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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 Worst Episode
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    Angel Season 1 Episode 13 - She
    6.5/10(2506 votes)

    S1:E13

    Angel forms tenuous truce with a warrior demon in order to save refugees from another dimension.

    Director:David Greenwalt
    Writers:David Greenwalt, Marti Noxon

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  2. Angel Season 5 Episode 6 - The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco
    6.8/10(2130 votes)

    S5:E6

    While losing heart for his own career as a hero, Angel befriends a disheartened, elderly hero, and battles an Aztec warrior who literally eats the hearts of heroes.

    Director:Jeffrey Bell
    Writer:Jeffrey Bell

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  3. Angel Season 1 Episode 4 - I Fall to Pieces
    6.9/10(2609 votes)

    S1:E4

    A desperate young woman pleads for Angel's help, as her disembodied stalker grows more violent. Meanwhile Doyle goes to work with Melissa.

    Director:Vern Gillum
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Angel Season 3 Episode 18 - Double or Nothing
    7.0/10(1666 votes)

    S3:E18

    When a demon that Gunn once sold his soul to comes to collect on the debt, Angel, Fred and Cordelia help to save him.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:David H. Goodman

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  5. Angel Season 1 Episode 12 - Expecting
    7.1/10(2473 votes)

    S1:E12

    After a one-night stand goes bad, Cordelia wakes up to find herself extremely pregnant with something extremely unnatural.

    Director:David Semel
    Writer:Howard Gordon

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  6. Angel Season 2 Episode 12 - Blood Money
    7.2/10(2112 votes)

    S2:E12

    Angel threatens to reveal Wolfram and Hart's criminal activities when he discovers they're stealing large contributions being made to a teen shelter. However, someone from Angel's past has other plans for him.

    Director:R. D. Price
    Writers:Mere Smith, Shawn Ryan

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  7. Angel Season 2 Episode 13 - Happy Anniversary
    7.2/10(2125 votes)

    S2:E13

    Angel and The Host search for a physicist who, with the aid of to Lubber demons, plans to freeze time so the he and his girlfriend will live in eternal happiness. Meanwhile, Wesley, Cordelia and Gunn start their first official case.

    Director:Bill L. Norton
    Writers:Joss Whedon, David Greenwalt

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  8. Angel Season 3 Episode 12 - Provider
    7.2/10(1753 votes)

    S3:E12

    Fred solves a puzzle for a group of demons who literally want to buy her brain; Angel is hired to clean out a vampire nest by a man who can't afford to pay for Angel's services; Wes and Gunn help a woman whose dead boyfriend is stalking her.

    Director:Bill L. Norton
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Angel Season 4 Episode 4 - Slouching Toward Bethlehem
    7.2/10(1591 votes)

    S4:E4

    After Cordelia returns, she doesn't remember her friends and Lorne senses a major evil brewing. Scared by the world of demons and vampires, Cordelia takes refuge with Connor, who saves her from a demon attack.

    Director:Skip Schoolnik
    Writer:Jeffrey Bell

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  10. Angel Season 4 Episode 18 - Shiny Happy People
    7.2/10(1700 votes)

    S4:E18

    While everyone else worships the beautiful woman Cordelia bore, Fred sees another side of her.

    Director:Marita Grabiak
    Writers:Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft

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  11. Angel Season 1 Episode 6 - Sense & Sensitivity
    7.3/10(2566 votes)

    S1:E6

    Kate's temper buys her a trip to sensitivity training, which has a strange effect on her... and those around her.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:Tim Minear

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  12. Angel Season 1 Episode 7 - The Bachelor Party
    7.3/10(2523 votes)

    S1:E7

    Doyle's past love comes to town, but her new fiancé has other plans for him. Doyle gets a vision of Buffy.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writer:Tracey Stern

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  13. Angel Season 2 Episode 8 - The Shroud of Rahmon
    7.3/10(2143 votes)

    S2:E8

    Angel goes undercover with the help of the witty and street smart Gunn in order to prevent a mind-altering shroud from falling into the wrong hands.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Jim Kouf

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  14. Angel Season 3 Episode 14 - Couplet
    7.3/10(1646 votes)

    S3:E14

    Angel struggles with his jealousy of the Groosalugg and Cordelia's attraction to him; Gunn and Fred get captured by a tree monster.

    Director:Tim Minear
    Writers:Tim Minear, Jeffrey Bell

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  15. Angel Season 5 Episode 13 - Why We Fight
    7.3/10(2054 votes)

    S5:E13

    A World War II submarine sailor - the only man Angel ever turned into a vampire since regaining his soul - returns to seek his revenge.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writers:Steven S. DeKnight, Drew Goddard

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  16. Angel Season 4 Episode 3 - The House Always Wins
    7.4/10(1650 votes)

    S4:E3

    Angel and his friends discover that Lorne is being held prisoner in a corrupt Las Vegas casino.

    Director:Marita Grabiak
    Writer:David Fury

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  17. Angel Season 4 Episode 16 - Players
    7.4/10(1603 votes)

    S4:E16

    As Angel tries to remember what Lilah's book said about the Master, Lorne plans a cleansing ritual to regain his empathetic powers, and Gunn helps Gwen with some corporate espionage.

    Director:Michael Grossman
    Writers:Jeffrey Bell, Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft

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  18. Angel Season 4 Episode 20 - Sacrifice
    7.4/10(1629 votes)

    S4:E20

    While hiding in a sewer, Angel and his friends battle a nasty monster provides some clues that might help in the larger battle against Jasmine.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writer:Ben Edlund

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  19. Angel Season 1 Episode 2 - Lonely Heart
    7.5/10(2790 votes)

    S1:E2

    Angel, with the aid of a new friend, tracks a serial killer whose hunting ground is L.A.'s single bars.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:David Fury

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  20. Angel Season 1 Episode 20 - War Zone
    7.5/10(2362 votes)

    S1:E20

    When Angel tracks down a millionaire's blackmailer, he gets caught in the middle of a gang war between street kids and vampires.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writer:Garry Campbell

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  21. Angel Season 2 Episode 3 - First Impressions
    7.5/10(2226 votes)

    S2:E3

    Angel encounters an amorous Darla in his dreams; Cordelia vows to protect Gunn after she experiences a vision depicting him in mortal danger.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:Shawn Ryan

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  22. Angel Season 2 Episode 14 - The Thin Dead Line
    7.5/10(2118 votes)

    S2:E14

    Angel teams up with Kate to investigate the rumours of "dead" renegade police who are out for blood. Cordelia, Wesley and Gunn carry out their own investigation that results in Wesley being seriously wounded by a police gunshot.

    Director:Scott McGinnis
    Writers:Shawn Ryan, Jim Kouf

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  23. Angel Season 3 Episode 3 - That Old Gang of Mine
    7.5/10(2095 votes)

    S3:E3

    Gunn's loyalties are torn between his current demon-hunting associates and the gang he used to hang out with, which has taken to killing demons for fun instead of defence.

    Director:Frederick King Keller
    Writer:Tim Minear

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  24. Angel Season 3 Episode 10 - Dad
    7.5/10(1747 votes)

    S3:E10

    Angel tries to keep his son safe from the many demons, vampires and humans who would like to harm the baby; Holtz joins forces with another vampire slayer.

    Director:Frederick King Keller
    Writer:David H. Goodman

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  25. Angel Season 3 Episode 19 - The Price
    7.5/10(1616 votes)

    S3:E19

    Angel's hotel is infested with demonic slugscreated by the spell he used to alter Sahjhan.

    Director:Marita Grabiak
    Writer:David Fury

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Worst Episodes Summary

"She" is the worst rated episode of "Angel". It scored 6.5/10 based on 2506 votes. Directed by David Greenwalt and written by David Greenwalt, Marti Noxon, it aired on 2/8/2000. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco".