I haven't watched last week's Angel and have no tape of it. I guess I'll try to watch this week's. I'm unmotivated. I feel so disloyal. See, if the show was just overtly called

_Sp!ke_, I could not care about it with a clear conscience.

Eh, I like Spike more than Angel. I just don't have any interest in what's happening to anyone.

I can't say I'm huge on the Big Evil Law Firm controlled by the good guys thing, I gotta say, but it all depends on the payoff. If it all goes pear shaped in a suitably sudden and unexpected manner, then all right. If it all goes pear shaped in a gradual, predictably manner, then not all right. If it all fails to go pear shaped at all, then we all arm up and head over to Robert Miller and Frank Boyett's secret headquarters on a Joss rescuing mission.

Eh, I like Spike more than Angel. I just don't have any interest in what's happening to anyone.

Yeah, I knew you liked Spike. I haven't made a secret of my view that he outwore his welcome 2+ seasons ago on Buffy. Shiny blond object saves show from cancellation then eats said show (and all adjacent scenery)? Uh, well, I'm glad everyone got the additional year's work, I guess ...

Oh, see, I haven't much like what's been done with Spike. I just have issues with big, romantic, noble heros. Give me someone a little more gray anytime.

Give me someone a little more gray anytime.

Grayer than Angel? Oh. I guess you need darker pasts too?

t tries to think of one

Is Idi Amin still dead?

t wink

I did not watch Angel last night because, surprise, surprise, I fell asleep reading my book. I did remember to tape it for Brent so I'll watch it sometime this week.

Not a lot actually *happened*, Megan - this episode was mostly setup for a future arc. It was okay, and hey! I'm glad to see Lindsay back again , plus snarky Spike was fun, but I need to see where the whole thing is going.

I thought it was interesting in a what is Angel going to do when Spike tells him that a guy named Doyle who gets vision is sending him out to do good kind of way.

And, also, I enjoyed that Spike was snarky to his rescuees, because, really, who goes walking down a dark alley?

I mean, John, that Angel, as he has frequently been presented, is a little to straightforward for my taste in fictional men. My taste in real men is to asstudiously avoid baggage of any kind.

I missed the first half, but the Lindsey thing is a good hook, I'll agree. The rerun later on was S1 with the daywalker ring guest starring Spike, and I found it interesting that JM moves very differently now from then. There was almost a ... frig. Closest word I can grab is jaunty, though that's not it, but anyway side to it. Guy was bouncing around like he had flubber in his shoes, but it actually looked pretty cool. Interesting contrast.