Hyperion Hotel
from the Buffyverse Wiki - a free Buffy and Angel fan community
The Hyperion Hotel was home base for Angel in the television series Angel during the middle seasons of the show. The gang moved into the Hyperion at the beginning of the second season, following the destruction of their offices in the finale of season one, "To Shanshu in L.A.".
[edit] History
In "Judgment", the first episode of season two, Angel discovers the dilapidated hotel while fleeing demons. Flashbacks in the following episode, "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been", reveal that he had lived there during the 1950s and, attacked by a McCarthyesque mob, abandoned the hotel's residents to a paranoia demon known as a Thesulac. In the present day, Angel frees the lone remaining inhabitant from the persistent demon; with this unfinished business finally closed, he decides to clean up the Hyperion and make it the new home of "Angel Investigations".
[edit] Trivia
- The name Hyperion comes from Greek mythology and is considered synonymous with Helios the god of the Sun. There is no doubt some deliberate irony in having a vampire live inside a building associated with the Sun. .
- In the episode "Carpe Noctem", we can clearly see Angel's business card, showing the address 1481 Hyperion Avenue.
- Exterior shots of the hotel were taken at the Los Altos Hotel & Apartments, at 4121 Wilshire Blvd. Some interior shots were done in Ambassador Hotel, according to DVD commentary about "Billy".
- Years before it served as his base of operations, Angel was a resident at the hotel in the 1950s.
