Angel - Season 1 impressions (episode 5)
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thalia_seawoodRoom With A View
A summary can be found here.
This is an episode that mostly focuses on Cordelia which made me very happy. Cordelia gets some brilliant scenes right from the beginning when she presents to Doyle her take on a commercial about garbage bags. She also has a lot of style when it comes to not answering the phone...
Cut to Angel’s office at night. Cordelia is holding up a torn white trash bag.
Cordy: “I’ve had it with these cheap trash bags! They leak and break and end up costing us more!” Drops bag in front of Doyle who nods at her.
Doyle: “I believe it!”
Cordy: “Yeah, It was a great audition! I was all about things leaking. How could they not pick me?”
Doyle: “They don’t know what they missed.”
Telephone rings.
Cordy: “They gave it to a blonde that showed up in a skintight leather cat suit. She is supposed to be a housewife. (Telephone continues to ring) She looked ridiculous. She looked like cat-woman taking out the cat-trash.”
Doyle: “Are you going to answer the phone?”
Angel: “Good question.”
Cordy: “Oh, yeah, right. (Answering machine kick on) Oh, the machine got it.”
In another nice scene, get Angel's view on Cordelia's past:
"People called them the Cordettes. A bunch of girls from wealthy families. They ruled the high school. Decided what was in, who was popular. It was like the soviet secret police if they cared a lot about shoes.”
The demon threating Doyle is a Jem'Hadar from the DS9-verse. Seems the DS9 wormhole is somehow connected to LA.
Cordelia invading Angel's appartment is fun to watch. She really is a force of nature; you just can't win against her egocentric attitude. Really pitied Angel: He's so tidy and organised - and Cordy just takes over. The highlight is when she cuts a hole into the linoleum. She really has some nerve.
And because Cordy's arrival scene made me laugh out loud at least twice, I'm quoting it. Just rereading the transcript makes me smile again. :-)
Cut to Angel’s apartment. Beethoven’s ‘Ode to joy’ is playing on a phonograph and you can hear the shower running. Hard knocking on the door. Angel comes out of the bathroom all wet, wrapping a towel around his waist and goes to answer the door. Cordelia steps in pushing a couple of bags into Angel’s hands and walks past him into the apartment.
Cordy: “Oh god, Angel! It’s so terrible! Oh, my gosh. (Turns around and holds up her hands) Don’t even look at me! I am such a mess. I am the lowest of the lowest. (Gestures towards the open door) and you’re going to want to get my other suitcase out there in the hall.”
Angel glances out the open door than back at her, still hunched around the bags in his arms: “What happened?”
Cordy: “My apartment. It’s like the barrio – or the projects or whatever, and I live there! I’m the girl from the projects!”
Angel almost drops one of the bags: “What? I don’t know about that.”
Cordy: “Get this. I tried to call Doyle. I have sunk that low. And there was no answer. So, here I am. Not that you’re the last resort. It’s just that I have nowhere else left to go. (Goes to sit down while Angel puts down one of her bags) Roaches. Live one, dead ones. All skinny feet and creepy antlers.”
Angel: “Antlers?”
Cordy: “Oh, my god! I wonder how many stowed away in that bag? (Angel looks down at the bag he is holding.) Also the water is all brown and spurty, and not hot! I am dying for a shower. (Angel puts down the other bag and holds on to his towel with both hands) I – actually smell! Smell me. I never smell. I didn’t know I could. - I’m just going to have to stay here until I can find a decent place, however long that takes, and when I do you are completely invited over. Hey, you can just dump my stuff on the couch – or let me have the bed. What ever you feel good about. Also, my suitcase is still out in the hall. (Picks up one of her bags) Your shower is in here, right? You have mousse? – Of course you do.”
Cordelia disappears into the bathroom while Angel stands there scratching his head.
Another plus of this scene is shirtless Angel. Not sweaty and not in pain, but wet from the shower. (It seems the writers really tried to give us Shirtless!Angel in every episode. I wonder if they had a checklist.)
Cordelia Chase can be super-egocentric, but noone can say that she doesn't have a lot of determination. If she wants something, she will totally hold on to it. I was quite impressed by what she was willing to go through to keep her new apartment.
This scene is one of the best Cordelia scenes ever:
Cordy slowly gets up and looks Maude in the eye: “I’m not a sniveling whiny little Cry-Buffy. I’m the nastiest girl in Sunnydale history. - I take crap from no one.”
Maude: “You are going to make yourself a noose and put it around..”
Cordy: “Back off! Polygrip. - You think *you’re* bad? Being all mean and haunty? Picking on poor pathetic Cordy? Well, get ready to haul your wrinkly translucent ass out of this place, because lady, the bitch is back.”
Cut to Angel and Griff fighting.
Cut to the bedroom.
Maude: “Do you think that I’m going to take that from trash like you?”
Cordy: “I tell you what I think. I think that you’re going to pack your little ghost bags and get the HELL OUT OF MY HOUSE!”
The scene reminded me of Cordy standing up to the Gorches brother in Homecoming. Never corner Cordelia Chase; it will make her dangerous. Her determination and her words are a fearsome weapon.
Interesting to see that Cordelia feels bad about some of the things she said and did in the past, but is also proud of her inner bitch.
Another fun quote: Doyle answering the phone with the intro We hope you're helpless..
All in all, this episode deals with demons from the past: The ghosts in Cordy's new appartment, Cordelia thinking about her past life, and, of course, the demons that are after Doyle.
Oh, and is Cordy's appartment ghost Dennis something we will "see" again? She treated him just like her Norwegian exchange student way back in Inca Mummy Girl.
A summary can be found here.
This is an episode that mostly focuses on Cordelia which made me very happy. Cordelia gets some brilliant scenes right from the beginning when she presents to Doyle her take on a commercial about garbage bags. She also has a lot of style when it comes to not answering the phone...
Cut to Angel’s office at night. Cordelia is holding up a torn white trash bag.
Cordy: “I’ve had it with these cheap trash bags! They leak and break and end up costing us more!” Drops bag in front of Doyle who nods at her.
Doyle: “I believe it!”
Cordy: “Yeah, It was a great audition! I was all about things leaking. How could they not pick me?”
Doyle: “They don’t know what they missed.”
Telephone rings.
Cordy: “They gave it to a blonde that showed up in a skintight leather cat suit. She is supposed to be a housewife. (Telephone continues to ring) She looked ridiculous. She looked like cat-woman taking out the cat-trash.”
Doyle: “Are you going to answer the phone?”
Angel: “Good question.”
Cordy: “Oh, yeah, right. (Answering machine kick on) Oh, the machine got it.”
In another nice scene, get Angel's view on Cordelia's past:
"People called them the Cordettes. A bunch of girls from wealthy families. They ruled the high school. Decided what was in, who was popular. It was like the soviet secret police if they cared a lot about shoes.”
The demon threating Doyle is a Jem'Hadar from the DS9-verse. Seems the DS9 wormhole is somehow connected to LA.
Cordelia invading Angel's appartment is fun to watch. She really is a force of nature; you just can't win against her egocentric attitude. Really pitied Angel: He's so tidy and organised - and Cordy just takes over. The highlight is when she cuts a hole into the linoleum. She really has some nerve.
And because Cordy's arrival scene made me laugh out loud at least twice, I'm quoting it. Just rereading the transcript makes me smile again. :-)
Cut to Angel’s apartment. Beethoven’s ‘Ode to joy’ is playing on a phonograph and you can hear the shower running. Hard knocking on the door. Angel comes out of the bathroom all wet, wrapping a towel around his waist and goes to answer the door. Cordelia steps in pushing a couple of bags into Angel’s hands and walks past him into the apartment.
Cordy: “Oh god, Angel! It’s so terrible! Oh, my gosh. (Turns around and holds up her hands) Don’t even look at me! I am such a mess. I am the lowest of the lowest. (Gestures towards the open door) and you’re going to want to get my other suitcase out there in the hall.”
Angel glances out the open door than back at her, still hunched around the bags in his arms: “What happened?”
Cordy: “My apartment. It’s like the barrio – or the projects or whatever, and I live there! I’m the girl from the projects!”
Angel almost drops one of the bags: “What? I don’t know about that.”
Cordy: “Get this. I tried to call Doyle. I have sunk that low. And there was no answer. So, here I am. Not that you’re the last resort. It’s just that I have nowhere else left to go. (Goes to sit down while Angel puts down one of her bags) Roaches. Live one, dead ones. All skinny feet and creepy antlers.”
Angel: “Antlers?”
Cordy: “Oh, my god! I wonder how many stowed away in that bag? (Angel looks down at the bag he is holding.) Also the water is all brown and spurty, and not hot! I am dying for a shower. (Angel puts down the other bag and holds on to his towel with both hands) I – actually smell! Smell me. I never smell. I didn’t know I could. - I’m just going to have to stay here until I can find a decent place, however long that takes, and when I do you are completely invited over. Hey, you can just dump my stuff on the couch – or let me have the bed. What ever you feel good about. Also, my suitcase is still out in the hall. (Picks up one of her bags) Your shower is in here, right? You have mousse? – Of course you do.”
Cordelia disappears into the bathroom while Angel stands there scratching his head.
Another plus of this scene is shirtless Angel. Not sweaty and not in pain, but wet from the shower. (It seems the writers really tried to give us Shirtless!Angel in every episode. I wonder if they had a checklist.)
Cordelia Chase can be super-egocentric, but noone can say that she doesn't have a lot of determination. If she wants something, she will totally hold on to it. I was quite impressed by what she was willing to go through to keep her new apartment.
This scene is one of the best Cordelia scenes ever:
Cordy slowly gets up and looks Maude in the eye: “I’m not a sniveling whiny little Cry-Buffy. I’m the nastiest girl in Sunnydale history. - I take crap from no one.”
Maude: “You are going to make yourself a noose and put it around..”
Cordy: “Back off! Polygrip. - You think *you’re* bad? Being all mean and haunty? Picking on poor pathetic Cordy? Well, get ready to haul your wrinkly translucent ass out of this place, because lady, the bitch is back.”
Cut to Angel and Griff fighting.
Cut to the bedroom.
Maude: “Do you think that I’m going to take that from trash like you?”
Cordy: “I tell you what I think. I think that you’re going to pack your little ghost bags and get the HELL OUT OF MY HOUSE!”
The scene reminded me of Cordy standing up to the Gorches brother in Homecoming. Never corner Cordelia Chase; it will make her dangerous. Her determination and her words are a fearsome weapon.
Interesting to see that Cordelia feels bad about some of the things she said and did in the past, but is also proud of her inner bitch.
Another fun quote: Doyle answering the phone with the intro We hope you're helpless..
All in all, this episode deals with demons from the past: The ghosts in Cordy's new appartment, Cordelia thinking about her past life, and, of course, the demons that are after Doyle.
Oh, and is Cordy's appartment ghost Dennis something we will "see" again? She treated him just like her Norwegian exchange student way back in Inca Mummy Girl.
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Date: 2005-11-14 06:14 am (UTC)I love this episode and was at the height of my Cordelia adoration then. Every scene you quote is perfect. Also, the room searching in itself is such a gem, with the various candidates.
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Date: 2005-11-14 07:40 am (UTC)I hope Cordy treats him well.
Also, the room searching in itself is such a gem, with the various candidates.
Oh yes. I recently read the blog of someone who's looking for an apartment in LA. What she described had several similarities to what we see in this episode. Especially the leering landlord who's just down the hall. :-))
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Date: 2005-11-14 07:54 am (UTC)