Watching the first episode of “Angel”, I kinda regret not beginning my Buffyverse watching with “Buffy” and continuing in a chronological order. At the same time I’m filled with nostalgia as Darling Violetta’s excellent “Angel” theme song starts up. Nerf Herder are decent enough, but Darling Violetta’s a notch higher.

Anyway, I was talking about regret. Because there was, obviously, quite a number of “Buffy”-referances, which I’d probably enjoyed more the first time if I’d seen “Buffy”. Not to mention that the “Buffy” season 1 episode “Angel” would have been much more impressive if I hadn’t seen “Angel” first.

But it was good to see that my memories of the quality of this episode was wrong. Where I kinda expected mediocrity at best, mediocrity was perhaps the worst this episode had to offer. The bad guy was somewhat weird (especially his make-up :P), but I didn’t mind much, as he was just a part of the scenery as Whedon and Greenwalt presented the “Angel” concept, setting and initial crew. A presentation that was exectued in an admirable way, I might add.

Angel’s first season is — withe the possible exception of Buffy’s first — my least favourite season, at least when compared to the other seasons. This is perhaps caused by the relative lack of a long-spanning season plot arc, but as it’s kinda continued in most of season 2 (if my memory serves me right, something it’s evidently fond of not doing)… well, I was gonna say that this meant that it didn’t matter much, but that’d be wrong, as season 2 is season 2, while season 1 is season 1. But it’s a mitigating circumstance, in any event, and there are enough decent and good episodes in this season, along with enough humour and character moments, to lift it rather much. (To repeat myself: If my memory serves me right, that is.)

Oh well. City Of is watched, the noodles, baby carrots, bun and salted ham is consumed, and that means that a return to my writing/reading desk is imminent for me.