Can I just get season 5 of Angel? (mild spoilers)
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, May 12, 2006 00:27
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Connor the baby is born in s3, in Lullaby. A while later he goes away (oh... Wes you poor bastard) then eventually comes back as his uhh... pleasant well-adjusted adolescent self. And then he's in the entirety of s4. Still, uh, as pleasant and well-adjusted as ever.
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Originally posted by chrisisall:Quote:Is Connor in S3, then?
Originally posted by Grounded:
Personally I really enjoyed S3, despite some hiccups, hated S4, then really enjoyed S5.
Hell, I'll end up seeing it all, probably. Just maybe not in order...
Pylean Chrisisall
it is a little confusing even in order....
anyway I think you are getting good advice: S4 was the lowest point (you thought Pylea was a mess? Waitly you see what Charisma Carpenter's pregnancy produces!)
LOL
but Gina Torres is in the final episodes, so really...it does become a must see for that reason.
But S5 was wonderful, much tighter with some really interesting and many really funny episodes...
and in additon to Spike we have Harmony!
Did you see Harmony's first Angel episode entitled Disharmony? Man that was one of my all time favorites...really classic (was that first season?)
I think I have to get Ats on netflix and rewatch them all
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S5 is the best season of Angel, but for me, S3 comes darn close. You could skip straight to 5, but it sounds like you're wavering toward eventually watching 3 and 4 as well, anyway, so I'd recommend watching 'em in order.
Since you're apparently enjoying S6 and 7 of Buffy, I'll put it this way: S3 of Angel is better than S6 of Buffy (and like you, I'm one who actually likes BtVS6), and Ats S4 is no worse than BtVS S7. I don't find Connor unlikeable at all during S3 (the teenaged version's only in 3 or 4 eps, anyway), and while he and Cordy are just about unwatchable in S4, everything else that year maintains a high level of quality... until the end of the season, that is. Not that it's bad, just that it doesn't connect with the early-season events very well (or, at all, really).
For what that's worth... 
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For what it's worth, I kinda liked Connor, and the stories that surrounded him. Well, I didn't "like" Connor - the same as I didn't "like" Holtz, though I thought he was cool villain. Connor was a bit of a petulent ass, but the story justified his disposition, so I thought it worked.
Yeah, there were some stumbles (mostly surrounding Cordy's pregnancy), but I still enjoyed it for the most part.
But, I'm a sucker for long serialized stories, and the 2 year Connor arc filled that desire for me.
Plus, you get Faith and Angelus (directed by Samwise Gamgee no less - geek convergence!), and I can't get enough of our 5 by 5 girl.
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Don't get just S5. You will miss out on too much. Seasons 3 & 4 are the best seasons of the series in my book.
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Quote:2nd season, it was. A good ep, too.
Originally posted by embers:
Did you see Harmony's first Angel episode entitled Disharmony? Man that was one of my all time favorites...really classic (was that first season?)
I liked a lot of the Wolfram and Hart stuff, but didn't like Gunn, or Cordy's hair. The demon lounge singer was okay in small doses, but Pylea really set me off!!
Pylea-traumatized Chrisisall
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Cordy's hair is WAY worse in season 4...
but in thinking about it again today (I'm borrowing all the disks, one by one, from netflix because I realized I never got to hear the commentaries on Angel!) I remembered one of my very favorite things about season four on Ats:
Faith!
and Willow visits
how cool is that!?!!?
no, the thing w/Joss' shows: even the worst episodes still have some nummy goodness and a lot of fun.
I hope he comes back to TV again someday.
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Quote:I've done a lot of research, and those three episodes can't justify my coin for the whole season, I must netflix. But I will buy S5.
Originally posted by embers:
Faith!
and Willow visits
how cool is that!?!!?
Coming up on Faith in Buffy S7, though. Just saw Showtime. Pretty cool.
I wish I could just sit for 10 hours straight and finish it now!!!...
Home stretch Chrisisall
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I really like the pylea episodes, but i remember hating them when they first aired. I think looking back on the series you'll find that those eps are a welcome breath of fresh air especially for as dark as Angel gets in later seasons. Watch the pylea eps again once you're done with the series, you might find you like them.
As for the other discussion- You could get by with just getting season 5- but i think the nuances (sp?) might be lost on you. S5 was so much fun partly because of the journey to get there. S4 is alot of the time unbearable to watch, but that was how the writers wanted it. They wanted you to be as uncomfortable as possible that season, and it worked well. I think the Gina Torres story arc was one of the best of the series, however.
Season 3 i quite enjoyed. It had great story arcs and some outstanding individual episodes. Also, this season is where Fred's character really blossoms from being incredibly annoying in the beginning to one of my absolute favorite characters- which makes her arc in season 5 that much more hard hitting.
Start with season 5 if you must but i do recommend the other two seasons.
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While I had planned to do so anyways, this thread reminded me that it was past time. I ordered Season 5 , via Amazon. Should get it some time next week.
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