Angel 5x01 Conviction
Wed, Oct. 1st, 2003 10:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterGood god, I'm so out of the fandom loop I don't even know the name of the episode. For the first time in a very long time (or perhaps forever) I wasn't spoiled.
I mean, I knew the basics, like Spike was coming back, that Harmony would be there and that Eve person and Gunn would be a superlawyer.
I dunno. The episode left me kind of cold. It felt a little off, a little too much as though they were trying to introduce all the new things instead of trying to tell an actual story, as though I was being hit over the head with "look how grey we must be" anvil. Plus, Eve has Lilah's lines, without Lilah's past history with the gang. Same with Harmony and Cordy's lines. It's a bit odd. I figure I'll get used to it because I do, but it's so weird! I don't know what happened to my show! I was also completely flabbergasted seeing Spike in the opening credits, because that's when it really hit me that Buffy's off the air and all the Buffy refugees are on Angel now.
I did like little things:
- Angel's first rescue, and the lawyers everywhere. I was scared the melodrama was supposed to be real drama for a bit.
- Fred likes the Dixie Chicks! Woo! Altogether good Fredness in this episode, with her rant against the evil lab of doom, her "Head Fred" bit, and the comment about losing her appetite.
- Gunn has hair! It's so weird. He also looks really spiffy in a suit. And though I think having superlawyer powers is a kind of let down from the White Room scene, it was awesome having Gunn save the day.
- Not much for Wes or Lorne. I feel like they don't know what to do with Wes now, after he had this giant arc and huge character growth, and basically had it all taken away. I think it's easier for him to be grey, given his always-there ends justifies means bit. Funnily, seems as though Gunn is getting there first. It'll be interesting watching them interact.
- Harm isn't funny right now... she sounds too much like Cordy. Although I liked the "blondie bear?"
- Angel making the guy shoot himself in the head was one of the really chilling bits in this episode... want to see more of this.
That's all for now! Perhaps will get more into the loop later, but right now, it feels quite strange reentering the waters of fandom.
I mean, I knew the basics, like Spike was coming back, that Harmony would be there and that Eve person and Gunn would be a superlawyer.
I dunno. The episode left me kind of cold. It felt a little off, a little too much as though they were trying to introduce all the new things instead of trying to tell an actual story, as though I was being hit over the head with "look how grey we must be" anvil. Plus, Eve has Lilah's lines, without Lilah's past history with the gang. Same with Harmony and Cordy's lines. It's a bit odd. I figure I'll get used to it because I do, but it's so weird! I don't know what happened to my show! I was also completely flabbergasted seeing Spike in the opening credits, because that's when it really hit me that Buffy's off the air and all the Buffy refugees are on Angel now.
I did like little things:
- Angel's first rescue, and the lawyers everywhere. I was scared the melodrama was supposed to be real drama for a bit.
- Fred likes the Dixie Chicks! Woo! Altogether good Fredness in this episode, with her rant against the evil lab of doom, her "Head Fred" bit, and the comment about losing her appetite.
- Gunn has hair! It's so weird. He also looks really spiffy in a suit. And though I think having superlawyer powers is a kind of let down from the White Room scene, it was awesome having Gunn save the day.
- Not much for Wes or Lorne. I feel like they don't know what to do with Wes now, after he had this giant arc and huge character growth, and basically had it all taken away. I think it's easier for him to be grey, given his always-there ends justifies means bit. Funnily, seems as though Gunn is getting there first. It'll be interesting watching them interact.
- Harm isn't funny right now... she sounds too much like Cordy. Although I liked the "blondie bear?"
- Angel making the guy shoot himself in the head was one of the really chilling bits in this episode... want to see more of this.
That's all for now! Perhaps will get more into the loop later, but right now, it feels quite strange reentering the waters of fandom.