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Angel will not help parents seeking help from Wolfram & Hart about their son's supernatural abilities when he realizes that the boy is actually his son.

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Dustin A Shanafelter

There is a lot I love about this season, but two of my favorite things is how they brought back both Cordelia and Conner, along with plotlines from S3-4, and did such a good job of rounding everything out with only a short time left on the show.

StephanieB

This is one of my favorite episodes of this season, which is something I never thought I'd say, considering, you know- Connor. Who would have thought he could actually be likable? Looking at the episode on a deeper level, it is true that Angel's choice to join W&H and alter the memories of Connor and the team was not directly correlated with Fred's death. However in the end, Wesley is right- it was part of the price. If they had never come to W&H, Fred never would have met Knox and Knox would never have chosen her to be Illyria's vessel. By extension, Gunn's current existence in a hell dimension is also part of the price. It is basically the butterfly effect. Every choice we make in life has consequences, some big, some small- but they are all consequences. In fact, that is played out on a slightly smaller scale with Gunn's decision to sign the customs paper that brought Illyria's sarcophagus to the W&H offices. Perhaps this is the darker side of "If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do". The things we do, the choices we make, they all matter. Wesley's assertion that the lies and stories we tell ourselves help us to endure the truth is something I can relate with. I have certainly done things in my life of which I am not proud and at times I have altered the story- if not to others, at least in my own mind- to make it more palatable, to maybe put me in a better light. I imagine many of us have. I love how this show takes relatable issues we all face in our own everyday lives, puts a fantasy spin on it and in doing so gives us all a new perspective. Also, it just hit me on rewatch that Connor's parents come to W&H on the pretense they want to discuss the family trust... get it? This episode is all about trust and family. So brilliant.

Randy Giles

I wish we had gotten a full season with this version of Connor. This episode really showed off Vincent Kartheiser's acting range and how he can portray the same character in a completely different way than before.

Victoria

I love this episode so much. It was so important to bring Connor back and show him in a new light. We’ve always known he was a tragic and sympathetic character who was a victim of his upbringing and circumstance. But it’s always been hard to remember that when he was being impossible to reason with in seasons 3 and 4. But now we really see how capable he was of being a good person with a bright future. Angel’s pain is really palpable in this episode though :( At least in the end he has some sort of peace that he did the right thing. And in these episodes there’s still a constant dark cloud of Fred being gone and her “shell” still haunting everyone in the form of Illyria, but it’s so bittersweet because Illyria is truly fascinating and a strong addition to the show. So I’ve always had an internal conflict about that. And ever since her introduction in A Hole in the World, it’s pretty much all 10/10 episodes all the way to the series finale. I’m forever bummed we didn’t get a sixth season because there’s a lot of great setup for potential future storylines.

Randy Giles

Excellent analysis. It's somewhat bittersweet that Angel is seeing the person his son could (and should) have always been. Angel is proud of how his son's life has turned out, but there's also the pain of Angel knowing he can't be a part of that life.

Thom Purdy

What has happened to "Shells" Angel 5/16?