So a show associated with Joss Whedon (but which apparently isn't "a Joss Whedon show") got a massive quality boost after turning one of its main characters evil.
Buffy Season Two? Dollhouse Season Two? (Come on, Firefly would have done this with Book, except, y'know.) Angel... Well, the closest Angel got to turning one of its main characters - as opposed to a character who showed up in the main credits for a year but was honestly never part of the "family" - evil was when Wesley got kicked out of the group towards the end of Season 3.
Now, I'm not saying this is Joss's most overused trope. Because it's not. "Team breaks up and then comes back together" is Joss's most overused trope. Exhibit A: (Marvel's) The Avengers. But of his shows that did this... they tended to do it right when those shows grew the beard.
Coincidence?
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