Angel

Not Fade Away - Whole biplanes of props to Wing Chun, Sars, and Glark. Previously, Angel made some new friends, and plotted to kill them, because I guess that's just a habit with him now. Before the show started, Johanna and I discussed what...

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5-22
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Dulce et Decorum Est

Not Fade Away - Though it may be too late now to sound a death knell, it's time to declare this the end of Angel. As usual there's plenty of angst and gloom: just forty-two minutes 'till they meet their doom. It may start with a scuffle, but it ends with a clang. There's a hole in the timeslot where Cary once sang. This is the end, the end of Angel. For five (or more) years, his life has been hell. At least he's finally free of Buffy. Now save up your pennies for the DVDs.

2004.05.19
2004.05.25
A-

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5-21
Recap

"It Ain't Like It Used To Be, But It'll Do"

Power Play - The MoG are afraid that Angel's gone evil, but it turns out he's just trying to get them all killed.

2004.05.12
2004.05.17
B

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5-20
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Commedia Del Dolore

The Girl In Question - In which we learn yet again that the Burkles are the only decent, sane people in the whole world.

2004.05.05
2004.05.10
N/A

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5-19
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The Big Time

Time Bomb - Turning Fred into a superpowered babe who doesn't understand humans may cause her to explode with the force of several thousand science-fiction clichés.

2004.04.28
2004.05.03
C

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5-18
Recap

Origin-al Sin

Origin - What's too painful to remember, we simply choose to forget. Unless Wesley's around to dredge it all up again.

2004.04.21
2004.04.26
A-

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5-17
Recap

Baloney And Anomie

Underneath - Some of the characters spew nonsense, and some of them feel alienated. Wesley and Illyria manage to do both, because they're just that special.

2004.04.14
2004.04.19
C-

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5-16
Recap

Antihero In A Half-Shell

Shells - Illyria's feeling chagrined 'cause her army bit it. Angel may be a good guy but he's had his share of sin. Gunn broke the rules, and gets cut as the cost. Wesley gets violent when he feels that he's been crossed.

2004.03.03
2004.03.08
C+

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5-15
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We Don't Need Another "Hero"

A Hole In The World - No sense of shame prevents these clumsy lines. No human spark is left, nor new plotline. Endure this and there is a small reward: Fred dies after we are completely bored. Thy hand, Joss Whedon, makes the story crawl; and sentimentalism buries all.

2004.02.25
2004.03.01
N/A

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5-14
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Angel's A Puppet.

Smile Time - Literally. There's nothing to say except: tee hee!

2004.02.18
2004.02.23
A+

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5-13
Recap

We All Live In A Nazi Submarine

Why We Fight - Before 1944 Angel went into the sea, where he found a dark-haired Spike in a captured submarine. There were good guys with a Hun, and vampires -- part of a scheme. Could Angel make them behave in their Nazi submarine?

2004.02.11
2004.02.16
C-

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