A great finale to one of the best shows I've seen on TV. As BTVS slid and became a joke post S.5, Angel took up the slack and kept its quality, which is surprising given the production problems it was wrought with toward the end.
This episode sums up the spirit of the show beautifully, in contrast to the BTVS finale which strove for and missed the mark so horribly. Although the quality of Angel S.5 is variable, the themes and characterisations are generally consistent, again unlike BTVS S.6 & 7, and that makes the conclusion of this show all the more powerful, and the resolution feels 'earned'.
I like the fact that it concludes in an open-ended fashion. 'Let's Go to Work', and black screen. It's up to the viewer to imagine what would happen next. They've got out of worse scrapes in the past...
This episode sums up the spirit of the show beautifully, in contrast to the BTVS finale which strove for and missed the mark so horribly. Although the quality of Angel S.5 is variable, the themes and characterisations are generally consistent, again unlike BTVS S.6 & 7, and that makes the conclusion of this show all the more powerful, and the resolution feels 'earned'.
I like the fact that it concludes in an open-ended fashion. 'Let's Go to Work', and black screen. It's up to the viewer to imagine what would happen next. They've got out of worse scrapes in the past...