*shrugs* It's pretty classic ME format to deal with the Little Bad during Feb. Sweeps and bring the Big Bad in. (Are we in sweeps yet? I never know.)
I've been assuming -- and I'm still assuming -- that the Gang finding out about the mindwipe is going to be a Big Plot Point -- and quite possibly that their old memories are stored in the room of unexpected literalism, where Lorne's sleep was kept. And as far as Interpersonal Issues goes we've also got the continuing Buffy stuff for both Spike and Angel, though I'm not so sure that actually will get addressed. (Ditto with who gets the Destiny, if anyone.) And there's Gunn learning not to take candy from Evil Lawyers (or not).
There's the question of do they stay at W&H, and if so do they make changes, and if not what now? There's the question of whether Eve actually ever did work for the Senior Partners. And if she did and now no longer is, who are they going to send in her place? I'll cackle like a mofo if it turns out Lindsay comes down from another big silver hole in the ceiling with a good suit and a shit eating grin, and Angel has to put up with him making sexual innuendos all day and night.
Other loose plot threads: Angel's son is supposed to kill Sajahn, or however that's spelled, who's trapped in a jar but not actually dead. Of course, possibly the kid will just break a jar someday and never know why. :) Most of the other loose ends I can think of from previous seasons got tied up in Skip the Demon's "It's All Connected (New York Telephone) Speech, "We meant to do that" remix. Not that they *couldn't* resurrect one of those plotlines because he was certainly an unreliable narrator, but I tend to think they're hoping we don't remember them. From this season there's the arguably good cyborgs who wanted Angel for *something*.
Bad Slayers would've been a good Big Bad if they hadn't done it as a one-off. Ditto the New Council. But I tend to think it'll be an internal threat, because we've barely seen them leave the building all season. Unless, of course, the point is to get them back on the street and in touch with all the night people Angel was talking about in the Gem of Amarra episode.
If Eve Who Wants Revenge is the Big Bad, I will have to throw things and whimper.
The themes of this season seem to be "who do you trust/who do you believe", ambiguity/gray, which makes me think they'll bring Lilah back (and wouldn't that rock?) since she was the spokesperson for it, beware of all-or-nothing false choices, and isolation/disconnection/can't touch. All of which would actually apply well to the First Evil, but then I'd have to kill myself with the remote control. I suspect the big bad will reflect all that and then some, but I don't know what it could be.
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Date: 2004-02-05 04:29 am (UTC)I've been assuming -- and I'm still assuming -- that the Gang finding out about the mindwipe is going to be a Big Plot Point -- and quite possibly that their old memories are stored in the room of unexpected literalism, where Lorne's sleep was kept. And as far as Interpersonal Issues goes we've also got the continuing Buffy stuff for both Spike and Angel, though I'm not so sure that actually will get addressed. (Ditto with who gets the Destiny, if anyone.) And there's Gunn learning not to take candy from Evil Lawyers (or not).
There's the question of do they stay at W&H, and if so do they make changes, and if not what now? There's the question of whether Eve actually ever did work for the Senior Partners. And if she did and now no longer is, who are they going to send in her place? I'll cackle like a mofo if it turns out Lindsay comes down from another big silver hole in the ceiling with a good suit and a shit eating grin, and Angel has to put up with him making sexual innuendos all day and night.
Other loose plot threads: Angel's son is supposed to kill Sajahn, or however that's spelled, who's trapped in a jar but not actually dead. Of course, possibly the kid will just break a jar someday and never know why. :) Most of the other loose ends I can think of from previous seasons got tied up in Skip the Demon's "It's All Connected (New York Telephone) Speech, "We meant to do that" remix. Not that they *couldn't* resurrect one of those plotlines because he was certainly an unreliable narrator, but I tend to think they're hoping we don't remember them. From this season there's the arguably good cyborgs who wanted Angel for *something*.
Bad Slayers would've been a good Big Bad if they hadn't done it as a one-off. Ditto the New Council. But I tend to think it'll be an internal threat, because we've barely seen them leave the building all season. Unless, of course, the point is to get them back on the street and in touch with all the night people Angel was talking about in the Gem of Amarra episode.
If Eve Who Wants Revenge is the Big Bad, I will have to throw things and whimper.
The themes of this season seem to be "who do you trust/who do you believe", ambiguity/gray, which makes me think they'll bring Lilah back (and wouldn't that rock?) since she was the spokesperson for it, beware of all-or-nothing false choices, and isolation/disconnection/can't touch. All of which would actually apply well to the First Evil, but then I'd have to kill myself with the remote control. I suspect the big bad will reflect all that and then some, but I don't know what it could be.
Mer