- He practically lives in sunlight now. Argh! Completely flames the dark magic.
- He hardly ever wears that killer long black jacket anymore
- Although he carries an angsty expression most of the time, it seems that he himself is not so tortured now. He has lost that essential tormented element.
- Facilitating the above is how Angel is so involved in solving these cases, and yet we never see other aspects of his life or character. Thus, although by revealing too much about him at once would have destroyed his mystery factor, hiding him this way has had an equally detrimental effect. It is easy now to dismiss him as a bit of a non-character. And he once had so much potential!
Angel has the role of stable and serious leader guy of the group. The show is named after him for Christ’s sake. Yet we do not feel that he is tangible – he seems out of reach – not in an internalizes emotions sense – but in a 1D character sense. He lacks powerful screen presence – ‘cept when he’s into the half-monty of course! ;0>
And what about Buffy?!! You were obsessed with her for like, three years, and now it’s the don’t even know she exists routine?!
Back to the episode. So anyway, how incredibly DUMB was the story line?! Out of the Cordy’s ghost and Doyle’s debt storylines, I wish the writers had opted to focus on the latter. Doyle’s secret life seemed so much more interesting than that way too stretched out analogy for Cordelia reclaiming her lost pride. Even she couldn’t save the script with her witty performance. I mean, how lame was the “I’m a bitch” self-realization scene? Joss had to create a whole new series for plotlines like that?!
Doyle: I’m liking this guy, glad they’re going to try and give him depth. Unfortunately, I really don’t see him as Cordy’s type (well, duh) – even in a non-compatible way. There’s really just no replacing the Cordelia/Xander dynamics. Doyle and Angel seem to have a lovely relationship though. Loyalty thy name is Angel – he’s such a sweetie! ;0>
But this episode still blows.
It’s episodes like this that make you sit up and really wonder why you want to call yourself a fan. What is happening to this program?!! I watched this episode open-mouthed in disbelief at the sheer badness of it – still, it gives me shudders to recollect the agony.
They’ve ruined our darling Angel!
Angel-Cordelia scene: These guys have the sweetest relationship! Notice how Cordelia doesn’t blink an eyelid when she barges into Angel’s apartment to find Soul guy so almost naked, glistening with water, and unbelievably knee-weakening worthy! Was anyone else crossing their fingers that Buffy would be on the other side of that door when Angel opened it? (Shriek – three more episodes to go, three more episodes to go!…) I have to say, when I first heard that Cordelia was going to be his Girl Friday, I had cringes about the two of them on-screen together, since Angel has a tendency to shoot sexual tension in every direction. But all seems to have clicked well with the two of them.
