers to the "Magic Bullet" theory of President John F. Kennedy's assassination introduced by the Warren Commission to explain how a single bullet caused seven wounds during the assassination. Since the Shopkeeper is obsessed with conspiracy theories and the JFK assassination, his shop is also named "The Magic Bullet," as can be seen on the front door. |
*The episode title, "The Magic Bullet," has multiple meanings. It refers to the bullet that Fred uses to expose Angel to Jasmine's blood, but it also refers to the "Magic Bullet" theory of President John F. Kennedy's assassination introduced by the Warren Commission to explain how a single bullet caused seven wounds during the assassination. Since the Shopkeeper is obsessed with conspiracy theories and the JFK assassination, his shop is also named "The Magic Bullet," as can be seen on the front door. |
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| + | *The scene between Fred and Angel, wherein the former apologizes to the later, references that it has been at least a week since "[[Shiny Happy People]]" |
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*Jasmine's blood doesn't seem to effect Angel until he actually looks at Jasmine, but Angel and Fred are able to disillusion Lorne, Wesley and Gunn without Jasmine even being in the same room. |
*Jasmine's blood doesn't seem to effect Angel until he actually looks at Jasmine, but Angel and Fred are able to disillusion Lorne, Wesley and Gunn without Jasmine even being in the same room. |
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Revision as of 07:59, 4 May 2010
Template:Angelepisode While Jasmine settles in at the hotel with her followers for a mysterious gathering, Fred is forced to flee from Los Angeles while the rest of the gang hunt her down, with assistance from most of the populace, who are also under Jasmine's enchantment. After unsuccessfully seeking help in an occult bookstore, and later in a cave which is inhabited by a hand-munching demon, Fred learns that Jasmine's blood is the key to seeing her for what she really is and plots to get Angel and the gang back into the fold with her.
Quotes and trivia
- The guitarist backing up Angel and Connor's performance of "Jasmine" (to the tune of Barry Manilow's "Mandy") was Ozzy Osbourne lead guitarist and Black Label Society frontman Zakk Wylde. According to the DVD commentary by episode director Jeffrey Bell, Wylde and his entourage were so enthusiastically and persistently foul-mouthed that Bell felt compelled to remove all the children from the set while they were shooting the scene.
- The episode title, "The Magic Bullet," has multiple meanings. It refers to the bullet that Fred uses to expose Angel to Jasmine's blood, but it also refers to the "Magic Bullet" theory of President John F. Kennedy's assassination introduced by the Warren Commission to explain how a single bullet caused seven wounds during the assassination. Since the Shopkeeper is obsessed with conspiracy theories and the JFK assassination, his shop is also named "The Magic Bullet," as can be seen on the front door.
- The scene between Fred and Angel, wherein the former apologizes to the later, references that it has been at least a week since "Shiny Happy People"
- Jasmine's blood doesn't seem to effect Angel until he actually looks at Jasmine, but Angel and Fred are able to disillusion Lorne, Wesley and Gunn without Jasmine even being in the same room.
- Fred: "So, you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values, and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to little more than a mindless meat puppet?"
- Shopkeeper: "Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid. I mean, don't get me wrong. I still got the implants in my head. CIA is still listening in. It just doesn't bother me anymore."
- Lorne:"I thought Our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass - which is where my heart is... physiologically."
- Lorne: "You know what they say about people who need people."
- Connor: "They're the luckiest people in the world."
- Lorne: "You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, kiddo?"
- Connor: "Just kinda popped out."
- Lorne:"Tonight, the role of Judas Iscariot will be played by Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan."