QuikReact: "Lullaby" (Angel)

Hi, guys.

HOLLY SHIII.....pmates. Did anyone else just see that? Are you cereal right now? Best episode of Season 3 thus far right there, I mean, damn....

Tim Minear really knows how to write 'em, am I right? He plowed through the beige Angel/Dark Avenger arc of yester season with amazing righteousness, and his episodes make up the most of both of my top ten lists so far (spoilers), so....wow. This guy needs to write for more shows. This is the most magnificent farewell for a character I think this show's ever done (Doyle just misses out), and it is beautiful.

Darla's arc has truly been one of the best so far, having her be reanimated, then killed, then staked...again. The way she acts when the soul is placed unexpectedly on her like that allows her to express basically much of what held her back in Angel S2, and seeing her care for someone as much as she does for sweet little Angel the 2nd makes you love the character so much more. Really, before her death here, which I expect will be the final modern appearance of her in the show, I wish we'd had an episode with all four members of the Whirlwind in Sunnydale or L.A.

Caring for the character as quick as you suddenly do makes it all the more shocking that she dies right at the end of the story. But the way she does it is oh-so-fitting. For the guilty woman that's slayed hundreds in her time, she sacrifices herself so the child that Angel wants so badly can be born.

Also, Holtz is in this episode! I used to feel sympathy for him, especially after the flashback to daughter turned demon, but when he blew up Caritas and swore without sympathy he would get revenge on Angel, the vamp now souled for eternity and with his baby in his arms in the rain. Screw him. Die fool. No one wants you. YOU BLEW UP CARITAS! On the bright side, maybe Lorne will come live with Angel Investigations. But still, YOU BLEW UP CARITAS!

So, as mentioned before, I love this episode so much and it is my favorite of the season. You've done it again, Tim Minear. Come back soon!

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