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 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 from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Angel" season 1 is "City of", rated 8.2/10 from 2927 user votes. It was directed by Joss Whedon and written by David Greenwalt, Joss Whedon. "City of" aired on 10/5/1999 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Lonely Heart".
8.2/10 2,927 votes#1 - City of
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/1999
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.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: David Greenwalt, Joss Whedon
7.5/10 2,494 votes#2 - Lonely Heart
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/1999
Angel, with the aid of a new friend, tracks a serial killer whose hunting ground is L.A.'s single bars.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: David Fury
8.2/10 2,672 votes#3 - In the Dark
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/1999
Spike follows Oz to L.A. and enlists the help of a demented vampire to regain a mystical relic from Angel.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Douglas Petrie
6.9/10 2,335 votes#4 - I Fall to Pieces
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/1999
A desperate young woman pleads for Angel's help, as her disembodied stalker grows more violent. Meanwhile Doyle goes to work with Melissa.
Director: Vern Gillum
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 2,486 votes#5 - Rm w/a Vu
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/1999
Cordelia finds a perfect apartment, but it's got just one flaw: it's haunted. Meanwhile, Doyle flees the phantoms of his past.
Director: Scott McGinnis
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 2,296 votes#6 - Sense & Sensitivity
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1999
Kate's temper buys her a trip to sensitivity training, which has a strange effect on her... and those around her.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Tim Minear
7.3/10 2,267 votes#7 - The Bachelor Party
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1999
Doyle's past love comes to town, but her new fiancé has other plans for him. Doyle gets a vision of Buffy.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Tracey Stern
9.1/10 3,543 votes#8 - I Will Remember You
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1999
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
Director: David Grossman
Writer: David Greenwalt, Jeannine Renshaw
8.8/10 2,786 votes#9 - Hero
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/1999
Doyle is presented with an opportunity for atonement when a band of frightened refugees seek his help.
Director: Tucker Gates
Writer: Howard Gordon, Tim Minear
8.0/10 2,272 votes#10 - Parting Gifts
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/1999
Angel and Cordelia, still coping with the death of their friend, are aided by an old friend in the pursuit of a demon bounty.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Jeannine Renshaw, David Fury
8.1/10 2,363 votes#11 - Somnambulist
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/18/2000
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.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Tim Minear
7.1/10 2,213 votes#12 - Expecting
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/25/2000
After a one-night stand goes bad, Cordelia wakes up to find herself extremely pregnant with something extremely unnatural.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Howard Gordon
6.5/10 2,247 votes#13 - She
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/8/2000
Angel forms tenuous truce with a warrior demon in order to save refugees from another dimension.
Director: David Greenwalt
Writer: David Greenwalt, Marti Noxon
7.9/10 2,243 votes#14 - I've Got You Under My Skin
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/15/2000
A troubled family enlists Angel and Wesley to help them exorcise their resident demon.
Director: R. D. Price, David Greenwalt
Writer: N/A
7.8/10 2,197 votes#15 - The Prodigal
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/22/2000
Angel's conflict with Kate and her dad stirs up memories of his own father.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Tim Minear
7.8/10 2,232 votes#16 - The Ring
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/29/2000
In pursuit of a missing man, Angel becomes enslaved to an underground-fighting ring.
Director: Nick Marck
Writer: Howard Gordon
7.9/10 2,246 votes#17 - Eternity
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/4/2000
When an embattled celebrity enlists Angel to protect her from a stalker, her interest in Angel could cost him his soul.
Director: Regis Kimble
Writer: Tracey Stern
9.0/10 2,735 votes#18 - Five by Five
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/25/2000
Rogue slayer Faith comes to town, and when she partners up with Wolfram and Hart, Angel's life is in danger.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Jim Kouf
9.0/10 2,608 votes#19 - Sanctuary
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/2/2000
Everyone, including Buffy Summers, is out to get Faith, and Angel is the only man who can stop them.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: Joss Whedon, Tim Minear
7.5/10 2,145 votes#20 - War Zone
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/9/2000
When Angel tracks down a millionaire's blackmailer, he gets caught in the middle of a gang war between street kids and vampires.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Gary Campbell
8.2/10 2,239 votes#21 - Blind Date
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/16/2000
Angel must break into Wolfram and Hart to prevent an assassin from carrying out her deadly mission.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Jeannine Renshaw
8.7/10 2,258 votes#22 - To Shanshu in L.A.
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/23/2000
Wolfram and Hart raise a powerful new foe to strike down Angel and those close to him.
Director: David Greenwalt
Writer: David Greenwalt