chrisg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
> Benediction also gets points from me for the return of Justine, one of
my
> absolute favorite recurring AtS characters; I wonder if she might show
up
> in S6? And of course more points for the dramatic ending. I'm a little
> more dubious of the "soul colonic," though. To a first time viewer, it
> might seem like the whole season is turning into a cheap trick to give
> Angel a son, soap-operaify him into a teenager, then purge him of his
bad
> energy so he'll become a loyal Robin to Angel's Batman. *That* never
> happened, of course, thank Joss; but I'm still not sure what good the
> colonic did for the larger Angel-Connor story. Just a misdirect before
> Holtz sends Connor over the edge, I guess. Did Lorne get Connor to sing
> so he could evaluate the effects? Maybe we missed our chance to hear
some
> authentic Quor-tothian folk songs.
>
>
After seeing S4, the 'colonic' seems to be a method by which
Cordy-Jasmine started her brainwa****ng of Connor. It made him trust her,
to the point of not trusting anyone else.
Mel
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