'Angel' finale will have 'Buffy' presence

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As "Angel" nears its May 19 finale, it's looking like Joss Whedon will stick to his vow not to clutter up the last few episodes with characters from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
That's not to say, however, that Buffy is not a presence on the show. In fact, one of the final episodes will revolve around Angel and Spike trying to rescue her from an old foe.
"The Girl in Question," the episode scheduled for May 5, will find the two soul-cursed vampires (David Boreanaz and James Marsters) heading for Rome at the behest of Buffy cohort Andrew (Tom Lenk). They're on a mission to rescue the slayer from The Immortal, a nemesis from their past.
Darla (Julie Benz) and Drusilla (Juliet Landau) appear in flashback scenes, but Buffy herself (Sarah Michelle Gellar) doesn't show up in the episode. Whedon has said that he doesn't want to overshadow "Angel's" core characters by having Gellar or other "Buffy" stars around for the finale.
The WB is somewhat more cryptic about the final two episodes, saying only that Angel and Co. will battle Wolfram & amp; Hart's mysterious Senior Partners and someone will die. The network also says that Connor (Vincent Kartheiser) will appear in the series finale on May 19, but the character's role is left undefined.