There weren't as many defenders in the days when s3 aired: far more people outright hating it on comment boards (particularly TWOP), while those who were still finding things to enjoy in it generally stayed silent and offline to avoid the hate (or at least I did). I guess, as with Buffy s6, those of us who are still…

Yeah, you can run in impossibly high heels (low ones are a different matter, though still far trickier than flats) but only for a few moments until you twist your ankle and fall flat on your face. Particularly when people intentionally put themselves in a situation where they may have to chase or flee for their life,…

Whilst I'd agree that Buffy (show) won't let Wesley keep that sort of 'I'll decide what's right for everyone' stance for long without pushing him out, I think what Angel (show) does with it is a lot subtler. It critiques it, sure, but it doesn't destroy it and it allows it to stand against other characters' behaviour…

No, I absolutely agree with @avclub-d019eb089e65903455cc52308f00b997:disqus - Wesley may have still been nominally in charge, but Angel was the clear 'captain' of the group again since somewhere early on in s3. He wouldn't have taken the leadership back because he knew he'd deserved to lose it in s2, but everyone else…

When I was only half-watching at one point I caught Damon's cheekbones in profile in one of those flashback shots and for half a second thought it was a rather pretty woman. His bone structure is on that wonderful line between excellent and scary.

It was the "sure, why not" from Damon in response to that that dragged me out, particularly as it then segued directly into modern Damon talking. It probably was intended as exactly that kind of transition back into modernity, but it just left me bewildered and needing a bit more definition between the different…

Ahhh, I have to go out today so I can't continue waffling on forever, but here's an attempt at final thoughts…

Whilst I do think the Spike/Angel dynamic shift is required (though it's been building since A Hole In The World; it doesn't entirely come from here), I still can't do anything but shudder and try to forget TGiQ. And it's not because I expected it to be anything it wasn't - I watched Angel on DVD marathon under the…

@avclub-d019eb089e65903455cc52308f00b997:disqus dammit, you are making me need to rewatch Supersymmetry! And I don't want to! Sigh. I'll just indulge in some more long-windedness instead.

@avclub-e9309e9dad2eec2178450f2b293a0063:disqus  Agreeing with them, I think - at least as far as Joss goes - and yeah, that's a good half of my problem with her too. It's particularly unfortunate that she really doesn't have a great moral compass and that this comes under the spotlight sometimes - even in episodes…

Her future is with Hank and Britt once she crashes out of the FBI for illegally setting people up for a fall. That's how it goes in my head, anyway…

Ooh, good point about Veronica probably feeling a little bit too good for Hearst. I'd never thought of that.

You know, I don't think I appreciated her sensible shoes enough at the time. It's so rare that I am not dragged out of shows by ridiculous high heels. Even Buffy fell prey to this and chased vampires in things that should have twisted her ankle with every step. So yay for VM allowing Kristen Bell to be just as tiny as…

Can I just say, as a mechanical engineer… no. I can understand it being a direction he'd go in, yes, particularly with the model aeroplane and so on, but for it suddenly to be his dream career and mean everything to him… it was just weirdly out of the blue like they decided he should care.

Hmm. Damn these nested replies where I still haven't worked out if there's a way to reply to the final level - but I will get long-winded right back at you! (Because I think you're wrong. And nothing brings out my long-windedness better than that.)

It is, but by that point it's become text rather than subtext and so I am strangely okay with it: the show itself is going 'you can never make a difference, but if you try then maybe you can live with yourself.' In the earlier part of the season that just never comes through as the reset button is pushed between…

I originally started trying to put some explanation in my post, then deleted it out again because I get way too long-winded about anything concerning Wes. :)

Yeah, they're all over the frigging place on their history. Thankfully that stuff mostly fades in my memory (remember when Rose lived in Cornwall, apparently '50km south of London' or something? Sheesh).

Yup, that's part of my problem with the first half of the season. Once the inability to make any progress stops being unintended and becomes part of the thrust of the season, I'm much more on board.

Indeed it is: I couldn't bring myself to forget those, no matter how much they kill me. *sniff*