Buffy ep by ep reviews; 1;07 ANGEL

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Angel;

The Good;
Awesome fight scenes with both The Three and at the Bronze. Lovely stuff with Buffy intrducing Angel to Joyce, wonderful scene between Angel and Darla hinting at great things to come. I love Joyce's denial over the barbecue fork and Cordy's rage over the girl in the same dress. The big shock that Angel is a vampire which I must say I didn't see coming at all (he gives Buffy a cross in WTTH but it's in a box!). Love the diary misunderstanding too and the shock of Buffy coming home to see a bleeding Joyce in Angel's arms.

The Bad;
The Master's killing of The Three (lame name or what?) is stupid. Also they seem to give up awfully easily, that or Joyce just walks right past them? (maybe they know better than to mess with momma Summers?)

Best line;
Buffy "Stay the hell away from us!"

Observations and questions;
Anyone else disturbed by The Master's relationship with The Anointed? Joyce is the first cast member to be bitten by a vamp (although despite being a huge part of the series she's never actually a Scooby) whilst Angel is the first to be shot. Why don't vamps use guns more often? According to Joss it goes against their demonic nature. We have Xander dancing, always a treat. Angel kills his first vamp onscreen although we later learn he's killed at least 2 prior to this. The first of the many deaths of Darla

Here Buffy really kicks into high gear, the Buffy/Angel romance is set on it's course, we see the Darla/Angel relationship for the first time, it turns an OK show with an attractive cast into a brilliant show
10/10
 
I love this ep. because it's the Bangel begining.About Angel being a vampire I didn't see it coming to.Diary scene and Cordelia's reaction about the dress is really funny =) This is my favourite ep. of season 1 🙂
 
I remember watching this for the first time when I was a teenager and loving it. It was the first real, meaty piece of drama the series done and I believe is the episode that sets the course for what the series would do and accomplish for the next seven seasons. Although, and this isn't the first time I would feel like this on the subject, but does anyone else find it a little horrible when Xander does his "he's a vampire, you slay vampires" thing. I know he was jealous and had feelings for Buffy and all, but I always found myself getting a nasty little taste in my mouth when the character did that (don't even get me started on Becoming Part II or I'll be here all day).
 
DetectiveYeslew said:
I remember watching this for the first time when I was a teenager and loving it. It was the first real, meaty piece of drama the series done and I believe is the episode that sets the course for what the series would do and accomplish for the next seven seasons. Although, and this isn't the first time I would feel like this on the subject, but does anyone else find it a little horrible when Xander does his "he's a vampire, you slay vampires" thing. I know he was jealous and had feelings for Buffy and all, but I always found myself getting a nasty little taste in my mouth when the character did that (don't even get me started on Becoming Part II or I'll be here all day).
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Totally get what you mean. Especially when you looked forward the events of 'Sefless' in season seven. I don't know about you but I kind of wanted to jump into my TV and physically shake the hypocrisy out of him! And Buffy, cos she was a bit too, I suppose!

And Becoming Part II?...wait, I have work to do! 😛
 
Flannen said:
Totally get what you mean. Especially when you looked forward the events of 'Sefless' in season seven. I don't know about you but I kind of wanted to jump into my TV and physically shake the hypocrisy out of him! And Buffy, cos she was a bit too, I suppose!

And Becoming Part II?...wait, I have work to do! 😛
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Oh yeah, I know that feeling.
 
I think it was jealousy but remember Angel isn't that heroic in season 1 and they don't know about his soul yet?
 
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