I do have one slight quibble with you. I think that it isn't too difficult to postulate that Giles and Angel had a friendship of sorts early on. Giles found it "poetic" that a vampire would be in love with a Slayer and they clearly shared books with each other. Also, Angel had an invitation to Giles' flat, even though I don't recall ever seeing him there before. I always assumed that they did hang out a bit together during the summer between PG and WSWB. I agree that this tentative friendship was abandoned in the second season, which is unfortunate. It could have made the end of the season that much more powerful if it were established that they were buds.
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I do have one slight quibble with you. I think that it isn't too difficult to postulate that Giles and Angel had a friendship of sorts early on. Giles found it "poetic" that a vampire would be in love with a Slayer and they clearly shared books with each other. Also, Angel had an invitation to Giles' flat, even though I don't recall ever seeing him there before. I always assumed that they did hang out a bit together during the summer between PG and WSWB. I agree that this tentative friendship was abandoned in the second season, which is unfortunate. It could have made the end of the season that much more powerful if it were established that they were buds.