ANGEL ep 1.01 "City of..." review
This review is a little longer, but I reckon that's ok, 'cause it's the
first ep of a new series
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ANGEL ep 1.01 "City of....."
Angel's in a bar, drowning the sorrows of his broken heart. A pretty girl
leaves with some shadey looking characters, Angel tails them at a distance.
In the alley outside the bar, the girl is about to donate blood to an
un-worthy cause, when Angel arrives on-scene. He wipes the floor with the
nasty guys, before abrubtly taking his leave. (He really did want to stay
and lick her wounds clean for her).
Angel returns home to his basement apartment, to find an intruder. A bloke
calling himself "Doyle" claims to be a messenger for "the powers that be".
Doyle has a mission for them, saving lives and souls. He's had a
premonition. He gives Angel a scrap of paper with a firstname and the name
of a coffeeshop scrawled on if.
Angel gets talking to the waitress there, Tina. He waits outside for her
to get off work. As she's owed some money by a girlfriend, Angel gives her
a ride to a Hollywood party, where she hopes to collect. At the party
Angel bumps into Cordelia Chase and they briefly exchange pleasantries.
As Angel and Tina leave the party they are jumped by a couple of heavies
who snatch Tina. Angel chases the guys and catches up with them in the
basement parking garage. He gives them a bit of a spanking. Tina hops
into his car and they zoom off to his apartment, where he sets Tina a place
to sleep for the night.
Before going off to sleep, Tina says she's been having boyfriend trouble
with "Russell". She's left him but he's obsessive and won't let go of her.
While she sleeps, Angel does some research and finds that Russell might
indeed have murdered his last girlfriend who tried to leave him.
In the morning when Tina awakes she is frightened and paranoid. She gets
it in her head, that Angel may be secretly working for Russell. Tina runs
out the upstairs door, Angel follows and as a shaft of direct sunlight
strikes him, he fangs up and starts to burn. He retreats quickly but
Tina's seen him do his monster impression.
Returning to her pokey apartment to pack her stuff, Tina is surprised by
Russell. He says all the right things to sweet talk her. Oh yeah he kills
her right after that of course. Later Angel arrives. He enters her
apartment (which he can, un-invited, because: ) Tina lies dead on the
floor. After examining the wounds to her body, he leaves and drops-a-dime
to 911, for the bodybag brigade. Returning to his own apartment, he gets
Doyle to help him with research.
Meanwhile Russell's shopping for a new bit of skirt, to rough up. His gaze
falls upon some videotape containing footage of Cordelia.
Angel and Doyle's research has turned up some info on Russell, a wealthy
businessman.
That evening a stretch limo calls for Cordelia and whisks her off to
Russell's mansion. Angel and Doyle arrive outside the mansion's security
gates a few minutes later, and Angel "talks" the guard into letting him in.
Just as Russell is about to kill Cordy, Angel arrives. He gives Russ a wee
bit of a slap around, and then runs interference with Russell's
triggerhappy bodyguards, as he and Cordelia make their escape.
The next day, Angel seeks out Russell in his towerblock luxury office
suite. Angel boots an office chair out through a 40th storey plateglass
window. This leaves Russell, not; a happy chap-py.
Later back at Angel's building, Cordelia seems to have taken over the floor
above Angel's basement apartment. She's declared that they're now a team,
and elected herself secretary and chief organiser.
Doyle, with all the sensitivity and finesse we've come to expect of him,
remarks to Angel, that he thinks Cordelia is "a right stiffener".
Catherine Jemma 8 Feb y2k
first ep of a new series
You have my permission to publish this on your webpage and to edit it
reasonably
Below this line is for publication
ANGEL ep 1.01 "City of....."
Angel's in a bar, drowning the sorrows of his broken heart. A pretty girl
leaves with some shadey looking characters, Angel tails them at a distance.
In the alley outside the bar, the girl is about to donate blood to an
un-worthy cause, when Angel arrives on-scene. He wipes the floor with the
nasty guys, before abrubtly taking his leave. (He really did want to stay
and lick her wounds clean for her).
Angel returns home to his basement apartment, to find an intruder. A bloke
calling himself "Doyle" claims to be a messenger for "the powers that be".
Doyle has a mission for them, saving lives and souls. He's had a
premonition. He gives Angel a scrap of paper with a firstname and the name
of a coffeeshop scrawled on if.
Angel gets talking to the waitress there, Tina. He waits outside for her
to get off work. As she's owed some money by a girlfriend, Angel gives her
a ride to a Hollywood party, where she hopes to collect. At the party
Angel bumps into Cordelia Chase and they briefly exchange pleasantries.
As Angel and Tina leave the party they are jumped by a couple of heavies
who snatch Tina. Angel chases the guys and catches up with them in the
basement parking garage. He gives them a bit of a spanking. Tina hops
into his car and they zoom off to his apartment, where he sets Tina a place
to sleep for the night.
Before going off to sleep, Tina says she's been having boyfriend trouble
with "Russell". She's left him but he's obsessive and won't let go of her.
While she sleeps, Angel does some research and finds that Russell might
indeed have murdered his last girlfriend who tried to leave him.
In the morning when Tina awakes she is frightened and paranoid. She gets
it in her head, that Angel may be secretly working for Russell. Tina runs
out the upstairs door, Angel follows and as a shaft of direct sunlight
strikes him, he fangs up and starts to burn. He retreats quickly but
Tina's seen him do his monster impression.
Returning to her pokey apartment to pack her stuff, Tina is surprised by
Russell. He says all the right things to sweet talk her. Oh yeah he kills
her right after that of course. Later Angel arrives. He enters her
apartment (which he can, un-invited, because: ) Tina lies dead on the
floor. After examining the wounds to her body, he leaves and drops-a-dime
to 911, for the bodybag brigade. Returning to his own apartment, he gets
Doyle to help him with research.
Meanwhile Russell's shopping for a new bit of skirt, to rough up. His gaze
falls upon some videotape containing footage of Cordelia.
Angel and Doyle's research has turned up some info on Russell, a wealthy
businessman.
That evening a stretch limo calls for Cordelia and whisks her off to
Russell's mansion. Angel and Doyle arrive outside the mansion's security
gates a few minutes later, and Angel "talks" the guard into letting him in.
Just as Russell is about to kill Cordy, Angel arrives. He gives Russ a wee
bit of a slap around, and then runs interference with Russell's
triggerhappy bodyguards, as he and Cordelia make their escape.
The next day, Angel seeks out Russell in his towerblock luxury office
suite. Angel boots an office chair out through a 40th storey plateglass
window. This leaves Russell, not; a happy chap-py.
Later back at Angel's building, Cordelia seems to have taken over the floor
above Angel's basement apartment. She's declared that they're now a team,
and elected herself secretary and chief organiser.
Doyle, with all the sensitivity and finesse we've come to expect of him,
remarks to Angel, that he thinks Cordelia is "a right stiffener".
Catherine Jemma 8 Feb y2k
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