I’m beginning to believe that James Marsters has chemistry with everyone he comes in contact with. His charisma is off the charts amazing! His scenes with Angel, Fred and Harmony are great. I love this episode. Marsters’s acting in this episode is just stellar. I’ll stop gushing now. Lol
I always say that Angel and Spike have my favorite relationship in the Buffyverse, pretty much for the same reasons you talked about. I don't want to spoil anything, but they have so many great moments together that can only come from two characters that have spent so much time together and that think they know each other so well. Spike just brings out another side of Angel that we didn't get a chance to see a lot of.
One of my favorite episodes James killed this episode! "Reality bends to desire so guess what I want to do now!" Boom 👊 James was drained during this episode behind the scenes!
A return to form here with a brilliant atmospheric Spikecentric episode, with Fred working tirelessly to bring back Spike back to a corporeal state. Some great hell like imagery used here with Spike being plagued by horror like characters tormenting him on what seems like his journey to hell. Pavayne is of course the reason for all this chaos, and some brilliant scenes between him and Spike. Comedy relief with Angel and Spike sitting on the sofa trading insults, Angel about Spikes's poetry, and Spike about Angel liking Barry Manilow. A satisfying ending with Angel and Eve in the depths of W&H with Pavayne now completely detained. Angel says welcome to hell, and gives him the tiniest of windows to add to his enduring torture, very similar to many an X-Files ending. All in all a really good episode with some great scenes.
I've said it before, Spike and Angel are like an old married couple. The whole feasting on the damned theme was pretty wild. In the X-Men comics we see a duel between a young Professor X and another psychic. Professor X learns that he only needs to match power, not skill at manipulating the surroundings. In a later comic(I forget if it was X-Men or a different one)we see that strength is a measure of will, sort of like in a dream. We also see it in the movie Ghost(BTW, if you haven't seen that then find it and watch it. You'll love it!!) Spike realized that his desires allowed him to control his surroundings. To an extent.
Title-wise I can sometimes get this one confused with the Halloween episode, but this one feels like a more scar Halloween episode anyway as it has more scare to it than any Buffyverse episode, in some ways.
Season 5 was great, but they took their time to establish the new world in the new environment. Relatable, after all they didn't think season 5 would be the last. Can't wait for the second half when sh** really hits the fan...
It always bugged me that the Buffyverse has two evil-vampires-turned-heroes and they're both named William. I mean, there are at least a dozen names for men and the writers couldn't be bothered? Sheesh.
Angel's dominant emotion towards Spike is jealousy, but he hides it as irritation. If you think about it, Angelus had it made before Spike: two beautiful ladies all to himself and all the world to terrorize. Then Drusilla, the lady he tortured and basically created as a mad vampire, goes off on a whim and turns a younger man to belong to, and then he has to teach this guy how to really be an evil vampire - not a sweet wuss who turns his mum into a vamp to save her life (although, I think Spike learned a LOT from that experience all on his own). When you add on that Spike has a soul too now, one he fought to get vs being cursed with it, and the fact that Buffy chose Spike to be her champion to save the world with, and the fact that Buffy admitted to having undeclared feelings for Spike (you never really get over your first true love), and the fact that Buffy and Spike share the experience of dying to save the world and he doesn't, plus the idea that the prophecy might not exclusively refer to him... oh yeah, Angel is jealous and angry and twisted up over this, but he's gotten better at hiding his brooding. Plus, sweet Fred sticking up for Spike is bugging him, too.
I'm sorry but that sound stupid, like you trying to put Spike on a high pedestal right now, wich doesn't make any sense at all, Spike litterally was forcing Harmony on the table while having a soul, you also said that he fought for his soul, but you can say the same thing about who did the most while having a soul, and it's clearly Angel saving the world, while Spike was still chasing buffy and violating her.
I ask this with all the love in my heart, and if you think i'm overstepping please just tell me to eff off, but after hearing how you've been feeling recently do you think you might be in a burn out? You might be overworking yourself.
@@AndreaMGC I 100% was in burn out and in a rough place personally. Since filming this video I think I've found a better balance and working to improve things. Thanks for looking out Andrea 💜
The Liam and William banter is just delightful.
I’m beginning to believe that James Marsters has chemistry with everyone he comes in contact with. His charisma is off the charts amazing! His scenes with Angel, Fred and Harmony are great. I love this episode. Marsters’s acting in this episode is just stellar. I’ll stop gushing now. Lol
I always say that Angel and Spike have my favorite relationship in the Buffyverse, pretty much for the same reasons you talked about. I don't want to spoil anything, but they have so many great moments together that can only come from two characters that have spent so much time together and that think they know each other so well. Spike just brings out another side of Angel that we didn't get a chance to see a lot of.
That last scene where Angel gave the reaper a window always reminds me of when Connor sank Angel to the bottom of the ocean.
I bloody adore this episode! The way it’s shot, the actor playing Pavayne to the script. In fact it’s one of my all time angel episodes.
"You can't save everyone." That line Angel said really bothered me. Before he never gave up on anyone, he fought to redeem everyone with a soul.
"This isn't going to be a scary one is it?", yep, the most hardcore horror ep of all Buffy/Angel.
Yes, this is probably Angel's creepiest episode with the jump scares and the gore.
One of my favorite episodes James killed this episode! "Reality bends to desire so guess what I want to do now!" Boom 👊 James was drained during this episode behind the scenes!
"Here to help. No hurting the girl." - Spike
This was definitely a scary one, but the next will make you giggle repeatedly.
A return to form here with a brilliant atmospheric Spikecentric episode, with Fred working tirelessly to bring back Spike back to a corporeal state. Some great hell like imagery used here with Spike being plagued by horror like characters tormenting him on what seems like his journey to hell. Pavayne is of course the reason for all this chaos, and some brilliant scenes between him and Spike. Comedy relief with Angel and Spike sitting on the sofa trading insults, Angel about Spikes's poetry, and Spike about Angel liking Barry Manilow. A satisfying ending with Angel and Eve in the depths of W&H with Pavayne now completely detained. Angel says welcome to hell, and gives him the tiniest of windows to add to his enduring torture, very similar to many an X-Files ending. All in all a really good episode with some great scenes.
Easily one of Spike’s best episodes of either Angel or Buffy.
I've said it before, Spike and Angel are like an old married couple. The whole feasting on the damned theme was pretty wild. In the X-Men comics we see a duel between a young Professor X and another psychic. Professor X learns that he only needs to match power, not skill at manipulating the surroundings. In a later comic(I forget if it was X-Men or a different one)we see that strength is a measure of will, sort of like in a dream. We also see it in the movie Ghost(BTW, if you haven't seen that then find it and watch it. You'll love it!!) Spike realized that his desires allowed him to control his surroundings. To an extent.
I can't wait to see Dakara's reaction to my favourite character in all the buffyverse
Cheese Guy, Overlord of the Temporal Cabal of the Underworld?
Blue meanie?
Smurfette?! 😅
Title-wise I can sometimes get this one confused with the Halloween episode, but this one feels like a more scar Halloween episode anyway as it has more scare to it than any Buffyverse episode, in some ways.
Season 5 was great, but they took their time to establish the new world in the new environment. Relatable, after all they didn't think season 5 would be the last. Can't wait for the second half when sh** really hits the fan...
Nett wie immer, Greetings from Berlin
This one aired with a content warning about graphic violence, the only Angel episode to do so.
It always bugged me that the Buffyverse has two evil-vampires-turned-heroes and they're both named William. I mean, there are at least a dozen names for men and the writers couldn't be bothered? Sheesh.
They are foils.
Angel's dominant emotion towards Spike is jealousy, but he hides it as irritation. If you think about it, Angelus had it made before Spike: two beautiful ladies all to himself and all the world to terrorize. Then Drusilla, the lady he tortured and basically created as a mad vampire, goes off on a whim and turns a younger man to belong to, and then he has to teach this guy how to really be an evil vampire - not a sweet wuss who turns his mum into a vamp to save her life (although, I think Spike learned a LOT from that experience all on his own).
When you add on that Spike has a soul too now, one he fought to get vs being cursed with it, and the fact that Buffy chose Spike to be her champion to save the world with, and the fact that Buffy admitted to having undeclared feelings for Spike (you never really get over your first true love), and the fact that Buffy and Spike share the experience of dying to save the world and he doesn't, plus the idea that the prophecy might not exclusively refer to him... oh yeah, Angel is jealous and angry and twisted up over this, but he's gotten better at hiding his brooding.
Plus, sweet Fred sticking up for Spike is bugging him, too.
Yes, he does. He signaled her with his eyes. ;)
I'm sorry but that sound stupid, like you trying to put Spike on a high pedestal right now, wich doesn't make any sense at all, Spike litterally was forcing Harmony on the table while having a soul, you also said that he fought for his soul, but you can say the same thing about who did the most while having a soul, and it's clearly Angel saving the world, while Spike was still chasing buffy and violating her.
I ask this with all the love in my heart, and if you think i'm overstepping please just tell me to eff off, but after hearing how you've been feeling recently do you think you might be in a burn out? You might be overworking yourself.
You should know that even if she was when this video was made, she created it in February.
@@AndreaMGC I 100% was in burn out and in a rough place personally. Since filming this video I think I've found a better balance and working to improve things. Thanks for looking out Andrea 💜
@@DakaraJayne That's good to hear!
@@DakaraJayne What I meant was that you'd probably be feeling better by now given that you were still creating.