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 Angel - Season Two :: 0486457508
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| The second season of Angel saw the cult vampire show finally stand on its own from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, assembling all the members of the show's core cast, transferring the action to a fashionably run-down L.A. hotel, and bringing in a few Buffy characters from Angel's history to further establish the moody vampire's own mythology. Moving their Angel Investigations to posher digs, Angel (David Boreanaz), Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter), and Wesley (Alexis Denisof) were soon joined by street fighter (J. August Richards)–-and by street fighter, of course we mean demon street fighter. But just as this group was solidifying, up popped Angel's old love, Darla (the fantastic Julie Benz), freshly arrived in L.A. from a hell dimension… just in time to be turned into a vampire again by her old cohort, Drusilla (Juliet Landau), and lure Angel into abandoning his newly formed team. It was the best and worst of times for Angel in its second year, for while the basis was being set for the show's stellar third and fourth seasons, dramatic tension was diluted by Angel's going solo and the necessary (but plot-debilitating) flashbacks to various points in Angel's history. However, just when it seemed everything was about to fly out the window, Angel's creative team threw its characters for a loop--literally--by transporting them to the demon dimension of Pylea, a medieval-style fantasyland populated by monsters and humans alike. It shouldn't have worked, as hokey as it was... but it did, thanks to crack storytelling, sharp dialogue, and the sheer joy the actors unleashed, especially the gifted and fiendishly funny Carpenter. The second half of the season also saw the addition of two of Angel's best characters: the horned Lorne (Andy Hallett), a green demon with a penchant for karaoke, and Fred (Amy Acker), a physicist trapped in Pylea who helped the gang engineer their escape. With these two in tow, Angel began to soar. --Mark Englehart Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
I am a huge fan of Buffy, but i think Angel may be just a bit more kick ass! The story is just amazing and all the mythology behind it, i love it! You get to know each and every character personally and sometimes you might even feel a bit for the evil characters on the show! It's so amazing!
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Author: Guest
I love Angel so this is a bias review. For Joss Whedon fans the entire series (Angel seasons 1-5) is a must have collection. Amazon tends to put them on sale but if you can't wait order now!
As for this season, as I say in the title I like to think of this season as a buildup for season 3. Still this season was the point at which Angel hit 'rock bottom', and watching him descend then ascend was absolutely painful and wonderful at the same time. And the last four episodes of this season are spectacular; the setting changes from the dark lonely streets of LA to this spectacularly bright, green, and good vs. evil dimension.
I love it.
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Author: Guest
if yuo are a angel fan you will enjoy this boxed set.....although i personally thought that season two wasnt so great it is still a must have.....the cover art is gorgeous and the set-out of the dvds are superb it is sure a must have for your collection!!!!!!
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Author: Guest
With its second season, Angel once again proved that it is a cut (or a bite, perhaps?) above Buffy, with darker stories, deeper characters and more mayhem than ever before.
Buffy was never separated from her loyal band of "Scoobies" for more than one episode (in seasons 4 & 7, respectively). But the writers of Angel had the guts to keep their dark hero apart from his core group for one third of the entire season. They delved deeply into what it means to be "dark" or evil, and succeeded in painting the portrait of a character who is not simply black or white -- Angel is what a really compelling character should be: layer upon layer of grey. And David Boreanaz has never been better.
In this season, the diabolical lawyers at Wolfram & Hart brought Angel's sire, Darla back from the grave as a human being dying of the same syphillis that would have killed her had she not become a vampire in the first place. The turmoil she creates for Angel makes for great television, and their scenes together are compelling. His friends keep reminding him that she is not his mission, but Angel cannot walk away. And even though he doesn't lose his soul to her, he definitely leaves his path and embarks upon one of darkness as he tries to fight Wolfram & Hart, Darla and the newly arrived Druscilla on his own. And the series isn't afraid to follow him down that empty road. The scene in "Reunion" when he walks away from the massacre is one of the best I have seen on network television.
Another noteworthy episode is "The Thin Dead Line" -- only in Whedon-verse would the subject of LAPD violence against inner-city citizens be dealt with this way -- with zombie cops! The concept sounds cheesy and in anyone else's hands it would have been, but this is one of the series' most frightening episodes. And in between the scares, it manages to be one of the most pivotal episodes of the series as the human characters are forced to deal with superhuman evil with no superpowers of their own to combat it. It leaves Wesley broken and Cordelia irate with Angel, changes the power dynamic of the group, and creates the kind of drama and conflict between core characters that other TV shows can only hope to have.
Equally as compelling in this season are the subplots with Detective Kate Lockley. As a complex character with her own demons to fight, she is the perfect example of what it means to be a character on this show: there is no character too minor to have multiple layers. She disappears before the season ends and I can only keep my fingers crossed that unlike the truly missed Doyle, she will be back.
This series is so addictive that I couldn't wait until I could afford more seasons to find out what happened, so I went online and peeked. But even knowing what's going to happen in future seasons hasn't quelled my desire to watch every single one of them. I'm hooked! This is obviously one of the best shows on television, and it's a shame that it didn't get to age gracefully and finish naturally. Don't miss out on this treasure. It's better than Buffy, and it stands on its own as a fantastic character study with plenty of laughs, plenty of depth and plenty to keep you coming back for more.
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Author: Guest
Lots of great plot twists and turns, new faces and several old ones!
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