S3.E13: Waiting in the Wings

[Joe Hellandback]

WAITING IN THE WINGS

The Good; All of it, great humour, great pathos, the ballet is beautiful and this is THE ep for Cangelers

The Bad; ?-actually how can Angel be so sure that it's the same people he saw 100 years ago, do vampires have perfect recall? And do we really believe that Angelus who casually slaughters entire families gets moved to tears by a ballet (or is he just gilding the lily for Gunn?). How does the Count explain that his ballet company appears to have no members?

Best line: Showing the double edged genius of the ep (comedy and tragedy) it's either "I don't dance, I echo" by the ballerina or "You know I was cool before I met y'all" by Gunn

Apocalypses: 5

Angel Clichés Inverting the Hollywood cliché; In the end the ballerina fades away, she's free but not as we might have expected her to go free.

In disguise; 8

DB get's his shirt off; 12

Cordy's tatt; astonishingly given all the nudity no,10

Cheap Angel; 9 He complains he used to be able to get better seats.

Fang Gang in bondage: Cordy: 5 Angel: 11 Wes: 6 Gunn; 3 Lorne; 3 Fred; 1

Fang gang knocked out: Cordy: 11 Angel: 14 Wes: 5 Doyle; 1 Gunn; 1 Lorne; 3

Kills: 3 minions for Angel and 1 for Wes Cordy: 5 vamps, 3 demons Angel; 39 vamps, 55 and 1/2 demons, 7 humans Doyle; 1 vamp Wes; 12 demons+3 vamps, 2 humans Kate; 3 vamps Faith; 16 vamps, 6 demons, 3 humans. Gunn; 8 vamps+ 8 demons.

Fang Gang go evil: Cordy: 2 Angel: 2 Gunn; 1 Wes; 1

Alternate Fang Gang: CC and Angel possessed by the spirits of the ballerina and her lover Cordy: 2 Angel: 8

Characters killed: the ballerina 46

Recurring characters killed; 8;

Total number of Angel Investigations: 5, Angel, Cordy, Wes, Gunn and Fred

Angel Investigations shot: Angel: 11 Wes; 1

Packing heat; Wes; 5 Doyle; 1 Angel; 1 Gunn; 1

Notches on Fang Gang bedpost: so how far do CC and Angel go? Certainly plenty of above the waist action, second base and quite possibly third but probably not all the way. Cordy however confirms her relationship with Phantom Dennis. Cordy: 3 ?+Wilson/Hacksaw Beast+Phantom Dennis Angel: 5; Buffy, Darla and The Transcending Furies Wes; 2; Virginia and the bleached blonde

Kinky dinky: CC thinks that men would dig 'The Ravager' because she has 6 breasts. The jacket gag, some extremely saucy dialogue between CC and Angel. Lorne comments on Angel's yen for cheerleaders.

Captain Subtext; Fred thinks Gunn is 'pretty'. The entire ep concentrates on the ballet. Lorne calls Angel a variety of pastries.

Know the face, different character; 4

Parking garages; 5,

Buffy characters on Angel; 16 Wetherby, Collins and Smith. Angel, Cordy, Oz, Spike, Buffy, Wes, Faith, Darla, Dru, The Master, Anne, Willow and Harmony

Questions and observations; Amazed they let Joss away with the shameless plugging of his brother's band. Also amazed that Summer Glau had no acting experience prior to this, she's amazing both acting and dancing. Once again how would CC who was born around 1985 know about Spinal Tap? Wes shows his fencing skill which we saw him practicing with Giles back in SD. For a moment you really think that Wes will turn Iago style on Gunn and Fred but as CC comments he's a gentleman. Always wondered about the little moment when Fred turns to Wes and says 'I thought it would work out another way'. Does she know how Wes feels about her? Is she hinting that she's still interested? Lorne tells Connor the story of the Rat Pack, wonder if he knew Angel hung out with them? Start a "website", nice reach out to the fans.

Marks out of 10; 10/10 a real treat rivalling OMWF

[wendyg]

You left out Amy Acker's dancing; she was a highly trained ballet dancer before she took up acting. Maybe you need a thing for "unexpected talents".

[illdoc]

3 hours ago, wendyg said:

You left out Amy Acker's dancing;

Except, I don't think Fred dances in the episode---only in a deleted scene.

[Joe Hellandback]

18 hours ago, illdoc said:

Except, I don't think Fred dances in the episode---only in a deleted scene.

Apparently AA mentioned it to Joss but regretted it when faced with all these pros.