I seem to think the best explaination is Angel in real life was the producer of the show, who fell in love with the main character in the story. Therefore, she's screwed either way, heh. So cancelling the show to try and erase the pain was the ending. But he made his big speech so they put the show into syndication and it starts over. Only the real show is not in syndication it just went into a cancelled coma with periodic bleeps. Too bad...
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