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ANGEL: What Happens Next!!

I am – Hercules!!

Coax has gotten word on this autumn’s season premiere of “Angel”!

* Darla’s back. At least in flashbacks.

* At least one flashback finds Angel and Darla in 1767 Marseilles, fleeing from Holtz. (As Moriarty and Bosshog mentioned in this space a few days ago, Holtz’s family was killed by Angelus, and the wronged man will this season find his way into the 21st century in his quest for vengeance.)

* At the time of the Marseilles flashback, Holtz is already being described as “the most formidable vampire killer in the world.”

* The 18th century Darla and Angel will cavort with a heretofore unseen vampire couple, a kind of proto-Spike-and-Dru named James and Elisabeth. (Not, vexingly, James and Juliet.)

* Holtz was the unseen fellow chasing Angel and Darla in a flashback in last season’s “Dear Boy.” Elisabeth brings up the incident from the “Dear Boy” flashback, asking Angel if it was true Darla fled a barn in which Angel and Darla were trapped, leaving Angel to die. Angel confirms the incident with fondness: “She hit me with a shovel, wished me luck and rode off with our only horse.”

* Elisabeth dies by Angel’s hand.

* Holtz isn't the only one to turn up in the present. James gets to spend time with Angel and Cordy on the L.A. subway!

* In the present, James tells Angel he wishes he could kill Angel’s true love, as Angel killed James’. Angel replies, “You can’t kill the woman I love because she’s already dead.” Cordy adds, “It happened three months ago, we try not to talk about it.”

* Don’t expect James to survive the season premiere.

E! Online’s TV gossip Wanda says this week that readers should take Coax’s "Buffy" spoilers with a “big ol’ heap of salt.” Odd, since the Buffy spoilers in Wanda’s own chatty little Q&A this week (which speak of the demon motorcyclist Razor, the Buffybot filling in as slayer and attending Dawn’s PTA meetings, Willow’s Buffy-resurrection spell, etc.) mirror fairly precisely the ones posted much earlier in Coax.

One wonders, does Wanda feel these “Angel” spoilers should also be taken with a “big ol’ heap of salt”? What about it, Wanda?

Willow – I need service!

I am – Hercules!!





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