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Post by PokerKitten on Oct 15, 2003 9:15:19 GMT
This from tensai at Spoiler Slayer www.spoilerslayer.com/archives/002456.phpATS: Episode Nine Info
I've just gotten some information about Episode Nine of 'Angel', though some of it is a little confusing. So forgive me if some of the info is spotty or doesn't make a lot of sense, not much to work with at this point.
Angel: Episode Nine
The episode itself seems to pretty well center around Harmony and the other office assistants. The episode focuses on her day to day at Wolfram and Hart. One of the early scenes has her getting Angel his morning cup of blood, and we get a peek at the employee break room. Several minor characters are introduced, Charlotte, Brittany, and Tamika among others. The scene has the group discussing office gossip, such as who Fred may be involved with. There seems to be a good bit of discussion about if she's hooked up with Knox or someone else. (more than like Gunn, based on the references, as it insinuates a past relationship and it's not Wesley)
Harmony is a bit of an outsider, and that also seems to be a theme in the episode. She doesn't fit in with the office staff, and there is also a bit where she goes out to a bar with Fred (who seems eager to leave as soon as she can). There is also seems to be some kind of drug testing going on (at least one character references it early on, and it seems that most of the staff is having their blood tested on a random basis).
Near the end of the episode, it's revealed that there has been some backstabbing going on behind the scenes. We find what would seem to be a new character, Crystal, confronting Lorne's assistant Van about something. From the info I have, it's obvious that Crystal is Harmony. She's been framed by someone and thinks that it's Van. Suddenly, Van is knocked out by someone entering from off-screen. It's Tamika, and she's after Crystal/Harmony's job. She's not happy that Crystal/Harmony got chosen to be Angel's assistant over some more experienced workers, like herself. A fight begins between the two, but Crystal/Harmony thinks she has the upperhand because she's a vampire. Until it turns out that Tamika is as well. An extensive fight follows.
The only other tidbit I could gather, is that Angel and Gunn seem to be involved in some kind of negotiation between two demon tribes.
It's pretty apparent that the final episode of Sweeps will likely be a light filler episode, which I kind of had a hunch it might be. Which means the big Sweeps climax is likely to be in Episode Eight. I'm more than a bit confused about the name change, but perhaps framing Harmony involved some kind of illusion (maybe she doesn't look like Harmony in the latter-half of the episode). It's obviously her, as with the references to her position in Wolfram and Hart and threats to her unicorn collection, there can be little doubt.
(Information courtesy of 'T')
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Post by PokerKitten on Oct 15, 2003 9:18:13 GMT
And Herc at Ain't It Cool has these details: Hints On ANGEL 5.9!!
I am – Hercules!!
Casting pages emerged Tuesday for “Angel” 5.9, which seems to focus quite a bit on vampire secretary Harmony Kendall as she navigates the mundanely macabre corridors of Wolfram & Hart. One senses all the Team Angel regulars might be reduced to supporting players in this installment. Kind of like “The Zeppo.” Actually more like “The Lower Decks.” But way funnier. A few promising details:
* Harm’s fellow secretaries gossip about Winifred’s love life – whether she might be involved with Charles, Wesley or Knox.
* A bit later, Harmony and Winifred will find themselves out drinking and checking out the dudes.
* Harmony will greet a demon accountant arriving to take a meeting with Angel and Charles.
* Harmony will take a call from Lilah Morgan’s mom.
* We’ll learn that Harmony is by no means unique among the firm’s underlings.
* A comically epic breakroom catfight mostly involving guest stars and eating utensils will transpire. www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=16301 |
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Post by PokerKitten on Oct 17, 2003 14:05:33 GMT
More from tensai: ATS: More On Nine
Just a bit more info came out on Episode Nine. Nothing that explains why Harmony is calling herself Crystal these days, but it does explain why she's in trouble.
Episode Nine
The previously mentioned confab that Angel and Gunn were holding between two demon tribes, is obviously an attempt to keep them from going to war over each other. Apparently one of the tribe members was killed, and the other tribe is demanding a blood sacrifice.
Crystal/Harmony was framed, first by having Angel's morning pigs blood swapped out with some of the human variety. Then, the guy that picked her up in the bar, is found dead in her bed the next day.
Most interesting aspect is that they are casting Van for this episode, although he's supposed to appear in Episode Eight.
Posted by Tensai at October 16, 2003 06:25 PM
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Post by PokerKitten on Oct 27, 2003 13:36:53 GMT
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Post by PokerKitten on Nov 9, 2003 12:18:31 GMT
A summary of this ep from Mythical BoardsCOPYRIGHT ™ and © 2003-2004 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved. Watch Angel on The WB When Harmony wakes up next to a dead man with vampire bites in his neck, she’s afraid she lost her head and killed him… but she can’t remember doing it. Harmony bustles into work and tries to make small talk with the other Wolfram and Hart assistants, but the women — Brittany, Charlotte, and Tamika — ignore her. Then another assistant, Danny, gets upset when Harmony takes his oatmeal out of a microwave to warm Angel’s morning cup of blood. Later Harmony delivers the mug to Angel and says she’s taken care of the catering for an upcoming meeting between two feuding demon clans which Wolfram and Hart is hosting the next day. Angel ignores her, however, and she turns her attention to Rudy, the agency’s blood tester, who does a quick check for human blood in her veins and pronounces her clean. Finally, after Rudy leaves, a demon named Eli goes in to see Angel, and Harmony is shocked when Angel, unhappy with Eli’s extracurricular activities, slices his head off. A bit later, as maintenance men clean up, Spike announces that since he’s corporeal again, he’s leaving town to find Buffy. Since he and Harmony made love recently, she hopes for a more personal good-bye, but Spike just tells her to “stay simple,” and leaves. A few minutes later Angel, Fred, Gunn, Wes, and Lorne sit down to plan the demon conference. Gunn explains that it was arranged by a demon-rights activist named Tobias Dupree, who’s acting as a liaison between the warring clans. After Fred, Gunn, and Lorne explain their preparations, Harmony chimes in with some research she’s done on the clans’ customs, but the others ignore her and just ask her to fetch lunch. Later, at lunch with the other assistants, Harmony brags that Angel is grooming her for bigger and better things. Then Angel summons Harmony, and when she meets him in the lobby he scolds her for ordering a live camel as the main dish for the big demon banquet. Harmony says camel is a demon delicacy, but Angel orders her to get rid of it, and Harmony bursts into tears, convinced that Angel hates her. After Angel leaves, Fred comforts Harmony, and Harmony suggests they get a drink together after work. Later, at a bar, Harmony complains that she’ll never be like Fred, who’s a professional success and has two hot men — Wes and Knox — after her. Fred insists that Harmony could interest a nice man too, and urges her to talk to a good-looking guy at the end of the bar. Finally Harmony does introduce herself… and in the morning she wakes up with the man in her bed, naked and dead, with two fang bites in his neck. Harmony wraps the body in a laundry bag and hauls it to a dumpster. Later, when she arrives at work, she tries to act nonchalant, and dodges Rudy so he can’t administer another blood test. Angel scolds her for not having his mug of blood ready, but when she goes to get it, she can’t help taking a long, nervous gulp from the Thermos herself. Later she gets even more nervous when Angel learns the police found a vampire-killed body at the city dump. Just when Harmony thinks it can’t get any worse, she learns that the dead man was Tobias, the demon liaison who was supposed to referee the big conference. A bit later Angel consults the demon leaders, who agree to go through with conference but ask Angel to find Tobias’ killer. A few minutes later Harmony goes to the lab and watches Fred perform an autopsy on Tobias. Finally, however, she can’t take it any more and backs out. As she’s leaving, she registers a remark Fred made about Tobias having been bitten on the right side… and Harmony realizes that she always bites people on their left, so she didn’t do it. Just then, however, Rudy sticks a needle into Harmony, and she registers positive for human blood. Before Rudy can blow the whistle, Harmony knocks him out and locks him in a closet. When Lorne passes by, Harmony knocks him out and stuffs him in, too. Then Harmony returns to the lab and confesses to Fred that she doesn’t remember anything between talking to the man in the bar and waking up next to his body. She also insists that because he was bitten on the right side, she couldn’t have done it. Fred suggests they consult Angel, but Harmony, remembering how Eli lost his head, begs Fred not to call him. Fred insists, however, so Harmony adds her to the closet with Lorne and Rudy. Still wondering how human blood got into her veins, Harmony heads back to the break area to check her Thermos. As she passes the lobby, she sees Angel and Gunn welcoming the demon, who presses Angel about Tobias’ killer. Angel asks Harmony to check on the autopsy, but as soon as Harmony gets free she dashes to the break area, where she accuses Danny of adding human blood to her Thermos. He says he didn’t do it, but Harmony morphs into vamp face and accuses Danny of murdering Tobias and putting him in her bed. Danny denies it, but Tamika hits him with a blender and he slumps to the floor. When Harmony asks why Tamika hit Danny, she says she wanted to make it look like Harmony hit him… and Harmony realizes that Tamika killed Tobias. Harmony asks Tamika who she really is, and Tamkia reminds her that they used to sit together in the steno pool, but while Harmony was promoted to Angel’s assistant after only five weeks, Tamika slaved away there for five years and is jealous of Harmony’s quick success. Tamika says it will end, however, when Angel learns what Harmony did to Danny. Harmony says she has an advantage over Tamika, and then morphs into vamp face. Then Tamika does the same, and the fight is on. As the women battle around the break room, they both grab pairs of chopsticks and trade parries. Then, a few moments later, the women crash through the wall of the conference room into the demon summit, where Harmony stakes Tamika with a chopstick. When Tamika dusts, the bloodthirsty demons are thrilled, accepting her death as revenge for Tobias’ murder. Later, after Harmony frees the closet hostages, she apologies to Angel and the others for not telling them what was going on. Afraid she’ll be fired, she offers to clean out her desk, but Angel just asks her to bring some coffee to the demon guests. That night Harmony returns to the bar to drown her sorrows, and Spike shows up, saying he couldn’t go back to Buffy because then his big gesture of giving up his life for her wouldn’t matter. Harmony says she knows what it’s like not to matter, but Spike reminds her that she did matter to Tamika, who was obsessed with her. Harmony finally accepts that as sort of an honor. |
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Post by PokerKitten on Nov 9, 2003 12:20:06 GMT
Sounds like a crappy episode to me, especially the last scene  I don't care about the Buffy stuff, but stop getting so cosy with Harmony!! Although I guess he needs to be nice after ep 8... but just not TOO nice Wait... I don't care about him not going to find Buffy after all BUT I do mind very much that he implies it's because he died for her (and therefore should stay dead to her? WTF?).... I thought it was made pretty clear that he actually died to save the world, in the end. That had he had grown beyond the just doing things for Buffy's sake. Oh, btw, the writers are Craft and Fain, who brought us the crappy werewolf episode. |
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Post by PokerKitten on Nov 19, 2003 20:36:19 GMT
One "source" is claiming the episode title is "Rubicon", but someone else is saying whoa, not true! This is a title made up to pass the time and someopne got hold of it on the net and passed it on as if it was fact... whatever! I'm not too fussed about the title, to be honest; the sumamry looks like a bag of shite and that matters far more  |
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Post by PokerKitten on Nov 30, 2003 21:44:46 GMT
gotcha at Cold Dead Seed says that the ep is called "Harm's Way" *gag* and will air on January 7th... But today, doubt it beig thrown on both title and date (I'll leave the title up for now til I learn differently) - Next new ep in the US could be aired 7th January OR 14th January. It seems like a long time but it is following a pattern from previous years. Could be that just this new ep will air in January, with the 100th ep being in the Feb sweeps. Or they might sneak in the 100th at the end of January to hook folks in for sweeps...  It's all too confusing to me! In the UK, you make a series and you show it week on week relentlessly (unless the channel pulls it for failing, or... there's a tiddliwinks championship if it is showing on BBC 2 ;D ) |
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Post by Cyrus on Dec 13, 2003 23:54:35 GMT
Some behind-the-scenes pictures are up at Mythical Boards... no Spike pics though...  |
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Post by PokerKitten on Dec 22, 2003 18:54:52 GMT
SciFi Wire.com
Angel's Harmony Up Front
Jeff Bell, co-executive producer of The WB's Angel, told SCI FI Wire that the series will resume original episodes with "Harm's Way," an episode devoted almost exclusively to the character of Harmony, played by Mercedes McNab. "It's just Mercedes front and center," Bell said in an interview. "I think it's really funny. It's sort of the working girl, but the working girl happens to be an evil vampire trying to walk the straight and narrow."
Bell described "Harm's Way" as pretty much a stand-alone episode. But observant fans will notice that Angel (David Boreanaz) and Spike (James Marsters) still sport the bruises and cuts that resulted from their fracas in "Destiny." "We rarely play those holding-over [bits] when it's been a week, because vampires heal quickly," Bell said. "But we just really want you to remember that Angel and Spike had beaten the crap out of each other in episode eight. So those marks are all over both of their faces."
Bell added, "What we're playing in ['Harm's Way'] in terms of our arc is Angel is wondering if he's the guy or not, because Spike just came along and beat him. And so Angel is back on his heels a bit. So you sort of feel that, though there's not a lot that's explicitly about that. The story is really told from Harmony's [point of view]. She's in pretty much every scene we see, and so you're limited to how she perceives everybody. It's all about Harmony, and Mercedes did a great job." "Harm's Way" will likely air in Angel's regular Wednesday 9 p.m. ET/PT timeslot on Jan. 14, 2004.
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Post by Cyrus on Jan 7, 2004 9:06:46 GMT
I needed proof that I didn't need to set my VCR before I left tomorrow/later today. Can't always rely on the WB's website...  So if you're a "I need to know for sure" person like me, check Yahoo's  guide here. Angel
WB Jan 14 08:00pm
Series/Drama, 60 Mins.
"Harm's Way", Episode #509.
Someone frames Harmony for the murder of a demon-rights activist who was mediating an important truce between warring tribes.
Cast: David Boreanaz, Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards, Amy Acker, Andy Hallett, James Marsters, Bryce Mouer.
Director(s): Vern Gillum.
Producer(s): Joss Whedon, Gail Berman, Fran Rubel Kuzui, Kaz Kuzui, Sandy Gallin, David Greenwalt.
Writer(s): Sarah Fain , Elizabeth Craft.
Original Airdate: January 14, 2004. And the WB says "Hellbound" is what's going to air tomorrow/later today.  |
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Post by PokerKitten on Jan 7, 2004 17:28:46 GMT
A WB pop-up vid of Merc talking abut the episode *shudders* What a waste of plot time Go on, Mutants, prove me wrong! www.thewb.com/Popups/Video/0,8204,147189,00.html |
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Post by Cyrus on Jan 10, 2004 9:46:57 GMT
Eww look at the picture of this demon from the episode. Ugly demon |
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Post by PokerKitten on Jan 10, 2004 14:22:54 GMT
Heh! You know me and demons! I think he's kinda cute  I like his head-dress. Comics Continuum have some stills from the ep - HERE |
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Post by PokerKitten on Jan 14, 2004 21:54:09 GMT
Herc’s Seen The First ANGEL of 2004!!
I am – Hercules!!
Angel 5.9 FAQ
What’s it called?
“Harm’s Way.”
Who’s responsible?
Teleplay is credited to Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain (“Shiny Happy People,” “Unleashed.
When was the last time we saw a new “Angel”?
Nov. 19. It was the episode in which Spike turned solid, the vamps raced for the Cup of Perpetual Torment (and, in truth, mortality and Buffy’s love), and Eve climbed into bed with Lindsay.
Is Spike still solid?
He is.
What did Coax say about this one back on Oct. 15?
Casting pages emerged Tuesday for “Angel” 5.9, which seems to focus quite a bit on vampire secretary Harmony Kendall as she navigates the mundanely macabre corridors of Wolfram & Hart. One senses all the Team Angel regulars might be reduced to supporting players in this installment. Kind of like “The Zeppo.” Actually more like “The Lower Decks.” But way funnier. A few promising details:
* Harm’s fellow secretaries gossip about Winifred’s love life – whether she might be involved with Charles, Wesley or Knox.
* A bit later, Harmony and Winifred will find themselves out drinking and checking out the dudes.
* Harmony will greet a demon accountant arriving to take a meeting with Angel and Charles.
* Harmony will take a call from Lilah Morgan’s mom.
* We’ll learn that Harmony is by no means unique among the firm’s underlings.
* A comically epic breakroom catfight mostly involving guest stars and eating utensils will transpire.
Did Herc’s sources get it right?
Not entirely. The script appears to have undergone some rewrites since we last reported on it. The catfight is now 50-percent Harmony, and I think the Lilah reference got dropped.
Huh. What does Guide say?
“Keeping her job as Angel's assistant is the least of Harmony's worries when she wakes up with a dead vamp-bite victim in her bed and no memory of the previous night's events. And things go from bad to worse when the gang's investigation reveals that the dead guy was a demons' rights activist negotiating between two warring clans.”
The big news?
We learn, from the highly entertaining Wolfram & Hart orientation film that opens the episode, that the firm counts among its clients Weyland Yutami, Yoyodyne and a third famous multinational corporation.
The far bigger news?
Spike is barely in the episode. He visits the firm in the first act to announce he’s making a beeline for Buffy Summers, then promptly disappears. Angel is not happy about it, but he did, after all, only take the silver in the Cup of Perpetual Torment tourney.
Is Spike still somehow tethered to Wolfram & Hart?
Not in any mystical sense. Curiously, this installment is set some time after the last (several weeks if I remember correctly), yet Spike is only now getting around to leaving Los Angeles.
What’s doing with Eve and Lindsay?
Both are wholly absent this week.
Wes was AWOL last episode. What’s he been up to?
If it was mentioned, I don’t recall. This week he, Angel and Gunn are busy organizing a truce between two warring demon clans.
What of young Winifred and Krevlornswath?
Among other things, they serve well as components of a stellar sight gag.
Is the presence of two souled vampires in the universe still cause for concern?
So we are reminded just before Spike’s exit.
What’s good?
Quite a lot! This is in many ways a defining episode for season five, a long look at a young woman, with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men, who must nonetheless make her living fetching coffee and taking messages for self-involved corporate types. I’ve never been a huge fan of Harmony Kendall, but Mercedes McNab, who plays her, had me laughing aloud at a number of junctures. Fanatical “Buffy” fans, the only ones likely to remember Harm’s unicorn fixation, will be hugely gratified. (While I put this episode a bit short of four stars, it would surprise me not if more than a few talkbackers insist this is a four-, five- or 11-star installment.)
What’s not so good?
The ending.
The ending?? How does it end, spoiler-boy?? (MAJOR SPOILAGE INVISOTEXTED AHEAD!)
Spike returns in the final scene and reveals he’s not going to visit Buffy after all. And his lame reason, likely to be disdained by Spuffy proponents of all stripes, will make you wonder if he really loves the slayer at all!
Herc’s rating for “Angel” 5.9?
***1/2
aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=16777My opinion on this last comment - I would totally understand him being nervous, and too wary of rejection or bruised emotions again to go through with the visit. But I'd rather it was because he had moved on! It may come across better on screen, but right now it sounds like a piece of shoehorned expediency... there's now nothing stopping him goign to her, only himself, so they have to explain it somehow.... just not very cleverly!
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Post by PokerKitten on Jan 14, 2004 21:56:50 GMT
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Post by PokerKitten on Jan 14, 2004 22:29:32 GMT
Okay, I've read it now. The opening scene, a W&H corporate vid, sounds hysterical! ;D The first Spike scene, with him saying he is going, seems pretty good. And he sounds cute with Fred, and she with him. The final one is kinda perplexing. I'm sure they could have done better. And please, NO SPARKAGE with Harm! The meat of it... well, I still don't see how it serves any purpose. And perhaps that IS its purpose. A filler, quite light and amusing AND with a catfight for the lads,, before they get down to serious business from ep 10 onwards. *shrugs* Oh well, we know ME can waste time. Look at how they fucked around with BtVS S7.... But I think this ep will be less offensive than I thought, and more Roll on ep 10. |
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Post by PokerKitten on Jan 15, 2004 22:39:48 GMT
Moving this post for I2 |
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Post by PokerKitten on Jan 15, 2004 22:42:25 GMT
I haven't seen it yet because my download source has been sleeping - tsk! But I thought the Lornecentric ep was fluff enough for the season. it didn't tell us much or go anywhere in particular. Mind you, without that ep, AH may as well look for another job for all they have bene giving him to do! Anyway, no more fluff this season please! And yeah, there is some dramatic stuff coming up  |
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Post by Cyrus on Jan 16, 2004 12:30:38 GMT
[shallow]James got a haircut.[/shallow] Like the poll says: filler ep. Barely any Spike! I've got a question though... when did Harmony learn how to fight? Last time we saw her try, she was having a scratching and hair-pulling contest with Xander! |
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I like his head-dress.