butterfly | Angel 5x12 - You're Welcome

1. Cordelia looks hot with curly hair. I like the short curls better than the long, dark hair. And I liked Cordy last night more than I ever have. I choose to think that it was Cordy - her essence, the way I believe that Spirit-Darla in Inside Out was the essence of Darla. "I have her memories, her feelings. Isn't that what makes a person who they are?"

2. That was the best send-off that a ME-character has ever had, I think.

3. Yep, still like Eve. Though she'd look better with a haircut - maybe with some soft layers around her face. She should never tuck her hair behind her ears - she's making her face look longer, which it doesn't need.

4. Adore Lindsey. He's still my favorite pocket-sized ex-lawyer and I'd love to see more of him. In any sense. I am finding that look he gave Angel near episode's end to be thought-worthy.

5. Wes rules. He really does. And Fred totally gave Wesley A Look. Which isn't, I'd like to mention, the same as them sharing a look.

6. It is way too early for Angel to have a true turn-around. Plus, he needs to find hope in himself - he can't forever look outside. But he's finally understanding that he's part of it all - last week and this week.

7. Both Doyle and Cordy gave their lives to keep Angel in the game ("Since when is it a game?"). Wesley has already given blood. Lorne gave arterial blood (from heart to head, on the way up). And they all gave blood last year, during Jasmine. Their blood with Cordy's, to bring the truth. What does it mean that Angel and Fred got it from the source and not Cordy?

8. I miss Doyle. I loved how pissed off Angel and Cordy were at Lindsey's appropriation of the name. Loved that Lindsey used it, because he would. I loved hearing his name and seeing his face because... I miss Doyle.

9. What did Cordy say? "There are no people like us." or "There are no 'people like us'."? Because those two sentences would have very different meanings.

10. So, Angel once again believes in his Chosen status. That's a dangerous thing. Oh, believing in yourself is a good thing, but believing yourself to be better than other people? Placing yourself above other people? Always a bad sign. And as Angel told us in Soul Purpose, he wants it to be good versus evil. But all life is a mix of both, just as life is series of choices. Series is an important part of that equation - it's never one Big Choice, it's a million small choices, day by day. And that's the part that Angel has a hard time with. Relevant parallel - Jonathan as an Angel-eske character in Superstar.