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01 Deep Down

With Angel trapped on the ocean floor and Cordelia stuck on a mystical plane, Fred and Gunn are frustrated at the lack of clues regarding their friends' whereabouts, especially after the only eyewitness to Angel's disappearance is murdered.

Expected Airdate: October 6th, 2002

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02 Ground State

When Wesley advises Angel to visit Dinza (guest star Rena Owen), a dark "goddess of the lost" who has valuable information on how to find Cordelia, he learns that a certain mystical antiquity can locate souls across dimensions. Angel, Fred and Gunn break into an auction house to retrieve the object only to discover that an electrifying cat burglar (guest star Alexa Davalos) has the same intentions.

Original Airdate: October 13th, 2002

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03 The House Always Wins

Tired of dealing with Connor and looking for Cordelia, Angel decides to take Gunn and Fred on a road trip to Vegas to visit Lorne who is performing in a showcase at one of the casinos. However, they soon get caught up in a supernatural — and literal — futures trading scheme. It seems a ruthless casino owner (Clayton Rohner) is holding Lorne hostage, exploiting the popular entertainer's psychic abilities to steal unsuspecting patrons' destinies. When the casino owner learns that Angel is destined to play a major role in the apocalypse, the stakes get even higher.

Original Airdate: October 20th, 2002

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04 Slouching Toward Bethlehem

After months of existing on a higher (and evidently very boring) plane, Cordelia inexplicably appears back at the hotel — with no idea why or even how she arrived there. Sadly, a serious case of amnesia prevents Cordy from remembering either her friends or her past. Believing the full truth may scare her off, the gang attempts to hide the freaky facts about their lives. Things get even more complicated when Lorne reads her mind and sees a terrifying vision of the future. Meanwhile, outcast Connor struggles to find his place in the world.

Original Airdate: October 27th, 2002

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05 Supersymmetry

While delivering a speech to an audience of academics (plus Angel, Gunn, Wesley and Lilah), Fred is attacked by a set of tentacles extending from a mysterious midair portal. But her shock at the assault turns to anger when she pinpoints the perpetrator. Meanwhile, Connor and Cordelia's friendship grows.

Original Airdate: November 3rd, 2002

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06 Spin the Bottle

Desperate to reverse her amnesia, Cordelia takes a stab at Lorne's supposedly surefire memory-restoration spell. It works as promised, but not as expected. There's one doozy of a side effect — Cordy, Angel, Wesley, Gunn and Fred revert to their teenage personas. Rendered strangers to each other, the unlikely adolescents team up to figure out why they're stuck together in an unfamiliar hotel. Wesley believes it's a test, the object of which is to find and kill a vampire. Things get more complicated for the quarrelsome quintet when Angel realizes he is a vampire.

Original Airdate: November 10th, 2002

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07 Apocalypse, Nowish

When Cordelia's apocalyptic nightmares become a reality, Angel, Wesley, Gunn and Lorne find themselves powerless against The Beast (guest star Vladimir Kulich) who has risen from the center of the Earth, bringing earthquakes and a rain of fire to Los Angeles. Bloodied and beaten, Angel and his friends realize that they may not be able to stop the impending doom.

Original Airdate: November 17th, 2002

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08 Habeas Corpses

Another day has dawned for Angel Investigations, but terror still casts a shadow as the Beast cuts a murderous swath through the city. The shaky gang gathers at the hotel after a seemingly endless night facing a rain of fire and the emergence of the monster Cordy's vision predicts will bring about the Apocalypse. But before they can decipher recent events, they learn that Connor, who went to Wolfram & Hart to uncover his connection to the Beast (Vladimir Kulich), is now trapped in the building with the demon.

Original Airdate: January 15th, 2003

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09 Long Day's Journey

When the gang learns that the answer to stopping the Beast (guest star Vladimir Kulich) is among them, everyone suspects Connor, until Cordelia begins to receive visions from the Powers That Be. Meanwhile, Angel and Gwen (guest star Alexa Davalos) discover that the Beast is preparing a device that will blot out the sun permanently and turn the world into a demon playground.

Original Airdate: January 22nd, 2003

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10 Awakening

After Cordelia's revelation that Angelus and The Beast (guest star Vladimir Kulich) made a pact, the gang determines that they must turn Angel into Angelus to end the eternal darkness. For that transformation to take place, Angel must lose his soul by experiencing a moment of pure happiness.

Original Airdate: January 29nd, 2003

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11 Soulless

Angel's exquisitely evil alter ego is back after the vampire's soul is extracted by a shaman in an attempt to determine Angel's connection to the demon wreaking havoc in Los Angeles. But the sullen supervamp has little love for the derring-do-gooders and soon starts spilling their secrets, aiming to turn the friends against each other. Wes, Fred, Gunn and Connor all get their shot at face time with the caged Angelus, but it's Cordy who holds the key to get him talking.

Original Airdate: February 5th, 2003

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12 Calvary

As the gang scrambles to locate Angel's stolen soul, Lilah (Stephanie Romanov) emerges from the sewers and tries her hand at persuading Angelus to stop the Beast (Vladimir Kulich). In other developments, Fred and Gunn make a decision about their relationship; and Angelus makes a comment that has the group looking at the Beast in a different light.

Original Airdate: February 12th, 2003

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13 Salvage

Angel's evil alter ego, who's out of his cage and pursuing the Beast, hits a pool hall packed with vamps to see if he can determine the demon's hideout. Meanwhile, at the hotel, Wes goes about the grisly task of dispatching Lilah's corpse, as Lorne, Fred and Gunn gather ingredients for a protective sanctuary spell. But the gang is all too familiar with the unpredictability of magic, so Wes pays a visit to the incarcerated Faith to try to persuade her to join the team in the race to prevent Armageddon.

Original Airdate: March 5th, 2003

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14 Release

Angelus continues his search for The Beast's mysterious master, never suspecting that it could be someone close to him. Meanwhile, Faith (guest star Eliza Dushku) and Angelus do battle while Cordelia convinces Connor to keep their baby a secret.

Original Airdate: March 12th, 2003

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15 Orpheus

While in their drug-induced comas, Angelus and Faith (guest star Eliza Dushku) experience flashbacks of Angel's good deeds over the centuries; Fred calls in Willow (guest star Alyson Hannigan, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), the only person ever able to restore Angel's soul and asks her to help them do it again.

Original Airdate: March 19th, 2003

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16 Players

Angel and the gang set out to find out as much as they can about Cordelia's pregnancy and the identity of The Beast's master while Gwen Raiden (guest star Alexa Davalos) enlists Gunn's help to crash a black-tie affair and rescue a kidnapped girl.

Original Airdate: March 26th, 2003

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17 Inside Out

Desperate to find out why Cordelia has turned to the dark side, Angel goes to demon Skip (guest star David Denman) for answers. Forcing the truth out of him, Angel learns that all that's transpired, Connor's birth, Cordelia's ascension to the higher plane, Angel turning into Angelus and Cordelia's pregnancy, were all a part of a higher being's plan to create something even more powerful than itself.

Original Airdate: April 2nd, 2003

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18 Shiny Happy People

As Cordelia lies in a coma following her demonic delivery, the rest of the gang becomes acquainted with---and enchanted by---her unexpected offspring. But when Fred sees something the others don't (or won't), she finds herself all alone and on the run.

Original Airdate: April 9th, 2003

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19 The Magic Bullet

With Angel and the others under Jasmine's (guest star Gina Torres) extraordinarily divine power, Fred's life is in danger and she goes on the run. After discovering the secret to breaking Jasmine's spell over the nation's citizens, Fred must find a way to save the others before she's captured and killed.

Original Airdate: April 16th, 2003

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20 Sacrifice

Angel and the gang are now reunited, but they must hide out in the sewers to escape from Jasmine and her followers. While walking around, they encounter a large group of teenagers. Wesley is captured by a creature dwelling further in the sewers, who gives him some helpful information. Meanwhile, Connor realises Cordelia is missing.

Original Airdate: April 23rd, 2003

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21 Peace Out

Angel goes on a mission to find proof that his son Connor wasn’t simply a vessel designed to bring the evil Jasmine (guest star Gina Torres), who is hell-bent on destroying everyone, into the world. Meanwhile, Connor goes in search of the missing Cordelia.

Original Airdate: April 30th, 2003

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22 Home

Angel and the gang are made an offer they can’t refuse when they are given the opportunity to take over Wolfram & Hart and obtain all of the firm’s secret and powerful information. Meanwhile, Angel has a chance to change the future for his son Connor, who is physically and emotionally lost and wandering through the city.

Original Airdate: May 7th, 2003

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