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4.3 The House Always Wins Fred: "They must think it's all makeup, like the Blue Man Group. (pause) You don't think... the Blue Man Group?" Angel: "Only two of them." As the big green guy himself would probably say, "Snooze-O-Rama!" It's a shame, too; an episode centered around Lorne, and it's a disappointment. How can this be? Maybe because it really wasn't all that much about Lorne. I'm not really sure what it was about. I wanted it to be funny. Okay, there were a few funny moments... but I wanted it to be funnier. It started out just great; road trip to Vegas, Lorne looking very at home on a big stage, singing, "It's not that easy being green" and "Lady Marmalade;" lots of fun references to old Vegas with Bugsy Siegel and the Rat Pack; good plot idea, with what's-his-face DeMarco doing some literal "futures trading." Where it fell flat was in the execution. Maybe it was Angel as a smarmy name-dropper and as a mindless automaton playing the one-eyed bandit; maybe it was Gunn doing his best to keep the story going with no help from the plot. David Fury either had a bad day or he's losing his touch. We had a requisite Connor scene; Angel watching from above and kibbitzing as Connor slayed a vamp (what was funny was Cordelia kibbitzing from even higher in Misty Magic Land). And we had a requisite Wesley scene with, of all things, phone sex. The one scene I really enjoyed after the beginning (other than the phone sex, of course) was Fred in green make-up and a bustier yelling about laser beams shooting out of Lorne's horns. The Cordelia scenes were sorta fun, too, until we hit the last one. It looked for a few minutes like Smartass Cordy was back; why are we now getting little lost amnesiac Cordy? I want the real Cordelia back, dark hair, smart mouth, and all! Did Angel get to keep that $300,000? And if so, was it really all in quarters? That would have been something to see. Although I doubt they would have gotten it in the Angelmobile. Bits and pieces: -- Wesley is not at all adverse to stealing Angel's clients. He just becomes sexier and more devious all the time. -- Lorne to Angel: "Even without a flight plan, bucko, you're still a stealth bomber." -- Why did Angel vamp out for a fight, and immediately un-vamp again? I also thought I noticed Lorne singing at one point, but his lips weren't moving. Editing problems? -- Lorne looks dashing in a homburg hat. -- Please, J. August Richards, get rid of that goatee! -- So why did the L.A. Scoobs miss the Fluffy references? These are supposed to be detectives, mind you. Two out of four stakes, Billie |
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