Angel 4x6 Spin the Bottle -- Amnesia question

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Since not very many of you are members of angelphilosophy I thought I'd repost my question here ...



Looking back on Season Four with fore-knowledge of Jasmine's control of Cordelia, almost from day one, I am now confused about amnesia. Let me explain. My take is that Jasmine took over Cordelia starting right at the end of The House Always Wins. That she then faked Cordy's amnesia in order to figure out how to impersonate her, and that she was largely in control from then on. How much of the 'real' Cordelia was in a back corner of her mind? I don't know. That may be beside the point. The thing is, Jasmine has two episodes -- Slouching Toward Bethlehem and Supersymmetry -- during which to perfect her impersonation, before the episode in question (Spin the Bottle, of course) comes along.

So my question is -- given that Jasmine is a powerful, er, Power, wouldn't she be immune to the effects of a spell such as this? So wouldn't she be (double)faking amnesia in Spin the Bottle? During the spell, what is her mind aware of? Does she really forget some of the things she's learned about Cordelia during the last two episodes? Or is it all fakery? Does she in fact have more awareness of what's going on around her during the spell than anyone else does?

Thanks for any insights.

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[keever.livejournal.com]

I meant Faith's backstory in general -- her watcher, her anger, going to jail, etc. -- but yeah, "Orpheus" was great. It moved her story and Angel's forward.

I forgot about Willow! But yeah, she was another breath of fresh air. I wish they had carried more of that energy into what Willow had to do on Buffy that season, too.