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Jeffrey Jackson Bell
Jeffrey Jackson Bell is an American writer and producer best known for his work on television. He began his career writing for ''The X-Files'', where he stayed for three seasons, then became a writer/director/producer on ''Angel (1999 TV series), Angel'', becoming its showrunner for the final two seasons. He served as executive producer on the pilot episode for the ''V (2009 TV series), V'' remake, his first project in a 2009-10 deal with Warner Bros. Television. From 2013 until 2020, Bell served as a co-showrunner and writer of the Marvel Television series ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' Personal life Bell was born in Indiana, studied design and photography at the University of Cincinnati, then moved to California, receiving MFA from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1990. His 20-minute MFA thesis film, ''Radio Inside,'' was adapted into a Radio Inside, feature film of the same name starring Elisabeth Shue and William McNamara and released in 1994. Bell is a visit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Alpha (The X-Files)
"Alpha" is the sixteenth episode of the sixth season of the science fiction television series ''The X-Files''. It premiered on the Fox network on March 28, 1999, in the United States. The episode was written by Jeffrey Bell, and directed by Peter Markle. The episode is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology. "Alpha" earned a Nielsen household rating of 10.1, being watched by 17.7 million people in its initial broadcast. The episode received mostly negative reviews from critics. The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. Mulder is a believer in the paranormal, while the skeptical Scully has been assigned to debunk his work. In this episode, Mulder and Scully investigate several killings blamed on an Asian dog called the Wanshang Dhole, thought to be extinct. Mulder and Scully join an obstinate Sheriff, a seemingly eccentric hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Players (Angel)
"Players" is the 16th episode of the Angel season 4, fourth season of the American television series ''Angel (1999 TV series), Angel''. List of minor Angel characters#Gwen Raiden, Gwen Raiden returns to ask Charles Gunn (Angel), Gunn to help her rescue a young girl from a wealthy and powerful tycoon. Meanwhile, Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Angel and the rest of his team are researching Cordelia Chase, Cordelia’s sudden pregnancy. Plot Gwen exchanges money for information with a man in downtown Los Angeles and is then soon struck by lightning. She is planning a heist, ostensibly to rescue a young girl, Lisa, from a tycoon who kidnapped her from the head of a company over a business deal gone bad. She enlists the help of Gunn, someone suave enough for the job. They arrive by limo at the tycoon's compound, dressed in formal wear for a dinner party. After some difficulty, Gunn gains entrance by greeting the host, Takeshi Morimoto, in Japanese, and charming him based on Gwen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvary (Angel)
The fourth season of the television series ''Angel'', the spin-off of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', premiered on October 6, 2002, on The WB and concluded its 22-episode season on May 7, 2003. The season aired in a new timeslot, Sundays at 9:00 pm ET, and then relocated to Wednesdays at 9:00 pm ET, beginning with "Habeas Corpses". Cast and characters Main cast * David Boreanaz as Angel * Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase * J. August Richards as Charles Gunn * Amy Acker as Winifred "Fred" Burkle * Vincent Kartheiser as Connor * Andy Hallett as Lorne * Alexis Denisof as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce Recurring cast * Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan * Vladimir Kulich as The Beast * Gina Torres as Jasmine * Alexa Davalos as Gwen Raiden * Eliza Dushku as Faith * Daniel Dae Kim as Gavin Park Guest cast * Julie Benz as Darla * David Denman as Skip * Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg * Laurel Holloman as Justine Cooper * John Rubinstein as Linwood Murrow * Jonathan M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slouching Toward Bethlehem (Angel)
"Slouching Toward Bethlehem" is the fourth episode of the fourth season of the American television series ''Angel''. Its title derives from a line from the W. B. Yeats poem " The Second Coming". Plot synopsis A man tries to get his stalled car started while his family waits in the car. Connor appears by the car and warns them of danger just before a tow truck arrives with a vampire driving it. The vampire attacks, but Connor intervenes and kills it. Connor breaks into the hotel through a window just in time to see Angel and friends arrive home and spot Cordelia in the lobby. They try to approach her, but she doesn't remember anything about them or herself. Angel tries to remind Cordelia about who she is, but she is scared and doesn't know what to believe. Lorne approaches the hotel from outside, but Angel sends Gunn to intercept him before Cordelia can see him and be frightened. Angel panics with Fred in the office about how they're going to handle Cordelia's lack of memory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A New World (Angel)
"A New World" is the 20th episode of the third season of the American television series ''Angel''. Written by Jeff Bell and directed by Tim Minear, it was originally broadcast on May 6, 2002, on the WB television network. In "A New World", Angel's son Connor returns from the demon dimension Quor'Toth. Raised by Holtz to be a feral teenage warrior, Connor seeks to kill Angel for his murderous past. Failing to do so, Connor flees from the hotel with Angel one step behind him. Lorne tracks down a sorceress to try to close the dimensional rift to Quor'Toth before other monsters emerge. Also, Wesley, living as a recluse in his apartment, gets an offer from Lilah for a job at Wolfram & Hart. Plot Connor fires stakes at Angel, but Angel dodges them. Everyone takes on a defensive position, and a fight breaks out between Angel, the Groosalugg, Gunn and Connor. Angel tries to reason with his son and end the violence, but Connor simply knocks Gunn and Groo out of the way and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forgiving (Angel)
"Forgiving" is the 17th episode of the third season of the American television series ''Angel''. Plot synopsis Shortly after Daniel Holtz's abduction of baby Connor to the Hell dimension of Quor'Toth, Fred, Gunn and Lorne try to sort out why Wesley betrayed them and how to get Connor back. Angel is not interested in sympathy or pity, however, and is already mentally unstable and vengeful due to his loss, in behaviors that akin to that of his soulless alter-ego Angelus and Holtz's. When it proves impossible to open a portal to Quor'Toth, he abducts Linwood, a lawyer with Wolfram & Hart, to force him to tell where Sahjhan is and how to open a dimensional rift to Quor'Toth. In an attempt to open a rift, Angel and Lilah use dark magic; this opens a tear in the fabric of reality. Sahjhan is revealed to have been a demon knight who had been made non-corporeal by an ancient curse hundreds of years ago, and who is now able to wander through time at will. When Sahjhan uncover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Couplet (Angel)
"Couplet" is the 14th episode of the third season of the American television series ''Angel''. Plot synopsis At her apartment, Cordelia changes into something comfortable while Groo explains how he was dethroned in Pylea. They kiss, but after Cordelia sees a demon in Groo's place as a vision painlessly hits her, she's no longer in the mood. The next morning, Angel carries Connor around and talks with Wesley about investigating prophecies about Connor. Cordelia arrives with Groo in tow. She informs them about the demon from her vision and that it will be surfacing later that day. When the topic returns to Cordelia's lack of a sex life, she tells her friends about her worry of losing her visions to Groo if they did actually have sex. Meanwhile, Gunn and Fred have breakfast together and talk. As they lean in for a kiss, their beepers go off with calls from Wesley. While a picture of the demon, a Senih'd, is passed around, Wesley explains the plan. As Groo raises the subject of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quickening (Angel)
"Quickening" is the 8th episode of the third season of the American television series ''Angel''. Plot In York, England, 1764, Holtz pursues Angelus and Darla, following a trail they left for him. Meanwhile, Angelus and Darla make their way into the Holtzs' house and kill his wife and two children. Holtz arrives at his house, but the vampires are gone and his family is dead. In the present, Angel visits Darla as she sleeps in his room, dreading yet maintaining hope that their child is not evil. Holtz learns about the present day through numerous television screens which play out different historical events that Holtz has missed during his sleep. Sahjhan is the demon that brought Holtz back and has been keeping an eye on Angelus for the hunter for 227 years, ever since Holtz was first preserved. Angel and Darla reminisce about the night that got them into the whole parent mess in the first place. The rest of the gang interrupt with new information about the scrolls and prophe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy (Angel)
"Billy" is the 6th episode of the third season of the American television series ''Angel''. Written by Tim Minear and Jeffrey Bell and directed by David Grossman, it was originally broadcast on October 29, 2001 on the WB television network. In this episode, Angel investigates a wave of violence against women throughout Los Angeles, caused by Billy's ability to infect men with murderous misogyny. Cordelia seeks the aid of Lilah, who is a victim of Billy’s power, while Fred finds herself in danger from an infected Wesley. Plot Angel teaches Cordelia how to sword fight so that she can defend herself if Angel isn't there to protect her. Lilah finds Billy, the man Angel was forced to rescue from hell, in her office talking with Gavin Park. Lilah tells Gavin to stay away from her clients. Gavin attacks her, smashing her head into a glass case and strangling her. Cordelia has a vision of a woman being beaten by her husband in a convenience store. Wesley gets surveillance pho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Vision Thing
"That Vision-Thing" is the second episode of the third season of the American television series ''Angel''. Written by Jeffrey Bell and directed by Bill L Norton, it was originally broadcast on October 1, 2001 on the WB network. In "That Vision-Thing", Cordelia's vision gift grows dangerous when it begins physically affecting her. She is on the verge of death when Angel discovers Wolfram & Hart lawyer Lilah Morgan is sending the painful visions to force Angel to free a man imprisoned in an alternate dimension. Plot Wesley and Gunn eat take-out in the lobby and Fred eats her food under the table until Wesley convinces her to come out, while Cordelia waits for her next vision. Wolfram & Hart lawyer Gavin Park visits to inform them of the Hyperion Hotel's building code violations. After Gavin leaves, Cordelia gets a vision about a coin with a hole in it and a clawed beast. In the bathroom where she recovers, Cordelia informs Wesley through the door that there are five claws ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
