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5-22 2004.05.19 |
Dulce et Decorum Est Though it may be too late now to sound a death knell, it's time to declare this the end of Angel. As usual there's plenty of angst and gloom: just forty-two minutes 'till they meet their doom. It may start with a scuffle, but it ends with a clang. There's a hole in the timeslot where Cary once sang. This is the end, the end of Angel. For five (or more) years, his life has been hell. At least he's finally free of Buffy. Now save up your pennies for the DVDs. |
| 5-22 Recap |
Dulce et Decorum Est
Not Fade Away - Though it may be too late now to sound a death knell, it's time to declare this the end of Angel. As usual there's plenty of angst and gloom: just forty-two minutes 'till they meet their doom. It may start with a scuffle, but it ends with a clang. There's a hole in the timeslot where Cary once sang. This is the end, the end of Angel. For five (or more) years, his life has been hell. At least he's finally free of Buffy. Now save up your pennies for the DVDs. |
2004.05.19 2004.05.26 |
A- |
Strega |
| 5-21 Recap |
"It Ain't Like It Used To Be, But It'll Do"
Power Play - The MoG are afraid that Angel's gone evil, but it turns out he's just trying to get them all killed. |
2004.05.12 2004.05.18 |
B |
Strega |
| 5-20 Recap |
Commedia Del Dolore
The Girl In Question - In which we learn yet again that the Burkles are the only decent, sane people in the whole world. |
2004.05.05 2004.05.11 |
Strega |
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| 5-19 Recap |
The Big Time
Time Bomb - Turning Fred into a superpowered babe who doesn't understand humans may cause her to explode with the force of several thousand science-fiction clichés. |
2004.04.28 2004.05.04 |
C |
Strega |
| 5-18 Recap |
Origin-al Sin
Origin - What's too painful to remember, we simply choose to forget. Unless Wesley's around to dredge it all up again. |
2004.04.21 2004.04.27 |
A |
Strega |
| 5-17 Recap |
Baloney And Anomie
Underneath - Some of the characters spew nonsense, and some of them feel alienated. Wesley and Illyria manage to do both, because they're just that special. |
2004.04.14 2004.04.20 |
C- |
Strega |
| 5-16 Recap |
Antihero In A Half-Shell
Shells - Illyria's feeling chagrined 'cause her army bit it. Angel may be a good guy but he's had his share of sin. Gunn broke the rules, and gets cut as the cost. Wesley gets violent when he feels that he's been crossed. |
2004.03.03 2004.03.09 |
C+ |
Strega |
| 5-15 Recap |
We Don't Need Another "Hero"
A Hole In The World - No sense of shame prevents these clumsy lines. No human spark is left, nor new plotline. Endure this and there is a small reward: Fred dies after we are completely bored. Thy hand, Joss Whedon, makes the story crawl; and sentimentalism buries all. |
2004.02.25 2004.03.02 |
Strega |
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| 5-14 Recap |
Angel's A Puppet.
Smile Time - Literally. There's nothing to say except: tee hee! |
2004.02.18 2004.02.24 |
A+ |
Strega |
| 5-13 Recap |
We All Live In A Nazi Submarine
Why We Fight - Before 1944 Angel went into the sea, where he found a dark-haired Spike in a captured submarine. There were good guys with a Hun, and vampires -- part of a scheme. Could Angel make them behave in their Nazi submarine? |
2004.02.11 2004.02.17 |
C- |
Strega |
| 5-12 Recap |
Taunted
You're Welcome - She's here to set Angel at ease, and get a hug from the Host, then Cordelia must leave. She sneers, and grabs Eve by the ear, then there's something 'bout a monster and so Lindsey just jeers. |
2004.02.04 2004.02.09 |
B+ |
Strega |
| 5-11 Recap |
Careful What You Wish For
Damage - So you wanted to know what the Scooby Gang is up to these days? Well, Andrew is here to fill you in on the gossip, while Spicule gets tortured. It's just like old times. Enjoy! |
2004.01.28 2004.02.03 |
B |
Strega |
| 5-10 Recap |
Little Angel In Slumberland
Soul Purpose - A nasty little critter called a Selminth slithers over Angel's chest all night just to give him angsteriffic nightmares, while Spicule tries fighting the good fight. |
2004.01.21 2004.01.27 |
B+ |
Strega |
| 5-9 Recap |
Working Vamp
Harm's Way - Do they abuse her or show her disdain while she gets their coffee? If she gets killed, then will they have to train a brand-new secretary? Harmony -- she drinks blood like a leech. And the one thing she wants is the only thing out of her reach. |
2004.01.14 2004.01.19 |
C- |
Strega |
| 5-8 Recap |
Soul Men
Destiny - Both were sired on dingy streets. Spike fell in love. Dru wasn't discrete. Angelus's hair looks like a mop. When they start fighting they just can't stop. |
2003.11.19 2003.11.24 |
C+ |
Strega |
| 5-7 Recap |
Papa, Don't Preach -- Just Lie There And Bleed
Lineage - Maybe someday, when Wesley looks back he'll be able to say, "You didn't mean to be cruel. Somebody hurt you, too. In fact, maybe it was somebody like me, repeatedly firing a gun similiar to this one." |
2003.11.12 2003.11.18 |
C |
Strega |
| 5-6 Recap |
Or, "Five's Fable," For Short
The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco - Speaking of short, Jeff Bell still loves the little people. Strega still loves the goofiness. Angel still loves making himself miserable. So this episode works out nicely for everyone. |
2003.11.05 2003.11.10 |
B+ |
Strega |
| 5-5 Recap |
Something Borrowed
Life Of The Party - The MoG feel compelled to obey Cary's innocent suggestions. Why didn't he visit the writers and "suggest" that they speed up the episode? |
2003.10.29 2003.11.04 |
C |
Strega |
| 5-4 Recap |
Don't Fear The Reaper. Seriously, Don't. He's Lame.
Hellbound - Fred talks a lot; Spicule talks a lot. Spicule gets tortured; Fred gets choked. Fred gets naked; Spicule gets naked. Couldn't one of them jump off a bridge? |
2003.10.22 2003.10.28 |
C |
Strega |
| 5-3 Recap |
Arf.
Unleashed - We saw a werewolf and cheap exploitation; this girl was kidnapped, hosed down, in manacles, naked. Driving in sports cars and ghosts who go on and on! The show has been neutered, not fixed. |
2003.10.15 2003.10.21 |
C- |
Strega |
| 5-2 Recap |
Necromancing The Stone
Just Rewards - Angel faces his greatest challenge yet, when an evil magician forces him to do mime. |
2003.10.08 2003.10.14 |
C- |
Strega |
| 5-1 Recap |
Pilot Light
Conviction - On this spinoff of some UPN show, there are a bunch of rather annoying people who talk a lot and work at a company that might also be a law firm. Joss Whedon's got a brand-new show! Essentially. |
2003.10.01 2003.10.07 |
Strega |
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| 4-22 Recap |
Home of Deranged (Writers)
Home - Oh give her a show where the plotlines all flow, and the premise won't fill her with rage. Strega would prefer an end less absurd, 'cause what happened filled her with dismay. |
2003.05.07 2003.05.14 |
C- |
Strega |
| 4-21 Recap |
Family Tradition
Peace Out - Connor's gonna pout while Jasmine is acclaimed. But Angel is gonna ruin things with a rubber head that says a name. Stop and think it over; put yourself in his position: if he feels bummed and kills relations, it's a family tradition. |
2003.04.30 2003.05.07 |
B |
Strega |
| 4-20 Recap |
"Funny" Strange, or "Funny" Ha-Ha?
Sacrifice - Ben Edlund's first episode brings the funny: while our heroes beat a couple of kids unconscious, Wesley meets a disgusting, sewer-dwelling, corpse-mangling demon. |
2003.04.23 2003.04.30 |
B+ |
Strega |
| 4-19 Recap |
Too Good To Be True?
The Magic Bullet - This giddy delight must be the work of a spell, and when it wears off there's going to be trouble. Strega can't worry about that right now, because she's busy doodling "Mrs. Jeffrey Bell" on all of her notebooks. |
2003.04.16 2003.04.22 |
A+ |
Strega |
| 4-18 Recap |
Kiss Me, Bleeding Dummy Head
Shiny Happy People - She destroyed a bond of friendship and respect between the only people left who might determine she should die! Now she's inspired so much torpor that the show may feel like torture, and then Fred screams, "It's just a facade!" |
2003.04.09 2003.04.16 |
C+ |
Strega |
| 4-17 Recap |
This Ain't No Love Song
Inside Out - And now it's time to murder and create, and time to revisit old plot strands we thought were dropped, or just the work of fate. Some déjà-vu, and some Cordy, and time yet for a lot of exposition, and for impressive storyline "revision" before the taking of a life. And Zoe. |
2003.04.02 2003.04.07 |
A- |
Strega |
| 4-16 Recap |
Taser? I Hardly Know 'Er!
Players - While everyone else takes it easy, Gunn gets some much-needed screen time with glamorous Gwen, while Cary plays cat and mouse with conniving Cordelia. |
2003.03.26 2003.04.01 |
A- |
Strega |
| 4-15 Recap |
Faith-Based Initiative
Orpheus - Wesley almost lets Angelus kill Faith, Cordelia urges Connor to kill Angel, and Strega begs for someone to kill Willow. For better or worse, everyone survives. |
2003.03.19 2003.03.26 |
B+ |
Strega |