Angel - Season 1 impressions (episode 14)
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thalia_seawoodI've Got You Under My Skin
A summary can be found here.
Regarding the plot this is another mediocre episode. It's redeeming virtue lies in the background we get about Wesley.
What is it with Buffy and Angel in regards to children? Either they get in mortal danger (the boy on the playground who is threatened by Drusilla or Stephanie in this episode) or they get killed (Goodbye Iowa) or they are demons in disguise (Gingerbread) or they are worse than demons (I've Got You Under My Skin).
I really wasn't keen on the "boy without a soul" plot twist.
- Very nice scene. First you laugh, then you don't:
Angel (to Wesley): “She’s making brownies.”
Wesley: “Oh, is that what I smell? (Quietly to Angel) I thought I tracked something in.”
Cordy takes the pan out of the oven: “The recipe was handed down to me by my mother, who got it from her housekeeper. Plus, I improvised a little. (To Wesley) You’re gonna love them.”
Wesley: “Me? Doesn’t Angel - have to – get to try any?”
Cordy cutting at the brownies: “They are brownies full of nutty goodness, not red blood cells.”
Wesley: “Oh, I wasn’t thinking. (Aside to Angel) More of a drinker than an eater, I suppose.”
Cordy is having trouble cutting the brownies: “Maybe if he’d branch out into the solids, he’d keep a decent knife around.”
Cordy picks up the demon dagger still laying on the table and starts to cut the brownies with it.
Wesley jumps up: “That is not appropriate! It’s for killing extinct demons! Angel, make her stop.”
Angel smiling: “Cordelia...”
Wesley: “That blade is very old. Who knows what kind of corrosive effect your cooking may have on it!”
Cordy waves the knife at Wesley: “Corrosive effect?”
Angel: “Cordelia, just put down the very sharp knife.”
Wesley (to Cordy): “Well, they don’t smell right.”
Cordy puts the knife on the table (to Wesley): “I think Mr. Too-much-cologne is the pot calling the kettle stinky.”
Angel: “Cordelia, Doyle! (Wesley and Cordy turn to look at him) I mean, uhm – Wesley. (Long pause) Wesley. (Angel looks up but the others won’t meet his eye) Let’s just, uhm (Gets up) no more fighting, alright?”
- In the next scene, Cordelia worries about Angel and dismisses that Wesley might be hurt by Angel's remarked. Angel on the other hand worries about Wesley.
- Very interesting:
Wesley: “A father doesn’t have to be possessed to terrorize his children. He just has to... (Takes a deep breath) We’ll find out soon enough.
- Gotta love Cordelia aka Miss Sensitivity:
Cordy: “Hi, I’m Cordelia. (Shakes Paige’s hand.) Sorry about the possession and everything.”
Seth: “Ah - Hello.”
Wesley covers Ryan with a blanket as Cordy picks up a big glass bottle and starts to draw a circle around the bed with the yellow sand that’s in it.
Cordy: “Oh, I wonder if I should put plastic down. Angel, are you expecting any big vomiting here? Because – I saw the movie.”
- I appreciate that we get to see a cool nun. :-) Amazing that she knows what Angel is right away.
- Love Wesley for trying to do the exorcism himself. The demon doesn't make it exactly easy for him:
Ryan (in demon voice): “*You* do something? What makes you think you can do anything?”
[...]
Ryan (demon voice): “You couldn’t even ‘watch!’ (Wesley stares at Ryan) Everyone knows you got fired because you couldn’t do anything right. Nothing is going to make him proud of you.”
[...]
Ryan in Wesley’s voice: “All those hours locked up under the stairs and you still weren’t good enough. Not good enough for Daddy, not good enough for the Council.”
I wish Wesley would have been able to perform the exorcism in the end after all. He really needs to get a feeling of success more often.
- I liked Cordelia's shopping spree for the Ethros box:
Rick crosses his hands and bows: “Blessed be.”
Cordy: “Uh-huh. I need an Ethros box.”
Rick: “A lady who knows what she wants. Commendable.”
Cordy: “Yes, I’m great. Just pop it in a bag and I’m out of here.”
Rick: “I don’t have one.”
Cordy: “You don’t have one. (Rick shakes his head) Well, (Cordy looks around then points at a box on a shelf behind Rick) what’s that?”
Rick: “Good eye. That’s a Shorshack box.”
Cordy: “What’s the diff?”
Rick takes the box down: “About 20 Dollars, and it’s not available in a mahogany finish.”
Cordy: “Looks the same. Handcrafted by blind Tibetan monks?”
Rick opens the box: “Pieced together by mute Chinese nuns. Now that’s craftsmanship.”
Cordy: “Look, I have an Ethros demon and I need a place to put it. Will this work?”
Rick: “Hmm, probably. Shorshack demon is a little smaller than your average Ethros, might be tight across the shoulders.”
Cordy: “Well, how big could the demon be? I mean, it’s in a little bitty boy! - I’ll take it.”
Rick: “A wise choice. I think you are going to enjoy this item. It’s a quality item. Shall I have it gift-wrapped?”
- Good to see Kate is still willing to help Angel.
A summary can be found here.
Regarding the plot this is another mediocre episode. It's redeeming virtue lies in the background we get about Wesley.
What is it with Buffy and Angel in regards to children? Either they get in mortal danger (the boy on the playground who is threatened by Drusilla or Stephanie in this episode) or they get killed (Goodbye Iowa) or they are demons in disguise (Gingerbread) or they are worse than demons (I've Got You Under My Skin).
I really wasn't keen on the "boy without a soul" plot twist.
- Very nice scene. First you laugh, then you don't:
Angel (to Wesley): “She’s making brownies.”
Wesley: “Oh, is that what I smell? (Quietly to Angel) I thought I tracked something in.”
Cordy takes the pan out of the oven: “The recipe was handed down to me by my mother, who got it from her housekeeper. Plus, I improvised a little. (To Wesley) You’re gonna love them.”
Wesley: “Me? Doesn’t Angel - have to – get to try any?”
Cordy cutting at the brownies: “They are brownies full of nutty goodness, not red blood cells.”
Wesley: “Oh, I wasn’t thinking. (Aside to Angel) More of a drinker than an eater, I suppose.”
Cordy is having trouble cutting the brownies: “Maybe if he’d branch out into the solids, he’d keep a decent knife around.”
Cordy picks up the demon dagger still laying on the table and starts to cut the brownies with it.
Wesley jumps up: “That is not appropriate! It’s for killing extinct demons! Angel, make her stop.”
Angel smiling: “Cordelia...”
Wesley: “That blade is very old. Who knows what kind of corrosive effect your cooking may have on it!”
Cordy waves the knife at Wesley: “Corrosive effect?”
Angel: “Cordelia, just put down the very sharp knife.”
Wesley (to Cordy): “Well, they don’t smell right.”
Cordy puts the knife on the table (to Wesley): “I think Mr. Too-much-cologne is the pot calling the kettle stinky.”
Angel: “Cordelia, Doyle! (Wesley and Cordy turn to look at him) I mean, uhm – Wesley. (Long pause) Wesley. (Angel looks up but the others won’t meet his eye) Let’s just, uhm (Gets up) no more fighting, alright?”
- In the next scene, Cordelia worries about Angel and dismisses that Wesley might be hurt by Angel's remarked. Angel on the other hand worries about Wesley.
- Very interesting:
Wesley: “A father doesn’t have to be possessed to terrorize his children. He just has to... (Takes a deep breath) We’ll find out soon enough.
- Gotta love Cordelia aka Miss Sensitivity:
Cordy: “Hi, I’m Cordelia. (Shakes Paige’s hand.) Sorry about the possession and everything.”
Seth: “Ah - Hello.”
Wesley covers Ryan with a blanket as Cordy picks up a big glass bottle and starts to draw a circle around the bed with the yellow sand that’s in it.
Cordy: “Oh, I wonder if I should put plastic down. Angel, are you expecting any big vomiting here? Because – I saw the movie.”
- I appreciate that we get to see a cool nun. :-) Amazing that she knows what Angel is right away.
- Love Wesley for trying to do the exorcism himself. The demon doesn't make it exactly easy for him:
Ryan (in demon voice): “*You* do something? What makes you think you can do anything?”
[...]
Ryan (demon voice): “You couldn’t even ‘watch!’ (Wesley stares at Ryan) Everyone knows you got fired because you couldn’t do anything right. Nothing is going to make him proud of you.”
[...]
Ryan in Wesley’s voice: “All those hours locked up under the stairs and you still weren’t good enough. Not good enough for Daddy, not good enough for the Council.”
I wish Wesley would have been able to perform the exorcism in the end after all. He really needs to get a feeling of success more often.
- I liked Cordelia's shopping spree for the Ethros box:
Rick crosses his hands and bows: “Blessed be.”
Cordy: “Uh-huh. I need an Ethros box.”
Rick: “A lady who knows what she wants. Commendable.”
Cordy: “Yes, I’m great. Just pop it in a bag and I’m out of here.”
Rick: “I don’t have one.”
Cordy: “You don’t have one. (Rick shakes his head) Well, (Cordy looks around then points at a box on a shelf behind Rick) what’s that?”
Rick: “Good eye. That’s a Shorshack box.”
Cordy: “What’s the diff?”
Rick takes the box down: “About 20 Dollars, and it’s not available in a mahogany finish.”
Cordy: “Looks the same. Handcrafted by blind Tibetan monks?”
Rick opens the box: “Pieced together by mute Chinese nuns. Now that’s craftsmanship.”
Cordy: “Look, I have an Ethros demon and I need a place to put it. Will this work?”
Rick: “Hmm, probably. Shorshack demon is a little smaller than your average Ethros, might be tight across the shoulders.”
Cordy: “Well, how big could the demon be? I mean, it’s in a little bitty boy! - I’ll take it.”
Rick: “A wise choice. I think you are going to enjoy this item. It’s a quality item. Shall I have it gift-wrapped?”
- Good to see Kate is still willing to help Angel.
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Date: 2005-11-24 03:44 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-11-25 07:28 am (UTC)Yeah, I just watched this ep and it always makes me hurt for Wesley -- I keep intending to write a post-ep fic, which I might do soon.
I do at least think Angel deals pretty well with Wes in this one (i don't always think that). and he does have one great line (one of only 2 really intentionally funny lines in the series, IMO), when he says that Wesley can't have enough willpower to do the exorcism because "you don't even have sales resistance. How many thighmasters do you own?" and Wesley's indignant response -- hee.
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Date: 2005-11-26 11:39 pm (UTC)I'll watch out for the Wesley post-ep fic!
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Date: 2005-11-26 11:44 pm (UTC)I'm working on the next (Angel-POV) part right now. but first i'm going to watch a few eps in the name of "research". *g*
should be posted tonight!
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Date: 2005-11-26 11:45 pm (UTC)Re: PS --
Date: 2005-11-26 11:49 pm (UTC)