Ok let’s try this again. Last week my Angel thread sunk like a stone. My fault, stupid thread title. We try again.
Things I liked
• Cordy watching over Angel watching over Connor. Quite a neat scene.
• Liliah and Wesley’s phone conversation. They should have their own show. Well not really but I’d like to see the censors’ reactions to the scripts.
• Lorn working the subtle readings into the show.
• Transition between casino head schmoozing Lorn and forcing him to identify the fate.
• Angel’s memories. How he “casually” name dropped.
Things I’m iffy about
• People becomming truly directionless after their destiny was stolen.
• Cordy’s chopping in and out. Besides the first scene the transition wasn’t smooth enough.
• Connor. In general I’m not overly fond of him as a character and the show hasn’t done anything to make me mind if he just got killed crossing the street.
Things I didn’t like
• Break the ball, free the futures. You have to out trick the thief to fix these sorts of situations.
• Like last week the pacing was way off. They are doing too much set-up with not enough pay off.
All in all I’d say 7.5 out of 10. I enjoyed it but I felt the episode needed a few more rewrites and a stronger emphasis on the creepiness of the future stealing gamble. It would have been neat if the guy convinced the people that he could play for futures. They wagered their current uncertain one against the one Lorn read, at least that’s what he’d tell the people (“You want to be a chef with 3 five star restraunts? Wager your current fate against that. You win you trade up. You loose we get you current future and keep the good one.”)
As for the preview of next weeks, well they gave no new information. I mean no shit next week’s is about Cordy comming back and what the hell is up with her lack of memory? Did they even show a new scene?
On the plus side I have no idea what they are going to do with her, which I like. There is a lot of potential and while I hope that next episode narrows it down it doesn’t just go away in an episode.