So, it’s another of those ‘arc-moving’ episodes. In the case of the last few episodes, they’ve been genuinely exciting, fast-moving and involving in a self contained way. But sometimes you get an episode that contains more exposition than story. And this is one of them. It seems no sooner have we heard of the Ra-Tet than they’ve all been munched. I can’t help feeling that it would have been more dramatic to establish the Ra-Tet in an earlier episode. But this is ultimately minor quibbling.

Perhaps my problem with the episode was the depressing fact that the team achieve virtually nothing — they don’t save the Ra-Tet, they don’t stop the sun from going out. Useless bunch. At least they did manage to send the Beast through that portal. I loved his re-entrance.

And it was nice to see Gwen again, especially to give Angel someone to spark off a little — it’s much more fun to watch than him being grumpy. The ‘super-powered’ pair in many scenes were the only ones keeping me interested. However it must be said that the cliffhanger was pretty intriguing too — we now have a solution to “The answer is among you”. And I was SO SURE it was Gunn.

Basically, my problem with the episode was that it was dull. But if they’re reintroducing Angelus soon, then this may no longer be a problem.

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