Angel

COUPLET

The Good;
A not so subtle tale of Angel drawing away from CC, funny but nothing really special UNTIL the final scene with Wes' revelation changing what had been a lightweight ep utterly.

The Bad;
Tree demon looks stupid

Best line:
Angel; "Life is short, ok not mine but most peoples"

Apocalypses: 5

Angel Cliches
In disguise; 8

DB get's his shirt off; 12

Cordy's tatt; 10

Cheap Angel; 9 quite the reverse, he's very generous to CC

Fang Gang in bondage: Gunn and Fred trapped by the tree roots. So is the guy chained to the wall at the brothel but he doesn't want to be released. Or judged.
Cordy: 5
Angel: 11
Wes: 6
Gunn; 4
Lorne; 3
Fred; 2

Fang gang knocked out:
Cordy: 11
Angel: 14
Wes: 5
Doyle; 1
Gunn; 1
Lorne; 3

Kills: 1 demon for Gunn and one for Groo
Cordy: 5 vamps, 3 demons
Angel; 39 vamps, 55 and 1/2 demons, 7 humans
Doyle; 1 vamp
Wes; 12 demons+3 vamps, 2 humans
Kate; 3 vamps
Faith; 16 vamps, 6 demons, 3 humans.
Gunn; 8 vamps+ 9 demons.
Groo; 1 demon

Fang Gang go evil:
Cordy: 2
Angel: 2
Gunn; 1
Wes; 1

Alternate Fang Gang:
Cordy: 2
Angel: 8

Characters killed:
46

Recurring characters killed;
8;

Total number of Angel Investigations: add Groo to the mix
7, Angel, Cordy, Wes, Gunn, Fred, Lorne and Groo

Angel Investigations shot:
Angel: 11
Wes; 1

Packing heat;
Wes; 5
Doyle; 1
Angel; 1
Gunn; 1

Notches on Fang Gang bedpost: once again CC drawn to someone with a demon essence
Cordy: 3 ?+Wilson/Hacksaw Beast+Phantom Dennis
Angel: 5; Buffy, Darla and The Transcending Furies
Wes; 2; Virginia and the bleached blonde

Kinky dinky:
CC on the Groo "RRRRrrrrrrr", likes his (admittedly formidable) muscles. CC wants to know if they can 'com without actually shukking'? (Second base?) She plans to rip the Groo's shirt off later, shouldn't she let him get his strength back first? Angel in a brothel not for the first time or I dare say not the last, seems a fun place for all. Reputedly there was a scene where Angel stumbles across Kate Lochley working in the brothel but Elizabeth Rohm was too busy doing Law ?der. Gunn refers to voodoo booty rituals but he might be making that up.

Captain Subtext;
Groo and CC and Fred and Gunn pair up leaving Angel and Wes to wander around like a gay couple. Angel objects to Groo 'handling his weapons' which is nothing to CC asking him to help her have sex with Groo. She also states that 'No women is going to tempt you' which he doesn't take as a compliment. The Madam thinks he and the Groo are a gay couple, Groo mentioning 'his princess'. Poor Wes wonders that Fred thinks of him as a brother.

Know the face, different character; 4

Parking garages;
5,

Buffy characters on Angel; 16
Wetherby, Collins and Smith. Angel, Cordy, Oz, Spike, Buffy, Wes, Faith, Darla, Dru, The Master, Anne, Willow and Harmony

Questions and observations;
Who wants to bet me that it was Numfar that did the 'Dance of Revolution'? AI still take the occasional paying case in order to fund Connor's college tuition (and presumably CC's holiday). Much in the same way as Buffy seems to increasingly rely on Dawn for her emotional needs as she slowly parts with Riley, Angel seems to get over CC by concentrating his affections on Connor whilst Wes throws himself into his work. Personally I love the Groo and I'm glad to have him on the show. CC refers to her cousin, we know she has no sister but is she an only child? Did you notice that the woman the demon grabs in the park looks the spitting image of Cordy (maybe her stand-in/stunt double?)
Marks out of 10; 7/10, good fun and you really feel for Angel and Wes

Couplet-Angel feels isolated, obsolete and even a bit jealous when Groosalugg arrives in town from Pylea, immediately saves the gang in battle, and is welcomed into the loving arms of his former princess, Cordelia.



Well, we're back to filler fluff as Angel spends the episode being so jealous over the Groosalugg and Cordy spends her time wanting to bang him. There were some good scenes like Gunn and Fred getting closer and the uniqe tree demon that sucks the life out of humans. But everything was too silly with Angel and Wesley being all moppy because they lost their girls and Groo looking like Angel. Groo is also continues to show no personality besides liking Cordelia so much. Not to mention, Cordelia is absent for a few episodes after this one which sucks. But the episode ends are a dark and great note with Welsey translateing the prophecy and we see The father will kill the son" on his note pad! All and All, a mediorce episode that is just silly but has a great ending.

Couplet was a really good episode of Angel. I really enjoyed watching this episode because there was a lot of character growth and development. There was also the return of the Groosalugg, which made Cordelia really happy. Angel helped Cordelia to experience some happiness by visiting a brothel to get a potion so she would not lose her powers. I thought this was a very interesting story, and the characters situations were very engaging. The ending of the episode was very good and surprising, and I certainly can't wait to find out what will happen in the next epiosde. This epiosde definitely puts a twist on the season's storyline!!!!!!!

Couplet is a very good episode but a few things about it just didn't sit right with me. It had some good comedic moments but it just felt rather pointless and I really would have preferred no Groo. At all.



The main story of Cordy and Groo on their quest to have sex just really bugged me. All this season and some episodes last season we see the closeness Angel and Cordy formed and their evident feelings for one another, yet here she decides she'd much rather have an Angel clone instead of the real deal. Eh? She spent all this episode effectively turning Groo into Angel when the real one wants her. It just comes off irritating, as does Cordy in this episode. I actually like Groo as a character but I honestly would prefer him to never reappear after There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb. Their relationship is forced and frankly uninteresting, so I could never really be fully engaged in this episode. On first viewing I really hated it but after subsequent viewings I do rather like it minus the Cordy/Groo parts.



Anyway ignoring that, the rest of the episode is pretty damn good. Gunn and Fred were great in this episode and the whole internet tree demon was surprisingly good. I liked the parallels between Angel and Wes here, as both lost the girl. I felt Angel even though he was more obviously jealous handled it much better than Wesley who sinks into a dark place at the end of this episode and doesn't get out of it until the start of S5, only to sink into it after Fred is killed. I'm not a HUGE fan of Dark Wesley, as he got a tad whiny for me in S4 but I'm glad they did it because he needed more of a character arc.



Groo really is made to look like a better version of Angel; he can fight just as well, recovers quickly but can also go into the sun and be a lot more human than Angel. I can understand Angel's jealousy towards him and am glad he didn't appear in the following 3 episodes as he would have been out of place. However, saying that, I didn't like that Cordy didn't appear in the next 3 as they're such important episodes!



Couplet is a good episode, marred by an annoying couple. It's still good entertainment but isn't Angel at it's best.

At first viewing, I thought this episode was not one of the better ones in the season, and it seems that it only serves to start the two love triangles off: Cordy/Angel/Groo triangle and Wes/Fred/Gunn. How cruel of Cordelia to ask Angel to get the potion so she can com-shuck with Groo. I don't think that she could have switched off her feelings for Angel so quickly after what has been building up over the last couple of episodes, but she did. The cases they work on are not particularly interesting, but fit the theme of the show: relationships.



Of course the kicker in this ep is the end when Wesley has finally translated the key part of the Troclon prophecy: "The father will kill the son." There was a lot of humor in this episode, especially between Angel and Groo, which I did enjoy. This is the last light-hearted episode of the season, so enjoy it while it lasts! Some of the best scenes are Angel discovering Groo cut his hair exactly like Angel and is wearing Angel's clothes, and Angel and Groo's visit to the demon brothel.

Once again this season following the legacy of ‘Dad’ the team splits up, but this time not for the good of the family but because each is pursuing his or her own love life

While I’m not saying this is a bad thing for any of the group, it has massive effects for the team and the season as a whole as I hope to explore in a later review.



This episode is a slightly mediocre following to the excellent ‘Waiting in the Wings’ but like with a lot of Angel, it is not the episode that is so bad it’s just that it has a lot to live up to!



Closely following on from events in ‘Waiting in the Wings’ both Angel and Wesley must deal with the heartache of losing the one they love, made so much worse that they lose their girls to friends rather than enemies they can hate. While Fred and Gunn deal balancing their newfound romance, Cordy reluctantly pushes Groo away so as not to endanger her “vision-ity”



Cordy and Groo



While I will always be an Angel/Cordy shipper, I have to admit Cordy and Groo make a pretty good couple. Groo is very sweet especially in this episode and although he is a little dense, he is a pretty good character. Cordy is a little selfish in this episode though. Though I get her excitement at being with Groo again, she doesn’t seem to even see the Angel might have some feelings for her, even though all the others realise and it was heavily hinted at that she realised in the previous episode.



Angel



Poor Angel, its not enough that he can’t even really risk having sex, he know has to help the women he loves have sex with someone else. Still, despite some petty comment she does the valiant thing and helps Cordy. He was especially sweet in the tunnel while hunting the demon as he does try to help Groo out. Had I been in Angel’s position I’m not sure I would’ve been quite so nice.



Gunn and Fred



While being one of the longest Angel-verse relationships lasting nearly a full season (they broke up officially in about episode 14 of season 4) these two lack real chemistry. They are cute but also very sickly. Gunn became much less interesting during this relationship choosing to be nice and caring over the tough fighter we are used to seeing and who lets face it is much more interesting. Their storyline was a little dull. I didn’t like the idea of a tree demon that had the internet it was too much of a stretch for me, and though I liked Angel’s inventive way of killing, the tree’s death was a little too cheesy for me.



Wesley



Poor Wes, at least Angel has Connor, but at the end of this episode Wes is left truly isolated without even Cordy as a friend for support. This episode is one of the last times we see normal Wes, as it’s after this that he truly goes dark. I do love the way Wes deals with his loss though. He is rarely petty and even finds time to console Angel in a very sweet and heartfelt speech during Angel’s self doubt.

The ending of this episode sets up very cleverly and chillingly for the rest of the seasons events with Wesley’s discovery of a prophecy that can surely only lead to bad things.



Overall a decent episode with parts that drag a little, probably because there are two happy couples in it and as we know Joss doesn’t really do happy couples leading parts of the episode to feel a little stiff, but there is enough in the episode to enjoy.

Angel is having a very hard time dealing with Groos presence in his life. Cordy, who is oblivious to how Angel feels about her, thrusts Groo right into the gang. She even gives him a makeover and he looks eerily identical to Angel. This doesnt sit well with Angel, but he would do anything to please Cordy. Meanwhile, Wes is having similar problems dealing with the coupling of Fred and Gunn. He tries to send Gunn on a mission without Fred, but she pretty much invites herself to be his helper. This was a good ep, it really showed us how hard both Wes and Angel have it dealing with their jealousy. Angel deals with it by sending Cordy and Groo on a paid vacation, Wes deals with it by just swallowing it. Something just occurred to me, this is the last time Wes is around the "real" Cordelia until Season 5. Wow...

The Groosalugg, having come to Angel's dimension from Pylea, is overly welcomeed into The Angel Investigations team making Angel very unhappy. He's a great champion like Angel, Cordy's get him dressed like Angel, and he and Cordelia have picked up right where they left off in Pylea which is really the biggest issue. Wesley, settling his frears as he can really tries to help him see that Angel is a one of a kind. Can't be replaced, the reason that they had all come to together. Even after this though when Groo charges into battle and Angel saves the day he realizes that Groo really isn't the issue, the problem is really Cordelia.

this episode was a let down because the writers destroyed the angel and cordelia relationship that was coming up. instead they bring back groo form that terrible pylea arc to wreck everything. he really ruined the episode and the great arc.



but the episode was funny and i felt sad for angel through out as he wanted groo to take in because groo is as strong and can also fight in the day. also i hated that cordy went at the end because now she wont be in the next three episodes. but at least those are going to be great as wesley finds a prophecy about the father killing the son. oooh! exiting.

Couplet



This episode is great. has some funny stuff and some sad stuff for Angel. it isn't as interesting the entire time but it's still very good. what I didn't like was how Cordy treated Angel and the best was the end 'The father will kill the son'.



cut to Angel in the apartment and says that Groo looks smaller and Lorne is trying to make him feel better but Angel says it's better and that Groo went to Cordy and he tells about the spell and its his jacket in the closet and says it's better to be alone. then he opens it again and sniffs on his jacket. cut to Cordy changing her clothes and then goes over to Groo. he says he never had someone else and that he was put off and they are inlove again and start kissing but then she has a vision about a demon.



the credits start



cut to Angel coming down with the baby and Wes wants to talk to him and he talks about Connor but Angel thinks he's talking about Groo. Wes says that Connor wasn't meant to be born and he's reading up some prophecy's and he will tell them when he knows something more. then comes Cordy and Groo is playing with Angel's weapons. she told Angel that she couldn't sleep with him because she had a vision and that killed the mood and she is afraid of losing her vision-ity and she's s cause she thinks he's very hot. but she doesn't think is that bad cause nobody in the office is ever gonna get any.



cut to Gunn and Fred eating and they are pretty inlove. he says that she has made him come out as well and they wanna split everything and then get peeped up by Wesley. cut to the hotel and Wes tells them what to do and Groo says he knows it and tracking it is simple only killing it isn't. Wes tells them to go together and Cordy gives Groo Angel's favourite sword and gives Angel something really tiny. then they leave. cut to Angel and Groo tracking it and the demon attacks them and they fight it but it escapes and Groo goes outside but Angel can't and Groo fights it and then kills it and everyone goes over to Groo and are very happy with him and say he did well while Angel looks outside and can't go.



cut to the office a woman is talking to Angel about someone taking her place and that's how Angel feels about Groo and then Wes comes over and they wanna look into it and he calls Gunn to do the job but Fred goes with him too. cut to Angel and Wes going to the shop and Angel says that Groo and Cordy should have sex and that if he gets the visions so what? Wes asks if he thinks he should replace Cordy but he says maybe not Cordy and Wes knows what he means but says that Angel is unique and one of a kind like the books and the man comes with three copies.



cut to Cordy ready to give Groo a haircut and he asks if she will like him more that way but she says it's because she's afraid that with him she will be less that what she was. cut to Gunn and Fred looking at the guy and they start to kiss and suddenly he disappears. then Wes and Angel come home and find Groo with a new make over and he's wearing Angel's clothes. Angel goes to Cordy and she says that the clothes fit and she thinks Groo is a little taller and then she needs to ask for a favour and she asks for help cause he needs to have sex with Groo.



cut to Cordy telling Angel that she's tired of being lonely. so she says she needs a potion and she gives Angel the address and Groo is gonna go with him. cut to Gunn and Fred and they find a rose and don't understand it so they look at the camera and something took him into the ground and also takes them into. cut to Angel and Groo walking down the halls and they see some stuff and Anita says that everything gets the maximum pleasure here. the woman gives them the potion and then they get called by Gunn and Fred and they say they're trapped and the three thing sucks the life out of the people and they need Groo.



Groo and Angel come in and the Tree grabs Groo and starts to suck his life out of him and he uses him as battery and Angel gets upset and says that he's stronger and better and hits Groo and then the Tree grabs him but Angel is dead so the Tree gets cold and Angel then Gunn kills the tree monster. cut to the office and Wes tells Gunn and Fred to clean up but asks Gunn to stay and tells him to be careful with Fred and that she chose and the only important thing is that he cares good for her. cut to Cordy making Go better and Groo wants to make a confession but Angel says he was a true champion but Groo says he was reckless and Angel was the true champion and Cordy is proud at Groo and she's more inlove and she wants to leave with Groo and Angel asks her back. he gives her money and tells her to leave with Groo to a place where there is sun. then he grabs his baby and Wes writes something on his paper and looks at Angel and then we see what the paper says 'The father will kill the son'.



Black Out

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Best episode quotes:



Angel: It's strange.

Lorne: Hmm.

Angel: I remember him being taller.

Lorne: A trick of the light. They don't actually get smaller until they're very, very old.

Angel: I didn't mean the baby.

Lorne: I know you didn't.

Angel: I meant the Groosalug.

Lorne: I know you did.

Angel: Did he seem, ah, - I don't know - short?

Lorne: Oh, absolutely. Clearly the guy shrank - all over, probably. Why, he's nothing but a muscley midget. I'm sure once Cordelia gets him home, she'll just pop him into a smallish drawer, and that will be that.

Angel: She took him home. Well - well, that's good. At least we won't have to put him up here. The place was starting to turn into a hotel.

Lorne: So - so you don't have a problem with that then?

Angel: Of course not. Why would I?

Lorne: Oh, I don't know. Maybe because I don't remember you wearing this perfume when you left this evening?

Angel: Okay. There may have been some magic.

Lorne: There. You see?

Angel: Actual magic, Lorne. Whatever happened, it was a spell. It's worn off now. There's nothing between Cordelia and me.

Lorne: Sure there is. And it got arms like steel cables and a deeply ironic sense of timing.

Angel: You know, it's good that the Groosalug showed up when he did. You were right. Cordelia deserves a champion, and now she's got one.

Lorne: Well, what about you?

Angel: I'm fine. I've been a solo-act most of my two hundred fourty plus years. And when I wasn't? Never turned out well. I like being alone.

Lorne: Fine, Ms. Garbo. Have it your way. Be alone.



Cordelia: So, ahem, you got deposed, huh?

Groo: Yes.

Cordelia: Huh. That sucks.

Groo: The people turned against me.

Cordelia: Yeah, well, they'll do that.

Groo: Endless committees were formed. Committees splintered into factions, the factions into coalitions, the coalitions turned into subcommittees, until finally the more radical element, spurred by a charismatic leader, did the dance of revolution.

Cordelia: And here you are.

Groo: Yes.

Cordelia: So - you don't miss it? You know, the power, castle, concubines, and the royal chippies.

Groo: There was never anyone else.

Cordelia: Oh.

Groo: I welcomed the overthrow. The tedium of government was too much to bear after a life on the battlefield.

Cordelia: Your heart wasn't really in it.

Groo: No. That left when you did.



Wesley: Actually, I was hoping you and I could talk before the others got here.

Angel: Sure. What is it?

Wesley: Well - it's the fact of him. I know his sudden arrival was something we all needed a moment to digest. - Still, there are questions.

Angel: You're suspicious.

Wesley: "Cautious' might be a better word.

Angel: You think he's evil.

Wesley: Evil?

Angel: Okay, maybe not evil, but - he's definitely hiding something. Does he seem shorter to you?

Wesley: We are both talking about Connor, aren't we?

Angel: What about Connor.

Wesley: He shouldn't exist.

Angel: His birth was foretold. How many people can say that?

Wesley: He has a role to play, that's true, but we still don't know what that role is. - Angel, we can't be afraid to ask the questions, because your enemies, his enemies, certainly won't be.

Angel: You're right. We should be prepared.

Wesley: I'm glad you agree. However, with the loss of the Nyazian Prophecies, we'll probably have to look elsewhere for our answers.

Angel: Well, we both know where those prophecies went. Maybe it's time to make another assault on Wolfram and Hart.

Wesley: That might not be necessary. Not yet, anyway. There should be other sources. Ancient works accumulate scholarship, commentary over the years.

Angel: Huh. You think somebody else has already done the work for us.

Wesley: That's my hope. I've been looking into it. I just... I felt you should know.

Angel: I wanna be involved, completely.

Cordelia: Involved with who?

Angel: You're here. And... so is he.

Groo: Angel. Your weapons are most impressive.

Angel: Thanks. Thank you. Can you, uh, ask him not to handle my weapons?

Cordelia: Oh, relax. If there's one thing Groo knows, it's how to handle a weapon. - Poor guy. Looks like that's about all he's gonna be handling.

Angel: You mean, ah, you two didn't...

Cordelia: I got him home last night and we started... you know. - But then - I couldn't go through with it.

Angel: You couldn't?

Cordelia: No. Not after seeing that disgusting, spiny thing!

Angel: Spiny?

Cordelia: Right up in my face! That's what the visions are like now. No pain, less artsy, sometimes floaty, though not lately, and very often stinky.

Wesley: You had a vision?

Cordelia: Yeah. Big as life last night, while Groo and I were getting reacquainted. Kind of a mood killer, I got to say.

Wesley: You should have called one of us.

Cordelia: Oh, please! Like I'm gonna bother you guys in the middle of the night because I want sex and can't have it.

Wesley: Actually, I meant the vision.

Cordelia: Oh. That. Well, it's not rising up until sometime later today.

Wesley: Oh. Why can't you have sex?

Cordelia: I could lose my 'visionity.'

Wesley: If you wanna play it that way.

Cordelia: Vision-ity! The visions. When that one hit my last night, it hit me. In Pylea the visions were supposed to pass to Groo if we ever did the royal com-shuck. How do I know that won't happen here?

Angel: Good point. You really don't.

Wesley: But your recent transformation could have changed all that. It might be possible to...

Angel: Still, you know, better safe than sorry. You're doing the right thing.

Cordelia: I know. I know. I can't risk it. It's just - I'm so... And he's such a... Rrrr.. Don?t you think?

Angel: Yeah, sure.

Wesley: Certainly.

Cordelia: I mean, there's gotta be other things we can do to relieve the tension!

Angel: Jogging could be the thing.

Wesley: Perhaps some form of paranormal prophylactic...

Angel: Because, you know, jogging...

Cordelia: I guess we could probably 'com' without actually 'shucking.'

Angel: Well, I don't know. That could be a slippery slope that once you're on, that you could - slide.

Cordelia: At least I won't be upsetting the average around here. Nobody in *this* office is ever gonna get any.



Gunn: It's funny.

Fred: The way I chew?

Gunn: No. Until that kiss last night, I would have thought you and Wesley had a thing for each other.

Fred: Wesley?

Gunn: Yeah.

Fred: No, we're just good friends.

Gunn: You want another order of those?

Fred: Yes, please. Oh. No. No, I'm not hungry.

Gunn: You sure? I love watching you eat.

Fred: Wow. - We should probably go. People might start to talk.

Gunn: Why would they?

Fred: Well, you know, us.

Gunn: Us' has been doing breakfast for weeks now. Everyone knows that.

Fred: I know, but now that we've kissed, things are different. - I mean, they are, right?

Gunn: Oh yeah.

Fred: So - so you don't think they can tell?

Gunn: From here?

Fred: I'm sorry. I'm being ridiculous, I know. It's just - I don't have a lot of experience in this area. I spent the last five years in a cave.

Gunn: Yeah, I know what that's like.

Fred: How could you?

Gunn: Because now everything's so bright my eyes hurt.



Angel: I don't know. Maybe they should just do it, you know? Get it over with.

Wesley: I'm sorry?

Angel: Cordy and Groo. She's being all noble for the good of the team. She should just make it with the com-shuck. That's what she wants.

Wesley: Oh.

Proprietor: May I help you?

Wesley: Yes. I phoned earlier about Grammaticus Third Century Greek Commentaries.

Proprietor: Of course. The G.T.C.G.C. I'll be just one moment.

Wesley: Thank you.

Angel: I mean, why not? You know, life is short. Okay, not mine, but, you know, most people's. And if Groo does it for her, she should go for it. Make him happy. Make her happy. Make everybody happy.

Wesley: But still - office romance - complicates things. What if they should have a row, or break up?

Angel: All of us fight with each other at some point. It's not like anybody else is having a romance. I don't see it changing things much.

Wesley: Well - she said it herself. It could risk the visions.

Angel: Okay. So the visions pass to Groo. He gets them instead of her. So what?

Wesley: Are you suggesting Groosalug could replace Cordelia?

Angel: Maybe not Cordelia.

Wesley: I see. - You think he could replace you.

Angel: I don't know. Seems to me, here is a guy who can do everything I can - and a few things I can't.

Wesley: That's not true.

Angel: You saw what happened this afternoon. If Groo hadn't been there...

Wesley: Then the rest of us would have. - Angel, - you're the reason we've all come together. It's your mission which animates us. We each contribute, it's true, but you - you're unique. You're like one of these rare volumes. One of a kind.

Proprietor: I've got three of them.



Angel: Well, ah, Wesley - thanks - for what you said before. You put things into perspective for me.

Wesley: Glad I could. While I do believe having another warrior for good may be an asset in the coming days, Truth is, you and the Groosalug are two totally different - people...

Groo: Ah, hello.

Wesley: ...who look exactly alike.

Angel: He's wearing my clothes.

Wesley: Good fit.

Angel: Where's Cordelia?

Cordelia: Oh, good. You're back.

Angel: He's wearing my clothes.

Cordelia: What? Oh, yeah. I-I didn't think you'd mind. Turns out you guys are about the same size. I think he's a little taller. Looks great though, doesn't he? Angel, I need your help.

Angel: What happened? - You had a vision?

Cordelia: What? Oh, no. No, it's nothing like that. Uhm. This is - personal.

Angel: What is it?

Cordelia: I wouldn't ask, except, ah, there's really no one else I can trust with this. It's something only you can do?

Angel: Tell me.

Cordelia: You've done so much for me already and... Well, this is just one more thing for the list, I guess.

Angel: There is no list. You know that. Just - just tell me what I can do.

Cordelia: I need you to help me have sex - with Groo.



Anita: Oh, I love your outfits.

Angel: Well, I really wouldn't call them 'outfits.'

Anita: But you are together.

Groo: Yes! Two champions here together.

Angel: Not 'together' together.



Angel: Groo, I think he's happy there.

Groo: As a slave?

Man: Don't judge me.



Groo: Angel, your coat is singing.



Angel: What do you think? - Honestly. Does he seem really 'better' than other men?

Tree Demon: He's magnificent.

Angel: Really? - I'd say more like magnificently stupid. Because him with the beer tap in his chest and me with the, you know, just walking around And I'm really getting tired of the 'Groosa-worship' thing. Nothing personal, champ. Oh! Everyone makes such a big deal about the Groosalug. He's such a champion. He's so rugged. He's so emotionally available. Look at him in the daylight. But you know what? I'm smarter, and I'm stronger, and I pick out my own clothes! Okay. Oh, jeez. Well, it's okay. You know, no one is using my heart at the moment anyway.

Tree Demon: Kill you.

Angel: Sorry. Already dead.

Tree Demon: Vampire!

Angel: Yeah. Did I mention that?

Tree Demon: Cold. - Cold.

Angel: Oh, yeah. It's kinda cold in there. But, hey, don't let that stop you.

Tree Demon: So cold.

Gunn: So dead!



Wesley: When you knew this was more than just a tryst you should have told me.

Gunn: It happened so fast. The thing just grabbed the guy and he was gone.

Wesley: That's... - That's not what I meant.

Gunn: Oh. - You mean... - Well... - I'm not so sure that's any of your business.

Wesley: No. You're probably right. - Still... She could get hurt. - I trust that won't happen?

Gunn: What are you, her brother?

Wesley: Apparently.

Gunn: Wesley, I...

Wesley: She chose. - It's just important to me that she's taken care of.

Gunn: She will be.

Wesley: Good.



Cordelia: Sorry.

Angel: It's, ah - it's okay. It, ah, was already ruined.

Cordelia: Well, if it's any consolation, I planned to rip it off him later anyway. You did get the potion, didn't you?

Angel: Yeah. We - we got it.

Cordelia: Well. This isn't so bad. You heal almost as fast as he does.

Groo: Princess, I - I have a confession to make.

Angel: Groo.

Cordelia: A confession? What - what confession? Did something happen at the brothel? You were supposed to look after him!

Angel: Nothing happened! Except your - boyfriend here was - very brave, and - saved the day.

Cordley: You did? You big hero!

Groo: No. I was reckless! I put everyone in grave peril. - Angel is the true champion. He saved us all.

Cordelia: Did you hear that?

Angel: Yeah, but...

Cordelia: How many guys would just give away the credit like that? That is just so noble. The potion. Let's get our of here! See ya!

Angel: Cordelia.

Cordelia: What? What is it? What's this?

Angel: Just some money I saved up.

Cordelia: Why? What for?

Angel: I did something for you tonight. Now I want you to do something for me. - Don't come in tomorrow. In fact, don't come in for a couple of weeks. Take Groo some place - nice. Somewhere where there is - sun. - He'd like that.

Cordelia: Angel...

Angel: Promise me.

Cordelia: Okay. You sure you don't need some patching up yourself?

Angel: No, I - I'm good. Didn't hurt a bit.



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Story: 10

Acting: 10

Writing: 10

Picture: 10

Gripping: 9

My Rank: 9

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Total: 9.7