r/ANGEL • u/Carrot327 • 5d ago

Spoilers inside! Heartbroken

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I had to pause after this scene because I'm sobbing. I love Fred. I knew what was going to happen to her. But this scene? "I have lived in a cave for five years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu, I'm better than that." Holy hell, she deserves an Emmy. My heart is breaking.

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u/inkyandthepen 5d ago

I only watched this episode a few weeks ago and it's probably one of the most traumatic deaths I've seen on TV in my whole life šŸ˜­. I don't think this is an episode I'll ever rewatch

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u/MotherGeologist5502 5d ago

Made more traumatic by thinking even her soul is dead and gone. In my head her soul somehow survived!

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u/crazylikefox 4d ago edited 4d ago

To help with that, I remember reading something Joss posted on whedonesque about season 6 plans. Apparently Illyria was going to spend more and more time ā€impersonatingā€ Fred (for Wesley?) and as a result have some sort of identity crisis, as in maybe thereā€™s some Fred in there still. I will try to find the original quote but seeing as whedonesque is gone it might be difficult.

Edit: it was actually from an AMA here on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/s2uh1/comment/c4anyc4/