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revdorothyl at 05:30pm on 30/10/2003 under angel episode commentary
revdorothyl at 05:30pm on 30/10/2003 under angel episode commentaryOkay, I’ve only watched the latest episode of “Angel” (5.05, "Life of the Party") once, so far, and I’m a little incoherent from a head cold and medications, but here are my thoughts at the moment: ( Read more... )
So that’s my diagnosis, and here’s my prescription: in order for Lorne to truly recover from his psychic breakdown, the whole group is going to have to honestly confront the ways in which the situation at W&H is doing the same thing to them in a much less visible way, dividing them from their own selves and from each other. As the non-corporeal outsider in the group, Spike could be a natural choice for group therapist or facilitator, but somehow I can’t quite picture him doing it. I CAN, however, picture Spike as the gadfly prophet, the Jeremiah in their midst, gleefully (rather than gloomily, as the original Jeremiah so frequently had reason to be) pointing out the self-deception and dysfunction around him, and refusing to allow our heroes to believe that just putting Lorne to bed has made everything okay.
“They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.” (Jeremiah 6:14 AND 8:11) I’m hoping that Angel and crew won’t fall for the lie of the easy fix, but even if they do, I bet that Spike won’t sit still for it.
So that’s my diagnosis, and here’s my prescription: in order for Lorne to truly recover from his psychic breakdown, the whole group is going to have to honestly confront the ways in which the situation at W&H is doing the same thing to them in a much less visible way, dividing them from their own selves and from each other. As the non-corporeal outsider in the group, Spike could be a natural choice for group therapist or facilitator, but somehow I can’t quite picture him doing it. I CAN, however, picture Spike as the gadfly prophet, the Jeremiah in their midst, gleefully (rather than gloomily, as the original Jeremiah so frequently had reason to be) pointing out the self-deception and dysfunction around him, and refusing to allow our heroes to believe that just putting Lorne to bed has made everything okay.
“They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.” (Jeremiah 6:14 AND 8:11) I’m hoping that Angel and crew won’t fall for the lie of the easy fix, but even if they do, I bet that Spike won’t sit still for it.
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