Gischler continues to underwhelm. 
 I mean on the surface, this is a typical Buffy arc. Demon lord comes to town, makes trouble, and the protagonists deal with it. Except Archaeus looks like power ranger or something. And he's really not that interesting, despite his connection to Angel's history. 
 This writing is also really heavy-handed. Family, FAMILY, FAMILY!! It's ridiculous that Archaeus thinks the idea of family is a magic bullet, and it's ridiculous that no one immediately see the differences between the two "families". 
 This volume isn't exactly bad, but it isn't exactly interesting either. I was yawning through the final big fight ... then I was somewhat pleased to discover that Angel & Faith season 10 only runs 5 volumes, compared to 6 for Buffy.