Angel Index

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S. One
S. Two
S. Three pt I
S. Three pt II
S. Four pt I
S. Four pt II
S. Four pt III
S. Five pt I
S. Five pt II

  

Season Five

Go To Episode

• I am watching this with a certain amount of trepidation.
• No previouslies? This is a nice change.
• Run you stupid girl, run! 
• Swinging on the rope was a nice touch.
• I’m sure this has been mentioned before, but why do all vamps know martial arts?
• Wow, back up! 
• Oh bless, there’s the bewildered look that’s been missing.
• "My lapel? You mean you touched my coat?"
• And the blank stare, that’s back too! Nice to know that Angel’s range is still there.
• “All I wanted to do was save someone’s life...” Poor guy. 
• Titles complete with James Marsters in. Like that was a shocker... He's on the credits, with second billing and he hasn't even been in an episode yet! It took months for Andy Hallett to get a mention and he was *good*.
• Oh, rant over. We got a brief shot of Hobo!Wesley and I’m pacified. 
• I have a box exactly like Fred for putting my stuff in at work. That strangely amuses me. Sadly, I lack anyone to lug it about for me. 
• ‘Giganimous’ that’s a fun word. 
• Wesley has sensibly found the coffee machine already. 
• The “whumpa whumpa pth” machine is probably a new version of the machine that goes ping.
• Oh look, Exposition!Fred.
• Woo hoo! They re-employed Jonathan M Woodward. And this time he’s wearing a lab coat! Knox is obviously flirting with Fred there. Hmm. (for some reason, I originally wrote down he was flirting with Wes...). Hey, we can but hope
• “Wesel” Heee. Though it makes me think of Weasels, not something I normally associate with Wes. Gunn got Wesley there with the whole “y on a name” thing. Hang on, Gunn has hair! That’s new!
• The city should embark on a wide-ranging poster campaign. 'L.A. Yes, we do have surroundings!'
• Yup, Wes and I seem to agree about Feng Shui. 
• “I just hit stuff”, yes Gunn, but you are quite good at it. You stab stuff too, Gunn. Don’t underestimate yourself.
• "Just kidding." It's actually full of sheep
• Lorne, on form with his snappy comebacks.
• Angel gets caught out by an elevator. Honestly, they’re not difficult machines. Two sided lifts are incredibly confusing. 
• I’m not even going to comment on the whole Eve thing. The apple was a little bit obvious, and Wolfram and Hart is no garden of Eden. 
• “How exactly can you be sure I’m either of those things?” Eve obeys Rule Three - always mess with their minds. 
• Angel always thinks that things are complicated, it’s what comes with being thick. 
• That was dramatic, but does mean that DB has to stand in shot with a huge mouthful of apple for the next minute
• Gratuitous political references.
• Just because he’s human it doesn’t mean he shouldn’t die. 
• Hey, they're professionals. I bet very few of us agree with our employer's company policy
• What’s Gunn up to? “Feel like a new man?” What’s wrong with Wes? 
• Was that subliminal panther-shape on the edit meant to be significant?
• I would have opened that package. It's a jiffy bag! How can he possibly toss a mysterious and fascinating jiffy bag aside like that? Jiffy bags are always interesting, unless they contain letter bombs. On second thoughts, don’t open the jiffy bag. 
• Oh God, I love the bit where Angel gets connected to the Ritual Sacrifice department, I swear I’ve been stuck in menu hell like that before. Some of the options on our system at work are no less disturbing and confusing than the sacrifice line. Maybe we’re being run by W&H
• Harmony? Oh my god, why? The look on Angel’s face is priceless.
• I like the idea of being a superhero typist, it would make doing these fringedwellings easier.
• Otter? Did she say that the extra ingredient was otter?
• This was a twisted form of revenge for Wes. Just look at the barely repressed glee at Angel’s reaction to Harmony. Angel is going to blame Wesley forever with saddling him with Harmony as a secretary - “You turned evil faster than I thought you would.” Oh, revenge is sweet. And we all thought Wesley had forgotten about his issues with Angel. 
• Being eaten by weasels is a punishment more people should be threatened with. Being eaten to death by weasels is a very scary prospect, and one I’m not going to be forgetting in a hurry.
• I love the meek lawyer’s nicely diplomatic “I’ve heard... things.”
• I’m sure I recognise the ‘pond scum’ from somewhere. 
• I have got to use “I care to the sum of zero” somehow 
• “Who are doing Jack.” Lucky Jack. Sorry, that’s a bit blatant. It must be all the Clex stuff floating around on the mailing list in that last few weeks.
• I love Lorne's personality measuring system, particularly the 'Yikes!' box
• I like the wooden ducky.
• I hope he’s going to be playing with chemicals soon. 
• Knox seems very sweet. How long before we find out what his dark secret really is? I have an issue with the whole “I’m not evil, I just work for them” thing though. Surely by working for an evil law firm means that you’re acting complicitly? If you didn’t like what they were doing you shouldn’t have joined them! 
• I’m a running away type myself usually. 
• Is that poster significant? It seemed to unroll very dramatically
• Angel has a point here, he really should be allowed to hit genocidal maniacs.
• I note that Wesley is actually still in charge here.
• Spanky? They’re searching for Sam Seaborn? Fantastic. 
• Look at Angel in car heaven! Although that is a really ugly yellow one. I just knew he’d go for the yellow one. 
• Okay, never, ever ask that question. Oh, I think it’s quite clear why he’s called Spanky. 
• If he’s talking, surely Angel actually is using his windpipe? Spanky gets a rough deal here. 
• Oh, maybe I could get a mystical container for my lunch. That way it wouldn’t get eaten by 10.30am.
• Angel's been choked into unconsciousness plenty of times before
• “I have no problems spanking men” Oh dear Lord, I really don’t need this. At all. Oh, that’s bringing up all kinds of visuals now. And doubtlessly inspiring quite a few new fan fictions. As much as I try not think these things about Angel, I have no doubt that the spanking thing is true. 
• Never go to any kind of medical appointment without taking a book
• Oh yes, Gunn can take his shirt off. We decided that was a good thing. You know, its not fair to tell Gunn to remove his shirt *and not let us see* 
• I do love the “Fired... no, wait, set on fire.”
• Oh right, I had forgotten about the kid. It’s in a small annoying child, where’s the problem? 
• Bare- chested Gunn! Much better. 
• Have they tried “please” as the magic word?
• Please, no resumption of the Wes & Fred thing.
• The combination of pustules and Chinese food worries me slightly
• That was graphic, Fred. 
• That was a surprisingly motivational speech. 
• How do people not seen Lorne’s green face? 
• Somehow, I get the feeling Angel won’t be pleased by the wetworks plan. 
• Since when has Wes carried a gun?
• That classroom is huge! I want it! 
• Look at the smugness as he mentions the helicopter. Angel manages to fly over, find somewhere for the helicopter to land, get onto the school grounds without bursting into flames, convince the teacher there is a threat and then evacuate the entire school (and really evacuate, not just make them stand in lines in the playground) in less time that it takes the ops guys to drive there. And they had a head start!
• Snarky!Angel. I’ve missed him, he’s fun.
• Surely they know that bullets and knives don’t work on vampires? 
• What is Gunn doing now? This has me so confused. Ooh, suddenly Gunn has a purpose. But they are going to get the nasty man too, right? 
• I wasn’t going to mention this, but it’s starting to hurt now. The stunt guy they got for David Boreanaz looks nothing like him and it’s very obvious when they use him. 
• Eww, messy death for chief wetwork guy. I could have lived without seeing the blood spray. 
• Gilbert and Sullivan? 
• “I’m not little!” And yet, not denying the fairy part. Oh come on, please don’t do this to my show! 
• I do like the little “Blondie Bear?” from around the door. Blondie Bear? *snigger*

• *Takes deep breath and prepares for the worst*
• A previously? Already? Good lord, this is the fifth season. If people haven’t watched before, they’re not going to now! We know already! It’s only been a bloody week!
• It’s only nineteen days since Sunnydale blew up? Somehow it seems so much longer than that.
• It ends with Angel, apparently. 
• I didn't need to see this the first time, I don't need to see it again now
• The body language with Angel and Spike as they realise he’s not corporeal is fantastically funny. 
• I love Spike’s succinct summation of the situation. “Bugger.” 
• Wesley gets some nice shots in the intro.
• It’s only nineteen days since the Hellmouth went bye-bye, and Buffy’s already in Europe? That’s good going.
• I’m with Harmony, that was my reaction to the whole Buffy/Spike relationship too. I think *everyone's* with Harmony on this
• “I see Depp and Bloom. But then I see them a lot.” Oh yeah, me too. Oh, yes please. Now, who would be who? I think that Johnny Depp should be Spike, I don’t think that he could pull off the dumb, heroic type.
• That’s a bit rich, Angel. Angel really doesn’t want to start criticising anyone’s brain wave activity. And wasn’t Spike supposed to be relatively well educated before he was turned?
• Who addressed the envelope, hmm? Nobody is asking that. 
• I'm using "Just above room-temperature" next time I get hit with a cheesy chat-up line
• I suppose it would feel strange, now he mentions it.
• Actually his eyeballs should have exploded as well
• “Who gave them the right to do that?” - Actually that’s a very good question. 
• Spike’s ‘English’ vocabulary continues to have a good work out 
• I bet Angel kept the saving the world thing quiet.
• Ah, Angel kept that bit quiet too. 
• “Captain Forehead” and the insults keep coming. Great!
• Angel and Spike bicker like an old married couple. 
• Bitter!Spike is amusing, but its going to get annoying very very quickly. 
• I get the feeling that the demon was his three o’clock...and I’m right. 
• "Slayer-loving freak." That's the second time I've agreed with Harmony tonight. I hope this isn't going to be a trend, because I would hate to have her be the only person in the show that I can relate to 
• “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t care.” I must use that line somewhere. 
• Oh, I love ‘Internment Acquisitions’, So, Burke and Hare weren’t grave robbers they were ‘Internment Acquisition Agents?’ 
• Graverobbing isn’t actually that bad compared to the guy who was trafficking child prostitutes. 
• Poor Novak, I think he’s going to get killed in a nasty way.
• Watch out, Angel’s trying sarcasm there.
• Oh, and I’m right, he was killed in a nasty way. I think that the buckets were a nice touch. I *adore* the buckets. They were the funniest thing I've seen in days
• Discretion? From Harmony?
• I would have called it liquidation myself.
• Angel should go for his DVDs. That'd hurt me
• Take the Viper... Take the Viper...
• He's not that predictable. He only took the Viper because I told him to with the power of my mind
• Angel kicks himself as he realises he’s given Spike ideas. 
• Anybody else start humming “Follow the yellow brick road” as Angel declares they’re off to see the Wizard? 
• Spike is Angel’s date? Hmmm
• Although their dead bodies are at an eternal cocktail party, so there are disadvantages. 
• Cutlery is so useful. 
• Spoons are blunt, they hurt more. There have been some great lines tonight, but I think my favourite has to be “A spoon?” The sheer incredulity in Spike’s voice is amazing. I would love to be able to kill someone with a teaspoon. 
• Oh, someone stop the ‘I’m more angst ridden than you are’ routine. 
• When Spike disappears like that it looks like his batteries have gone out.
• Erm, is Angel, being a dead person, really the best man to go up against a Necromancer?
• Please tell me that eating the dead for breakfast was a metaphor
• For once DB really has to play stiff as a board. 
• Legal and finance stuff? That is a truly devious and evil revenge. I like it 
• If you spot any mistakes in the next few fringedwellings it's because I'm trying to type them whilst eating an egg. Sorry
• Spike, stop moaning, Please? It’s already wearing thin 
• First, check *whose* corporeal body. 
• I love pie. 
• In an episode about necromancy, life without pie is still the most terrifying thing I can think of. 
• Fred’s skirt is barely decent there.
• If I ever get a pet zebra I'm going to call it Spot
• If Spike is tied to the amulet, why not just jump on a ‘plane and stick it high up a mountain in Tibet or something?
• On a completely random note, I like the shirt Angel’s wearing. It’s a very nice red/burgundy.
• "Sleep on it." Where? Does Angel have a bedroom at W&H?
• Wow, DB's put on some weight. Yikes, I haven't done a season five box for the Naked Table yet
• His sheets! Where did his lovely blue sheets go?
• Spike is seriously underestimating the potential of irritating people to death. It’s a definite skill.
• “The Circle of Death.” I’m betting that Elton John isn’t singing that one. 
• I’d say that was definitely a miss.
• “Me necromancer. You Jane.”
• I got all confused as to who was double crossing who at this point. Doesn’t take much.
• Are we sure that some of the hits weren’t actually Spi... Ahh, he beat me to it with an admission. Well, you would, wouldn’t you?

• Why are they having a moonlit picnic all together? 
• No, they can't do this. I am *not* spending my time researching cars for Angel as well as Smallville. I won't, I won't, I... Okay, there's Angel's Pontiac Trans Am, a Mini (Fred's?) and a Mercedes SL which I am hoping beyond all hope belongs to Gunn. I have no willpower at all do I?
• Wes on his motorbike. Yum. 
• If they’re that worried about bugs they should’ve made Wesley strip.
• Wes showing just how easy it is to open your mouth and stick your foot straight in it. 
• Fred, dig yourself any deeper into that hole and you’ll be in Australia. 
• No, sorry, still not buying the “some people in Wolfram and Hart are good” argument.
• Wesley got a monogrammed pen? Fantastic. I’d be happy with a nice pen too. All Wes got was a pen? He got unlucky. Wes making the best of a duff gift there
• Well, Spike’s certainly unique in some ways. 
• Never, ever lend anyone your stationary, Wesley, even in the course of fighting evil. 
• I thought the blonde girl (Nina?) was Darla there for a moment, and got terribly confused. 
• Ooh. Werewolf.
• I would like to take a moment to appreciate the shot of Gunn in office wear in the credits.
• Angel is going to ruin Wes' pen. I really think that they missed a good opportunity for a “the pen is mightier than the sword” gag there.
• Isn’t it three nights for a werewolf? I’m desperately trying to remember Giles’ little model. 
• Personally, I think Fred should be given time off to research how to get rid of Spike. 
• Not everything revolves round you Spike.
• Spike's British dialogue in this scene is shocking
• Why won’t Spike speak to Wes? 
• Oh, that is such a huge lie. Spike never used to be such a drama queen. I was all psyched up for some grand revelation (and potentially cool flashback with Spike and Wes), and my hopes were cruelly shattered.
• I found myself agreeing with Fred ‘you are so full of crap” 
• “Rare Breed” So this is how their explaining the wildly differing makeup?
• Oh, he’s the doctor in Enterprise and the comedy cartographer from The West Wing. And more importantly, one of the Fringedwellers in space from Stargate
• Fred’s put down was a good one - “Angel killed him with a pen.” Well, Spike probably didn't have a pen with him
• Fred keeps putting Spike in his place, which is amusing. He has a point; he does appear to be running out of time. but he can be full of crap sometimes, too.
• Why is that women preparing dinner wearing hospital scrubs? 
• Ok, I admit, the slashed throat made me jump a mile.
• Sarky Wes and Sarky Gunn is fun 
• Now I’m agreeing with Angel’s “whoosh” comment. This is a worrying trend. 
• Little girl, don’t go up the stairs, it’s really not a good idea.
• Why would the wolf go after Angel instead of the nice, juicy succulent child?
• Was that lingering flesh shot really necessary? At least cover her with a blanket or something. 
• I wonder who picked out the poor woman's clothes, because that top is horrible, and apparently none of them thought to bring her a bra
• Even though Nina is scared, she finds time to mock Angel. I like that in a person.
• That’s it Angel, put the girl at ease by taking her to an office decorated with weaponry and then offer to show her your private computer files.
• Actually, Angel did wake up to find out he was a monster. He just didn’t care at that point.
• Frankenstein’s monster, Frankenstein was the scientist that... oh never mind.
• Oh, look at the forehead angst!
• Angel should know by now that telling people that never helps.
• Not one has thought to speak to Willow or mention Oz? Angel and Wes, at least knew about Oz, I’m sure. Hmmm. 
• She’s learning raccoons? To make raccoons, or to use them in some bizarre ceramic process?
• “Standard issue science nerd” Can you get other classifications of nerds?
• The dysfunctional part of the description is right Fred. 
• It’s Angel’s glance at his midriff as Lorne’s talking...
• "Psychic pounds" caused by too many helpings of psychic chocolate fudge cake
• Running away helps a surprising amount of times actually. 
• Actually, she did jump out the window. 
• When did Fred start carrying a gun?
• Oh, and Fred was doing so well with that ridiculous gun. 
• I like Wesley in that waistcoat. All he needs is a matching hat. 
• I remember the soldiers too, Wes. I believe they were called the Initiative. 
• Paranormal sporting groups, like Vampire United FC (floodlit fixtures only)
• “No offence, but he’s scarier than you” Angel gets cranky when his status as a badass is called into question. Most people are scarier than Angel. 
• A menu? Ewwww, I don’t think I like where this is heading. They plan to take her out to dinner? 
• Is that parsley that she’s laying on?
• Surely you'd want to slow-cook a stringy meat like wolf?
• Gunn can get his violence on as often as he likes, as long as he keeps wearing that suit while he does it
• "They garnished you? But parsley garnish is so passé these days..."
• Yummy action!Gunn, and yummy action!Wes, with a side order of snarky Angel. And no unneeded dressings. (Spike, Fred, I’m looking at you). The odd garnish of Lorne is fine. And now I think I’ve extended the culinary theme just as far as it will go.
• Wolfram and Hart Attorneys at Law. What else would they be attorneys at, pottery?
• Ohh, it’s the return of martyr, woe-is-me!Spike.
• Nice to see Spike being a manipulative bastard. If his balls grow back I'll be happy to see him
• I like Angel’s choice of car this week. Much as it pains me to admit it of an American coupe, it's not the worst-looking car I've ever seen
• “Being nearly indestructible's cool” Except for the stakes, and the sunlight, and the fire, and the holy water and the decapitation...
• Even the music is rubbish this season. 
• Do the others get fancy apartments too? 
• Mmm, beans on toast. Now I feel peckish. 
• Did moths just fly out of Angel’s wallet as he offered to pay?
• How can you have an entire episode about werewolves, and not mention Oz? Not even in passing?

• Oh bless, Fred’s humouring him.
• Please, lets not have a Fred and Spike flirtation.
• Well actually, it doesn’t say ‘Angel’. So, in theory a vampire living and dying in LA could be Spike. Or maybe its talking about both of them - One is ‘living’, the other is a ghost, so could be interpreted as ‘dying’. Or maybe I’m tired and no longer making any sense.
• Queen’s English, Spike. It would have been a queen when he died, too. 
• Spooky music and abandoned corridors. We’re working the ‘horror’ or ghost story motif then today?
• Not wishing to sound like ‘Wormhole X-treme’. But this does really raise the issue of why he doesn’t regularly fall through the floor.
• Oh, and basements always work out well for Spike.
• That sounds disgustingly squelchy. Or like velcro. Is it a velcro demon?
• Urgh, that is foul.
• Who knew chopping fingers made the same sound as chopping onions?
• Oh good, another Spike-centric episode. 
• Now Wes is trying it on with Fred? Oh, no, panic over, he just meant she should have some dinner. Phew.
• Eve. I’d forgotten about her. 
• Angel and Fred endure the hell that is Supervision. 
• Angel dons his disguise as number-crunching business suit man 
• $800,000? Wow, even my overdraft isn’t that big.
• I hate the overuse of champion, just as much. 
• Gunn and Spike. Well Fred certainly doesn't stick to a type does she?
• “Never a fetching mad scientist around when you need one’. How about a fetching mad historian?
• “I invented afraid of the dark.” I don’t know why, but I like that line.
• The ghost is being haunted? There’s irony there.
• Spike, ignoring the rules of horror films, follows the sounds of crying.
• That’s an old fashioned costume she’s wearing.
• Either Angel’s got a very weird colour of port, or there’s blood in that decanter. How very swish. 
• I do like the couch double act, that was well done.
• “Stills and Nash” So, who out of the rest of the gang is Crosby and Young then? And does any body reading this get the reference?
• Big swinging what exactly?
• He liked Spike's what? I know I'm developing my parents "none of these American actors speak clearly enough" attitude, but I swear I only caught about a third of what those two just said. Either they're mumbling or the sound quality on this show is just awful
• Now that’s the ultimate put down, “You like Barry Manilow!” 
• Angel should be more sympathetic to vampires seeing ghosts seeing as he had to be rescued from them once too. 
• Ooh, now that’s a good evil laugh. 
• Either Spike or the evil entity have seen too many horror films. 
• I went from a pants rant into frilly knickers territory. Pink and lacy, maybe?
• It seems that Spike keeps some special mocking just for Gunn.
• I feel for Gunn here. "Steam comes out of it and everything." (Just accept that that's a Stargate joke and move on, okay?)
• I think the standard of British slang is slipping recently. 
• Please tell me he's going to be attacked by the finger!
• Holy crap, I just jumped when that finger started to move. 
• Knife in the eye! Knife in the eye! 
• Damnit, I was so expecting her eyeball to pop out then. They're passing up some quality opportunities for body part jokes this week
• “The crack of why am I awake” oh yeah, I know that time of the morning.
• Eeuuw, that was truly disgusting. Was there any need to spatter Fred in blood? Oddly, I was more disgusted by the fact that she spat than by the blood
• Which hell exactly? 
• Oh yes, apparently, so they could get her into a shower. 
• Anybody half expect a knife to come hurtling towards Fred then? 
• Gah! The smashing glass had me jumping again. 
• Eww. Spot the nasty, knife and blood intercuts. 
• They list them chronologically? I love their dark soul ranking system. There's the work of a committed filing clerk
• Nekkid Spike?
• This is a really random reason to strip Spike. The mass murder felt the need to disperse with clothes. 
• Would a white-board pen work on glass?
• The White Room was good when it was hosted by Mark Radcliffe. Sorry, I’m flashing back to Friday nights when I was 15.
• I wouldn't describe Spike as plump
• Jesus, that made me jump again. I really need to hold someone’s hand during this, but then I wouldn’t be able to fringedwell and eat cake at the same time as well.
• God that was dull, and I’ve sat through ‘The English Patient’.

• For the record, adverts with Ainsley Harriot should be banned.
• Hey, I recognise that song in the background. It sounds like “Don’t leave me this way”
• Wes looks god in purple. He also looks god in frilly things, which I didn’t expect. Webmistress' note. I suspect this is meant to say 'good' instead of "god", but I like it better this way
• Lorne is dangerously close to going 'sproing'
• Love the vanity mirror with lights in Lorne’s office. It fits somehow.
• Lorne is taunting himself. That takes some skill. 
• See, violence solves every problem. I would have to lay waste to something if I had a hyper-cheery me trapped in my mirror
• Oh, goodness, I think I know most of the words to this song. I’ve been singing along since the beginning. 
• There's a very, very confused person being sung to on the other end of that phone
• I want Angel’s apartment. 
• Naked Angel!
• Eve is shamelessly ogling towel-clad Angel. I completely understand that, even though I’m not a huge Angel fan.
• Please don’t tell me Eve means what I think she means by “Gentleman’s Time”. 
• I imagine rancid Tabasco would reek quite a bit.
• Nocturnal jolly is no better as an expression, frankly.
• He doesn’t bottle, he broods. Subtle but distinct difference. 
• It looks like Angel’s feeling the stress a little. Mind you, if a giant skull leapt out at me I think I might react in a similar way. Or scream like a watcher, one of the two. 
• It would make sense that an evil law firm would make a deal out of Halloween. 
• Oh, I like the science/magic divide.
• Please, no Fred & Knox. 
• I wish I had that “Knowing feeling” more often. Wes sounds smug as he says it.
• Bruti. 
• Gratuitous Wicker Man reference. Also, they talk about cows. 
• I love Lorne’s hurried shake of the head in the background. "Shhh! Don't mention the ritual sacrifice!"
• No Fred & Wes either. Most definitely no Fred and Wes. 
• “Said with affection.” That’ll get you out of trouble.
• Angel is obviously having problems making the adjustment between fighting evil and representing it in court. 
• Spike’s right for once. I’m sure an early Buffy episode mentions its supposed to be a night off for the "ghoulies and ghosties and lang-legged beasties, and things that go bump in the night."
• Bossy? I thought she said Bessy for a moment there.
• Well Angel’s a vampire, of course he sucks.
• With actual axes
• Harmony has a very sparkly dress today.
• Never tell someone they ‘won’t regret it’ because they invariably will do.
• That slave creature’s wrist...urgh, I hate wrists. They freak me.
• Please tell me Lorne’s not actually drinking that.
• "You taste great." I swear, there is no polite way to say that
• “I am in the mood for intrigue!” I want to be able to use that line one day.
• D isco music. I expected nothing less from a Lorne hosted party.
• No ritual sacrifice? Try Twister instead, it serves the same purpose
• Would a lawyer person actually say "Dude" In a non-ironic way? 
• The human costume is pretty cool.
• I always hide at parties too. 
• “What am I doing here?” It’s your ‘yes, ma’am’ scene Spike.
• I want to get credit for not killing people at parties!
• Wes, is right, there’s not so much of a Halloween in the UK. I always preferred Guy Fawkes Night. 
• Wes and Fred have that trying to stay upright look. Methinks they’re tipsy. Drunk!Wes and Fred are fun. 
• Wesley is hot tonight. 
• Give up sleep? I think not. Macbeth hath murdered sleep! Sorry, it’s that time of year again.  I wonder if I could have my awake removed?
• So they put your sleep in the mirror and you go mad? That's not good
• That slave guy freaks me out.
• Eve and Angel? No, No, No!
• My God, that was quick. Although, office parties and all...
• Urgh, I did not need to see the guy on the loo. 
• Dying on the loo is a really undignified way to go. 
• The Conga - a key component of every self-respecting ‘disco’. 
• I’m glad they didn’t change Wesley’s dancing. 
• Gunn widdled on Wesley? That’s disgusting. 
• Spike’s miraculously cheered up. “This is the greatest song ever written” I do like how this pronouncement is the indication that something is wrong. 
• Why has it taken me till now to twig something was up, and Lorne was (unintentionally) behind it? I feel ashamed now.
• Poor Gunn, “Lord, I hope so.” 
• Positive!Spike is amusing.
• He thinks Wes is his territory? That's interesting
• Look at Wesley leap to stop Gunn, um, “marking his territory” in the background.
• Naked! 
• That's a rather large sofa cushion
• Is it wise to send the two drunk people on a mission?
• Drunken Wes lugging Fred about everywhere is hilarious. Its always just at the edge of the screen. 
• Fred and Wes have one of those drunken conversations. 
• Poor Wesley, doomed always to be the bridesmaid. Not that I want Fred & Wes as a couple, but I do feel sorry for him, getting continually overlooked. 
• That was a fantastic entrance
• I think I’d like my ennui removed. Maybe. You know, maybe I can’t be bothered. 
• Wow, they made Lorne's subconscious take steroids and then get really angry. It’s the Hulk! Careful, you won’t like him when he’s angry...
• Run freaky slave man! Run free!
• I’m not the only one who mutters at the lift while waiting.
• Lorneytunes?
• “I fixed our baby” Bad choice of words there. 
• Aw, look at Lorne's poor assistant on the floor
• Gunn peed on the chair? I know I’m showing a mental age of about 5, but I have to agree with Spike. It is funny.

• Lemme see. Dark Alley, Security officer investigating a noise? He's so dead. 
• Plumbers can be dangerous, they shouldn’t be so dismissive. 
• This episode is going to be about the mailman? Note to writing staff: A man in a mask isn’t inherently funny. You at least have to give him a good joke. 
• I have a random note here, regarding the scene with Lorne. Something he said sparked off the comment 'Now I have Whitney Houston on the brain’ I couldn’t think what I was actually referring to.
• Signing contracts in blood? Isn't that what you use to sign evil-sign your life away contracts? How did they get Angel's blood without him noticing?
• Angel's getting paid? What kind of salary is he pulling in as a major CEO?
• *Yawn* Angel talks about being disconnected again. 
• Wow, they breed strong mail-guys in Wolfram and Hart.
• You'd have thought that if they took the time to make the window sun-proof and demon-proof the they'd pay the extra for them to be shatter-proof as well
• I adored the plaintive “I really hate this place” from Angel off the side of the screen.
• I agree with Spike in that seeing Angel fly through the air was highly amusing. Spike however, carries on with the comments and starts to bore me.
• Okay that geriatric joke wasn’t funny and actually quite offensive. 
• You know I heard that line as “Angel should be more interested in Wesley’s body” Ooops.
• Far, far, far too much information there! I never, ever needed to know that. (I believe the line is, and I quote “I can’t diddle my willy”). I think I need to bleach my brain.
• “Angel always was a bit of a drama queen” Pot, kettle and black, are springing to mind, Spike. 
• Try aiming for the face Wes, instead of the body armour
• Oww that tumble of Wes' is going to cause some serious ouchiness.
• Do they think we’ll forget that the gang all work at W&H unless we get a shot of the sign every so often?
• “General Grumpy- pants” Heh. 
• “I just stood there” In four words; Spike has managed to sum up his entire usefulness in Season 7 of Buffy.
• *Yawn* Spike talks about being a ghost again. 
• I want Wes’s book o’research. How great would it be for essay writing?
• I’m sure we’ve already had the arguments about which the prophecy applies to. Okay now they’ve spent five minutes talking about something I worked out before the first episode of the season. I’m turning this rubbish off. Obviously I’m turning it off in the full knowledge that I have it on video in case I hear that something exciting happened, but I’m turning it off nonetheless. This is symbolic. I’ll watch anything. I once watched two hours of people sleeping on ‘Big Brother’, although I couldn’t find the remote and was quite ill at the time. Anyway, I no longer wish to be insulted by writers and executive producers that think just because we’re fans we’ll sit through any rubbish. IT HAS TO BE GOOD. I’m going to read a book.
• Aztec Demon? But we haven’t had any panpipes yet.
• Hmm, who could that last survivor be, I wonder?
• Did Angel actually get invited into the house? I didn’t notice and now it’s bugging me. Hauling someone bodily over the threshold obviously counts as inviting them in
• I’m really not convinced by the accent Numero Cinco has. Shades of Speedy Gonzales. 
• You’re a fool Angel. 
• These guys have got some fabulous taunts. I think "Let's dance, milkmaid" is possibly my favourite, and one I'm going to use as often as possible. The insults are classic. However, the wearing of the mask is causing distressing Power Rangers flashbacks. 
• I admit to a gleeful giggle at reading Holland Manners’ name on that business card.
• Angel is miffed that he doesn’t seem to qualify under the evil demon's definition of ‘Hero’.
• Hee, Wes knows about the demon robot. I assume this was a different one to Moloch?
• How exactly is Wes going to remember that prophecy about “the father shall kill the son”? You bloody well wiped his memory!
• Why are there five headstones on that tomb? Has Five reserved himself a place?
• Did he just call Angel "Senorita?" I had a crazy image of Angel in a flamenco dress.
• He was planning on cutting you open to get your heart anyway, doing it to get the talisman isn't going to be much of a stretch
• Underlay! Underlay! 
• Those are some exceptionally shoddy railings
• The big bad Aztec monster dusted like a vamp! 
• If I was living my last moments on earth, I'd want coffee
• Aww. Numero Cinco died.
• Wes is all caring again. Bless. Its like they’re married or something.

• That’s the best way for customer complaints to be dealt with in my opinion.
• Wesley Wyndham-Pryce is a very awkward name to fit on a name tag. 
• Mmmm.... Sexy, menacing!Wesley. We haven't seen him in far too long
• Take the sandwich!
• Fred’s the muscle? They must be getting desperate.
• Insert your own ‘pain in the neck’ joke here. 
• What did you do with the big gun in the box, Fred?
• Wes has a bit of a Lara Croft moment there. Wesley with guns! This programme may be on the way to redeeming itself. They’re used that two gun Wes technique before, but I don’t mind seeing it again.
• A Battlebot, that's new for Angel. Wonder if it’s related to El Diablo Robotico? 
• Are we supposed to get upset that Fred’s hurt? She doesn’t annoy me as much as she used to.
• I’m sure I’ve not seen that that yummy shot of Gunn with what looks like a leopard print shirt before in the credits. 
• Wes, commendably restraining himself from being equally snotty back, after Angel’s little tantrum. 
• Angel’s afraid of trusting Wes after the Connor thing, isn’t he? 
• Are we seeing a return of the angst-y, brooding, really rather sexy Wes? Not that he isn’t sexy at other times, but the moodiness really helps. 
• Who did Fred’s hair if one of her arms is in a sling?
• That's not patronising. It's every friend's job to protect their friends if they can
• Wesley’s Dad? This is going to be interesting, to say the least. 
• “Sturdy.” That’s a good adjective to use.
• Wesley has a point, losing a Slayer is nothing compared to losing the entire Watcher’s Council. 
• A return to Watcher Wes? Mind you, you could say that like Giles, leaving the council doesn’t mean you’re not still doing the job anyway. 
• They sent his Dad to assess him? That will be impartial...
• Some of them would have been Wesley’s associates too, so don’t try that one Mr W-P. 
• Hah! I did *exactly* that on the fire door at work today
• And that was a cue for something embarrassing to happen. 
• I love the way that Wesley’s father is quietly freaked by Lorne.
• Stopping horrible movies is a noble and worthy cause.
• Angel looks even more baffled than normal when confronted by the ex-cyber ninja thing. 
• Well, you would know Spike. I love the way Fred and Angel just move on after that comment
• Spike has a brief moment as he tries to place the slaughter in the Viennese orphanage. 
• I admit to a giggle at Spike’s oh so lame response of ‘how have you been’. Actually there's really no polite way of greeting someone who you first met like that.
• Wes was head boy? Why does Spike look so interested? 
• Beeping! He made it beep! That’s not good. 
• Ohh, we’re on that level of ‘head boy’ humour. Oh dear. Hey, don’t mock the office of Head Boy. Well, okay, you can mock that, but don’t you dare mock the office of Head Girl. I was a fantastic Head Girl. I have my name on a big plaque. 
• I want to hear the Judi Dench story.
• I bet 7-year-old Wes was rather sweet. 
• I’m getting so annoyed on Wes’s behalf – every comment from his Dad seems to include a putdown of some kind. 
• What the hell did Wesley do in his former life to deserve karma this bad?
• I like Wesley's "probably" there.
• That wasn’t sarcasm that was the truth. We got a Lilah reference! Yay! 
• I get the feeling that Wesley was trying not to brain his father with the magical book there.
• Oh fight mode Wesley. With a *sword*
• Oh, I want a sliding bookcase and a secret door!
• That swamp man story has to be good.
• Right, so that’s why his father suddenly made an appearance. I bet he’s a cyborg really. 
• That is a strange looking object.
• Ohhh, ruthless Wes! Is it wrong to find him attractive? 
• Spike performs a useful function (finally) by stopping the ninja throttling Gunn.
• Timely exposition from Wesley there, explaining what the heck is happening.
• Why is it always Wes who ends up getting betrayed?
• This is quite an effective payoff for the all the hints we’ve got about Wesley and his Dad over the years.
• The amount of times he shot his ‘Dad’, Wesley has definitely got issues there. Wow Wes, there is such a thing as overkill... oh wait, it’s okay, I was right, he was a cyborg. It’s a robot?
• Is Angel finally realising why Wesley did what he did with the Connor thing? Because *someone* has to make the hard decisions? 
• Angel didn't think it through. Gee, what a surprise.
• Wesley is more than a little freaked out by all the help he’s getting.
• Fred’s not getting the point, is she?
• Self-sacrificing, noble Wes lets Fred go off with Knox. She’s not right for him anyway. 
• You know, I’ve never had the urge to hug Wesley before, but after everything that’s happened in this episode I think he deserves one. The body language that Alexis Denisof used through this episode is amazing - he’s expressed so much, without saying anything. By the end, I just want to give him a great big hug. Heh. I’ve just thought - is Eve still stuck in the lift? I'm going to go make pancakes before I cry

• Oh god, it’s that awful wig again. I always forget how bad the ‘William’ flashback wig is.
• On the bright side, we have Dru, which is hopefully a good sign.
• Oh god, it’s that awful accent again! 
• Is it me, or are they playing the Spike/Angel relationship with decided overtones here?
• "It’s not bleeding right" Neither’s your accent, Spike.
• No Wesley? I’m assuming this was the week Alexis was off getting married/on honeymoon then?
• Did you maybe want to shout loud enough for all of Los Angeles to hear that Spike? I’m sure they’ll be just fascinated to know about your Oedipal relationship with your sickly mother.
• Ooh! Parcels! Spike needs to be more excited by the parcel
• Hah! OK, that pratfall was funny. It really doesn’t take much to make me laugh.
• I'm still worried by the otter
• Come on people, just unplug the phones for a bit. That way they’ll stop that god damned ringing.
• The *phones* weren't working, Fred
• Oh bless, Angel really is that slow. 
• If phones and computers not working properly are signs of universal turmoil then it must be in turmoil a lot more than Angel and co. think.
• I stopped listening halfway through the techno-babble from Fred. Why should I waste my brainpower on trying to understand the nonsense she’s spouting? 
• Doom. If something is a harbinger, then it’s a harbinger of doom.
• “What do you mean, dangerous?” Well, generally it means that it’s not safe. Sorry, bit of a Flash Gordon Approaching moment there. 
• I love ‘Toner’ written in blood. The photocopier makes me feel that way sometimes too. 
• I like Lorne's plan
• But it ain’t meee that’s gonna leee-eave... *ahem*
• Well, I’m guessing that the abyss makes a howling noise.
• Well, as I’m sitting here making notes, Europe’s either still here, or doing a damn good impression of it.
• I have to explain metaphors all the time. It never gets any easier.
• Oh, Sirk’s making me laugh with the exasperated comments. This ‘cup’ isn’t the grail is it? 
• Death Valley, been there, burnt myself on the outside of a car. 
• Is there ever a good time to go chasing off after a mystical cup?
• I’m surprised that there isn’t hole in the carpet, Spike burned out of there so fast. 
• “Yellow” Ohh, I hate that response to the phone. It’s a colour, not a greeting. Also, tut-tut to them both driving and holding the phones. 
• Dru was angling for a threesome there, naughty girl. This whole episode seems to be full of hints of a bit of a triangle going on...
• I would have thought that the cup would have fallen off that pedestal, what with the earthquake and all
• I thought the cup would be plainer too. I’ve seen my Indiana Jones films!
• We haven’t had a good Angel versus Spike fight for ages. 
• “For truth, Justin and the American way!” I’m afraid it’s just Izzie and me that got that one. 
• Well, I suppose it was for that reason too 
• Oh for goodness sake, stop yapping and just take the bloody cup.
• Dru looks like a china doll in that shot.
• No you’re not the bad guy Eve, you’re the morally ambiguous girl, so you can understand Fred’s scepticism. 
• Damn, I thought maybe Spike had shoved that stake somewhere interesting
• Little of column A... Never underestimate the power of dual motivations.
• Mountain dew? As in the overly caffeinated drink? Well, that’s not what I expected.
• Only Angel could get mopey about a non-existent, non-magical cup.
• Angel, your other name isn’t Neo, so you can hardly be the ‘One’. 
• Eeeeeeeeee! Lindsey! It’s one of his patented mess your mind plans? Fabulous! And he’s looking mighty fine there, even with the odd body art. Wow. Lindsey naked, and good... Naked, tattooed and good. Did I mention good? Yeah, I'm going to gasp helplessly and drool on the TV for a while too... I think I've forgotten how cute he was

• This isn't a previously is it? The ‘corporate video’ for Wolfram & Heart is funny. W&H Confidential' an episode by Curtis Hanson... We can but hope
• Or otter
• Angel sounds rather unconvincing. I love that as a company motto though, "If you don't kill, we won't kill you!"
• I think the inspirational message on my mirror should be “Don’t kill anyone today” 
• I am strangely amused by the fact that Harmony cleans her teeth.
• I wish I could lift up my furniture one-handed, it's make my daily shoe hunt (which is frighteningly similar to Harmony's) so much easier
• I’m feeling sorry for Harmony. This disturbs me. 
• “Foiled again, huh.” Oh, I like that.
• Why can't Angel do that in an office with a wipe-clean floor?
• If he'd been dismembering virgins for a religious reason they'd let him carry on?
• I like the idea of a "Maybe just this once Policy"
• I swear Fred’s shorts are getting skirtier.
• Hangovers suck 
• Yes! And yes!
• Wes! Wes is back. I was just discussing this with our eminent web mistress. We’re glad. 
• “Gissa some money dad” says Spike. 
• Tell Buffy she’s a moron?
• You know, they’ve done the impossible, I’m actually feeling sorry for Harmony. 
• I could start a war over bad table manners, and people who don't hold doors open
• Some fool like Angel, most likely.
• He's made of muffins? Are they impugning Wes or saying he’s tasty? 
• Every company should have a ‘Dan the Man’. We have one at work, and he’s great. 
• That's a camel. Camel? Cool! 
• Yeah, that’s pretty much the reaction I’d be having too if I saw a camel in the lobby. 
• You know, a petting zoo would be a great addition to any foyer. 
• They're just going to leave that camel there for the entire scene aren't they?
• Fred, you walked into that invitation. 
• Got that right (No idea, but obviously I agreed with it). Well, it's either Harmony being useless, or Fred not having a lot up front, and I think either works
• Does Fred not remember dating Gunn? Actually, she might not... I'm not sure how much W&H deleted when they did the mind wipe thing
• It’s not you Fred, it’s Wesley and Knox they’re interested in. 
• I’m sure I recognise the guy at the bar from somewhere. Anyone? 
• Jinx! Jinx!
• Go Wildebeest! Choose Wildebeest! 
• Nice shot of Gunn, Wes and Angel there. The only way to better it would be to add Lindsey into that shot... Where is he?
• We really do make fun of the whore-man, and it should be done more often.
• Why is a physicist doing an autopsy? 
• I wish I had a cupboard to put the bodies in. 
• I wonder how many more people Harmony can fit in that cupboard
• Now there is a secretary on the edge. 
• Harmony only sits there because Wes has a twisted sense of humour when picked Angel’s secretary. 
• That's a noticeably male stunt double that they're using for Harmony
• Ooh, chopsticks at high noon. 
• She really shouldn’t have made that crack about the unicorns.
• Diminuendo is right. That is definitely a male stunt double for Harmony. 
• Spike's right, tumbling off a cruise ship does lack a certain something
• They tempt us with a naked Lindsey for mere seconds, and then nothing this episode? Humph

• Blah blah blah… “I’m so stuffy, give me a scone.” Sorry, whenever I hear those words I have to fill in the rest. 
• I'm confused. This is a dream sequence, right? I hope so, as I don't remember it happening quite like that.
• Should Angel be able to sweat like that?
• She's limber. Spike in a pole dancing club, why am I not surprised?
• Woo Hoo! Lindsey. I might try to get through this episode without shouting insults at the screen. I'll second the whoo-hoo and join in with a rousing whay-hey.
• I'm really not sure about that shirt...
• However, the ripped jeans nearly made me fall out of my chair. My new shiny, lavender, futon chair which I am still excited about even though it bit me this morning... Sorry, I've only just got it and I still have residual chair excitment
• Careful, Spike. Don't mess with the evil hand...
• Spike and Lindsey are the same height!  The eye to eye, nose to nose glaring had me in stitches.
• Doyle? Huh? Did he just say Doyle?
• Assassination? That’s a bit Wolfram and Hart.
• Aren’t all warlocks evil?
• It can't be both?
• As if the acting wasn’t already too much of a strain for DB.
• Lindsey minding his own business? I doubt that very much.
• “Explain it to me again.” With small one syllable words.
• I wish that Spike and Lindsey would go somewhere else to talk, I can’t concentrate over the music. 
• Please, not that 'champion' word.
• You’re not just a guy! You’re Lindsey. 
• Oh, I love Spike’s attitude towards the almost-victim. He sounds like one of us! It’s about time someone told them just to get a cab home, or perhaps move to a less dangerous city. This might be my favourite Spike moment ever. "If a stranger offers you candy, don't get in the van!" I'm just going to giggle in agreement
• Mmmm brown leather jacket. 
• I like Angel's plan..
• Sci-fi death ray from outer space. Heh.
• “I’m the hero” and he sounds so disgusted with himself.
• BY accident not ON accident
• Harmony must have a list of rules taped on her desk somewhere. 
• The scene with Spike to the rescue is very reminiscent of an early episode of Angel  - like season one's Dark Avenger vibes, even down to the flipout stakes from the coat sleeves
• I love Angel’s freaked look when Fred snaps those gloves.
• I guess the way to a man’s heart is through his ribcage, not his stomach. 
• Those were some very unconvincing kidneys. The squelch! Eww
• I love Fred's joy in that statement, "Whadda do you know, it is a dried up little walnut!"
• What's with the pearl necklace?
• His soul is a goldfish? Good thing Evil Daniel isn’t mine, otherwise it would be upside down and slightly annoyed. I thought of Evil Daniel too. Are we brain-sharing again?
• Bear? Huh?
• Angel has the coolest dreams. Mine are never this weird, although they did recently feature Lex in his long grey jacket and very little else which I suppose is, in some ways, more interesting than a giant bear
• They needed the colour of hair to confirm it's Spike? I'd guessed with the Sex Pistols reference
• That's Wesley's old apartment. They haven't even repainted it
• Basics yes, but cable is a basic! 
• Angel's dreaming of Spike in his bed?
• "Buffy?" No, a much, much cheaper actress. 
• I bet the cake decorators have never had a commission like that before. "We were wondering if you could depict the Apocalypse in coloured icing?"
• Spike is not working class in the slightest - he was distinctly middle-class Victorian in the flashbacks
•  And this episode was doing so well… 
• "You're alive!" And I bet in two weeks time he'll catch the flu and wish to hell he was dead again
• Spike's fridge looks disturbingly like mine, except my beer is in cans
• “They don’t have a clue.” No, and neither do we...
• Go away Eve, you're blocking the view
• Erm, Lindsey is lying on his back making Superman references...
• Honky-Tonk Lorne? Okay, now Angel knows he's gone mad
• Oh, that's gross, I'm eating for God's sake. Ewww!

• Damnit! Okay, *now* is when I find out this is the tape I put 'Belleville Rendez-Vous' on... I've been looking for that since Christmas and now I've just copied 'Angel' over half of it
• Oh look, another terrifying mental hospital. I’d like to reassure people that real life mental hospitals aren’t actually anything like they’re portrayed on these shows. I’d also like to reassure people that I’m much better now, and as long as I keep taking my medication the violent episodes shouldn’t reoccur. 
• Eww. Puke on floor
• You can’t just borrow controlled drugs. There are laws against it. 
• In a mellifluous manner... oh, that’s going to bug me. I hate crosswords. I especially hate doing the crossword after Diminuendo who gets all the ones that I could get first. Sweetly
• I'm sorry, but don't nurses generally check before administering drugs? Especially when they're controlled substances
• Well, Dana doesn’t seem to think everything’s alright. Dnan? I always associate that name with The X-Files  A non-redheaded Dana just isn't quite right
• Is this a potential Slayer gone psycho? I actually thought that was Faith for a moment. She sis look like the unholy lovechild of Buffy and Faith
• Do they allowed sedated mental patients access to eyeshadow?
• If Dana has managed to kick down the solid door, how on earth do they think the wire one is going to stop her in any way
• Sharps would not be that easy to get hold of, especially in a psychiatric ward. An ready to rant big style noe
• Gunn's just making that up
• Is there anything they didn't install?
• Golf? It makes sense that nefarious deals go on during rounds of such a stupidly pointless game. I really can't see Gunn in plus-fours and a waistcoat though
• The whole angsting about the potential evilness of Wolfram and Hart is getting boring now. 
• Get some proof, then move on Eve
• I preferred him when he just wanted to hit things too. He had depth then. 
• "It's an acquired taste" I doubt very much it'll be one that Angel will be acquiring any time soon
• Demon repossession, if you don't keep up with the payments then they come round and take your demon back
• Finesse? From Angel? The last time he got involved with a possession the host was more evil than the demon that possessed him, and for the one before that he absorbed the demon and pummelled it. Finesse had nothing to do with it
• “Is pathological idiot an actual condition?” Well, quite frankly, it’s the only explanation that I can think of. I'm just adding a 'hee hee' and agreeing with Tobin
• She picked the right size straight away? I’d be taking at least three pairs into the changing room  Only three?
• Pulling a gun on a shoplifter is a bit much.
• They have opportunities for nurses in W&H? To help the evil doctors, presumably
• She’s a slayer? Hey I can see an actual storyline! Congratulations. 
• Wow! That impact moved his hair! It must have been a huge drop...
• Bonus points for the use of "pavement" in Spike's sarcasm
• Actually they’ve all had a fair amount of experience with psychotic slayers. Well a psychotic one and an irritating one anyway. 
• Oh Andrew, I’ve missed you. 
• Do you think that Giles sent Andrew to Wolfram and Hart because he knew he would annoy everybody? Without a doubt
• Oh I love all of his fannish Lord of the Rings references. It figures that Andrew would be a fangirl. Boy. Well, girl. Girly-man?
• Not the 'Vamp-yres' thing again. If we get the slo-mo and the rosy tinted views again I'm going to barf
• Look at his little brown bag! With his name on! And the flag...
• “Yoda knows who...” I had forgotten how much I loved Andrew.
• Nobody's mentioned the activation of the potentials at all? I'm sure Giles or Willow must have told Wes, at least. And Spike *knew* he was there! I don't believe its not come up in discussion before.
• They're just humoring Andrew 
• Andrew's trying to look suave, and is sadly let down by the sookie drink. 
• Andrew's reveal of the coat laden with weapons gave the general impression of a London wide-boy trying to flog something 
• Oh god, the “ Viggo Mortensen pectorals” line made me choke on my drink. Spike's too skinny to be Viggo. I'll admit to sniggering though 
• Look! Andrew screamed like a Watcher! It certainly was an impressively girly shriek  
• “What are you picking up?” Well, if I lift my arm like this I can get S4C… 
• Rome, Africa, Brazil, the Scoobies are taking advantage of not being tied to the Hellmouth anymore. I really can't imagine Buffy in Rome
• “Gonna need a whip!” I love these little background lines. 
• Spike looks suitable horrified at the thought of letting Andrew tell anything of importance
• It's not a dead end, it's a trap
• Spike didn't really do this, right?
• I would have suggested the molasses factory. Well it could be a factory that made stuff with molasses. 
• She cut off his arms? Fantastic. OK, the dramatic revelation of Spike’s forced amputations was completely ruined by the fact that I do not a have a widescreen television. Look Mum, no hands!
• Can Spike have his hands back now please?
• I love "And not one of them has ever dated you"
• And still not a fat one among them. 
• That was a good episode. Okay, that’s the Angel I remember. Dark, absorbing and funny. I’d like to think this was the sign of a return to form, however CC is back next week so I doubt it. On the other hand Lindsey's in the trailer with a *sword*, so it can't be all bad. Hopefully it will be snarky funny Cordelia rather than saintly, holier-than-thou Cordy. Also the addition of a sword wielding Lindsey is very much a good thing