I remember back in the days, when I didn’t like Harmony. I thought she was a whiny, empty-headed goose with about as much grip on reality as an average Norwegian teenager. However, I have seen the error of my ways. Because Harmony? She totally rocks.

Of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean that my earlier conceptions of her were wrong. She really is a rather dumb goose, but I have come to accept her for what she is, instead of getting annoyed by those things. I’ve also discovered that she brings a lot of wonderfully cheesy humour to the show — as this episode bears witness of.

But it’s not only Mercedes McNab and Harmony that makes this episode so much fun. The score underlines the comedy in a way that’s not really subtle, but more in vein with the rest of the episode’s slapstick feeling. And that’s the way it should be, considering that this is what Harmony is like: She’s not subtle (in fact, I doubt she even knows the meaning of the word), but rather quite the contrary.

This is probably the closest thing “Angel” ever got to something resembling “Buffy”’s “The Zeppo” — an attempt at deconstructing the show by using an unusual point of view, and by focusing on other aspects than the more “normal” episodes. And although it’s not as good an episode as “The Zeppo”, “Harm’s Way” gives us new insights into the life at Angel’s Wolfram and Hart, and creates new sympathy for a character I, at least, had discounted as just plain silly and annoying.