“He’s got cow eyes, big and black…Moo…”
As the title suggests, this episode concerns the fact that
everything has now changed. Everyone is lost, and they need to feel and grope
for a place in a world that has changed around them. For Angel this simply
means training and obsessing over Darla some more, to the exclusion of all else,
including what was once his mission. His task is the easiest. For Darla and
Drusilla, it simply means that they get to have fun recruiting henchmen and concocting
evil plans. We get an interesting comment from Drusilla, however, at the end. She
doesn’t know whether she’s looking at Angel or Angelus. This has very
interesting implications.
For Lilah and Lindsey, things are more awkward and
difficult. They are the only survivors of the massacre, and Wolfram and Hart
are obviously going to treat one of them as a scape goat. Cue lots of amusing
scenes in which they try to double cross each other. Unexpectedly, however, they
are both promoted to active co-vice presidents, on probation, until one of them
slips up. They’re going to be watched by the Senior Partners, who are, as ever,
unseen and mysterious.
The heart of the episode, concerns Cordy, Wes and Gunn as
they search for a role without Angel, with the aid of karaoke. Ultimately, they
all realise that they have it within themselves to continue without Angel. It’s
interesting to see, in our first actual glimpse of Wesley’s home life, that he
is still with Virginia, and they seem to be very much in love. I’m sure that
won’t last. This is a Joss Whedon show after all.
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