History Recap / AngelS02E04Untouched

* SarcasticConfession: Lilah tells Bethany that her "work just got insane, and our new clients are monsters."

Angel and Gunn break into one of Bethany's attacker’s apartments. Angel stands outside, since he is not invited in by the owner, while Gunn looks around. Gunn explains that Bethany’s attacker was an expensive muscle-for-hire. In hospital, the splattered muscle dies of his injuries, and Angel falls into the room. Doing some snooping of his own, he hits redial on the speaker-phone, and is greeted by a receptionist of W&H.

* AssholeVictim: The thugs that Bethany smushes with her telekinesis. One of them passes away in the hospital while Gunn and Angel are checking out his apartment, allowing Angel to fall across the threshold he'd been leaning on.

* AssholeVictim: The thugs that Bethany smushes with her telekinesis. One of them passes away in the hospital while Gunn and Angel are checking out his apartment, allowing Angel to fall across the threshold.

* AssholeVictim: The thugs that Bethany smushes with her telekinesis.

* AssholeVictim: The thugs that Bethany smooshes with her telekinesis.

* AssholeVictim:

-->'''Wesley''': What class? [[AC:Advanced Bosoms]]?

-->'''Gunn:''' "Knock, knock. See, this works great. You break [[MustBeInvited and I enter]]."

* TheRunaway: Type 2.

** "[[{{Series/TheIncredibleHulk}} You wouldn't like me when I'm happy.]]"

* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Inverted rather amusingly when Bethany suggests she can make Angel happy, causing him to respond; "You wouldn't like me when I'm happy."

* ContinuityNod: As Cordelia patches up his wound, Angel remarks that they need to find out everything they can about the girl. "Like, oh, say, her name?" Cordy snarks. Exasperated, Angel rhetorically asks if she's ever tried to think straight with a stick of rebar through her torso. [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder "Actually, I do,"]] Cordy answers. "Benefits of a Sunnydale education." She is referring to the ''Buffy'' S3 episode "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E8LoversWalk}} Lover's Walk]]".
** Gunn's attitude toward Cordelia has softened since the previous episode. He jokingly asks if she's still busy saving his life, as threatened in "First Impressions."

* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon

* DullSurprise

* EtTuBrute

* HatesBeingTouched: Bethany.

* HumansAreSpecial

* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim / SwordOverHead

* InSeriesNickname

* MindOverMatter

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Lilah's attempt to convince Bethany that only W&A can help her causes Bethany to develop the strength to stand up to her father and more control over her powers.
* NietzscheWannabe

* NotTheFallThatKillsYou

* ParentalIncest

* ShameIfSomethingHappened
* [[HeWasRightThereAllAlong She Was Right There All Along]]
* ShoutOut: At the site of the Dumpster Massacre, Angel asks an officer if he's seen a girl. The officer replies that nobody has been sighted except for their "[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Mr. Bills]]", then adds, "Oh no, Mr. Bill!" in falsetto.

* SpannerInTheWorks
* StealthHiBye
* SuspectIsHatless
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial
* TakeTheWheel
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening

* WhatAreYou
* YouJustToldMe

* RagingStiffie: Angel claims he was having NightmareDreams.

* FridgeBrilliance: Lilah tries to groom Bethany into an assassin for W&H. Angel killed the firm's previous one [[AngelS01E21BlindDate last season]] and obviously they need a ReplacementGoldfish.

* DawsonCasting: Though Bethany's age is [[VagueAge never stated]], there's the mention of her being in school. Daisy [=McCrackin=] was clearly not a teenager when playing Bethany.

* ShoutOut: At the site of the Dumpster Massacre, Angel asks an officer if he's seen a girl. The officer replies that nobody has been sighted except for their "[[SaturdayNightLive Mr. Bills]]", then adds, "Oh no, Mr. Bill!" in falsetto.

* DawsonCasting: Though Bethany's age is [[VagueAge never stated]], there's the mention of her being in school. Daisy McCrackin was clearly not a teenager when playing Bethany.

* HatesBeingTouched

* VampireInvitation: PlayedForLaughs when Angel leans against the invisible barrier preventing him from entering the apartment Gunn is searching, only to fall inside when the owner dies in the hospital.

-->'''Gunn:''' "Knock, knock. See, this works great. You break [[VampireInvitation and I enter]]."

* DawsonCasting

* AttemptedRape

* BlownAcrossTheRoom

-->'''Angel''' I don't breathe

* BerserkButton: Mr. Chalke; and used deliberately as such by Wolfram & Hart.

* ChekhovsGunman: Mr. Chalke.

* PersonAsVerb: Cordelia asks Angel re Bethany, "Did she {{Carrie}} you?". This understandably causes confusion.

* ProfessionalKiller: Lilah's hapless mooks in the intro. Her real aim is to fashion Bethany Chalke into one of these.

* VampireInvitation: PlayedForLaughs when Angel leans against the invisible barrier preventing him from entering the apartment Gunn is searching, only to fall inside when the owner died in the hospital.

Angel arrives at the crime scene, but the police and an ambulance are there as well. He pretends to be the detective on call and pumps an officer for information. The trail of blood leads Angel into a nearby building, where a frightened girl is still hiding. She warns him to stay away from her because she is very upset. He walks closer, and is impaled by a flying piece of rebar. The girl starts to flee, but stops when Angel calls her again. He stands up and yanks the rebar out. [[ScoobyDoo Jinkies!]] Angel points out that he's "different from most people", just like her. He offers her his card. The girl takes the card and quickly runs off. After she's gone, Angel collapses, and mumbles: "Okay, maybe she can hurt me a little." Bethany walks up to an apartment door, but before she can unlock it, Lilah opens it, saying she was worried. Apparently, Lilah is letting her stay at her place. ''Some''thing's afoot...

* FreudWasRight: Gunn is proudly showing off his new axe.
-->'''Gunn:''' "Thought I might get the chance to stick it in something now."\\
'''Cordy:''' "Men are all alike."