Spin The Bottle (The ultimate Whedon meme - episode/movie 2/10)
Season four of Angel is my favorite, which seems to be a very unpopular opinion but, still, I think it is the best season of the show. But even I have to admit it is also a very depressing season. Nobody is happy, Cordy (who always has been the heart of the team) is possessed, Connor is in a weird borderline psychopathic teenage rebellion, nobody seems to want to forgive Wes (when everybody always forgive everybody), Angel is depressed and sees the woman he loves bang his son (yuck). And then there is that Goddess that makes everybody happy and they have to destroy that, which is not exactly a win. So yeah, it is depressing. And I think Spin The Bottle is the only really happy episode in the whole season.
And it is an hilarious episode, where Alexis Denisof and Amy Acker totally steal the show. They both are so good at comedy that it is no wonder that they were so awesome in Much Ado About Nothing. And seeing Queen C back was really sweet, particularly in a season where Cordelia is the bad guy (and before that episode is frustratingly amnesic and doesn't connect with anyone). And Angel being just totally lost is just hysterical.
But like always with Whedon, there is a lot of layers. And I love the funny parts of the episode, but the rest just breaks my heart. Like Cordelia leaving at the end when Angel thought he would get her back... Or Wesley saying his most sad line ever, after Gunn asks him what happened to him to be like he is now : "I had my throat cut and all my friends abandoned me". This episode is perfect, perfect in the sad, perfect in the fun.












