I had a good time watching this episode. It isn't fabulous but that interested me. Maybe it's because it talks about loneliness and i consider myself as a solitary, so i guess i felt concerned.
The thing about loneliness is that everyone feel it differently. Some do not support this void in them and try to fill it by another presence. Some others enjoy it and are adepts of the phrase :
"it's better to be alone than badly accompanied !" . I also think that loneliness is a feeling that we can feel either by choice or by obligation.
The nightclub is full of people who suffer to be alone and i don't believe they are it by will. This place has, by definition, a festive vibes, much noises, surounded by people, all of this is in opposition to the silence that reigns in theirs lives. People go it hoping find THE person who will break the calm inside them and make them exist . Even if be here is their decisions, it resulted from actions that didn't depend on them. I mean, if outside, they had attention they wanted, they woudn't be here searching love or just someone who will be listen them.
Figuratively, the monster of this episode is the perfect illustration. It needs coupling for its survival. Loneliness is something it doesn't support, something that completely devours it, so it seeks the body that will make it definitely exist.
On another side, some people as Angel, enjoy loneliness because this is not something they suffer but a necessity. The episode starts and ends on Angel in full reflection, sitting in the dark. He isolates himself and this is his choice. Personally, I confess that I am a little like him on this point. I'm sociable but sometimes i want to be alone. It is in these situations that I do a job on myself. However staying alone all the time is not a good thing so i love the shocking entrance of Doyle who turns on the light and gets Angel out of his thoughts and offers him to go out to improve his social relations.
New character ! Her name is Kate ! Nice introduction. At the beginning, i was thinking that she was the future victim. She was so vulnerable and a little touching. When i discovered she was a cop, i was surprised because everything that came out of her was the opposite of what I thought until then. She has great strenght and more personality. I really appreciate the contrast. There is an interesting connection between Angel and her. I think there is a pretty good chemistry between Elizabeth and David. Theirs interractions give impression of a game of seduction. Kate played her role as a girl in search of love to bait the assassin but I think there is a part of truth in her words and then she shows that she isn't insensible to Angel, there are signs ! Angel played a bit the seducer too, but he has advantageous physique, he doesn't know how to approach a girl and that make him awkwardly touching and then he speaks well when he wants, so I think it was not really voluntary on his part. He just wanted to be nice I think. In any case, the charm was present. To finish about Kate, i juste want to say that i think her doubts about Angel are justified. She finds him on a crime scene, really difficult to leave him the benefit of doubt, she acts as a cop and as a normal human i think. I like when we see Kate visits Angel's home whereas Angel seeks the demon in the streets of L.A. Beautiful song in this moment (
"VAST-Touched" Thanks Shazam). It's like the characters are opposites to finally understand and apprehend each other. I'm wondering how their relations will be developed.. Maybe a romance ? I'll see !
The sexual metaphor (exchange of body = penetration) in relation to loneliness is not subtle but surpassed the adventures of one evening that are there only to make understand that it is vexing, lead to a decrease in the esteem of Self to think that we have been one of many, what I appreciated is the parallel between this monster and Angel-Doyle. The parasite has a liberated sexuality, it sleeps on the right and on the left, it takes much pleasure. Conversely, Angel restricts himself because of the curse and it's a little stupid, it doesn't be perfectly happy by simply sleeping with a girl. Doyle is in love with Cordelia but he doesn't tell her, the parasite seems to have no problem making discussion. Sometimes, it would be nice if we could lift the inhibitions!
There is a great complicity between Cordy and Doyle. I understand what Doyle likes in Cordelia, I am charmed too. Too bad Doyle don't tell her the truth about his demon nature, because their relations start with a lie. Plus, Cordy works for Angel, a vampire, i don't think she attaches importance to that. However, she learn to know the men before the monster, maybe it will help her when she will discover the truth. The fight for Cordy's honor was awesome !
It made me laugh too much when a groupie arrives towards Angel (who isn't hurt) completely seduced by his beauty while Doyle also fought, he has been courageous, he is hurt and no one care. Moreover, I liked very much that it has been demonstrated that
"a non advantageous" physical can lead to the isolation of a person because this one doesn't attract glances or is on the contrary
"repulsive" (we have an exemple with this girl and also with the possessed bartender who was decomposing and people avoid him instead of helping him but reactions are understandable in a way because it is based on fear).
Angel Investigations is the name of the team ? Pretty cool..
I Love all the joke about Angel's sexuality
