S04. E07: Apocalypse Nowish

[Joe Hellandback]

APOCALYPSE NOWISH

The Good; Hold on tight, we're going on a roller-coaster!

The Bad; ?

Best line: Lorne; "CLOSE THE DOOR!"

Apocalypses: 5

Angel Clichés Inverting the Hollywood cliché; the gang royally get their collective ass kicked by the Beast

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: Angel, Wes and Lorne all knocked out Cordy: 12 Angel: 16 Wes: 6 Doyle; 1 Gunn; 2 Lorne; 7 Groo; 1

Kills: Cordy: 5 vamps, 3 demons Angel; 41 vamps, 57 and 1/2 demons, 8 humans Doyle; 1 vamp Wes; 12 demons+3 vamps, 2 humans Kate; 3 vamps Faith; 16 vamps, 6 demons, 3 humans. Gunn; 11 vamps+ 12 demons. Groo; 1 demon Fred; 3 vamp+ 1 demon Connor; 8 vamps and 2 demon

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

Alternate Fang Gang: Cordy: 3 Angel: 9 Fred; 1

Characters killed: I figure about 50 dead at the nightclub? 96

Recurring characters killed; 8;

Total number of Angel Investigations: 5 Wes for all intentions back in the fold Angel, Gunn, Fred, Lorne, Wes

Angel Investigations shot: Angel: 11 Wes; 1

Packing heat; Wes goes all John Woo with a pair of 45s and a pump action shotgun. Maybe he should call Buffy and borrow her rocket launcher? Wes; 6 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

Kinky dinky: Actually no kinky dinky for Fred and Gunn since supersymmetry. Schoolgirl Lilah, RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! "Keep them on", bet that's the first time he's ever said that to her! Lilah as Fred wishes that one day she'll have hips. To judge by 'Spin the Bottle' I'd say she'd prefer bigger breasts. CC and Connor also get it on. A lot of people dislike this as they think it's tantamount to incest but frankly I'm OK with it as long as they're not blood relations (fine with a girl wanting a daddy figure as long as it's not actually her daddy). Remember Connor doesn't remember CC acting as his mother and to her he's the closest thing she'll ever get to Angel (just as Spike hangs out with Joyce and Dawn because they're the closest thing he can get to Buffy) When told that snakes emerged from a part of someone's body Lorne wonders if it was just some form of sex game? When Wes suggests 'pooling resources' Gunn tells him to 'Go pool himself'.

Captain Subtext; Gunn shows an unusual interest in bathroom fittings for such a macho character.

Know the face, different character; 4

Parking garages; 6,

Guantanamo Bay; Angel tortures Gavin but you figure not as much as Lilah's going to.

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; Really like the way it's Gunn that figures out the symbol although it looks a bit like the cross of St Patrick to me (the red diagnols on the Union Jack). Can anyone tell me at exactly what point

Spoiler

CC goes evil, it's never clear to me?

Gunn's fear of rats reoccurs, living in abandoned buildings for so long must have been very tough for him. Really this is the end of the road for Cangel. Angel asks Wes if he's 'in' much as Doyle asks Angel if he's 'game'. Goodbye to Gunn's hubcap axe.

Marks out of 10; 9/10 some really good stuff here

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9 hours ago, Joe Hellandback said:

Can anyone tell me at exactly what point

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I believe that

Spoiler

Jasmine (as she will be known) is inside Cordy after she returns from...wherever she was when she ascended, but basically "asleep". The spell from Spin the Bottle returned Cordy's memories and "woke up" Jasmine. At which point, Jasmine slowly begins, not exactly taking over, but influencing Cordy to manipulate events/people in order to result in her "birth".