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Angel
Lonely Hearts
60 mins.

Angel uncovers a parasitic demon that seductively preys on the lonely, burrowing into their bodies in search of the perfect host. In the process, the hosts are killed. So, as the body count rises, Angel must find a way to stop the creature. Kate: Elisabeth Rohm. Sharon: Lilli Birdsell. Kevin: Johnny Messner. Angel: David Borneanz. Doyle: Glenn Quinn. Cordelia: Charisma Carpenter.


Airing on Fox at 5pm eastern standard time on sunday august 8th.

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Lonely Heart

The Good;

Angel on the singles scene is a joy to behold, another commentary on the reality if life in LA. And Kate!

The Bad;
The nightclub actually seems quite hip and not 'stuck in the 80s', better than Henry's.


Best line:

Kate; You can go to hell!
Angel; Been there, done that


Jeez, how did they get away with that?

Can you say 'eviscerated'? The nasty has some obvious influence from the Aliens series and some obvious influence from a very bad film called The Hidden which Kyle Maclachlan made before he got famous.

Apocalypses: 4

Angel Cliches

Damsel in distress; nope, still 1

Inverting the Hollywood cliche; we think there's a male killer picking in helpless females but that's not the case. Also Angel tries to use his grappling hook only to pull the beam down

In disguise; no but he poses as a vet which Fred will also pick as a job for him in Dad

DB get's his shirt off; not this time so that makes 1

Fang Gang in bondage: no although Kate tries to handcuff Angel
Cordy: 5
Angel: 4
Wes: 1

Fang gang knocked out: no but Kate is
Cordy: 6
Angel: 6
Wes: 1

Kills:
Cordy: none this ep. 3 vamps, ½ a demon from her time in Sunnydale
Angel: 1 demon for Angel. So that gives Angel 7 vamps, 2 demons, 1 human.

Fang Gang go evil:
Cordy: 1
Angel: 1

Alternate Fang Gang:
Cordy: 1
Angel: 3

Characters killed: 7 including a couple offscreen

Total; 9

Total number of Angel Investigations:
3, Angel, Doyle and Cordy

Angel Investigations shot: no although Kate shoots at Angel, shoots the lock out with her backup gun and shoots the bartender at the end.
Angel: 4,

Notches on Fang Gang bedpost:
Cordy: 1?
Angel: 1;Buffy

Kinky dinky:

On a scale of one to incredible exactly how gorgeous is Kate? No shortage of beautiful women in the Buffy/Angelverse but even so! Hard to imagine her in a cop's uniform (although I'm sure many have with the fanfic to prove it). Only in LA could the character of Sharon be called 'dowdy'. Now, of course this ep was originally known as Corrupt and was much darker in tone. It concentrated largely on Kate who was posing undercover as a prostitute but had gotten too far into her role and was actually having sex with her clients (sounds like the plot of some late night Channel 5 film). The studio said no and the series is probably the better for it (although we still have an oblique reference to sexual dysfunction). Unfortunately this meant we Lost this rumoured scene.

Cordy (posing as a streetwalker, approaching a group of hookers on a corner) "Hello fellow prostitutes, how's tricks?"

Hooker; if you're living the life I'm Julia Roberts!"

Even so she's still mistaken for a prostitute at the club and will interview a bunch of them in Carpe Noctem. Presumably the scene in the opening titles with the lovely girl in the bikini top getting into the sports car also comes from this sequence. Angel also get's propositioned by a girl who get's turned on by him hitting people. Doyle examines one of Cordy's bras which she thinks is 'So high school'. Kate refers to herself as a 'self flagellating drunken ****'. Doyle uses internet porn. Cordy and Doyle slumber on each other's shoulder.

Captain Subtext;

For the second time in 2 eps Angel is mistaken for hitting on a guy in a bar. Cordy also says she's a student of humanity and can tell one of the clubbers is a 'closet dyke'. Weird she never twigged Willow, huh?

Questions and observations;

The guy who is the third victim says he was a real 'something is out there' geek, a reference to the X-files I almost missed. There's also 'High school's over' which might be a oblique ref to Buffy. Angel sitting alone in the dark rather reminds me of how we first see Bruce Wayne in Batman Returns. Angel muses how different the dating scene is to when he was Liam, small town boy getting used to the big city.

Marks out of 5; 3/5 good ep but Angel still dealing with the case of the week

Charmed Slayer Angel

3/5 stars for this one. It's not my favorite of the season, but it's a decent one. There are far worse episodes in the series than this one.

I think the way they introduced Kate to the series was executed extremely well, and it doesn't seemed forced at all. Elisabeth Rohm gives a very solid performance, as she always does/did in the role. The way she portrays Kate seems very fairly realistic, at least as far as I can judge without being in the Law Enforcement field.

It's interesting to see how Angel continues to get used to dealing with people face-to-face again, after having sealed himself off before. There's a certain sense of hesitiation in the way he does it, which obviously disappears after time. At this point, he's still treading the new waters he finds himself in.

I love Angel and Kate's little banter in this episode where she tells him to go to hell, and he replies with "Been there, done that." It's a sutle moment, but it works perfectly into canon, and keeps the timelines being the amazing thing they are.

starryeyesxx

Haven't rewatched it yet, but can't wait to discuss with you guys!

This ep isn't really my fave from the first season, but it's still very important to setting up the show

Tina

at Doyle and Angel... kept saying Butterfly, Owl to the image on the business card.

I love seeing how the show was set up.

I like the episode! I wish it was better; it was still enjoyable though.

starryeyesxx

Yeah, I think that the writers actually found the second ep a little bit more difficult then the first. The original script was actually really different & darker, I think it had Cordy going undercover as a hooker, so maybe that's part of the reason it feels a little strange.

& the ongoing thing with the business cards is one of my faves

Tina

Yes, the last bit "is it a lobster?"

And Angel took back the card.

Interesting tidbit about Cordy!

starryeyesxx

Poor Cordy, Angel & Doyle were trying but still didn't get it!





Are you feeling the Angel/Doyle/Cordelia dynamic?

Tina

I am totally feeling the dynamic! I didn't think I would like it; especially since Cordy was a bit of a... girly girl in Buffy, but it looks like we will see Cordy grow up a lot... even though, in the first episode, Angel didn't think so.

I really love that scene!

starryeyesxx

Cordy really does grow, but she keeps her classic Cordy snark of course

I absolutely love Angel/Doyle/Cordy, they really fit together so well even though they don't seem like they should do at all

Another one of my fave scenes from the ep

Tina

Aw! I would have gone to Doyle! One of my favs too!

starryeyesxx

Me too, how could anyone not?! But I do love the face he makes when he realizes

Tina

Me too, he made a great face about it.
I also love Cordy's actions too when Angel was beating up the guys.

starryeyesxx

She kept her distance

Tina

Priceless!

And she def. did!

I was really surprise to see the bartender become a host!