Angel: episode 4

Angel: episode 4

I watched the next episode of Angel earlier today. This episode was about a young woman who was being stalked by a creepy doctor who can separate any limb from his body.

This first thing I thought about, was why this is the second episode in a row where the woman is in trouble and needed Angel’s help. There is a trend here where Angel helps only women, and the show displays women in a helpless way. But the Angel show is somewhat accurate. I’m sure most of the stalking situations are man to a woman. But it brings up the question, that there must be different stalking situations out there, Angel just doesn’t include it in the show. And Angel isn’t politically correct show, so it probably never will.

The second interesting thing was how the doctor separated his hands and eyes from his body whenever he wanted. He used his eye to spy on her, and his hands to choke the cop that was keeping her safe. He learned all of this being a doctor, and abused his research knowledge. I wonder if there are rules about this for a doctor. I’m sure there are, the way they have to document everything, but no one believed him his research, probably because it was science fiction. The doctor also abused his power as a doctor. He operated on this young woman, Melissa and then asked her out, probably the first mistake. Melissa agreed thinking she was lucky to be out with a doctor. There is a sort of safety and pride that goes with dating a doctor, and Angel makes you think twice about this.