Belonging (Angel)
| "Belonging" | |
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| Angel episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 19 |
| Directed by | Turi Meyer |
| Written by | Shawn Ryan |
| Production code | 2ADH19 |
| Original air date | May 1, 2001 |
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"Belonging" is episode 19 of season two in the television show Angel.
The Angel Investigations team celebrates at an expensive restaurant for Cordelia's role in a national commercial. Cordelia expresses her worries about leaving the team temporarily while Wesley and Gunn are sure they can handle things while she's working on her career. Angel continues to feel left out of the group and worries about the prices of their meals. Angel attacks a woman wearing a shawl that he mistakes as a witch's garb, making an unnecessary scene. Moments later, Cordelia discovers that the food is not all that great as she throws it up on the floor of the restaurant.
The next day, Wesley speaks with his parents on the phone. After wishing his father a happy birthday, his spirits are lowered, as his father puts down everything Wesley tells him. Angel makes an appearance at the set where Cordelia's commercial is being shot, enjoying the fake sunlight effect of the beach scene. When Cordelia comes up to him and asks him why he is there, Angel starts to question her about the Haklar demon she saw in her vision, but they are interrupted by the arrival of Seth, the commercial director. As Angel watches, Seth, who appears to be deeply frustrated, becomes irritated at Cordelia when he has to ask her twice to see her bikini costume, and after studying her, notices that there are circles under her eyes from where she had suffered from food poisoning the previous night and asks his assistant when she is scheduled to go to the makeup department, only for Cordelia to tell him she has already been. Irate at their incompetence, Seth tells his assistant to take her back and then, in anger, makes some flippant, rude comments about her appearance, diet, and desirability. Angel is furious and, after confronting Seth, threatening him with his body language and coming very close to attacking him, asks Cordelia if she wants him to rip Seth's head off for offending her, but she just wants him to leave and stop damaging her career.
Gunn's friends, George and Rondell, arrive at the hotel, requesting Gunn's assistance with a vampire problem. Gunn is more than willing to help, but Angel returns with news on the Haklar demon they're tracking and Gunn's friends are put on hold. Angel expresses his worry for Cordelia to Wesley and Gunn, telling them about the way she had endured the bad-tempered Seth's derogatory treatment of her, and wondering why she would want to work in an environment with someone who would treat her so badly. At Caritas, an ugly gray demon enters through a portal that opened up in the club. Angel and Wesley return to the hotel after killing the Haklar demon to find Cordelia in the aftermath of her embarrassing job experience. Out of frustration during an argument with her after she messed up at one point during the shooting of the commercial, an exasperated Seth had made it clear that she was really just there for visual purposes, not her acting abilities.
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