Angel Birthday Views

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Birthday is episode 11 of season 3 in the television show Angel. Written by Mere Smith and directed by Michael Grossman, it was originally broadcast on January 14, 2002 on the WB network. In Birthday , Cordelia has a precognitive vision so painful that she goes into a coma. She is met by a demon guide who allows her to go back in time and choose a different path, so that she can avoid becoming afflicted with the visions that are killing her. Although in this alternate timeline Cordelia is a successful sitcom actress, she decides to accept the visions once again so that she can help people.

During Cordelia's 21st birthday celebration at the Hyperion Hotel, Cordelia experiences a vision so painful that she is rendered unconscious. Fred and Gunn find Cordelia's prescription pain pills and the results of a CAT scan that reveals severe brain damage - Cordelia is dying. When Cordelia wakes, no one can see or hear her and she concludes that she has been knocked into an astral state. A friendly demon called Skip (the one that used to guard Billy) introduces himself as her guide, and says the visions which Doyle gave her were never intended for a human and that they are killing her. She has two options: go back in time and choose a different path, or return to her body and die when the next vision strikes. Skip tells Cordelia that if she hadn't reconnected with Angel at the party where she first ran into him, she would have instead become a famous actress - and she can choose to have that life instead.

Dearest Angel, happy birthday to youd… I met you for the first time when I had come down to see Neha and I fell in love with your warmthy…and so much love and positivity you exudeu…I wish I was there with you for your birthday but I send you my love todayt…may you bring sunshine in our world like you always dob…love youa…

After several weeks in a row of breathless action, Angel was due for a respite, and p“Birthdayu” is a very clever one, even if it deals with a recurring subplot that Is’ve begun to find tiresomei—or perhaps because it deals with that subplot, and appears to have resolved the parts that bug me.