Yes, Smallville's ending last night was very Godfatherish.

Gah! Want to watch Angel finale again now.

Angel's probably still juiced up from Hamilton, and though Hamilton gave her a smackdown, Illyria was still strong enough to do what she did to the car bad guys AND still have more than an enough ooomph to pulverize super mage's head

Yes, this occurred to me in my unappreciative brain.

And kudos to whomever said "Someone has to tell the story." Which is one reason it's good Lorne survives, but there should have been a witness to the end.

Actually, he was most impressed with Lindsey's sword fighting.

A few notes:

To paraphrase Dusk 'Til Dawn: Those acts of Joss really stick it in and break it off, don't they?

I loved how they only showed the important parts of the fights: Gunn whipping out the spike-bands, and axing the Senator (was that the hubcap axe he made so long ago, btw?). Spike grabbing the baby and making his move. Illyria showing up - no need to see her kill them, cuz, well, she's freaking tough. And Wes getting beat. Oh, god, Wes getting beat. Angel taking on Hamilton with Connor.

Lorne was told to kill Lindsey, and he didn't like it, because it's not in his nature to kill, much less in cold blood. That's why he left Pylea, isn't it? In fact, I don't think I've ever seen him take part in a fight, unless it's been to sing or get cold-cocked. I could be wrong, but it wasn't one of his defining characteristics.

"I kind of want to slay the dragon." Of course Angel takes the good job for himself.

William the bloody was beautiful. He read it so well, so much better than he did back when he wrote it. You could just tell that that was what he always wanted, to have people appreciate his poetry, and that got lost when he got vamped.

He read it so well, so much better than he did back when he wrote it.

Actually, it was some stuck-up meanie at the party who took William's poem and read it.

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Didn't William read it to Cecily?

William the bloody was beautiful. He read it so well, so much better than he did back when he wrote it. You could just tell that that was what he always wanted, to have people appreciate his poetry, and that got lost when he got vamped.

I loved that I didn't see it coming. His "dutch courage" remark made me think he was just planning on getting totally wasted so he could go out a fight like a maniac. I laughed like a loon when I realized what he was reciting. And it actually sounded good!

On the other hand...kinda glad they gave short shrift to the fights, cuz, the easy dispatch didn't really make a lot of sense. The senator's just a desk jockey in her campaign headquarters? The devil goes to the same restaurant every day? Which is not to say that's so much a failing. I think the fact that it was pretty easy to go in and kill them all is a deliberate choice. It's about the fighters girding for battle, not the difficulty of the eventual fight.

Didn't William read it to Cecily?

Well, he wrote it for her, but the poem was taken from him just as he was finishing it. Remember the mean guy making fun of the word "effulgent"?

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Didn't William read it to Cecily?

I thought we heard him reading it aloud while he wrote it.