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4.21 Peace Out Jasmine: "But you're not human!" Angel: "Working on it!" Jasmine's real name is "Ayooayuahhooou?" Although it was Angel's episode, too, this was mostly Connor's episode. It felt like a farewell. I'm feeling a lot of empathy for Connor. He has more in common with Dawn than I originally thought; he was created specifically to bring forth Jasmine, just as Dawn was created to camouflage the Key. He spent his childhood in a hell dimension manipulated by Holtz, and supernatural forces and misunderstandings have consistently kept him from the only person who truly loves and wants him -- Angel. Connor desperately needs love and needs to give love, which explains his actions toward Cordelia and Jasmine. In the church scene (with Cordelia as the Transcendant Mother), Connor talked to her about Angel, while the High Priest was simultaneously talking to Angel about Connor ("The boy is what you're fighting for. But you're going to fail. You're going to lose him, too.") But Angel can't lose Connor, since he never really had him in the first place. There was never a chance for that relationship. Is it over before it ever began? We were theorizing last week that Connor already saw Jasmine as she really was and had decided to follow her anyway -- and it turned out to be true. It was fitting that Connor was the one to kill her (well, actually with Cordelia still in a coma, he's the only one who could) but his motives aren't clear. Was he taking Angel's side at last? Did he finally realize that Jasmine's world wouldn't work? Or was there another reason? Jasmine was sincere about bringing love to the world, along with her salt and pepper. She was actually almost pitiable at the end... well, almost. I particularly liked the scene on the bridge. Jasmine said, "No, Angel. There are no absolutes. No right and wrong. Haven't you learned anything, working for the Powers? There are only choices." Jasmine was one of the Powers, wasn't she? Which means that they're not "good." Lilah's arrival at the end signified that this was indeed the Apocalypse that Wolfram & Hart talked about, and as predicted, Angel/Angelus was indeed a major player in it. (Lilah misled us earlier this season by referring to this as another, conflicting Apocalypse, but geez, how many could there be?) I am now starting to wonder about the "Senior Partners." If there is no good or evil, what is this? Some sort of celestial crap game? The preview made me wonder if Angel is going to get his promised reward. Is Angel going to become human next week? Bits: -- My favorite part of this episode was Gunn and the prison door. "Never give up. Never surrender." (What's that from?) -- In the FYI but why should you care department, KTLA is the station in L.A. that airs "Angel." I'm not sure if "Tracy Bellows" is real, but she said something like "back to you, Hal," and there is indeed a news anchor on KTLA named Hal. -- Fred was calm, brave, and matter-of-fact throughout. I liked her like this; much more appealing than the dithering. -- The surprise ending was semi-ruined for me because Stephanie Romanov was in the opening credits. -- David looked excellent. In last week's review, I was betting he was shaping up for a movie role, and voila, he has one; he's going to be the villain in the new "Crow" movie. Can I call it, or what? -- After what David B. told a crowd a couple weeks ago about characters dying, I was expecting to see someone bite the dust this week. The one that came closest was Wesley, right at the beginning, but no one is dead yet. Tune in next week, huh? -- Gunn: "'To Serve Man.' It's 'To Serve Man' all over again." -- Fred: "This is incredibly creepy." Lorne: "Only in a post-apocalyptic 'Night of the Comet' kind of way." Only one more to go. And still no definite word on renewal. The uncertainty majorly sucks, Billie |
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