"Angel" Season 2 Episode Poll Results

by Orlando C. Fernando
last updated: Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Over this season of the "Angel", I took episode opinion polls on the alt.tv.angel Usenet newsgroup. (If you don't know what on earth a newsgroup is, don't worry. It's an electronic spot with a bunch of people.) The polls had multiple choice questions on what they had thought about various aspects of the episode. I am doing them for pure fun and to find out what parts of the show people loved, hated, and would like changed. (These are done for neither market research, the show's producers, nor the Warner Bros. company.)

Presented below are the results from most of the episodes during the 2000-2001 season thus far. Percentages indicate how many people out of the total polled selected each choice. If you wish to participate in these polls, look for my episode poll updates on my TV/Movies page after each new episode airing in the US. I also send announcements to the alt.tv.angel newsgroup.

Judgement (Sept. 26 2000)
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been (Oct. 3 2000)
First Impressions (Oct. 10 2000)
Untouched (Oct. 17 2000)
Dear Boy (Oct. 24 2000)

 

"Judgement" (US Air: Sept 26, 2000)

Angel, in his quest to save people to become human again, goes too far when an innocent demon is killed due to mistaken identity. Darla is nurtured back to life and wants to confront Angel again.


1) Your favorite "Angel" karaoke song?
a. demon mc: "I Will Survive"
 
19%(13)
b. demon singer 1: "I'm So Excited"
 
6%(4)
c. demon singer 2: "Sexual Healing"
 
6%(4)
d. Angel: "Mandy"
 
46%(32)
e. all equally
 
6%(4)
f. none of the above
 
17%(12)
Total votes: 69


2) If the "champion" was a good guy, why do you
suppose the woman was running toward Angel in fear?
a. champ and woman were on the run from another demon
 
44%(27)
b. Champ and woman both hate wandering at night.
 
7%(4)
c. No clue. Makes for a plot?
 
43%(26)
d. another reason.
 
7%(4)
Total votes: 61


3) Your prediction of Darla's next move?
a. Stake Angel.
 
5%(3)
b. Seduce Angel into becoming Angelus.
 
57%(33)
c. deliver Angel to Wolfman & Hart Inc. to kill him.
 
14%(8)
d. something else.
 
21%(12)
e. can't venture a guess.
 
3%(2)
Total votes: 58


4) Your opinion of "Judgement"?
a. bad
 
6%(4)
b. poor
 
4%(3)
c. OK
 
18%(13)
d. pretty good
 
53%(38)
e. excellent
 
19%(14)
Total votes: 72

"Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" (US Air: Oct 3, 2000)

Angel asks for Cordelia and Wesley's help to research what happened at the Hyperion Hotel in 1952. It's a tale full of bizarre deaths which connect to Angel himself.

1) Do you think Angel should have told his involvement
with the mystery with Wesley and Cordelia in advance?
a. yes. Would speed up the research.
 
29%(9)
b. no. For the reasons Angel mentioned.
 
55%(17)
c. can't decide
 
16%(5)
Total votes: 31

 
2) When did you surmise the woman was under the demon's spell?
a. before (b)
 
3%(1)
b. when hotel manager made light of the first murder.
 
0%(0)
c. when Wesley discoverd her disappearance to be at 1952
 
23%(7)
d. when the director and blond first argued
and acted like the board game "Clue".
 
0%(0)
e. when the woman lied that Angel committed the murder.
 
42%(13)
f. when the demon and Angel explained it near the end.
 
13%(4)
g. can't remember.
 
19%(6)
Total votes: 31

 
3) Angel decides to make the hotel his new PI office.
Your closest opinion?
a. no. evil spirits won't make the place safe.
 
3%(1)
b. yes. evil spirits may be more convenient to investigate there.
 
37%(11)
c. indifferent.
 
47%(14)
d. no. better off restoring the first office.
 
7%(2)
e. no. better off keeping in Cordelia's apartment.
 
7%(2)
Total votes: 30

 
4) Your opinion of "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been"?
a. bad. Worse than "Judgement".
 
3%(1)
b. poor
 
6%(2)
c. OK
 
15%(5)
d. pretty good
 
30%(10)
e. excellent. Better than "Judgement".
 
45%(15)
Total votes: 33

 

"First Impressions" (US Air: Oct 10, 2000)

Angel has intimate dreams of Darla; Cordelia takes it upon herself to be "Gunn's guardian angel".

1) Funniest "Angel" moment?
a. Cordelia hitting Gunn's gang member.
 
0%(0)
b. Angel choking Wesley naked.
 
20%(6)
c. gorgeous Angel with the pink helmet
 
63%(19)
d. Banter between Cordelia and Gunn in his truck.
 
7%(2)
e. Angel and Wesley finding car missing.
 
0%(0)
f. another moment.
 
10%(3)
g. no moments.
 
0%(0)
Total votes: 30

 
2) Cordelia being Gunn's protector. Your closest reaction?
a. boring
 
3%(1)
b. interesting.
 
3%(1)
c. cute
 
10%(3)
d. strange
 
17%(5)
e. (a) and (d).
 
10%(3)
f. (b) and (c)
 
23%(7)
g. (b), (c), and (d).
 
33%(10)
Total votes: 30

 
3) After effects of Angels dreams at end...
a. is making Darla-ghost appear close even in reality.
 
19%(5)
b. is making Darla teleport to him in reality.
 
15%(4)
c. another impression of her final appearance.
 
27%(7)
d. can't venture a guess.
 
38%(10)
e. don't understand who Darla is and her history.
 
0%(0)
Total votes: 26

 
4) Your opinion of "First Impressions"?
a. bad. Worse of the season!
 
0%(0)
b. poor
 
3%(1)
c. OK
 
22%(7)
d. pretty good
 
59%(19)
e. excellent. Best of the season!
 
16%(5)
Total votes: 32

"Untouched" (US Air: Oct 17, 2000)

Angel continues with intimate dreams of Darla; A troubled woman uses telekenetic powers and violence to fight her pain.

1) Telekenetic powers to control pain
a. unoriginal plot for "Angel".
 
17%(4)
b. original plot for "Angel".
 
17%(4)
c. made no sense on "Angel"
 
0%(0)
d. was very intriguing on "Angel".
 
29%(7)
e. (a) and (c).
 
0%(0)
f. (b) and (d).
 
38%(9)
Total votes: 24


2) If you could dream as therapy for pain, would you?
a. never, would drive me to insomnia!
 
13%(3)
b. only if recommended by a Buffyverse specialist.
 
9%(2)
c. not sure
 
39%(9)
d. yes, if it doesn't end in nightmares
 
17%(4)
e. yes, even if it involves repeating nightmares.
 
22%(5)
Total votes: 23


3) Who was best used as supporting actor?
a. Wesley with the telekenetic research.
 
8%(2)
b. Cordelia reading sexual vibes and anger.
 
35%(9)
c. Gunn reading axes, attacker motives, and living room apparel.
 
0%(0)
d. Cordelia and Wesley.
 
23%(6)
e. Cordelia and Gunn.
 
4%(1)
f. Wesley and Gunn.
 
8%(2)
g. all three equally.
 
23%(6)
Total votes: 26


4) Your opinion of "Untouched"?
a. bad. Worse of the season!
 
3%(1)
b. poor
 
0%(0)
c. OK
 
17%(5)
d. pretty good
 
62%(18)
e. excellent. Best of the season!
 
17%(5)
Total votes: 29

"Dear Boy" (US Air: Oct 24, 2000)

Angel confronts Darla in person and she tries to seduce him into being Angelus.

1) Do you sense the lawyer will eventually fall for Darla?
a. no.
 
31%(11)
b. yes.
 
57%(20)
c. not sure.
 
11%(4)
Total votes: 35


2) What was the neatest part of Wolfman's plan?
a. sending Darla through sunlight
 
41%(13)
b. dinner with the "husband".
 
6%(2)
c. giving Kate bait to get Angel
 
31%(10)
d. the dreams of past episodes
 
9%(3)
e. all of the above.
 
13%(4)
Total votes: 32


3) Favorite lines of this "Angel"?
a. Angel telling the client's wife to kiss and make up.
 
11%(4)
b. Drucilla's freak-out quotes.
 
9%(3)
c. Kate's defense of protecting the innocent.
 
6%(2)
d. Angel explaining that Darla's past will haunt her.
 
11%(4)
e. Angel: "Bring 'em on.".
 
34%(12)
f. all of the above.
 
3%(1)
g. none of the above.
 
26%(9)
Total votes: 35


4) Your opinion of "Dear Boy"?
a. bad. Worse of the season!
 
5%(2)
b. poor
 
5%(2)
c. OK
 
11%(4)
d. pretty good
 
53%(20)
e. excellent. Best of the season!
 
26%(10)
Total votes: 38

More poll results to follow in the future as they become available.

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