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The Awl examines the theology of Angel

Webmaster — 2013-01-15T19:33:04Z

The first in a series about our favorite TV shows past.
There are some things I know to be true that cannot be objectively or scientifically proven, what theologians call articles of faith. Corporate lawyers, for instance, are not simply bad people who made poor life choices. They actually work for demons, a kind of lesser god-monster from a parallel dimension porously paired with our own. Professional politics, a career nearly all attorneys aspire to, is itself a realm of slightly higher (...) - Reviews

SciFiNow's top ten best Angel episodes

Webmaster — 2012-09-03T20:00:05Z

Top 10 Best Angel Episodes
Celebrating the 10 best episodes of Joss Whedon's Buffy spin-off Angel. And yes, Smile Time is in there, but where did it place?
10. Home (Season 4, Episode 22)
Angel Investigations is offered the keys to enemy Wolfram & Hart by a back-from-the-dead Lilah. Is this offer too good to be true? The gang takes a tour of the evil law firm's offices and ask themselves if taking over is for the greater good, or if they'd ultimately be corrupted anyway. (...) - Reviews

Wolfram & Hart and... Legal Ethics ?

Webmaster — 2012-08-29T09:01:43Z

The inspiration for this month's column comes from a question from Arthur, who writes:
On Joss Whedon's show Angel, the law firm Wolfram and Hart hire Angel as CEO. As far as I know, if you incorporate a law firm, it can only be owned by lawyers. Does any rule like this apply to officer positions as well? Would there be any legal ramifications of having Angel as their CEO without any business or legal experience?
There are a few different issues here. First, can a law firm (...) - Reviews

On Wesley and Fred - Sansa-snark.tumblr.com Review

Webmaster — 2012-07-02T18:03:10Z

I watched Angel before I became too involved in fandom, and as I was watching I just assumed everyone would love Fred. That everyone would root for and ultimately understand Fred/Wesley's relationship. What I found when I turned to the internet to see fandom's reaction? So many people hated Fred, on the basis that she was weak. When questioned, the only arguments these people could come up with was that she was an anorexic “stick” who came in the way of Wesley/Lilah (...) - Reviews

Abraham Lincoln versus Angelus

Webmaster — 2012-06-28T20:28:12Z

Just for the record, no, we are not doing Edward Cullen, no matter how many DMs you send me about it. Because we all already know how that fight ends; Lincoln collecting skulls like he's playing “Orcs Must Die!”
Besides, Angelus is a much more credible fight.
At first, it seems like an easy fight. Buffy's beau has more weaknesses than Cassidy or Morbius. Garlic, decapitation, stakes to the heart, has to be invited in, and so on. Granted, in the Buffy universe, one (...) - Reviews

Victim Triumphant - An Angels Essay

Webmaster — 2012-05-16T16:14:33Z

The commercials advertising Angel's first season named Angel a hero. But do you believe everything commercials tell you? Angel's certainly the man in charge. He headed Angel Investigations, and then had his own branch of a law firm, not to mention the most lines, the most scenes and the best close-ups. He's likeable enough to be a hero and apparently has a worthwhile goal—preventing the destruction of the world. He also faces seemingly overwhelming odds as a (...) - Reviews

"A World Without Love" - an Angel essay

Webmaster — 2012-04-08T21:10:38Z

A World Without Love - The Failure of Family in Angel - By Jean Lorrah
As the television series Angel ended its fifth and final season, the only character left from the opening episode of the first season was the title character, Angel. Compare that to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the show which spun off Angel: Buffy, Giles, Xander and Willow were present in the first episode of the first season and in the last episode of the seventh season. Is the attrition rate in Angel mere coincidence, (...) - Reviews

"Where Have All the Good Guys Gone?" - an Angel essay

Webmaster — 2012-03-18T20:15:57Z

In a city where a demonic beast can darken the sun, where the most prestigious law firm caters exclusively to demons, vampires and other hellish spawn and where a goddess can take control of the entire human race just by smiling on television, only the mightiest champions have any hope of defeating the darkness. On Angel, these mighty champions are Faith, Wesley, Spike and Angel himself. The rest of the team are all good guys—they just don't have the same clout. Whether (...) - Reviews

"There's My Boy..." - an Angel essay

Webmaster — 2012-02-20T21:11:25Z

Since the first episode of Buffy, I've been a captivated fan, easily losing myself in the alternate universe where every dark remnant of the psyche lives vibrantly in the flesh. Perhaps that's because as a psychologist and sex therapist, I come from what some might consider an alternative universe, too, where passions are living creatures, both wanted and feared, and the demons of shame, guilt, and regret can keep us chained for a lifetime. In my universe, curses are often (...) - Reviews

Angel Puppet in the 10 great stand-alone episodes that totally represent their respective shows

Webmaster — 2011-10-23T09:53:33Z

10 Great Stand-Alone Episodes That Totally Represent Their Respective Shows
Stand-alone episodes. Pretty much every TV show does them, even in this age of more serialized television. And oftentimes, they're kind of disposable. They're the cheap episodes, or the ones which don't shake up the show's status quo. Most of all, they're often stories that could come from any television show — like last week's "amnesia virus" episode of Terra Nova.
But stand-alone episodes don't have to be (...) - Reviews