In "The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco", Angel and a Wolfram & Hart employee must battle a heart-stealing Latin demon who has returned to find the amulet which contains its curse. The last remaining brother of a luchador team, the elderly Numero Cinco is reluctant to help Angel as he has plans of his own to bait the demon and sacrifice himself to be with his brothers. Meanwhile Angel & Spike contemplate their own destinies as vampires with souls.
After a string of really solid episodes to kick of Season 5, an average one was bound to pop up sometime. That's not to say there aren't some interesting things at okay here because there definitely are. The entire plot concept of this is pretty bizarre: an old crime-fighting wrestler who always wears a mask (who turns into a mailroom clerk) with a vendetta against the Beast that killed his 4 brothers, Angel and him having different priorities relating to what to do with said demon, Angel having a new feeling of "offness" regarding his work. It all sounds good on paper but in reality it doesn't work quite as well as I'd hoped.
Also is Numero Cinco a demon or a non-human of some kind? His strength and recuperative powers at his age are impossible. We're made to believe he's just an ordinary, diminutive former wrestler. If you say so screenwriters...
After a string of really solid episodes to kick of Season 5, an average one was bound to pop up sometime. That's not to say there aren't some interesting things at okay here because there definitely are. The entire plot concept of this is pretty bizarre: an old crime-fighting wrestler who always wears a mask (who turns into a mailroom clerk) with a vendetta against the Beast that killed his 4 brothers, Angel and him having different priorities relating to what to do with said demon, Angel having a new feeling of "offness" regarding his work. It all sounds good on paper but in reality it doesn't work quite as well as I'd hoped.
Also is Numero Cinco a demon or a non-human of some kind? His strength and recuperative powers at his age are impossible. We're made to believe he's just an ordinary, diminutive former wrestler. If you say so screenwriters...