Some characters just don't WORK very well. Doyle, for example, was a lousy character, and it was pretty clear from the beginning. The show didn't take off until he was gone, and the addition of Wesley was simply inspired. (The fact that Wesley actually becomes a legitimate, serious, even tragic character, is one of the greatest bits of development the Whedonverse ever had.) Doyle's presence didn't prevent me from still thinking Cordelia was a wonderful character, or from enjoying Angel himself (especially as Boreanaz loosened up), but there's no question that he wasn't well-conceived or well-executed in most of the episodes where he appeared, and he frequently got in the way of my enjoying the others.
And I've got to agree with Foamy: I'd happily lose Adam, who was one of my least favorite things about Season 4.
All in all, it reminds me of reading The Stand, and rolling my eyes every time King turned the story back to Larry and his damn song, when I *really* wanted to learn more about Stu and Frannie and Harold and Nadine, because dammit, that was the INTERESTING part...
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Some characters just don't WORK very well. Doyle, for example, was a lousy character, and it was pretty clear from the beginning. The show didn't take off until he was gone, and the addition of Wesley was simply inspired. (The fact that Wesley actually becomes a legitimate, serious, even tragic character, is one of the greatest bits of development the Whedonverse ever had.) Doyle's presence didn't prevent me from still thinking Cordelia was a wonderful character, or from enjoying Angel himself (especially as Boreanaz loosened up), but there's no question that he wasn't well-conceived or well-executed in most of the episodes where he appeared, and he frequently got in the way of my enjoying the others.
And I've got to agree with Foamy: I'd happily lose Adam, who was one of my least favorite things about Season 4.
All in all, it reminds me of reading The Stand, and rolling my eyes every time King turned the story back to Larry and his damn song, when I *really* wanted to learn more about Stu and Frannie and Harold and Nadine, because dammit, that was the INTERESTING part...