[149] Archaeus later attempted to call down the spirit of Magic Town itself to ally with him, attempting to present himself as open to debate where Angel just wanted to attack him. [27], A few months later, Angel was released from this hell dimension,[53] reappearing in his mansion in a feral state. Eventually, after Angel defeated the undefeated Champion of Pylea, the Groosalugg, they returned with a new team member, Winifred "Fred" Burkle, in tow, and learned that Buffy had died. As planned, the Senior Partners reset the timeline to the last point Angel was alive, the moment before Los Angeles was sent to Hell. [162][163] He was competent, but uncomfortable, with modern technology; he frequently struggled to understand cellphones (once claiming that they must have been invented by a "bored warlock") and confused computer terminology such as "chatty rooms. Faith declared her appreciation to Angel for continuing to believe in her, and as they walked away together, they reflected about Drusilla's past as a saintly human. [178], In reference to his actions without a soul, Angel once told Lindsey: "I'm the greatest mass murderer you've ever met. [85] Connor then sank his father to the bottom of the ocean in a steel coffin, while Cordelia ascended to a higher plane, the feelings shared between her and Angel still left unspoken.[86]. Angel fails miserably until Buffy shows up and slays the demon. Before he had a chance to confess his feelings, however, Darla returned, miraculously pregnant. Fred then discovered where the owner had been hiding it, but was found by Darla and Angelus, who attacked her in an attempt to take the beetle. Feeling anguish at his failure to save Darla and fury at Wolfram & Hart for their machinations, Angel fired his crew[68] and embarked on a vendetta against both the law firm and the newly reunited Darla and Drusilla. Buffy concludes at the end of the issue that she can't have a baby. She made it clear that they were done working together after she finished helping him to bring Giles back. [36] However, Spike's victory and subsequent role as a champion[101] was later revealed to be part of Lindsey's plans to undermine Angel's confidence and new position, allowing Angel to regain his focus and faith in himself after a final meeting with Cordelia. Seeing Willow's inner turmoil, Angel was more sympathetic and agreed to take her to Connor and talk to him, but made it clear to Willow that it was Connor's choice to go along with her plan. Angel regained consciousness at some point, but did not make it apparent until Spike admitted that he had always admired Angel for his ability to move on from Buffy. I want to help because I don't think people should suffer as they do, because if there's no bigger meaning, then the smallest act of kindness is the greatest thing in the world. The couple was then apprehended by Spike and his followers, who planned to have him watch Buffy die at the hands of the newly arisen demon.[49]. Advanced combat: Angel was a highly skilled combatant and generally fought unarmed, using circular attacks such as spinning kicks and back hands. [4] This episode was rated the series' best episode in a poll done by Angel Magazine in 2005. Angel acted quickly and grabbed his wrist. Angel begins to lose sanity with three presences inside his body. In the episode "Angel", it's revealed that Darla is the one who turned Angel into a vampire, as well as the one who was his former lover. The distracted Illyria was then taken down by the Senior Partners' forces. The sins he committed when soulless were constantly at the back of his mind, to a degree where he felt for a very long time that he did not deserve happiness or redemption. [184], Other abilities: Angel had a photographic memory. This was made most obvious through his interactions with Connor, Cordelia, and Buffy. As Angel is (at least at that time) the only known "vampire with a soul," he can only assume that the prophecy refers to him. It was written by co-executive producer David Greenwalt and directed by Scott Brazil.The narrative follows Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), vampire slayer, coming to terms with her feelings for Angel (David Boreanaz), who is revealed to be a vampire cursed with a soul. When Angel was nearly killed by the regenerated Mohra, Buffy managed to slay it with his help. Angel acted against all of his instincts and made a deal with his sworn enemy in exchange for them erasing Connor's memories and giving him a normal life, and trying to find a way to cure Cordelia who had gone into a coma. Realizing what this means for their relationship, Angel spends the night with Buffy. The conversation shifted to Buffy's future, and whether Angel would be a part of it romantically. He was subsequently reunited with Faith when she returns to Magic Town as part of her new job with Zane Pharmaceuticals, but the company's attempt to assist him in assessing Fred's condition results in Illyria taking control once again. He refused, and along with Faith, left the church. Angel traveled to Hemery High School in Los Angeles, where he witnessed Buffy being called as the Slayer and her initial training under her Watcher, Merrick, as well as her emotional turmoil caused by her new duties and her parents' deteriorating marriage. [69] His actions also included allowing Drusilla and Darla to slaughter a number of prominent Wolfram & Hart employees, even locking them in the room. [22], One night, Angel saved Nadira's life from a vampire, but fled in order to avoid being seen by Faith's Slayers (most of whom wanted him dead for his actions as Twilight). And this plot is the beginning of the end. "[35] Angelus taught William about the art of mass slaughter, including an incident during a wedding party where Angelus beat the groom to death with his own arm. Portrayed by [citationneeded], Angel was also somewhat of a natural nurturing figure, easily sympathizing with the hardships of others and taking it upon himself to be the one to guide them through it. Influenced by the soul of the child growing inside her, because she was dead and therefore could not give birth to the child, Darla staked herself, leaving only a crying baby. After These Messages We'll Be Right Back! After the destruction of Sunnydale High,[58] Angel departed for Los Angeles. He was also very self-conscious, and worried what other people thought of him very often. In the midst of battle, Angel became erratic; Angel, Angelus, and Giles in turn took over his body. [108] Angel declared war on the Demon Lords, challenging them to a battle to liberate the city. This episode is #78 on the TV Guide list of TV's Top 100 Episodes of all time. [132] Because of this thought process, he often ended up causing more trouble than he prevented. Around the fall of Los Angeles, Angel returned to his notable spiked look. He was even more dangerous without a soul, when he would fight with no remorse. Sophronia, Lavina, and Alasdair successfully finished the incantation and Giles' body was struck with magical energy. He broke up with Buffy in the sewer when she told him about her prom being the next night, but he surprised her appearing in the dance.[15]. [92] Faith (who had almost died in her quest to capture him) and Willow helped to accomplish Angel's restoration via a brief but violent internal mental duel between his soulless and ensouled states. With David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Glenn Quinn, Carey Cannon. [42] Angel then spent time in Missoula, Montana during the Great Depression. He worried constantly what people would think of him, and was reluctant to drink blood around his friends. Though the duo succeeded in wounding it, the Mohra escaped, and Buffy and Angel immediately tracked it down in the sewers. Make you suffer for all the horrible things you've done. Riley: Commitment Through Distance, Virtue Through Sin, What You Want, Not What You Need, Part One, What You Want, Not What You Need, Part Five, What You Want, Not What You Need, Part Two, What You Want, Not What You Need, Part Three, What You Want, Not What You Need, Part Four, This article is about the vampire. [citationneeded], While walking along a street after this battle, Angel was shocked to encounter what appeared to be Fred. He apologetically refused and fled with it through a window. We all know this, we saw it. While he initially wore untucked white button down shirts with black dress jackets and a black leather bomber jacket (which he gave to Buffy), he began wearing white undershirts, white and black wife beaters, a red velvet shirt, gray and black soft pullovers and long-sleeved dress shirts in colors such as blue and red. [72], After the death of Buffy's mother, Angel returned to Sunnydale to comfort Buffy, and the two spent a night discussing how life would continue after Joyce's death. While getting into another argument with Spike, it was interrupted when Faith received an unexpected call from Buffy back in San Francisco. [98] Angel wished to fight with her in the battle, but Buffy told him to go prepare his crew for a second front in case the Scoobies failed to stop the First. Angel also believed for years that the ends justified the means up to a certain extent and had been seen doing morally wrong acts for the "greater good," examples being instructing Lorne to kill Lindsey,[161] and his actions in his period as the masked Twilight. She was able to see that he had attached a magical item known as the Tooth of Ammut to his body, which he intended to use to draw the fragments of Giles' soul trapped in demons and other mystical sources into his body. Status Buffy's friends were angry and disappointed when they discovered that Angel had returned and Buffy had not told them. He managed to kill almost four-hundred other vampires in the process. Strong examples of this include him wiping an insane Connor's memory so he would live peacefully with new parents[96] and taking away his chance of being together with Buffy as a human under the believed notion that he was saving her from death. He told her that he wanted to continue Giles' work where he'd left off, helping people in need, and also revealed the true reason why he had recovered so suddenly. [96], Soon after the events in Los Angeles, Angel traveled to Sunnydale to give Buffy an amulet he had obtained from Wolfram & Hart. Example, when Angel, Cordi and baby connor are laying in bed after getting that money, and Cordi is talking about a boat, it could be argued that Angel is happy and content in that moment. When Doyle receives a vision that the Mohra has regenerated itself, Angel leaves to kill the demon for good. He instructed his teammates to spend the day as if it was their last as he spent it by visiting Connor who revealed to his father that he regained his memories and appreciated what Angel did for him but wanted to keep it at that. She turned him down, but when the man showed up looking for him, she and Angel were forced to fight him off; in a moment of rage she cut off the man's hand, and in remorse, fled the scene. After hearing this concerns as well from Mayor Wilkins and Joyce, Angel decided to leave Buffy and Sunnydale. As we all know, both Charisma and Cordy were treated horribly by JW. ", May, 1764: Angelus and Darla killed the wife and infant son of vampire hunter Daniel Holtz, and turned his young daughter into a vampire, forcing him to destroy her. With his body healed, Angel, using various spells and enchantments to provide himself with his vampiric abilities, began patrolling the hell-ridden city with the dragon Cordelia, rescuing citizens and sending them, anonymously, to a safe-house run by Connor, Nina, and Gwen Raiden. "[130], Back at the flat, they were surprised to find two young women: Giles' great aunts, Lavinia and Sophronia Fairweather, who had been powerful mystics before magic was removed from the world. Nash had gained control of the plague ball, and prepared to drop it on the people below. Faith then shared the fact that Eyghon had made a deal with Whistler, Pearl and Nash to create a perfect zombified world without magic. Angel and Spike fighting for the Shanshu Prophecy. Buffy Sainte-Marie, CC (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941) is an Indigenous Canadian-American (Piapot Cree Nation) singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. She seems so devastated that I kind of wonder if the reversal maybe returned her memory from Angel's "I Will Remember You" as well. [24], After Faith's choice to go on her own away from London, Giles informed Angel that he was also leaving for San Francisco to return to Buffy, something he had been expecting. [115] Defeating Angel in a duel, Gunn undid the magicks keeping Angel alive, reopening every wound he had suffered since turning human. With Lindsey out of the way, Spike and Angel came to an understanding that let the two of them operate as a lethal team when the two ended up fighting side-by-side, using their long experience of each other's skills to operate in near-perfect tandem. [21], Upon awakening, Angel, along with Faith Lehane, once again dedicated himself to redemption, this time by resurrecting his most recent victim: Rupert Giles. Angel forces the Lorophage to feed on itself. They followed a lead to Mother Superior's church, only to find both the Lorophage demon and a completely sane Drusilla.[127]. After regaining his soul, he cut his hair shorter by the 1920s, occasionally slicked with a side part. Men had also complimented his appearance; Xander, though in anguish, commented that Angel was "buff" and "a very attractive man" when first seeing him,[181] Oliver Simon stated that Angel was a "beautiful man,"[16] and a commercial director assumed he was a model. First, he massacred his own family, whose blood he later described as the "sweetest of all." After an intense duel in which the Slayer seemed to have the upper hand, Faith broke down and pleaded with Angel to kill her. As a frustrated Spike left the two (being the only one who actually remembered Buffy's connection to Dawn), Angel forced his attention to return to bringing Giles back. Angel realizes how useless he is in his human form, and asks the Oracles to turn back time to make him a "demon with a soul" once more. Understanding the truth of her statements, Angel complied without complaint. Angel admits to Spike that he is not yet over Buffy. This almost killed her, but, having quickly recovered from his poison, Angel rushed Buffy to the hospital. [24], Despite his constant stoicism, Angel was more than capable of forming close bonds with others, particularly his Angel Investigations associates. Before Cordelia took her leave, she and Angel finally revealed their feelings for each other, culminating in a kiss. [96] He was told that it would play a role in the upcoming battle against the First Evil and had to be worn by someone with a soul, but more than human a champion. Following Abrams's decree, however, many of the show's cast fell in line with the idea that Buffy-Spike may have been endgame. Angel admitted his appreciation to Whistler for giving him a purpose, and for allowing him to meet Buffy, but expressed that he wouldn't participate in anything that would sacrifice the lives of innocent people, despite Whistler's fixation on "balance." However, given Angel's currently tense relationship with Spike, as well as the Scoobies' current hostility towards him, Buffy asked Angel to help protect the Slayers from the currently-attacking demons while she went with Spike to investigate his claims.[121]. That was everything to me. [50][81][104] Even so, he was also never called "Angelus" again, except by those who didn't know about his name change[35][26][43] or had known him from before,[68][175] who were often corrected. [111] However, last-minute encouragement from Connor inspired him to keep fighting,[117] and Angel's friends healed his injuries, but at the same time, Gunn caused Illyria to revert to her true form. 2. Because time flowed differently in other dimensions, he had experienced a century of torment while only a few months had passed on Earth. [68] After a misguided one-night stand with Darla in a moment of weakness,[70] he snapped out of his depression and returned to himself for the most part. [50], Psychological manipulation: While soulless, he displayed considerable skill in manipulating others' emotional states, using psychological tactics to attack both the Scooby Gang and Angel Investigations both times when Angel lost his soul, though the most notable example was his driving Drusilla insane. [citationneeded], Angel was a quiet, private individual. [73], Afterward, Cordelia was sucked into Lorne's home dimension of Pylea, and the Angel Investigations team followed her. Under Twilight's influence, Angel murders Rupert Giles. After the two were forced to realize their limitations as a couple,[15] Angel left Buffy and moved to Los Angeles. [41], Angel's most readily identifiable characteristic was his hair which varied in length. [59], Upon discovering the truth, Buffy, hurt that Angel never revealed his presence to her, immediately traveled to Los Angeles to confront him, and the two agreed to stay away from one another for the time being. He discovered the presence of a Thesulac demon, a paranoia demon affecting the humans in the hotel, but by the time Angel learned how to defeat it and obtained the items required, the entire hotel was overcome with pathological paranoia. After taking care of the problem, he sparred with Faith on the roof of their building, and discussed the emergence of a new "it" vampire, known as Mother Superior, who ran a cult in a nearby church. In the next five decades, Angel kept his hair that way until the 1970s where had grew out his hair again. Observing this, Faith and Spike decided it was best to chain him to the wall in her basement. "[17] Spike had also made note of his forehead,[97] giving him the occasional insult of "Captain Forehead. [citationneeded]. As a curse. [126] The demon siblings engaged Angel and Faith in battle, but Faith managed detain them by planting Mohra blood in Nash's pocket. Darla visited his grave, where he had his first taste of blood when a groundskeeper caught them and accused them of being grave robbers. In the final issue of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Reckoning, Buffy also did not end with Buffy romantically involved with anyone. [106], Together with his comrades, Angel prepared to destroy the Circle of the Black Thorn, a battle that none of them expected to survive. So, Angel sets out with Doyle to kill the demon, without Buffy's much-needed supernatural assistance. [107] The Senior Partners sent all of Los Angeles to a hell dimension between moments of time, turning the city into an apocalyptic battlefield full of demons. 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