Five Characters From Angel That Didn't Make It To The Bitter End

Buffy The Vampire Slayer... Now this show was truly amazing... In a small way you could say that Buffy did to the world of horror on the small screen, what Star Trek did for Science Fiction on the small screen... Just on a significantly smaller level!

What I mean by this is that where as Star Trek has kept audiences entertained now for a couple of generations, it does appear that Buffy has only done so for one...

Never the less, this show was truly awesome, and spawned a spinoff that I would say may actually be even better then the original, 'Angel'...

With that said, I thought that you guys would enjoy a fond reminder of 5 characters that did not make it to the bitter end...

At number 5: Lilah Morgan (Stephanie Romanov)...

Lilah Morgan with the senior partners at, 'Evil Inc...'

Now this character... She was a lot of fun, she was everything that a high powered lawyer can be, she was smart, she was sexy, and when it came to Angel and his crew, she was ready to take them down... And not in the court room! But when she died during Jasmine's reign of terror... Her own brand of wicked evil was sorely missed... That was until she offered the Angel crew a job working at the Los Angeles branch of, 'Evil Inc.'!

At number 4: Winnifred 'Fred' Burkle (Amy Acker)...

Winnifred 'Fred' Burkle (Amy Acker) with Gunn (J. August Richards), Fred was a character that was sorely missed at the end of the series!

Don't get me wrong, I did like the whole thing when Fred turned in to, 'Ilyria', I mean she definitely kicked some ass as in that role... But the Angel crew already had that, and the truth is, is that I found that I personally missed, 'Fred'... I mean when Cordy left the series, in a lot of respects, 'Fred' kind of became the heart of the group... And with out that, I found that things were lacking... And I think with her there to the end, the ending of the series would have been that much better!

At number 3: Connor (Vincent Kartheiser)...

Vincent Kartheiser's role of, 'Connor' never got the chance that it should have!

The truth is, is that he was there at the end of the series, but not...What I mean by that is that the show brought Vincent Kartheiser in at the end of the series to do a little fighting and then disappear... The problem is, is I felt like the show really did not give Connor the time he deserved, and in all honesty I kind of felt like he should have been there at the bitter end... Which he wasn't.

At number 2: Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carptenter)...

Cordelia Chase was bad-ass thanks to the work that Charisma Carpenter did with the character on both, 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' & 'Angel'!

Now she was an interesting one... What I mean by that is that besides David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter was the only character from Buffy to make the permanent transfer from BTVS to Angel at the very beginning... And when it was decided not to bring her back, it was kind of sad, because the truth is, is that by the end of the series, the only actors permanent member of the cast that had been there from the beginning was David Boreanaz (Who played, 'Angel')... And not only that, but Cordelia Chase ended up being the only main character from either series to have died! (In Buffy, Joyce Summers died, but that character always was just a recurring role, and not a main member of the cast.

At number 1: Allen Francis Doyle 'Doyle' (Glen Quinn)...

Doyle (Glenn Quinn), unfortunately a role that was awesome, but never quite made it through out the series...

The truth is, is that losing Doyle was inevitable... What I mean by this is that Glenn Quinn, who had been taken off the show about halfway in to the first season for his hard partying and heavy drinking, (and from what I had read at the time,) and how it was affecting David Boreanaz's performance, with him joining in with Mr. Quinn...

Well ultimately the brilliant B Movie/TV star passed away while the series was still on the air, so sadly, I hate to say it, but we would have lost him anyway... The reason I put him at number 1, is because he was a cool character, one that would have made a great addition to the evolving series if he had remained on the series!

The Legacy Of, 'The X-Files'

Now if you are like me, then you followed, 'The X-Files' pretty much from beginning to end, and all of the movies that have come out... And still to this day, despite the fact that this show has been off the air for literally years now, think this show is an absolutely an amazing fun time!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500"] The legacy of the adventures of the intrepid, F.B.I. agents, 'Mulder' & 'Scully' as they search for the truth that is, 'out there' will live on in the world of the big screen and the small screen forever![/caption]

Well I got to thinking about what, 'The X-Files' has going for a legacy for it... I mean if you consider the last movie they released as their final legacy... Well the truth is, is as a physical legacy, I can't really see it, seeing as how despite the absolutely abhorrent nature of the most recent movie, that there are rumors that another, 'X-Files' movie is in the works... So what is their legacy?

Well of course there is the more crazy, conspiracy nuts out their that went a little over the top with their UFO conspiracies...

Besides the more crazy stuff, The X-Files had a very unique style in which the show developed over time, and you see that in a lot of the TV that has been released, (that isn't like a, 'sitcom' or a, 'soap opera' or shows of that ilk...) What I mean by this, well here are a couple of examples:

1. The sexual tension between, 'Mulder' (Played by: David Duchovny on the show), and, 'Scully' (Played by: Gillian Anderson) through out most of the show, I do believe precipitated that to become more a standard in these types of shows, a couple of great examples of this is between, 'Buffy Summers' (Played by: Sarah Michelle Gellar on the TV series, 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer') and, 'Angel' (Played by: David Boreanaz on the TV series, 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer,) and another great example of this is, 'Phoebe Halliwell (Played by: Alyssa Milano on the TV series, 'Charmed') and, 'Cole Turner' (Played by: Julian McMahon on the TV series, 'Charmed'.)

[caption id="attachment_1993" align="aligncenter" width="528"] A great example of how, 'The X-Files' has brought, sexual tension between the lead characters, is the tension between, 'Angel' &. 'Buffy' in, 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer.'[/caption]

It could be said to be true that this happened long before, 'The X-Files' (the, 'Sam' & 'Diane' run on, 'Cheers' is a good example of that.)

But the truth is, is I kind of feel like all that had ended by the time, 'The X-Files' came on the air, and once, 'The X-Files' did it, so did everyone else... A few other examples of this of course also being, ('Booth' & 'Bones' on the TV Show, 'Bones',) ('Angel' & 'Cordelia' on the show, 'Angel')... And well one that is quite obviously untrue, but still never the less was one that was floated out there was, ('Xena' & 'Gabrielle' from the TV show, 'Xena: Warrior Princess',) and last, but certainly not least (and I would say that this one is probably the most recent,) is, 'Sheldon Cooper' & 'Amy Farrah Fowler' on, 'The Big Bang Theory'...

2. In a time when a lot of Government Conspiracy was really starting to gush all over the internet, 'The X-Files' paved the way for making it acceptable again for big name characters or big name shows to be some what connected to Government Agencies, What I mean is as follows:

[caption id="attachment_1995" align="aligncenter" width="450"] 'Bones' is I do believe was indirectly influenced by, 'The X-Files' when it was still in novel form...[/caption]

A: In, 'Bones' a research team works with an, 'FBI' attache.

B: In, 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' season 4, part of the big bad of that season was a paramilitary organization that was funded by the Government.

C: Another great example is the show, '24', which told the story of the Los Angeles branch of the governments, 'Counter Terrorist Unit' and one Agent's, 'really bad day'.

3. Another thing that I wanted to mention here is the fact that this show also helped to produce a whole generation of popular, 'Occult' TV series, and 'Supernatural' reality shows... And a couple of great examples of this are:

[caption id="attachment_1999" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Supernatural... A show that was indirectly inspired by, 'The X-Files'![/caption]

A: Supernatural: A classic fiction based, 'supernatural' TV series.

B: Ghost Hunters: A great paranormal research series

And that is just name a few!

In the end folks, this series will live on in syndication forever, and possibly with movies, but's influence will continue to reverberate through the Science Fiction and Horror genre's for life!

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