Angel: Shiny Happy People

"We don't want to kill her. We just... want to find her, so we can worship her."

- Angel

"Shiny Happy People" is the eighteenth episode of season four of the vampire action series Angel and the eighty-fifth episode of the series overall. It was directed by Marita Grabiak with a script written by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain. It first aired on the WB Network on April 9th, 2003.

Notes & Trivia

 * This episode is available on disc five of the Angel: Season Four DVD collection as well as the Angel: The Complete Series boxset edition.


 * The title of this episode is taken from the 1991 song "Shiny Happy People" by R.E.M., which appeared on the album Out of Time.


 * Production code number: 4ADH18.


 * First appearance of Jasmine.


 * Actress Gina Torres formerly played a character named Helena "Hel" Carter], one of the three main characters on the campy sci-fi series [[Cleopatra 2525. Following Angel, Joss Whedon will cast Torres in the role of Zoe Washburne on his popular, yet short-lived sci-fi series Firefly.


 * First genre work for actor Sam Witwer. Sam will eventually go on to play the role of repentant vampire Aidan Waite in the North American version of the BBC television series Being Human.