Angel Episode Guide: Season One
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1-1 City Of Angels--10/05/1999
Angel arrives in L.A., as he continues to do good and constantly fight evil vampires. He meets and befriends a half-human/demon named Doyle, who is sent by the powers that be, to protect Angel and guide him. With his power of visions, Doyle and Angel are sent to protect a girl named Tina who is in desperate need of help. They find Tina being harassed by a powerful man named Russell. After killing Tina, Angel realizes Russell is a vampire. Meanwhile at a party, Angel runs into Sunnydale survivor Cordelia. She resides in L.A. in hopes of gaining an acting career. Russell returns and kidnaps Cordelia, but Angel comes to her rescue. Later, Cordelia decides that they should open up a business with Angel and Doyle as her protectors.
Written by: Joss Whedon , David Greenwalt
Directed by: Joss Whedon
Guest stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar as the voice of Buffy Summers; Tracy Middendorf as Tina; Vyto Ruginis as Russell Winters; Christian Kane as Wolfram & Hart Lawyer; Jon Ingrassia as Stacy and Renee Ridgeley as Margo.

1-2 Lonely Hearts--10/12/1999
Doyle receives a new vision that sends the group to the club scene. They soon learn they are looking for a serial killer who seeks his prey from D'Oblique, a chi-chi singles bar. While perusing the crowd, Angel meets Kate, an LA police detective and D'Oblique regular. Though they initially bond, Angel is preoccupied by his mission and devotes his efforts to pursuing the killer. After a violent confrontation, Angel discovers the suspect is a demon parasite. Doyle and Cordelia bond as they learn more about the identity and behaviors of the demon and Kate and Angel soon work together to catch the killer.
Written by: David Fury
Directed by: James A. Contner
Guest stars: Elisabeth Rohm as Detective Kate Lockley; Lillian Birdsell as Sharon Richler and Obi Ndefo as Bartender.

1-3 In The Dark--10/19/1999
On a mission for his friend Buffy Summers, Oz visits L.A. to give Angel a ring that renders vampires invincible to stakes and sunlight. Spike follows Oz to retrieve the ring, too. He captures Angel and has another vampire torture him, but Doyle, Cordelia and Oz find where Angel hid the ring and try to establish a trade for Angel. Spike gets hold of the ring. Angel is forced to risk sunlight to get it back. After the confrontation between Angel and Spike, Angel retrieves the ring and enjoys only one day in the sun. He decides to destroy the ring instead.
Written by: Douglas Petrie
Directed by: Bruce Seth Green
Guest stars: Seth Green as Daniel "Oz" Osborne; James Marsters as Spike; Kevin West as Marcus and Malia Mathis as Rachel.

1-4 I Fall To Pieces--10/26/1999

As Cordelia and Angel continue the debate of whether or not to charge for their services, Doyle receives a vision of yet another woman in distress. Angel pays a visit to her workplace and learns that the woman is being terrorized by her neurosurgeon who is somehow mysteriously able to watch her every move. After some detective work, Angel and Cordelia discover that the doctor is able to disconnect appendages from his body and prey on his victims. But when the doctor pays a visit to Angel's apartment, Angel separates him - permanently. Grateful for the protection, the young woman pays the agency for its service, and a very joyous Cordy and Doyle go out to celebrate.
Written by: David Greenwalt
Story by: Joss Whedon & David Greenwalt
Directed by: Vern Gilum
Guest stars: Elisabeth Rohm as Detective Kate Lockley; Tushka Bergen as Melissa Burns; Andy Umberger as Doctor Ronald Meltzer and Carlos Carrasco as Doctor Vinpur Narpudan.

1-5 Room With A View--11/02/1999
Cordelia Chase lives in the projects, and she's not happy about it. When she returns one evening to her roach-infested digs, she decides that desperate times calls for desperate measures and moves into Angel's apartment. Angel, unthrilled by his new roommate situation, makes a pact with Doyle: if Doyle can find Cordelia new digs, Angel will help him out with his debt negotiations. Doyle holds up his end of the bargain and finds a stunningly beautiful one-bedroom apartment. At first, Cordy's on top of the world, but she soon gets the willies. Drawers open and close, furniture moves, and the wind blows to and fro. After some research, Angel learns that the apartment was owned by a woman who mysteriously died in the 1950s. Even more compelling is the number of single-woman suicides that have occurred in the apartment since her occupation. He and Doyle figure out that there is a ghost that is somehow murdering the women. While Angel is away doing research, Cordelia is lured back to the apartment and is confronted by the apparition. At first she is overwhelmed, but she later gathers her moxie and sends the ghost back to her rightful place.
Written by: David Greenwalt , Jane Espenson
Directed by: Scott McGinnis
Guest stars: Elisabeth Rohm as Detective Kate Lockley and Beth Grant as Maude Pearson.

1-6 Sense And Sensitivity--11/09/1999
Cordelia is upset that Angel isn't sensitive enough or considers her feelings. Kate enlists Angel to help her capture a mobster named Little Tony. After calling his lawyers at the law firm of Wolfram & Hart, Little Tony plants a sensitivity trainer in Kate's precinct, who supernaturally starts converting all of the cops into debilitated overly sensitive psychoanalysts.
Written by: Tim Minear
Directed by: James A. Contner
Guest stars: Elisabeth Rohm as Detective Kate Lockley; Michael Beardsley as Accident Onlooker; John Capodice as Little Tony Papazian; John Mahon as Trevor Lockley and Ron Marasco as Allen Lloyd.

1-7 The Bachelor Party--11/16/1999
Cordelia suddenly realizes what a great guy Doyle is, but is saddened to learn that his estranged wife is visiting with her fiancé and wants a divorce from Doyle. Attending the bachelor party, Angel and Doyle find out that the groom's brothers are up to no good. They dispose of Angel and trap Doyle in order to cut open his head and eat his brains. Angel arrives just in time to save him. Cordelia and Doyle's ex realize what's going on; leading to free-for-all knockout brawl.

1-8 I Will Remember You--11/23/1999
Buffy Summers shows up to tell Angel off for wandering around in Sunnydale. They are attacked by a demon that gets away. They split up to hunt it, and Angel ends up killing it. Some of the demon's blood mixes with Angel's and he becomes completely human. He visits the oracles of "The Powers That Be," and they confirm that he's really human. He reunites with Buffy, and they have a "perfect day". Doyle has a vision of the demon, who's pissed off at Angel, and he wants a fight. Angel goes to fight it, but he's now a human and vulnerable to any attack. Buffy arrives and saves him. Realizing that being human will do him no good, Angel begs the oracles to make everything right. The Oracles jump back clock 24 hours, leaving Angel with the "special day" he spent with Buffy.

1-9 Hero--11/30/1999
Doyle's latest vision leads him to a family of hapless half-demons being haunted by The Scourge, a group of pure blood demons who persecute those of mixed blood. Angel infiltrates The Scourge, while he tries to get the half-breeds onto a ship to get them out of the country. Doyle's half-demon status is revealed to Cordelia, who is surprised that he was scared to tell her. She agrees to go out with him, but he ends up sacrificing his life to save the half-demon family. He leaves her with a magical kiss.

1-10 Parting Gifts--12/14/1999
Cordelia misses Doyle, but realizes that she has been left with his gift of visions. So she tries to get rid of it by kissing everyone she sees. A demon named Barney comes to Angel looking for help because he's being haunted by an assassin. When Angel investigates, it turns out that the assassin is Wesley, an old friend. But the demon isn't after Barney, it's haunting for a Kungai demon that is collecting other demon's powers.

1-11 Somnambulist--01/18/2000
Angel starts having dreams about killing, and when he sees the picture from a new serial killer that Kate is investigating, he thinks he might be killing people in his sleep. It turns out that the real culprit is another vampire that Angel made many years ago who uses a similar signature. Kate's speculation leads her to Angel and she tells him that she'll stake him the next time she sees him, but spares him and ends up killing the real bad guy.

1-12 Expecting--01/25/2000
Cordelia becomes pregnant with demon babies and Wesley and Angel must figure out how to help her without hurting her.

1-13 She--02/08/2000
Angel helps a powerful princess demon from another dimension save the enslaved women of her world.

1-14 I've Got You Under My Skin--02/15/2000
Wesley and Angel must exorcise a demon that possesses a young boy, but what they find out from the demon is even more horrifying than they imagined.

1-15 The Prodigal--02/22/2000
As Angel investigates Kate's father's involvement with a demon drug ring, he remembers his own youth and bad relationships with his father, and recalls killing his family as a novice vampire in 18th century Ireland.

1-16 The Ring--02/29/2000
Angel is forced to become a gladiator in a clandestine fight club, while Wesley and Cordy try to infiltrate the operation to save him.

1-17 Eternity--04/04/2000
After Angel reveals his true identity to an actress he's protecting, she tries to get him to make her a vampire so that she can have eternal youth and beauty.

1-18 Five By Five--04/25/2000
The firm of Wolfram & Hart hires Faith to kill Angel.

1-19 Sanctuary--05/02/2000
Angel tries to help Faith change her ways, but no one agrees with his decision. Also, disagreeing with his decision, Buffy, the Vampire Slayer pays Angel a visit after hearing that Faith nearly killed him. Meanwhile, The Watcher's Council uses Wesley to try to get Faith back for rehabilitation.

1-20 War Zone--05/09/2000
While tracking down a blackmailer, Angel gets caught in the middle of a battle between street kids and vampires. He then goes head-to-head with Charles Gunn, the leader of the vampire hunters.

1-21 Blind Date--05/16/2000
Lindsey decides he wants out of Wolfram & Hart when he finds out the firm has hired an assassin to kill children. He turns to Angel for help, and Angel not only saves the children, but gets his hands on a prophetic text from the vault of Wolfram & Hart.

1-22 To Shanshu In LA--05/23/2000
Wesley is busy translating the crucial word of a prophecy which tells of Angel's future when they get a visit from Mr. Nabbit including cape. He talks for a while about how exciting their lifes are and how important and then leaves. Wesley finally realizes that the word he's trying to translate-- 'shanshu' --means that Angel will die - but Angel doesn't seem bothered. Meanwhile somes monks bring a note from the underworld into this world. Wesley talks about how Angel doesn't want anything from life which means he is cut off and he doesn't care if he dies. Cordelia then decides she will get Angel to want things and the pair go off to talk to him. Cordelia tells Angel she's going to help him and Wesley suggests that he goes sees the Oracles will he goes out and gets some more books to do with the prophecy.

Vocah goes to see the Oracles and kills them both. He is to take away all those close to Angel. While out shopping for something for Angel, Cordelia is touched by Vocah and goes into a constant vision which lands her in hospital. Angel gets a call and rushes off to see her, unaware that Vocah is in his apartment and has stolen back the prophecy. Wesley later enters the apartment when it blows up. Luckily, Angel is outside and goes in to rescue him. Now Wesley is in hospital. Kate tries to stop Angel from leaving the scene but a few strong words (very deserved) get him away. He goes to see Cordelia and promises he'll make things right when he notices a symbol on her hand. He then finds the Oracles dead but the spirit of the last oracle tells him about Vocah and what he must do. He follows the Walfram and Hart lawyers to the raising where he bursts in and fights with Vocah and then kills him. However, Lindsey carries on the raising and completes it. In the end, just he and Angel remain. Lindsey is threatening to burn the prophecies that will cure Cordelia but Angel cuts Lindsey's hand off. At the hospital, Wesley reads from the prophecies and cures Cordelia. Days later he is still researching the thing when he realizes that Shanshu means Angel will live--not die--once he has redeemed himself as a reward.