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Angel Season 5 - Spiked-online.com UK TV Review

Monday 5 July 2004, by Webmaster

Channel 5 is currently acting as a window on America, with its America’s Finest strand. One Tuesday night on Channel 5 tells you all you need to know about the moral confusion that plagues contemporary America.

Angel, the original vampire with a soul, is no stranger to moral confusion, and his spin-off series is still plugging away at 11.55pm. Angel never achieved the success of Buffy, largely because once you get the general idea, the character is quite boring, having been eclipsed in the original series by the more charismatic vampire with a soul Spike. But the spin-off does show the occasional flash of inspiration. Angel’s old role is now played by renegade British Watcher Wesley Wyndham-Pryce, who, apart from having dubious motives, is regularly unshaven, and is sleeping with evil lawyer Lilah.

Such moral ambiguity might be forgivable in a vampire, but Wyndham-Pryce has always been the Tim Henman of the Buffy franchise. Moral crisis indeed.


3 Forum messages

  • > Angel Season 5 - Spiked-online.com UK TV Review

    6 July 2004 18:01, by Billy =)

    That article is crap. I have read many many articles saying that Angel was more successful than Buffy was.

    and to be honest, I prefer Angel 200x’s over Buffy ANY DAY.

  • > Angel Season 5 - Spiked-online.com UK TV Review

    11 July 2004 03:02, by Keke
    Some peoples one dimisional mind can only handle Seasme street. The creative wriring and directing that went on in world fill with lack luster reality garbage. Two-liner comedies. Angel in many was surpassed it’s original show Buffy. Both great shows but Angel had more of the real human emotions brought forth. We don’t live in a society where everyone acts like Mister Rogers so why should all the programing be like that. If the superior writing is too much for weak minded individuals like yourself then continue watching mindless tv like American Idol. with no plot charcter analysis just a bunch of people singing and the world screaming.

  • > Angel Season 5 - Spiked-online.com UK TV Review

    11 July 2004 10:58, by EDDIE
    whoever wrote that is a twat. Occasional flash of inspiration! boring! ecliped by spike! what a load of balls.