Nicole is Watching Buffy
Angel 5.9: Harm’s Way

Nah. Harmony didn’t need a Zeppo.

This was my fear with Harmony - and it at least hasn’t happened much up until this point - but I don’t think she warrants a deep emotional attachment. I can have moments of sympathy, but an entire episode from her perspective doesn’t hold much interest for me. I think if you establish a character as having simple games and transparent wants then to impose deeper issues after the fact deflates some of that fun.

Every once in awhile Angel will try to have a kooky episode and it doesn’t always hit for me. The chopstick duel (which Viewing Companion loved) just felt cartoony and out of place. And the random girl out to get Harmony - even if there was a throwaway early in the episode - felt like a cheap misdirect.

Still. Right-biter? Awesome.