Angel

Angel was always known as the hottie partnered with Buffy. I like the character he plays because he plays it well. It's not easy to be a vampire and a civilian. He proves that. However, he has a team to stand beside him that also plays their roles well. He is more than an entrepeneur, he's a peace maker. The episodes writers know their stuff. The graphics were the best for the late 90's. Always an action packed episode. Go Angel!

Wow you guys! I remember this show! I have all the seasons b/c the were on sale. I kinda think the last season was the best, and the one w Darla/conner.
I'm kinda sad by the fact that David has an affair w his wife in real life tho! And I wish Buffy couldda made a cameo for the last episode at least. But I understand where SMG was coming from where she wanted it to be about the show & not her. I hated Spike in buffy, but he was supper funny in Angel! I still think Buffy& Angel 4ever, but now I don't hate spike. He tries.

This show is a classic to me after he left buffy the vampire, pretty much its a branch off of buffy the vampire. We got to see more of angel and it never felt disappointed. I love most of all the investigations and the the some of buffy's old team joined angel. I loved the beginning, middle and end of this show and it's a great journey to go through. It has a lot of butt kicking action and keep u at the edge of your seat. Comparing this to Bones is totally different in so many ways its in a different category, their both good in there own right. I see as an actor he's matured a lot when playing on Bones it shows. I thought Angel ended to quickly for only 6 seasons I think they made a great mistake. But, hey maybe we wouldn't have BONES!!! :D

The show centers upon a dark hero driven by his shame - an unforgiving guilt inflamed by an overwrought sense of empathy for the all the sins he committed. This drive pushes the hero to violently prevent victimization almost as if it would redeem him from his past. At times the writing would go into directions that seemed to indicate that almost anything could happen...the fantasy suffered from having almost no bounds and needed a bit more structure. Still, an entertaining show that is missed after all these years.

Fascinating/charming/brilliant and yetlovableensemble cast; quirkyvillainsand guest characters with terrific back stories and makeup work.

The writers have done a fabulous job making us care about a group of bizarre do-gooders who join together to fight "evil" in so many strange forms.

The show manages to have a whimsical often hilarious and wacky humor, yet be extremely touching, allowing us to fall in love with each of the very different characters as they travel through remarkably original story arch's.

I rewatch the entire series every 12 months or so, and absolutely love the way the characters develop and change. One of the best combinations of action and comedy, with a killer storyline for each season and the overall show. Such a shame that it ended after only 5 seasons.

I severely lament the direction Angel (as a whole) has gone. I have not read any of the comics, nor do I intend to as I began to lose serious interest with the show and story about half way through the second TV season. By the time I reached the last TV episode I was not only unimpressed but disappointed and felt unfulfilled. This show had such high potential; it is upsetting to see it face-plant to the ground. It turned into an Inu Yasha or Xena in the way that there is never a real solid plot, each episode is almost entirely self serving and there isn't a settled end in sight. It was almost as if the writers wanted to make the story so complicated and so involved that the series became too complicated and ended up being confusing and contradictive. Many of the characters I felt were pivotal in the story were killed off or manipulated into pathetic roles, specifically in the case of Cordelia and Wesley. I enjoyed the first season immensely and wished the plot as whole was similar to the first season. It became too cheesy, too splat, too complicated, too predictable and too redundant. I felt as though the writers were struggling to scratch the bottom of the barrel for more thrills and plot twists so badly that they missed sight of the direction of the plot. It was all about shock value after a while. And as a side note, as was brought up early on in the series, I wanted to see Angel achieve humanity… a plot element that was almost entirely missed, though his fate was briefly mentioned in the last TV episode of the fifth season. How terribly disappointing.

i would tell you how he got his soul but thats for you to find out not for me to tell you.the show starts right in the middle of whats happening.



i love this show for lots of reasons.



1.i love the fighting scenes which can be very good.david when he does do the stunts he pulls them off very well.



2.i love how dark and scary the show can get.



3.i love how they balanced the horror,drama with the comedy it can very nice to the ears.



4.i love all the characters who have lots of depth and have alot of personlity.even the characters that you grow to hate have alot of depth and personlity.



5.i love how each season the story goes into a new direction.the show is always fresh.



6.this show will have you speechless b/c alot of characters can get killed off even the ones you start to love.no one is safe on angel.



7.i also love all the monsters that on this show they are always scary even though some of them come off chessy..the ones that are scary you think about them alot.



i would have given this show a 10 but the only problem i had with this show was sometimes angel as a mian character can get alittle annoying with his showing no emotion and sometimes how he handle things.for example angel let some bad people get eated up by vampires he knew.even though they are bad he dont seem to see they are human.he have alot of moments when he just bascially tells everyone off and dont care anymore.thats only when his down though which can be alot.



with all that being said joss whedon knows how to handle a scifi show.this is a good show to watch..

Angel is one of the best shows I have seen, the only show that can beat it would be the show that it is base on, Buffy The Vampire Slayer. The only difference of the two show is the fact that Angel has more adult themes to it. But with this show you are introduced to a whole variety of new characters along with some old ones that you get to see grow as people. This show also show how wacky a city can be even if it isn't on a Hellmouth. As the show progresses, it seams to get even better.

Praise netflix, first of all, because I probably never would have watched Angel if I hadn't watched Buffy on it. I purchased all 5 seasons and watched them within a month and a half or so. The very beginning of season 1 was a little slow, but quickly picked up. And don't get me wrong, I love Doyle and all, but the addition of Wesley really sealed the deal for me (he's that kind of nerdy hot). Then with each additional character: Gunn, Fred, Lorne, Connor... the story lines got so much more involved. This isn't the type of warm-hearted, all better by the end of the episode show. Their lives weren't even enjoyable half the time, but the key was the fight for good over evil. And besides, who doesn't love that late '90s - early '00s special effects and monster makeup?

NOOOOO Why does Cordy have to die for? I have been watching every series on FOXTEL waiting for Cordelia and Angel to finally hook up? Please i Loved Cordelia Nooooo!! So guttered right now ARRRGH !!!



She and Angel have been the stars of Angel. Alot of people have come and gone and yet Cordy and Angel are still there, i know Angel is the star but he always had Cordelia by his side, if only they ended up together ARRRRGH this was the one main reason i Loved to watch but reading the YOUR WELCOME Episode, i was not expecting that and now im so bummed, Why could they not have had a fling or get it on before then but for them not to even hook up at all is a total killer in my book.



i have been put off from Angel cos Cordelia is killed off ARRRRGH So angry right now :(

I LOVE all the characters and the story but why kill off Cordelia WHY???

Angel is one of my favorite shows of all time and is perfect because it had the genious of Joss Whedon behind it. The creative team for this project did an awesome job. The actors played their parts perfectly and made viewers really connect with the characters. I really enjoyed how the series progressed through the seasons, having occassional cross overs on and from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The story lines were interesting, the bad guys were powerful, and the humor was classic. There was so much drama and intrigue, and I love how it all came together in season four with Jasmine as the grand puppet master controling every thing to position every one where they were. This was a brilliant and disturbing twist! I enjoyed the supernatural aspects of the show, and the costumes and make up were the best I've seen on tv other than Buffy, as far as supernatural creatures, etc... This series also followed the traditional Heroes Quest pattern. The flash backs in this series gave us more insights into Angel's past, which were very creative and fun. Angel is one of the Best Series ever that has been on Television in Modern Times!!!!!!!

GREAT SHOW! It's difficult to say exactly which episode is my favorite,because they are all so entertaining. All of the characters on the show are so good at the parts they play,I really can't decide who is my favorite. And I MUST give an A+ to all of the creators of all of those demons, there were some that made you think maybe these creatures could be real. My favorite of all of the demons is defintely Lorne. I LOVE HIS SINGING. Lorne should have made a C.D.of songs(I think). One of my favorite episodes was the one where Lorne was in Vegas and the gang had to rescue him.

As a buffy fan I appreciate this show in more ways than one. Although it doesn't live up to its parent show's quality it is still pure Whedon genius. What I love more about this is that it expands the Buffyverse in really incredible ways by extending the same fantastical feel to the wider world (beyond little ol' Sunnydale). Although the show ends on a cliffhanger, I won't hold it against Joss considering the conditions under which it was canceled. If you love Buffy this is definitely more of the same, so long as you can get used to Joss's (and Greenwalt's and Fury's and Espenson's etc...) brilliance without the Slayer.

I suppose everybody was a little apprehensive when David Boreanaz left "Buffy" at the end of three seasons in order to launch his own show. Any spin-off is a risk but, thankfully, this one worked very well, due, I believe to the excellent casting choices made by the producers.



David was joined by Charisma Carpenter continuing her role as Cordelia Chase, Amy Acker as the shy, sometimes weird but extremely loveable Winnifred "Fred" Burkle, Alexis Denisof as Wesley, J. August Richards as Gunn, Glenn Quinn as Doyle and Andy Hallet as Lorne.



The cast gelled very well together and the plots were good enough to keep audiences watching for five seasons. The excellent Julie Benz reprising as Angel's vampire love interest, Darla, was also a great idea as Darla proved to be extremely popular with audiences.



Throughout the run of the show, several "Buffy" alumni made regular guest appearances which gave it a 'homey' feeling. The evil law firm of Wolfram and Hart kept Angel and his team on their toes and all in all, it was a spin-off that actually worked and had many excellent episodes.

When this show ended it was upsetting to say the least. As a big Buffy fan it was no mean feat for the programme to actually make me feel more empathy for Angel than Buffy. Based on how Cordelia was portrayed in Buffy it was also surprising how likeable she became as she matured through the series in Angel. The characters in Angel are extremely likeable and varied, everyone has a favourite (mines Fred). Even the worst episodes of Angel were watchable and the storyline was constantly full of suspense. However i did feel it was a little farfetched when Angel had a son.

I personally think that Angel is better than Buffy the Vampire Slayer but that's my personal opinion. I really liked the metaphor that Lawyers are evil, throught the series Angel has numerous Story archs most are good (Darla, Pylea, Holtz.) but there were some bad ones such as the infamous Jasmine story arch. The characters in Angel are great and well written, the episodes are great, and the acting is good. The plots always have a twist whether for good or for bad their always good, I really wished they would of made a Sixth Season, but I would completely recommend this series to anyone.

I think Angel is one of the greatest spin-offs. Sometimes I think that they should bring it back for one final season. Angel is remembered as a vampire cursed with a conscience or a vampire fighting for redemption. It was so sad to see lovable characters die (Doyle & Cordy).

At the beginning it was really interesting and fun to watch, but later on, it started to repeat a lot of itself and take much over from Buffy. It was fun, but I won't watch it again.

But I still have to say that some years ago, it was one of my favourite series, now it has gone down.

For over two centuries, Angelus was one of the most vicious vampires ever to walk the earth. Then he killed the wrong girl, and her grieving Gypsy family cursed the vampire with the return of his soul, causing him to suffer with remorse for all the hundreds of innocents that he had killed through the years. Now he goes by the name Angel, and he fights to protect the helpless from those who would prey upon them as he himself once did.



Does this sound familar? It should. This show was a rip-off of Forever Knight. The difference being Nick Knight was 800 years old and it was better done than Angel.

Angel is a misguided attempt at spirituality and should be avoided. You are better off trimming your nails than watching this show. I think the most disturbing thing is combining angels and demons and blurring the distinction between good and evil. Now in this show we have bad guys acting good and good guys acting bad or you have different gradients of evil being accepted as good. What a crock!

Even though I watched and enjoyed Buffy, I wasn't planning to check out Angel. In fact I was glad he got a spin-off. I thought the relationship between a two hundred year old and a high school girl creepy. Thanks to syndication I have probably seen most episodes. The character of Cordilea was completely destroyed. Hooking her up with Angel and adding a son for him were completely silly. We all know the adding of a child to a single dad is supposed to be for the ladies (I still haven't met one who agrees with this), and we all know this because it has been done to death. Through all my complaining there was the odd episode I enjoyed, and I liked the characters of Gunn, Lylia, Loren, Lidsey, and especially Fred. Vincents character I dispised, but in a short time I think he showed really good acting chops.

I really looked foreward to the addition of Spike and Harmony (they finally fixed his character a little) for season five. Accept for the episode "The Girl in Question" it did not dissapoint. I think the addition of Ben Edlund (creator of "The Tick), helped considerably. I may even buy this one on DVD.

Angel [Self-Titled] is set in LA, California. It follows the lovable, repent-y vampire with a soul, Angel. He spends his time with an ex-watcher of the council, and boring teenage girl who gets super-psychic powers somehow. He stalks the city's street and beats back the "vampires, the demons, and forces of darkness."



Angel is a rather good show, that has some pretty good effects, fight scenes, and plot twists. But then again, it has more faults then good points.



In comparison to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel is child's play. The SLAYER has super powers, at least as powerful as 16 men [see The I in Team, BtVS, Season Four, Episode 13], and is destined to save the world. Angel is, admittedly a rather old Vampire, but he is still just that; A vampire. His super powers are limited, and he probably shouldn't be able to go through the fights he does.



Secondly, BtVS creatively uses the Demons as a metaphor for life. Like in Once More, With Feeling, the demon causes them to pour there hearts out [through song], and reveal their secrets. This is how the Gang finds out about Buffy's trip to heaven. Angel just kills demons. In every episode, he finds someone in trouble, goes out, and slays the demon. There's is little to no character development, and the demons are just there to be killed. There's absolute NO depth to this spin-off compared to the show it derived from.



And last but not least, Cornelia? How did she get super-powers? Sure, she kissed a guy who was dying, but did it never occur to anyone how ridiculous this is? I'm rather sure the writers just realized that Cornelia was there for no good reason. She can't fight to ANY extent, and she was no good with research. So how do they solve it? They give her psychic powers so she can find the demons.



Angel is an almost pitiful show, and is only kept alive by the entertaining fight scenes, and the fact that Buffy guest stars. If I wasn't into fighting on shows so much, and didn’t love Buffyverse, I would not bother with this show.



-Julias

Angel lived in Sunnydale and then moved to LA. Now he fights vampires with his new gang. JUST LIKE BUFFY! However towards the end of the show it did get better. When Fred turned into Lllyria and started to be evil, that woz good. Also when Spike and Harmony came back, who were also in Buffy.

In my opinion , this crappy spin-off is one of the worst T.V. shows of all time. This is nothing but an extremely tacky and b-grade rip off of a perfectly good t.v. show. Unoriginal and boring plots fill this shows episodes, as do semi-main characters that once graced the screen of buffy. What annoys me possibly the most about this show is not that Joss Wheedon has marred his reputation by putting this series to air, but the fact that a completely normal character that was on buffy, transferred to Angel and suddenly got big magical powers. And yes, for you half-Wits out there I am speaking of Cordelia!!! And what was with Angels son coming back through time?!?!?!?!?! ridiculous. I genuinally wonder how you Angel fans can bear to watch this.

Angel is a show that can not be compared to any other show in my opinion because I simply don't get it. I like MASH and Baby Looney Tunes and those I get but I just don't get Angel. Angel is a spin off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and I still don't get either one of them mostly Angel but it is just as confusing as Buffy if not a whole lot more. Angel really stinks when you don't understand it. It can be stupid at a whole lot of points during the show. This is why I give it a four(4).

I don't have a lot to say about this show, except I've pretty much grown out of it, and it's hard to make 50 words out of that. I'd actually be deleting this... (if I knew how) ... Angel is a vampire with a bunch of weird friends. Enough said.

What a poopy show. It has forgettable characters and the plot sucks. The show is never interesting and it never will be. Why would they make this is beyond me, or even why they would keep it on is also beyond me. If othe people like it thats fine I just dont care for it at all.

A good show and there aren't anymore like it now so i say bring it back. bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla

When I learned that Angel would get his own spin-off show from Buffy The Vampire Slayer I was very excited. Angel quickly became my favorite character on that show and I wanted to see what he could do with the proper writers and stories. To me, Angels story and back story were always more interesting to me then anything else going on in Buffy. Though I liked that show as a whole.



Angel is the Vampire with a soul, having to leave Sunnydale and part ways with his true love Buffy. The reason? simple, any moment of true happiness with her would result in Angel losing his soul and reverting to his killer alter ego Angelus.



So to save her and himself, he moves to LA. The city of Angels.

Angel quickly meet's up with an old friend in Cordelia, after saving her life he decides to hire her as secretary at Angel investigations.

They are joined by the half demon, half human Doyle who is Angels link to the "Powers that Be".



Doyle gets "Visions" from the "PTB" then he relays the messages to Angel so he can save the day. Around half way through the first season Doyle dies in a heroic attempt to save some Half demons like himself, Doyle goes out a hero and manages to pass his visions on to Cordelia. Soon after that a friendly face from Sunndale pops up, Wesley, now a "Rogue Demon Hunter" who eventually gets hired on at Angel Investigations as well. Later on they meet up with young street tough "Gunn" who is running his own street crew, they take out Vampires and keep the "Hood clean". After asking Gunn for help several times, he eventually gets hired on full time as well. Lorne who runs a demon Karaoke bar, is a demon who can read people's futures when they sing, this comes in handy often on Angel. Rounding out the Investigations team is Fred, she was a Physics student who was sent to a hell dimension by her professor who was jealous of her. Cordelia has a vision about Fred and eventually after a trip to Lorne's home world "Pylea", Fred is finally free and joins the Angel team. The writing is amazing, the actors do an incredible job with the stories. The sets, the tone of the show is so incredibly well done that you totally get immersed into this world of Vampires and Demons in the ultimate fight of Good Versus Evil. The main enemy in the show is an evil Law firm called "Wolfram and Hart" They have an ultimate agenda to cause mayhem and havoc and send the world into a spiraling dark abyss. Angel and his troop fight the good fight, loses are had on both sides. The main mission statement of Angel is to never stop fighting. Slick writing, humor, drama, action are all evident in Angel. As a whole "Angel" is a much darker and "grown up" show then Buffy was. Angel offers everything from fighting Vampires to cussing puppets to Law drama. It doesn't get any better then this show. Till this day, Angel is my all time favorite show. They just don't make them like this anymore, as with a lot of great shows, Just as Angel was hitting it's peak, it was pulled off the air unjustly. I have the series on DVD and make sure to watch it at least a couple times a year. If you are a fan of Buffy or Supernatural or Joss Whedon fan then Angel is definitely for you. Fight the good fight.