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Message: <blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 1498163" data-attributes="member: 5171">I actually liked the ambiguity of it.  We can argue back and forth all day, and I personally think that Connor did get his memory back, but I like the way that it was there just enough for people to get the ending they want either way:1) Connor does get his memory back, understands what his dad did, forgives him, and obliquely agrees to use the old memories, pushing the anger away and being happy.  "I learned that from my Dad," meaning that he's going to do what Angel would have wanted.2) Connor doesn't get his memory back, really does just go into instinct mode when the BBEG (Sahjan?  Horrible with spelling) grabs his neck, and sees a Smallville-like world but decides not to go for it.  "I learned that from my Dad," meaning that he learned good wholesome values from his "parents", and Angel sits back and realizes that he still has his gift, and that they're teaching him the things he'd want Connor to learn.They obviously hinted enough for there to be ambiguity, but I don't think they did enough for it to be definite -- and I'm glad for that.  I'd have been a little annoyed with a "Bye, Father," as the elevator door closed or something.  As it is, we can read as much into that eye contact as we want -- maybe it was Father and Son saying good-bye to each other as best they can, or maybe it was a young man telling a warrior that he wanted to go back to his peaceful life, and the warrior was letting him leave.</blockquote>

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