"Angel"
Home (2003)

Director:

Tim Minear

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator) &
David Greenwalt (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Angel" (1999)

Original Air Date:

7 May 2003 (Season 4, Episode 22)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

Lilah returns from Hell to offer Angel Inv. the L.A. branch of Wolfram and Hart. They are given the option of going to see what it has to offer...

Plot Keywords:

Cult Hero | Cult Favorite | Redemption | One Man Army | Neo Noir

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Aug. 4

7:00 AM

TNT

Home

#4.22

Cast

David Boreanaz	...	Angel
Charisma Carpenter	...	Cordelia Chase
J. August Richards	...	Charles Gunn
Amy Acker	...	Winifred 'Fred' Burkle
Vincent Kartheiser	...	Connor
Andy Hallett	...	Lorne
Alexis Denisof	...	Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
Stephanie Romanov	...	Lilah Morgan
Jim Abele	...	Connor's Father
Jason Winer	...	Preston
Michael Halsey	...	Rutherford Sirk
Jonathan M. Woodward	...	Knox (as Jonathan Woodward)
Merle Dandridge	...	Lacey Shepard
Jason Padgett	...	Suicidal Cop
James Calvert	...	Surgery Patient

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Quotes:

Lilah Morgan: What's the matter, Ace? Didn't think you're the only one that ever got to come back from Hell around here, did ya?
[clears throat]
Lilah Morgan: Speaking of which, could I possibly get some ice water?

Movie Connections:

References "MacGyver" (1985)

The best episode of a great season

Season 4 had no weak episodes and some extremely strong ones: like the season opener, the start of the main plot arc (Apocalypse, Nowish), and all the Angelus episodes. But Home packs more emotional punch than the rest of them, and is perfectly written and directed.

In "Home", Lilah shows the heroes around the Wolfram and Hart facilities, forcing them to decide whether to join the company, and Angel deals with Connor's madness once and for all. One thing that throws people off about "Home" is that it sets up season five with the tour of Wolfram and Hart, THEN resolves season 4. It seems like the opposite order to do things, but it's the only way that would have worked. If the Connor storyline been resolved halfway through the episode, then the tour of Wolfram and Hart would have been anticlimactic. Connor has been a problem for Angel all season, and it was only fitting that it would conclude with Angel finally fixing him.

And what a fix it is. Angel has to make a huge sacrifice to save his son. Although I don't like the Angel/Connor storyline of season 4 as much as the Buffy/Dawn one in Buffy season 5, this one is wrapped up perfectly. Dawn's character was trivialized in season 6 and 7, which was a shame because her original story was so good.