Power Play

Angel Episode Review

In which the brow is back.

What Happened

Angel is playing the Wolfram & Hart game pretty well lately, including the part where he helps a demon/Senator use magic to smear her opponent. He's even having racket-ball dates with demons.

Illyria's of the opinion that Angel has been corrupted. Drogyn, the Keeper of the Well where Illyria was imprisoned, thinks she's right, but then Angel sent someone to assassinate him, so he may be biased. Supposedly, Angel was afraid that Drogyn would discover Angel had a hand in Illyria's resurrection.

The assassin said that Angel deliberately sacrificed Fred to get in good with the Black Thorn, a super-secret society that does all the Senior Partners' dirty work. When he's confronted, Angel doesn't go out of his way to deny it.

Hamilton beats Illyria down and takes Drogyn to the Black Thorn. It's Angel's initiation, and to pass he kills Drogyn without hesitation. While that's going on, Wesley suddenly finds his faith in Angel and announces that they are just going to have to save him from himself.

His friends are on Angel when he gets back to W&H. The fight scene is brief, until Angel gets Lorne in a choke-hold. He sets up a glamor and starts explaining that he's been setting this all up along. Cordelia gave him a vision of the Thorn, so he used Fred's death to get in.

The plan: kill them all.

What We Learned

• Now the brow is back.
• Angel should make love on the beach, all by himself.
• Spike should not be suggesting field trips for Illyria.
• Wesley and Illyria are no longer having intercourse.
• Wes senses that suicidal celebrities are beneath Angel's concern.
• Let's put a kibosh on that sentence before it turns into a ass kicking.
• If Angel was Angelus, half of them would already be dead - just for the fun of it.
• Can Lorne not be the poster child for Angel's nervous breakdown?
• Power does traditionally corrupt.
• Typical. Sleep with a guy and he sends your entire family out of the country. No wait. It's not typical at all.
• The game is pointless and annoys Illyria.
• Lindsey doesn't need a reason to lie.

Best Lines

Hamilton: "So, I hear you're living in a tree now."
Drogan: "The tree is the entrance to the Deeper Well. I live in a cave. It's actually quite nice."

What Did I Think?

Fun set-up. Wonder what the real deal was with Drogyn?