The Prodigal (Angel)

"The Prodigal"

Angel episode

Episode no.

Season 1
Episode 15

Directed by

Bruce Seth Green

Written by

Tim Minear

Production code

1ADH15

Original air date

February 22, 2000

Guest appearance(s)

Elisabeth Röhm as Kate Lockley
Julie Benz as Darla
John Mahon as Trevor Lockley
J. Kenneth Campbell as Liam's Father
Henri Lubatti as Head Vampire Employee
Frank Potter as Uniformed Delivery
Eliza Szonert as Chambermaid
Bob Fimiani as Groundskeeper
Christina Hendricks as Barmaid
John Maynarnd as Uniformed Worker
Glenda Morgan Brown as Liam's Mother
Mark Ginther as Head Demon Guy
John Patrick Clerkin as Black-robed Priest
Mike Vendrell as Suit #2

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"The Prodigal" is episode 15 of season 1 in the television show Angel. Written by Tim Minear and directed by Bruce Seth Green, it was originally broadcast on February 22, 2000 on the WB network. In this episode, Detective Kate Lockely learns her father has been spending his retirement as a mule for a syndicate of demon drug-runners. In response to investigative pressure from Angel, the demon drug lord orders Kate's father killed. Flashbacks show the human Angel struggling with his own father in 1753, incorporating scenes first shown in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Becoming (Part 1)", and remind viewers that Angel killed his family after being turned into a vampire by Darla.

In a flashback to Galway, Ireland, 1753, Angel - at that point, still human and known as "Liam" - is fighting with his father. Enraged by his son's chronic recklessness and current mocking demeanor, Liam's father slaps his son in the face, shouting that he'll always be a layabout and a scoundrel. In the present, Angel is fighting a demon that is dressed like a homeless person on the train tracks in an L.A. subway tunnel. As Detective Kate Lockley arrives on the scene, the demon clutches its chest, sinks to the ground and expires. Forced again to deal with L.A.'s dark side and Angel's place in it, Kate ironically wonders whether she should call the coroner or Hazardous Materials, while Angel tries to convince her not to report the supernatural aspects of this case. Later, as an officer interviews the Blue Circle courier who pulled the emergency cord after allegedly being attacked by "your average Joe-stink homeless guy," Angel's instincts are immediately aroused when he spots Kate's dad, retired police detective Trevor Lockley, take a package from the crime scene.

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