Angel - Life of the Party

[lathany]

I enjoyed this one, particularly the second half. The similarity to Something Blue was notable, but didn't ruin my enjoyment of the episode (compare with Spin the Bottle vs Tabula Rasa). It was also my second favourite Halloween episode (after Halloween) and the "biggest party of the year" idea was a good one. It was satisfying to see Lorne get centre stage after the last few episodes. Plus the bit where the slave ran away was a nice touch. Finally, I liked the fact that the party was said to have gone better than those in previous years...

...which takes me onto the continuity issues. Now, I agree that removing Connor probably rewrites a bit of history, but the team are still in Wolfram and Hart - right ? So they must still have had most of The Beast / Jasmine stuff to have (not) saved the world from - right ? So... how come there are Wolfram and Hart employees around who have seen previous Halloween dos (eg. Knox and the two Lorne speaks to) ? Weren't they all killed by the Beast ? And why do they still talk about all the employees being "evil" ? All that singing in Conviction was supposed to remove the worst of them and leave those tending more towards selfish (or, in D&D terms "neutral").

But, having got those continuity moans out of my system, I still think it was a good episode.

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[wimble.livejournal.com]

There's a D&D aphorism of "Selfish Neutral". Chaotics may not be selfish, because they don't think that far ahead.