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Never were two Seasons of a TV show so different! Most of my DVD boxsets have been rewatched to the point of knackering the discs, but never Season 4 of Angel.
Convoluted plots, wildly outlandish character behaviour, the most ridiculous twists - teen Connor, the Cordy/Connor sex and consequential pregnancy, the demon Jasmine that gave birth to herself, and Wesley being the bad guy sleeping with Lilah. I didn't like any of it. There are literally only two episodes I can stand, namely Spin the Bottle which was the Angel version of Buffy's Tabula Rasa, and Orpheus with guest appearances from Faith & Willow and flashbacks into Angel's messed up past.
Spin on to Season 5 and everything changed, and I do mean EVERYTHING! Welcome to Wolfram & Hart, now being run by Team Angel. Bye bye Cordy, and enter Spike as Angel's wacky side kick. Lindsey is back as a new kick-ass version of himself (be still my heart!), and the Receptionist is... Harmony?!
Season 5 was hilarious, dramatic, crazy, and awesome. The Fred-to-Illyria switch made me cry at the tragedy and laugh at the madness. The final arc had me on the edge of my seat, right up to 'Lets Go To Work'. Angel went through a very dark, very bad patch for Season 4, but Season 5 was rockin' and I can't believe THAT was where it ended!
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Date: 2012-05-21 06:36 am (UTC)Definitely rewatch Season 5! Without doubt, 2 and 5 are my faves, and not just because of our Mr Kane, though it helps ;) Of course, I do like Season 1 as well... mostly the earlier eps with Doyle. I really wish Glenn Quinn had been smarter and not died :(