tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post733654887919152326..comments2024-03-28T09:13:28.499-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Angel: ForgivingBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-800867594572688792021-09-17T19:34:42.999-04:002021-09-17T19:34:42.999-04:00*Dabs at forehead anxiously with handkerchief* Wow...*Dabs at forehead anxiously with handkerchief* Wow, wow, wow, WOW, I didn't think it'd hit me again like a truck (no pun about Sahjahn's solidifying intended). I remembered Wes getting his throat slit and I was antsy with anticipation to reach that landmark and finally relaxed after Holtz hopped out. <br /><br />I'll try to ignore the 3/4 rating because original rankings are precious and must be preserved for memory's sake but goddamn, how could you not give this a perfect rating? That's just so wrong!<br /><br />"This from Angel, who began his vampire career by killing his entire family?"<br />But dude that was Angelus :( With respect to the episode title it's unforgivable of you to conflate the two to make a jab...<br />Anyway, I'm not a parent, so I don't really get it, but this is his CHILD who's lost to a demonworld now. You're gonna bring up the death of a Slayer who was no longer a part of his life, who died in the line of duty as a comparison? I mean it hurts, but that's no comparison to betrayal the way Angel perceives it from Wesley. I think it's VERY understandable that he'd flip out on him even after making a genuine effort to do the right thing. Forgiveness isn't ordained, after all... it was a shock to me, and it was harsh, but healing's in the feelings. Parenthood let alone loss of a child was something completely new to Angel. Nobody knows what they'd do in his position (although I SPIT on the parents who boast about doing worse to poor poor Wesley).<br /><br />"I think Connor will still end up killing Sahjahn: that's a prophecy by Billie Doux the Reviewer, you heard it here first."<br />It'll be cool to see Sahjahn again, because I already figured this might be the last we see of him.. happy to be wrong if that's the case. <br /><br />"Again... is Lorne an employee?"<br />Yeah that is kinda weird.<br /><br />"— Loved Angel dragging the chair, with Linwood tied to it, up the stairs."<br />So satisfying to watch him just dropping Linwood immediately once Sahjahn's reemergence was confirmed, chair breaking on impact back down the stairs. I just mean satisfying in a physical sense, so it was funny to me to see Sahjahn later voice the same thought, that destroying things is nice again on top of gravity and does it to a.. chair too, actually, IIRC.<br /><br />I thought the little girl was a younger Loretta from Justified xD But it's someone else. And yeah she was great. And made possibly the easiest sacrifice request on the shoe to date lol: Murder Lilah.<br /><br />Easy, EASY FIVE OUT OF FOUR STAKES to counterbalance yours. This show gets no respect, I tell ya.. None. Curse of a spin-off. I'mana hafta actively restrain myself from scouring the previous Buffy reviews to see what else got a 4 stakes over this. I can't afford to pit one show against the other, I need 'em both. Beggars and all.. I bite my thumb at this though, I really do!Onigirlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10070327483035350298noreply@blogger.com