I got away from watching Angel after the whole Cordelia-princess thing, although I did watch enough eps to sometimes enjoy Winnifred, and her eventual choice of partner.

But you're not the first person to recommend the new Angel to me, so I'm wondering if what you've noticed about Whedon might not improve this season, seeing as how he'd cleared his decks: I'm remembering that about the time I'd really lost all patience with Buffy and Angel, he had his plates very full, not only those two shows, but struggling to keep Firefly going, as well.

Crazy(or, have they dropped all pretense of a "reset" button and just hope we don't notice these things anymore?)Soph