I watched another episode of Angel, and in this episode, they are back to helping strangers. The lady in distress is a cop. She's trying to catch a mass murderer who has many tricks up his sleeves. He manages to use his people on the outside, while he's in jail, to control the cops. His plan is simple but powerful. He hires a theripist that opens up all the cops to their emotional side. This affects the lady cop the most because of her deep emotional problems with her father. Cordelia in the begining gets upset with Angel because he is not emotional enough to ask nicely of her and Wesley to help him, and he didn't notice her new shoes. Later in the show Angel is also affected by the therapist and turns soft, and Cordelia wants him to switch back.
Opening up and owning your emotions is a very useful tool in life. It is good to sympatize with others and understand how they feel. However it sometimes isn't good at all. The cops need to be tough, it's apart of their job. After the therapist, they're so loving and thoughtful, they just let all the criminals go. This brings up many questions, when is it okay to show your emotional side? Is it ever okay to be tough? Why is it easier for Cordelia to be emotional verses Angel? Why are there such different people around? How much is controlled by our surroundings? Is Cordelia 'softer' just because she's a girl? Would the world be better if we were all nice?
Being nice is definitely a good thing, but in this world, you can't always be good. We would all like to think that goodness gets goodness, but that's not the case. There are a lot of terrible things out there that keeps us from being nice, and will be like that forever.
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