Discussion of 5.09 "Harm's way" - Airdate 1/14/04 (US-WB)

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Angel (David Boreanaz) arranges an important truce meeting between two warring demon tribes through a Demon Rights Activist (guest star Bryce Mouer). Already feeling unappreciated at work, Harmony's (Mercedes McNab) life in the office gets worse when she finds the Demon Rights Activist dead in her bed one morning after a night of drinking. Knowing that Angel will kill her for causing the summit negotiations to break down, Harmony is desperate to find out who framed her for the murder.
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I'm watching it right now. 🙂

I'm loving it. The opening commercial sequence is brilliant! lol

"Umm.. We won't kill, unless you kill"
 
I really liked this episode. A bunch of parts made me laugh out loud! Harmony's so funny...and I felt so bad for her in the beginning. I'm glad she eventually felt...important? Man, Angel is very grumpy lately. What gives? Stress, I'm guessing. Those two demon tribes were interesting. I always like how the demon languages have clicks and stuff...not just the spoken words. Makes it more unique. Harmony has some fighting skills. She must have held back a lot in the past. Or maybe she never really felt so passionate about a fight. It was actually kind of nice to see Harmony and Fred "bonding." It must get weird for her sometimes...Fred being the only woman in the core gang now.

Next week's episode looks very good too. That's the one DB directed, right?
 
This episode was so hilarious - mainly because Harmony is sooo stupid. Well, maybe not stupid but really silly. I was actually embarassed for her during some parts that I could hardly keep watching the screen. I laughed out loud soo many times. When they were fighting with the chop sticks, I think I nearly crapped myself😛

SIDENOTE: What the heck is up with this --- there was no "Grr Argh" at the end of the episode!! That has to be a first.😡
 
lol that was a good ep i liked how harmony turned the attempted murder on her into a good thing lol
 
definitely a cool ep. i always love to see more of mercedes and the other girls who get less airtime. they could have done an ep like this with Lilah before, just like they did with harm, xander, and andrew (the "day in the life" eps).

i'm just waiting to see if and when they start a major arc like last season, that was really good.

to WyredDemonHunter: i see why you dont watch the trailers for eps now. well, it might not be for the same reason, but i've given up on the wb's trailers having any relevance to the episodes, so no more trailers for me!

now, bring on the arc!
 
I love all the metaphors, lol! Poor Harmony! Those demons are just hilarious... they're all screeching back and forth and clicking... I loved Gunn's response to Angel's mistake in that demon language... "We make fun of him, yes?" I was literally rolling on the floor laughing! *realizes what she just said and blushes*

The time is sooo messed up in the Buffyverse. If Spike dies on May 20th and he comes back 19 days later and it's the summer, how come he said that he's been "alive" for three months if it's January?

Spike: "Got a message for Buffy?"
Angel: "Tell her you're a *******."
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At least, I think that was what they said... I love those lines! I loved the teaser, too! Also...

Harmony: "Why did you just do that?'
Tamika: "Because I wanted (?...)"
Harmony: "It was you!!! Who are you?"
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I loved the episode. Although I felt very bad for her because they all treated her like she was not needed. I was also very surprised that Harmony new how to fight the way she did. I mean, I knew she had some vampire skills, but not like that. Fighting with the chop sticks was hilarious.
 
Ana, you downloaded it! How could you do that and break the law... 😉

This is definitely my favorite episode so far and I really feel sorry for Harmony! I think Spike and her actually slept together, lol...
 
This was a FANTASTIC episode!!! Did anyone else get that "Legally Blonde" feel at the beginning? I thought Harmony looked great.

And Fred is looking fantastic! Loving her look.

Angel - yes something definitly crawled up his behind!

I loved the closet sequences!!!!

I loved how Harm killing the vamp apeased the demons! This was indeed a wonderful eppy!

Did anyone else notice Toby's eye flutter when we first saw him on the autopsy table? Right after Harmony runs in to see Fred when she hears the body was at W&H. I didn't tape it so I can't check but I'm pretty sure it did! lol
 
Oh I love this episode to death! It was so great and funny. Harmony is such a great charecter and its great she has her own episode on Angel. The only thing I didnt like(which I never have liked that much on Angel) was the vampire make-up, I really prefer how they make Vampires look on Buffy then on Angel(they look kind of weird to me on Angel) but definatly a 10/10
 
I just didn't like mean Angel. Usually he is all mellow and nice, I think I like his character that way. Either I like him as a softy - Angel, or I like him evil - Angelus. No in between lol.
 
This episode was awesome! I loved how the demon tribes kept calling Angel a man whore. LMAO!

And it was nice to see what Harmony had to go through every day. I loved how she kept putting everyone in the closet. And it was hilarious when she was trying to woo the guy at the bar. 🙂
 
This was a good episode, B+. Harmony is so funny, loved seeing an episode just about her. Lorne seems to be getting a nice amount of screen time. There were a couple lame moments, like Spike's excuse for not seeing Buffy and Tamika's reason for setting Harmony up. Loved Harmony and Fred bonding, and also Harmony talking to someone, then dumping their body in the maintenance closet.
 
I really, really liked this ep. The opening instructional video set just the right tone for an hour that went by very quickly for me.

I liked the way Harmony sussed out that should couldn't have been the killer. Very much the way Cordelia figured out she was in trouble in the series premiere ("Heavy curtains... no mirrors... you're a vampire!").

And something else I noticed. Mercedes McNab looked HOT. She's matured and it looks good on her. Very, very good.
 
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