ANGEL ep 1.03 "In The Dark" review
ANGEL ep 1.03 "In The Dark"
The teaser opens with Angel saving yet another Damsel in distress down a
dark dingy alleyway, one night in downtown L.A. Some distance away, the
alleyway is being spied upon by Spike, muttering away to himself.
Oz turns up at the Angel Investigations office, where Cordelia recognises
him instantly. As talkative as he ever is, pleasantries are exchanged and
The Ring (which is The Gem of Omara) is handed over. (Note that this is a
minor crossover episode with Buffy 4.03).
The Damsel phones up, the police have let her violently abusive ex
boyfriend out of jail. Angel's about to cruise off to her in The
Angelmobile when Spike jumps him in his garage. They make with the
pummeling on each other. Spike wants The Gem of Omara, and no whimpy
little goody twoshoes Angel is going to come between him and the ring.
Cordy and Doyle enter the garage, and moments later Spike makes his escape.
At Angel's suggestion, Cordy and Doyle hide out at Doyle's apartment.
Meanwhile Doyle phones around to a few of his underworld contacts, trying
to get a bead on where Spike may be hiding out. Following a lead Doyle has
come up with, Angel sets out seeking Spike's hide-y hole. Angel is
cornered in an alleyway, overpowered and enchained by Spike and his evil
assistant. Taken to an old warehouse that's been set up as a torture
chamber. This is NOT, going to be one of Angel's better days. Spike
leaves Angel alone with the torturer, a sadistic vampire bastard, who comes
across like a deranged "Dr Mengeler".
Spike goes to Angel HQ and tosses the place seeking the ring, which Angel
didn't have on him when captured (he'd hidden it earlier). Cordelia and
Doyle have got worried because Angel's been out of contact for too long,
returning to the office they run into Spike there. He tells them to bring
the ring to a certain warehouse at sunset, or else he'll kill Angel.
Cordelia and Doyle search Angel's apartment to no avail. They then check
out the rat infested swers underneath. Doyle surrepticiously uses his
enhanced senses to sniff out the ring's hiding place. Later when they meet
up with Spike, they throw the ring towards him and are about to collect
Angel when Spike renegs on his side of the bargain and is about to kill
Angel anyway.
Suddenly a large van containing Oz crashes through the warehouse door. The
Angel team grab Angel up (who's in a severely bad way) push him into the
back of the van, and effect a high speed getaway. Spike searches the
warehouse floor looking for the ring, only to discover that his assistant,
that nasty torturer guy, has doublecrossed him and decamped with "his"
ring. Spike has a few choice words to say about this.
Despite his substantial injuries, Angel insists on the van being turned
around and going to a particular seaside pier where he thinks the (now
nearly invincible) vampire torturer guy may have been headed to engage in
some casual daytime mayhem.
Angel takes the biggest risk he's ever taken in his life, in an all out
fight with his torturer. Eventually Angel does prevail, and the torturer
guy is toast, well, ash.
Angel has a pretty cruise-y few hours, soaking up the sun. That evening he
stands atop a building prattling on philosophical mumbo-jumbo to Doyle,
while watching his first sunset in over 200 years.
There is a small (ok very small) amount of doubt in my mind as to what
happens in the final scene. At the moment when Angel's gaze is averted,
Doyle makes a quite specific and un-natural movement of his hand. Now I
don't know for sure, but '*if* Doyle was a cheat at cards in his younger
days, could he have been..........?
Catherine Jemma 14 Feb y2k
The teaser opens with Angel saving yet another Damsel in distress down a
dark dingy alleyway, one night in downtown L.A. Some distance away, the
alleyway is being spied upon by Spike, muttering away to himself.
Oz turns up at the Angel Investigations office, where Cordelia recognises
him instantly. As talkative as he ever is, pleasantries are exchanged and
The Ring (which is The Gem of Omara) is handed over. (Note that this is a
minor crossover episode with Buffy 4.03).
The Damsel phones up, the police have let her violently abusive ex
boyfriend out of jail. Angel's about to cruise off to her in The
Angelmobile when Spike jumps him in his garage. They make with the
pummeling on each other. Spike wants The Gem of Omara, and no whimpy
little goody twoshoes Angel is going to come between him and the ring.
Cordy and Doyle enter the garage, and moments later Spike makes his escape.
At Angel's suggestion, Cordy and Doyle hide out at Doyle's apartment.
Meanwhile Doyle phones around to a few of his underworld contacts, trying
to get a bead on where Spike may be hiding out. Following a lead Doyle has
come up with, Angel sets out seeking Spike's hide-y hole. Angel is
cornered in an alleyway, overpowered and enchained by Spike and his evil
assistant. Taken to an old warehouse that's been set up as a torture
chamber. This is NOT, going to be one of Angel's better days. Spike
leaves Angel alone with the torturer, a sadistic vampire bastard, who comes
across like a deranged "Dr Mengeler".
Spike goes to Angel HQ and tosses the place seeking the ring, which Angel
didn't have on him when captured (he'd hidden it earlier). Cordelia and
Doyle have got worried because Angel's been out of contact for too long,
returning to the office they run into Spike there. He tells them to bring
the ring to a certain warehouse at sunset, or else he'll kill Angel.
Cordelia and Doyle search Angel's apartment to no avail. They then check
out the rat infested swers underneath. Doyle surrepticiously uses his
enhanced senses to sniff out the ring's hiding place. Later when they meet
up with Spike, they throw the ring towards him and are about to collect
Angel when Spike renegs on his side of the bargain and is about to kill
Angel anyway.
Suddenly a large van containing Oz crashes through the warehouse door. The
Angel team grab Angel up (who's in a severely bad way) push him into the
back of the van, and effect a high speed getaway. Spike searches the
warehouse floor looking for the ring, only to discover that his assistant,
that nasty torturer guy, has doublecrossed him and decamped with "his"
ring. Spike has a few choice words to say about this.
Despite his substantial injuries, Angel insists on the van being turned
around and going to a particular seaside pier where he thinks the (now
nearly invincible) vampire torturer guy may have been headed to engage in
some casual daytime mayhem.
Angel takes the biggest risk he's ever taken in his life, in an all out
fight with his torturer. Eventually Angel does prevail, and the torturer
guy is toast, well, ash.
Angel has a pretty cruise-y few hours, soaking up the sun. That evening he
stands atop a building prattling on philosophical mumbo-jumbo to Doyle,
while watching his first sunset in over 200 years.
There is a small (ok very small) amount of doubt in my mind as to what
happens in the final scene. At the moment when Angel's gaze is averted,
Doyle makes a quite specific and un-natural movement of his hand. Now I
don't know for sure, but '*if* Doyle was a cheat at cards in his younger
days, could he have been..........?
Catherine Jemma 14 Feb y2k
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