Marcus Hamilton
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Marcus Hamilton is a fictional character
that appeared on the final season of the TV series Angel
. The character is played by actor Adam Baldwin
, who also worked with Angel creator Joss Whedon
in the series Firefly
, playing mercenary Jayne Cobb.
(The casting of Baldwin may echo Cordelia's
suggestion in the first season episode Hero that they hire "one of the cheaper Baldwins" to make commercials for Angel Investigations
.)
Because Eve urgently seeks Angel's protection, Angel and crew at first believe Hamilton has been sent by the Senior Partners to kill her. However, Hamilton's assignment is merely to replace Eve as Angel's liaison to the Senior Partners. Eve clearly views this as a death sentence of sorts, since she enjoys the benefit of eternal youth, which is revoked upon her termination from the Senior Partners' employ.
Having succeeded Eve, Hamilton makes it clear from the start he is not like her and will not be pushed about as the Senior Partners presumably felt Eve had been. He begins advising Angel very closely when the latter joins the Circle of the Black Thorn, going so far as to kidnap Drogyn to use as a sacrifice during Angel's initiation into the Circle. However, Hamilton remains wary of the ensouled vampire, suspecting he might yet betray Wolfram and Hart
. With his enhanced strength, he is able to withstand a vampire attack (albeit from Harmony
), as well as to defeat the weakened Illyria.
Upon realizing Angel has been using Harmony to pass bad intel and that his loyalties must, therefore, still be tied to the powers of goodness, Hamilton immediately attempts to kill him. Hamilton seeks to stop Angel before he can kill Archduke Sebassis, whom Angel had claimed was his selected target. Having thrown Angel aside after an attempted punch, Hamilton states that he regards Angel as merely guttertrash who got lucky and became a vampire with a soul, who nevertheless still fails everyone around him, asking him if he seriously thought he could kill Sebassis. Angel, however, reveals he already killed the Archduke by spiking his drink – the blood of a slave demon, concluding Hamilton was the one he needed to confront. He does admit that he thought the fight would be going better.
During the ensuing struggle, Hamilton wonders why Angel continues to fight after signing away his Shanshu
, but Angel simply replies the people who don't care will never understand the people who do. Their battle nearly comes to an abrupt end when Hamilton almost stakes Angel, but Angel fends him off with timely help from his son, Connor. Although neither Angel nor Connor can inflict much damage at first, Hamilton himself inadvertently reveals the source of his power. Hearing the strength of the Senior Partners fills Hamilton's blood, Angel promptly assumes his vampire form and drinks from him. Absorbing the strength and power in such supercharged blood gives Angel the edge he needs to defeat his opponent. Near the end, Hamilton asks if Angel really thinks that he can defeat the Circle, saying "We are Legion, we are forever."
Unimpressed, Angel punches Hamilton so hard it snaps Hamilton's neck and says, "I guess forever just got a hell of a lot shorter" as Hamilton falls to the floor dead.
Hamilton's death prompts the Senior Partners to rescind Angel's contract with the firm and unleash their punishment, which includes an earthquake that destroys the W&H Los Angeles branch, followed by a horde of demons sent to make an example of Angel and his crew.
In addition, his status as liaison to the Senior Partners granted him immortality and a psychic link to them, which allowed him to commune with them and access information whenever they saw fit. It is seen he is longer-lived than normal humans, even before his connection to the Senior Partners, due to his past encounters with Drogyn.
Hamilton's weakness is that his power is based in his blood and can be stolen that way.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
that appeared on the final season of the TV series Angel
Angel (TV series)
Angel is an American television series, a spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series was created by Buffys creator, Joss Whedon, in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired on October 5, 1999...
. The character is played by actor Adam Baldwin
Adam Baldwin
Adam Baldwin is an American actor, known for his roles as Animal Mother in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, Ricky Linderman in My Bodyguard, Knowle Rohrer in The X-Files, and Marcus Hamilton in Joss Whedon's Angel...
, who also worked with Angel creator Joss Whedon
Joss Whedon
Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an American screenwriter, executive producer, director, comic book writer, occasional composer and actor, founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-creator of Bellwether Pictures...
in the series Firefly
Firefly (TV series)
Firefly is an American space western television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon, under his Mutant Enemy Productions label. Whedon served as executive producer, along with Tim Minear....
, playing mercenary Jayne Cobb.
(The casting of Baldwin may echo Cordelia's
Cordelia Chase
Cordelia Chase is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer; she also appeared on Buffy's spin-off series Angel...
suggestion in the first season episode Hero that they hire "one of the cheaper Baldwins" to make commercials for Angel Investigations
Angel Investigations
Angel Investigations is a fictional detective agency run by the title character Angel previously on the WB television series Angel . It is sometimes abbreviated as AI...
.)
Biography
Hamilton is one of the final villains to appear on Angel. He is not a human being, as Illyria refers to him as a "creature". In fact, Hamilton is one of the Children of the Senior Partners, but unlike Eve, he wasn't created recently merely to act as the Senior Partner's liaison. Hamilton was created by the Senior Partners a long time ago, as he had already clashed with Drogyn the Battlebrand before he became the Guardian of the Deeper Well. Their history is unknown but each clearly considers the other to be a worthy adversary.Because Eve urgently seeks Angel's protection, Angel and crew at first believe Hamilton has been sent by the Senior Partners to kill her. However, Hamilton's assignment is merely to replace Eve as Angel's liaison to the Senior Partners. Eve clearly views this as a death sentence of sorts, since she enjoys the benefit of eternal youth, which is revoked upon her termination from the Senior Partners' employ.
Having succeeded Eve, Hamilton makes it clear from the start he is not like her and will not be pushed about as the Senior Partners presumably felt Eve had been. He begins advising Angel very closely when the latter joins the Circle of the Black Thorn, going so far as to kidnap Drogyn to use as a sacrifice during Angel's initiation into the Circle. However, Hamilton remains wary of the ensouled vampire, suspecting he might yet betray Wolfram and Hart
Wolfram and Hart
Wolfram & Hart − Attorneys at Law is a fictional international, and interdimensional law firm featured in the television series Angel, as well as other extended materials in Joss Whedon's Buffyverse.-Fictional history:...
. With his enhanced strength, he is able to withstand a vampire attack (albeit from Harmony
Harmony Kendall
Harmony Kendall is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel. The character is portrayed by Mercedes McNab...
), as well as to defeat the weakened Illyria.
Upon realizing Angel has been using Harmony to pass bad intel and that his loyalties must, therefore, still be tied to the powers of goodness, Hamilton immediately attempts to kill him. Hamilton seeks to stop Angel before he can kill Archduke Sebassis, whom Angel had claimed was his selected target. Having thrown Angel aside after an attempted punch, Hamilton states that he regards Angel as merely guttertrash who got lucky and became a vampire with a soul, who nevertheless still fails everyone around him, asking him if he seriously thought he could kill Sebassis. Angel, however, reveals he already killed the Archduke by spiking his drink – the blood of a slave demon, concluding Hamilton was the one he needed to confront. He does admit that he thought the fight would be going better.
During the ensuing struggle, Hamilton wonders why Angel continues to fight after signing away his Shanshu
Shanshu Prophecy
The Shanshu Prophecy is a prophecy that appears in the fictional universe of the television series Angel. Contained in the Scrolls of Aberjian, the prophecy first appears in the episode "Blind Date" and is more fully revealed in the season finale of the show's first season, "To Shanshu in L.A."...
, but Angel simply replies the people who don't care will never understand the people who do. Their battle nearly comes to an abrupt end when Hamilton almost stakes Angel, but Angel fends him off with timely help from his son, Connor. Although neither Angel nor Connor can inflict much damage at first, Hamilton himself inadvertently reveals the source of his power. Hearing the strength of the Senior Partners fills Hamilton's blood, Angel promptly assumes his vampire form and drinks from him. Absorbing the strength and power in such supercharged blood gives Angel the edge he needs to defeat his opponent. Near the end, Hamilton asks if Angel really thinks that he can defeat the Circle, saying "We are Legion, we are forever."
Legion (demon)
Legion is a group of demons referred to in the Christian Bible. The New Testament outlines an encounter where Jesus healed a man from Gadarenes possessed by demons while traveling, known as Exorcising the Gerasenes demonic.- In the Bible :...
Unimpressed, Angel punches Hamilton so hard it snaps Hamilton's neck and says, "I guess forever just got a hell of a lot shorter" as Hamilton falls to the floor dead.
Hamilton's death prompts the Senior Partners to rescind Angel's contract with the firm and unleash their punishment, which includes an earthquake that destroys the W&H Los Angeles branch, followed by a horde of demons sent to make an example of Angel and his crew.
Powers and abilities
Marcus Hamilton is physically powerful. During his confrontation with Illyria, he quickly gets the upper hand and beats her unconscious, albeit after her powers are reduced by the effects of the Mutari Generator. He is seen withstanding strong punches from Angel. He can gut a normal human with one blow.In addition, his status as liaison to the Senior Partners granted him immortality and a psychic link to them, which allowed him to commune with them and access information whenever they saw fit. It is seen he is longer-lived than normal humans, even before his connection to the Senior Partners, due to his past encounters with Drogyn.
Hamilton's weakness is that his power is based in his blood and can be stolen that way.
Appearances
Hamilton has been in 5 canonical Buffyverse appearances:- Angel season 5 (2003, 2004) – "UnderneathUnderneath (Angel episode)"Underneath" is episode 17 of season 5 in the television show Angel. Written by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain and directed by Skip Schoolnik, it was originally broadcast on April 14, 2004 on the WB television network....
", "OriginOrigin (Angel episode)"Origin" is episode 18 of season five in the television show Angel.-Plot synopsis:Gunn is still trapped in the suburban hell dimension, with no memory of his normal life, and doomed to suffer eternal torment at the hands of a torture demon. Marcus Hamilton, the new liaison to the Senior Partners,...
", "Time BombTime Bomb (Angel episode)"Time Bomb" is episode 19 of season 5 in the television show Angel. Written by Ben Edlund and directed by Vern Gillum, it was originally broadcast on April 28, 2004 on the WB network. In "Time Bomb", Illyria rescues Gunn from the hell dimension he entered in penance for his role in Fred's death...
", "Power PlayPower Play (Angel episode)"Power Play" is episode 21 of season 5 in the television show Angel. The gang starts to have doubts about Angel's loyalties when he appears to have become very close with the Circle of the Black Thorn, an evil secret demon society...
", "Not Fade AwayNot Fade Away (Angel episode)"Not Fade Away" is the 22nd and final episode of season 5, and the series finale of the television show Angel. Written by series creator Joss Whedon and directed and co-written by Jeffrey Bell, it was originally broadcast on May 19, 2004 on the WB network...
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