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294:, and heads over there after the show wraps. She makes her way up to the room she recognizes as Angel's, which triggers her memory of the vision that knocked her unconscious earlier – a young girl in danger. She goes to the girl's house, Cynthia, who confesses she was trying to use magic. A demon materializes, and they try to defend themselves, until a one-armed 349:
and she's so funny, and we all sort of had this fetish fantasy of seeing her on a brightly lit sitcom stage with people laughing at her jokes." However, the scene "wasn't quite as funny as we wanted it to be," admitted Mere Smith, and so all but the opening credits were ultimately cut from the final
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Skip appears, reminding her of their deal. He argues it is the fate she chose and that it is not easy to shake it off. Cordelia disagrees, saying she is too valuable to the Powers. They come to an agreement: since the visions are going to kill her as a human, Skip turns her into a half-demon, so that
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take back Cordelia's visions to save her life; when she overhears Angel call her "weak", she is hurt and decides to go back in time to become a famous actress. She is instantly transported to a luxurious life where she is a celebrity, an Emmy winner, and star of her own television show. However, she
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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
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and Gunn burst in to kill the demon. When Cordelia explains what has happened, they take her to see Angel, who – in this timeline – inherited Doyle's visions instead of Cordelia, which appear to have driven Angel insane, mostly because Cordelia was not there to help him. However, depressed and
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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 had not reconnected with Angel at the
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she can keep the visions and not die. When Cordelia wakes up, she has another vision – and to everyone's astonishment she experiences no pain. The demon aspect becomes clear when Angel points out that Cordelia has accidentally begun levitating.
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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
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Wesley says he lost the arm in an encounter with a Kungai demon, which refers to the first Angel episode he appeared in, "Parting Gifts".
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Cordelia becomes part-demon. Her transformation, and the motivations behind it, play an important part in the events of season four.
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saddened by her friend in such a horrific state, Cordelia takes the visions back by kissing Angel.
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sitcom actress, she decides to accept the visions once again so that she can help people.
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Cordelia learns that her receiving the visions wasn't part of the Powers That Be's plans.
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Skip compares the shopping mall construct to the virtual reality "construct" of
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episode, although the clip is available as a Deleted Scene on the DVD release.
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explains, "When you look at Charisma Carpenter, she does bear a resemblance to
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The uprising of a demon in Reseda was actually predicted by Wesley in the
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Skip brings Cordelia's astral body to witness Angel demanding that the
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find Cordelia's prescription pain pills and the results of a
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The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television
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Index

Angel
Michael Grossman
Mere Smith
Andy Hallett
Lorne
David Denman
Skip
Patrick Breen
Aimee Garcia
Dad
Provider
Angel season 3
List of episodes
third season
Angel
Mere Smith
Michael Grossman
WB
network
Cordelia
Cordelia's
Hyperion Hotel
Fred
Gunn
CAT scan
Skip
Billy
Doyle
party where she first ran into him
Powers That Be

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