YMMV / Angel S 05 E 20 The Girl In Question

• Bizarro Episode: In the middle of a tense, tragic story arc leading up to the heavily depressing series finale, we get an episode revolving around Spike and Angel gallivanting off to Italy to have wacky, Ho Yay-tastic adventures while trying to rescue Buffy from the mistake of dating an unseen, vampiric ladies' man with whom they have a never-before-mentioned complex history; this unapologetically farcical storyline is played against a bitter, tragic Los Angeles subplot in which Illyria assumes Fred's form in order to deceive her parents into believing that their daughter is alive and well; a state of affairs which nearly breaks Wesley and is difficult to watch even for the viewers. The episode feels fragmented and out of place at best, and at worst features an incredibly tactless and offensive juxtaposition of storylines. It doesn't help that the episode is Buffy's last appearance in the franchise (at least in its televised format). At best thought, it seems to show Buffy having fun as a young woman enjoying her life as she should.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: The message rapidly becomes non-serious when additional information is provided by Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8, where it's revealed that the Buffy involved with the Immortal is a double used so people won't know where the real Buffy is (in Scotland), and Andrew made up her relationship with the Immortal as a practical joke on Angel and Spike.
• Les Yay: Darla and Drusilla once had a three-way with the Immortal, and they have a bath together afterward.

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