Forgiving

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"Forgiving"
Angel episode
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 17
Written by Jeffrey Bell
Directed by Turi Meyer
Production no. 3ADH17
Original airdate April 15, 2002
Guest stars

John Rubinstein
   (Linwood)
Andy Hallett
   (Lorne)
Laurel Holloman
   (Justine)
Stephanie Romanov
   (Lilah)
Jack Conley
   (Sahjhan)

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"Forgiving" is episode 17 of season 3 in the television show Angel.

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[edit] Summary

Shortly after baby Connor is abducted to Quor'Toth, a Hell dimension, by Daniel Holtz, Fred, Gunn and Lorne try to sort out why Wesley betrayed them and how to get Connor back.

Angel is not interested in sympathy or pity, however. When it proves impossible to open a portal to Quor'Toth, he abducts Linwood, a lawyer with Wolfram & Hart to force him to tell where Sahjhan is and how to open a dimensional rift to Quor'Toth. In an attempt to open a rift, Angel and Lilah use dark magic; this opens a tear in the fabric of reality.

Sahjhan is revealed to have been a demon knight who had been made non-corporeal by an ancient curse hundreds of years ago, and who is now able to wander through time at will. When Sahjhan uncovered a prophecy that he would be killed by ‘the one sired by a vampire with a soul’ he brought vampire hunter and Angel's old nemesis Daniel Holtz to the 21st century to kill Angel, Darla and the baby. However, Holtz did not follow Sahjhan's plan, so Sahjhan altered the prophecy to trick Wesley into believing that Angel would kill Connor. Wesley, fearing for the baby's safety, planned with Holtz to kidnap Connor; however, Holtz and his team betray Wesley, and Justine leaves him for dead in a deserted park.

In the final confrontation, Angel makes Sahjhan corporeal once again to fight him, but discovers that he is more physically powerful than any of them had anticipated. Justine ends up trapping him in a special urn that Holtz had obtained previously.

Meanwhile, Wesley struggles to regain strength to seek help. Justine takes over Holtz’s gang to complete their original objective: killing Angel and his friends.

Eventually, Wesley is finally found and taken to the hospital. Angel pays him a visit, saying he would never kill his own son. He tells Wesley it's important that he knows it's not Angelus talking, but Angel. When Wesley nods, Angel simply says "good" then suddenly grabs a pillow and tries to smother Wesley with it. Filled with fury and rage, Angel screams that he will never forgive his former friend, and that he'll kill him for stealing his son. An alarm is tripped, and Angel is dragged away by Gunn and some orderlies. As he is pulled away, Angel tells Wesley that he's a dead man.

[edit] Acting

[edit] Main cast

[edit] Guest stars

[edit] Co-stars

  • Kay Panabaker as Girl
  • Kenneth Dolin as Bum
  • Tripp Pickell as Holtzian
  • Sean Mahon as Truck Driver

[edit] Writing

[edit] Arc Significance

  • Angel's search for redemption seems to have taken a back seat as he seeks vengeance on Holtz and Wolfram & Hart for conspiring to kidnap his son. His relationships with the other members of his team begin to fall apart.

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[edit] Production details

Charisma Carpenter does not appear in this episode, despite featuring in the title credits.

[edit] Translations

  • German title: "Vergebung" ("Forgiveness")
  • Italian title: "Perdono" ("Forgiveness")
  • French title: "Impardonnable" ("Unforgivable")

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