Angel 5x21 - full reaction
Added 2024-01-05 17:00:14 +0000 UTCHey guys, I'm sorry the reaction is late! I decided to quit caffeine so I had a miserable week. I feel like a human being again so hopefully the finale will go up on time. Can't believe we're an episode away from the end. See you all next Wednesday AHHHHHHH
Comments
Kind of like Buffy season 7. Who's the final Big Bad? Why, the First Evil, of course. How do we stop it? π€·ββοΈ We'll do a thing that's sort of like a plan, but not really a plan and sort of stumble into something we weren't expecting, but it means we won... somehow...
Stargazer1682
2024-01-09 03:36:07 +0000 UTCPersonally I think Angel as a show having the restraint to NOT make its finale killing the unkillable senior partners makes it a much more realistic, nuanced interpretation of what the real-life struggle against evil and corrupted power looks like, compared to much more shallow shows like Supernatural; which essentially has the same exact story every season where some ancient evil comes back in a human vessel, they talk to it for 15 episodes and then find some ancient weapon that's the only thing that can kill it. Angel's season 5 of "can you change a system from the inside or does it just corrupt you and hurt you and your loved ones?" is a far more compelling and adult plot-line to explore.
Connor Blake
2024-01-08 16:27:04 +0000 UTCI actually really enjoy that the climactic finale of the show isn't taking down all of Wolfram & Hart or the senior partners, because they're not even people or demons; they're evil incarnate. You can't kill them, and I think if the show tried to, like, make a senior partner come down to earth in a human vessel or something, it would be a little silly (like what Supernatural does with all its villains) and go agains the show's premise; which is that "the good fight" never ends. It's everyday and it's tough, but it fighting it makes the world a better place worth living in. Sometimes right is right, regardless of the outcome.
Connor Blake
2024-01-08 16:17:24 +0000 UTC
