The Best Episodes of Angel Season 5

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(2123 votes)

   #1 - Conviction

   S5:E110/1/2003

   Some old acquaintances come back into Angel's life as he and his friends begin running Wolfram and Hart and try to figure out why they've been selected to do so.

   Director:Joss Whedon

   Writer:Joss Whedon

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   Director:Joss Whedon

   Writer:Joss Whedon
2. 

   8.1/10(2058 votes)

   #2 - Just Rewards

   S5:E210/8/2003

   Angel and Spike challenge a necromancer who is unhappy with Wolfram and Hart's new leadership.

   Director:James A. Contner

   Writers:Ben Edlund, David Fury

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   Director:James A. Contner

   Writers:Ben Edlund, David Fury
3. 

   7.6/10(1951 votes)

   #3 - Unleashed

   S5:E310/15/2003

   Angel tries to help a young woman who has been turned into a werewolf and is being pursued by a group of truly rarified gourmets.

   Director:Marita Grabiak

   Writers:Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft

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   Director:Marita Grabiak

   Writers:Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft
4. 

   8.3/10(2059 votes)

   #4 - Hell Bound

   S5:E410/22/2003

   After being menaced by a series of gruesome ghosts no one else can see, Spike finally comes face to face with the spectral being who's been trying to drag him into hell.

   Director:Steven S. DeKnight

   Writer:Steven S. DeKnight

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   Director:Steven S. DeKnight

   Writer:Steven S. DeKnight
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   8.2/10(2095 votes)

   #5 - Life of the Party

   S5:E510/29/2003

   Strange things happen when Lorne has his sleep removed right before Wolfram and Hart's big Halloween party.

   Director:Bill L. Norton

   Writer:Ben Edlund

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   Director:Bill L. Norton

   Writer:Ben Edlund
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   6.8/10(2072 votes)

   #6 - The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco

   S5:E611/5/2003

   While losing heart for his own career as a hero, Angel befriends a disheartened, elderly hero, and battles an Aztec warrior who literally eats the hearts of heroes.

   Director:Jeffrey Bell

   Writer:Jeffrey Bell

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   Director:Jeffrey Bell

   Writer:Jeffrey Bell
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   8.4/10(1637 votes)

   #7 - Lineage

   S5:E711/12/2003

   When Wesley's father visits Wolfram and Hart, the firm is attacked by a troop of spooky Ninja cyborgs.

   Director:Jefferson Kibbee

   Writer:Drew Goddard

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   Director:Jefferson Kibbee

   Writer:Drew Goddard
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   8.8/10(2088 votes)

   #8 - Destiny

   S5:E811/19/2003

   After Spike receives a strange package, Wolfram and Hart employees are possessed by evil... while Angel and Spike are set against each other in a quest that brings their 100-year-old rivalry to a head.

   Director:Skip Schoolnik

   Writers:David Fury, Steven S. DeKnight

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   Director:Skip Schoolnik

   Writers:David Fury, Steven S. DeKnight
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   8.2/10(2140 votes)

   #9 - Harm's Way

   S5:E91/14/2004

   When Harmony wakes up next to a dead man with vampire bites in his neck, she's afraid she lost her head and killed him... but she can't remember doing it.

   Director:Vern Gillum

   Writers:Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft

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   Director:Vern Gillum

   Writers:Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft
10. 

    7.8/10(1961 votes)

    #10 - Soul Purpose

    S5:E101/21/2004

    When Spike is talked into taking up the good-deeds business, Eve lets loose a soul sucking parasite on Angel, who then suffers disturbing feverish hallucinations as he sleeps.

    Director:David Boreanaz

    Writer:Brent Fletcher

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    Director:David Boreanaz

    Writer:Brent Fletcher
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    8.5/10(2101 votes)

    #11 - Damage

    S5:E111/28/2004

    A deranged vampire slayer is convinced that Spike is the man who kidnapped and tortured her when she was a child.

    Director:Jefferson Kibbee

    Writers:Drew Goddard, Steven S. DeKnight

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    Director:Jefferson Kibbee

    Writers:Drew Goddard, Steven S. DeKnight
12. 

    9.4/10(3402 votes)

    #12 - You're Welcome

    S5:E122/4/2004

    When Lindsey returns and tries to defeat Angel using a secret "failsafe" entity created by the Powers That Be, Cordelia emerges from her coma to help save Angel.

    Director:David Fury

    Writer:David Fury

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    Director:David Fury

    Writer:David Fury
13. 

    7.3/10(1997 votes)

    #13 - Why We Fight

    S5:E132/11/2004

    A World War II submarine sailor - the only man Angel ever turned into a vampire since regaining his soul - returns to seek his revenge.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara

    Writers:Drew Goddard, Steven S. DeKnight

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    Director:Terrence O'Hara

    Writers:Drew Goddard, Steven S. DeKnight
14. 

    9.3/10(3147 votes)

    #14 - Smile Time

    S5:E142/18/2004

    While Nina the werewolf show romantic interest in Angel, he investigates a demon-infested children's television program and gets turned into a puppet; Gunn makes a deal to keep his newly implanted mental powers; and Wes and Fred's relationship heats up.

    Director:Ben Edlund

    Writers:Ben Edlund, Joss Whedon

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    Director:Ben Edlund

    Writers:Ben Edlund, Joss Whedon
15. 

    9.3/10(2666 votes)

    #15 - A Hole in the World

    S5:E152/25/2004

    After being breathed on by an ancient sarcophagus, Fred contracts a mystery illness and lies near death while Angel and his friends try to figure out what's wrong with her.

    Director:Joss Whedon

    Writer:Joss Whedon

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    Director:Joss Whedon

    Writer:Joss Whedon
16. 

    9.0/10(2162 votes)

    #16 - Shells

    S5:E163/3/2004

    Mourning Fred's death, Angel and his friends vow to find a way to bring her back, which leads to a confrontation with the ancient god Illyria, who now occupies Fred's body.

    Director:Steven S. DeKnight

    Writer:Steven S. DeKnight

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    Director:Steven S. DeKnight

    Writer:Steven S. DeKnight
17. 

    8.4/10(2006 votes)

    #17 - Underneath

    S5:E174/14/2004

    Angel, Gunn and Spike rescue Lindsey from a suburban hell dimension; Lorne and Eve are pursued by a representative of the senior partners; and Wesley consoles Illyria, who hates her new world.

    Director:Skip Schoolnik

    Writers:Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft

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    Director:Skip Schoolnik

    Writers:Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft
18. 

    8.5/10(1506 votes)

    #18 - Origin

    S5:E184/21/2004

    When a warlock brings Connor back into Angel's life, Wesley finds out that Angel has tinkered with the memories of his friends.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara

    Writer:Drew Goddard

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    Director:Terrence O'Hara

    Writer:Drew Goddard
19. 

    8.5/10(1887 votes)

    #19 - Time Bomb

    S5:E194/28/2004

    As Angel and Hamilton urge Wesley to get rid of Illyria, she suffers a cataclysmic physical breakdown; and Gunn clashes with Angel over the enforcement of an evil demon contract.

    Director:Vern Gillum

    Writer:Ben Edlund

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    Director:Vern Gillum

    Writer:Ben Edlund
20. 

    7.9/10(2228 votes)

    #20 - The Girl in Question

    S5:E205/5/2004

    While Angel and Spike to go Italy to retrieve the head of a demon mobster (and save Buffy from a new suitor), Fred's parents arrive at Wolfram and Hart, looking for their daughter.

    Director:David Greenwalt

    Writers:Drew Goddard, Steven S. DeKnight

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    Director:David Greenwalt

    Writers:Drew Goddard, Steven S. DeKnight
21. 

    8.8/10(1961 votes)

    #21 - Power Play

    S5:E215/12/2004

    As Angel's behaviour grows increasingly hostile, his friends learn he's associating with members of an evil secret society, and may have deliberately engineered Fred's death.

    Director:James A. Contner

    Writer:David Fury

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    Director:James A. Contner

    Writer:David Fury
22. 

    9.5/10(4338 votes)

    #22 - Not Fade Away

    S5:E225/19/2004

    Angel and his friends prepare for their suicide attack on the Circle of the Black Thorn.

    Director:Jeffrey Bell

    Writers:Jeffrey Bell, Joss Whedon

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    Director:Jeffrey Bell

    Writers:Jeffrey Bell, Joss Whedon