S1.E14: I've Got You Under My Skin

[Joe Hellandback]

The Good; Nice counterplay at the end when the family get back together and Angel Investigations walk away as if they are a family too.

The Bad; Rather an uninvolving story although a nice twist

Best line: Wes; "It's for killing extinct demons"

Jeez, how did they get away with that? The cross into Wes' neck, yeesh!

Apocalypses: 4

Angel Clichés Damsel in distress; 15,

Inverting the Hollywood cliché; The dad is shown smoking cigarettes in front of his kids which is rare indeed nowadays

In disguise; 3

DB get's his shirt off; 4

Cordy's tattoo;3

Cheap Angel; 2

Fang Gang in bondage: Cordy: 5 Angel: 5 Wes: 1

Fang gang knocked out: Cordy: 8 Angel: 7 Wes: 2 Doyle; 1

Kills: Cordy: 3 vamps, 1½ demons Angel: one demon so 8 vamps, 5 and 1/2 demons, 2 humans. Doyle; 1 vamp Wes; 1/2 a demon

Fang Gang go evil: Cordy: 2 Angel: 1

Alternate Fang Gang: Cordy: 2 Angel: 5

Characters killed: 25

Recurring characters killed; 1;

Total number of Angel Investigations: 3, Angel and Cordy and Wes

Angel Investigations shot: Angel: 6,

Packing heat; Wes; 1 Doyle; 1

Notches on Fang Gang bedpost: Cordy: 2 ?+Wilson/Hacksaw Beast Angel: 1;Buffy

Kinky dinky: Wes owns a 2 thighmasters and a 'buns of steel' video

Captain Subtext; Our first hints on Wes' relationship with his father

Know the face, different character; 2

Parking garages; 3,

Guantanamo Bay;

Buffy characters on Angel; 6; Angel, Cordy, Oz, Spike, Buffy, Wes

Questions and observations; Cordy can cook, who'd have thought? Angel mentions Doyle in poignant moment. Cool bait and switch, we think the dads the villain. Also we have Kate in her middling phrase, aware that Angel's a vamp but not totally anti.The scenes with the circle are very reminiscent of classic Brit horror flick The Devil Rides Out (Christopher Lee as a good guy!) Ricks magic, the LA branch of The Magic Shop. Cordy puts her shopping skills to good use. A lot more Christian than normal. 'Three blind mice' is actually about 3 bishops executed by Bloody Mary. Anyone know what rock-a-bye-baby is about? Lizzie Borden was actually found innocent but the circumstantial evidence against her was overwhelming.

Marks out of 10; 6/10, OK ep but still supernatural threat of the week