Barely made it!

I totally watched two episodes in one day! Which I guess works out, since it was a two-part episode. On the other hand, I am tired as all hell. Today my mother said that my sister told her that she wanted to do that thing we did for Easter last year again for Easter this year. Um. What? For the life of me, I honestly cannot remember doing anything for Easter last year. My mother said that my sister came down, and she made waffles. And omelets. And bacon. And I had some bacon. And there were also mimosas.

THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY LIES! Because the only other alternative is that chunks of my memory are being wiped out. Because I don't remember a single bit of that.

And on that note, let's review!

[Begin Spoiler for "Shells" — Highlight to view]

So, I liked this episode. It was kind of boring, and there was a lot of talking about nothing, but it was pretty inoffensive, and, I'm going to say right now, I like Illyria. Who is, apparently, a dude? The "a" is a masculine ending, or something? That's very Tolkien. This whole business with the pronouns she/he/it just confuses me. Is it genderless? Is it a boy? Is it now a chick? Or is it only now that it's genderless? Am I the only person wondering about these things?

Anyway, I like it. I think Amy Acker's jerking walk is totally cool. And her voice sounds more appealing. And she looks neat! The catsuit is stupid, though. I mean, seriously, seriously stupid.

That's what you get, Knox! That's what you get for being lame and aggravating me all episode. I found you harmless enough before, but in this episode, you deserved your death.

And on that note, JEHAYSUS CHRIST, Wesley! What is the matter with you? All shootin' and stabbin' people all willy nilly. Get the fuck over yourself you crazy menace to society! I'm sorry you lost the love of your past two episodes, but you need to be kicked in the face. Nine times. I'm willing to forgive you though for that whole "Because I look like her?" "... Yes." scene. Because you rocked that. Well done.

Poor Gunn. You're taking his Man versus Himself conflict and turning into a Man versus man conflict! I don't approve! I mean, yes, he did a bad thing for selfish reasons. But he didn't know the outcome. (Although, can I just say that I'm appalled that he didn't carefully read the document Harmony gave him to sign? HAS HE LEARNED NOTHING?) And everyone seems to be a little at fault in this situation, including, oh, say, Fred. Because in this instance, "curious" equals "stupid." Stupid, stupid, stupid. And even though I liked her, part of me feels she deserved to die. Because that was damn stupid.

But anyway, I like Illyria. Her/His/Its kingdom is destroyed and lost! I feel ya, sister! ... brother! ... thing! And I'm interested in this whole Teach the Timeless Demon thing. Because, hey, whatever. I'm open-minded.

A final note: Hey! I know that song! It's "A Place Called Home" by Kim Richey! Um. Wow, how strange. I complained about this in the past, didn't I? What is this, Smallville? I have decided that I don't like when they play a poignant song overlaying the action. At least, not on this show. It's fine on Smallville, because they do it all the time. It's a thing. But on Angel (or that one episode of Buffy) it's just ... out of place. And really corny feeling. Also, now that I've seen fan videos, I have concluded that this use of songs reminds me of fan videos. Hell, I think I may even have heard this song used in a "vid." And that's not good, because the writers should never replicate anything associated with fan creativity. It's just wrong. So, yeah. I didn't really care for that, even though I like the song. I hope the trend stops now.

[End Spoiler]

..Or did I get that song from Beth??