"Deep Down" (4.1) was the first episode of Angel that I saw, and I ended up with pretty much the set of reactions you had watching the end of Season 3. I came away from watching s4 thinking that Wes's journey was infinitely more involving than Angel's- it's taken writing "Rose" to get really interested in Angel/Angelus as a character.
Which brings us to this chapter: I'm coming to believe that some of the reason Spike is always Spike, souled or unsouled, is that William was, indeed, a simple man, and whole-hearted. Angel, on the other hand, was in conflict with himself and his father when he died, and the demon put the thumb on the scales to make all the bits that agreed with his father outweighed by his anger, lust, and greed.
Of course that has damn all to do with this chapter. Except to say that the same William who craved social acceptance and looked after his mother would chat up waitresses and be glad for the chance to become freinds with an old acquaintance, and you show the way he acts to gain those ends with perfect clarity.
Julia, possibly incomprehensible, lot on my mind today
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"Deep Down" (4.1) was the first episode of Angel that I saw, and I ended up with pretty much the set of reactions you had watching the end of Season 3. I came away from watching s4 thinking that Wes's journey was infinitely more involving than Angel's- it's taken writing "Rose" to get really interested in Angel/Angelus as a character.
Which brings us to this chapter: I'm coming to believe that some of the reason Spike is always Spike, souled or unsouled, is that William was, indeed, a simple man, and whole-hearted. Angel, on the other hand, was in conflict with himself and his father when he died, and the demon put the thumb on the scales to make all the bits that agreed with his father outweighed by his anger, lust, and greed.
Of course that has damn all to do with this chapter. Except to say that the same William who craved social acceptance and looked after his mother would chat up waitresses and be glad for the chance to become freinds with an old acquaintance, and you show the way he acts to gain those ends with perfect clarity.
Julia, possibly incomprehensible, lot on my mind today