This was just all right. I'm a sucker for a Cordelia drama, but That Vision Thing never rises beyond 'decent'. It kind of cribs a whole bunch of ideas from past episodes, and while a lot of that is pretty enjoyable, there's an obvious sense of deja-vu to it at the same time. The only truly new element is that undercurrent of romantic tension between Angel and Cordy. They definitely seem a lot closer this season, with Angel willing to dance with the devil to save her life. He loves the girl, clearly.Loved the interaction between Angel and Lilah, like always. They have such great sexual chemistry, and I'm enjoying the running gag of Angel constantly popping up behind her when she least expects it. Angel himself is pretty ambiguous here, and seems a lot more dangerous than normal. Is it the aforementioned tension between him and Cordelia? Or are the writers setting up a meaner Angel for this season?
That Vision Thing spends a lot of time setting the scene rather than exploiting the various subplots at work right now. Cordelia's visions, Darla's pregnancy, Skip, the creepy guy Angel pulls out of hell: they're all mightily intriguing, but as an episode this is pretty 'blah'. It did give us the term 'Cantonese fook-beast', though. For which I'll always be grateful. C+
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Guest stars Andy Hallett (Lorne); Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan); Frank "Sotonoma" Salsedo (Shaman); Daniel Dae Kim (Gavin Parks); David Denman (Skip); Julie Benz (Darla)
Writer Jeffrey Bell Director Bill Norton
I liked this one actually! I don't know why particularly, maybe because all of the extras were so weird.
ReplyDeleteAre you talking about the kung fu old people, etc? That's if I'm remembering the episode right. But, yeah, strange guest stars here. Heh.
ReplyDeleteThat's the one! They were all so funny, I think my favourite was the polite chatty prison keeper though with that awkward silence between him and Angel.
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