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4.7 Apocalypse, Nowish Lorne: (on the phone) "Well, it might take a couple of days; you're fifth on the bleeding-walls list. Spritz it with a little 409, we'll get back to you." Okay. If Cordelia is now pregnant with Angel's grandchild, I'm really going to be pissed. Sure, she thought it was The End, but apocalypse, schmapocalypse! How could she do that to Angel, someone she just confirmed that she loved? Yes, I know she saw an in-depth Angelus touchy-feely flashback and that turned her off, but she's known what Angel used to be for years, and I don't care. Cordelia, you've officially lost me. I'm not even blaming Connor. He's a teenaged hormone bomb with an Oedipus complex and a crush on her, and hey, this time she started it. He was even making some progress with Angel -- getting Angel to talk to Cordelia, calling him "Dad." Of course, all that has now been blown to smithereens. Leaving behind the apocalyptic badness of Connor and Cordelia coupling, what was with Fred? I had a problem with her freezing Gunn out right after he committed what was probably justifiable homicide for her. Gunn was feeling serious guilt about it, too, poor baby. And he's still the best detective in the group. He was the one to figure out the stuff Angel managed to extract from Lilah. It was great to see Wesley back with the gang, standing with them, doing a Matrix gun thing with the Beast, and even holding an injured Gunn in his arms. It occurred to me during this episode that Wesley has actually become what he was pretending to be three years ago -- a sexy rogue demon hunter. Who would have thought it? One major thing has changed for me; I care about Angel as a character again. Seeing him injured so badly by the Beast was painful for me to watch. And then, watching him watch Connor screw Cordelia? It just made my heart bleed for him. Geez, Buffy caused him pain and killed him, but at least she never cheated on him. Bits and pieces: -- Connor might be the key to the Beast; his "miraculous vampire birth" clearly had something to do with it. Could Connor have control over Beast and not know it? After all, Connor said, "Stay away from her!" and the Beast quite literally flew away. -- Lorne's bits on the phone were probably my favorite part of this episode. -- Interesting, that someone has horned in (pun intended) on Wolfram & Hart's planned apocalypse. Those unplanned apocalypses are probably a lot more fun. -- Loved Lilah going all out with the pigtails and glasses to get Wesley back ("I'm good and I'm pure, and science turns me on"). He played hard to get at first, but he did ask her to keep the glasses on, didn't he? -- Gavin didn't even have a line; he just sat there with a gag in his mouth. -- In this week's hair report, it looked like they took Cordelia's hair down a few shades. Too bad I didn't care any more. And hey, does Cordelia still have demi-demon powers? We haven't seen them since she came back. -- Did Gunn finally lose his hub-cap battle axe? Nooooo! -- Apparently the close-captioning last week was wrong; Connor *is* eighteen. Did they make him eighteen so that Cordelia wouldn't legally be robbing the cradle, the way Angel did with Buffy? And speaking of Connor, wanna bet he didn't use a condom? Why don't supernatural creatures believe in safe sex? Quotes: Angel: "No." Lorne: "Why?" Angel: "No." Lorne: "Why?" Angel: "I said no." Lorne: "I said why. Now, let's meet in the middle with a 'why no'." Cordelia: "It's a little on the foggy, but natural fog. Don't worry. I'm not gonna turn into amnesia action figure Cordy again." Lorne: "Do we fight snakes?" Angel: "Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes?" Lorne: "Well, unless this guy's thirty feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety." [groaning sounds in the bathroom] Fred: "Okay, that's not the bidet." Gunn: "Where's it coming from?" Fred: "Um, everywhere. Maybe we should've brought a priest." Gunn: "Or some consecrated Drano." Angel: "You should probably get some sleep." Cordelia: "Yeah, because impending doom, almost as good as warm milk." Gunn: (to phone) "I'm sorry. I know, but we're pretty swamped right now. Well, if Snowball hasn't tried to eat your spine yet, hit her with the catnip until we get there." Lorne: (to phone) "No, I don't think that much mucus is ever a good sign. Uh-huh. Oh, please, please, again, describe it in detail." Very good episode; three, or possibly four out of four stakes. I can't wait to see what happens next. But if it includes yet another mystical pregnancy, I may throw up. And yes, I know Charisma Carpenter is really pregnant, but hey, can't they shoot around her? Billie View all comments or post a comment. |
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