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Angel - Season Four (Slim Set)

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Season 4 of the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" spinoff and the second to last season of this detective comedy cum soap opera featuring Buffy's ex-boyfriend as the title role. David Borneanaz plays a brooding vampire beset with guilt who has come to L.A. to atone for two and a half centuries spent killing innocents. With a few close and good-looking friends he opens up Angel Investigations and becomes a vigilante determined to fight the forces of evil which run rampant in the city streets. Season 4 opens with Angel being held captive at the bottom of the ocean by a secretly mutinous Connor while Cordelia has been called to a higher plane by the Powers That Be. After everyone has been reunited within a few episodes a new villain is unleashed: The Beast with whom Angel's alter ego the evil vampire Angelus used to be in cahoots has returned from exile to terrorize L.A. Angel is severed from his "good" side by his friends in order to pump his "bad" side for information about this new nemesis and while Angelus escapes to wreak havoc alongside his old demon friend uber-villain Jasmine arrives to throw the themes of the show into a cosmic light.System Requirements:Running Time 990 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 024543233565 Manufacturer No: 2233356

Angel - Season Five (Slim Set)

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Angel Season 5 5 out of 5 stars.
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The DVD came shortly after I ordered it.. I would order from this person again. The price was great, and it is the exact one I wanted. Thank you

Wonderful! Have you checked out the comic books? 5 out of 5 stars.
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I'm a big Buffy and Angel fan, so 5 stars goes without saying, but just wanted to give you a heads up that now you can finally get the rest of the story in comic book form, if you're dying to know!

Angel 5th season 5 out of 5 stars.
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Being this season was the last one so they had to shake up the show. This season has some laughs provide by Spike. Didn't care for what they did to the Fred character though. But all in all it is Angel how could you go wrong.

Awesome! 5 out of 5 stars.
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*SPOILERS BELOW*

And here I thought Angel had gotten as good as it can get! But no, I was gladly proven wrong. Season 5 was amazing. The addition of Spike to the cast was a brilliant move and I just wish he played a bigger role. (Also, still waiting to find out if he got Shanshu or not!) Smile Time was the best episode of the entire series, IMO, funniest, sweetest, most perfect thing ever. [Course, then we all had to get our hearts broken by the next episode...] I really need to get the comic continuation, cause I'm dying to find out what happens next!

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In the final season Angel has finally emerged from 200 years of darkness but the fine line between good and evil is harder to see than ever! System Requirements:Running Time: 990 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 024543233510 Manufacturer No: 2233351

Angel - Season Three (Slim Set)

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Excellent standards, great show, great season 4 out of 5 stars.
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The hard reality is that Angel was a better show than Buffy (of course, there would not ever have been an Angel without Buffy).

Angel is much more well crafted than Buffy's (especially Buffy's last two seasons)and the characters and plots are more coeherent.

This third season is very good and reaaaaaaally dark. I thought Connor was an annoying character.

The Miracle Child, Holtz and The Betrayal-Angel's Third Season 5 out of 5 stars.
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After Buffy switch stations, this was a true test for the series as it had to survive on it's own on the WB with out its sister show for a change. Luckily the writers keep Angel a float at it enters in full swing with its 3rd season. Angel comes back home after a summer of grieving over Buffy's death (see Buffy's fifth season finale!) to return to his friends to continue his fight in L.A. But what turns out to be a usual year for Angel Investigations becomes an intense one when Darla returns 8 and half months pregnant with Angel's child! The mystery behind the possibly of vampire pregnancy is a shocking one as the gang, not to mention Wolfram and Hart try figure out what the unborn child might be. But just as the child is about to be born, an old nemesis from Angel and Darla's past returns to seek vengeance. It's an even darker year than the last as terrifying prophecy causes Wesley to even make the ultimate betrayal. Here's Season 3:

Heartthrob-Weak episode!! "After a summer of grieving over the death of the slayer, Angel returns home and stakes a female vampire he knows from his past. When her grief-stricken lover finds, he plans to take revenge." The plot was dull, and the vengeance with James just seems forced in the end.

That Vision Thing-Great episode!! "When Cordelia's visions manifest as painful physical wounds, Angel and the gang investigate which leads to him make a deal with Wolfram and Hart to save her life." You feel so bad for Cordelia in this episode, with all the disturbing marks on her body. Skip is also introduced in this episode.

That Old Gang of Mine-Great!! "Gunn finds himself caught between his old gang and the Fang Gang, when his former gang is the cause a series of discriminating attacks on innocent demons, which lead to an assault on Lorne's club." Gunn gets some great development and Lorne's club gets destroyed again.

Carpe Noctem-Weak episode!! "An old man uses a spell to witch bodies with Angel, leaving Angel to die in his body and the old man to wreck havoc in Angel's body." There are some funny parts, but the episode is pretty dull for the most part.

Fredless-Pretty good episode!! "When Fred's parents arrive in town to find her, she runs away in fear, leaving the rest of the gang and her parents to track her down while a large insect demon stalks them." Amy Acker gives a heartbreaking performance and the insect demon is very creepy looking.

Billy-Great episode!! "A string of brutal attacks against women leads Angel Investigations back to Billy, the mysterious prisoner Angel freed to save Cordelia from her visions just as Wesley himself is soon infected by him." Alexis Denisof gives terrifying performance as well as there are plenty of disturbing scenes.

Offspring-Great episode!! "Darla returns to L.A. 8 and half months and looking for answers from the daddy which Cordelia leaves hurt and taking Darla's side while the rest of the gang investigates on the pregnancy." Julie Benz returns and is great as usual with Darla. The baby also has heart and a soul.

Quickening-Good episode!! "As Angel protects Darla and his unborn child, Wolfram and Hart plan to up duct the mother and child while a vampire cult wants the child for them." We find out the boy is human and Holtz makes his debut.

Lullaby-Amazing episode!! "As Darla's goes into labor, she run off, leaving Angel to track her down so the baby can have a safe birth just as Holtz, the vampire hunter from the 18 century, tracks the 2 vampires down." This episode is full of intense moments and the birth of Connor is a touching scene as Darla gives up her life for her son.

Dad-Weak episode!! "As Angel adjusts to being a new dad, he must protect his new son from the demon underworld who after the child." The episode moves pretty slowly, although there is some touching moments with the baby.

Birthday-Great episode!! "On Cordelia's birthday, her latest vision puts her into a deadly coma; Skip guides her astral self as she chooses to live a new life as a famous actress but loses her life with Angel and the gang in the process." The alternate reality plot is great and Charisma's is flawless throughout.

Provider-Bad episode!! "An outbreak of business causes the Angel Investigations gang to split up as Fred solves a demon puzzle, Angel helps a business man, while Gun and Wesley protect a woman from her undead ex-boyfriend." Pretty much nothing happens in this episode.

Waiting in the Wings-Incredible episode!! "When Angel takes the whole gang to the ballet, Angel realizes that the performance hasn't changed including the dancers he saw perform it a century ago." One of the best episodes of the series that is full of stunning scenes and wonderful settings. Gunn and Fred become a couple here.

Couplet-Weak episode!! "Angel begins feeling isolated as the Groosalugg returns and wins everybody hearts by saving them including Cordelia who is falling for him." The episode drags a bit with only some funny parts. Wesley uncovers a shocking prophecy.

Loyalty-Great episode!! "As Wesley continues to grow terrified as he tracks down the origin of the prophecy, Gunn and Fred investigate a vampire nest unaware that the woman who set them is working for Holtz." This episode has some really shocking scenes and some hilarious ones especially the talking hamburger scene.

Sleep Tight-Incredible episode!! "When Angel's behavior turn frightening, he realizes his been drinking his son's blood leaving Wesley to protect Connor even if it means betraying his friends in the process." This is one of the best and most shocking episodes of the series. It's so sad watching Angel lose his son.

Forgiving-Amazing episode!! "Bent on getting his son back, Angel uses the darkest of magic to try and rescue his son from the hell dimension his now in, while Gunn and Fred search for Wesley who is slowly dieing." There are great special effects here as well as brilliant fight between Angel and Sahjhan.

Double or Nothing-Pretty good episode!! "As Angel is depressed over the loss of his son, Gunn and Fred find happiness in their relation just as repo-man appears for Gunn to pay up on the deal he made years ago which includes his soul." Cordelia returns and has some great scenes with Angel. Even though the soul plot is dull, it was also great watching Gunn and Fred together.

The Price-Great episode!! "The affects of Angel casting dark magic in the hotel comes to haunt him and the whole gang when slimy slugs from another world are unleashed." The slugs are very creepy looking, and there are some intense horror movie-like scenes.

A New World-Great episode!! "When Angel's son Connor returns from the hell dimension he is now a fearsome teenage warrior who escapes into the harsh streets of L.A., leaving his father desperately to go after him." Vincent Kartheiser makes his first appearance as teenaged Connor and does well in his scenes with David.

Benediction-Good episode!! "Even as Angel and Connor begin bond as father and son fight side by side, Holtz has returned as well and decides leave Connor with his real father, just as Lilah works on recruiting a now isolated Wesley." Angel and Connor show some great father/son chemistry and Holtz plans his final vengeance on Angel.

Tomorrow-Great episode!! "When Connor finds Holtz murdered, he and Justine plan to get back at Angel just Cordelia realizes she has fallen in love with Angel." A great season finale with a shocking cliffhanger!

Angel's 3rd season is a solid year full of shocks, deception, and betrayal that kept fans satisfied the whole way through. The DVD set has great extras including a season overview, a special on Darla, and selected commentaries with deleted scenes attached to them.

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Release Date: 28-NOV-2006
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Angel - Season One (Slim Set)

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BEST SHOW EVER =]] 5 out of 5 stars.
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This show is the best show ive ever seen first i thougth it was boring when i first saw the trailer but no i was completely wrong and i love all of them episodes and the special features are ok.

SO HERE ARE ALL THE EPISODES YOU GET IN THIS BOX SET AND MY RATINGS IS NEXT TO THE EPISODE NAME TOO

EPISODE 1- CITY OF 5/5
EPISODE 2- LONELY HEART 4/5
EPISODE 3- IN THE DARK 5/5
EPISODE 4- I FALL TO PIECES 5/5
EPISODE 5- RM W/A VU 5/5
EPISODE 6- SENCE AND SENSITIVITY 4/5
EPISODE 7- THE BACHELOR PARTY 5/5
EPISODE 8- I WILL REMEMBER YOU 5/5
EPISODE 9- HERO 5/5
EPISODE 10- PARTING GIFTS 5/5
EPISODE 11- SOMNAMBULIST 5/5
EPISODE 12- EXPECTING 5/5
EPISODE 13- SHE 4/5
EPISODE 14- I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN 5/5
EPISODE 15- THE PRODIGAL 5/5
EPISODE 16- THE RING 5/5
EPISODE 17- ETERNITY 5/5
EPISODE 18- FIVE BY FIVE 5/5
EPISODE 19- SANCTUARY 5/5
EPISODE 20- WAR ZONE 4/5
EPISODE 21- BLIND DATE 5/5
EPISODE 22-TO SHANSHU IN L.A 5/5

I highly recomende this box set to every person who is into vampires and scary things well this is not exacty scary but is awsome and sometimes funny.And grate figths specialy at the end of the episode five by five

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Release Date: 28-NOV-2006
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Angel - Season Two (Slim Set)

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Angel review 5 out of 5 stars.
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All of the Angel series DVD's are excellent! I just wish the show never ended.

Great! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I get so angry when I come to the end of these seasons. This one was great. I know why I like it so much now. It's a freakin soap opera. Such drama mixed in with a little comedy. But not too much because the show would turn silly. But just enough to take the edge off.

Cordilia (Charisma Carpenter) is gorgeous. I am almost a middle aged dude with a crush on her. Darla (Julie Benz) is simply gorgeous as well. A real knock out. I will be ordering the third season real soon.

Loren (The Host) has really grown on me. Even though he can be disturbing to look at at times (it's the red eyes) he adds a pleasant humor to the show.

Good storytelling 4 out of 5 stars.
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The second season and new offices for Angel Investigations as they move into an old, abandoned hotel at the end of the second episode. Titled "Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been?", the episode, partily set in the `50's, deals with a demon using people's own paranoia against each other. A subject Rod Serling touched upon with "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street", an episode of "The Twilight Zone" that "Angel" writer Tim Minear refers to in his commentary of "Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been?"
The "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" crossovers for this season are Alyson Hannigan as Willow, Mercedes McNab as Harmony, Juliet Landau as Druscilla and Julie Benz as Darla (whom Wolfram & Hart resurrected in the finale of Season One, "To Shanshu In L.A." after Angel had "dusted" her in the episode named after him in Season One of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer".)
Amy Acker joins the cast as Fred in the last few episodes in which Cordelia ends up in a place located in another dimension where she goes from cow status to queen.
My favorite episodes from this season are "Guise Will Be Guise" and "Disharmony". The season as a whole makes for good storytelling.

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Release Date: 28-NOV-2006
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Angel - Season Five

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Lives were upended--and some co-opted--in the fifth and final season of Angel, as the denizens of Angel Investigations found themselves taking on one of their scariest endeavors ever: corporate life. After making a literal deal with the devil (or something distinctly devil-like), Angel (David Boreanaz) moved his team from their crumbling hotel to the high-rise digs of law-firm-from-hell Wolfram & Hart, his reasoning being they could better fight the forces of evil from the inside, and with more resources to boot. Clever maneuvering or easy rationalization? Not a few members of Angel's team accused him of selling out (as did a number of viewers), but as with most of the show's previous four seasons, Angel somehow took a dubious premise and mined it for gold. And with one core cast member gone (Charisma Carpenter, whose Cordelia was immersed in a deep coma), it seemed as if the show, from within and without, would suddenly fall apart--that is, until Angel's longtime nemesis Spike (James Marsters) showed up, fresh from his sacrificial roasting at the series finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Let the vampire games begin!

With Buffy off the air, fans flocked to Angel's last season to get their fix of Joss Whedon's "Buffyverse" in any form they could, and the addition of Spike was a shrewd one, albeit not enough to keep the show from getting canceled. And for the first half of the season, the creative forces behind the show seemed to be toying ruthlessly with the audience. Spike was around, but not entirely corporeal; Angel himself became sullen and withdrawn; and most horrifically, sweetheart scientist Fred (Amy Acker) and former watcher Wesley (Alexis Denisof) underwent traumas that would test even the most devoted viewer. However, just when you'd be about to throw in the towel, things started changing for the better--Spike became a permanent fixture (both in the flesh and on the show), Angel's secret motives were revealed, and the introduction of demon warrior Illyria, who proved to be the show's answer to Buffy's sardonic demon-made-human Anya, was a welcome breath of fresh air. Creatively, Angel also came up with some of its best episodes, including "Smile Time" (where Angel is turned into a puppet - really!) and "You're Welcome" (the show's 100th episode, which marked the bittersweet return of Carpenter's Cordelia). The ending of the series was deliberately ambiguous, and not everyone made it through alive, but in going out kicking, it was a proper sendoff for a show that always fought the good fight. --Mark Englehart

Angel - Season Three

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In the third season of Angel, the titular vampire with a soul was forced to stand alone thanks to the (temporary) death of his beloved Buffy and her show's move to a new network, with no crossover between the two allowed. He returns from seeking peace in a demon-haunted monastery to find the L.A. Angel Investigations team fighting supernatural crime in his absence. Fred is still haunted by the nightmare dimension from which they rescued her; Cordelia's visions get ever more painful and debilitating. The schemes of the evil law firm Wolfram and Hart become every more imaginative and dragon lady Lilah Morgan becomes even more of an enemy when lusting after Angel. Unbelievably, Darla, Angel's vampire sire and lover, turns up, pregnant with his child and is tortured by inexplicable motherly feelings as well as a raging thirst for human blood.

For a few episodes things go pretty well--but Angel's enemies, both those he has made in his quest for redemption and those he made when he was unadulterated evil, are still out there. Stephanie Romanov comes into her silky own in this series, making Lilah Morgan all the more seductively evil because she is clear about the choices she has made; the satanic law firm of Wolfram and Hart are this show's most inspired creation. As the season moves to its close, Wesley (Alexis Denisof) has hard choices to make. The devastating climax is compulsive viewing, and this season also contains one of the most impressive single episodes of the entire show: in "Waiting in the Wings," writer, director and creator Joss Whedon comes up with a classic ghost story as Angel and his crew go to the ballet and find a performance that is literally timeless. --Roz Kaveney

Space Angel Collection 1 (Full Col Dol)

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"Space Angel (1962) ... Dick Brown ... VCI Ent. (2008)" 5 out of 5 stars.
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VCI Entertainment presents "SPACE ANGEL COLLECTION #1" (1962) (225 mins/Color) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) --- The '60s animated series comes to DVD with Space Angel - Collection 1, from VCI Entertainment --- This DVD has 9 complete episodes, each running 25 minutes and presented in 5 segments. Also included is "An Interview with 'Tinker Bell' ": an exclusive one on one interview with actress Margaret Kerry, the voice actress for Space Angel and Clutch Cargo, and also the original ,alter ego actor and reference model for the famous pixie from Walt Disney's Peter Pan.

Space Angel was an animated science fiction television series produced from early 1962 through 1964 --- It used the same Synchro-Vox (live action moving lips over the mouths of the animated characters lips) technique as Clutch Cargo, the first cartoon produced by the same studio, Cambria Productions --- The science fiction stories were serialized with five episodes comprising each adventure --- Voices included Ned Lefebver as Scott McCloud, with Margaret Kerry and Hal Smith providing other incidental voices.

Under the production staff of:
Dick Brown - Director/Producer
Edwin Gillett - Director of Cinematography
Clark Haas - Art Director
Wes Depue - Associate Director
Hal Dennis - Film Editor
Cliff Selkirk - Camera Operation
Vic Fisher - Camera Operation
Roy Donava - Special Effects
HI Mankin - Art
Douglas Wildey - Art
Al Toth - Art
Ray Vinella - Art
Charles Christanson - Art
Jim Mabry - Art
Sal Trapani - Art
Cecil Beard - Story
Dave Detiege - Story
Warrn Tuffs - Story
Hal Smith - Voices
Ned Lefebyer - Voices
Margaret Kerry - Voices
Oat Jearub - Voices

SPACE ANGEL EPISODES:
1.Incident of the Loud Planet
2.Expedition to a New Moon
3.The Slave World
4.The Exiles
5.Visitors from Outer Space
6.Rescue Mission
7.The Fugitives
8.The Donovan Plan
9.They Went That A'Way

SPECIAL BONUS FEATURES:
1. Episode Selection
2. Phone interview with Margaret "Tinker Bell" Kerry

Hats off and thanks to Robert Blair and his staff at VCI Entertainment --- VCI was named in Variety and Hollywood Reporter as the first company to produce and release motion pictures directly to the home marketplace --- order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there are plenty of copies available on DVD, stay tuned once again for top notch releases --- VCI are experts in releasing long forgotten films and treasures to the collector -- looking forward to more Nostalgic Collections --- all my heroes have been cowboys!

Total Time: 225 min on DVD ~ VCI Entertainment 8533 ~ (7/29/2008)

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Scott McCloud is the Space Angel a secret agent for EBI (Earth Bureau of Investigation) who together with his friends Taurus Crystal and Professor Mace travel far and wide from their base on the space station Evening Star on board the spaceship Starduster. Whether it's battling a mass exile or stopping a brainwashing mad scientist it's all in a day's work to secure the welfare of the solar system. Space Angel was an animated science fiction television series produced from early 1962 through 1964. It used the same Synchro-Vox (live-action moving lips over the mouths of the animated characters lips) technique as Clutch Cargo the first cartoon produced by the same studio Cambria Productions. The science fiction stories were serialized with five episodes comprising each adventure. Voices included Ned Lefebver as Scott McCloud with Margaret Kerry and Hal Smith providing other incidental voices.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY UPC: 089859853326 Manufacturer No: 8533

Angel - Season One

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He's hunky, he's brooding, he's a do-gooder, and he was Buffy's first boyfriend. Angel, the tortured vampire destined to walk the earth with a soul, got his own series after three seasons on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and did what any new star might do: he moved to L.A. (the City of Angels--get it?) and set up shop. Angel (co-created by Buffy mastermind Joss Whedon) finds the titular vampire (David Boreanaz) as a kind of supernatural private investigator, fighting evil one case at a time and, like his ex-girlfriend, keeping the world from getting destroyed by vengeful demons and such.

A darker, more film noir version of Buffy, Angel lacked the peppy humor that permeated Sunnydale but more than made up for it in its soul-wrenching gravitas, and it elevated Boreanaz to leading-man status, a role he filled out ably and then some. Initially, the stoic vampire was paired with Irish demon Doyle (the late Glenn Quinn) and fellow Sunnydale transplant Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter), but Angel finally found its footing when Doyle was dispatched (giving his powers of precognition to Cordelia) and replaced by Buffy alum Wesley (Alexis Denisof), a fallen watcher who, like his friends, was hoping for a new start in L.A. However, pesky law firm Wolfram and Hart (a front for the demon mafia, as it were) reared its ugly head and discovered Angel's presence, thus setting the stage for a battle of good and evil--and if you're a regular Joss Whedon fan, you know that it's a never-ending war.

This first season features guest appearances by various Buffy characters, including werewolf boy Oz (Seth Green), rogue slayer Faith (Eliza Dushku), deliciously evil vamp Darla (Julie Benz), and Buffy herself (Sarah Michelle Gellar), all of whom helped get the show off and running in style. --Mark Englehart

Angel - Season Two

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Total reviews: 126 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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The second season of Angel saw the cult vampire show finally stand on its own from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, assembling all the members of the show's core cast, transferring the action to a fashionably run-down L.A. hotel, and bringing in a few Buffy characters from Angel's history to further establish the moody vampire's own mythology. Moving their Angel Investigations to posher digs, Angel (David Boreanaz), Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter), and Wesley (Alexis Denisof) were soon joined by street fighter (J. August Richards)--and by street fighter, of course we mean demon street fighter. But just as this group was solidifying, up popped Angel's old love, Darla (the fantastic Julie Benz), freshly arrived in L.A. from a hell dimension… just in time to be turned into a vampire again by her old cohort, Drusilla (Juliet Landau), and lure Angel into abandoning his newly formed team. It was the best and worst of times for Angel in its second year, for while the basis was being set for the show's stellar third and fourth seasons, dramatic tension was diluted by Angel's going solo and the necessary (but plot-debilitating) flashbacks to various points in Angel's history. However, just when it seemed everything was about to fly out the window, Angel's creative team threw its characters for a loop--literally--by transporting them to the demon dimension of Pylea, a medieval-style fantasyland populated by monsters and humans alike. It shouldn't have worked, as hokey as it was... but it did, thanks to crack storytelling, sharp dialogue, and the sheer joy the actors unleashed, especially the gifted and fiendishly funny Carpenter. The second half of the season also saw the addition of two of Angel's best characters: the horned Lorne (Andy Hallett), a green demon with a penchant for karaoke, and Fred (Amy Acker), a physicist trapped in Pylea who helped the gang engineer their escape. With these two in tow, Angel began to soar. --Mark Englehart