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51. Sense & Sensitivity

Season 1 Episode 6

One of the many impressive things about the first season of Angel was how they fleshed out his character in so many ways. As great as he was in Buffy he was essentially just the mysterious dark loner. Angel delved into that persona and made a much more interesting character out of him. So here we see how dark and mysterious can also mean insensitive. From the opening the setup was obvious, but the way they ran with the idea was great. Going completely over the top with it made for some great comic moments, but it still managed to keep from ending up as too cheesy. This was also a big episode for recurring character Kate Lockley. Seeing her get a couple of good action sequences was cool even though, like Angel, her story was more about her sensitive side. Her father issues were obvious even before the curse took affect and it all worked nicely and believably. And we can't forget Angel dressing in a Hawaiian shirt and hat to try to stall Little Tony, priceless!

52. Release

Season 4 Episode 14

Despite things looking brighter after the previous episode (literally) the mood was still very dark here. Faith's defeat by the Beast and Angelus had left her physically and emotionally hurt. It was something we hadn't seen her be as open with before and worked very nicely. Seeing evil Angel from his perspective continued to be entertaining to watch. Things like the kind of company he'd keep, how other demons were afraid of him and his twisted sense of humour was really cool. My only complaint about this arc as a whole was that Angel never did anything truly terrible. Due to the circumstances of the story he wasn't really given a chance to as it was more plot based than character, which was a shame. To have seen something like him killing Jenny Calendar from his perspective, rather than his victim's could've given an episode to top this list. Anyway what we did get was still very good. As well as Cordy's sudden pregnancy we found out that Connor was part demon. This seemed like a bit of a cop out answer to his power after everything, but I guess worked as an answer. Seeing Faith and Wesley going about together like Watcher and Slayer was brilliant and just a shame we didn't get more of it. The final confrontation between Faith and Angel was superb and worked incredibly well. My only gripe though is a bit of a superficial one, but when Angel bit Faith they cut around the vampire morph effect. I know it's a money saving trick they use a lot but considering it's huge relevance to the plot I thought it needed to be shown here.

53. Power Play

Season 5 Episode 21

I've never been a fan of the "xxx hours earlier" trick which this episode used, but it did work to give an exciting opening. Angel's turn in favour of demons had come a bit out of left field in Time Bomb so was nice to have it fully addressed here. The gang not trusting him made sense as we as an audience didn't trust him either. The Circle of the Black Thorne thing fit within the episode nicely as it was well established they were a very elite secret society. So despite being so powerful it didn't feel jarring that we'd never heard of them. Amongst the dark nature of the episode there were still a couple of lighter moments, like Drogyn and Illyria playing Crash Bandicoot, which were nice. The final scene where Angel explained everything to the gang played out very nicely. As it was essentially just five minutes of exposition it was well put together and very well written. The ending shot of going from what was actually happening to Hamilton's view of it was great and very nicely capped off a strong penultimate episode.

54. Fredless

Season 3 Episode 5

While I never had anything against Fred when she first joined the show her insane thing was starting to wear a bit thin. Fortunately this is the episode where she pretty much becomes normal again and it was a good one. Other than Angel we'd never seen any of the main characters' parents onscreen, so that Fred's played such a vital role here was a nice change. Her logic for running away from them was a bit iffy. It kind of made sense, but really just seemed like a way to create a mislead for the audience and felt forced. There was a lot of funny stuff in this episode, mainly from the gang trying to prevent the Burkles from finding out about the demon world that they worked in. It worked well so that when the insect demons started attacking and they just told the truth it didn't feel out of place. Hell, when you're being attacked by giant bugs you don't have time to come up with decent excuses for them! Once Fred and her parents made up the episode's focus changed towards the demon threat. That Fred figured it all out was nice and obviously proved she was a valuable member of the team. While this episode could've just been a transition episode for Fred it worked nicely as a character episode with some great humour and action in there too.

55. The Shroud of Rahmon

Season 2 Episode 8

This was a very strong episode that had a fair bit of character development whilst telling a cool individual story. That the majority of the episode was told in flashback worked nicely giving a few good misleads and genuinely making us think Angel had killed someone. As well as the serious nature of the episode there was also a lot of fun stuff. Different personas must've been the order of the day as only two episodes after Wes pretended to be Angel we have Angel pretending to be another vampire, Jay-Don. This allowed Angel to play exuberant which was great fun to see. The heist itself was well put together and gave a lot of suspense. Ok the vault alarm that would go if with any change in temperature was a bit dodgy as it would've changed as soon as the door opened regardless of who went in, but I can let that slide. The shroud's affects on the different characters worked nicely. Its influence on Wes and Cordy was played to comic effect, while Angel and Gunn was a lot more dramatic. I didn't think the yellow eyes thing on Angel was needed; either fully transform into vampire face or don't bother! The influence on Angel combined with his threat to Kate earlier in the episode made it quite believable that he would've killed her. Instead though the reveal that he actually saved her was nicely done. Wesley's worry that Angel's craving for human blood had returned was a fair one even though it didn't really develop anywhere. Still that didn't stop this from being a great and important episode.

56. Ground State

Season 4 Episode 2

Similarly to Bethany in Untouched the origin of Gwen's power isn't explained, maybe the show exists in the same universe as X-Men and they're meant to be mutants, who knows. However it doesn't really matter too much as it still worked. Opening the episode with Gwen as a child helped to set up her character more than if she'd just turned up allowing for us to empathise with her despite essentially being a villain. Her and Angel's stories crossed as they're both after the Axis of Pythia. While Gwen's just in it for the money Angel needed it to find Cordy. Seeing the heist from two different perspectives was nicely done and a bit different to the usual Angel action scenes. Angel also buried the hatchet with Wesley here. Although he seemed to be using it as an excuse to get information about Cordelia it still worked as he was clearly genuine. Gwen's powers were visualised nicely as they didn't overdo the electric effect to the point where it could've looked cheesy. It also led to her restarting Angel's heart, although I wish they'd made it clearer it was only for a moment. For ages I thought he was going about with his heart beating again; maybe I'm just a bit slow! As well as the cool action and nice plot there was also a good bit of humour. Fred's certainty of ending up in prison and Angel's harsh but fair words to Gwen about being a freak were played nicely, giving a great all round episode.

57. Waiting In The Wings

Season 3 Episode 13

I'm going out on a limb and guessing this is a fan favourite episode. While an episode being written and directed by Joss Whedon with a very different setting than usual doesn't guarantee a great episode, this one does deliver. As a relatively stand alone episode in relation to the overarcing story this has a lot of significant character development. The main focus is Angel and Cordelia's possible relationship. To me it felt a bit forced when it was first mentioned in Offspring, but seeing it here it works brilliantly. The love scenes between the two have a great mix of emotion, drama and comedy. However it's not the possessed moments but the subtle ones that really make their story here work, like Angel unwittingly referring to Cordy as the most beautiful woman he's ever seen when suggesting how to get past a security guard. Then of course there was the Gunn, Wesley, Fred love triangle which came to a head here with Fred choosing Gunn. It worked enough to feel what Wes was going through, but as I've already mentioned it wasn't the greatest ongoing story on the show and fortunately it doesn't take up a large portion of the episode. As well as the character stuff the main story was really good too. Quite often in episodes like this the logic behind whatever magic is causing it feels weak, however here it worked really well. Overloading Kurskov's power to find a way out of his illusion was a good way to resolve the story, although I've gotta wonder what the audience thought seeing the show vanish in front of them.

58. Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Season 4 Episode 4

Having not had much to do for the last two episodes it was nice that Connor was a major part of this one, yes he wasn't annoying at the early stage of the season. His awesome opening fight scene which ended with incinerating a vampire might've helped a bit here too! So Cordy had returned, but with no memory. Trying to keep her in the dark about the supernatural seemed like a decent decision and to be honest even if they had been up front with her it's unlikely she wouldn't still have run off. Giving Connor someone he could really connect to worked very well. Although those two's story went downhill from here, their relationship to start with was good. Wolfram & Hart also got wind of Cordelia's return and Lilah was able to use Wesley to get the info needed from Lorne. Despite essentially being evil it was surprising that she tricked Wes like that, but still worked very well within the episode. A well put together story, some very cool action scenes and some nice character interactions made Cordy's return episode a strong one.

59. Benediction

Season 3 Episode 21

With Connor back Angel tried to be a good father to him again. While there was a lot of nice stuff with this the best part was that he was going to be overprotective of Connor. After losing him the way he did it would be understandable if he didn't want him in any dangerous situations. Fortunately instead he encourages Connor to help him take out a group of vampires showing how he wants Connor to become a champion like himself. Of course Connor did still whinge a bit. His relationship with Holtz was played OK, but came across as a bit creepier than it was intended. Him having a problem with Lorne was understandable but fortunately Cordy's glowy trick seemed to sort that out, for now at least. Elsewhere Lilah continued to pursue Wesley and Groo began to realise that Cordy didn't really love him. These were both more of a set up for the finale, but worked nicely within the episode too. The ending worked Ok, but it was never that clear whether Holtz wanted Justine to make it look like Angel had killed him or not. Presumably he did, which unfortunately made for a poor send off for him as he had been a strong villain throughout the season.

60. Five By Five

Season 1 episode 18

We all love Faith, she was not only a great reflection of what Buffy's dark side could be, but a great character in her own right. Also Eliza Dushku is megahot, which never hurts. While evil for a lot of season 3 of Buffy she was always following orders from the Mayor and so there was never a real sense of terror with her. Here however she's alone and directionless and happy to randomly lash out at whoever she wants. This is the first episode where Wolfram & Hart are a major part of the story and not just background players. Them hiring Faith to kill Angel was a great way for the new and old storylines to come together, I guess they hadn't got the memo yet that Angel's on the do-not-kill list. The episode also features flashbacks to the time just after Angel had gotten his soul back. Seeing his story of redemption wasn't as clean cut as he got a soul and stopped killing people was a nice touch (although he told Buffy he'd never fed of anyone since he got his soul back) and nicely mirrored Faith's story. While not subtle it actually helped to realise that Faith would come around by the end of the episode and meant there was a point to all the brutality. My only real complaint about the episode is that some of the fight sequences were a bit lacking. Some of the Matrix-esque superpunches didn't quite do it for me, but still didn't really bring down an otherwise great episode.