Thoughts on Angel s5x02 Just Rewards:
Well, Spike's finally here. And from the early ratings for the first two episodes it seems to be helping on that side, but is his presence helping the show creatively? It's probably to early to tell, but here are some thoughts on "Just Rewards."
On a positive note, Marsters seems to work well with the Angel cast. The interaction between Angel and Spike was generally engaging, although the "I'm an irritating ghost" dynamic runs the risk of being overplayed if it goes on to long.
While the villain of the episode comes off as a very "one and done" kind of threat, the actor portraying the necromancer brought a wonderful look/voice/feel to the part.
On a negative note, there didn't seem to be a lot of dramatic tension to the episode. While lots of reasonably interesting long term problems were hovering around, the show's new setting seems a little bit stagnant. It's probably due to the fact that, aside from Gunn's infusion of LawyerPower, we haven't gotten much new with any of the other characters, just LOTS of Angel and, with this ep, lots of Spike too. Even some of the earliest episodes of Season 1 seemed to have more than this ep did. However, last season started somewhat slowly as well, so I'm willing to give the writers the benefit of the doubt.
Overall, a decent episode, hopefully setting up some more interesting things in the long run...
Well, Spike's finally here. And from the early ratings for the first two episodes it seems to be helping on that side, but is his presence helping the show creatively? It's probably to early to tell, but here are some thoughts on "Just Rewards."
On a positive note, Marsters seems to work well with the Angel cast. The interaction between Angel and Spike was generally engaging, although the "I'm an irritating ghost" dynamic runs the risk of being overplayed if it goes on to long.
While the villain of the episode comes off as a very "one and done" kind of threat, the actor portraying the necromancer brought a wonderful look/voice/feel to the part.
On a negative note, there didn't seem to be a lot of dramatic tension to the episode. While lots of reasonably interesting long term problems were hovering around, the show's new setting seems a little bit stagnant. It's probably due to the fact that, aside from Gunn's infusion of LawyerPower, we haven't gotten much new with any of the other characters, just LOTS of Angel and, with this ep, lots of Spike too. Even some of the earliest episodes of Season 1 seemed to have more than this ep did. However, last season started somewhat slowly as well, so I'm willing to give the writers the benefit of the doubt.
Overall, a decent episode, hopefully setting up some more interesting things in the long run...
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