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1.13 She

Cordelia: "Okay, now I'm sure we shouldn't have come here. It smells like flower poop."

Well, I didn't like the Slave Women from Dimension X aspect of the plot (bikini-clad women in heat? come on, people) but I thought Jhiera had more chemistry with David B. than Kate the Cop does. (Although that's not saying a lot.) I liked her voice, the leather and laces, and the facial tattoo, although I thought they could lose the purple eyes. I also liked that you could tell that Angel was turning her on. There isn't enough sex in this show. Hey, there isn't *any* sex in this show.

I enjoyed the peripheral stuff a lot more than the plot: Poor, unemployed Wesley looking for an abandoned shrimp puff; Wesley and Cordelia showing initiative by searching for compost; Angel's lecture on Manet (it sounded like he actually knew Baudelaire); the cell phone sequence (heroes never have problems with their cell phones); and the two scenes with the coffee beans. The party scenes were terrific; I loved that Angel was so uncomfortable that he went into the kitchen to hang out with Dennis the ghost. And that dance sequence at the end over the credits had me in stitches.

Bits and pieces:

-- Jhiera (Bai Ling) is going to be a recurring character, according to TV Guide. [Note from 2005: obviously, the producers realized this episode fell with a thud and changed their minds.]

-- We really didn't need the exploding eyeballs, did we?

-- Wesley would probably do great with women if he never opened his mouth.

-- Angel doesn't dance. One more for the list.

Quotes:

Cordelia: "Hi! Are you having fun?"
Angel: "Sure. This is, ah..."
Cordelia: "Your idea of hell?"
Angel: "Actually, in Hell you tend to know a lot of the people."

Laura: "So with my Masters degree in Fine Arts, I was able to launch my very own business selling sandwiches downtown from a little cart."

Angel: "Hi, Dennis. How are you doing? Still dead? I know the feeling."

Angel: "Good morning. Is there coffee?"
Cordelia: "They're still in bean form. I thought I ordered the ground. Maybe you could crush the beans with your vampire strength."

Angel: "Really, ah, fun party last night."
Cordelia: "I'm so glad you came. You know how parties are. You're always worried that no one is going to suck the energy out of the room like a giant black hole of boring despair. But there you were in the clinch."

Wesley: "I intend to earn my keep. Oh, and in terms of this keep, by the by..."
Angel: "There is no dental."
Wesley: "Right. Well, I'll floss."

Jhiera: "I thought vampires were killers."
Angel: "They are. I was cursed by gypsies."
Jhiera: "Cursed to help people?"
Angel: "Yeah. Gypsies, they have a strange sense of humor."

Guy: "My shaman has a place in the dessert. He never could turn away scantily clad women in distress from any dimension."

Cordelia: "Wow. Groveling isn't just a way of life for you, it's an art."
Wesley: "I do not grovel. Please don't fire me. What happened yesterday was an anomaly. I'm very rarely taken hostage."

Let's give this one a one for plot and three for characterization. Another two? Lower?

Billie

[Note from 2005: In retrospect, and in comparison to the rest of the series, this episode is so bad that it makes me cringe. But I still absolutely adore the party scene, the coffee beans, and the lecture on Manet. And the dance sequence was almost enough to save this episode, all on its own.]





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