Review of Origin

Angel: Origin (2004)
Season 5, Episode 18
8/10
The Return of Connor
3 June 2019
Warning: Spoilers
In "Origins" a young man who is hit by a car and walks away without a scratch comes to Wolfram & Hart for help figuring out what he is. It's Connor. Angel declines to help, causing Wes to be suspicious. Angel is forced into action when demon's attack Connor and his new family. Wes, Lorne, and Illyria investigate why Angel is acting strangely as Connor and Angel go attempt to kill Sahjhan. The demon that created everyone's new memories is blackmailing Angel into doing it to keep up the illusion.

Wes figures out Angel changed reality and destroys the cube holding everyone's original memories. Connor kills Sahjhan and decides to supress his old memories and live his new life with his family.

I figured we'd see Connor back at some point and here he is. We now get a clearer picture as to why Sahjhan was always trying to kill Angel. It was his son that was prophesized to kill him. I guess he thought killing Angel would prevent this somehow?

How do these new memories work for Connor's adopted parents? Do they now remember the original times when Connor was never a part of their lives? It's clear that Connor remembers by the hints he drops to Angel as he leaves. Everyone else remembers. Why not his new family?

That sort of bugs me and maybe that's a plot point in the upcoming episodes and I'm jumping the gun here? Speaking of Gunn, he seems to be having a fine time down in that basement. No more deals with the devil for him! The new liason comes to offer him freedom at a price which he quickly declines.

Illyria and Fred seem to be blending or something. That's the only reason I could see as to why Illyria is fawning over Wes so protectively. I know he's kind of her anchor to this world but it almost feels as if she's his bodyguard for some reason. Anyways, drunk Wes is a whole other stage to his character arch. He's had a bunch of ups and downs. We'll see if he ends the series on a high note.
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