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The Best Episodes of Angel Season 1

Every episode of Angel Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Angel Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Angel Season 1

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...

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  1. Background image for City of
    8.2/10(3.0k votes)

    #1 - City of

    S1:E1

    Angel moves to L.A. where he meets up with Cordelia, another Sunnydale transplant who comes to work for him, and Doyle, a half-demon who gets visions of people in trouble.

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  2. Background image for Lonely Heart
    7.5/10(2.6k votes)

    #2 - Lonely Heart

    S1:E2

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

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  3. Background image for In the Dark
    8.2/10(2.8k votes)

    #3 - In the Dark

    S1:E3

    Spike follows Oz to L.A. and enlists the help of a demented vampire to regain a mystical relic from Angel.

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  4. Background image for I Fall to Pieces
    6.9/10(2.4k votes)

    #4 - I Fall to Pieces

    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.

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    Director:Vern Gillum
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Rm w/a Vu
    8.0/10(2.6k votes)

    #5 - Rm w/a Vu

    S1:E5

    Cordelia finds a perfect apartment, but it's got just one flaw: it's haunted. Meanwhile, Doyle flees the phantoms of his past.

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    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Sense & Sensitivity
    7.3/10(2.4k votes)

    #6 - Sense & Sensitivity

    S1:E6

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

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  8. Background image for The Bachelor Party
    7.3/10(2.4k votes)

    #7 - The Bachelor Party

    S1:E7

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

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  9. Background image for I Will Remember You
    9.1/10(3.7k votes)

    #8 - I Will Remember You

    S1:E8

    Old feelings are rekindled when Buffy comes to L.A. to visit Angel. Buffy and Angel are attacked by a Mohra demon, and together they slay it

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    8.8/10(2.9k votes)

    #9 - Hero

    S1:E9

    Doyle is presented with an opportunity for atonement when a band of frightened refugees seek his help.

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  11. Background image for Parting Gifts
    8.0/10(2.3k votes)

    #10 - Parting Gifts

    S1:E10

    Angel and Cordelia, still coping with the death of their friend, are aided by an old friend in the pursuit of a demon bounty.

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  12. Background image for Somnambulist
    8.1/10(2.4k votes)

    #11 - Somnambulist

    S1:E11

    When a killer stalks the L.A. streets using a mark that Angelus once used, Angel must face the possibility that he is committing the murders in his sleep.

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Tim Minear
  13. Background image for Expecting
    7.1/10(2.3k votes)

    #12 - Expecting

    S1:E12

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

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    Director:David Semel
  14. Background image for She
    6.5/10(2.3k votes)

    #13 - She

    S1:E13

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

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  15. Background image for I've Got You Under My Skin
    7.9/10(2.3k votes)

    #14 - I've Got You Under My Skin

    S1:E14

    A troubled family enlists Angel and Wesley to help them exorcise their resident demon.

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  16. Background image for The Prodigal
    7.8/10(2.3k votes)

    #15 - The Prodigal

    S1:E15

    Angel's conflict with Kate and her dad stirs up memories of his own father.

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  17. Background image for The Ring
    7.8/10(2.3k votes)

    #16 - The Ring

    S1:E16

    In pursuit of a missing man, Angel becomes enslaved to an underground-fighting ring.

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    Director:Nick Marck
  18. Background image for Eternity
    7.9/10(2.3k votes)

    #17 - Eternity

    S1:E17

    When an embattled celebrity enlists Angel to protect her from a stalker, her interest in Angel could cost him his soul.

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    Director:Regis Kimble
  19. Background image for Five by Five (1)
    9.0/10(2.8k votes)

    #18 - Five by Five (1)

    S1:E18

    Rogue slayer Faith comes to town, and when she partners up with Wolfram and Hart, Angel's life is in danger.

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    Writer:Jim Kouf
  20. Background image for Sanctuary (2)
    9.0/10(2.7k votes)

    #19 - Sanctuary (2)

    S1:E19

    Everyone, including Buffy Summers, is out to get Faith, and Angel is the only man who can stop them.

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  21. Background image for War Zone
    7.5/10(2.2k votes)

    #20 - War Zone

    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.

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  22. Background image for Blind Date
    8.2/10(2.3k votes)

    #21 - Blind Date

    S1:E21

    Angel must break into Wolfram and Hart to prevent an assassin from carrying out her deadly mission.

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  23. Background image for To Shanshu in L.A.
    8.7/10(2.3k votes)

    #22 - To Shanshu in L.A.

    S1:E22

    Wolfram and Hart raise a powerful new foe to strike down Angel and those close to him.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"City of" is the best rated episode of "Angel" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 3039 votes. Directed by Joss Whedon and written by Joss Whedon, David Greenwalt, it aired on 10/5/1999. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Lonely Heart".