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SEASON FOUR
Distributor: Fox Entertainment
Cast: David Boreanaz, Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards, Amy Acker, Andy Hallett and Charisma Carpenter
Extras: Yes
Reviewer: Frannie
THE EPISODES
Angel is sealed in a coffin and tossed in the ocean by Connor and Justine. When Wesley finds Angel and brings him back he confronts Connor and kicks him out, but maintains a watch over him. Cordelia comes back and initially
doesnt know who anyone is and when she gets her memory back it includes some extras such as
Angels past. She is frightened and needs some space so she takes off to Connor who she seduces and consequently gets pregnant by.
A powerful and evil monster is in town and he knows Angel as Angelus. To try and find out something about the monster they decide to bring back Angelus. When
Angels soul is stolen Angelus is free to rampage at will. Upon hearing about the return of Angelus Faith breaks out of jail with the mission to catch Angelus. Cordelia convinces Connor to leave with her now that Angel is back and they go off to deliver their baby.
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Jasmine
is born as a fully-grown deity which leaves Cordelia in a coma. Jasmine
uses telepathy to control her subjects and institutes a time of peace,
the price of which is that humanity has no free will, and she eats a few
people each day. When Fred discovers how to break the thrall they
are all under, they all must work together to get rid of Jasmine.
DVD Extras
There are the standard commentary episodes where you can hear the voice
over from the scriptwriters or directors as they explain why they
created the episode in that way, which is interesting but really only to
die-hard fans. There are stacks of Angel and Buffy promotional trailers,
which are pretty ordinary. There is about an hour worth of interviews
with cast and crewmembers and it is a bit odd hearing Wesley talking
with an American accent.
The outtakes were pretty funny and I would have liked to have seen more
of them.
My View
I thought that this series was a bit of a let down. I really
didn't enjoy the whole Jasmine character and David Boreanaz as a
sycophant was rather creepy. This is the series where Angel got
fat and Fred got thinner, Wesley dabbled in the dark side and Gun
cleaned his act up. There were some stand out special effects,
namely the sky raining fire after the monster blocked out the sun, and
Jasmines' true face with all of its maggoty things was seriously gross.
This is the series where Wesley really shone. The writers had his
character delving into his darker side as he learnt to become ruthless
and calculating, which previously they had not had him be. I think
that Alexis Denisof, all rugged and manly looking, was the highlight of
this series. mmentary from Aniston and director John Hamburg. |
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