7.6/101,971 votes#1 - Heartthrob
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2001
As Angel mourns Buffy's death, he battles a lovelorn vampire seeking revenge for the death of his beloved, who was killed by Angel.
Director: David Greenwalt
Writer: David Greenwalt
8.0/101,992 votes#2 - That Vision Thing
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2001
Lilah coerces Angel to help in securing the release of a prisoner the powers that be have locked in a fiery prison.
Director: Bill L. Norton
Writer: Jeffrey Bell
7.5/101,931 votes#3 - That Old Gang of Mine
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2001
Gunn's loyalties are torn between his current demon-hunting associates and the gang he used to hang out with, which has taken to killing demons for fun instead of defence.
Director: Frederick King Keller
Writer: Tim Minear
7.9/101,982 votes#4 - Carpe Noctem
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2001
An old man uses an ancient incantation to switch bodies with Angel.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Scott Murphy
7.7/101,684 votes#5 - Fredless
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2001
When Fred's parents come to take her home, she feels she should go with them...until she earns a place in the group by figuring out the key to an attack of larger bug demons.
Director: Marita Grabiak
Writer: Mere Smith
8.3/102,073 votes#6 - Billy
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2001
Angel's friends are affected by a man with the power to make other men brutalise women.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Tim Minear, Jeffrey Bell
7.7/101,625 votes#7 - Offspring
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/2001
Darla returns and reveals that she is pregnant with Angel's child.
Director: Turi Meyer
Writer: David Greenwalt
7.8/101,588 votes#8 - Quickening
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2001
As Angel and his friends try to determine what kind of baby Darla will have, Holtz starts his search for Angel... while Lilah and Nathan send out a SWAT team to find Darla.
Director: Skip Schoolnik
Writer: Jeffrey Bell
8.7/101,860 votes#9 - Lullaby
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2001
As Darla goes through a difficult labour, Holtz pursues Angel.
Director: Tim Minear
Writer: Tim Minear
7.5/101,595 votes#10 - Dad
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/2001
Angel tries to keep his son safe from the many demons, vampires and humans who would like to harm the baby; Holtz joins forces with another vampire slayer.
Director: Frederick King Keller
Writer: David H. Goodman
8.5/101,857 votes#11 - Birthday
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/14/2002
On her birthday, Cordelia learns her visions will kill her unless she goes back in time and chooses a different path in life - which doesn't include Angel.
Director: Michael Grossman
Writer: Mere Smith
7.2/101,602 votes#12 - Provider
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/2002
Fred solves a puzzle for a group of demons who literally want to buy her brain; Angel is hired to clean out a vampire nest by a man who can't afford to pay for Angel's services; Wes and Gunn help a woman whose dead boyfriend is stalking her.
Director: Bill L. Norton
Writer: N/A
8.7/102,286 votes#13 - Waiting in the Wings
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/2002
Angel and his friends attend a ballet,where Angel realises he saw the exact same dancers on stage 110 years ago.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
7.3/101,504 votes#14 - Couplet
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/18/2002
Angel struggles with his jealousy of the Groosalugg and Cordelia's attraction to him; Gunn and Fred get captured by a tree monster.
Director: Tim Minear
Writer: Tim Minear, Jeffrey Bell
8.0/101,553 votes#15 - Loyalty
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/2002
Wes dreads the fulfilment of the prophecy that Angel will kill Connor; Sahjhan becomes dissatisfied with Holtz's progress in stalking Angel and take matters into his own hands; Fred and Gunn try to figure out how to juggle working together with their new romance.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Mere Smith
8.6/101,695 votes#16 - Sleep Tight
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/2002
To save Connor's life, Wes takes him away from Angel; Angel uncovers Lilah's plot to have him kill Connor, Holtz finally attacks.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: David Greenwalt
8.4/101,749 votes#17 - Forgiving
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 4/15/2002
As Fred and Gunn search for Wesley, Angel searches for Sahjhan - and casts a spell to make him corporeal so he can be killed.
Director: Turi Meyer
Writer: Jeffrey Bell
7.0/101,524 votes#18 - Double or Nothing
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/22/2002
When a demon that Gunn once sold his soul to comes to collect on the debt, Angel, Fred and Cordelia help to save him.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.5/101,480 votes#19 - The Price
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/2002
Angel's hotel is infested with demonic slugscreated by the spell he used to alter Sahjhan.
Director: Marita Grabiak
Writer: David Fury
7.7/101,520 votes#20 - A New World
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/6/2002
Angel pursues Connor, who makes a new friend on the streets; something else comes through the portal from Quor-toth; Lilah approaches Wesley.
Director: Tim Minear
Writer: Jeffrey Bell
7.9/101,501 votes#21 - Benediction
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/2002
Holtz insists that Connor rejoins Angel; Justine learns Holtz is back; the Groosalugg realises the depths of Cordelia's feelings for Angel.
Director: Tim Minear
Writer: Tim Minear
8.1/101,597 votes#22 - Tomorrow
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/2002
Connor returns to Angel to seek his revenge; Angel and Cordelia acknowledge their feelings for each other.
Director: David Greenwalt
Writer: David Greenwalt
The Best Episodes of Angel Season 3
Every episode of Angel Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Angel Season 3!
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...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama
Network:The WB
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Heartthrob" is the best rated episode of "Angel" season 3. It scored 7.6/10 based on 1971 votes. Directed by David Greenwalt and written by David Greenwalt, it aired on 9/24/2001. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "That Vision Thing".