Angel - Season 3 impressions (episode 2)
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thalia_seawoodThat Vision Thing
For a summary click here.
- There's not much too write about this episode. It's an okay episode, but not outstanding.
- I really like the interaction between Fred and the AI team. This scene was one of the highlights.
Wes and Gunn are standing at the counter of the Hyperion, eating Chinese take-out right out of the boxes with chopsticks.
Wes: "No, Gunn, you misunderstand. - I mean - I'm not saying that we act differently. I just think we should be gentle in our inter... (sees Cordy coming in) Evening, Cordy."
Gunn waves at her with his chopsticks and gives her a big smile: "Hey, Cordelia."
Cordy looks at them as she walks by.
Gunn to Wes: "How was that?"
Wesley: "I felt quite genuine."
Fred: "B plus. C minus."
Gunn and Wes turn to look at Fred, who is sitting cross-legged under the folding table the gang put up for Angel as a desk last season with her own box of Chinese takeout.
Fred: "A girl can tell."
Wesley: "Fred - if you feel comfortable enough grading our sincerity (crouches down in front of the table) how about joining us for the rest of the meal? - Isn't that the point of coming downstairs?"
- David Gavin makes an appearance and tries to beat the AI team with the weapons of bureucracy.
Lilah obviously can't stand him. It's interesting that she compares herself to Lindsey here. She may not like Lindsey, but she respects him.
Park: "Look, just because they gave you Lindsey's old office doesn't mean..."
Lilah: "I have this office because I earned it. As did Lindsey. He sacrificed his flesh and blood for this company, literally had his hand cut off - fighting against Angel. (Holds up the printout) What are you doing? Building code violations."
Park: "I'm fighting Angel in my *own* way."
Lilah, entering her office: "Yeah. I bet he's really terrified."
- Cordelia has come a long way since the first season of Buffy. Back then she would have ranted about the pain she feels after each vision. But by now, her visions have become something very important to her. In her own opinion, they grant her a place on Angel's team and that means more to her than anything else.
I was quite worried when I realised that the visions are by now leaving visible marks.
It's a good thing that we find out that these super-painful visions are not sent by The Powers That Be after all.
- This bit made me laugh:
Fred: "Has - has anyone ever told you you're exactly like Lassie? Yeah. You're like Angel's Lassie. Sure, he does most of the saving but it's your visions that tell him that Timmy is trapped in the well, or the robbers are hiding in the barn. He really needs and depends on you."
Cordy: "Well, thanks. I'd be flattered except for the Lassie being a *dog* part.
Has anyone made a Cordelia icon that says "Angel's Lassie"?
- Due to Lilah's clever engineering Wesley, Angel and co. kill the guardians of good objects. While that's tragic, it's not really Angel's fault.
However, his decision to free a prisoner to save Cordelia from Lilah, is an extremely problematic decision. I wish they had done more research about the prisoner. Yes, maybe there wasn't time before the rescue mission, but even afterwards I would have tried to find out as much about him as possible. Since Lilah is so eager to retrieve him, he's most certainly not good news.
- Nice surreal humor in the demon dimension with the commuting demon Skip.
For a summary click here.
- There's not much too write about this episode. It's an okay episode, but not outstanding.
- I really like the interaction between Fred and the AI team. This scene was one of the highlights.
Wes and Gunn are standing at the counter of the Hyperion, eating Chinese take-out right out of the boxes with chopsticks.
Wes: "No, Gunn, you misunderstand. - I mean - I'm not saying that we act differently. I just think we should be gentle in our inter... (sees Cordy coming in) Evening, Cordy."
Gunn waves at her with his chopsticks and gives her a big smile: "Hey, Cordelia."
Cordy looks at them as she walks by.
Gunn to Wes: "How was that?"
Wesley: "I felt quite genuine."
Fred: "B plus. C minus."
Gunn and Wes turn to look at Fred, who is sitting cross-legged under the folding table the gang put up for Angel as a desk last season with her own box of Chinese takeout.
Fred: "A girl can tell."
Wesley: "Fred - if you feel comfortable enough grading our sincerity (crouches down in front of the table) how about joining us for the rest of the meal? - Isn't that the point of coming downstairs?"
- David Gavin makes an appearance and tries to beat the AI team with the weapons of bureucracy.
Lilah obviously can't stand him. It's interesting that she compares herself to Lindsey here. She may not like Lindsey, but she respects him.
Park: "Look, just because they gave you Lindsey's old office doesn't mean..."
Lilah: "I have this office because I earned it. As did Lindsey. He sacrificed his flesh and blood for this company, literally had his hand cut off - fighting against Angel. (Holds up the printout) What are you doing? Building code violations."
Park: "I'm fighting Angel in my *own* way."
Lilah, entering her office: "Yeah. I bet he's really terrified."
- Cordelia has come a long way since the first season of Buffy. Back then she would have ranted about the pain she feels after each vision. But by now, her visions have become something very important to her. In her own opinion, they grant her a place on Angel's team and that means more to her than anything else.
I was quite worried when I realised that the visions are by now leaving visible marks.
It's a good thing that we find out that these super-painful visions are not sent by The Powers That Be after all.
- This bit made me laugh:
Fred: "Has - has anyone ever told you you're exactly like Lassie? Yeah. You're like Angel's Lassie. Sure, he does most of the saving but it's your visions that tell him that Timmy is trapped in the well, or the robbers are hiding in the barn. He really needs and depends on you."
Cordy: "Well, thanks. I'd be flattered except for the Lassie being a *dog* part.
Has anyone made a Cordelia icon that says "Angel's Lassie"?
- Due to Lilah's clever engineering Wesley, Angel and co. kill the guardians of good objects. While that's tragic, it's not really Angel's fault.
However, his decision to free a prisoner to save Cordelia from Lilah, is an extremely problematic decision. I wish they had done more research about the prisoner. Yes, maybe there wasn't time before the rescue mission, but even afterwards I would have tried to find out as much about him as possible. Since Lilah is so eager to retrieve him, he's most certainly not good news.
- Nice surreal humor in the demon dimension with the commuting demon Skip.
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Date: 2006-02-02 03:00 pm (UTC)Gavin: was never meant to be Lilah's equal or rival the way Lindsey was. More the thorn in her side. The actor, Daniel Dae Kim, was already known to me through the Babylon 5 spin-off "Crusade" where he had one of the main parts. But the role in which he really shows what he can do as an actor is Jin in Lost, the show for which J.J. Abrams of Alias fame took the recently orphaned AtS and BTVS writers and created a goodie.
However, his decision to free a prisoner to save Cordelia from Lilah, is an extremely problematic decision. I wish they had done more research about the prisoner. Yes, maybe there wasn't time before the rescue mission, but even afterwards I would have tried to find out as much about him as possible. Since Lilah is so eager to retrieve him, he's most certainly not good news.
He'll be back, and yes, that decision will come to bite Angel in the behind. (And lots of other people as well.)
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Date: 2006-02-03 07:27 pm (UTC)I find that I like Lilah a lot more than Lindsey. Not that she's less vicious, but at least she doesn't have insincere flashes of conscience. And I guess I'm rooting for her because she's a woman in world dominated by men.
Got myself a Lilah icon already. *smile*
He'll be back, and yes, that decision will come to bite Angel in the behind. (And lots of other people as well.)
Very good. I approve of consequences. Why should fictional characters live in a consequence free world when we don't have that luxury. *eg*
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Date: 2006-02-03 07:35 pm (UTC)Oh yeah. W&H is such a boy's club.
Why should fictional characters live in a consequence free world when we don't have that luxury.
Indeed!