Angel (Season 1 Episode Guide)

Angel Season 1


Episode 01 - City of ...
The vampire Angel moves to Los Angeles, where he meets an Irish half-demon named Doyle (Glenn Quinn) and encounters Winters, a powerful corporate vampire who has staked a claim on Cordelia, Angel's old friend from Sunnydale.

Episode 02 - Lonely Hearts
Angel uncovers a parasitic demon that seductively preys on the lonely, burrowing into their bodies in search of the perfect host. In the process, the hosts are killed. So, as the body count rises, Angel must find a way to stop the creature.

Episode 03 - In the Dark
Angel reunites with an old friend, Oz (Seth Green), and faces an old foe, Spike (James Marsters). The blond vampire has followed Oz to L.A. to retrieve the mystical "Gem of Amara," which renders its wearer invulnerable to all harm, including sunlight and stakes.

Episode 04 - I Fall to Pieces
Angel helps a woman (Tushka Bergen) being stalked by a crazed doctor who has learned to mentally manipulate every part of his body. His powers allow him to detach his eyes and limbs, so he can spy on her and touch her at will.

Episode 05 - Rm w/a Vu
Cordelia is in desperate need of a new place to live, and Doyle obliges by helping her find a great apartment. But unbeknownst to Cordy, it already has a tenant: a powerful ghost (Beth Grant) who is none too pleased to have a new roommate.

Episode 06 - Sense and Sensitivity
After reportedly using excessive force to bust a crime lord with Angel's help, Kate (Elisabeth Rohm) and the rest of the precinct are required to take sensitivity classes. Instead of helping them, the classes render them helpless, as their emotions strangely gush out of control, leaving the precinct without a police force and Angel as the lone defender.

Episode 07 - The Bachelor Party
A secret from Doyle's past surfaces when his former wife (Kristin Dattilo) shows up with her new fiancé, Richard, seeking Doyle's blessing. Richard wants it too, and also wants to pick Doyle's brain.

Episode 08 - I will Remember You
After secretly saving the Slayer's life in Sunnydale, Angel returns to L.A., only to discover that an upset Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) has followed him to his new home. A demon interrupts their reunion and, during the battle, Angel is exposed to its alchemical blood. After 200 years, Angel is suddenly human again, with a beating heart and his own blood — and he and Buffy are free to be together. But the ending for this fairy-tale romance is grimmer than most.

Episode 09 - Hero
A militaristic group of demons is on a mission to slaughter all half-breeds, and a family of refugees comes to Angel for help. To save them, he may have to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Episode 10 - Parting Gifts
Angel, still reeling from Doyle's death, must help an empathy demon who claims to be stalked by an evil force. Meanwhile, Cordelia discovers that Doyle left something unpleasant behind for her.

Episode 11 - Somnambulist
Angel is having horrific dreams in which he is again an evil vampire who is slaying innocent people. He awakes every time to discover that the murders he dreamed of have occurred, but he can't remember whether he committed them or not.

Episode 12 - Expecting
Cordelia may have found something special in Wilson (Ken Marino), an attractive wealthy man. But after spending one night with him, she wakes up eight months pregnant and soon discovers that she and others are carrying his demon spawn.

Episode 13 - She
Angel encounters Jhiera (Bai Ling), a woman who has come to Earth to escape persecution on her native planet. She plans to bring other women to Earth as well, but soldiers from her world have followed her to L.A. Meanwhile, Wesley becomes an official employee of Angel Investigations.

Episode 14 - I've Got You Under My Skin
Angel and Wesley find themselves acting as exorcists after they encounter a little boy (Jesse James) who is possessed by a powerful Ethros demon. But to get the demon out, they must force it into another body, which could result in the death of the new host.

Episode 15 - The Prodigal
Angel uncovers a demonic criminal plot that involves Kate's ex-cop father. But she is unwilling to accept that her dad could be mixed up in something less than legal, and clashes with Angel over how to handle the situation. Meanwhile, the case causes Angel to reflect on his past and his relationship with his own father.

Episode 16 - The Ring
A client (Douglas Roberts) and his supposedly missing brother (Scott Williams Winters) trick Angel into competing in gladiatorial games that involve enslaved demons and are staged for wealthy wagerers. To stay alive, Angel must kill his opponent. To earn his freedom, he must kill 21 foes.

Episode 17 - Eternity
When a television star turns to Angel for protection from stalkers, Angel finds his protective instincts for his client are aroused by more than just business. But her motives for hiring him may not be as simple as they appear. Cordelia, meanwhile, tries to use Angel's new Hollywood connection to advance her acting career.

Episode 18 - Five by Five
The virtuous vampire undergoes a crisis of Faith when a certain rogue slayer blows into town. After a mind-altering, body-exchanging adventure with Buffy, Faith (Eliza Dushku) has fled the confines of Sunnydale for a new start in the City of Angels. With her slayer skills and serious attitude intact, she is soon approached by representatives from the demon-connected law firm Wolfram & Hart. Their proposition will give her a safe haven, protection and plenty of money. All the devil's advocates want in return is one small favor: kill Angel. In light of their past encounters, Faith is more than willing to lend a hand.

Episode 19 - Sanctuary
A not-so-loving triangle forms when Buffy comes to town and learns that her former flame, Angel, is protecting her quarry: the rogue slayer Faith. Meanwhile, the Council's assassins begin closing in for the kill

Episode 20 - War Zone
Angel encounters a group of street kids, led by a man named Gunn (J. August Richards), who are waging a war against vampires in the abandoned sections of the city. He tries to gain their trust, but the gang is wary about trusting a vampire, even one with a soul.

Episode 21 - Blind Date
Angel encounters a strange being in the employ of Wolfram & Hart, a blind woman who can anticipate attacks and move with incredible speed. Her condition protects her from becoming a suspect in the crimes she commits.

Episode 22 - To Shanshu in L.A.
The virtuous vampire faces his deadliest challenge from the law firm of Wolfram & Hart in this thrilling episode. The crooked attorneys have summoned the powerful and evil Vocah (Todd Stashwick) to eliminate Angel and his connection to the Powers That Be. To this end, Vocah systematically sets out to destroy all Angel holds dear — including Wesley and Cordelia. Vocah has also come to ensure the completion of a mysterious ceremony known as "Raising," which will bring forth a great evil into the world. This forces Angel into triple duty: he must save his friends, protect the Powers That Be and put down the "Raising."