Fuck you, Joss Whedon. You've lost my trust. By removing Charisma Carpenter from the cast of Angel and killing the character of Cordelia Chase so that she is pretty much guaranteed never to return, you've pretty much ruined your show.

"You know, it’s been a lot of years. Same thing, it’s like with Buffy, it had been seven years, it was just sort of time to move on. We wrapped up the character and it’s kind of a new paradigm and we just wanted to shake it up some. Actually [Cordelia] had basically been through what Buffy went through in the movie. That journey was over, at this point. It’s not over completely, obviously, because she’s in a coma, and we do want to have her back, but it felt like I was starting to have too many [regular characters] to service. (My note - interesting how earlier he was attributing being able to tell stand-alones because the cast was larger). I felt like her story had resonated and I really want to do more episodes with her. I know exactly what I want to do whenever she’s available, obviously that’s what we want, depending on [Charisma Carpenter’s schedule], but for 22 [episodes], it just didn’t feel right."

(http://www.buffy.nu/article.php3?id_article=1827)

The journey was over? The hell you say. Who's journey is ever over? There is always something new to develop. Cordelia was an essential part of the balance of the show and you have given us nothing to replace what is now missing. By bringing her back before killing her off, you only serve to rub it in as to exactly what we will be missing.

This season has been mind-bogglingly awful, with only a few bright spots (mos of them involving James Marsters and Mercedes McNab, and none involving the writing). Last season was also pretty disappointing as well. I have to admit, now that there will be no more Cordelia, I couldn't care less as to whether the show has another season, this will be the last that I watch. I've lost my faith in you. Jackass.