What’s with the lack of an Angel thread? Every week I notice that it takes a while for them to get posted. Well anyway here we go.
Things I liked
• No easy answer for the Cordy amnesia.
• The way the early part was shot. Gave an excellent sense of Cordy’s confusion and near panic.
• People being held accountable for deception. Always a good thing.
• The bet and in general how Liliah/Wes’ relationship is going.
• Pacing was right. Nothing seemed too hurried or dragging.
• “I’m not a sidekick.”
Things I’m iffy about
• Cordy/Conner? At least he’s starting to grow on me.
• Did Cordy really get that good at fighting?
Things I disliked
• I really can’t think of anything off hand.
I give it a 9.5/10. It was real entertaining and sets up for a lot of potentially interesting stuff to happen in the comming episodes. I like how the show has evolved from when I first watched it and gave up for a while. I want to see all the episodes I missed to see the progression more clearly. Until this episode I didn’t really care that I had missed probably the majority of the episodes.
I missed the part with the bet. What was written on the Dollar?
I don’t know how I feel about Cordy and Conner hooking up. It seems a little to incestual for my tastes. I am just going to assume that that is what we are supposed to think is going to happen.
All in all it was an okay episode. Not one of my favorites. I give it a 7.
I liked the Yeats reference Sadly, I thought it was a TS Eliot reference at first(since the poem is “The Second Coming” not " Journey of the Magi" as I first thought), then realized my error. Oh well.
Can someone explain ninja-rama to me? How did the people from Wolfman and Hart know what Cordy had been doing and that she’d returned? I’ve watched the last five episodes, but I missed that some how, I guess.
Cordy was sighted by W&H flunkies. Probably because they keep a constant watch over the Hotel. That part was not directly revealed- rather they mention that she had been sighted.
Connor copping a feel was a bit creepy. The thought that Connor might get some before dear old dad is a riot, even though I doubt it will happen.
Well, one answer would be that the psychics they keep on the payroll earned their keep. They have been shown to have psychics and mindreaders on staff. That would be my first guess.
My personal favorite moment had to be Cordy singing the same Whitney Houston song she sang in “The Puppet Show”, which was a great in-joke (that ONLY the audience would pick up on since Angel wasn’t there), and a nice reference back to my personal favorite first season “Buffy” episode.
What I don’t know is how they knew that Lorne had read Cordelia. It’s possible they slipped their surveillance back into the Hyperion while Angel was under the ocean, or after he returned (Lorne, after all, was the one who detected it the first time), but Lilah’s sending the goons after Lorne was not explained other than as a lucky guess.
Still, it was a plan worthy of Lindsay at his most evil. Lilah seems to be growing a brain, though now she has ticked off Wesley, which may not be the healthiest thing to do.
As far as Cordy learning how to fight, she did say she was a quick study and never needed a second run-through to get something in cheerleading practice. Also, wasn’t she told by some kind of mystic (Lorne, maybe?) that she would be a key warrior in the upcoming Bad Things to Happen? Also, she’s probably still a higher power now, which might come with some perks. She also might still be part demon, which could include strength/speed/reflexes.
I liked the impending Revelation-style doom Lorne saw while reading Cordy; another plot parallel with Buffy? And while I’m not wild about her amnesia (and I hope they wrap that up quickly, or at least do something interesting with it), I did like how she retained a lot of inherent Cordy-ness, like when she was looking at the Sunnydale yearbook and commenting on her popularity, and her snippy comebacks.
I thought it was a good episode. However I don’t know what to think about the Connor/Cordy connection. It’s interesting sure, but I suppose I find it a tad…icky to say the least. Plus I thought that Cordy and Angel would be a great pair and the thought of that ungreatful brat tagging Cordy before his father is repugnant…But then again, it wouldn’t end the world, unlike if Angel got there first…
I caught that Wes signed the dollar at the beginning. But how did finding the dollar on the floor clue him in to the fact that he’d been played? I couldn’t read the signature (I wasn’t wearing my glasses). Was it someone else’s signature on the dollar that fell on his floor?
I don’t know why, but it seems like a really, really bad idea to give an evil law firm a copy of your signature. Wesley seems to be in danger of forgetting that Lila is a bad guy.
I loved the scenarios that Cordelia came up with–“Am I a spy? A nun?” They were funny, but they also made sense given the information she had to go on.
And hopefully (keeping my fingers crossed) Cordy’s amnesia will put the kibosh on any kind of Angel/Cordelia romance.
There were several episodes (IIRC, the beginning of last season) in which Angel was giving Cordy martial arts training down in the basement of the hotel.
Between Angel’s training and all the fights she’s been in over the last seven years, of course she’s an excellent fighter.
When did Connor cop a feel? I missed that part. And, btw, yecch. He’s a little baby she held in her arms six months ago. Of course, she doesn’t remember that. But she will. Oh well. Whedon likes to cross the lines in relationships, we’ve learned.
Well, they’re not actually related, and they’re closer in age than Cordelia and Angel. I’ll take the pseudo-incest over the wall-to-wall necrophilia that was Buffy last season. (not that I don’t love Spike, but if you want to talk icky…)
was charisma carpenter pregnant or something? she’s been wearing a lot of loose clothing and she looked a bit “bigger” in a couple places. operable word being a “couple.”
that would explain the whole being-in-another-dimension-but-mostly-off-camera thing for the last couple episodes.
Sadly, I thought it was a TS Eliot reference at first(since the poem is “The Second Coming” not " Journey of the Magi" as I first thought), then realized my error. Oh well.