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“Damage”
Angel episode
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 11
Written by	Steven S. DeKnight Drew Goddard
Directed by	Jefferson Kibbee
Guest stars	Tom Lenk    (Andrew) Mercedes McNab    (Harmony) Navi Rawat    (Dana)
Production no.	5ADH11
Original airdate	January 28, 2004
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List of Angel episodes

"Damage" is episode 11 of season 5 in the television show Angel, originally broadcast on the WB network. In this episode, Angel calls on the Watchers' Council for help in tracking down a psychotic vampire slayer named Dana, who was tortured by a serial killer as a child. See List of Angel episodes for a complete list.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Acting 2.1 Main cast 2.2 Guest stars 2.3 Co-stars 3 Writing 3.1 Continuity 3.2 Cultural references 4 Timing 5 References 6 External links 7 See also

At Wolfram & Hart, Harmony tells Angel that there was a mix-up with a girl named Dana's medication at a psychiatric hospital, and no longer sedated, she broke down her door, killed several people, and escaped. At the hospital, Dr. Rabinaw tells Angel and Spike that Dana had been kidnapped and tortured for months when she was ten, by the man who killed her family. Recently, she gained incredible strength. Angel realizes Dana - like Buffy - is a vampire Slayer, activated by the events in the Buffy series finale.

Wesley asks Giles to send “his top guy” to take care of Dana, which turns out to be Andrew Wells. He updates the group on how Willow activated every potential "Slayer of the Vampyrs"; when Wesley wonders how the Slayers will be trained now that the Watcher’s Council is gone, Andrew explains that Giles and some “Sunnydale alum” have resuscitated the Council.

As Spike heads off to look for Dana, Angel follows Lorne's suggestion to visit Dana's childhood home with a psychic. The psychic flashes back to Dana’s abduction and her family’s murder; the smell of molasses and a basement is "where her pain lives,” he says. Meanwhile, Dana goes to the basement of the building where she was held captive, flashing back to her torturer injecting her with various drugs. When she looks up at his face, it’s Spike.

Andrew catches up with Spike, and updates him on the Scoobies’ activities - Xander’s in Africa, Willow and Kennedy are in Brazil, Buffy and Dawn are in Rome, and everyone else is in England. Andrew guesses that Buffy doesn’t know Spike is alive and wonders why he didn’t tell her. When Spike follows the scent of blood into Dana's trap, Andrew tries to unsuccessfully shoot Dana with a tranquilizer gun. Spike chases Dana to the basement, where she starts repeating what her torturer once said to her. Dana, channeling Nikki, recognizes Spike as William the Bloody. Before he can explain that she’s dreaming of other Slayers, she injects him with a sedative. At Wolfram & Hart, Angel and Gunn realize the smell of molasses indicates Dana was held in a distillery, and send a tactical team to search abandoned distilleries.

Back in the basement, Spike awakens to discover that Dana has cut off his hands. She tells Spike he can’t hurt her anymore, but when he insists she’s thinking of someone else she finally remembers who her torturer really was. Angel arrives, tells Dana her real torturer is dead, and knocks her out with a tranquilizer dart. Spike is taken to the hospital to have his hands reattached. Later, Andrew tells Angel because Dana is a Slayer, she belongs in the care of the new Council. Andrew says none of the Scoobies trust Angel now that he works at Wolfram & Hart. “Don’t fool yourself…we’re not on the same side,” Andrew says.

Angel visits Spike at the hospital, where Spike admits he’s never thought much about what being evil means. He and Angel note that they were innocent victims once, too. Spike says Dana is like them - someone turned her into a monster.

• David Boreanaz as Angel
• James Marsters as Spike
• J. August Richards as Charles Gunn
• Amy Acker as Winifred Burkle
• Andy Hallett as Lorne
• Alexis Denisof as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce

• Tom Lenk as Andrew Wells
• Mercedes McNab as Harmony Kendall
• Navi Rawat as Dana

• Jasmine Di Angelo as Young Dana
• David Brouwer as Stock Boy
• Kevin Quigley as Dr. Rabinaw
• Alex S. Alexander as Carol
• Rebecca Metz as Young Nurse
• Michael Krawic as Vernon the Creepy Psychic
• Mesan Anderson as Swat Team #1
• William Stanford Davis as Security Guard
• Mike Hungerford as Dock Worker
• Debbie McLeod as Real Estate Agent

It has been six months since the events of the Buffy episode "Chosen".

When Dana and Spike fight, she channels the Chinese Slayer; his line "Sorry love, I don't speak Chinese," is a repeat of the line he said just before killing the Chinese Slayer during the flashbacks to the Boxer Rebellion in "Fool for Love".

Andrew's storytelling persona resurfaces in this episode. It was previously seen in "Storyteller", including his pronunciation of the word "vampyre".

• Parasite Eve: Lorne invokes this video game when speaking about Eve.

• The Lord of the Rings: Andrew is shocked to see Spike alive, and draws parallels between what happened to Gandalf.

Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:

Location, time (if known)	Buffyverse: Spring 2003 – 2004 (non-canon = italic)
Sunnydale, Cleveland, Italy, Summer 2003-2004	Buffy book: Queen of the Slayers (unofficial continuity)
2003-2004	Buffy book: Dark Congress
L.A., 2003	A5.01 Conviction
L.A., 2003	A5.02 Just Rewards
L.A., 2003	A5.03 Unleashed
L.A., 2003	A5.04 Hell Bound
L.A., 2003	A5.05 Life of the Party
L.A., 2003	A5.06 The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco
L.A., 2003	A5.07 Lineage
Europe, 2003	Tales of the Vampires: Antique
L.A., 2003	Angel comic: Spike vs. Dracula #5
L.A., 2003	Angel comic: Wesley: Spotlight
L.A., 2003	A5.08 Destiny
L.A., 2003	A5.09 Harm's Way
L.A., 2003	Angel comic: Spike: Old Wounds
L.A., 2003/4	A5.10 Soul Purpose
L.A., 2003/4	A5.11 Damage
L.A., 2003/4	Angel comic: Spike: Lost and Found
L.A., 2003/4	A5.12 You're Welcome
L.A., 2003/4	A5.13 Why We Fight
L.A., 2004	A5.14 Smile Time
L.A., 2004	A5.15 A Hole in the World
L.A., 2004	A5.16 Shells
L.A., 2004	Angel comic: Illyria: Spotlight
L.A., 2004	A5.17 Underneath
L.A., 2004	A5.18 Origin
L.A., 2004	Angel comic: Gunn: Spotlight
2004	Angel comic: Connor: Spotlight
L.A., 2004	A5.19 Time Bomb
Four months before Shadow Puppets	Angel comic: Spike: Asylum
L.A., 2004	Angel comic: Spike: Shadow Puppets
L.A., 2004	A5.20 The Girl in Question
L.A., 2004	A5.21 Power Play
L.A., 2004	A5.22 Not Fade Away
L.A./Hell, 2004	Angel comics: After The Fall
Romania, 2004	Angel comics: The Curse
L.A., 2004	Angel comics: Old Friends
L.A., 2004	Angel comics: Auld Lang Syne

• "Damage" at the Internet Movie Database

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