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S5 is my favorite Angel season so I’m still in! It’s nice having some Buffyverse left after Buffy ends, too.

I have such a huge hate and love relationship with Joss Whedon, Love because he created Angel and Buffy, and hate that he tore Cody's whole storyline down out of spite that she got pregnant. Just an over grown nerd who got success and decided to flex on these actors who would never get with him. He is an amazing creater, but a monster when it came to be becoming popular himself. Charisma Carpenter will tell you her self.

This finale is much better than last seasons finale, in my opinion. The prophecy from last season, "The father will kill the son", actually ended up coming true. Like The Master said before though, "prophecies are tricky creatures". When Angel "killed" Connor, it was really just the catalyst to giving Connor a new and happy life.

i am looking forward to season 5, i think it might be my favorite season of angel. its so interesting. in contrast i think season 4 is my least favorite. i love her as zoe but i hate jasmine and i hate what they did to cordys character after all her growth over the years. such a waste.

There is a DVD commentary for this episode by Tim Minear, co-creator of the series, and writer and director for this episode. Trivia Tidbit: Tim wanted a black panther to contrast with the White Room and the animal handlers the show uses found a black African leopard for the scene (which was a split screen). The cat was reacting to his trainer, not to Gunn. There are two species of big cats that may be called black panthers, African leopards and South American jaguars. Both species exhibit a color variation called melanism, which is the opposite of albinism. In the right light you can see the rosettes (spots) which are normally present on both species. Charisma Carpenter came in to film the scene in the store where she is strapped to a bomb. This was shot shortly after she gave birth to her son, Donovan, on March 24th. Juliette, you noticed that Connor's bomb disappeared during the fight with Angel. Per Tim Minear, this was a continuity error that wasn't noticed in time to correct. Right after Lilah leaves the hotel after the opening scene, Lorne comes into the lobby and we see Fred and Angel together and when Angel stands up he is buttoning his shirt. Tim Minear commented on how this scene could appear. What were Fred and Angel doing? Dirty minds want to know. Actually, there was a scene shot, but cut, of Fred giving Angel first aid for the wound we saw on his chest in the previous scene.

So stoked for next season!

SURPRISE RE-PILOT! I am so glad I got to see your reaction to this one today. It's a fantastic episode and ahead, a fantastic season; IMO right up there with the Dawn and Glory arc as my fave of the Buffyverse. And now we have the ultimate in hybrid genres, the vampire-with soul-detectives-lawyers show. I won't say more than that. My lips are zipped. You correctly identified science guy Knox (actor Jonathan Woodward) from Buffy, where he chatted with her in Se7e7 as the vampire Holden Webster. However you've also seen him in Firefly, as Tracey, old war pal of Mal and Zoe. He showed up unannounced at the Post Office! There were 3-4 actors to appear in all three of those Whedon productions although Woodward is the only one in a leading role IMO or the most memorable. Someone needs to make a tee-shirt of Lorne with the line, 'Her Stomach?'

I love this episode. Connor finally got what he wanted - a family.

I'm one of those rare fans who may enjoy Angel The series a little more than BtVS (depending on which day you ask me, it's very close lol) so I absolutely am here for all the Angel uploads. As the other commenter said, don't watch the opening credits for 5x01. They are spoilery as all get out. Good to watch them after the episode though if you want, or when starting 5x02 whichever you prefer.

Don't watch the opening credits of episode 1 of Angel season 5. Season 5 imo is the best one! Can't wait to see your reactions