Angel ep by ep; HARM'S WAY-camels and catfights

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HARM'S WAY

The Good;
All things Harmony, love the demon summit stuff and Fred and Harm bonding. Great bitchfight between Harmony and her rival. The WR&H corporate video is also great they should have got Troy McClure to do the voiceover.

The Bad;
It's lightweight and inconsequential but it's meant to be.

Best line;
Fred; "I'm sure Angel can help you"
Harmony; "Angel's not a helper, he's a chopper" (as her friend Eli found out)

Jeez, how did they get away with that?
You feel so sorry for poor lonely Harm, just because she's evil doesn't means she doesn't have feelings.

Apocalypses: 5

Angel Cliches

In disguise; 8

DB/JM get's his shirt off; 17,

Cheap Angel; 8 he refuses to give Spike any travelling cash but will lend him a car if it gets him out of town "Typical, you cheap sod".

Subverting the cliche;

Fang Gang in bondage: Lorne and Fred tied up
Cordy: 5
Angel: 14
Wes: 7
Gunn; 7
Lorne; 6
Fred; 4

Fang gang knocked out: Fred and Lorne knocked out by Harmony
Cordy: 15
Angel: 19
Wes: 8
Doyle; 1
Gunn; 3
Lorne; 8
Groo; 1
Connor; 1
Faith; 1
Fred; 5

Kills; one demon for Angel
Cordy: 5 vamps, 3½ demons
Angel; 45 vamps, 62 and 1/2 demons, 5 zombies, 12 humans, one werewolf and one cyborg
Doyle; 1 vamp
Wes; 14 demons+5 vamps, 5 zombies, 3 humans, 2 cyborgs
Kate; 3 vamps
Faith; 18 vamps, 6 demons, 3 humans.
Gunn; 11 vamps+ 13 demons, 5 zombies, 1 human.
Groo; 1 demon
Fred; 3 vamps+ 2 demon, 5 zombies
Connor; 16 vamps, 5 zombies, 2 demons, Jasmine

Fang Gang go evil:
Cordy: 3
Angel: 3
Gunn; 1
Wes; 1

Alternate Fang Gang;
Cordy: 4
Angel: 11
Fred; 2
Wes; 1
Gunn; 1
Connor; 1
Lorne; 1

Characters killed: poor Toby
2261

Recurring characters killed;
10

Total number of Angel Investigations; 5,
Angel, Gunn, Fred, Lorne, Wes,

Angel Investigations shot:
Angel: 14
Wes; 2

Packing heat;
Wes; 11
Doyle; 1
Angel; 4
Gunn; 3
Fred; 3

Notches on Fang Gang bedpost:
Cordy: 5 ?+Wilson/Hacksaw Beast+Phantom Dennis+Groo+Connor plus possibly the Beast
Angel: 6; Buffy, Darla, The Transcending Furies, Eve
Wes; 3 definite; Virginia, the bleached blonde and Lilah, 1 possible, Justine
Gunn; 2 Fred and Gwen.
Fred; 1 Gunn
Groo; 1Cordy
Spike; 3-Buffy, Anya, Harmony

Kinky dinky:
Harmony 'sluts it up' and beds a guy she picks up in a bar. She comments that Fred doesn't have 'a lot up front', sad but true and something she's a little self-conscious about to judge by Spin the Bottle. Fred actually knows that Wes and Knox are after her, you think back to her remark at the end of Waiting in the Wings. She thinks both are hot. Harmony offers to show Angel her abs. The demons refer to Angel as a 'filthy man whore'.

Captain Subtext;
The girls doubt Wesley could be interested in Fred because 'Everyone knows he's...muffins'. Vamps consider live people to be 'straight'. Despite implying that a male vamp would have to be gay to bite another man Harmony eyes up the necks of the office girls and has bitten Willow in the past. Fred and Harmony's night out resembles a date

Know the face, different character; 5

Parking garages; yep, where Harm dumps the body
9,

Guantanamo Bay

Buffy characters on Angel; 16.
Wetherby, Collins and Smith. Angel, Cordy, Oz, Spike, Buffy, Wes, Faith, Darla, Dru, The Master, Anne, Willow and Harmony. POSSIBLY The First Evil

What the fanficcers thought;

Missing scenes;

Questions and observations;
Always thought that Harmony's rival looked familar, finally recognised her as Karen, one of John Lithgow's students from 3rd Rock from the Sun. Angel and Spike are still bashed up from Destiny. We knew Spike and Fred were chummy but he seems to be on good terms with Lorne too. Was Harm ever really popular or did she just ride on CC's coatails? WR&H 'own' the LAPD which must have been news to Kate. It strikes me that if you really are an astronaut it must be a useless pickup line as no one actually believes you. Spike comes back to Harm in the end, shows his sensitive side and appears to finally give up any hope of ever being with Buffy

Marks out of 10;7/10 a lot of folks loathe this ep but I rather like it
 
I love it. Every scenes is funny. I especially love when she dumps the body and the opening scene. 😀 It's good to have an episode that is just purely for fun. And yay for Harmony. From Sunnydale High to WR&H, she never stops making you smile.

9/10 for the humors.
 
A nice light relief episode focused around Harmony what more could you want. Loved Harmony dumping Lorne and Fred in the cupboard and Fred and Harmonica on there girly night out.
 
I like this ep, but I wouldn't call it my favorite or anything. Love the Dixie Chicks reference- at the time this aired they had spent the previous year being torn apart by the country music industry for making a public comment about GWB on the eve of the US invasion of Iraq. So I cheered when Fred unrolled her DC poster in Conviction! 🙂

Anyway, I cracked up at Harmony's statement to Fred that she doesn't have a lot upfront. And Spike's was the best quote: "Keep it simple, Harm. It suits you."
 
Oh, this episode was a breath of fresh air...I loved it a lot..it was funny and light..some scenes were awesome..Nice,nice.
 
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