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Hi and goodbye as I dart behind the tag. Spoilers for this episode only.
OK, moments grabbed me, and Angel turning Lawson was hot...but eh, neh and meh. Did not care for it. I haven't seen a solitary peep out of anyone else so if I'm alone here, I'll go down singing defiantly (though not as badly as Spike did...) because I thought it sucked.
Really.
The in jokes that referred to things that will happen in the future, Spike's hair and the way he kept that swastika jacket on, the fact Wesley said three lines and then stood on a chair the rest of the episode( Yes, so did Gunn and Fred but they're not Wes; I'm biased.)
What else...Camden Toy is fine usually, but Price of Lies and the other guy (Rasputin's lover? Say, what? Is that a shout out to Buffy in S5 arguing with her professor about R being a vampire?) were lame. The Initiative dating back that far and Spike never connected the dots in S4? Retcons are tricky work; leave it to thefanfic writers professionals because whoever wrote this (did I see Drew Goddard's name at the end there? ) wasn't thinking. Or thought we weren't.
ETA; just seen a post that says when Spike wakes up in the Initiative, he mentions Nazis. Hmm. OK. I guess...
Lots more to say; the lame ass, I was vamped differently and turned into a PotC vamp who couldn't enjoy the blood because Angel did it on purpose and/or had a soul crap.
The ending. That awful, Birds of Prey ending. It worked in Damage, it sucked here. No more fortune cookie last lines, please. Ever.
No mention of Cordy. Not one.
Eve's gone? Well maybe you shouldn't have LET HER WALK OUT, you idiots.
And the 'Angelus! Haven't seen you in the killing fields for an age' of School Hard looks odd now; Spike couldn't smell the soul when he was with Angel for a day or two? Didn't wonder why his old buddy was throwing him out? In fact, why the hell didn't Angel kill Spike?
Poor.
OK, moments grabbed me, and Angel turning Lawson was hot...but eh, neh and meh. Did not care for it. I haven't seen a solitary peep out of anyone else so if I'm alone here, I'll go down singing defiantly (though not as badly as Spike did...) because I thought it sucked.
Really.
The in jokes that referred to things that will happen in the future, Spike's hair and the way he kept that swastika jacket on, the fact Wesley said three lines and then stood on a chair the rest of the episode( Yes, so did Gunn and Fred but they're not Wes; I'm biased.)
What else...Camden Toy is fine usually, but Price of Lies and the other guy (Rasputin's lover? Say, what? Is that a shout out to Buffy in S5 arguing with her professor about R being a vampire?) were lame. The Initiative dating back that far and Spike never connected the dots in S4? Retcons are tricky work; leave it to the
ETA; just seen a post that says when Spike wakes up in the Initiative, he mentions Nazis. Hmm. OK. I guess...
Lots more to say; the lame ass, I was vamped differently and turned into a PotC vamp who couldn't enjoy the blood because Angel did it on purpose and/or had a soul crap.
The ending. That awful, Birds of Prey ending. It worked in Damage, it sucked here. No more fortune cookie last lines, please. Ever.
No mention of Cordy. Not one.
Eve's gone? Well maybe you shouldn't have LET HER WALK OUT, you idiots.
And the 'Angelus! Haven't seen you in the killing fields for an age' of School Hard looks odd now; Spike couldn't smell the soul when he was with Angel for a day or two? Didn't wonder why his old buddy was throwing him out? In fact, why the hell didn't Angel kill Spike?
Poor.