03-03-2004, 10:28 PM
I wonder where they'll go from here.
Today's episode was positively one of the best ones this season. (not that that's saying much). The ending certainly melancholic. Unlike our previous fallen heroines Jenny, Joyce, Tara and Anya, I never really felt anything for Winnifred Burkle... until this episode, when we got to see her leaving her family. Young, cock-eyed, naïve, not a care in the world, starting out her new exciting life in LA... in contrast to everything she's been through... It really hit a nerve.
Of course it wasn't as intense as the above-mentioned incidents (perhaps with the exception of Anya, who was cut down swiftly; brutally mind you, but so fast the audience wouldn't be allowed to dwell on it), but it was nice to see that Joss still has the ability to tear at the ol' heart strings. I hadn't felt it for a long time. (I certainly didn't feel it with Cordelia!)
And a big plus for mentioning both Willow and Buffy! Weeeeeee. I *need* the whole scooby gang back - Angel and Wesley-Windham Price included.
The others can go screw themselves. What the hell was that whole Gun/Harmony-thing? "How could you do this to your friends?" How the hell could he have known, you blind tart!? It was 1 out of 100.000.000 forms he's filled out the last year. 1 wasn't supposed to make a difference; it just did, there is no way he could've known. Signing a piece of paper in exchange for what he got was a small price to pay. Of course signing a piece of paper that would lead to Fred's death would be a monstrous price to pay, but as noted earlier, there is no way he could have known.. (as he stated earlier. Why the hell did he give Harmony another line?)
And Lorne? Why is he even on the show? He's been in 1 episode this season (the party-episode). What are they doing?
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With that exception, I found this episode to be one of the best this season, and if they get increasingly better than this, I think we'll have an ending worthy of the series.
Today's episode was positively one of the best ones this season. (not that that's saying much). The ending certainly melancholic. Unlike our previous fallen heroines Jenny, Joyce, Tara and Anya, I never really felt anything for Winnifred Burkle... until this episode, when we got to see her leaving her family. Young, cock-eyed, naïve, not a care in the world, starting out her new exciting life in LA... in contrast to everything she's been through... It really hit a nerve.
Of course it wasn't as intense as the above-mentioned incidents (perhaps with the exception of Anya, who was cut down swiftly; brutally mind you, but so fast the audience wouldn't be allowed to dwell on it), but it was nice to see that Joss still has the ability to tear at the ol' heart strings. I hadn't felt it for a long time. (I certainly didn't feel it with Cordelia!)
And a big plus for mentioning both Willow and Buffy! Weeeeeee. I *need* the whole scooby gang back - Angel and Wesley-Windham Price included.
The others can go screw themselves. What the hell was that whole Gun/Harmony-thing? "How could you do this to your friends?" How the hell could he have known, you blind tart!? It was 1 out of 100.000.000 forms he's filled out the last year. 1 wasn't supposed to make a difference; it just did, there is no way he could've known. Signing a piece of paper in exchange for what he got was a small price to pay. Of course signing a piece of paper that would lead to Fred's death would be a monstrous price to pay, but as noted earlier, there is no way he could have known.. (as he stated earlier. Why the hell did he give Harmony another line?)
And Lorne? Why is he even on the show? He's been in 1 episode this season (the party-episode). What are they doing?
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With that exception, I found this episode to be one of the best this season, and if they get increasingly better than this, I think we'll have an ending worthy of the series.
