This episode is called "The House Always Wins" not "Bloodlust"
THis was a great episode. ALthough we did not need Wesley's phone call. A great reference to David Greenwalt. Trust me, it's there
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Why would Lila be making a phone call in the middle of a meeting?
I thought it odd that this guy was selling famous destinies to people who could afford to pay. Wouldn't people who could afford to pay already have famous destinies?
So Angel was palling around with Bugsy, the Rat Pack & Elvis in what the 50's, 60's? Didn't Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been indicate that he was a loner around that time?
The only thing that makes Angel's statement about his past fit with the continuity is that he said he was drunk at the time. I enjoyed the episode though even though there were a few flaws.
With all these new revelations about what Angel was up to in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, I'm wondering more and more why Angel was in such a sorry state in 1996, at the time he first met Whistler (in Manhattan; recounted in "Becoming, Part 1" - BTVS).
Regarding Cordelia's apparent state at the end of the episode, I figured that something like that would occur when Cordelia returned to Earth (there's always a price to pay), but I thought it might be something along the lines of Cordelia being reset to her "City Of..." persona (pre visions), with no memory of her last three years on Earth. As things are, I think Cordelia will eventually get her memory back, though it probably won't be for a while. Also, it'll probably take some serious mystical mojo.
As I watched Gunn accuse Lorne of selling out, followed by Lorne's explanation of his actions, and Gunn's subsequent apology, I couldn't help thinking, why hasn't something like this happened with Wesley and the others (regarding Wesley's abduction of Connor)? It seems to me that although Angel has declared peace with Wesley, Angel and the others (Gunn, Fred, and Lorne) still believe that Connor fell into the hands of Holtz because Wesley arranged for that to happen. If Gunn, Fred, and Lorne knew that Wesley never intended for Holtz to get Connor, they would be much closer to reconciliation with Wesley.