Angel S03E04 - Carpe Noctem FULL REACTION

Didn't occur to me back in the day but Lilah leaning into to "Angel"'s advance makes sense from a WRH thinking that that it could trigger Angelus. Something they are keen to do for their apocalypse.

Topher 😃

What we learn in this episode: Angel keeps Angelus' leather pants in his wardrobe. Hmm. Shan thinks like Buffy - ‘Carpe - the fish??’ Poor Fred!

Bellatronics

David is a great character actor. I love how easily he switches between Angel/Angelus and other characters when needed, like undercover or body swapped :D

Einar Sigurðsson

I just love the Howards!

Einar Sigurðsson

I was just gonna say, my Latin isnt that great..but between carpe diem(seize the day) and Prima Noctem from Braveheart(First Night), I kinda put The pieces together. It’s funny how often I pull off the illusion of being book smart thanks to things learned from movie and tv shows(after explaining an Edgar Allen Poe reference once, I had to admit that I’d learned it from the Simpsons).

Todd “Canuck” Schmuck

To be fair to Buffy's friends, it was harder to figure out with that one. Faith knew a lot about Buffy, including who most of her friends were. Marcus knew nothing about Angel.

Chris Peacock

I thought for a second you were going to say that Clark kissed Lex! I ship it! ;)

Richard Lucas

I though with the fish comment you were very subtly referring to Buffy’s comment or …….you and Buffy simply think alike …..or am I saying that you and Buffy are somehow connected????

Shashank

It always comes back to fish. I'm pretty sure Buffy tells Willow to “Seize the moment, 'cause tomorrow you might be dead” in "Welcome to the Hellmouth". Then Willow tells Buffy in Surprise season 2: Willow: Carpe diem. You told me that once. Buffy: 'Fish of the day'? Willow: Not carp. (smiles) Carpe. It means 'seize the day.' Interestingly neither time does it turn out to be great advice in the episode. Also when I hear carpe diem I always thing of the movie “dead poets society” great movie[happy], then I think of Robin Williams[a little sad]……then I think of Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar’s short lived but fun sitcom, the crazy ones, [happy again]. It’s like a whole emotional journey :)

Shashank

All aboard the Cangel train! 👀👌 This is a fun little episode. It may not be a "big" one but I've always liked it. A candy episode!

Arianne Kay

Filler episode but a really good one imo. loved the character interactions and David's acting. I'm shipping Fred and Angel as well as Cordy and Angel. So weird...

A lot of things that happened in the buffyverse also happened in smallvillle a lot of the writers and producers worked on both. Clarks chracter development and buffys work on almost the exact same timeline for the 1st 3 seasons at least

Paul Gibson

Didn't take long for you to figure out it was going to be a body swap episode. Well done. :) Was this the first time you've seen Ron Howard's dad in something? I liked this reaction a lot.

CaptainNice

I love how the old man is played, but David Boreanas and Rance Howard. I love that the old guy isn’t just creepy and pathetic in the present, you can tell he’s always been a jerk.

Andrew Pulrang

This is my least favorite episode of the season.

Fizzy

FYI, the guy who plays Marcus in this episode is Rance Howard, father of Ron Howard and Clint Howard and Grandfather of Bryce Dallas-Howard

Jon Dub

My favorite coffee mug has a moon on it and says "carpe noctem" on it (I'm a night shift nurse so I stay up all night basically all the time ... not unlike a certain undead crime fighter)

Kristin Carter

The traditional saying is carpe diem, which is what Willow said. It means seize the day. The ep title is a play on it. Noctem means night, so it would be seize the night.

Brandon Wiesner