ANGEL ep 1.02 "Lonely Hearts" review

You'll also notice a handful of
unusual (sometimes American) terminologies used occasionally. Also, and
you'll appreciate this more if you've actually seen the eps yourself, I
have often worded certain phrases very specifically to sidestep major
spoilers. (Example, re Angel ep one, Russell is actually a vampire and he
was still sitting on the office chair when Angel booted it out through the
highrise plate glass window, however I especially didn't want to give
"everything" away, eh.



ANGEL ep 1.02 "...Lonely Hearts"

Hangin' around the office with nothing to do, Doyle's trying to summon the
courage to ask Cordelia out on a date. However suddenly Doyle has a
premonition regarding a nightclub called "D'Oblique". No other details
being forthcoming, the team from "Angel Investigations" cruise the club,
handing out the business cards that Cordy's had printed.

Perhaps their technique needs some finetuning. Angel starts talking to a
pretty girl, but his foot seems to be in his mouth most of the time.
Meanwhile some creep asks Cordelia what the going rate is, if he wants her
for just an hour. Not surprisingly this leads to a bar room brawl.
Nothing else of consequence occurs that night, so the Angel team agree the
night's been a total washout.

The following day, Team Angel do research on the internet and it seems that
a number of young women have gone missing near the D'Oblique nightclub. In
one case at least, "eviscerated" remains were later found.

Angel cruises the club again that evening. Cordy and Doyle are back at
base camp leafing through ancient books, seeing what the world has to offer
in the way of eviscerating demons and other such nasties. While examining
an old drawing of a particularly grotesque fellow, Cordelia declares her
total hatred for all demons. The conversation isn't really headed in the
direction Doyle was hoping.

Angel has traced a girl from the club to her apartment. He enters to find
her spread across the bed, in a somewhat eviscerated state. Across the
room, an (apparent) young man is just putting his clothes back on. Angel
and the demon have an un-man to un-man talk followed by a fight that near
wrecks the apartment. The demon escapes just as "Kate Lockley", a pretty
young police detective, working undercover at the club, arrives. Needless
to say she believes that Angel's the killer. Angel knocks her 'round just
enough to facilitate his escape. The Angel team meet up at Cordy's
apartment, to exchange the information they've come up with and form an
action plan.

Angel phones Kate at the copshop and arranges to meet her at the club that
evening. She's tricked into going into a storeroom out back, where the
demon knocks the wind out of her and is about to really spoil her day,
when Angel strikes the demon from behind and knocks him away.

Angel and the demon do their best to bash the stuffing out of each other.
The demon gets away but Angel catches up with him in an alleyway outside.
The ensuing fight is heated, the demon getting a little more heated than he
would have liked. Kate runs up and puts a few rounds into the demon with
her service revolver. Probably not terribly effective, but it would've
made her feel better.

Detective Kate Lockley and Angel, come to a reconciliation and agreement,
of sorts.

Catherine Jemma 9 Feb y2k




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