AGGHHH!
They’re all flowing together for me. Crazy crowbar lady is in this one, so the
Svear must've been in the last one.
I loved the double-edged way Cordy was asking about possibilities of
re-ensouling the monkey in the box.
Paranoid Connor, can't see past his own corneas, worries about who else, anyone
else might be connected to the Beast.
Lilah does have some wonderful lines in this episode, as does Wesley. But
especially Angelus.
"You've waited all this time to meet me, you couldn't run a comb through
your hair? Evil doesn't have to mean sloppy."
Angelus figures out what no one else can -- that the Beast, in the intervening
centuries, has gained a master, because killomatic as he may well once have
been, he's now part of these grand, epic 'dos -- rain of fire, eternal
midnight, etc. etc. etc.
Cordy is such a devious little pixie in this one. "Oh, we must focus and
stay together and find Angel's soul because if this is as bad as I think it is
we're going to need him so badly." And her confrontation with Lilah. And
her pretending to know how to re-ensoul Angel. And her complaining about her
visions. And ultimately letting him out.
Angelus is so very good at the whole psychological warfare thing. First
breaking down Gunn for who killed who, and then cracking across with the
knowledge about Weslah (which was just masterfully played, by the way).
Loved Lilah's line: "Angelus would kill you all in a bloody shower of
violence but hey -- greater good."
I liked the soul-eater, and I wonder if they were meant to be killed by it.
If they were, I'm really wondering why Cordy didn't just kill them all in their
sleep? I mean really.
Great effect on him, all the same.
This was a cool eppy, but I'd have liked a bit more exploration on Cordy being
all, y'know, evil and stuff.
Oh yeah.
JASMINE WATCH: Her popping out at the very end made the evil all the more
shocking. What fun.
The bluffing match between Jazzy and Angelus at the end was some of the best
poker I've ever seen on television.
And one last check in with our old friends the Powers That Be. Hey guys! What
you been up to?
PowersThatBe: * sip *
Thought so.