This is another weak season one episode. It takes an idea that is ripe for exploration (in this case the annoying sense of self-involvement and navel-gazing that has infected so many of us), but goes nowhere with it, creating humor that comes off more than a little phony and embarrassing. It also once again thrusts Kate Lockley center stage, something arguably ill-conceived when you consider how Cordelia and Doyle, even Angel himself, are ripe for their own development.While Kate generally bugs, it would take a pretty soulless person to not be even a little affected by Kate's horrible relationship with her father. Trevor Lockley is the epitome of an absent, neglectful father. Despite Kate's efforts to fix their relationship and despite the fact that she followed him into his own profession in order to get to know him better, Trevor still remains an asshole. Elisabeth Rohm is pretty wonderful in her big-dramatic-speech moment (yet still a little awkward everywhere else), and I liked that their relationship was still fractured and cold at the end of the episode. Things aren't fixed that simply.
The rest of the hour is pretty underwhelming, though. I can understand what the show was reaching for, in particular how Cordelia is affected by Angel's lack of sensitivity, but the script is 'off' and some of the attempts at humor don't entirely work. Kind of a misfire. D+
Credits
Guest stars Elisabeth Rohm (Kate Lockley); John Capodice (Tony Papazian); John Mahon (Trevor Lockley); Ron Marasco (Allen Lloyd)
Writer Tim Minear Director James A. Contner
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