Ep by ep; Habeas Corpses
HABEAS CORPSES
The Good; Angel and co play Saving Private Connor during the fall of WR&H
The Bad; Angel seems very out of character with his jealousy for CC and Connor but I guess love makes you do the wacky?
Best line: Angel ; "Now take your new boyfriend and get out!" just beating Gunn's "Thanks for the newsflash Captain Obvious!"
Jeez, how did they get away with that? The Beast slaughtering EVERYONE at WR&H!
Apocalypses: 5
Angel Clichés In disguise; 8
DB get's his shirt off; 12
Cheap Angel; 5
Fang Gang in bondage: Cordy: 5 Angel: 12 Wes: 6 Gunn; 4 Lorne; 4 Fred; 2
Fang gang knocked out: Cordy: 12 Angel: 15 Wes: 5 Doyle; 1 Gunn; 1 Lorne; 4 Groo; 1
Kills: I figure everyone nails about 5 zombies each? Cordy: 5 vamps, 3 demons Angel; 41 vamps, 57 and 1/2 demons, 5 zombies, 8 humans Doyle; 1 vamp Wes; 12 demons+3 vamps, 5 zombies, 2 humans Kate; 3 vamps Faith; 16 vamps, 6 demons, 3 humans. Gunn; 11 vamps+ 12 demons, 5 zombies, 1 human. Groo; 1 demon Fred; 3 vamp+ 1 demon, 5 zombies Connor; 8 vamps, 5 zombies, 2 demons
Fang Gang go evil: Cordy: 2 Angel: 2 Gunn; 1 Wes; 1
Alternate Fang Gang: Cordy: 4 Angel: 10 Fred; 2 Wes; 1 Gunn; 1
Characters killed: about 200 at WR&H, evil sure but still 250
Recurring characters killed; byebye Gavin but he's evil so screw him 8;
Total number of Angel Investigations: 5 Angel, Gunn, Fred, Lorne, Wes
Angel Investigations shot: Angel: 11 Wes; 1
Packing heat; Wes; 7 Doyle; 1 Angel; 3 Gunn; 1
Notches on Fang Gang bedpost: Cordy: 5 ?+Wilson/Hacksaw Beast+Phantom Dennis+Groo+Connor Angel: 5; Buffy, Darla and The Transcending Furies Wes; 3; Virginia, the bleached blonde and Lilah Gunn; 1 Fred Fred; 1 Gunn Groo; 1Cordy
Know the face, different character; 4
Parking garages; 6,
Buffy characters on Angel; 16 Wetherby, Collins and Smith. Angel, Cordy, Oz, Spike, Buffy, Wes, Faith, Darla, Dru, The Master, Anne, Willow and Harmony
What the fanficcers thought; Read a nice one where Lilah goes to drown her sorrows in a bar after breaking up with Wes and runs into Kate who is leaving LA that night. They get drunk together and end up hooking up
Questions and observations; The shortest teaser ever, Angel basically storms off the roof lashing out at everything on the way down. Wes and Lilah break up and never get back together. Lilah actually shows some pity for Gavin describing him as 'Poor bastard'. Lorne and Gunn's idea that maybe Connor isn't linked to the beast and it's just the mystical hotspot behind Caritas is actually pretty sound, rare that anyone tries to 'Scully' Angel (well maybe Sheryl Crow?). Are the zombies actually a satire of corporate life? Angel says he has a photographic memory as we suspected. Why doesn't Lilah try to put a round in the Beast's eye? Love Lorne's little look at his drink when the AI appear back in the Hyperion foyer.
I like the fact that AI are still beat up from the last fight, happens so rarely these days. It's interesting to compare Wes ditching Lilah with Buffy breaking up with Spike, both characters knowing that their relationship was a freakshow but desperately needing it at the time. Lilah gets smacked around once again, is there anyone on the show who doesn't hit her at some point? Wes is still hitting the booze when Lilah turns up fitting with his hard boiled image. You wonder who Wes' 'man on the inside' at WR&H was? Gavin? They certainly up the bodycount on this one and the gore, hiding it within the darkness of the devastated WR&H offices.
The tragedy here of course is that Connor's concern for CC brings him closer to Angel, calling him dad for the first time. But their relationship actually forces him and CC apart.
Marks out of 10; 7/10