Angel. I think that this rewatch will make me dislike his character even more! I'll never understand how some people can believe that he honestly wanted to help, even less that he fell in love with her at firs sight. That's so unbelievable! It's so obvious that he doesn't care about Buffy or helping anybody. He is there lurking in the dark, hiding like a rat, waiting for her like a stalker (how long? was he there all night? did he see Darla and Luke bring Jesse in?). He clearly knows a lot more than he says and still does *nothing* or says *nothing* to really help Buffy. He knows about the Harvest and he must know about the vessel, he's been in the tunnel... why doesn't he tell her what she needs to do to stop all that happening? But no, he says nothing and lets her go alone to face the Master. Because 'they really don't like him' and because 'he is afraid' *snorts*. And all the while he clearly holds no faith that she will succeed. Not only he doesn't care that if she dies no one will stop the Harvest and the Masters, but he doesn't care tha she dies either! How can he later tell Buffy that he already loved her? And how can she be so dumb to believe him? Un-Be-Lie-Va-Ble!

On a side note weirdly SMG's acting here comes out as being the weakest among the main characters (except for Boreanaz who keeps... sucking ). Alyson is truly the best and Nicholas is surprisingly good, even if he is at his first acting experience - or that's what I know. Anthony is pitch perfect and Charisma is great when she does comedy, but er... not so much with the drama.