Mark wrote:
<< Kevin, haven't you cited Angel as a great hardboiled
show? Isn't it also noir? Isn't Angel screwed? >>
The ANGEL article on Thrilling Detective was contributed by
Mark Geldmeyer and Phil Eagle. I watched the show more or
less from beginning to end. It lost much of its P.I. feel
halfway through Season Three, but would still qualify as noir
as a whole. In an episode from the fifth and final season
that aired on TNT Friday, Angel admits to his band of
friends--now entangled with a demonic L.A. law firm--that
evil is ultimately relentless, but the occasional heroic act
can slow its progress.
In the first season finale, it's prophesied that
vampire-with-a-soul Angel will be involved in a few
apocalypses, but that he will ultimately become human (i.e.
redeem himself). Angel is definitely screwed in the end,
however. In the final episode, having signed away his role in
the prophecy, Angel and friends make a final hopeless stand
against an army of evil.
Gerald http://geraldso.blogspot.com/
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