Conversations with Dead People
TV & Film
What initially seemed like a pretty vague thematic grouping of episodes to discuss winds up proving to have some metaphorical meat on its bones. Returning friend Melanie Scala helps me find the significance of episodes 217, “Disharmony” and 218, “Dead End” beyond just the twin sides of the “where do we go from here” coin. In the former, a typically vacuous Harmony reconnects with Cordelia, somehow managing to conceal her newfound vampirism, and along the way maybe(?) helps the gang begin the process of figuring out what the new group dynamic will be. In the latter, Lindsey gets an evil hand and teams up with Angel to blow up the body shop, and along the way maybe(?) helps the gang continue the process of figuring out what the new group dynamic will be.
And then episode 219, “Belonging,” nominally just a prologue to the three episode finale arc we’re discussing next time, actually ramps up the “what IS our new dynamic” angst, and gives us our first tentative introduction to our beloved Winifred “Fred” Burkle.
BONUS: an inappropriately long tangent about the science of brushing your teeth. You’re welcome.
NEXT: the aforementioned three-episode finale arc! South-of-the-border friend and fan Johnny Ho takes a long, strange trip with me as we journey to Pylea and wrap up the season with episodes 220, “Over the Rainbow,” 221, “Through the Looking Glass,” and 222, “There’s No Place Like Plrtz Glrb.”
BREAKDOWN
00:00:55 - Intro / Guest
00:09:10 - Main Topic
01:35:20 - Outro / Next
MUSIC
“Conversations (feat. Wesley Mead)” by Azura (2017)
“LA Song” by Christian Kane, Angel: Live Fast, Die Never (Music from the TV Series) (2005)
Episode 42 - Forever / Intervention / Tough Love (feat. Melanie Scala)
Episode 41 - The Body (feat. Arlo Wiley)
Episode 40 - Crush / I Was Made to Love You (feat. Jessica Hautsch)
Episode 39 - Checkpoint / Blood Ties (feat. Johny Ho)
Episode 38 - Into the Woods / Triangle (feat. Jessica Hautsch)
Episode 37 - Shadow / Listening to Fear (feat. Michael Holland)
Episode 36 - Family / Fool for Love (feat. Michael Holland)
Episode 35 - Out of My Mind / No Place Like Home (feat. Stephanie Graves)
Episode 34 - Buffy vs. Dracula / Real Me / The Replacement (feat. Dax Stokes)
Episode 33 - Primeval / Restless (feat. Mary Ellen Iatropoulos)
Episode 32 - New Moon Rising / The Yoko Factor (feat. Nikki Stafford)
Episode 31 - Superstar / Where the Wild Things Are (feat. Kenn Edwards)
Episode 30 - This Year’s Girl / Who Are You (feat. Arlo Wiley)
Episode 29 - The I in Team / Goodbye Iowa (feat. Michael Holland)
Episode 28 - Doomed / A New Man (feat. Johny Ho)
Episode 27 - Hush (feat. Kenn Edwards)
Episode 26 - The Initiative / Pangs / Something Blue (feat. Jessica Hautsch)
Episode 25 - Fear, Itself / Beer Bad / Wild at Heart (feat. Melanie Scala)
Episode 24 - The Freshman / Living Conditions / The Harsh Light of Day (feat. Stephanie Graves)
Episode 23 - Graduation Day (Part 1 & Part 2) (feat. Vickie Navarra)
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