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5.21 Power Play Lorne: "It's like Angel suddenly started channeling Leona Helmsley." Sacrificing Fred... schmoozing with Marcus Hamilton... agreeing to Senator Bruckner's evil plan... the Fell and the baby sacrifice... even with all that, I knew immediately that Angel hadn't gone evil when he sent Nina and her family away instead of eating her. Dan figured it out even sooner than that. Of course Angel is after the Senior Partners, and their organization here on earth. It's just what our hero would do. The final scene where Wesley, Spike, Lorne, and Gunn confronted him, found out what Angel was up to, and each was willing to die for the cause -- marvelous. I love these characters. I don't want this series to end in the worst, worst way. What happened to Drogyn confused me. He's back in the story, which immediately made me think about getting Fred back, plus it seems that Illyria may even be ready to return to the Well. Did Angel really kill Drogyn to get into the Circle of the Black Thorn? Except, didn't someone say at one point that Drogyn had the gift of eternal life? This week's good continuity star goes to Cordelia's visions. I had wondered at the time ("You're Welcome") if she had passed them on to Angel the way Doyle passed them on to her, and sure enough, she did. He's just been keeping quiet about it. Made me want to watch the entire season again before writing this review. (Not now, though. Certainly later.) Spike told Illyria that she was haunting the place. It's a lot like what happened to Spike in the beginning of the season: depressed, trapped and helpless, wandering about, unable to change her own situation. We don't know what happened to Illyria; what did Marcus Hamilton's foot do to her? And -- did Marcus Hamilton see what the glammer wanted him to see, or did he see what was really happening? Guess I'll have to tune in next week to find out. Bits and pieces: -- "Angel and me have never been intimate. Except that once." How delightful. Slash writers all over the globe dash to their keyboards. -- Angel actually had a somewhat normal girlfriend (well, normal for him). And she's gone already. Probably for the best; he doesn't do well with those office romances. -- Harmony didn't do much, but she had a wonderful line, the one about "we do have a fruity, unassuming vole." -- We got a few moments of Lindsey, in chains. Not much, but maybe he'll be a player in the season finale. -- Drogyn and Illyria playing Crash Bandicoot was just fun. Illyria said what I think we all feel when we get caught playing a stupid game: "I play this game. It's pointless and annoys me, yet I'm compelled to play on." -- Smart of Angel to send Wesley a message through the template, so that when the time came, they'd all be on the same page, so to speak. That template just makes the librarian in me drool. No searching, no call numbers, no paging... it's marvelous. -- Lorne, describing the Circle of the Black Thorn: "Sounds like a little sewing club for pirates." -- I know Dr. Sparrow has been mentioned before, but I'm not sure where. Was he the doctor that Wolfram & Hart sent to dissect Darla and baby Connor? -- The candidate "Mike Conley" resembles John Kerry just a bit. Intentional, do you think? -- I thought Angel wearing all black to play racquetball was pretty funny. -- Vail: "Your son kills quite well." Angel, flattered: "Thanks." -- I wonder if this particular episode changed when the word came that the series was cancelled. I bet it did. Three out of four stakes. One more to go, Billie |
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