Episode #267: 'Angel' 5x21 and 5x22 - What You Do Is What Matters

Jun 11, 2018, 05:42 AM

Join ReWatchable for the final recap episode of the Buffy/Angel era, with Angel 5x21, "Power Play," and 5x22, "Not Fade Away."

Superfan: Caitlin
Newbies: Mitch and Brittany

Fun Facts:
Mitch went to a wedding in his apartment's backyard. Brittany went to a wedding where someone yelled "BINGO" in the middle of her speech. And Caitlin finally saw Hamilton!!

Angel season 5, episode 21, "Power Play":
-Synopsis
-Did we buy that Angel was actually giving up?
-How is the pacing of these episodes?
-Wes' arc is just so, so sad
-"That's not a stake"
-Drogyn is back! He sets everyone on high alert and then becomes a sacrifice
-Angel, not Angelus, is accomplishing some dark stuff
-This suicide mission is pushing the pause button on the next apocalypse
-A WILD KATE APPEARS, CALLBACK TIME
-Angel was never going to get a happy ending
-The Wolf, The Ram, The Heart
-"You're Welcome"
-Spike spoke those words so it's a thing that happened
-Favorite Scenes
-Favorite Lines

Angel season 5, episode 22, "Not Fade Away":
-Synopsis
-You know, it was really unclear
-Angel signs away his right to be a real boy *tear*
-So many great callbacks
-Harmony gets her letter of recommendation
-How would you spend your last day?
-SPIKE'S POETRY!
-Connor makes us feel things -- good things?
-It's probably important that there is a lack of hope in the pancake group
-Everyone goes off in search of their assignments
-Return to the Dark Alley
-Poor Lorne. Too good for this world
-Are we satisfied?
-Favorite Scenes
-Favorite Lines

Listener Feedback:
-Thanks for all your support through Buffy and Angel! SO MUCH LOVE!

Brittany's Brainstorms/Mitch's Musings:
What happens after they run into battle?!

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