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shapinglightWhat with this and that, I've been having a hard time lately remembering why I love Angel as a character, so I rewatched Home, and...
...ended up bawling like a baby, as always. I'm not keen on season 4 of AtS. It has some great set-pieces and some terrific character interaction (Wes/Lilah, the return of Faith etc etc), but overall I think the plot sucks and the ickiness of ConCord casts a pall over the whole season. But I've always thought Home was a terrific season finale that sets up the change of pace/outlook in season 5 really well. Plus, it heralds the very dark turn that Angel's story was to take and the reasons for it. And it contains the one scene in the whole of AtS that always makes me cry. This is the exchange between Angel and Connor in the sports store, right before they fight, when Connor says how even his own mother couldn't love him, and Angel protests that Darla died for Connor because she loved him so much, and all the time looks on the point of tears himself. Dammit, DB knocks it out of the park with this one.
I just don't see how anyone, watching this, couldn't think that Connor was the most important thing in the world to Angel. He gave up everything for him. He even gave up Connor himself for him, if you see what I mean. It's all about Connor.
:gets all weepy again:
...ended up bawling like a baby, as always. I'm not keen on season 4 of AtS. It has some great set-pieces and some terrific character interaction (Wes/Lilah, the return of Faith etc etc), but overall I think the plot sucks and the ickiness of ConCord casts a pall over the whole season. But I've always thought Home was a terrific season finale that sets up the change of pace/outlook in season 5 really well. Plus, it heralds the very dark turn that Angel's story was to take and the reasons for it. And it contains the one scene in the whole of AtS that always makes me cry. This is the exchange between Angel and Connor in the sports store, right before they fight, when Connor says how even his own mother couldn't love him, and Angel protests that Darla died for Connor because she loved him so much, and all the time looks on the point of tears himself. Dammit, DB knocks it out of the park with this one.
I just don't see how anyone, watching this, couldn't think that Connor was the most important thing in the world to Angel. He gave up everything for him. He even gave up Connor himself for him, if you see what I mean. It's all about Connor.
:gets all weepy again:
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Date: 2010-03-15 04:52 pm (UTC)You started with a good one, then. I got quite upset seeing Fred again too. I so hate that Joss decided to erase her, even though I love Illyria.
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Date: 2010-03-15 04:57 pm (UTC)I did indeed. Then I went back and watched everything from the start (thanks to Sky One), and it was fascinating seeing everything come together. 'Home' sold me on Wes/Lilah completely btw.
And oh, Fred. I always liked her.
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Date: 2010-03-15 07:24 pm (UTC)I didn't always like her, but AHitW made me so angry that I've been a Fred-defender ever since.
Even though I love Illyria.
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Date: 2010-03-15 06:38 pm (UTC)I suspect that if we had had a season 6 we would have had a lot of Fred turning up one way and another - possibly they would have found some way to bring her back while still keeping Ilyria, possibly flashbacks, or most likely Ilyria would have had more and more Freddish moments until it pretty much had multiple personalities.
Wes would have lived as well, of course.
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Date: 2010-03-15 07:25 pm (UTC)