Angel 5x21 Power Play
Wed, May. 12th, 2004 10:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterSQUEE!!!
I love my show ^_^.
The last ten minutes made the entire silly will-he-won't-he of the beginning totally worth it. That said, I was rolling my eyes at Fury or whoever decided to do the patented Alias show the horribly misleading thing first and then explain it by going several hours into the past. And I knew it was all a coverup type thing for Angel.
I wonder if they had that retcon of Cordy's kiss planned? That was awesome.
I spent the entire episode thinking of how differently Angel has been dealing with the problem of the institutionalization of power, as opposed to Buffy around this time in S7. Buffy was in essence pulling the sort of stuff Angel was, except when the Scoobies challenged her about it, the Scoobies were eventually proved wrong for arguing against the way she wielded power. And oh how I love the image of the AI gang making one last madcap stand against the Senior Partners. Angel's speech in a way reminded me of the muster of Rohan, of the sense that yes, they were doomed, but since they were, they would go down fighting every step of the way.
I'm so scared now that Joss is going to end up killing all of them.
I love my show ^_^.
The last ten minutes made the entire silly will-he-won't-he of the beginning totally worth it. That said, I was rolling my eyes at Fury or whoever decided to do the patented Alias show the horribly misleading thing first and then explain it by going several hours into the past. And I knew it was all a coverup type thing for Angel.
I wonder if they had that retcon of Cordy's kiss planned? That was awesome.
I spent the entire episode thinking of how differently Angel has been dealing with the problem of the institutionalization of power, as opposed to Buffy around this time in S7. Buffy was in essence pulling the sort of stuff Angel was, except when the Scoobies challenged her about it, the Scoobies were eventually proved wrong for arguing against the way she wielded power. And oh how I love the image of the AI gang making one last madcap stand against the Senior Partners. Angel's speech in a way reminded me of the muster of Rohan, of the sense that yes, they were doomed, but since they were, they would go down fighting every step of the way.
I'm so scared now that Joss is going to end up killing all of them.
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Wed, May. 12th, 2004 10:50 pm (UTC)You and me both, Oyce. I was so furious at the end of "Forever Knight". WHY did I invest in Nick's redemption and his relationships with people in season 3 only to see them all kick it?
But someone's gonna die, even if they don't all die. And I don't want to see any of the characters go. I'm sick to death of death.
Maybe it's good that's it for the Jossverse. He's blood-thirsty.
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Thu, May. 13th, 2004 12:10 am (UTC)The wild guess on my part is that it's going to be Angel, given the news about Boreanaz and
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Thu, May. 13th, 2004 05:59 am (UTC)Looking over the whole gang, I think Lorne is the one I would least upset to see gone. It's sad, I don't want him gone, but he's been sort of peripheral since season 2.
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Fri, May. 14th, 2004 12:47 am (UTC)Sigh.
But... Lorne is the least painful.
Speaking of Cordy's kiss...
Wed, May. 12th, 2004 11:08 pm (UTC)Thank you, ME, for confirming once and for all that that WAS Cordy and not a W&H plant! Phew! Such a relief!
Re: Speaking of Cordy's kiss...
Thu, May. 13th, 2004 12:11 am (UTC)And I will take it in part to mean that all Angel's fallen friends are there in his thoughts at that moment -- Doyle, Cordy and Fred.