also this was another thing i was thinking about last night:
last year buffy was on a roll with its first nine episodes of season 7. i mean they were all amazing. then they had three in a row which were quite frankly alot more boring and had way mroe exposition than was needed maybe and which weren't all that thriling to watch, not to mention the gazillion potential slayers which showed up.
however, there has not been a single boring or bad Angel episode this season. I mean they have been on a roll since the very first episode in october. i'll be happy when they start going into more depth about what the overall plot of the season will be but for now i am content to go along for the ride with the episodes.
and drew goddard is probably one of my biggest heroes right now.