JustasBuffywasintendedtocaptureameijubar.netsenseofthesuburbanoppressionexperiencedbymanyteens,Angeldepictedthefeelingsofloneliness,dangerandcallousnessoftenattributedtotheurbanLosAngele求爱egalopolis.Thedivisionsbetweentheorderedworldofthedayandthechaoticworldofthenighthavebeentrademarkthemesofnoirandbydepictingaprotagonistwholiterallyhasnodaytimelife,theserieswasabletoexplorethesesamethemesinmoredramaticmetaphoricalways.