Commenter Lookup *Caution* Unless you see an ADMIN tag, the comments below may not all belong to the same person! "There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb" | View Comments2 | JasonOct 7, 2010 There was more heartbreak emotion packed into the last 10 seconds of this episode than in the preceding four hours... "Through the Looking Glass" | View Comments3 | JasonOct 6, 2010 I'm a breathless Buffy fan trying to make my way through Angel. It's had its ups and downs so far... but this arc, and this episode, may be it for me. The path from great television to cliched television is gentle but treacherous, and suddenly you look up and realize you're basically watching Xena. Sorry-- I'm out for a while. :( "The Thin Dead Line" | View Comments4 | JasonOct 2, 2010 I'm surprised to find such a negative review of this episode, especially compared with the previous episode, "Happy Anniversary", which was cliched, plot-hole-ridden, boring, and, as Nathan.Taurus pointed out, only has one good moment (the car ride with Angel and the Host). This episode, by contrast, had genuinely touching character developments, between Angel and Kate, Gunn and Wesley, Angel and Cordelia. There were scenes of real desperation and complexity. I thought it was pretty darn good. But-- to each his own, of course! "First Impressions" | View Comments5 | JasonSep 29, 2010 I'm also surprised at this review, because I thought this episode was quite good. Better than more than half of S1, and miles better than Judgment, at least for me. "Judgement" | View Comments6 | JasonSep 29, 2010 As lame as the tribunal is, it's pretty cool to see that horse walking in the middle of the abandoned street, with a car's headlights behind it. In fact, that visual juxtaposition, ancient medieval nobility against the modern L.A. wasteland, pretty much sums up a lot of this series. "Somnambulist" | View Comments7 | JasonAug 25, 2010 I'm currently watching Buffy S4 (love it) interlaced with Angel A1, and if this is a perfect episode... I'm going to take a break from Angel. There was nothing wrong with it, but there just wasn't anything great about it. Not for this viewer. It all seems rather thin, and I usually know just where it's going. Does this show get better? :) "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" | View Comments8 | JasonFeb 8, 2010 I don't know why I check nearly every day for a new review, but I do. "The House Always Wins" | View Comments9 | JasonJul 9, 2009 I always loved the part where Lorne jumps off the stage and fred claps and screams, but then notices she's the only one. Hilarious! You are spot on (as usual) about the rest of the episode. |
Latest News  The Shell of Despair MikeJer - Mar 17, 2013 At long last, another ACP update! Forum superstar Iguana-on-a-Stick has turned in another great review! Hit the title for the link, and enjoy. :D View Full Post Latest Comments Birth [Release] Wes + Faith: GreatAngel + Faith (Ending): Exciting and I liked his taunting. Finding out Fai... View CommentJun 16, 2013 Birth [Soulless] As someone who watched Angel before BtVS, this is one of my favorite episodes. Why? I've alw... View CommentJun 16, 2013 Waverley [The Prodigal] Great ep. Pity about the microphone dropping into shot when Kate and Angel are in Kate's off... View CommentJun 8, 2013 Latest Forum Posts Jojo [Any - souled or unsouled] This occurred to me as I wrote it in a different thread and I wanted to explore it more. I'm... View PostJun 19, 2013 Jojo [The "Annoying" Charact] I thought of Buffy as the friend as much as Oz. Yeah, logically I can agree with you about ... View PostJun 19, 2013 Jojo [Buffy's End] Another aspect of the differing world-views between the shows. In "Buffy," everyt... View PostJun 19, 2013 |
I was blown away by the first 2 seasons of Angel- and while I feel season 3 is an overall winner bursting with fantastic episodes and incredible interplay with everybody in the team- its episodes like this, along with the shoddy "Proivider" that drag the quality to the ground. Totally outta charachter behaviour from Angel at times- I agree that Angel does not have to feel the need to brood at the horrors he commited in his past life as angelus. Since season 2, his life has taken a different turn- and the overall feelings of trust and love in his life from the gang and connor are all part of a natural charachter development. Its terrific seeing him go from the 'Dark Avenger" to the glowing champion he is now- Yet the various posts attacking out of charachter moments in the season are justified. His school boy antics in this one, along with what I considered selfish money driven motives in Provider annoyed me. Another thing I miss from this season is the absence of Kate Lockley, and the police in general. There was an almost XFiles feel to some of the earlier episodes, especially Lonely Hearts and Sumnabullist,that gave the show a more realisic feel to it. I loved the idea of a dark demonic underbelly brewing up a bile of danger amidst and underneath the glam-bam of LA, and Angel being one step ahead of the police who happend to be investigating the goings on aswell. By season 3
thats gone,and we have demons happily strolling around the place in front of everybody, and stupid tree monsters in this episode that are far more suited in the Buffy world. I love Buffy-dont get me wrong- but I always preferred the more adult,serious approach Angel took. And episodes like this undermine that. That said, its only a bump in the winding road that is season 3,and the final scene provides an appitizer for what brilliance is to come.