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The Best Episodes of Angel Season 4

Every episode of Angel Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Angel Season 4!

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 4 Ratings Summary

"Deep Down" is the best rated episode of "Angel" season 4. It scored 8.4/10 based on 1808 votes. Directed by Terrence O'Hara and written by Steven S. DeKnight, it aired on 10/6/2002. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Ground State".

  • Deep Down
    8.4/101,808 votes

    #1 - Deep Down

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2002

    As Fred and Gunn search for Angel, Wesley continues his affair with Lilah and conducts his own, more fruitful, search.

    Director: Terrence O'Hara

    Writer: Steven S. DeKnight

  • Ground State
    7.8/101,530 votes

    #2 - Ground State

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2002

    In his quest to steal an artifact that may help him find Cordelia, Angel finds himself competing with a human thief whose body is electrically charged.

    Director: Michael Grossman

    Writer: Mere Smith

  • The House Always Wins
    7.4/101,507 votes

    #3 - The House Always Wins

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/2002

    Angel and his friends discover that Lorne is being held prisoner in a corrupt Las Vegas casino.

    Director: Marita Grabiak

    Writer: David Fury

  • Slouching Toward Bethlehem
    7.2/101,448 votes

    #4 - Slouching Toward Bethlehem

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/2002

    After Cordelia returns, she doesn't remember her friends and Lorne senses a major evil brewing. Scared by the world of demons and vampires, Cordelia takes refuge with Connor, who saves her from a demon attack.

    Director: Skip Schoolnik

    Writer: Jeffrey Bell

  • Supersymmetry
    7.5/101,456 votes

    #5 - Supersymmetry

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2002

    Fred discovers her old physics professor is the one who exiled her to Pylea; Cordelia can't get comfortable with Connor and begins to wonder more about her history with Angel.

    Director: Bill L. Norton

    Writer: Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft

  • Spin the Bottle
    8.8/102,139 votes

    #6 - Spin the Bottle

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2002

    Lorne's spell to restore Cordelia's memory backfires and convinces everyone they're high school students who have been gathered to kill a vampire: Angel.

    Director: Joss Whedon

    Writer: Joss Whedon

  • Apocalypse, Nowish
    8.0/101,710 votes

    #7 - Apocalypse, Nowish

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2002

    As plagues of various pests descend on Los Angeles, the beast Cordelia saw in her vision returns - and the apocalypse begins.

    Director: Vern Gillum

    Writer: Steven S. DeKnight

  • Habeas Corpses
    8.2/101,560 votes

    #8 - Habeas Corpses

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 1/15/2003

    Connor gets locked inside Wolfram and Hart with the Big Bad doomsday beast, who turns the legal firms staff into an army of zombies.

    Director: Skip Schoolnik

    Writer: Jeffrey Bell

  • Long Day's Journey
    7.9/101,507 votes

    #9 - Long Day's Journey

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 1/22/2003

    After a group of totems linked to the ancient sun god Ra are killed by the Big Bad beast, Angel and his friends realize he's plotting to turn off the sun.

    Director: Terrence O'Hara

    Writer: Mere Smith

  • Awakening
    8.7/101,839 votes

    #10 - Awakening

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/29/2003

    Angel agrees to try to bring Angelus back... but after the first attempt fails, he and his friends discover a magic sword that might do a better job of getting rid of the Big Bad beast.

    Director: James A. Contner

    Writer: David Fury, Steven S. DeKnight

  • Soulless
    8.7/101,842 votes

    #11 - Soulless

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 2/5/2003

    After Angelus succeeds in setting Angel's friends against each other, Cordelia makes him a deal: if he tells what he knows about the Big Bad beast, she'll give herself to him.

    Director: Sean Astin

    Writer: Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft

  • Calvary
    8.7/101,723 votes

    #12 - Calvary

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 2/12/2003

    After learning the doomsday beast may be working for something bigger and badder than itself, Angel's friends cast a spell to return his soul to Angelus' body.

    Director: Bill L. Norton

    Writer: Mere Smith, Steven S. DeKnight, Jeffrey Bell

  • Salvage
    8.9/102,015 votes

    #13 - Salvage

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 3/5/2003

    While Lorne casts a sanctuary spell on the hotel, and Wesley brings in the slayer, Faith, to help get Angelus back... the Doomsday Beast and its boss also try to woo Angelus.

    Director: Jefferson Kibbee

    Writer: David Fury

  • Release
    8.5/101,751 votes

    #14 - Release

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 3/12/2003

    As Faith and Angel continue their battle, the voice of the Beast's Master invades Angel's mind.

    Director: James A. Contner

    Writer: Steven S. DeKnight, Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft

  • Orpheus
    9.0/102,196 votes

    #15 - Orpheus

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 3/19/2003

    As Faith and Angelus lay drugged and possibly dying, they flash back to key events in Angel's life... and Willow comes to help the others in the quest to restore Angel's soul.

    Director: Terrence O'Hara

    Writer: Mere Smith

  • Players
    7.4/101,460 votes

    #16 - Players

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/26/2003

    As Angel tries to remember what Lilah's book said about the Master, Lorne plans a cleansing ritual to regain his empathetic powers, and Gunn helps Gwen with some corporate espionage.

    Director: Michael Grossman

    Writer: Jeffrey Bell, Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft

  • Inside Out
    7.6/101,474 votes

    #17 - Inside Out

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 4/2/2003

    As Cordelia prepares to give birth, Angel and his friends finally learn that she - or an evil presence controlling her - is the Beast's master.

    Director: Steven S. DeKnight

    Writer: Steven S. DeKnight

  • Shiny Happy People
    7.2/101,548 votes

    #18 - Shiny Happy People

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/9/2003

    While everyone else worships the beautiful woman Cordelia bore, Fred sees another side of her.

    Director: Marita Grabiak

    Writer: Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft

  • The Magic Bullet
    7.8/101,608 votes

    #19 - The Magic Bullet

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/16/2003

    As Jasmine's influence continues to spread, Fred finally tricks Angel into seeing her true nature.

    Director: Jeffrey Bell

    Writer: Jeffrey Bell

  • Sacrifice
    7.4/101,490 votes

    #20 - Sacrifice

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/23/2003

    While hiding in a sewer, Angel and his friends battle a nasty monster provides some clues that might help in the larger battle against Jasmine.

    Director: David Straiton

    Writer: Ben Edlund

  • Peace Out
    7.8/101,490 votes

    #21 - Peace Out

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/30/2003

    Angel returns from the monster's dimension and finally defuses Jasmine's all-compassing powers.

    Director: Jefferson Kibbee

    Writer: David Fury

  • Home
    8.4/101,755 votes

    #22 - Home

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/7/2003

    Lilah returns from the dead to offer Angel and his friends full ownership of Wolfram and Hart.

    Director: Tim Minear

    Writer: Tim Minear