Well, in all fairness, the first sex monster didn't exactly just pick on the single people. But even if Captain Spike doesn't come back as a regular, it'll be nice to see him back every so often. He really does add something to the show, and makes that kind of axe-grinding a little harder to take seriously. ("I can see the appeal of this planet. She's lovely ... he's gorgeous ... that's fantastic!" "...That's a poodle." "Nice.")

You seem to be better at finding redeeming features than I am. About some things, anyway. Or maybe I have a different definition of 'redeeming feature'. I mean, I like Angel despite plot holes, bad dialogue, horrible Boreanaz acting and other things as pointed out by Television Without Pity, preferring to gloss over it in favour of focusing on the awesome that is Alexis Denisof.

Oh, I think you'd really like Ultraviolet. It's an interesting take on the whole vampire thing, and aside from wanting to beat the snot out of the so-called love interest, it's fantastically acted on the whole. Plus because it never got to be the long-running series it was supposed to be, it never jumps the shark at any point, though it is a shame that some of the plot threads they started in the mini-series never got better exploration. Kind of like Firefly, in a way.