Written by Mere Smith and directed by Terrence O'Hara, it was originally broadcast on March 19, 2003 on the WB network.
After drinking from Faith, Angelus pulls away in shock as she flashes back to earlier, when she injected herself with a drug stolen from a vampire junkie at the demon bar.
Downstairs, Connor shouts at Fred and Wesley about the need for killing Angelus, when Willow Rosenberg appears at the door suggesting that she's a better alternative.
In their shared coma, Angelus and Faith witness the 1920s-version of Angel rescue a small puppy from an oncoming car.
Angelus is infuriated at being subjected to the memory again, and Faith realizes with glee that they're experiencing Angel's good deeds of the past.
A man barges into the diner and asks for money, but shoots the cashier when he doesn't react quickly enough.
The bite marks on dream-Faith's neck begins to bleed and she realizes Angel could have saved the cashier.
Before Willow can begin her spell to locate the jar holding Angel's soul, the Beast Master's deep voice screams a warning to stop.
Using the Orb of Thesulah, Willow and Fred begin the ritual that will give Angel back his soul.
Dream-Faith finds herself in a dirty alley with Angelus again, watching past-Angel, having forsaken all human ties, feed on a rat (shortly prior to the events of the 1996 flashback in "Becoming, Part One", wherein the demon Whistler almost literally dragged Angel from the gutter—commenting on his rat-feeding habits in the process—and set him on the path to his supposed destiny as Buffy's ally and a champion of the Powers That Be).
The WB network cut short the final moments of the first airing of "Orpheus" for an emergency broadcast announcing that the United States had invaded Iraq.
The scene was shot in an abandoned bank in downtown Los Angeles and employed scaffolding to make the fight "more vertical" according to producer Jeffrey Bell.
O'Hara explains that due to Alexis Denisof's bad back, the show-motion shot of Wesley carrying Faith was a difficult one.
Additional scenes showing Angel and Faith reliving portions of the episode "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" had to be cut due to length.
[3] Jeffrey Bell says, "we apologize for the big, stupid floaty head" that appeared during the magical battle between Willow and Cordelia.
"[3] Producer Tim Minear had the idea to bring back actress Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg to re-ensoul Angel.
[3] This episode is Hannigan's third crossover into Angel; she previously appeared on the phone to Cordelia in "Disharmony", and delivered the news of Buffy's death at the end of "There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb".
"[5] Terrence points out in the donut shop scene with Angel and Faith that, "The gunman here is actually Eliza's brother Nate.
UGO Networks called this arc "truly the high point of the entire season," although was disappointed in the frequent silences on the director's commentary.
[7] However, webzine PopMatters complained about the rapid resolution of seemingly unsolvable problems in the last quarter of this episode.