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Angel and Wesley exorcise a demon from a child, then find out that the demon wasn't the problem. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Sep 10, 2015 - 2 comments

Angel teams up with a sexy demon princess to rescue victims of thinly veiled female genital mutilation. Wesley officially joins the team, still being all klutzy hyperBritish old Wesley. And Angel busts a move, in the truest sense of the word "bust". [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Sep 10, 2015 - 3 comments

Cordelia has a fast-rising bun (or seven) in the oven. Of course it's because of a demon. Phantom Dennis is protective. Wesley starts down the gunpowder road. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Sep 3, 2015 - 4 comments

A figure from Angel's past comes back to haunt him. No, not that one. No, not that one either. This one is a one-off named Penn, notable primarily for being Jeremy Renner (who was still working as a makeup artist to make ends meet between roles). Oh, and did we mention that Kate learns that Angel's a vampire? [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Sep 3, 2015 - 2 comments

Angel turns human after defeating a Mohra demon, but realizes that being able to love is less important than being able to kick ass. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Aug 20, 2015 - 3 comments

Cordelia sees something in Doyle, but then we find out he's still married. Wacky hijinks ensue, in particular that Doyle's estranged wife's fiancee's bachelor party turns into one of those brain-eating kinds of party. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Aug 20, 2015 - 3 comments

Det. Kate Lockley is back in the main plot, as Wolfram & Hart send a little magic her way to free a mob boss. It doesn't work, of course, thanks to Angel, who W&H has now officially taken an interest in. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Aug 13, 2015 - 2 comments

Cordelia gets a great new apartment, but there's a catch. A ghooostly catch. The boring B-plot is that Doyle owes a demon some money, but then Angel kills the demon with that neck-snap move that everyone loved for a few years.
posted by Etrigan on Aug 13, 2015 - 4 comments

A standard monster-of-the-week investigation pits Angel against a stalker who can detach various body parts. Ew. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Aug 6, 2015 - 3 comments

The first* crossover episode has Oz arriving at Angel Investigations, Inc.™®©, to deliver the Gem of Amarra. He's followed close behind by Spike, who indulges in a bit of torture before Doyle and Cordelia and Oz save the day. And of course, Broody McBrooderson decides it's better to stay in the shadows, destroying the Gem to prevent it from tempting him to be evilly invulnerable. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Aug 6, 2015 - 4 comments

Angel meets Det. Kate Lockley of the LAPD as they both hunt a serial killer. Kate thinks it's Angel, but of course it's a demon. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Jul 30, 2015 - 9 comments

The only Joss Whedon-directed episode of the first season, the series premiere brings Angel (David Boreanaz) to Los Angeles, where he saves some girls from vampires and realizes that he's closer to turning bad than he'd like. Fortunately, Doyle (Glenn Quinn) is there as a representative of The Powers That Be to get Angel back on the right track. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Jul 30, 2015 - 7 comments