Angel #2.9: The Trial
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 club demon, who sends him to this underground guy. Now, first, I have no idea why he listens to Karaoke Demon. Last time he was sent to a phony swami who tried to kill him. Am I supposed to like Karaoke Demon? Cuz I don’t, and I don’t see why Angel would listen to him ever anymore. Because where he sent him this time… didn’t work either.
So Angel goes to the underground pool, where some fancy magic demon puts him through a series of tests–if he accomplishes them, Darla will be saved. All good, in theory. But the first test was simply to fight some demon, who was not any scarier or tougher than the demons Angel fights on a regular basis. For a supposedly trying test such as this, shouldn’t the first level at least be something we haven’t seen before? The second test was to run across crosses and reach into holy water, which I thought was fatal for a vampire, but I guess you can beat by running fast. Finally, Angel has to choose–either he dies or Darla does. He chooses himself, which beats the test, and in a sort of twist, he gets to live too because he made the choice. So Darla gets to live!
BUT… this whole trial was pointless. Turns out that apparently because Darla had been resurrected as a human once, she can’t be fixed supernaturally again. So. POINTLESS. The whole trial was stupid and pointless.
So then Angel and Darla go and mope. Finally, Lindsay the Lawyer comes bursting in (he loves Darla apparently) and wants to save her the way everyone wants her to be saved. By turning her vampire! And how does he accomplish this? DRUSILLA BABY YEA!