People, you've got to keep your tombs
earthed.
And prior to being unearthed in 1803, it was being kept draped about the
WRITERS.
OK, let's start here: If the shroud makes them all a little crazy when it's
still sealed in its box, someone explain how it was transported to the museum
in the first place? ... driving ... driving ... driving ... hey, I'm a bit
peckish, why don't I run up to Yuma and take in a nice “Wizard of Oz”
commemorative plate exhibition? They're delicious!
Our first meeting with BrundleWes, very nice -- or, as MadCordy (who had
obviously been following too closely behind the transport the day she picked
that hairstyle -- an amazing feat, since the "Queen C" was clearly
sold at her parents' tax auction and she has no car) would say,
"Plaaaay-zant."
But it's the nature of the madness, that made the demons completely unaware of
what Wes was saying (You're who now?) when he popped in out of nowhere, and
hey, a plot cul de sac -- Angel's feeding on human blood.
Unless his feeding on Kate was the reason anyone wants to suggest for him
allowing Darla and Dru to attend Holland's little wine-tasting. It wasn't
presented like that, but oh well ...
WHO WROTE THIS!?! AGHH! Was Cordy still mad when she still had the necklace on?
What else did she steal -- beyond Michael Jackson's hair, that is?
Michael Jackson: (wispy) Hey! You give that back! WOOhoo!
Whoever wrote this has a seriously screwed up concept of what "mad"
is. A town hacking itself to bits would've been the same reaction that at least
Gunn got when the shroud was out of its box. It should've made everyone crazy,
not just a little … jazzed.
DON'T DEMONS UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF FURNITURE DOLLIES? The guard was
freeqin' helping them. Does anyone here believe when it comes time to display
the shroud, that five dusty old museum curators are gonna spend the last
moments of their lives lumbering it about with the strength in their shoulders?
Some wheeled conveyance would've been helpful.
Angel – Darla-brooding Angel – in the very act of feeding on a human being for
the first time in a while, in the very presence of a partially exposed Shroud
of Rahmon already – has the presence of mind to possum-scam the others?
Again, who wrote this ep? Some entirely unready film-school dropout win
a contest and have honestly no clue what's going on or indeed how to
maintain even internal consistency?
And it's so sad, because this would've been a fine little placeholder. But NO
ONE BUYS A CRAZY-MAKING SHROUD! There is ZERO street value. There is no BLACK
MARKET VALUE of ANY SORT for a CRAZY-MAKING SHROUD!
Angel playing to Jay-Don was funny, and Angel pretending to be him was funny.
And him and Gunn hitting each other was fun. And Wes looking exactly like Angel
in the opening scene was fun. And Cordy had a couple of funny lines. But this
episode was among my least favorite in the series and I have no problem
whatever sharing that. ICK!