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3.10 Amends Joyce: "So...Angel's on top again?" When Angel returned from the demon dimension, we all wondered where the hell he had been (sorry, couldn't resist) and how he managed to get back. OF COURSE he was returned so that he could kill Buffy! It makes perfect sense. A few weak moments... a little passion... bingo. Buffy and Angel can never have each other again. In this episode, they finally confronted this insurmountable problem -- insurmountable, because of course they still love each other. That scene on the cliff at the end was just terrific; Gellar and Boreanaz can act, and act well. I actually started to tear up. Great use of dreams in this episode. That scene where Angel and Buffy were both sleeping and writhing on their backs as they were making love in their shared dream was the stuff fantasies are made of. (My fantasies, anyway.) The other dreams were equally effective, if not quite as sexy. Angel was not a good guy before he was born to darkness. Rather than turn me off, I think this made me like Angel even more. Perhaps age, coupled with the return of his soul, truly made a good person out of him. Or will make a good person of him. I've been waiting for a Giles/Angel scene, and we got a GREAT one. Giles inviting Angel in...but only while holding a crossbow. Giles probably wanted Angel to attack so that he'd have an excuse to kill him. Jenny's ghost (or we think it's Jenny's ghost) appearing behind Giles, and caressing Giles' shoulder. (do do do do, do do do do...) The miracle snow was way hokey and something of a turn-off, but it could be taken as a message from The Powers That Be that Angel is important, that he is needed, and that Something wants him to live. Bits and pieces: -- Willow staging a seduction with Barry White and soda pop in an ice bucket was just priceless. -- Loved an obviously still embarrassed Joyce not wanting to invite Giles over for Christmas Eve. -- The jokes about the heat were great. Is Whedon psychic or just projecting the weather pattern that was probably just beginning when he wrote this? -- Giles was just the king of line delivery. "They're rebels and they'll never ever be any good." -- KTLA is the WB's station in Los Angeles, and the weatherman we saw was a real one. -- Angel. Long hair. No. This episode was also notable for Buffy's disastrous experiment with short bangs. -- This week's dog reference: Faith: "Yeah, I'll play watch dog." -- The "Grr argh" at the end featured the creature in a Santa hat. Foreshadowing: -- Jenny/The First tells Angel that sooner or later, he will drink Buffy. -- The First returns in season seven in a great big way. Quotes: Buffy: "I don't wanna bug Giles. He's still kinda twitchy when it comes to the subject of Angel." Xander: "Well, it must be that whole Angel-killed-his-girlfriend-and-tortured-him thing. Hey, Giles is pretty petty when it comes to stuff like that." Xander: "So, you doing anything special?" Buffy: "Tree. Nog. Roast beast. Just me and Mom and hopefully an excess of gifts. What are you doing for Christmas?" Willow: "Being Jewish. Remember, people? Not everybody worships Santa." Angel: "A demon isn't a man. I was a man once." Jenny: "Oh, yes, and what a man you were." Margaret: "A drunken, whoring layabout, and a terrible disappointment to your parents." Angel: "I was young. I never had a chance to..." Margaret: "To die of syphilis?" Willy: "Well... I heard a few things, you know, from the underground." Xander: "The underground?" Willy: "Yeah, you know. From things that live under the ground." Buffy: "Nothing like a roaring fire to keep away the blistering heat." Joyce: "Oh, come on. It's lovely. Maybe I should turn the air conditioning on." Buffy: "Why don't you come in from the entire lack of cold?" Buffy: "'A child shall be born of man and goat and have two heads, and The First shall speak only in riddles...' No wonder you like this stuff. It's like reading The Sun." Giles: "Yes. Ah." Buffy: "Priests?" Giles: "Um... Yes, but, uh, more, more posturing, I'm afraid. Um, 'For they are the Harbingers of death. Nothing shall grow above or below them. No seed shall flower, neither in man nor...' They're rebels and they'll never ever be any good." Jenny/The First: "You think you can fight me? I'm not a demon, little girl. I am something that you can't even conceive. The First Evil. Beyond sin, beyond death. I am the thing the darkness fears. You'll never see me, but I am everywhere. Every being, every thought, every drop of hate." Buffy: "All right, I get it. You're evil. Do we have to chat about it all day?" Jenny/The First: "You have no idea what you're dealing with." Buffy: "Lemme guess. Is it... evil?" This one had some weak and hokey moments, but I liked it anyway. I'm giving it three out of four stakes, Billie |
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