I watched the second episode of Angel because the start of it caught my interest. It starts with Sharon, a woman who seems innocent, shy, and lonely. She meets a man name Martin in a bar. Martin acts like a typical guy who only has one thing in mind and that is sex. My thought was she was the victim of the whole episode and the person Angel and his friends were looking for. Surpisingly, she is the one who takes advantage of Martin. The tricky thing is that when you keep watching the episode, you see it is just a monster looking for the right body to consume.
However, the significance of the episode is similiar to that of Firefly. It relates to the topic of women using seduction as a way get what they want. Women are shown in both shows as the person who seems like the victim, but really, she is the bad person.
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I think it's really interesting that writers understand our societies own stereotypes enough to know what will surprise us in a show. I mean, I think almost everyone was at least a little shocked when the girl from the teaser of 'Buffy' took advantage of the guy she was with. We weren't expecting that because we automatically assumed that guys take advantage of girls in those types of situations. The writers knew that when they were writing that scene, and it completely worked. It's pretty interesting stuff!
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