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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 1203404" data-attributes="member: 115">I know I'm a bit late commenting on the episode myself, though I wanted some time to let it sink in before posting my thoughts. I'm seriously going to kick Wesley right in the balls. Now that that's out of the way, I hated that whole sub-plot.  It completely marginalized Wesley and Lilah's relationship, which was certainly more complex and meaningful than just Wesley and Lilah getting it on.  Sure, it was more than a little creepy, but there was definitely chemistry there.  Okay, and Lilah was my favorite female on the show, and second favorite only to the big W, so I have a bit of bias too. Furthermore, I'm really starting to have more and more resentment towards Fred.  I don't loathe her as much as I did Connor, but it's starting to get close.  I mean, I know Ms. Carpenter wanted to leave the show, and I can respect that.  But I can't believe that out of Fred, Lilah, and Gwen, they chose to get rid of the latter two and keep only Fred.  The helpless-girl act is fine, but the character is just NOT strong enough to be the only female regular, in my opinion.  And the semi-obvious story arc of Fred's "empowerment" just doesn't interest me at all. Alright, I'm taking deep breaths. Other than this, I liked the episode a lot.  I'm glad there was some story to Lorne lately, and it perfectly fit in his character.  The empath to sympath deal was awfully contrived, but it did make a certain amount of sense.  The demon-prince guy was a little dorky looking, and didn't really come off as demonic to me, but YMMV.  The story had a good beginning - morale was sure to be low, and it's nice to see the effects of Angel and team taking over still be felt.  But the idea that they would throw a party and invite all sorts of evil demonic sorts just strikes me as terribly off-character.  I mean, they're trying to make the company "good", so this just seems completely out of character.  The least they could have done is gotten the anti-violence spell cast again - it's not like they don't know how to do it.  But besides the gap in logic, the story was quite funny and never seemed to drag. Character-specific comments: Angel is obviously going to flirt with the darker side of morality this season.  Eve still does nothing for me, except be annoying.  Yay for Spike not dominating this episode!  Seeing Wes and Fred drunk was really amusing. One this I'd like to point out specifically is Gunn.  Or rather, the actor, J. August Richards.  I think he's really become a great actor since his introduction, and it's a real shame that the writers don't give him more to do, to let him stretch a little.</blockquote>

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