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2.6 Guise will be Guise

Swami: "You're deeply ambivalent."
Angel: "I am, and I'm not."

Poor Angel and his bizarre sex life! Forget the James-Bond-meets-Jerry-Lewis story line with Wesley; the best parts of this episode were Angel's discussions with the Swami as they discussed Angel's love life, his mousse, his clothes, and his convertible. I just loved the Swami telling a blank-looking Angel how to get over Darla: "So here's what you do. You go out and find yourself some small blonde thing. You bed her, you love her, you treat her like crap, you break her heart. You and your inner demon will thank me, I promise."

The next-to-best parts were Angel, Cordelia, Wesley & Gunn interacting -- in the elevator, in the karaoke bar (which is becoming one of my favorite places), and at the end, with Angel all freaked about Wesley wearing his coat. I really think that the cast is coming together and the actors are getting comfortable with their parts and each other, and it just works better all the time.

The Wesley and Virginia part -- well, I didn't hate it, but I sure didn't love it. I didn't like Wesley's "delusions of Angel" at all; he looked so much like someone pretending to be someone else that it just seemed lame. So Wesley had to drink blood? Couldn't he have just said, "No, thanks, I just ate"?

Bits and pieces:

-- That cabin looked familiar. Where have I seen it?

-- Cordelia seemed to be having a couple of really bad hair days.

Quotes:

Gunn: "Okay, what I want to know is (sees a horned demon light a cigarette on a candle) how'd I live in L.A. all my life and not notice this weird-ass stuff was going on?"
Cordelia: "Oh, the ass is even weirder than you think."

Angel: "I guess I'm a little, ah, rocky."
Host: "You're Rocky and Rocky Two and half of the one with Mister T."

Host: "You don't have to sing. A break for you, a break for me, and a break for Mr. Manilow."

Host: "Thank you, Ramone. I was just thinking I'd rather be drinking. (to Angel) He's a treasure."
Angel: "The T'ish Magev. He's like a swami, sort of, right? Very powerful. This is his address?"
Host: "I'm sending you to him. You need more than I can do for you. This guy, he'll shock your chakras, fillet your soul, whatever you need."

Magev: "You live in L.A. It's all about the car you drive."
Angel: "I really don't think..."
Magev: "Vampire, living in a city known for its sun, driving a convertible. Why do you hate yourself?"
Angel: "I don't. I mean, I got a deal."
Magev: "You got a deal. Why not a personalized license plate that says 'irony'?"

Angel: "He got hit."
Cordelia: "By who? The swami? Swamies don't hit. Swamies swam."

Angel: "What's going on? Were you in Virginia?"
Wesley: "That's beside the point."

So if I give this episode a one for plot and three for Angel and the cast, that averages out as two stakes out of a possible four. And I'm ready to give next week's episode a four and I haven't even seen it yet.

Billie





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