by Lynnette Southwood

Created on: July 04, 2007   Last Updated: February 04, 2008

Angel was a much better TV series than Buffy the Vampire Slayer, especially if you take into account, consistency towards creative storylines. Sara Michelle Gellar was a petite force to be reckoned with and if I had those looks and those powers, my ego would be huge, no putting up with controlling, flaky idiots, ever. The last two seasons of Buffy got pretty close to pornographic and it took a depressing turn. I don't think that despair and porn go well together. I enjoyed the very dysfunctional relationship that developed between Buffy and Spike but that was the only reason I watched, just to see them go at it. I loved Spike, I could seriously lick him.

All of that eye candy (Angel, Spike, Zander, OZ) filled a void for the female audience. The writing started out good and great writing propelled it along year after year. It was amazing watching these teenagers take over the library and come up with excuses for the freaky things that happened at school and the 'Bronze'. It's difficult to keep that level of intensity and originality especially with today's ADD audience and not burn out. The ending did not honor the integrity of the series, it was a huge disappointment, and the only good thing about it was it left an opening for my man Spike to return.

The story of Angel, the Vampire with a Soul, is just so romantic, so tragic - doomed to be alone, forbidden to fully experience the pitfalls, freedom and joy of true love. Angel, so tall, dark, handsome, brooding, inaccessible, women are suckers for that type - a man you can not have - prevented from seeing the sun rise and therefore, probably suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder, battles evil in Hell-A.

David Boreanez grew into his character and revealed the many sides of Angel, creating a multi-dimensional, addictive, human character. I would never have thought in the beginning that when I first tuned in, that the show would, at times, be so funny, instead of staying stuck on dark and gloomy parasites both human and non-human and starring a normally tortured reanimated corpse? I thought the episode where Angel was turned into a puppet was comical and brilliant and I could not stop laughing. That episode justifies my DVR service. The ending of Angel was superb, it was unexpected, I didn't have to see my heroes murdered but fighting passionately, and again the writers and actors developed well-rounded, complicated lovable characters. Oh and once again, providing a service to those who like to look at great looking men.

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