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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.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Angel Season 4 Episode 7 - Apocalypse, Nowish
    5.3/10(1827 votes)

    #1 - Apocalypse, Nowish

    S4:E7

    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

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  2. Angel Season 5 Episode 3 - Unleashed
    5.3/10(1968 votes)

    #2 - Unleashed

    S5:E3

    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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  3. Angel Season 5 Episode 4 - Hell Bound
    5.5/10(2073 votes)

    #3 - Hell Bound

    S5:E4

    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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  4. Angel Season 5 Episode 13 - Why We Fight
    5.6/10(2017 votes)

    #4 - Why We Fight

    S5:E13

    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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  5. Angel Season 1 Episode 20 - War Zone
    5.9/10(2316 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writer:Garry Campbell

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  6. Angel Season 1 Episode 7 - The Bachelor Party
    6.2/10(2479 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writer:Tracey Stern

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  7. Angel Season 5 Episode 8 - Destiny
    6.5/10(2095 votes)

    #7 - Destiny

    S5:E8

    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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  8. Angel Season 1 Episode 13 - She
    6.7/10(2455 votes)

    #8 - She

    S1:E13

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

    Director:David Greenwalt
    Writers:David Greenwalt, Marti Noxon

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  9. Angel Season 2 Episode 13 - Happy Anniversary
    6.8/10(2088 votes)

    #9 - Happy Anniversary

    S2:E13

    Angel and The Host search for a physicist who, with the aid of to Lubber demons, plans to freeze time so the he and his girlfriend will live in eternal happiness. Meanwhile, Wesley, Cordelia and Gunn start their first official case.

    Director:Bill L. Norton
    Writers:Joss Whedon, David Greenwalt

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  10. Angel Season 3 Episode 18 - Double or Nothing
    6.8/10(1634 votes)

    #10 - Double or Nothing

    S3:E18

    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

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  11. Angel Season 1 Episode 4 - I Fall to Pieces
    7.0/10(2563 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Director:Vern Gillum
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Angel Season 2 Episode 3 - First Impressions
    7.0/10(2184 votes)

    #12 - First Impressions

    S2:E3

    Angel encounters an amorous Darla in his dreams; Cordelia vows to protect Gunn after she experiences a vision depicting him in mortal danger.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:Shawn Ryan

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  13. Angel Season 2 Episode 12 - Blood Money
    7.0/10(2075 votes)

    #13 - Blood Money

    S2:E12

    Angel threatens to reveal Wolfram and Hart's criminal activities when he discovers they're stealing large contributions being made to a teen shelter. However, someone from Angel's past has other plans for him.

    Director:R. D. Price
    Writers:Mere Smith, Shawn Ryan

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  14. Angel Season 3 Episode 12 - Provider
    7.0/10(1716 votes)

    #14 - Provider

    S3:E12

    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:Unknown

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  15. Angel Season 4 Episode 18 - Shiny Happy People
    7.0/10(1663 votes)

    #15 - Shiny Happy People

    S4:E18

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

    Director:Marita Grabiak
    Writers:Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft

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  16. Angel Season 2 Episode 4 - Untouched
    7.1/10(2164 votes)

    #16 - Untouched

    S2:E4

    Angel attempts to help a girl with telekinetic powers before she falls into the hands of Wolfram and Hart.

    Director:Joss Whedon
    Writer:Mere Smith

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  17. Angel Season 5 Episode 20 - The Girl in Question
    7.1/10(2240 votes)

    #17 - The Girl in Question

    S5:E20

    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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  18. Angel Season 1 Episode 12 - Expecting
    7.2/10(2423 votes)

    #18 - Expecting

    S1:E12

    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

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  19. Angel Season 2 Episode 14 - The Thin Dead Line
    7.2/10(2078 votes)

    #19 - The Thin Dead Line

    S2:E14

    Angel teams up with Kate to investigate the rumours of "dead" renegade police who are out for blood. Cordelia, Wesley and Gunn carry out their own investigation that results in Wesley being seriously wounded by a police gunshot.

    Director:Scott McGinnis
    Writers:Shawn Ryan, Jim Kouf

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  20. Angel Season 3 Episode 3 - That Old Gang of Mine
    7.2/10(2058 votes)

    #20 - That Old Gang of Mine

    S3:E3

    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

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  21. Angel Season 3 Episode 14 - Couplet
    7.2/10(1612 votes)

    #21 - Couplet

    S3:E14

    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
    Writers:Tim Minear, Jeffrey Bell

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  22. Angel Season 3 Episode 19 - The Price
    7.2/10(1587 votes)

    #22 - The Price

    S3:E19

    Angel's hotel is infested with demonic slugscreated by the spell he used to alter Sahjhan.

    Director:Marita Grabiak
    Writer:David Fury

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  23. Angel Season 3 Episode 21 - Benediction
    7.2/10(1601 votes)

    #23 - Benediction

    S3:E21

    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

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  24. Angel Season 4 Episode 4 - Slouching Toward Bethlehem
    7.2/10(1556 votes)

    #24 - Slouching Toward Bethlehem

    S4:E4

    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

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  25. Angel Season 2 Episode 8 - The Shroud of Rahmon
    7.3/10(2100 votes)

    #25 - The Shroud of Rahmon

    S2:E8

    Angel goes undercover with the help of the witty and street smart Gunn in order to prevent a mind-altering shroud from falling into the wrong hands.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Jim Kouf

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Apocalypse, Nowish" is the worst rated episode of "Angel". It scored 5.3/10 based on 1827 votes. Directed by Vern Gillum and written by Steven S. DeKnight, it aired on 11/17/2002. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Unleashed".