And there's no way I can get the porn out of that sentence.

For which I thank you.

You are quite welcome.

No, no, only one Krycek. Who was infected with the black oil for a while.

And that's why he got his forearm chopped off, right? Heh, evil hand issues!

God, even when they were trying the X-Files never really made a lick of sense.

And that's why he got his forearm chopped off, right? Heh, evil hand issues!

No, that was a different time. In Tunguska they were experimenting with a vaccine for the black oil. Apparently it had something to do with smallpox vaccinations because if you didn't have a left arm (ie smallpox scar) you didn't get experimented on. So the kind locals removed his arm to save him.

hey all, I can't believe the last ep is Weds -- I'm going to miss all of you as much as the show. I just can't believe this fall I won't be watching Buffy or Angel! I don't talk much, I think only once before, but I had to shout out how much the analyses and thoughts really really make watching the show more fun. We have been, by the way, watching Tru Calling and almost quit but the last few episodes were much better. And Joan of Arcadia truly is a great show -- for what it is worth, it is very much an ensemble story thing, so the parents lives and the siblings lives are just as important as Joan's. I mean it is more than a high school show.

Rae

Caught up again. This week, I'm going to try a meara on.

anyone else remember the game Blackthorne?

Hell yes. That game friggin' ruled. I could never resist shooting the prisoners though.

Just how strong is Hamilton? He gave Illyria a hardcore beatdown. Which, oddly, really made me sad.

The Hero of Evil has definitely got some pretty major mojo working for him. The beatdown reminded me of my dislike for the powering down of The Thing That Wears Fred Like A Cloak, so I'm not dancing in the aisles. But it did serve to put Hamilton over as a total badass, and AB fight scenes always rule because he's got the best worked punches this side of Harley Race. Fight scenes where he throws lot's of punches are even better.

Yeah, but it was Illyria-lite. Which apparently they didn't think of before they left her in charge. (Though admittedly, that's about number nine on the list of things that should have occurred to them before they left her in charge.)

Enh. She's apparently still tougher than the rest of the MoG. I'm going to go on record right now saying that I've never wanted a TV show to reach for the copout button as badly as I do for this. I want Wes to reverse the polarity on his little tachyon gun and repower the lady so she can get a little Time Stop payback and then go all time bomb wherever it will do the most damage to the bad guys. Wishful thinking, I know. There probably won't even be time for her to deal with the ramifications of having her pert little ass handed to her. Bah!

The end made me a little teary. I loved watching Spike weigh the possibility of giving his life to save the world--again--and get another shot at the blaze of glory thing. I loved the expression on Wes's face, and had a sick, sick feeling that the possibility of death seemed like something of a plus in his opinion.

Wes's Proximity to Jerusalem index jumped twenty points right there. You look in his eyes, you see the words Gouge Away written on them. He's reached that very dangerous place where the only reason to keep track of the damage you're taking is to make sure you're inflicting more. He's not even going to try and defend himself, 'cause that would be one hand less to attack with. Pity the evil pricks in the moments before Wes's death. That's prophecy, if you like.

I kind of like it. I like the take that the apocalypse is the world the way it is; cause it implies that somehow it does not have to be this way - something is wrong; it is not just part of the way things naturally tend to be. It really is an attempt at tragedy rather than melodrama ; if it works it will fundamentally optimistic, like most tragic drama

I'm with Gar on his interpretation of the Apocalypse. Personally, I don't see Vail and the others working towards an end of the world. I think their work is to slowly increase human corruption and evil, feeding the Senior Partners and making opposition to them an increasingly uphill battle. Apocalypse by degrees, with no clear final battle that the forces of Good might have a chance at winning.

I can get behind this kind of apocalypse. Tidal Hate. Making the world an infinitesimally worse place every day. I can get behind this because it speaks of smart villains. Villains who stand back and look at the patterns and see that every time they gear up for something big, some Hero or other swoops in to screw it up. And they usually do, because they're better than you. If they weren't, you wouldn't have to cheat and thus, wouldn't be evil in the first damn place. Instead, you play Kingpin. They stop your drug shipment, you get them audited. They put your enforcers in jail, you leak their secret identities to the press. They protect someone you have a hit on, you have their utilities cut off. Don't show the good guys anything important, or they'll punch it.

See, I feel the crash interrupting the last sentence is an integral part of the mission statement. "The game is pointless, and it annoys me. And yet I play on, interrupted by loud crashes and cool action scenes."

For the show, yes. For life, the crash is usually your water heater or your monitor of some damn thing blowing up.

Gotta say, I'd have expected Spike to say, "F.. er, um, hell yeah, I'm in," rather than that almost cautious hand-raise.

I like that he didn't. It really put across the gravity of the situation. It also seems to be part of how Joss likes to operate. Spike is the guy who doesn't think about consequences, doesn't have second thoughts. If he's hesitant, you know it's big. Like Jayne and Reavers.

Hell yes. That game friggin' ruled. I could never resist shooting the prisoners though.

Ha! Who the hell could? And we always used the sweetass backhand shot. It was always: Talk to the prisoner, get whatever he has, walk a couple steps, say, "Thank you," and blow him away.

For sure. that backhand shot was some pretty sweet action.

But it did serve to put Hamilton over as a total badass, and AB fight scenes always rule because he's got the best worked punches this side of Harley Race. Fight scenes where he throws lot's of punches are even better.

Probably because he's been throwing punches as a professional actor since MY BODYGUARD.

I love, Love, LOVE the "apocalypse by inches" theory. It makes so much sense (and sort of reflects Angel being the more adult of the two shows conceptually).

Ha! Who the hell could? And we always used the sweetass backhand shot. It was always: Talk to the prisoner, get whatever he has, walk a couple steps, say, "Thank you," and blow him away.

Sadly, given recent events, I think some people translated this behavior 9or similar, at least) into real life.