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* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: One that won't go off for some time, and we won't even learn it fired for a long time after ''that''. {{spoiler|Darla may already be living her "second chance", but Angel still passed the test. The life he earned doesn't go to her - instead, it becomes Connor. As of this episode, Jasmine is one step closer to incarnating herself on Earth.}}
* [[Continuity Nod]]: The comparison between jasmine flowers and vampires was previously made in the ''Buffy'' episode "I Only Have Eyes for You".
* [[Death in All Directions]]: Trial no. 2 consists of a long hallways embedded with hundreds of crosses, a locked door, and the key sitting in a baptismal font. Three guesses as to what's in there. (Well, "[[Kill It
* [[Detachable Lower Half]]: The goblin.
* [[Dramatic Irony]]: "I hate the French. We should go someplace like Romania."
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* [[Evil Lawyer Joke]]: Darla snaps at Angel for assuming her medical files are just another ploy by W&H. Darla says that she knows a few things about mind games: "We played them together for over a century." Cordy muses, "Yes, but you were just soulless, blood-sucking demons. They're ''lawyers''."
{{quote| '''Angel:''' [humbled] She's right. We were amateurs.}}
* [[I Don't Want to Die]]: Darla is aggrieved to learn that she's due to perish from the disease that killed her the first time: syphilis (though it is now easily cured when diagnosed early enough, Darla is "about a month and 400 years too late"). By the end of the episode, Darla has [[Face Death
* [[Face Framed in Shadow]]: The Valet is momentarily cast in shadow as he laments Angel's imminent death, which he confesses would be a waste.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Holtz is mentioned for the first time in one of this episode's flashbacks. He would later appear in the first episode of the third season, and become that year's [[Big Bad|major threat]].
** Darla foreshadows the Big Bad of Season Four, Jasmine, when she is outside the Hyperion and notices jasmine flowers. "Jasmine, it blooms at night. I remember what that was like."
* [[Ghost Butler]]: The Valet.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: The Valet is played by Jim Piddock, best known in America for voicing Major Zero in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]].''
* [[Hoist
* [[Hope Spot]]
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Angel says he's come to terms that Darla will have come to him if she needs him, and that he's let go. Gunn then bursts in, saying he's found Darla, which Angel had him do in secret. Angel immediately drops what he's doing and sternly leafs through the surveillance photos that Gunn took, while Cordy protests, "You '''lied''' to us!" Angel agrees that he did. "I figured you'd nag."
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* [[Never Say That Again]]: "Don't say ''Darla''!"
* [[No Sympathy]]: Cordy eyes Darla's luggage and asks whether she's planning to sleep over. "I'm dying," Darla says. "So, just for the one night, then," Cordy replies.
** [[Continuity Nod|Brief synopsis]] of how the last time Angel got advice from The Host, [[Angel
{{quote| '''The Host:''' The man was a ''world-class'' bartender. He made a sea breeze that took you to Tahiti! -- [[Bond One-Liner|He's off the menu, now]]. }}
* [[Not Named in Opening Credits]]: Juliet Landau's name is listed only in the end credits so as not to spoil the surprise. On a technical note, this is probably why Drusilla has no lines this episode.
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* [[Single Tear]]
* [[Smash Cut]]: Lorne scribbles down an address and hands it to Angel, saying that this is "where we find out if you're really ready to take the plunge." Angel and Darla arrive at an empty swimming pool.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Spot of Tea]]
* [[Static Stun Gun]]
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