Confessions of a Liberal Puritan

I've only seen the Angel series finale about one and a half times (last night, while I was taping it and editing out commercials, and then re-watching the first half this morning before I had to go to another doctor's appointment), and I've taken no actual notes on dialog or anything else, as yet, but here are my unscientific musings on this episode, so far:

Over-all Personal Satisfaction rating (on a scale of 0 to 10, where 10 = 'orgasmic ecstasy that goes on for at least twenty minutes afterwards' and 0 = 'something akin to anaphylactic shock after eating a food that you've never liked anyway'): about 7.5 (compared to an 8.7 for "Chosen"). ( Read more... )

While I was writing my previous post on last night's Angel series finale and chatting with some fellow fans here in the Div. Library, a couple of patterns seemed to emerge which I couldn't explore in any depth. So, this is my post-script on the preponderance of "Judas Iscariot" imagery and references in "Not Fade Away" and the relationship between hope and loyalty in that episode. ( Read more... )