S1E12 ("Expecting") -- The First Rule of Fight Club is to Ask About His Hobbies

In this spoiler friendly review of the Angel episode “Expecting,” hosts Steven Youngkin and Cari Labok discuss how to politely threaten the life of your opponent, which episode Power Rangers the costume department stole their monster costume from and why Cordelia should just give up dating altogether.

In case it has been a while since the last time you went on date with a man who loves to scream about his testicles, here’s a quick episode recap: Cordelia goes on a date and winds up with the worst morning after effect possible. Meanwhile, Wesley shows the proper way to start off a fight and Angel acknowledges for the first time that he and Cordelia are closer than friends,  Finally, Cari gets to try out her best British accent and both Cari & Steven debate the use of mystical pregnancies in movies and television and how sexist or not they are.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction music and introductory series comments
• 1:04 Introductory episode comments
• 3:04 General review of the episode
• 28:59 Precredit Discussion
• 45:26 Pop Cultural References
• 53:10 Act 1 Discussion
• 1:09:31 That's Carbon Dated!
• 1:18:37 Act 2 Discussion
• 1:34:14 Act 3 Discussion
• 1:49:10 Act 4 Discussion
• 2:06:10 Favorite Kills & Lines
• 2:15:09 Closing Comments
• 2:23:51 Preview for next episode