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5.5 Life of the Party Lorne: "Here's the snafu in a nutshell, Top Cat." Let me be the first to say that an ongoing Angel/Spike nudity competition would be absolutely fine with me. Halloween, lots of Lorne, a silly party, sex and violence, gratuitous vampire nudity... what's not to love? It's hard to beat an episode where Wesley and Fred get drunk, Angel has sex, Gunn pees on the furniture, and Lorne hulks out. I laughed my ass off. Angel was disturbed about his little romp on the floor with Eve, although Eve seemed to think nothing of it. I'm sure Eve was planning to seduce Angel, anyway; she's been hitting him with double entendres since they met, plus there was that very interesting shower scene with the masturbation discussion and the nudity. (In case I haven't mentioned it yet, gratuitous vampire nudity is just fine with me.) Angel's literal flirtation with evil is extremely interesting, although I prefer him brooding, watching hockey, and helping the helpless. One of my favorite relationships on this show is Angel's relationship with Lorne. Angel is always gentle with Lorne, and Lorne continually flirts with Angel; it's very sweet. I'm not implying that it's a romantic, slashy thing, but when Lorne was unconscious on the couch and Angel was pulling the covers up over him, I thought Angel was about to kiss Lorne's left horn. Wesley and Fred, drunk but still managing to do research, were absolutely adorable together. But I felt cheated; they should have ended up in a drunken clinch, and they didn't. Where is Fred's head? Wesley adores her, Spike is constantly flirting with her, and Fred is interested in Knox? Nothing against Knox, I like him, but come on. What can Fred be thinking? There were so many great lines that they're getting a special section: -- Lorne: "It's Grapes of Wrath in outer space. It's got heart. It's got laser battles. It's got a timely message of interstellar poverty." -- Lorne: "We've still got a few bugs to comb out of the cootie garage." -- Lorne: "Harmonica!" Harmony: "Lorney-tunes!" -- Gunn: "If this party doesn't kick ass, we lose face." -- Angel: "It's a perfect recipe for an out-of-control bloodbath." Lorne: "Describing every good party I've ever been to." -- Archduke: "Your contempt is fragrant." -- Angel: "I don't bottle." Eve: "You bottle." Angel: "I don't bottle." -- Angel: "I mean, do you even have a last name?" Eve: "Do you?" -- Wesley: "Charles, you just peed on my shoes." -- Fred: "They don't just do sleep here. Madeleine Chu in Accounting, she had her ennui removed." -- Eve: "Angel, it's not like this is the first time I've had sex under a mystical influence. I went to UC Santa Cruz." And then there are bits and pieces: -- Angel punching out the guy in the costume was a direct homage to the Buffy episode "Halloween," where Buffy did the same thing. -- I didn't care much for the Archduke Sebassis; why would he be a draw at a party? The blood doll with the cork in his vein was pretty funny, though. The Archduke called his buddy (the one who died on the toilet) Artode, but I kept hearing, Our Toad. -- Not much Spike here, but after last week's king-sized helping, I don't mind. -- Knox mentioned last year's party. When did Wolfram &Hart go zombie last season? Was it after Halloween? -- In this episode, Lorne called Angel: Big Boy, Angel Heart, Top Cat, Milk Dud, and Sweet Tart. -- Did you notice Eve's face after she made that UC Santa Cruz comment? It's like she switched herself off. What is she, really? The fifth season premiere was excellent, but this was better. Definitely a four, Billie |
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