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 22 - Choices / The Prom (feat. Melanie Scala)
Episode 21 - Doppelgangland / Enemies / Earshot (feat. Matthieu Cravatte)
Episode 20 - Bad Girls / Consequences (feat. James Rocha)
Episode 19 - Helpless / The Zeppo (feat. Jennifer Walsh)
Episode 18 - The Wish / Amends / Gingerbread (feat. Mary Ellen Iatropoulos)
Episode 17 - Revelations / Lovers Walk (feat. Michael Holland)
Episode 16 - Beauty and the Beasts / Homecoming / Band Candy (feat. Nikki Stafford)
Episode 15 - Anne / Dead Man’s Party / Faith, Hope & Trick (feat. Nikki Stafford)
Episode 14 - Becoming (Part 1) / Becoming (Part 2) (feat. Alexander Lester)
Episode 13 - Killed by Death / I Only Have Eyes For You / Go Fish (feat. Karen Viars)
Episode 12 - Phases / Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered / Passion (feat. Johny Ho)
Episode 11 - Surprise / Innocence (feat. James Rocha)
Episode 10 - Ted / Bad Eggs (feat. Kenn Edwards)
Episode 9 - What’s My Line? (Part 1) / What’s My Line? (Part 2) (feat. Melanie Scala)
Episode 8 - Halloween / Lie to Me / The Dark Age (feat. David Bushman & Arthur Smith)
Episode 7 - School Hard / Inca Mummy Girl / Reptile Boy (feat. Theresa Fortier)
Episode 6 - When She Was Bad / Some Assembly Required (feat. Michael Adams)
Episode 5 - Out of Mind, Out of Sight / Prophecy Girl (feat. James South)
Episode 4 - The Puppet Show / Nightmares (feat. Alexander Lester)
Episode 3 - The Pack / Angel / I Robot, You Jane (feat. Elizabeth Rambo)
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