WHOA season 2 is pretty crazy awesome, except for the last episode. But now that Darla & Drusilla are both evil and teamed up and back, the real exciting stuff can happen. And in this episode it does! Angel tries to find them, as they go looking for a massacre. They [...]

I kind of hated this episode, until the end, which kicked ass. Human Darla is dying, just like she was when she first turned into a vampire 400 years ago. Angel refuses to turn her into a vampire again, but wants to save her (naturally). So he goes to the singing karaoke [...]

1. The Whitest Boy Alive “Golden Cage”
2. Bob Dylan “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go”
3. Clinic “Pet Eunuch”
4. Captain Beefheart “Grow Fins”
5. Eric B. & Rakim “Microphone Fiend”
6. Brian Eno “Back In Judy’s Jungle”
7. Sia “Academia”
8. Talking Heads “I Wish You Wouldn’t Say That”

Hm this episode was kinda iffy, until the end. I like the way they wrapped it all up. Angel went undercover as a colorful, extroverted, talkative vampire (oh the comedy). There, he joined a group of demons trying to steal the shroud. Turns out the shroud makes everyone act the opposite [...]

1. Sparklehorse “Don’t Take My Sunshine Away”
2. R.E.M. “Walk Unafraid”
3. The National “Keep It Upstairs”
4. The Beatles “Blue Jay Way”
5. Devo “Go Monkey Go”
6. Värttinä “Potran Korean”
7. The Raconteurs “Intimate Secretary”
8. Bootsy Collins “Vanish In Our Sleep”

All the Darla excitement builds to this, what clearly is going to be a high point of the series. Lots of flashbacks tell the story of The Master siring Darla, Darla and Angelus killing people, Drusilla siring Spike, etc. All sorts of Buffyverse lore. Pure awesome.
In the present, Darla The Human is [...]

Another fun episode, this one Wesley-based. Angel gets distracted/sent up to Ojai, where he meets with a swami who is supposed to help him stop feeling obsessed with Darla. So when some thugs show up at the office looking for Angel, Wesley pretends he’s Angel, and hilarity ensues. Wesley proves himself fairly [...]

Darla and Wolfram & Hart’s plan comes out. She’s back, and W&H is trying to use her to get Angel to turn into Angelus again. Why, I’m not entirely sure, I think they just want more bad guys on their side. Darla, however, on her resurrection, was made human. So Angel [...]

1. These United States “Twelve Gates To The City”
2. Warren Zevon “I Was In The House When The House Burned Down”
3. Emmylou Harris “Lost Unto This World”
4. Robert Plant “One More Cup Of Coffee”
5. DeVotchKa “Venus In Furs”
6. Lily Allen “Blank Expression”
7. UNKLE “Rabbit In Your Headlights”
8. Charles Mingus “A Foggy Day”

I think this was my favorite episode yet. It was really cool, even though it was back to the regular “Angel Saves A Girl” storyline. This girl wasn’t a demon or literally haunted by demons, but had telekinetic powers and was figuratively haunted by demons. Angel teaches her how to use her [...]