Angel

For today’s bog I watched the fourth episode from season one of Angel titled “I Fall to Pieces”. This episode was about a woman who was being stalked by a doctor that had the ability to detach and reattach certain body parts while still maintaining in full control over these body parts. This is first seen when Dr. Ronald Meltzer detaches one of his eyeballs so that he can watch Melissa, the woman who he is stalking, while she is in her home. I found this aspect of the episode extremely intriguing, not only because Dr. Meltzer could detach body parts without any visible damage done to him or the body part, but also because he was able to reattach the body part without any tools, and he was able to control the body part while it was separated from his body. One part of he episode that did not seem consistent, was that although Dr. Meltzer could detach his hands, when the hands were detached they would crawl around to get from place to place, and to reattach the hands he would either pick them up and reattach them, or they would crawl up his body to his arm. This was attributed to his psychic skills, which allowed him to control his nerve endings, as well as perform psychic surgery. However, when his eyeball was detached it floated around the room on its own. Also, during the episode the hands are seen climbing over obstacles and navigating through air ducts to gain entry into Melissa’s apartment, it would seem that if Dr. Meltzer could levitate his eyeball he would do the same with his hands. Overall though the episode was intriguing as it was entertaining and I look forward to watching more of this show.