Angel - Season 1 impressions (episode 12)
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When it comes to the plot, this episode is mediocre. But I didn't mind one bit: It has so many lovely scenes for Angel, Wesley and Cordy that it made me burst into laughter several times.
The first scene is so much fun I watched it twice.
Yes, I know I shouldn't laugh about Wesley being clumsy, but he does it with so much style. Also I like the look Angel gets on his face when Wesley does something really odd. I get the feeling he keeps him around because Wesley's antics stop him from brooding.
Angel really acts as a stand-in father for Cordelia so far. He's very protective of her.
Wesley and Cordelia totally bring Spike and Drusilla to my mind - of course, Wesley and Cordy are the healthy version of them.
Wesley walks into the office: “Hello. I was just in the neighborhood, patrolling with my new Bavarian fighting axe (Holds up an axe), when I suddenly thought ‘perhaps Cordelia has had a vision’, perhaps you need my help in the battle against evil.”
Angel: “We seem to be evil free at the moment.”
Wesley: “I also packed along a ‘Word Puzzle 3-D’ if either of you has the nerve to take me on.”
Cordy: “Gee, Wesley, I’d love to, but unlike you, I’m not in my 80s quite yet.”
Wesley: “If shaking your booty at the latest trendy hot spot is your idea of a life, then call me... (Two glamorous girls walk in) ...sick with envy.”
Sarina to Wesley: “Hi. I’m Sarina. Nice axe.”
Wesley laughs: “Uh, ah, no, this old thing...”
Wesley swings the axe around and embeds it in the wall beside him. Angel looks at him, then over at Sarina, but doesn’t say anything.
[...]
Angel walks over to Cordy: “So, ahem (chuckles) You’ve been seeing someone. How come I didn’t know?”
Cordy: “Because I’m ashamed of you. Not to mention how you’d embarrass me by giving him the third degree.”
Emily: “Your boss could give me the third degree anytime.”
Sarina to Emily: “You’re a sucker.”
Cordelia puts a hand to her forehead and drops to the floor behind the desk. Angel quickly knocks some letters to the floor: “Ah, Cordelia, grab that file. Sorry.”
Wesley runs over and starts to gather the letters: “Oh, not to worry. Heh, heh, whoopsie.”
Angel turns to the two girls standing between them and the desk: “So, La Brea. Sounds like that could be an evening (Wesley straightens up and stands next to Angel) with all sorts of evening type... I - I heard the bands there are...”
Sarina: “They don’t have any bands.”
Angel: “Which I like. Because if it’s too loud...”
Emily amused: “Want to come?”
Angel: “Oh, I think I may be busy.”
Cut to Cordy writhing on the floor. We get a flash of her vision.
Angel: “Beside, ah, I, uhm, I don’t lounge all that well.”
Wesley laughs: “Good one! Oh, yes. No, he’s ah, he’s no lounger (puts an arm around Angel) this one.”
Sarina to Emily: “The good ones are always gay. (Wesley lets go of Angel)
[...]
Wesley as Angel goes to get his coat: “I don’t suppose you need any help, slaying the big baby creature, do you? Not that an evening alone with word puzzle isn’t plenty exhilarating in it’s own right. (Angel passes him and hands him the address. Wesley looks at it a big grin spreading over his face) Right.”
Wesley hurries after Angel then turns back to sling his bag over his shoulder and try to pull the axe from the wall. Angel watches from the lobby through one of the windows as Wesley pulls the axe free, falling to the floor in the process.
- When we first meet Wilson Christopher I thought to myself: 'He seems to be really nice. I wonder what's wrong with him?' :-)
- Charisma Carpenter must have had a lot of fun with this episode. She can gives us a wide range of emotions here. She did a great job with the super-sudden-pregnancy breakdown. In between she gets to be cranky - I love her response to the "Do you know what it is?" question - and crazy-obsessed violent.
- The ending is *very* nice as well:
Cordy with a big smile: “This producer was so nice. He said that I’m his first choice. - We’re going out to dinner tonight.”
The guys look at each other.
Angel: “Uh-huh, tonight?”
Cordy nods without looking up from her desk.
Wesley: “Well, best to get back on the horse, I suppose. If he seems...”
Cordy gushing: “He is so sweet. He says that all I have to do is let him impregnate me with his demon master’s seed, and I’ve got the part. (Looks back over her shoulder and smiles at the guys, who look at each other then back at her) Guys, I appreciate all the concern, but I’m *okay*. I mean, it was an ordeal, but I got through it, - and I’m a lot stronger than those loser demon surrogates thought.”
Angel: “I’m starting to learn that.”
Cordy: “I learned something, too. I learned, uhm, - men are evil? Oh, wait, - I knew that. I learned that LA is full of self-serving phonies. No, - had that one down, too. Uh... sex is bad?”
Angel with a smile: “We all knew that.”
Cordy: “Okay. I learned that I have two people I trust absolutely with my life. - And that part’s new.”
Wesley takes a deep breath, then looks away dabbing his handkerchief at his eye: “Uh, some, uh – allergies.”
Cordy smiles at Angel, who looks back at her trying not to laugh.
For a summary click here.
When it comes to the plot, this episode is mediocre. But I didn't mind one bit: It has so many lovely scenes for Angel, Wesley and Cordy that it made me burst into laughter several times.
The first scene is so much fun I watched it twice.
Yes, I know I shouldn't laugh about Wesley being clumsy, but he does it with so much style. Also I like the look Angel gets on his face when Wesley does something really odd. I get the feeling he keeps him around because Wesley's antics stop him from brooding.
Angel really acts as a stand-in father for Cordelia so far. He's very protective of her.
Wesley and Cordelia totally bring Spike and Drusilla to my mind - of course, Wesley and Cordy are the healthy version of them.
Wesley walks into the office: “Hello. I was just in the neighborhood, patrolling with my new Bavarian fighting axe (Holds up an axe), when I suddenly thought ‘perhaps Cordelia has had a vision’, perhaps you need my help in the battle against evil.”
Angel: “We seem to be evil free at the moment.”
Wesley: “I also packed along a ‘Word Puzzle 3-D’ if either of you has the nerve to take me on.”
Cordy: “Gee, Wesley, I’d love to, but unlike you, I’m not in my 80s quite yet.”
Wesley: “If shaking your booty at the latest trendy hot spot is your idea of a life, then call me... (Two glamorous girls walk in) ...sick with envy.”
Sarina to Wesley: “Hi. I’m Sarina. Nice axe.”
Wesley laughs: “Uh, ah, no, this old thing...”
Wesley swings the axe around and embeds it in the wall beside him. Angel looks at him, then over at Sarina, but doesn’t say anything.
[...]
Angel walks over to Cordy: “So, ahem (chuckles) You’ve been seeing someone. How come I didn’t know?”
Cordy: “Because I’m ashamed of you. Not to mention how you’d embarrass me by giving him the third degree.”
Emily: “Your boss could give me the third degree anytime.”
Sarina to Emily: “You’re a sucker.”
Cordelia puts a hand to her forehead and drops to the floor behind the desk. Angel quickly knocks some letters to the floor: “Ah, Cordelia, grab that file. Sorry.”
Wesley runs over and starts to gather the letters: “Oh, not to worry. Heh, heh, whoopsie.”
Angel turns to the two girls standing between them and the desk: “So, La Brea. Sounds like that could be an evening (Wesley straightens up and stands next to Angel) with all sorts of evening type... I - I heard the bands there are...”
Sarina: “They don’t have any bands.”
Angel: “Which I like. Because if it’s too loud...”
Emily amused: “Want to come?”
Angel: “Oh, I think I may be busy.”
Cut to Cordy writhing on the floor. We get a flash of her vision.
Angel: “Beside, ah, I, uhm, I don’t lounge all that well.”
Wesley laughs: “Good one! Oh, yes. No, he’s ah, he’s no lounger (puts an arm around Angel) this one.”
Sarina to Emily: “The good ones are always gay. (Wesley lets go of Angel)
[...]
Wesley as Angel goes to get his coat: “I don’t suppose you need any help, slaying the big baby creature, do you? Not that an evening alone with word puzzle isn’t plenty exhilarating in it’s own right. (Angel passes him and hands him the address. Wesley looks at it a big grin spreading over his face) Right.”
Wesley hurries after Angel then turns back to sling his bag over his shoulder and try to pull the axe from the wall. Angel watches from the lobby through one of the windows as Wesley pulls the axe free, falling to the floor in the process.
- When we first meet Wilson Christopher I thought to myself: 'He seems to be really nice. I wonder what's wrong with him?' :-)
- Charisma Carpenter must have had a lot of fun with this episode. She can gives us a wide range of emotions here. She did a great job with the super-sudden-pregnancy breakdown. In between she gets to be cranky - I love her response to the "Do you know what it is?" question - and crazy-obsessed violent.
- The ending is *very* nice as well:
Cordy with a big smile: “This producer was so nice. He said that I’m his first choice. - We’re going out to dinner tonight.”
The guys look at each other.
Angel: “Uh-huh, tonight?”
Cordy nods without looking up from her desk.
Wesley: “Well, best to get back on the horse, I suppose. If he seems...”
Cordy gushing: “He is so sweet. He says that all I have to do is let him impregnate me with his demon master’s seed, and I’ve got the part. (Looks back over her shoulder and smiles at the guys, who look at each other then back at her) Guys, I appreciate all the concern, but I’m *okay*. I mean, it was an ordeal, but I got through it, - and I’m a lot stronger than those loser demon surrogates thought.”
Angel: “I’m starting to learn that.”
Cordy: “I learned something, too. I learned, uhm, - men are evil? Oh, wait, - I knew that. I learned that LA is full of self-serving phonies. No, - had that one down, too. Uh... sex is bad?”
Angel with a smile: “We all knew that.”
Cordy: “Okay. I learned that I have two people I trust absolutely with my life. - And that part’s new.”
Wesley takes a deep breath, then looks away dabbing his handkerchief at his eye: “Uh, some, uh – allergies.”
Cordy smiles at Angel, who looks back at her trying not to laugh.
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Date: 2005-11-24 01:13 am (UTC)Observation -- Wesley doesn't display any particular knowledge about how to deal with pregnancy, demon or otherwise, in this ep. Without giving too much away, he has a later opportunity to deal with a character's pregnancy and is blabbering on about it like a knowitall. This seems like convenient character knowledge syndrome (in the later ep) but I always liked to fanwank that he was disturbed at the near-disaster of Cordy's pregnancy and so read up as much as he could on the subject, just so he could be on top of things if it ever happened again. Such the responsible Wesley. *loves him*
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Date: 2005-11-24 09:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-24 07:01 am (UTC)Also? This is the ep where I started to think that Wesley has a crush on Angel. *g*
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Date: 2005-11-24 09:21 am (UTC)Yes, I get that impression as well.
Angel, on the other hand, doesn't mind to have Wesley around. He seems to find him sort of entertaining. It's funny to see how Angel always tries to hide his smiles when Wesley is acting up. Obviously doesn't want to hurt his feelings.