#Angel season 5 episode 22 full

ThereвЂ™s a sense of having come full circle here thatвЂ™s fitting for a finale. ItвЂ™s fitting, really, that this is where the final battle takes place, even though Buffy and co graduated long ago. But itвЂ™s still a relief when morning arrives and the troops head into battleвЂ¦ДЄ lone yellow school bus is parked outside the deserted and vandalised campus of Sunnydale High School. Weirdly, Chosen actually does it better than most of the long, dull, talky episodes that preceded it. Most of these preparation scenes are great, brief but containing everything you need to know about all the characters and their feelings about the coming apocalypseвЂ¦ but itвЂ™s also not really anything weвЂ™ve not seen before. Then there are a few quick scenes of everyone preparing themselves on their last night before the battle вЂ“ Faith and Robin discuss the possibility of having a relationship once all this is over, Willow and Kennedy have a very cute conversation about whether Kennedy could kill Willow if it came to it, and Giles, Andrew, Amanda and Xander play Dungeons and Dragons. Not that weвЂ™re going to get to hear it right now: the scenes in which Buffy gets all the Scoobies onside and then rallies the Potentials are cut short, so we wonвЂ™t know what her plan is until itвЂ™s fully in motion. This kind of backfires for the First, though, because it just gives Buffy an idea. Since Faith is occupying BuffyвЂ™s room, Buffy sleeps cuddled up with Spike вЂ“ except she canвЂ™t sleep, and while sheвЂ™s pacing about, the First comes calling, initially manifesting as Caleb but eventually becoming Buffy herself, reeling off the all too familiar вЂњone girl in all the worldвЂќ speech to taunt Buffy and remind her that sheвЂ™s alone, leading an army of girls who wonвЂ™t know real power until sheвЂ™s dead.

ThereвЂ™s a lovely, touching moment where he asks for the necklace, she hesitates and says itвЂ™s to be worn by a champion, and then when he looks utterly dejected, hands it over to him, demonstrating her ultimate faith in him.

Buffy fills everyone in on CalebвЂ™s eventual fate and then goes to talk to Spike, whoвЂ™s angry in the basement.

When Buffy gets home, having sent Angel away to set up this second front, she finds Dawn waiting for her вЂ“ ready to kick her in the shin for being a dumbass. I really donвЂ™t want to think about it, so letвЂ™s just skip this scene and never say the words вЂњcookie doughвЂќ in association with relationship issues ever again. And as if Angel acting all out of character werenвЂ™t bad enough, itвЂ™s time for Buffy to give a speech which may be one of the most embarrassing moments in the entire seven seasons of this show. Walking back from the vineyard, Angel asks Buffy if SpikeвЂ™s her boyfriend now, and gets all snarky and jealous and, er, itвЂ™s really awkward, because Angel, in Angel the series, doesnвЂ™t act like this.

Angel season 5 episode 22