YMMV / Angel S 02 E 06 Guise Will Be Guise

• Ass Pull: Wesley is kidnapped at gunpoint from the office in front of Cordelia. With no clues to the abductor's identity, she decides to try to look at LAPD mugshots to see if she can identify the man. After awhile of searching through mugshots, she gets bored and decides to randomly read a celebrity gossip-rag and happens to come across a picture of the man, who it turns out is a bodyguard to a celebrity. You can tell the writer was on a deadline, or just didn't care to come up with something better.
• Magnificent Bastard: The imposter T'ish Magev is in truth an average human who proves himself to be just as wise as a real swami. From merely looking at Angel's car, the imposter makes a series of deductions about Angel's character, culminating in the knowledge that Angel is primarily fighting himself, a revelation which is backed up when the imposter beats him in a spar. After getting him to open up about Darla, the imposter is ultimately caught the next morning after knocking Gunn unconscious, yet ultimately never reveals who hired him no matter what Angel tries, leading to the planned sacrifice almost succeeding.
• Squick: Angel getting a fishing hook through the imposter's mouth is gross enough on its own, but having Angel reel him forward truly looks painful.

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