22 April 2004 @ 06:06 pm
Angel S5  
okey dokey, conflicting opinions right now...



I hated Connor last year, couldn't stand him, so I'm finding it really difficult to equate this insightful guy who was the feature of this episode with the guy I couldn't stand twelve months ago.

Yup, that's right folks, Connor's back.

Does he know? Was he in blast radius when the spell box thingy (CPD alert) was broken or was it just Wes and Illyria who were affected? I'm thinking he does know but doesn't want to believe the memories. Maybe he thinks it's one of the "powers" that Sahjahn had. I dunno, anyway, I kinda hope we see more of MullettBoy in the next couple of epiosdes. The whole comment about "You gotta do what you can to protect your family. I learned that from my father" makes me sure on the one hand that he does know exactly who Angel is in relation to him, but then, why doesn't he hate him? Hmmm, confuddled.

Gunn cops out again. I can't seem to care about his part in the story anymore, or Lorne's either. Cut out the dead wood I say, starting with these two.

Illyria throwing Spike around without breaking a sweat - class! I've been hitting the half-breed. He makes noise. LOL!

And Wes, he got what he wanted, he knows the truth now, but can he live with it? I'm not so sure. He's already been sinking into some damn fine whisky to try to cope with the whole Fred/Illyria situation - how will he cope with the knowledge that he betrayed Angel?

Not such a great episode, still seemed jumpy and disjointed, but so much better than the false starts we got at the start of the year.

Ah. You're him.
Yeah. I'm me. Hi.
 
 
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[identity profile] alltherealice.livejournal.com on April 22nd, 2004 11:51 am (UTC)
Connor so knows. But since he has a "real" family, and memories of a stable childhood, it showed him that homodial mania is not the way to go. I hated Connor before too, but now I kinda love him.
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on April 22nd, 2004 12:32 pm (UTC)
It's so weird how in one epsiode I've gone from hating him to appreciating him!

I now agree he knows, and I re-watched the ending again, there's a little bit of the old hatred there just as he gets onto the lift (sorry, elevator!)

You're right, the memories of a stable, normal childhood are probably what's grounding him right now. BTW, a friend of mine has written a good Connor story from just before he came into the show as a teenager which actually made me re-evaluate how I see him. It's archived on my site here: To a New World (http://www.geocities.com/stacksfic/newworld.html)
[identity profile] smhwpf.livejournal.com on April 24th, 2004 06:53 pm (UTC)
Just watched it!

Definitely knows. Clear, as you say, from that last line. Yeah, tend to go with [livejournal.com profile] alltherealalice's theory that the fact that he's experienced a different type of life, and a loving family, from what he knew before, is why he's willing to pretend to not know to protect everybody. But I wasn't entirely convinced by Connor here still.

But what is good is that the storyline seems to be making sense now, pulling a lot of plot lines together. (And fulfilling some prophecies along the way!)

Also loved the Illyria/Spike bits. I want to keep Spike as a pet! Lol!
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