Fan 2: '...I do agree with you whole heartidly that if they went that route with Connor and Angel, I'd start hurling rather quickly. However, I don't think they will. While I do think some sort of reconcilliation is innevitable (and, quite honestly, necassary) I don't necassarily see it coming for a while. Case in point - look where Wes has come - In she, Cordy comments on how groveling isn't just an art, but a way of life for him - now a days, he is screwing the enemy, running his own crew, and at the very least gives Ripper a run for his money (here is an idea - have Wesley confront his dad - not saying it has to end lovey dovey, but definate possiblities with that confrontation). Given thats what can happen to Wes, well, how about something that big for Connor. Here are my thoughts (spoilers ahead)- The biggest question of how and when the reconciliation is going to take will depend on how long Angel will stay Angelus - if he stays Angelus for only a few eps, it won't have any real impact, other than driving Connor further away from his father. If however, they keep Angelus around for more than 4 eps, my suspicion is Connor will start hunting him with an increadible single mindedness - It'd be a bit like Angel vs Darla/Druscilla from S2, but intensified. In the process, Connor gets help from, guess who - Wolfram and Heart. Ultamatly, Angelus goes away (either some magic, or else, a far more interesting possiblity, Connor kills Angelus, only to have Angel resurected again - hey, the guy is way important - both sides will bring him back). So now Connor is not only convinced of his fathers pure evilness, he is also employed by W&H - Given Lilahs comments during her hostile takeover, I suspect she thinks she has a personal interest in controling Connor - might be her ticket to becoming a senior partner - knowing that, she can pit son against father for quite a while (you don't think she's not scheming enough?). If they push this far enough, we could get a reunion, but of Connor and Angelus joining forces, against the rest of Angel investigations - tell me that doesn't have a few potentials? The major point is, assuming you always keep the possiblity of reconcilliation open, but don't deliever on it for at least a few seasons, Connor can become a very interesting character - the point is, don't have him and Angel get together for at least 1 and 1/2 Seasons, if not 2.'

Fan 3: 'Angel is as good this season as it has ever been. The thing that makes it great is that it isn`t afraid to take risks with its characters, allowing them to grow and change and mature. Being that this episode was centered around Fred, look at her development since joining at the end of the second season. At first she was timid and scared...trusting Angel only because he was the one who saved her from the horrors of Pylea. She spent much of season three trying to warm up to the others, facing the terror of the maddened Wesley in that episode where he threatened her with the axe. She developped a relationship with Gunn, leading in part to Wesley`s eventual estrangement from the rest of the group. And then at the beginning of this season, we see her in control, fighting, and raising Connor like a mom. Her shocking him with the tazer was my favourite moment of the premiere. And in this ep we see the consequences of her stay in Pylea and the intensity to which her and Gunn have grown close. Of course there will be consequences from Gunn killing the professor. Did you see the guilt with which they hid from Angel when they came back to the hotel? On Angel, characters seem to be growing and evolving, sometimes in surprising ways. Sure, the Cordelia amnesia thing is silly, but you know it will grow into something interesting. Wesley certainly is more fascinating then ever. And I find the show also has a great distinctive look and fantastic editing. Give it a break...watch and you`ll see one of the best shows currently on the air.'

Fan 4: 'I've nearly abandoned this show three times now--(Angel goes extra-broody and fires the team, Darla returns, Darla returns again, with a bun in the oven), yet each of these plot moves, abundantly stupid as they seemed initially to me, turned out interesting. I'm bugged again. No problem with Copnnor returning as a teenager; Connor had to be supersized in a hurry for the same reason kids grow up extra fast in soap operas--small children are too heavy a weight for dramatic structures not built to support them. Soap operas and shows like Angel are set in grown up fantasy world, where the presence of children adds too much reality. That's not the abundantly stupid plot move I'm irritated by these days, nor even the _V: The Series_-inspired love triangle of Angel/Connor/Cordy. It's the amnesia. Remember the amnesia? Why do we get Cordy back AFTER TPTB use the MIB red flashy thing on her? Did she volunteer for this? Did she make some kind of deal with the Powers? Is this some kind of badly negotiated severance package? More intriguingly, is she still in their employ? Amnesia plotlines rarely go anywhere interesting, but Team Whedon has surprised me before. I'm still watching, but damn, AMNESIA?'