Angel ep by ep; JUDGEMENT-tribunals and tribulations

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JUDGEMENT

The Good;
Jousting in LA, even in Tinseltown that must be a rare enough sight.

The Bad;
A fairly slow opener for a season that will eventually start firing on all cylinders

Best line:

Jeez, how did they get away with that?
The demon who sings at Caritas is 'Gorshak the Child-eater'? His pick is 'Achy breaky heart' (I'm not sure which is worse?)

Apocalypses: 4

Angel Cliches

Damsel in distress; 16, yep, she sure is

Inverting the Hollywood cliche;
Angel the hero actually kills the damsel in distress' protector by accident

In disguise; 4

DB get's his shirt off; 7

Cordy's tattoo;3

Cheap Angel;
4

Fang Gang in bondage:
Cordy: 5
Angel: 8
Wes: 2

Fang gang knocked out:
Cordy: 9
Angel: 10
Wes: 5
Doyle; 1
Kills:
Cordy: 3 vamps, 1½ demons
Angel; 4 demons for Angel so 16 vamps, 16 and 1/2 demons, 3 humans
Doyle; 1 vamp
Wes; 1/2 a demon
Kate; 3 vamps
Faith; 16 vamps, 6 demons, 3 humans.
Gunn; one more vamp so 4 in all.
Fang Gang go evil:
Cordy: 2
Angel: 2

Alternate Fang Gang:
Cordy: 2
Angel: 6

Characters killed:
25

Recurring characters killed;
4;

Total number of Angel Investigations:
3, Angel and Cordy and Wes

Angel Investigations shot:
Angel: 8,

Packing heat;
Wes; 2
Doyle; 1
Angel; 1

Notches on Fang Gang bedpost:
Cordy: 2 ?+Wilson/Hacksaw Beast
Angel: 1;Buffy

Kinky dinky:
Wes seems to attract the attention of a beautiful girl in a bar. The first hints of the love affair between Lindsey and Darla.

Captain Subtext;
From the beginning a very flirtatious relationship between Lorne and Angel. Gunn comments that he's seen Wes before in bed which Wes takes a lot of exception to. Cordy points out that if Angel joins a gym he'll have to shower with naked men but he says he'll always be a loner.

Know the face, different character; 2
Parking garages;
4,

Guantanamo Bay;
Angel beats up Merl and kills an innocent

Buffy characters on Angel; 11
Wetherby, Collins and Smith. Angel, Cordy, Oz, Spike, Buffy, Wes, Faith, Darla

Questions and observations;
The Introduction of Lorne for the first time, no sign yet that he'll become such an important character. Pretty obvious he's inspired by Barney from Parting Gifts. Angel Investigations have been busy over the summer with at least 6 cases according the whiteboard. First appearance of Merl and first meeting of Gunn, Cordy and Wes. Wonderful to see Angel visit Faith, such a lovely touch. So what happens to the mother and child? Often in fanfic whatever goes wrong in the Buffyverse that kid turns up to set it right. When Angel meets Gunn he inquires after his health as Gunn said he should in Blind Date. Jo is played by Justina Machado who played Rico's wife in the wonderful Six Foot Under, a show that not only guest starred Michelle Tractenberg and Eric Balfour (Jesse) but at one point her characters' actress sister appears to be guest-starring on Angel (or possibly Charmed?)

Marks out of 10; 6/10, the opening and ending are probably better than the rest of the ep.
 
I liked the ending, it was nice to see Faith 🙂
Angel singing was ridiculously funny.
Nice episode, not great but it was good.
 
I like it. Of course, I love the Faith scene and when Angel sings(and the end with the credits, LMAO). 😀

The other scenes are cool. Like when they break the big mirror in the gym and the way they walk out of there. The jousting on the street in LA was a brilliant idea of the writer. I give it 8/10.
 
The singing is absolutely hilarious, it is the highlight of the episode. Not only Angel's rendition of "Mandy" but also i love "I'am so excited". Light hearted drama works so well on a show like Angel.
 
Ah, Lorne's very first appearance. I remember seeing that first close-up shot and thinking, What kind of evil demon is this, and then he started singing I Will Survive! Just one of the most inspired and unexpected introductions for a character. And who doesn't love his flirting with Angel? 🙂
 
And what a addition Lorne was. I'm so glad we got Lorneytoons! The best bit of this episode for me was to see Faith, I wasn't expecting it at all. It was nice to see how she was getting on. I love it when you get recurring characters in episodes when you least expect it. The likes of Eliza, Julie and Juliet were a few who we all loved to see crop up here and there. For a scene so small, it just shows how dedicated Eliza is to the Jossverse.
 
I really like this episode as a season opener. The imagery of the jousting on the city street was amazing! It seems like this is one of the first times where Angel is faced with the idea that demon=evil is not necessarily true. It's so ironic, given what he is. I love the scene at the end with Faith as well.
 
VisionGirl said:
I really like this episode as a season opener. The imagery of the jousting on the city street was amazing! It seems like this is one of the first times where Angel is faced with the idea that demon=evil is not necessarily true. It's so ironic, given what he is. I love the scene at the end with Faith as well.
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I didn't particularily like this episode. The thing though is that there's two scenes I just love in it... The beginning - I just love that kick ass intro with Angel/Wes/Cordy walking toward the camera - and the end when he goes see Faithy 😎
 
With the exception of Lorne and Angel visiting Faith I really don't care for this episode at all. I remember I was really disappointed first time I saw it and felt very unenthusiastic about the start of s2. It was just so ... meh. Hardly memorable.
 
Taake said:
With the exception of Lorne and Angel visiting Faith I really don't care for this episode at all. I remember I was really disappointed first time I saw it and felt very unenthusiastic about the start of s2. It was just so ... meh. Hardly memorable.
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I agree, it doesn't really stand out as an ep on its own. Just feels like an opener, setting up wee differences for the new season and whatnot. A couple of really great scenes though, especially the Lorne and singing Angel stuff. And of course the Faith scene at the end. I loved seeing her again, and knowing that Angel still visited her and cared for her.
 
I agree with it not really being a stand out ep, but I liked it fine. LOVE the demon karaoke bar and Angel singing. Cracked me up! It was nice that they brought Faith into it, too, so as not to forget she's still around.

I'm also curious about the baby. What doe she do once she is born? Will she be killed once she is "of age" and no longer under protection? Hmm...
 
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