She was actually going to be exec producing TC, if I recall, and she said at a conference that she'd read the TWoP recaps to see what kinds of things needed to be changed.
So she hasn't been involved with it from the beginning? That would make much more sense.
And re: that undiscussable episode mentioned above: I don't see how someone with vision and hearing could get "good" when compared to other eps, much less "brilliant." Clearly, this writer is worth ignoring, except for a quick scan for cool words.
I still like the Italian episode, though I didn't think it was brilliant.
It kicked the mythology in the teeth.
[Edit: "Fool For Love" took the mythology and turned it into a Möbius strip, and it worked. The mythology was deeper and richer and more true than before. "The Girl In Question" just said "Nyaah nyaah!"]
It felt like it was kicking
me
in the teeth.
I liked TGIQ, but agree with Betsy on the mythology thing. But I still liked it.
It kicked the mythology in the teeth.
So some people say. I didn't take it that way. I saw it as an entirely warped view showing how WRONG Angel and Spike's views of Buffy were. Which I agree with - Angel was stuck on Teen!Buffy, and Spike knew Dark!Buffy.
I didn't mean to argue that you were blind and deaf, Hec. The book would have been hard, were that the case, although I suppose not impossible.
I have been so irritable lately, that "I'm sorry" seems to be a mantra for me. But if I did offend, I'm sorry.
howling "Piiiiiiillllottt" to an unforgiving wind.
Especially with Moya being on the far side of a wormhole and all.
he briefly returned to “Angel” to direct its brilliant Italy-set antepenultimate episode, “The Girl In Question,” but really hasn’t been heard from since.
Having seen the episode, I don't regard his keeping quiet for a while as a big mystery.
So some people say. I didn't take it that way.
That's 'cause you're all wrong-headed and stuff.
Other than two talented writers saying goodbye to their toys and having fun doing it, I get nothin' from that episode of any real value. It's placement in the season was late and unpleasing in terms of the arc, and the message you're getting had already been pretty well delivered in earlier episodes without the use of handy anvils. (Well, okay, there were some anvils in Soul Purpose. But still. Fewer than in TGIQ.)
