Welcome to Rewatching Angel, the part of the blog where I rewatch the Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off: Angel. Each Tuesday evening, you’re invited to join me as I attempt to rediscover what made me love these shows so many years ago.
Redefinition
- Cordy, Wes, and Gunn head their separate ways after Angel fired them.
- Meanwhile, Angel throws everything reminding him of Darla into the hotel’s furnace.
- And then Angel has a Rocky-style training montage.
- I’m not sure I like these episodes where Angel is super moody. I hope this doesn’t last long.
- Back at the wine tasting massacre, Lindsey and Lilah are the only survivors.
- Wes gets a pep talk from Virginia. Guess that means they’re still dating.
- Lilah and Lindsey discuss how long it will be before the Senior Partners decide to blame them for what happened to Holland and the rest at the wine tasting.
- Darla and Dru are waiting for them in Lindsey’s office.
- They left them alive so that one of them will be promoted to head of special projects.
- Darla wants to keep the line of communication open with Wolfram & Hart.
- Whichever of the two of them is left standing when the Senior Partners are finished will be their liaison to the world.
- Angel, still training, dusts four vampires in the sewers.
- At Caritas, the demon karaoke bar, we discover that Wes, Cordelia, and Gunn are all seeking to have their futures read.
- Angel tortures Merl, the demon snitch, and he gives up all he knows about Darla and Drucilla.
- The girls are looking to build up a little demon empire. So they show up at an underground demon fight club to recruit.
- Guess who’s in the crowd…
- Angel… it’s Angel. He’s there.
- Darla leaves an address for the demons to come to for auditions.
- Angel realizes he’s not ready.
- Lilah visits Lindsey and says she’s scared. She’s tired of waiting on the Senior Partners.
- She thinks that she and Lindsey should stand together. Take important files and leave.
- Lindsey doesn’t buy it. Because Lilah is just trying to record Lindsey going along with it.
- Wes, Cordy, and Gunn argue over whose fault it was that Angel fired them.
- Then they sing “We Are the Champions” together.
- When the bar closes down, they ask the Host to tell them their destinies.
- But he knows Cordelia is about to get a vision.
- And when the vision hits, the three of them go after the demon she saw.
- Gunn wishes Angel was there. Wes snaps.
- Angel chose to walk away from his calling. But they’re not going to.
- Darla talks to Dru about how Angel should be with them, burning the city to the ground. Then Dru describes her vision of fire and pain…
- Foreshadowing.
- Angel goes to the factory where Darla and Dru are expecting their demon army to audition. And he takes them all out before the girls can get there.
- Gunn and Wes manage to take down the demon and save the girl from Cordelia’s vision.
- Darla and Dru arrive at the factory to find all their dead nominees. And Angel… smoking in the dark.
- He throws down the cigarette, lighting a trail of gasoline that leads to the pool of gas that the girls are standing in.
- And here’s the fire that Dru saw in her vision.
- They get to a fire hydrant quickly. Neither of them disintegrates, but they’re both badly burned.
- A representative of the Senior Partners tells Lindsey and Lilah that they will both be acting co-vice presidents of the special projects division. Until such a time as they need to narrow it down.
- Wes drops in on Angel throwing knives. He informs him that they will continue his mission with or without him.
- Angel says nothing, seeming not to care. But his next throw is way off the bulls eye.
- Body count: Vampires – 4; Demons – 1 (plus all the ones Angel took out off camera)