unnydale High School, Graduation Day 1999, as the smoke clears and the battle is won Buffy, the vampire slayer, and Angel, the vampire with a soul, face each other one last time before embarking upon the agonizing decision to go their separate ways. Emotionally torn, Angel is forced to leave the warmth of the only woman he has ever truly loved in almost two and a half centuries for a life of solitude in the City of Angels. As he searches for redemption facing enemies of his own, a new chapter of his unlife, a new family and a new series beckons. Now, four and a half years later, the former Scourge of Europe faces another century but this time it's a century with a difference. Angel, the darker and, some say, more adult spin-off series of Joss Whedon's almost cult-like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has reached its landmark 100th Episode! There is no way that CityofAngel.com could let this momentous occasion pass without reliving some of the best moments from over 4,500 minutes of breathtaking, heart-wrenching, jaw-dropping yet often amusing television. With the help of the Angel cast and crew as well as CoA staff and Citizens alike, we have compiled a 'best-of' list below. We think you'll agree that we've touched on most, if not all, the highlights of the series that has engrossed critic and fan alike. The 100 Moments are not listed in order of preference, as that was too daunting a task even for us, plus everyone has their own favorite and personal choices. Instead we have placed the moments in chronological order as they occurred. So, let the countdown and reminiscence begin! (Caution: There may be Spoilers for Season 5)
#100 City Of ~ Season 1, Episode 1, Act 1:Scene 1
The Sweeping Coat Scene - If any one scene symbolizes the enigma that is Angel, then this is it.
At first we see our brooding hero sitting at a bar seemingly drowning his sorrows at the bottom of a whisky
glass, pouring his heart out to a stranger about the girl he loved and lost. The next, his whole demeanor
changes as he sweeps through the bar to pursue the bad guys and save the girl, leaving his coat trailing in
his wake and bringing forth an image that he will forever be identified with.
#99 City Of ~ Season 1, Episode 1, Act 1:Scene 5
Angel Reunites with Cordelia - Angel is now in Los Angeles, after his painful break-up with
Buffy, where he encounters Doyle -- a scruffy looking Brachen demon. Doyle lays down a
challenge to Angel to become a Champion on behalf of the Powers That Be and tells him of
a girl, Tina, who needs his help. Angel accompanies Tina to a 'fabulous Hollywood party'
and runs into a very familiar Sunnydale face, Cordelia Chase. In true Queen C style she
dismisses him almost as quickly as she acknowledges him but not before asking, "So, are
you still... Gerr!?"
#98 City Of ~ Season 1, Episode 1, Act 4:Scene 6
Angel Kills Russell Winters - When Angel tosses Lindsey's vampire client, Winters,
from the upper-story windows of Wolfram & Hart in midday (sending him bursting into a
flame-driven death fall), Angel proves that he is not a foe to be toyed with, and
alerts the mysterious Senior Partners to a new player in town.
"One of my moments comes from the pilot episode, when David came in and kicked my client
out of the window. It was the first time David and me ever got to act together and there
was just a chemistry. He was a bad ass and I was trying to be a bad ass and that right
there was a defining moment because you could tell the tension but you could also see the
easiness of how we just flowed into one another"
~ VIP Comment: Actor, Christian Kane
"No, not the hair! Never the hair!" "I understand. I have a nephew who is gay." "Say no more. Evil's still afoot! And I'm almost out of that Nancy-boy hair-gel that I like so much."
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#97 In the Dark ~ Season 1, Episode 3, Teaser :Scene 2
Spike's Rooftop Monologue - Spike visits L.A. in search of The Gem of Amarra,
a shiny little bobble which renders its wearer, "100% unkillable if he's a vampire."
Knowing, in his quest for the Gem, that he will have to come face to face with Angel, Spike
forms a battle plan as he watches his one-time mentor rescue the latest damsel in
distress while adding his own unique commentary on just what a hero his grand-sire
has become.
"This is the absolute epitome of perfect comic writing and delivery. Only this series could take its
major premise and title character, turn them on their collective head and mock it in such a fabulously self
aware and self deprecating way."
~ CoA Staff member, Hollie Edmonds
#96 In the Dark ~ Season 1, Episode 3, Act 4:Scene 5
Angel Steps into the Sunlight After 200+ Years - Even though he has been forced
to endure a night of torture at the hands of Spike's partner, Marcus, Angel defeats his
enemy under the boardwalk of a seaside pier. Placing The Gem of Amarra on his finger,
Angel steps out to face the bright, warm California breeze and allows himself one mortal
moment in the sunlight!
#95 Room w/a Vu ~ Season 1, Episode 5, Act 1:Scene 2
Angel Wet and Dressed in Nothing but a Towel! - Cordelia seeks sanctuary and
comfortable surroundings after finding her apartment infested with cockroaches. She runs
to Angel's bat cave and catches him at a most inopportune moment. Although this may not
have been one of the most dramatic scenes, it was still enjoyable nonetheless.
#94 Room w/a Vu ~ Season 1, Episode 5, Act 4:Scene 1
The Bitch is Back! - After being subjected to taunts and scare tactics, Cordy
fights back at Maud Adams, the translucent old lady who has been terrorizing her since
the first night she moved into her new apartment. In true and classic style, Cordy
breaks free of her initial fear and lets the spook know in no uncertain terms just
exactly why nobody messes with Queen C!
#93 I Will Remember You ~ Season 1, Episode 8, Act 2:Scene 6
Buffy & Angel's Reconciliation - Angel makes a trip to Sunnydale after Doyle has a
vision of Buffy in trouble. Upon his return, he is faced with an angry Buffy who doesn't
like the fact that Angel kept his recent visit a secret from her. Just as they agree to
let their time pass, they are interrupted by a Mohra demon whose intervention brings Buffy
and Angel back together when Angel suddenly finds himself human!
"This episode brought The Slayer back into the heart of Angel when he suddenly finds
himself human once more. There are so many touching moments from their brief reunion
whether it be their first kiss in sunlight or the passion of the kitchen table but
David Boreanaz himself touched on the one moment most recall. Cookie dough fudge
mint chip - need I say more!"
~ CoA Staff Member, Sue Grimshaw
#92 I Will Remember You ~ Season 1, Episode 8, Act 4:Scene 4
Angel's Ultimate Sacrifice - In an agonizing twist of fate and just as it seems Buffy and Angel
could finally be together, they are once again torn apart as Angel realizes what he must give up in order
to keep The Slayer alive - his humanity. Together they share one agonizing minute before The Oracles turn back
time, leaving only Angel with the memory of the day his heart beat.
#91 Hero ~ Season 1, Episode 9, Act 4:Scene 4
Doyle's Ultimate Sacrifice - Faced with a machine that will exterminate any creature that is not of
pure demon blood, Allen Francis Doyle is finally forced to face his past. The guilt of leaving his own kind
to be massacred at the hands of The Scourge years earlier leads to Doyle forcefully taking Angel's place in
a suicide mission to deactivate the machine. Bravely he leaps to his death but not before sharing a single
kiss with Cordy.
"Probably the single most unexpected moment of the show, it still incites rage in many fans. However,
Doyle's death was noble and brave. A very emotional scene."
~ CoA Staff member, Jeff Ritchie
#90 Hero ~ Season 1, Episode 9, Act 4:Scene 5
Doyle's Video Eulogy - After witnessing the tragic death of their friend, Angel and Cordelia
remember Doyle as they watch his amateur commercial video for Angel Investigations. "When the chips
are down and you're at the end of your rope, you need someone you can count on. And that's what you'll
find here. Someone who'll go all the way no matter what. Come on over to our offices, and you'll see
there's still heroes in this world. Is that it? Am I done?"
"When I look back at this clip now, it means more than it did the first time I saw it.
In my mind, Doyle's advert for Angel Investigations is how I want to remember him. Funny but sad,
a person who obviously was missing out on something in life and who like many of us sadly made mistakes.
A touching moment in Angel's history first time round but even more so now."
~ CoA Citizen Vamp Girl, Sonia Jefferis
#89 Parting Gifts ~ Season 1, Episode 10, Act 1:Scene 8
The Return of Wesley Wyndham-Pryce, Rogue Demon Hunter - Angel is employed by an
Empath demon named Barney, who believes that he is being hunted by a leather-clad
assassin who wants to steal his abilities to read emotions. Angel arrives at Barney's
apartment and comes nose to crossbow with former Watcher and now Rogue Demon Hunter,
Wesley Wyndham-Pryce!
#88 Somnambulist ~ Season 1, Episode 11, Act 4:Scene 2
Kate Skewers Penn (and Angel) with a Wooden Plank. - Kate discovers Angel's true
nature during a battle with his former Puritan protégé, Penn, who is now terrorising L.A.
As Penn takes the upper hand over Angel in the next round of combat beneath the police
station, Detective Kate Lockley, picks up a large piece of wood and drives the ready-made
stake through Angel's body and into Penn's heart leaving him to nothing but ashes.
#87 She ~ Season 1, Episode 13, Teaser:Scene 2
The Dancing of Angel and Wesley - Cordelia holds a house-warming party and invites
her two business associates to her first social event in months. Wesley enthusiastically
throws himself into the spirit of the party with his unique style of 'kick starting a
bike' dancing while Angel confines the images of his embarrassing moves solely in his
own mind!
#86 The Prodigal ~ Season 1, Episode 15, Act 4:Scene 5
Angelus Kills His Entire Family - Flashback to 1753, Galway, Ireland; Darla seeks
out her newly-made companion finding him at his family home. Angelus sits smugly with
his feet up on the table playing with his father's pipe, as the bodies of his family lie
scattered around him. He proudly boasts to Darla that he has finally gained power over
the man that belittled him so when he was alive. Darla finds humor in her protégé's
naiveté telling him that since his father is now dead, he can never give the approval he
has yearned for.
"Although in this episode we discover Angel's human name was Liam, as well as why he began to be called 'Angel', the outstanding moment here is the realization which Angelus has at the sight of slaughtering his family. Darla happily points out that now he will never receive the approval of his father and Angelus questions if this was an act of love. The dark side offers many faces and it is a turning point for the demon which now resides in this disgruntled young man."
~ CoA Staff Member, Kristy Bratton
#85 The Prodigal ~ Season 1, Episode 15, Act 3:Scene 6
Kate Finds Her Father Killed by Vampires - Kate's father and former police officer,
Trevor Lockley, becomes involved in something crooked, unaware that the people he has been
dealing with are not people at all but vampires. Kate returns home to find that her
father has paid dearly for his dubious associations as she finds Angel crouching over the
body of her murdered father and two telltale puncture wounds on his neck to signify just
exactly what killed him. The following moments of her genuine anguish are undeniable.
#84 Eternity ~ Season 1, Episode 17, Act 3:Scene 4
Angelus Returns - Struggling actress, Rebecca Lowell, believes she can maintain her
youth by being turned into an immortal creature of the night. After weaning details out
of Cordelia as to what needs to be done to make it happen, Rebecca slips a dose of a
bliss-inducing drug into Angel's drink completely unaware of the consequences. Angel
succumbs to the effects of the drug and its synthetic feeling of sheer contentment and
for one terrorizing night - Angelus is back!
#83 Five By Five ~ Season 1, Episode 18 Act 2:Scene 2
Lilah Hires Rogue-Slayer Faith to Kill Angel - It is becoming apparent to evil
law-firm Wolfram & Hart that Angel is becoming a big player in town and a major thorn in
the side of the Senior Partners. As a possible solution to their problem, they seek out
Faith, the Rogue Vampire Slayer, who has been leaving her mark around L.A. in her own
inimitable style, as well as, a police arrest-warrant around every corner. At the
invitation of Lilah Morgan, Faith is given a proposition she can't refuse: to
kill the vampire with a soul for the tidy sum of $15,000 and a get-out-of-jail-free card.
#82 Five By Five ~ Season 1, Episode 18 Act 3:Scene 3
Faith Tortures Wesley - On the run from Sunnydale, Faith, the Rogue Vampire Slayer
is hired by evil law firm, Wolfram & Hart, to assassinate Angel. Feeling Angel is 'not
in the game', Faith kidnaps Wesley and holds him hostage. To keep herself amused, she
demonstrates all too painfully to Wesley her knowledge of the five basic torture groups,
Blunt, Sharp, Cold, Hot, and Loud as she awaits Angel's arrival and the continuation of
her self-destruct mission.
"The most pivotal moment in the entire Faith arc: she has driven herself to the brink, a true point-of-no-return, yet she still cries out for help. Awaiting the one person to deliver her from evil, Angel, she knows she can't kill Wesley, nor herself, but she can't live like this either. Destruction, deliverance, redemption; it's a fine line and this broken slayer is caught in the middle. Shocking Faith, brilliant Eliza Dushku, it just doesn't get any better!"
~ CoA Staff member, Kristy Bratton
#81 Five By Five ~ Season 1, Episode 18, Act 4:Scene 2
Faith/Angel in the Alley - Angel arrives at the apartment where Faith is holding
Wesley as expected and finally engages in the slayer-to-vampire combat that the Rogue Slayer
has craved. As they fall through a three-story window to the alley below, Angel ceases his fight as
he realizes Faith wants him to kill her in order to end the torment her conscience is
causing. Instead of indulging in her death-wish mission, he watches her succumb to emotional
defeat and holds her in the cold, night's rain, gathering her protectively to his chest as she takes
her first step to redemption.
"I think this is the whole premise of the series in this moment here- coming face to face that dark side of yourself and realizing that if you don't keep it in check you will let it destroy you. It's about asking for redemption and being brave enough to face the demons within and fight them rather than deluding yourself that when you're playing with fire you are still the master and you won't get burned."
~ CoA Staff member, Hollie Edmonds
#80 Sanctuary ~ Season 1, Episode 19, Act 4:Scene 7
Faith Turns Herself into the Police - After witnessing the showdown between Angel
and Buffy over herself, and eluding the clutches of The Watchers' Council elite, Faith
disappears and is believed to be on the run once again. But when Angel arrives at the police station, after being
arrested by Kate for hiding a known felon, he sees that Faith has not fled from her past
after all but has taken her own first step on the road to redemption. Handcuffed, she
steps before Kate and simply says, "I'd like to make a confession."
#79 Sanctuary ~ Season 1, Episode 19, Act 4:Scene 8
Angel Tells Buffy To, "Go Home!" - With the bitterness of Faith taking over her
body still fresh in the mind, Buffy is not overly supportive of Angel's decision to help
Faith on her road to recovery. When Faith gives herself up to the police, Buffy angrily
tells Angel that he should have let her know what was going on in L.A. She doesn't take
kindly to Angel's response about how it wasn't about her and selfishly flaunts her new
life and love in his face. Realizing that more than ever, that they are no longer a part of
each other's lives, Angel tells Buffy to, "Go home."
#78 War Zone ~ Season 1, Episode 20, Teaser:Scene 1
Hello, Charles Gunn! - In a non-too-safe part of L.A., a young girl is being
targeted as the 'next meal' by a trio of vampires. As they are about to attack and feast,
they are suddenly distracted by a gang of youths. Suddenly nervous, the vampires
recognize the foe that now blocks their path. Armed with weaponry the Slayer would be
envious of, they come face-to-fang with Charles Gunn, a strong-looking, young black man and
leader of a gang of street-wise Vampire mercenaries determined to clear the streets of unwanted
night-crawlers.
#77 To Shanshu In LA ~ Season 1, Episode 22, Act 4:Scene 2
Angel Cuts Off Lindsay's Hand - After witnessing the devastation that the demon
Vocah has invoked on his friends, Angel knows that he must retrieve the Scroll of
Ajerjian in order to release Cordelia from the torment of her never-ending vision. He
crashes The Raising, a ritual Wolfram & Hart are performing by using the scroll as part
of the ceremony. Lindsey knows that Angel needs the scroll to keep his connection with the PTB and tries to stop its retrieval by holding it over a
nearby flame. Angel throws a perfectly aimed scythe and not only prevents the scroll's
destruction but takes Lindsey's right hand with it.
#76 To Shanshu In LA ~ Season 1, Episode 22, Act 4:Scene 5
Wolfram & Hart Bring Back Darla - While Angel battles with Vocah, he is unable to
prevent Wolfram & Hart from completing the ritual known as The Raising. Using the ashes
of 5 vampires, Holland Manners and his young protégés, Lindsey McDonald and Lilah Morgan,
successfully manage to resurrect the one person who perhaps knows more about the psyche
of Angel than anyone else. They have managed to bring forth a vampire that Angel himself
had dusted some three years earlier - his own sire, Darla.
"Never before on the show had my jaw dropped so low so quickly! After only experiencing the first season of Angel, I became a complete Darla/Julie Benz fan, and this revelation scene was a simultaneous wallop of sudden horror and delight!" ~ VIP Comment: Musical composer, Robert Kral
#75 Judgement ~ Season 2, Episode 1, Act 1:Scene 1
The First Glimpse of Lorne - At first we see a demon, with green skin, blood-red horns
and a set of menacing eyes that pierce the smoky air as he casts his gaze over the feast
of people before him. Cautiously he observes his prey before finally deciding his next
move. Slowly he raises his hand to his mouth and with a deep-set voice and his finely
dressed frame, he launches his attack on the unsuspecting crowd. "At first I was afraid,
I was petrified..." and the music begins.
"When I first heard the rumors that there was going to be a green karaoke singing demon joining the cast of Angel, admittedly I was very scared and I was indeed petrified! The whole idea of a singing anagogic demon seemed a little 'tacky' to me but I'm glad to say I couldn't have been more wrong. Lorne is perhaps one of the best characters ever to grace the Whedonverse and his part is played so superbly and so deliciously by the irresistible Andy Hallett. No I can't imagine Angel without him."
~ CoA Staff member, Sue Grimshaw
"I also loved the introduction of Andy Hallett as the empathy demon. That was pure Joss of course." ~ VIP Comment: Executive producer, David Greenwalt
#74 Judgement ~ Season 2, Episode 1, Act 4:Scene 3
Oh, Mandy! - "There's three things I don't do: tan, date and sing in public."
Caritas is a demon karaoke bar owned by The Host, an anagogic demon who reads the auras
and futures of all those who sing for him. In an attempt to find a young pregnant woman
he is supposed to be protecting, (after inadvertently killing the Prio Motu demon who was
her previous guardian), Angel visits Caritas. He goes to extreme measures to 'painfully'
break one of his three golden rules, with a song, a reading and a little help from Barry
Manilow.
"Truly demeaning, and excruciating moment, but priceless none the less."
~ CoA Owner/Creator, Virginia Obeuis
#73 Are You Now or Have You Even Been ~ Season 2, Episode 2, Act 4:Scene 1
Angel Abandons the Hyperion Guests to the Thesulac Demon - Los Angeles, 1953 and
Angel is a resident at The Hyperion Hotel. He is just one of many guests who seem to
have a secret to hide and keeps very much to himself. When he reluctantly gets
drawn into the affairs of his fellow resident, Judy Kovacs, he discovers that a Thesulac,
a demon that feeds on the paranoia inside people's minds, is possessing the hotel. Despite
his initial unwillingness, he decides to rid the hotel of the demon but instead finds
himself facing an angry mob who hang him from the hotel balcony. When the Thesulac demon
emerges in corporeal form, Angel has a chance to kill it but instead he leaves the hotel
and its residents to the demon's mercy.
#72 First Impressions ~ Season 2, Episode 3, Act 4:Scene 5
Darla Invades Angel's Dreams - Wolfram & Hart have resurrected Darla and she
decides to amuse herself by playing mind-games with her former lover. Using Calynthia
powder, she visits Angel as he sleeps, controlling his dreams and leaving him both
mentally and physically exhausted, and acting very strangely. When Angel returns from
helping Gunn with a demon named Deevak, we discover that not only is Darla invading
Angel's mind but his bed as she continues to manipulate him as only she can, "Mmm, I
could just eat you up."
#71 Dear Boy~ Season 2, Episode 5, Act 4:Scene 5
Darla and Angel in the Water Tank - Angel is finally alerted to Darla's return
when she begins to haunt his waking life as well as his dreams. Taking the persona of
DeEtta Kramer, she taunts Angel, finally revealing that Wolfram & Hart have brought her
back as human when she walks out into the sunlight. Needing to speak with her face-to-face,,
Angel takes her to an underground water tank, a place that previously was
used to be a convent. Darla tries to continue her mind games, using 150 years of being with
Angel to her advantage, as she tries to entice the demon that she knows still resides
inside her boy. However, instead of reliving old memories, Darla uncovers a few truths
instead, truths she may very well have preferred to keep hidden.
"When Darla tells Angel, 'No matter how good a boy you are - God doesn't want you. But I still do,' so many people consider this one of the most outstanding moments, including Julie Benz and Marti Noxon (who wrote the scene); that it goes without explanation. But the driving force behind its brilliance is the pure emotion drawn from page to actor. The scene is the culmination of what Darla has felt for Angel over a century of time: lust, love, and lose; she may be evil but she is no different than any other woman. And his obsession is no less, always looking for that spark of hope to redeem the women who brought him so much: passion, pain, and possibility."
~ CoA Staff member, Kristy Bratton
#70 Guise Will Be Guise ~ Season 2, Episode 6, Act 2:Scene 3
Wesley Impersonates Angel - With the discovery that Darla has been brought back as
human, Angel seeks advice from a Swami who lives out-of-town as he tries to clear his
confused state of mind. When a client contacts Angel Investigations and demands the
services of the vampire with a soul by taking Cordelia hostage, Wesley has to convince
the hard-men that he is Angel and that means avoiding sunlight, not reflecting in mirrors,
and the whole blood drinking thing!
#69 Darla ~ Season 2, Episode 7, Act 3:Scene 4
The Fang Gang in the Streets of China - China, 1900, Angel has sought out Darla after years of
wandering aimlessly, trying to adjust to his newly returned soul. When he finds her, he
promises to bring the whirlwind back in exchange for a chance to recapture what they once
had. They meet up with their former killing companions Spike and Drusilla, who are in an
exuberant mood after Spike has just revealed that he has killed his first Slayer.
Together once more, the gruesome foursome walk through the fire-ridden streets of China
as the chaos of the Boxer Rebellion resounds around them but pales in comparison to their
own destructive past.
#68 Darla ~ Season 2, Episode 7, Act 4:Scene 5
Darla Begs Angel for Immortality - Unable to cope with the guilt of her human
conscience and her mortal soul, Darla tries to get to the one person she knows will
understand how she feels but finds her path blocked by Wolfram & Hart. Angel rescues her
from their clutches and takes her back to the Hyperion, ready to help her cope with the
feelings that are gnawing deep inside of her. However, instead of relishing her heartbeat
and wanting to take the second chance that life has presented itself to her, Darla
sees her humanity as a disease and begs Angel to return the favor she once gave to
him by becoming her sire and giving her immortal life!
#67 The Shroud of Rahmon ~ Season 2, Episode 8, Act 3:Scene 8
Angel Bites Kate - On a tip off from his frightened cousin, Gunn and Angel find
themselves part of a gang who attempts to steal a valuable relic known as
The Shroud of Rahmon. Det. Kate Lockley interrupts the robbery, unaware of the strange hold that The
Shroud has over anyone or anything that comes into contact with it. When she comes face-to-face
with Angel and the remainder of the thieves, Angel 'attacks' her, bites her and
drops her to the floor under the illusion he has drained her. He saves her from the
mercy of the other demons in the gang but unfortunately awakes a bloodlust within himself
that has long since been denied.
#66 The Trial ~ Season 2, Episode 9, Act 2:Scene 1
First Mention of Holtz - Flashback to France, 1765: Darla and Angelus seek refuge
in a barn as they try to hide from Daniel Holtz, a Vampire Hunter who has made it his
personal mission to put an end to the life of The Scourge of Europe and his lover. Just
as they believe they are safe and begin to make the most of their surroundings, a fiery
arrow hits the barn engulfing it in flames. Realizing that Holtz has caught up with
them, Darla hits Angelus with a shovel and steals their only horse leaving him to fend
for himself.
#65 The Trial ~ Season 2, Episode 9, Act 4:Scene 4
Drusilla Re-sires Darla - Angel discovers that there is a downside to Darla's
resurrection when it is revealed that she is dying from syphilis, the same disease that
was going to take her life back in the Virginia Colony in 1609. Angel undergoes three trials to
try and reverse her death sentence but finds that his efforts are all in vain. Just as
both he and Darla are coming to terms with her limited time on Earth, Lindsey McDonald
refuses to accept her condition and takes matters into his own hands. Forced to the
floor with tazers and restraints, Angel is made to watch as Lindsey brings in his secret
weapon, Drusilla! Hurt and helpless, he can do nothing as once again Darla's life is
taken from her and she is turned into a vampire.
"All I can say is, I didn't see it coming. After Angel tried so hard to help Darla, Wolfram & Hart brought in Drusilla who turned Darla back into a vampire as Angel was forced to watch. I was sad, and yet giddy with anticipation of the upcoming terror Dru and Darla would wreak."
~ CoA Staff Member, Jeff Ritchie
#64 Reunion ~ Season 2, Episode 10, Act 4:Scene 5
Angel Lets Darla & Dru Kill W&H Lawyers - Angel begins his descent into despair, feeling guilty
that he was unable to save Darla from Drusilla or that he couldn't stop her rising as a
vampire once again. As Darla becomes reacquainted with her bloodlust, she turns her
attention to the people responsible for her initial resurrection. Angel arrives at
Holland Manner's mansion just as Darla and Drusilla are about to begin their massacre of
the Wolfram & Hart lawyers gathered in his wine cellar. However, instead of becoming
their savior, he becomes their judge, jury and executioner by locking the door of the cellar
behind him as he leaves the lawyers to die. "And somehow, I just can't seem to care."
"One of the darkest moments in the show's history. There was no better way to illustrate the depth of Angel's spiral into depression and moral ambiguity than him locking up the lawyers with Dru & Darla. For a moment, you cheer Angel's decision but then your stomach drops at how evil that act truly was. Chilling."
~ CoA Staff Member, Tara DiLullo
#63 Reunion ~ Season 2, Episode 10, Act 4:Scene 6
Angel Fires His Crew - Showing no remorse for the carnage he has left behind him,
Angel returns to the Hyperion and calmly informs his crew of what has just taken place at Holland Manner's.
Stunned, Wesley, Cordelia and Gunn don't condone his actions and express their concerns
about his current state of mind. "Right now the three of us are all that's standing
between you and real darkness," Wesley explains, hoping to connect with Angel's
conscience. Angel knows that his friends speak the truth but he also knows what needs to
be done in order to find and destroy Darla. Preferring to let the vengeance take him,
Angel detaches himself from his surrogate family as he coldly tells them, "You're all
fired!"
#62 Redefinition ~ Season 2, Episode 11, Act 4:Scene 2
Angel Sets Darla & Drusilla on Fire - Now alone, Angel knows he has to raise his
game in order to match Darla on both a physical and mental level. Darla and Drusilla
meanwhile have been busy trying to recruit a 'mini-army' of demons completely unaware
that Angel is hunting them. They arrive at an auto shop, only to discover the bodies of
their potential henchman, all dead. They look up to see Angel leaning against a car but unfortunately they do not
realize his intent until it is too late. Calmly and without word, Angel flicks the
cigarette he has been smoking to the floor, igniting the gasoline that pools around Darla
and Drusilla's feet, setting them ablaze. Angel leaves, without looking back,
his journey into darkness continuing.
#61 Blood Money ~ Season 2, Episode 12, Act 4:Scene 1
A.I. Video starring Pryce, Wesley-Wyndham Pryce - Angel's vendetta towards Wolfram &
Hart continues as he uses Anne, a former vampire worshipper from Sunnydale and now leader of a homeless
teen shelter, as a way to get at them. He plans to expose the corruptness of W&H during a
celebrity charity ball they have organized on behalf of the shelter by airing a
videotape, which he claims includes evidence of their unethical dealings, When the video
starts to play however, the audience does not witness any sign of immorality but Angel's
former associates testing out their new video toy. As Cordelia performs a faux audition,
Wesley does his impression of James Bond before launching into an amusing but teasing strip.
#60 The Thin Dead Line ~ Season 2, Episode 14, Act 2:Scene 6
Wesley Takes a Bullet - Anne Steel, the head of the East Hills Teen Center enrolls the
help of her friend Charles Gunn when she suddenly find her shelter overrun with young
people trying to find safety and refuge. The youths claim that there is an upturn in the
amount of police brutality going on and that the cops are attacking civilians for no
apparent reason. Wanting to witness and capture this behavior on video for himself, Gunn takes
two of his old gang, George and Rondell, out on the streets. He soon encounters a cop who becomes easily agitated and violent but unfortunately Wesley
intervenes at the wrong moment and receives a gunshot wound to his abdomen.
#59 Reprise ~ Season 2, Episode 15, Act 4:Scene 1
Holland Manners' Elevator Speech - Planning to destroy his enemy at the source,
Angel manages to obtain the Band of Blacknil, a device that allows the Senior Partners to
travel across dimensions. As he slips the band on his finger, an elevator door opens
behind him containing a very dead Holland Manners. Journeying to the depths of Hell on
the way to The Home Office, Holland questions why Angel is abandoning his cause for a
one-way suicide mission, mockingly telling him that no matter what he does there will
always be evil, "The world doesn't work in spite of evil, Angel. It works with us.
It works because of us." As the doors of the elevator
open, Angel finds that he is back where he started, and that hell is where he lives.
#58 Reprise ~ Season 2, Episode 15, Act 4:Scene 3
Angel Sleeps with Darla - Deflated and disillusioned from Holland Manner's
revelation that he is already living hell on earth, Angel sinks to an unbelievable low.
He returns to the Hyperion to find Darla already there. She wants the Band of Blacknil but
as she scrambles on the floor to get it, Angel grabs her, slams her against the wall and
kisses her passionately. Darla resists at first, unsure of Angel's intentions, but as his
assault on her continues, she begins to feel him surrendering any hope he had left. In a
moment of perfect despair, Angel beds Darla no longer caring about any of the
consequences as long as he feels something but the cold.
#57 Epiphany ~ Season 2, Episode 16, Act 1:Scene 2
Angel Saves Kate from Suicide - When Angel wakes after his night with Darla,
his soul still intact, he realizes to what depths his darkness had taken him. A heated
'morning after' conversation with Darla triggers the memory of a message he had ignored
on his answering machine the night before from an emotionally broken Kate Lockley. With an element of
panic, Angel rushes over to Kate's apartment to find her unconscious on the floor, phone
in hand, and with an empty whiskey bottle and empty pill containers by her side. He takes
her into the shower and holds her under the water until she begins to recover. Once she
is fully conscious, Kate thanks Angel then tells him to, "Get out."
#56 Disharmony ~ Season 2, Episode 17, Act 2:Scene 2
Cordelia Learns Harmony is a Vampire - Harmony arrives in Los Angeles in an
attempt to change her evil and undead ways by looking up her old Cordette-in-crime,
Cordelia. The following morning, after a night of girl-bonding and reminiscing that
leaves Cordelia less than fresh, a phone conversation with Willow from Sunnydale reveals
that Harmony is actually a vampire, turned during their high school graduation, and
is not a 'great big lesbo' as Cordy had suspected; although Willow informs her that
she is. "Oh, yeah? Really? That's great! Good for you."
#55 Dead End ~ Season 2, Episode 18, Act 2:Scene 4
Lindsey Sings at Caritas - Long having been denied the ability to play his guitar
since Angel sliced off his strumming hand, Caritas is the first place Lindsey McDonald
visits when he suddenly finds that he has a new right appendage courtesy of his employers, W&H.
He takes to the stage with an impressive rendition of a song entitled, 'L.A.', holding the
appreciative attention of both the Host and his audience as well as the A.I. team as they
walk into the bar. Only the vampire with a soul is left unimpressed.
#54 Dead End ~ Season 2, Episode 18, Act 3:Scene 2
Angel and Lindsey Join Forces - With a common aim in mind, Angel and Lindsey do
the unthinkable and work together. Lindsey is having problems with his new hand and
Angel is working on a vision Cordelia has had involving a young father who puts a knife
in his own eye. As reluctant partners, they go to an ordinary looking travel agency and
discover bodies, in varying degrees of dismemberment, being stored by the medical
facility owned by Wolfram & Hart. In a rare moment of compassion, Lindsey helps Angel to
free the still-living 'victims' and manages to escape before the whole building explodes.
"In Dead End, when me and him [David] are driving in the car, it was 5 o'clock in the morning, the sun was about to come up, it was the last shot of the day and it's colder than shit and we're in a convertible car. But it was so easy. It's very easy to act with Boreanaz. It's not a big scene but we just got it done. There was a lot of dialogue there, and there was a lot of emotions going on at that time and it was very simple."
~ VIP Comment: Actor, Christian Kane
#53 Dead End ~ Season 2, Episode 18, Act 4:Scene 2
Lindsey Leaves Wolfram & Hart - Lindsey returns to W&H to face Nathan Reed and his
decision as to whom to promote to Vice President of Special Projects. Lindsey knows the
decision is going his way but interrupts the official announcement using his 'evil hand'
as an excuse. He begins to cause mayhem, disarming a security guard and shooting him in the
foot. He tells Nathan that he made the wrong choice, Lilah has secrets on all of them
and is devious and ambitious and the perfect Wolfram & Hart employee. "Me, I'm
unreliable. I've got these evil-hand issues. And I'm bored with this crap." Lindsey
then leaves but not before taking one parting grasp on Lilah Morgan's bottom with said
'evil hand'.
#52 Over The Rainbow ~ Season 2, Episode 20, Act 4:Scene 4
Cordelia Becomes Princess of Pylea - Angel, Wesley, Gunn and Lorne continue their
search for Cordelia after she is sucked into a portal to Pylea, Lorne's home world.
During their search, they are involved in a fracas in the Village Square and are arrested
and taken to the castle dungeon where they are to be sentenced. They know that they must
make a bid for freedom if they are to help Cordelia. Just as they do so they hear a
familiar voice and a glimpse upwards reveals the one they have been looking for.
Cordelia dressed in regal splendor, perfectly placed on the Royal throne and relishing
in her role of Princess of Pylea.
#51 Through The Looking Glass ~ Season 2, Episode 21, Act 1:Scene 3
Numfar's Dance of Joy - After Angel and the gang are transported to the Pylean home
world of Lorne in order to rescue Cordelia, they try to find the location of an
interdimensional portal for their return. Angel and Lorne arrive at his home as the
Deathwok clan are outside training. Lorne's mother greets her long lost son by spitting in
his face and his brother, Numfar, demonstrates the 'Dance of Joy' he performed for three moons after
Lorne's disappearance. [Beneath the makeup of Numfar and behind the hilarious dance is,
none other than, Joss Whedon].
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