Bottom to Top: The Angel Episode Countdown: 014
by Matt -10.29.04
And we continue the countdown…
Never give up, Never Surrender…
#55 - Ground State
[episode 4.2]
It’s Electro-Girl Gwen Raiden! Some love her, some say she’s Faith with some ‘shocking’ powers. I’m somewhere in the middle. The whole “shocking Angel and giving him a heartbeat” part was a tad silly, but hey, we gotta screw up mythology every once and awhile so that I can complain about it, right? Right.
#54 - Awakening
[episode 4.10]
The return (for what seems like the 47th time) of Angelus! Well, color me confused as to why Wesley couldn’t think up a better plan for killing The Beast. It just proves my theory that Watcher’s aren’t as superior as they lead on. Although I think Buffy had already proved this, but I’m slow so cut me some slack. Anyway, eventually Angelus does kill The Beast in a later episode, so maybe Wes isn’t completely retarded.
#53 - The Magic Bullet
[episode 4.19]
Everyone is after Fred. Here we go again. Can’t brainwashed folks just leave poor Ms. Burkle alone? Fred gets Angel “cured” and does the same for Wes and Gunn. And what do you know, that bastard kid of Angel’s, even though he isn’t brainwashed anymore, still wants them all dead! WOW…I’m totally fucking surprised! I hope Joss wanted us all to hate Connor as much as we did, because that paid off.
#52 - Why We Fight
[episode 5.13]
Here’s another disputed episode. Some people will say this is too high on the list, but I re-watched it recently, and it seriously isn’t all that bad. One might wonder how gullable Spike is for still thinking Angel was Angelus back in the 1940’s, and I would question the same thing. But hey, this episode featured The Prince of Lies and Rasputin’s lover….and let’s face it, for the 5 minutes they were on camera they were great. Especially the Prince. That was a total knock on Nosferatu and even a little bit on some of the over-the-top characters of past M.E episodes. Sure, we had to endure a silly plot, but in the end, wasn’t it worth it? Ok, maybe not.
#51 - Through The Looking Glass
[episode 2.21]
Cordy’s a real princess, and that isn’t sarcasm…sorta. Meanwhile Angel gets a facelift, and this is the ACT III episode of the Pylean saga, so its all very “where have we been and where are we going” like most 4-act movies, so deal with it.
Hey, only 50 more to go! It never ends!
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Becca: No way. There can’t be 50 more to go. It just goes to show you that even when Angel was not so great, it was still better than 99% of the shows on television. Yeah, I always group the Pylean episodes together as one. Then it makes them much better and higher on my list. And Wes is smart too. Well, sometimes, when he isn’t kidnapping babies. I still like him otherwise. (29.10.2004, 11:51)