Calvary
If I lost my boss’s soul, I’d expect to get fired. So surely the gang must be slightly nervous about bringing him back now. Considering how completely they’ve screwed everything up in his absence. Whether it’s Angel or Angelus talking inside the cage at the end — he’s absolutely right. But just because everyone’s doing things they’re not proud of doesn’t mean the episode’s bad, does it?
No sir. There’s some great stuff here. The fascinating triangle between Lilah, Wesley and Fred is wonderful to watch, after Angelus lets the cat out of the bag to Fred. The explaination of why only Fang-boy remembered the Beast is a clever and neat one too — quite a rarity in Joss Whedon shows, filled as they are with such memorable plot devices as “It’s Summers blood” and “The Prophecy was a fake”. Angelus is still as nasty and sex obsessed as he was last week, but this time he’s much funnier as well, which is better to see. I particularly liked the scene with him, Gunn, and the big flamethrower.
Luckily for the crew, this week they finally came up with a clever plan to get Angelus to tell them what he knows. The solution: be so incredibly crap that he just can’t stand to watch you stumble around in the dark. Don’t scoff — this works in real life too. I frequently used it at school camps to get Alistair White to put my tent up for me.
The ending, obviously, came as rather a shock. If Cordy’s been doing naughty things like this for a while, it might explain some things. Although quite frankly, if I had to choose which of Stephanie Romanov and Charisma Carpenter was going to remain with the cast… I wouldn’t have gone with the woman who has lost all ability to act in the last half year. Still. Interesting developments, and perhaps hope for more exciting things to come…
Ooooh, and isn’t Fred’s new hair nice?
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