After the days of BTVS, this was a fantastic show. In fact, i think it surpassed Buffy. The characters had real soul and didn't include whining bratty sisters and robotic girlfriends...
However, for those who loved the show, you have to admit that the way they ended it made me at least,sick to my stomach. I watched the finale, and I was so unsatisfied! I still bow down to Joss, he is a GOD, but there were so many unanswered questions!
Firstly, not to sound like a broken record, but Buffy and Angel are one of the most romantic couples EVER, and things end like this? With a stinking trip to Rome a few weeks ago - and boom Angel and Spike both have this epiphany? Life has to go on they have to choose their own paths...? BS! I mean, come on! And now we are expected to believe that he is telling Connor about the new woman in his life the werewolf chick THIS is the love he is thinking about on his FINAL DAY? After everything that has happened? I think not!
Secondly, since Angel's inception, since his days on BTVS, there has been talk about the reward he was to eventually receive for his goodness - namely, his mortality. Are we to believe that Angel signs it over? Perhaps at the end of the day the picture they want us to have is that he cared more about doing good, than the ultimate reward? For me, that doesn't wash. I wished that perhaps he had been granted his mortality, spent his last day - in the sun, with all the pleasures being a mortal can bring - and then perhaps fought as a mortal or something like that.
Thirdly, Connor. They seem to have made peace, and will never be close, but Angel was about to DIE and we are left with this picture of Connor retreating into suburban bliss as his father is left in a crumbling Wolfram and Heart? NO, NO, NO! I'm horribly disappointed! I watched Angel since the day he stepped onto our screens in BTVS, and followed him all the way to his own show. I HATE the way that they ended this. Please, don't think that I expected champagne and roses, but I feel like in the space of the last two episodes we have been given too much info, and too little has been tied up sufficiently.
Again I say: Buffy, the love of his life Connor, who HATED his father and then at their departing suddenly understands Angel's motives took him long enough! Angel's mortality Fred being turned into Illyria, perhaps one of the better moves, but Wesley was just becoming nerve-wracking in his inability to get over her...
And lastly, the biggest disappointment - that Lorne, in my opinion, lost faith in his leader and abandoned all of them when they needed him most. I quote, "I still don't trust him..." How could he? After everything! They all had a role to play, consequences to face, and he left. I mean, even Lindsey came to the party in the end! As a fan of Lorne's character since day one, this bitterly disappointed me. And so we are left with the image of the Chosen one (I'm not even sure if it was Angel or Spike but seeing that they made Angel sign the page, I'll assume it was him all along) Spike, Illyria and a dying Gunn -- Fighting till what will probably be their death.
No, Angel deserved more. He deserved the happiness that he had worked so hard for...even if it was for a fleeting moment...
A fantastic show that deserved better in the end. LONG LIVE ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS!!!
However, for those who loved the show, you have to admit that the way they ended it made me at least,sick to my stomach. I watched the finale, and I was so unsatisfied! I still bow down to Joss, he is a GOD, but there were so many unanswered questions!
Firstly, not to sound like a broken record, but Buffy and Angel are one of the most romantic couples EVER, and things end like this? With a stinking trip to Rome a few weeks ago - and boom Angel and Spike both have this epiphany? Life has to go on they have to choose their own paths...? BS! I mean, come on! And now we are expected to believe that he is telling Connor about the new woman in his life the werewolf chick THIS is the love he is thinking about on his FINAL DAY? After everything that has happened? I think not!
Secondly, since Angel's inception, since his days on BTVS, there has been talk about the reward he was to eventually receive for his goodness - namely, his mortality. Are we to believe that Angel signs it over? Perhaps at the end of the day the picture they want us to have is that he cared more about doing good, than the ultimate reward? For me, that doesn't wash. I wished that perhaps he had been granted his mortality, spent his last day - in the sun, with all the pleasures being a mortal can bring - and then perhaps fought as a mortal or something like that.
Thirdly, Connor. They seem to have made peace, and will never be close, but Angel was about to DIE and we are left with this picture of Connor retreating into suburban bliss as his father is left in a crumbling Wolfram and Heart? NO, NO, NO! I'm horribly disappointed! I watched Angel since the day he stepped onto our screens in BTVS, and followed him all the way to his own show. I HATE the way that they ended this. Please, don't think that I expected champagne and roses, but I feel like in the space of the last two episodes we have been given too much info, and too little has been tied up sufficiently.
Again I say: Buffy, the love of his life Connor, who HATED his father and then at their departing suddenly understands Angel's motives took him long enough! Angel's mortality Fred being turned into Illyria, perhaps one of the better moves, but Wesley was just becoming nerve-wracking in his inability to get over her...
And lastly, the biggest disappointment - that Lorne, in my opinion, lost faith in his leader and abandoned all of them when they needed him most. I quote, "I still don't trust him..." How could he? After everything! They all had a role to play, consequences to face, and he left. I mean, even Lindsey came to the party in the end! As a fan of Lorne's character since day one, this bitterly disappointed me. And so we are left with the image of the Chosen one (I'm not even sure if it was Angel or Spike but seeing that they made Angel sign the page, I'll assume it was him all along) Spike, Illyria and a dying Gunn -- Fighting till what will probably be their death.
No, Angel deserved more. He deserved the happiness that he had worked so hard for...even if it was for a fleeting moment...
A fantastic show that deserved better in the end. LONG LIVE ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS!!!