Doyle: "Well, she thinks you're insensitive, and, not to bring up the irony, but consider the source."
Definitely the best so far.
This episode was obviously intended to give us more to like about Kate, and it worked for me... to some extent. Kate looked just a tad more cop-like in the tee shirt, jeans, ponytail, and sweat, but she was still wearing so much mascara that she managed to catch her hair on it. Let me quickly add that the way an actress is presented usually isn't up to her; she may very well dislike the Police Officer Barbie look. Or she may love it -- who knows. No matter whose idea it was, it reminded me of Counselor Troi's cleavage and Seven of Nine's catsuit; it really isn't necessary to gild the lily and it does in fact keep reminding us that what we're watching is unrealistic.
Having said all that, I have to say as well that I'm starting to like Kate since they're making her more like a real woman. What a wonderfully written script. It was an inspired way to bring out Kate's background and her inner feelings without making her permanently gooey. I liked the ice princess comments her co-cop-workers were making about her, and the scenes with the cops under the influence were *great*. The retirement party scene was soooooo painful to watch that I almost couldn't; what sort of subhuman father could listen to that and remain unmoved? And the Kate/Angel scenes really worked ("You have the most intense eyes...")
The way Cordelia and Doyle kept teasing Angel about his angst, his reserve, his clothes and even his hair worked extremely well. Angel even mocked himself, and that makes him a more likable and sympathic character. "You've got pensive face." "I've always got pensive face." David Boreanaz is continuing to look better in each episode. Maybe he's thriving under the pressure of doing a one-hour action series. Good for him.
Villains who use sensitivity training to disarm the cops? How droll. Wolfram & Hart are *fun*. And they even had the smarts to drop Little Tony before he blew their cover.
Quotes:
Spivey: "I heard it was a suicide."
Kate: "Supervisor Caffrey shot himself..."
Spivey: "It happens."
Kate: "In the back of his head? He wrapped himself in plastic and he locked himself into the back of his car?"
Spivey: "He'd been depressed."
Cordelia: "Okay, am I wrong in thinking that a please and thank you is generally considered good form when requesting a dismemberment?"
Cordelia: "Do you think that tentacle spew comes out with dry cleaning?"
Angel: "Ah, good, you're back. Cordelia, you need to..."
Cordelia: "No! I don't care what horrible thing is about to happen. Asteroids are hurtling towards earth. Unspeakable evil is rising the San Fernando Valley. Jar-Jar is getting his own talk show. Whatever! I don't want to hear about it. Not until you ask us how it went."
Cordelia: "Mr. and Mrs. Spock need to mind meld now."
Clearly, too much exposure to Xander.
Cordelia: "Wait, you've got pensive face."
Angel: "I've always got pensive face."
Cordelia: "Well, pensive-r face."
Cordelia: "What's her deal? Too much..." (makes a drinking motion with her thumb pointing at her mouth)
Doyle: "Thumb sucking?"
Cordelia: "Alcohol! Dummy."
Doyle: "Don't look at me like that. I'm not the one that needs to brush up on their finger pantomime."
Angel: "Which demon do you worship, huh? Which one gives you your power?"
Allen: "A whole bunch actually. I'm a polytheist."
Allen: "That's good. Give yourself permission to open up. What were your parents like?"
Angel: "My parents were great. Tasted a lot like chicken."
Cop: "I hear what you're saying, but I don't think that you are listening to your mugger's feelings at all."
Angel: "You know, Anthony you could be a rainbow, and not a painbow. I mean, it really is all up to you."
Kate: "You."
Angel: "No, you."
Kate: "Come here." (They hug)
Cordelia: "Ugh. Anyone for vomit?"
Three out of four stakes,
Billie
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