The Best Episodes of Angel

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   8.5/10(13 votes)

   #1 - I Will Remember You

   S1:E811/23/1999

   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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   Director:David Grossman

   Writers:Jeannine Renshaw, David Greenwalt
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   8.4/10(5 votes)

   #2 - Lullaby

   S3:E911/19/2001

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

   Director:Tim Minear

   Writer:Tim Minear

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   Director:Tim Minear

   Writer:Tim Minear
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   8.4/10(5 votes)

   #3 - Waiting in the Wings

   S3:E132/4/2002

   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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   Director:Joss Whedon

   Writer:Joss Whedon
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   8.3/10(10 votes)

   #4 - Sanctuary (2)

   S1:E195/2/2000

   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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   Director:Michael Lange

   Writers:Tim Minear, Joss Whedon
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   8.2/10(9 votes)

   #5 - Hero

   S1:E911/30/1999

   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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   Director:Tucker Gates

   Writers:Tim Minear, Howard Gordon
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   8.2/10(11 votes)

   #6 - Five by Five (1)

   S1:E184/25/2000

   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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   Director:James A. Contner

   Writer:Jim Kouf
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   8.2/10(9 votes)

   #7 - Are You Now or Have You Ever Been

   S2:E210/3/2000

   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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   Director:David Semel

   Writer:Tim Minear
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   8.2/10(5 votes)

   #8 - Spin the Bottle

   S4:E611/10/2002

   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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   Director:Joss Whedon

   Writer:Joss Whedon
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   8.2/10(4 votes)

   #9 - Awakening

   S4:E101/29/2003

   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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   Director:James A. Contner

   Writers:David Fury, Steven S. DeKnight
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    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Soulless

    S4:E112/5/2003

    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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    Director:Sean Astin

    Writers:Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft
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    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Calvary

    S4:E122/12/2003

    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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    Director:Bill L. Norton

    Writers:Mere Smith, Jeffrey Bell, Steven S. DeKnight
12. 

    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Salvage

    S4:E133/5/2003

    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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    Director:Jefferson Kibbee

    Writer:David Fury
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    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Orpheus

    S4:E153/19/2003

    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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    Director:Terrence O'Hara

    Writer:Mere Smith
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    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #14 - Home

    S4:E225/7/2003

    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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    Director:Tim Minear

    Writer:Tim Minear
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    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #15 - Somnambulist

    S1:E111/18/2000

    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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    Director:Winrich Kolbe

    Writer:Tim Minear
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    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #16 - To Shanshu in L.A.

    S1:E225/23/2000

    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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    Director:David Greenwalt

    Writer:David Greenwalt
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    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #17 - Reunion

    S2:E1012/19/2000

    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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    Director:James A. Contner

    Writers:Tim Minear, Shawn Ryan
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    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #18 - Reprise

    S2:E152/20/2001

    Wolfram and Hart's senior partner is coming to visit. When Angel learns that the "senior partner" is actually an evil and merciless demon from hell, he must sacrifice his own life to destroy the powerful beast.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.

    Writer:Tim Minear

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    Director:James Whitmore Jr.

    Writer:Tim Minear
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    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #19 - Billy

    S3:E610/29/2001

    Angel's friends are affected by a man with the power to make other men brutalise women.

    Director:David Grossman

    Writers:Tim Minear, Jeffrey Bell

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    Director:David Grossman

    Writers:Tim Minear, Jeffrey Bell
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    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Birthday

    S3:E111/14/2002

    On her birthday, Cordelia learns her visions will kill her unless she goes back in time and chooses a different path in life - which doesn't include Angel.

    Director:Michael Grossman

    Writer:Mere Smith

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    Director:Michael Grossman

    Writer:Mere Smith
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    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Sleep Tight

    S3:E163/4/2002

    To save Connor's life, Wes takes him away from Angel; Angel uncovers Lilah's plot to have him kill Connor, Holtz finally attacks.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara

    Writer:David Greenwalt

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    Director:Terrence O'Hara

    Writer:David Greenwalt
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    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #22 - Forgiving

    S3:E174/15/2002

    As Fred and Gunn search for Wesley, Angel searches for Sahjhan - and casts a spell to make him corporeal so he can be killed.

    Director:Turi Meyer

    Writer:Jeffrey Bell

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    Director:Turi Meyer

    Writer:Jeffrey Bell
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    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Deep Down

    S4:E110/6/2002

    As Fred and Gunn search for Angel, Wesley continues his affair with Lilah and conducts his own, more fruitful, search.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara

    Writer:Steven S. DeKnight

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    Director:Terrence O'Hara

    Writer:Steven S. DeKnight
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    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Release

    S4:E143/12/2003

    As Faith and Angel continue their battle, the voice of the Beast's Master invades Angel's mind.

    Director:James A. Contner

    Writers:Sarah Fain, Steven S. DeKnight, Elizabeth Craft

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    Director:James A. Contner

    Writers:Sarah Fain, Steven S. DeKnight, Elizabeth Craft
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    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #25 - In the Dark

    S1:E310/19/1999

    Spike follows Oz to L.A. and enlists the help of a demented vampire to regain a mystical relic from Angel.

    Director:Bruce Seth Green

    Writer:Douglas Petrie

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    Director:Bruce Seth Green

    Writer:Douglas Petrie