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The Best Episodes of Angel

Every episode of Angel ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Angel!

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The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption. A spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Angel Season 5 Episode 12 - You're Welcome
    9.3/10(3403 votes)

    #1 - You're Welcome

    S5:E12

    When Lindsey returns and tries to defeat Angel using a secret "failsafe" entity created by the Powers That Be, Cordelia emerges from her coma to help save Angel.

    Director:David Fury
    Writer:David Fury

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  2. Angel Season 5 Episode 14 - Smile Time
    9.0/10(3151 votes)

    #2 - Smile Time

    S5:E14

    While Nina the werewolf show romantic interest in Angel, he investigates a demon-infested children's television program and gets turned into a puppet; Gunn makes a deal to keep his newly implanted mental powers; and Wes and Fred's relationship heats up.

    Director:Ben Edlund
    Writers:Ben Edlund, Joss Whedon

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  3. Angel Season 5 Episode 22 - Not Fade Away
    8.9/10(4336 votes)

    #3 - Not Fade Away

    S5:E22

    Angel and his friends prepare for their suicide attack on the Circle of the Black Thorn.

    Director:Jeffrey Bell
    Writers:Jeffrey Bell, Joss Whedon

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  4. Angel Season 5 Episode 15 - A Hole in the World
    8.6/10(2672 votes)

    #4 - A Hole in the World

    S5:E15

    After being breathed on by an ancient sarcophagus, Fred contracts a mystery illness and lies near death while Angel and his friends try to figure out what's wrong with her.

    Director:Joss Whedon
    Writer:Joss Whedon

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  5. Angel Season 5 Episode 21 - Power Play
    8.6/10(1971 votes)

    #5 - Power Play

    S5:E21

    As Angel's behaviour grows increasingly hostile, his friends learn he's associating with members of an evil secret society, and may have deliberately engineered Fred's death.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:David Fury

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  6. Angel Season 1 Episode 8 - I Will Remember You
    8.5/10(3862 votes)

    #6 - I Will Remember You

    S1:E8

    Old feelings are rekindled when Buffy comes to L.A. to visit Angel. Buffy and Angel are attacked by a Mohra demon, and together they slay it

    Director:David Grossman
    Writers:Jeannine Renshaw, David Greenwalt

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  7. Angel Season 5 Episode 16 - Shells
    8.5/10(2185 votes)

    #7 - Shells

    S5:E16

    Mourning Fred's death, Angel and his friends vow to find a way to bring her back, which leads to a confrontation with the ancient god Illyria, who now occupies Fred's body.

    Director:Steven S. DeKnight
    Writer:Steven S. DeKnight

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  8. Angel Season 3 Episode 9 - Lullaby
    8.4/10(2018 votes)

    #8 - Lullaby

    S3:E9

    As Darla goes through a difficult labour, Holtz pursues Angel.

    Director:Tim Minear
    Writer:Tim Minear

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  9. Angel Season 3 Episode 13 - Waiting in the Wings
    8.4/10(2447 votes)

    #9 - Waiting in the Wings

    S3:E13

    Angel and his friends attend a ballet,where Angel realises he saw the exact same dancers on stage 110 years ago.

    Director:Joss Whedon
    Writer:Joss Whedon

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  10. Angel Season 1 Episode 19 - Sanctuary (2)
    8.3/10(2810 votes)

    #10 - Sanctuary (2)

    S1:E19

    Everyone, including Buffy Summers, is out to get Faith, and Angel is the only man who can stop them.

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writers:Tim Minear, Joss Whedon

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  11. Angel Season 5 Episode 17 - Underneath
    8.3/10(2023 votes)

    #11 - Underneath

    S5:E17

    Angel, Gunn and Spike rescue Lindsey from a suburban hell dimension; Lorne and Eve are pursued by a representative of the senior partners; and Wesley consoles Illyria, who hates her new world.

    Director:Skip Schoolnik
    Writers:Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft

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  12. Angel Season 5 Episode 18 - Origin
    8.3/10(1524 votes)

    #12 - Origin

    S5:E18

    When a warlock brings Connor back into Angel's life, Wesley finds out that Angel has tinkered with the memories of his friends.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Drew Goddard

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  13. Angel Season 1 Episode 9 - Hero
    8.2/10(3273 votes)

    #13 - Hero

    S1:E9

    Doyle is presented with an opportunity for atonement when a band of frightened refugees seek his help.

    Director:Tucker Gates
    Writers:Tim Minear, Howard Gordon

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  14. Angel Season 1 Episode 18 - Five by Five (1)
    8.2/10(2971 votes)

    #14 - Five by Five (1)

    S1:E18

    Rogue slayer Faith comes to town, and when she partners up with Wolfram and Hart, Angel's life is in danger.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:Jim Kouf

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  15. Angel Season 2 Episode 2 - Are You Now or Have You Ever Been
    8.2/10(2531 votes)

    #15 - Are You Now or Have You Ever Been

    S2:E2

    In the 1950s, Angel aids a woman hiding from her past inside a hotel with a long history of death and mayhem. Meanwhile, in the present day, Angel and his colleagues hunt down a demon responsible for the carnage.

    Director:David Semel
    Writer:Tim Minear

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  16. Angel Season 4 Episode 6 - Spin the Bottle
    8.2/10(2278 votes)

    #16 - Spin the Bottle

    S4:E6

    Lorne's spell to restore Cordelia's memory backfires and convinces everyone they're high school students who have been gathered to kill a vampire: Angel.

    Director:Joss Whedon
    Writer:Joss Whedon

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  17. Angel Season 4 Episode 10 - Awakening
    8.2/10(1970 votes)

    #17 - Awakening

    S4:E10

    Angel agrees to try to bring Angelus back... but after the first attempt fails, he and his friends discover a magic sword that might do a better job of getting rid of the Big Bad beast.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writers:David Fury, Steven S. DeKnight

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  18. Angel Season 4 Episode 11 - Soulless
    8.2/10(1954 votes)

    #18 - Soulless

    S4:E11

    After Angelus succeeds in setting Angel's friends against each other, Cordelia makes him a deal: if he tells what he knows about the Big Bad beast, she'll give herself to him.

    Director:Sean Astin
    Writers:Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft

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  19. Angel Season 4 Episode 12 - Calvary
    8.2/10(1832 votes)

    #19 - Calvary

    S4:E12

    After learning the doomsday beast may be working for something bigger and badder than itself, Angel's friends cast a spell to return his soul to Angelus' body.

    Director:Bill L. Norton
    Writers:Mere Smith, Jeffrey Bell, Steven S. DeKnight

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  20. Angel Season 4 Episode 13 - Salvage
    8.2/10(2126 votes)

    #20 - Salvage

    S4:E13

    While Lorne casts a sanctuary spell on the hotel, and Wesley brings in the slayer, Faith, to help get Angelus back... the Doomsday Beast and its boss also try to woo Angelus.

    Director:Jefferson Kibbee
    Writer:David Fury

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  21. Angel Season 4 Episode 15 - Orpheus
    8.2/10(2342 votes)

    #21 - Orpheus

    S4:E15

    As Faith and Angelus lay drugged and possibly dying, they flash back to key events in Angel's life... and Willow comes to help the others in the quest to restore Angel's soul.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Mere Smith

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  22. Angel Season 4 Episode 22 - Home
    8.2/10(1855 votes)

    #22 - Home

    S4:E22

    Lilah returns from the dead to offer Angel and his friends full ownership of Wolfram and Hart.

    Director:Tim Minear
    Writer:Tim Minear

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  23. Angel Season 1 Episode 11 - Somnambulist
    8.0/10(2555 votes)

    #23 - Somnambulist

    S1:E11

    When a killer stalks the L.A. streets using a mark that Angelus once used, Angel must face the possibility that he is committing the murders in his sleep.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Tim Minear

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  24. Angel Season 1 Episode 22 - To Shanshu in L.A.
    8.0/10(2407 votes)

    #24 - To Shanshu in L.A.

    S1:E22

    Wolfram and Hart raise a powerful new foe to strike down Angel and those close to him.

    Director:David Greenwalt
    Writer:David Greenwalt

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  25. Angel Season 2 Episode 10 - Reunion
    8.0/10(2558 votes)

    #25 - Reunion

    S2:E10

    The newly revamped deadly duo of Drusilla and Darla hit the streets of L.A. Angel is frantic, searching for the terrible twosome.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writers:Tim Minear, Shawn Ryan

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Best Episodes Summary

"You're Welcome" is the best rated episode of "Angel". It scored 9.3/10 based on 3403 votes. Directed by David Fury and written by David Fury, it aired on 2/4/2004. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Smile Time".